Toronto FC's Deandre Kerr, left, tackles Columbus Crew's Daniel Gazdag during first the half of the game on Saturday.

A pair of recent transactions paid immediate dividends for Toronto FC on Saturday.

Canada’s Jules-Anthony Vilsaint scored a late equalizer off a feed from fellow newcomer Djordje Mihailovic as TFC earned a 1-1 Major League Soccer draw with the Columbus Crew at BMO Field.

Mere moments after stepping onto the pitch for his team debut, Vilsaint, wearing No. 99, darted toward the right side of the net, accepted a long cross from Mihailovic and stuffed it into the middle of the net to level the score.

“What a start, right? You couldn’t script it any better,” head coach Robin Fraser said. “Everything that (Vilsaint) has shown so far is that he’s a really good team guy, and

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