Canadian Championship quarterfinals confirmed: Toronto FC to Face CS ST-Laurent

After a very convincing victory for Toronto FC against Simcoe County in the round of 16 of this competition, they now know their next opponent. CS St-Laurent, who eliminated HFX Wanderers FC, will be their rival. This match had an exciting finish where the qualification between these two teams would be decided via penalties.

The match for Saint-Laurent ended in a 2-2 draw on aggregate, in an exciting duel where both Wanderers FC and St-Laurent had several offensive plays, but the qualification had to be decided via penalties after the tie in the 90 minutes of play. CS St-Laurent emerged victorious with a 5-3 penalty shootout.

The Qualification of Saint-Laurent

For Toronto FC, this match will be crucial to continue seeking qualification for the next round in this Canadian Championship. The matches will be played on May 8th away for TFC, while on May 21st, they will close the second leg at The Reds' home.

The schedule for TFC is becoming more complicated, and as their coach John Herdman mentioned previously, the team will enter a phase of managing adversities regarding the exhaustion of matches in this stretch of the season. With 6 matches in the month of May, the team now has 8 matches for this month, practically playing 2 matches per week.

Toronto FC is in a very important moment in the season, with several positive results within the MLS. However, for this tournament, they will have to face the leader and defending champion of the League 1.

TFC will face one of the major rivals in this competition and particularly in one of the farthest stages in terms of winning the title, but neither of these two teams will cease to compete at the highest level for the Canadian Championship.