If there's a remedy for a Toronto FC slump in 2015, it's a meeting with expansion side Orlando City SC.

Each time TFC took on the Lions, it's been on the back of a winless skid. Toronto broke a four-game losing streak in April with its first ever visit to the Citrus Bowl in April, and the Reds got an emphatic 4-1 result against Orlando earlier this month after being winless in two.

And on Sunday morning (AEST), TFC erased the memories of back-to-back demoralising losses with a franchise record 5-0 win over Kaka-led Orlando at BMO Field.

It was a match in which all three of Toronto's designated players got involved with the scoring, as Michael Bradley notched three assists while league MVP candidate Sebastian Giovinco tallied a goal and an assist.

Perhaps most important, however, was the inclusion of Jozy Altidore on the scoresheet, as the American international scored a penalty and added the game's final goal thanks to an opportunistic header from in close. Altidore notched the pair of goals despite only having played the final 18 minutes of the match, after head coach Greg Vanney decided to shake up his roster and leave the striker on the bench to start.

Vanney was pleased with Altidore's response to coming in as a late substitute.

"I think any time you have a goal scorer [like Altidore], it's good to get that sensation of hitting the back of the net," Vanney said. "I thought the second one was really good because we got him in front of goal, we got a good ball back across the goal for him and he attacked it and finished it. So I think, those are the areas we want to get him in.

"We want to get him in front of the goal and in the box so that he can be the goal scorer that he's capable of being."

Altidore had drawn some criticism for his play since he returned from the Gold Cup. Before Saturday, the 25 year-old had only struck once since he rejoined his club side from international duty, and that was off a penalty kick in Columbus last month.

Bradley, a longtime friend to Altidore and also the TFC captain, said it was good to get Altidore back in the scoring habit ahead of a crucial stretch run to what the club hopes will be its first ever postseason appearance.

"It was great to get him on and get him two goals," Bradley explained. "For strikers, they live off goals, they live off confidence."

As well, Altidore didn't allow his move to the bench to deter him, Bradley said.

"Even when he knew he wasn't going to be on from the start he didn't let that faze him," Bradley added. "He was determined to come on whenever it was and make a difference and he did that."