Each week, CBC Sports Online's John Molinaro brings you latest news from the Toronto FC locker-room and training sessions.

MO'S VIEW: After failing to score in its first four games, Toronto FC seems to have discovered its scoring touch.

Maurice Edu, Danny Dichio, Carl Robinson and Jeff Cunningham scored goals as Toronto FC delighted a franchise-record crowd of 20,156 with a 4-0 drubbing of FC Dallas on Sunday afternoon at BMO Field.

The victory over the top team in Major League Soccer's Western Conference was Toronto's fourth in its last six home games.

It was also a rare defensive tour de force for Toronto (4-6-1), which entered the game having given up a league-high 18 goals with only one shutout, but it did a masterful job protecting an early lead against Dallas.

The win was especially sweet for Toronto after suffering a 2-1 loss to the New York Red Bulls in its last game - a contest that Toronto dominated but lost thanks to a pair of goals within two minutes by Juan Pablo Angel.

"4-0 is a wonderful result," coach Mo Johnston told reporters after the game. "Dallas is a good team but we're getting better all the time."

With BMO Field set to welcome the FIFA Under-20 World Cup, Toronto will have ample opportunity to pick up its first-ever road win as it embarks on a six-game trip, beginning June 23 against the New England Revolution.

"I've been saying it all week, certainly when you come in and you've got one more home game, and then you go on the road for five or six, it's important, it's vital you get three points here, and I'm more than comfortable now that this team can win on the road," Johnston said.

DICHIO UPDATE: Danny Dichio made it 2-0 for Toronto in the 25th minute when he scored his team-leading fourth goal of the campaign on a header off a beautiful free kick from Carl Robinson.

Later in the opening half, Dichio hurt his left ankle in a collision with a Dallas player. After heading to the sidelines briefly, Dichio returned to the pitch, but Johnston replaced him for the second half with Toronto native Andrea Lombardo.

"I went up for a ball and as I came down I landed on my left foot and rolled over on the ankle. There might be a crack in it in the bottom of my foot or ligament damage," said Dichio, who talked to reporters with his left ankle heavily taped.

The Englishman had one X-ray and was expected to go to a local hospital later on Sunday to have another in order to uncover the full extent of the injury.

"We'll wait and see what the doctor says and go from there, but we're not going to start panicking yet," the forward said.

"It would be a big blow if it is serious," Johnston admitted.

NEW DEFENDER IN TOWN: Newly acquired defender Tyrone Marshall watched the game from a private box.

The team picked up Marshall last week in a trade with Los Angeles for forward Edson Buddle, but the Jamaican international was not eligible to play Sunday after receiving a red card in his last game with the Galaxy.

Marshall was slapped with a three game suspension, but he could see action sooner rather than later.

"I'm excited to be here, I can't wait to get started and get on the pitch," Marshall told CBC Sports Online. "Hopefully we appeal the suspension and get it reduced to two games, but if not I'm going to be here training with the team and try to get my living situation sorted out."

Marshall was signed to help bolster a defence that has given up 18 goals, so the pressure will be on when he's ready to make his club debut.

"Hopefully I can come in and produce. Mo has a lot of faith in me but I want to be able to come in and get the job done," Marshall said.

A veteran of 10 seasons, Marshall was named the MLS defensive player of the year in both 2004 and 2005. He also played against Mo Johnston before the Scot retired, and is anxious to play for his new coach.

"When I played against him in the day, he was solid and tenacious on the field. I think that's what he brings to the table as a coach. He wants guys on the filed who want to work hard and guys who want to win," Marshall said.

There's been talk that Jim Brennan will be moved to the left side of midfield, replacing Andy Welsh, to make way for Marshall, who will play in the centre of defence with Andrew Boyens.

However, Johnston said Marshall is not guaranteed a spot in the starting lineup.

"It all depends on if we're winning. If we're winning then he'll start on the bench. Everyone has to earn their spot, just like anything else," said the Scot.

Brennan told CBC Sports Online that when Marshall's suspension is over he thinks he'll "be at the back, maybe playing alongside Tyrone," but that it's "entirely up to Mo and whatever he wants to do."

A natural left-sided midfielder, Brennan said he wouldn't mind if Johnston moved him out of defence.

"I have no preference. I don't mind as long as I'm playing for the club," said the Canadian.

MAN OF THE MATCH: Welsh midfielder Carl Robinson scored his first goal for Toronto and set up another as he went to be named the man of the match.

"I thought he was magnificent. He's a tremendous player, he's a leader in the locker-room. He's one of the guys the other guys look up to," said Johnston.

Robinson downplayed his contributions, focusing more on how the team rebounded from a difficult loss to New York.

"The boys played very well. I think we deserved the victory today. We learnt from the game against New York where we played well for an hour and that got burned by two goals from Juan Pablo Angel. We didn't get caught out today," Robinson told CBC Sports Online.

Robinson's goal was even more special as his five-year-old daughter asked him to score a Father's Day goal for her before he left the house this morning.

"I would have been disappointed going home if I didn't do what she asked," Robinson joked.

Despite the convincing 4-0 win, Robinson feels Toronto can't afford to sit on its laurels as it prepares for a gruelling six-game road trip.

"New England next week is going to be a tough game. We're going into that game with a great deal of confidence. We won 4-0 at home today but that's only a start. Soccer is not about being good one game and not the next; it's about consistency and we're starting to be consistent and gelling as a team," Robinson said.

Robinson missed two games this season while playing for the Welsh national team. Wales has an exhibition contest scheduled for August against Bulgaria, but Robinson said he won't be playing in that game. He will, though, play in a pair of Euro 2008 qualifiers in September against Germany and Slovakia.

COLIN SAMUEL UPDATE: Former Dundee United striker Collin Samuel watched Sunday's game from a private box after training with the club this week.

The club is trying to sign the Trinidad & Tobago international and could announce a deal sometime this week.

"It's an ongoing thing. He has certain things he has to take care of back in Scotland. He's someone we want to sign, someone we don't want to let go because he's shown in the two or three days he's been here that he's powerful and he can score goals in this league. And it's a wonderful combination to have him, Cunningham and Dichio," Johnston said.

Other MLS teams have already started calling Samuel, but Toronto has the edge in landing the striker.

"We have the first option on him and we will continue to talk to him this week and try and get something done," said Johnston. "No one can touch him we pass on him."

LOMARDO'S OFF: Forward Andrea Lombardo, who played the second half in place of the injured Danny Dichio, is off to join the Canadian youth team in preparation for this summer's FIFA U-20 World Cup to be held in Canada.

Lombardo is flying out to Edmonton Sunday night to join up with the Canadian team and won't return to Toronto FC until Canada is eliminated from the tournament, which runs from June 30 to July 22.

Canada plays its final tuneup game for the tournament Monday night in Edmonton against the Czech Republic, but Lombardo doesn't expect Canadian coach Dale Mitchell to slot him into the starting lineup.

"Personally, I don't think it would be the best idea to go out and play again Monday, but I'll talk to Dale when I get there and see what he says," Lombardo said.

SHUTOUT FOR DJEKANOVIC: Backup goalkeeper Srjdan Djekanovic- making only his third start of the season in place of Greg Sutton, who is with the Canadian national team at the CONCACAF Gold Cup - needed to make just four saves for his first career MLS shutout.

"We played great as a team and it's really good to get a 4-0 win against a team like Dallas. It's a big confidence-builder before we go out on the road," Djekanovic told CBC Sports Online.

"Today, it felt like it's my team. It's tough because it took me a few games to settle down but today I felt very comfortable."

Mo Johnston was also impressed.

"I thought he had a very good game today. He was composed. He came for the crosses and he kept the clean sheet," the coach said.

RONNIE AND MAURICE: Midfielders Ronnie O'Brien (sore back) and Maurice Edu (sore hip) were cleared to play Sunday morning after suffering injuries earlier in the week in training.

"It's one of those things that happens maybe once or twice a year. My muscles just lock up and I can't move my back, but it usually takes just a day or two to calm down," said O'Brien, who has battled a nagging knee injury this season.

"On Thursday when I was training my knee felt great and then my back went. My knee feels a lot better than it has and hopefully next week I'll be fully fit," added the Irishman.

Edu said his hip still feels "a little tender" but he doesn't expect to miss any games for Toronto.