ORLANDO, Fla. — Jozy Altidore scored in the 86th minute, Sebastian Giovinco had two assists and Toronto FC beat Orlando City 2-1 on Wednesday night.

Toronto (12-7-7) won its sixth game during a seven-game unbeaten streak and moved past New York City FC atop the Eastern Conference.

"My message to the team was not to relax now. There's more teams that we need to look ahead of us," said TFC coach Greg Vanney.

"We want to continue to climb and get better every game and improve on things that we need to improve upon and not to relax now because we think we've accomplished something, because we still haven't accomplished anything."

Altidore slipped behind the defence and tapped a feed from Giovinco past goalkeeper Joe Bendik near the top of the box before rolling a left-footer into an open net.

Tosaint Ricketts broke away down the right flank, ran onto a throw in from Giovinco and slipped a right footer past Bendik, inside the near post in the seventh minute to give Toronto a 1-0 lead.

"It feels great," Ricketts said about being in first. "Always being around the guys and knowing that we're working hard, we really wanted this and it's been a great run so far. We're coming into the final stretch very strong and that's what we want."

Cyle Larin of Brampton, Ont., headed a cross from Kevin Alston off the right post and into the net to tie it in the 56th.

He also had a chance for the equalizer in stoppage time and just missed.

"I had a chance. It was a hard angle when I hit but it only hit the post," said Larin.

Larin has 30 goals in 50 career MLS games.

Bendik had five saves, including a pair of diving stops in the second half.

Orlando City (5-7-13) is winless in its last four.