Toronto FC beats the Montreal Impact to reach MLS Cup final

[JonLP24]

Toronto FC scored two extra-time goals to beat the Montreal Impact 5-2 and 7-5 on aggregate in the Eastern Conference finals on a rainy night at BMO FIeld to reach its first MLS Cup in club history.

Toronto entered the match trailing 3-2 on aggregate, but in a good position thanks to two away goals from the first leg in Montreal.

And a physical opening 20 minutes featured players from both teams going to ground, Laurent Ciman pulling down Jozy Altidore in the eighth minute and Altidore colliding in mid-air with Hernan Bernardello, leaving the Impact player in need of medical attention before carrying on.

The Impact opened the scoring in the 24th minute on a well-executed counter-attack. Matteo Mancosu threaded a perfect pass to Dominic Oduro in the Toronto area and the Ghanaian took one touch before beating Clint Irwin.

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Toronto will host the Seattle Sounders in the MLS Cup final on Dec. 10 at BMO Field.
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[KamaAina]

1. Jozy Altidore? Our Jozy Altidore? What's he doing playing for a hoser side?

Figures. One of a handful of USMNT players in MLS, and he's still abroad. And how did two hoser sides get to the semis? Canada is a worse footballing nation than we are, if such a thing is possible.