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Washington Post
18-05-2025
- Sport
- Washington Post
Bernardeschi, Corbeanu score twice to lead Toronto FC to 6-1 thrashing of CF Montreal
MONTREAL — Federico Bernardeschi and reserve Theo Corbeanu each scored two goals and Toronto FC dismantled CF Montreal 6-1 on Saturday. Tyrese Spicer opened the scoring when he broke away on the left sideline and converted a left-footed shot from left of the box past defenseless keeper Sébastian Breza for a 1-0 lead at 14 minutes.
Winnipeg Free Press
17-05-2025
- Sport
- Winnipeg Free Press
Bernardeschi scores twice, Toronto FC routs CF Montreal 6-1 in rivalry matchup
MONTREAL – Federico Bernardeschi scored twice as Toronto FC took advantage of a 20th-minute red card to Joel Waterman and throttled rival CF Montreal 6-1 in MLS action on Saturday. Theo Corbeanu also scored twice while Tyrese Spicer and Ola Brynhildsen provided the other goals for Toronto (3-7-4) at Stade Saputo. Giacomo Vrioni scored a consolation goal in the 64th minute for Montreal (1-9-4). TFC is now unbeaten against its rival in the last four Canadian Classiques between the two clubs, although Montreal edged Toronto on penalty kicks in Canadian championship play on April 30. Montreal started the game on the front foot, exploiting space behind the opposing back line on a number of occasions. Seven minutes in, Vrioni thought he had opened the scoring, but the play was called back for offside. Toronto opened the scoring against the run of play in the 15th minute. Spicer took off on a solo run down the left side and capped off the individual counterattack with a composed finish past Sebastian Breza. Things went from bad to worse for Montreal five minutes later when Waterman was sent off for bringing down Brynhildsen as the last man back. Toronto quickly took advantage, scoring twice just three minutes apart to take a 3-0 lead at the 33rd minute and force Montreal into two defensive substitutions to stop the bleeding. Montreal spent the rest of the first half trying to claw back into the contest but hit two posts in a frustrating end to the opening 45 minutes. Toronto kept its foot on the gas in the second half. Bernardeschi, who also had an assist, tallied his second goal with a beautiful curling effort in the 55th. Vrioni finally gave the home crowd something to briefly cheer about when he broke Toronto's clean sheet, but Corbeanu promptly responded to make it 5-1. Winnipeg Jets Game Days On Winnipeg Jets game days, hockey writers Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe send news, notes and quotes from the morning skate, as well as injury updates and lineup decisions. Arrives a few hours prior to puck drop. Corbeanu made it a brace in the 90th minute to seal Toronto's dominant display. UP NEXT Montreal: Heads to Hamilton for the first leg of the Canadian Championship quarterfinal against Forge FC on Tuesday. Toronto: Hosts Nashville SC next Saturday. This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 17, 2025.
Associated Press
17-05-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
Bernardeschi, Corbeanu score twice to lead Toronto FC to 6-1 thrashing of CF Montreal
MONTREAL (AP) — Federico Bernardeschi and reserve Theo Corbeanu each scored two goals and Toronto FC dismantled CF Montreal 6-1 on Saturday. Tyrese Spicer opened the scoring when he broke away on the left sideline and converted a left-footed shot from left of the box past defenseless keeper Sébastian Breza for a 1-0 lead at 14 minutes. At the 21st minute, Ola Brynhildsen drew a red card on Montreal's Joel Waterman after Waterman took him down on the Toronto (4-7-4) side of the field. Nine minutes later, Bernardeschi took a pass from Deybi Flores, outran a defender and scored with the right boot from the right side of the box. Toronto broke it open at 33 minutes when Brynhildsen scored with the right foot from the center of the box. Bernardeschi scored at 55 minutes with a left-foot laser from the right-half space outside the box which found the top left corner. It was Bernardeschi's eighth-career goal against Montreal (1-10-4) in a Toronto uniform. Only former Toronto players Sebastian Giovinco and Jozy Altidore have ever scored more goals against Montreal than Bernardeschi. Montreal got on the board when Giacomo Vrioni tapped in a pass from Luca Petrasso who put a ball through the legs of a defender setting the table for Vrioni at 64 minutes. Four minutes later, Corbeanu punched in a loose ball generated off the keeper's block off a Bernardeschi to make it 5-1. He ended the scoring in stoppage time. ___ AP soccer:
National Post
01-05-2025
- Sport
- National Post
CF Montreal defeats TFC in Canadian Championship penalty shootout
CF Montreal finally had something to celebrate Wednesday, defeating Toronto FC in a penalty shootout in Telus Canadian Championship preliminary-round play. Article content Article content Goalkeeper Jonathan Sirois was the hero, stopping Tyrese Spicer and Ola Brynhildsen as Montreal won the shootout 3-2. Article content Kobe Franklin and Alonso Coello scored for Toronto in the shootout. Theo Corbeanu ballooned his kick over the crossbar. Article content Article content Joel Waterman, Dante Sealy and Dominic Iankov scored for Montreal. Tom Pearce also fired high. Article content The game went to the shootout after it finished deadlocked at 2-2 in regulation time, thanks to Montreal substitute Giacomi Vrioni's spectacular goal in the 88th minute. The Italian-born Albanian international forward, a designated player who had seen just 22 minutes of action previously this season, went airborne in volleying a cross past Luka Gavran. Article content Corbeanu scored and set up a goal by Spicer for Toronto, which led 1-0 and 2-1. Article content Waterman also scored for Montreal, which at 0-7-3 has yet to win in MLS play in 2025. Toronto, at 1-5-4, isn't much better but had gone unbeaten in four games (1-0-3) prior to its weekend 1-0 loss to visiting New York City FC. Article content Article content Montreal had not won a game since Oct. 19 when it blanked visiting NYCFC 2-0 in league play. It has been outscored 14-4 in MLS play this season and came into the game scoreless in its last three outings. Article content Article content With Toronto depleted in attack due to injury, Corbeanu's offence was timely. Article content The shifty winger put Toronto ahead in the 29th minute, coming off his wing and leaving Waterman in his wake before hitting a shot that deflected off Samuel Piette and looped over Sirois. The goal was better than the celebration, which saw Corbeanu fall over trying to slide on his knees toward the corner flag in front of a crowd of 20,265 at BMO Field.
Montreal Gazette
01-05-2025
- Sport
- Montreal Gazette
CF Montréal defeats Toronto FC in a penalty shootout
Club de Foot Montreal TORONTO — CF Montréal finally had something to celebrate Wednesday, defeating Toronto FC in a penalty shootout in Telus Canadian Championship preliminary-round play. Goalkeeper Jonathan Sirois was the hero, stopping Tyrese Spicer and Ola Brynhildsen as Montreal won the shootout 3-2. Kobe Franklin and Alonso Coello scored for Toronto in the shootout. Theo Corbeanu ballooned his kick over the crossbar. Joel Waterman, Dante Sealy and Dominic Iankov scored for Montreal. Tom Pearce also fired high. The game went to the shootout after it finished deadlocked at 2-2 in regulation time, thanks to Montreal substitute Giacomi Vrioni's spectacular goal in the 88th minute. The Italian-born Albanian international forward, a designated player who had seen just 22 minutes of action previously this season, went airborne in volleying a cross past Luka Gavran. GOLAZO C'est 2-2 à Toronto! #CFMTL — CF Montréal (@cfmontreal) May 1, 2025 Corbeanu scored and set up a goal by Spicer for Toronto, which led 1-0 and 2-1. Waterman also scored for Montreal, which at 0-7-3 has yet to win in MLS play in 2025. Toronto, at 1-5-4, isn't much better but had gone unbeaten in four games (1-0-3) prior to its weekend 1-0 loss to visiting New York City FC. Montreal had not won a game since Oct. 19 when it blanked visiting NYCFC 2-0 in league play. It has been outscored 14-4 in MLS play this season and came into the game scoreless in its last three outings. With Toronto depleted in attack due to injury, Corbeanu's offence was timely. The shifty winger put Toronto ahead in the 29th minute, coming off his wing and leaving Waterman in his wake before hitting a shot that deflected off Samuel Piette and looped over Sirois. The goal was better than the celebration, which saw Corbeanu fall over trying to slide on his knees towards the corner flag in front of a crowd of 20,265 at BMO Field. Montreal pulled even in the 70th minute via Waterman on a play that started with a corner. The defender knocked home a Luca Petrasso cross after Toronto forward Dekwon Barrow's attempted clearance was a swing and a miss. Corbeanu played provider in the 74th minute, beating Waterman down the flank and then sending in a cross that eluded a sliding defender en route to Spicer, who beat Sirois. Toronto had been blanked in three of its five previous matches and outscored 14-8 in its 10 league outings to date this season. Corbeanu's strike ended TFC's 378-minute scoring drought at BMO Field, dating back to Deandre Kerr's 11th-minute goal in a 2-1 loss to the Chicago Fire on March 15. Toronto has not won at BMO Field since Sept. 14, a 2-1 league triumph over Austin FC. Montreal will face either the Canadian Premier League's Forge FC or Halifax Wanderers FC, who meet May 7, in the two-legged quarterfinals. The 15-team tournament opened Tuesday with CPL champion Cavalry FC blanking League1 Alberta champion Edmonton Scottish FC 6-0 and CPL-leading Atletico Ottawa downing League1 Ontario champion Scrosoppi FC 2-0. Defending champion Vancouver got a bye to the final eight. The Canadian Championship winner hoists the Voyageurs Cup and earns a berth in the CONCACAF Champions Cup, the elite club tournament in North and Central America and the Caribbean, as well as $50,000. Toronto coach Robin Fraser made six changes to the lineup that lost 1-0 to NYCFC with Italian star Lorenzo Insigne returning after starting on the bench on the weekend. But fellow Italian Federico Bernardeschi was a late scratch with a club spokesperson saying he had not recovered from a knock in Saturday's game. With Kerr, Derrick Etienne Jr. and Charlie Sharp also unavailable and Brynhildsen starting on the bench after an injury absence, Toronto was low on healthy forwards. So low that it signed Barrow, a TFC II forward, to an MLS short-term agreement and started the 21-year-old from Toronto up front. Barrow has three goals in 28 appearances for Toronto's reserve side. Things got worse in the 18th minute when Toronto lost captain Jonathan Osorio to an apparent shoulder injury after falling awkwardly in a tangle with teammate Lazar Stefanovic and Montreal's Victor Loturi. Insigne took over as captain. Interim Montreal coach Marco Donadel made five changes from the side that lost 1-0 at the New York Red Bulls on Saturday. Prince Owusu, who led Toronto in scoring last season but was not retained by the club, and Petrasso, another ex-TFC player, started for Montreal. Both teams had six Canadians in their starting 11, double the minimum required under cup rules. Toronto has won the Canadian Championship eight times — more than anyone else — and finished runner-up six times. But it has not lifted the Voyageurs Cup since 2020. Montreal has won the tournament five times, most recently in 2021, and made the final on three other occasions. Toronto was also missing injured defenders Richie Laryea, Zane Monlouis and Henry Wingo. Montreal was without injured midfielder Bryce Duke. Up next, Toronto hosts the New England Revolution in league play Saturday while Montreal welcomes the Philadelphia Union.
