• The Canadian Press

    Toronto FC beats semi-pro side CS Saint-Laurent 3-0 in Canadian Championship

    MONTREAL — Nathan Goulet could hardly believe his eyes. The 22-year-old CS Saint-Laurent defender remembers watching Federico Bernardeschi play in the UEFA Champions League for elite Italian club Juventus a few years ago. On Wednesday night, they were face-to-face on the pitch, duelling in a 9,500-capacity stadium as Bernardeschi’s Toronto FC defeated the semi-pro Saint-Laurent 3-0 in the opening leg of their Canadian Championship quarterfinal. "To see them in front of us today was a bit of a dr

  • The Canadian Press

    Underdog CS Saint-Laurent looks to continue cup run against Toronto FC

    When CS Saint-Laurent players ran onto the field to celebrate their upset win over the CPL's Halifax Wanderers FC, Rocco Placentino couldn't join them. The Saint-Laurent sporting director was overcome by emotion on the sidelines at Wanderers Ground. Mamadou Kane converted the decisive spot kick in the 5-3 penalty shootout win May 2 that moved the Ligue1 Quebec champion into Wednesday's quarterfinal first leg of the Telus Canadian Championship against Toronto FC. For Placentino, who has been with

  • The Canadian Press

    Canadian forward Ayo Akinola and Toronto FC agree to terminate contract

    TORONTO — Canadian forward Ayo Akinola, who turned heads with a breakout performance for Toronto FC at the MLS is Back Tournament in 2020, has left his hometown club after agreeing to a mutual termination of his contract. The 24-year-old scored 18 goals in 96 appearances across all competitions since joining the MLS club in December 2017 as a homegrown player. Nine of those goals came in league play in 2020. Akinola has been a forgotten figure of late at TFC, playing just 82 minutes off the benc

  • The Canadian Press

    Bernardeschi scores twice to end goal drought, lift Toronto FC past FC Dallas

    TORONTO — The curse, as coach John Herdman put it, is over. And Toronto FC's winning streak continues. Italian star Federico Bernardeschi ended a lengthy scoreless drought with a pair of goals and added an assist Saturday to help Toronto defeat FC Dallas 3-1 in MLS play, extending TFC's string of wins to four games in all competitions. Bernardeschi had been shut out in 19 games since scoring twice in a 3-2 loss to CF Montreal on Aug. 20. "The curse is broken," a smiling Herdman said after the ga