Drogba Leaves Montreal Impact

Drogba joined the Impact in July 2015 and has 21 regular season goals in 33 appearances over two seasons. But given that Montreal is the lowest seed left in the playoffs, they will not be hosting the MLS Cup, even if they do get there. Up 3-0 early in the second half, Toronto cut the lead to 1, but wasn’t able to overcome the deficit. “I think we made history”. “Our guys have played in environments similar to this and I think it’s motivation one way or another”. Next week’s game is more important than if it’s finished or not.

“I had one and a half years of good emotions”.

“We did win the game, but it did it kind of feels like a loss because of the away goals”, Oduro said.

But there is an extra honour for the winners of the latest installment of the 401 Derby: being named the first Canadian team to reach an MLS final.

“For the first time, we went to the semifinals, against Columbus, and this year we are in the conference finals. But there’s still some room to break some more records”.

When the lines were resprayed and the match finally got underway, 38 minutes later than anticipated, the 61,004-strong crowd were treated to a thriller as the Impact – with Didier Drogba named among the substitutes – raced out to a 2-0 lead. They went 1-1-1 against each other in MLS play, while TFC beat Montreal 4-2 on aggregate in their two-game Amway Canadian Championship series in June.

The second leg will be played on Wednesday, Nov. 30, in Toronto.

Didier Drogba, returning from injury, came off the bench to provide a stabilising influence for the hosts, who held on to a narrow margin of victory. And the positive thing is that we scored three goals and we won the game.

Toronto forwards Sebastian Giovinco and Jozy Altidore have been red hot for the past three months, and the team’s defense – led by goalkeeper Clint Irwin -has conceded the fewest goals of any Eastern Conference team this season. “So what is the best result?” It was the defender’s first playoff goal.

“We love our fans and the stadium’s going to be more full than it’s ever been and the noise will be in our favour this time so we’ll take that every day”.