Is Toronto FC starting to turn the corner in this ill-fated season?

It was a performance that would have been unimaginable coming from Toronto FC as little as a month ago.

Saturday’s 0-0 draw away to the Colorado Rapids was one of Toronto’s best defensive efforts in what has turned out to be a dreadful 2021, marking only the second occasion in MLS (the third time in all competitions) it has managed to keep a clean sheet.

The Reds’ 2-0 “blank job” of Columbus on May 12 seemed like it happened a million years ago, such was the spiraling tailspin the club immediately went into right after that contest. Toronto went winless in its next seven matches, including a disastrous 7-1 road defeat to D.C. United that was the club’s sixth straight loss, a result that ushered Chris Armas out the door.