Toronto FC hammers CF Montreal in road victory
TFC earned a big win at Stade Saputo on Saturday by scoring six goals in a regular season game for the first time in history.
- Toronto FC 6 (Spicer 14’; Bernardeschi 30’, 55’; Brynhildsen 33’; Corbeanu 66’, 90'+1'), CF Montreal 1 (Vrioni 64’)
- Ola Brynhildsen scores his 1st goal in 10 games for TFC
- Montreal played with 10 men after Waterman sent off
MONTREAL – Nothing can cure what ails a struggling Toronto FC quite like a historic win over CF Montreal.
In desperate need of a positive result, TFC poured on the style and embarrassed their bitter derby rivals in a 6-1 victory at Stade Saputo on a rainy Saturday afternoon. It's the first time in regular season history that TFC scored six goals in a game.
Federico Bernardeschi had two goals and a pair of assists in a man of the match showing against the hosts who played a man down when Joel Waterman was red carded in the 21st minute. Substitute Theo Corbeanu also had a brace on his birthday, Ola Brynhildsen scored his first goal for the Reds, and Tyrese Spicer netted his first of the campaign. Two TFC players haven't bagged a brace in the same match since Alejandro Pozuelo and Jordan Hamilton scored in a 4-3 win over Minnesota United on April 19, 2019.
Toronto (3-7-4) exacted a measure of revenge following its elimination from the Canadian Championship at the hands of Montreal (1-9-4) last month. The Reds lost two of their next three MLS games after exiting the cup competition, so coach Robin Fraser will hope that this dominant effort can lead to similar displays going forward.
