Arch-rivals Toronto FC and CF Montreal will meet for Voyageurs Cup on Nov.21
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Toronto FC must bid bon voyage so as to win the Voyageurs Cup this yr.
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Canada Soccer introduced on Tuesday that the Canadian Championship remaining between TFC and MLS arch-rival CF Montreal will probably be performed on Sunday Nov. 21 at Stade Saputo in Montreal at 1 p.m.
Host Montreal appears to repeat as champions from 2019 in opposition to the Reds, who’re seven-time winners. It will likely be the third time prior to now 5 years that Toronto and Montreal have confronted one another within the remaining. The winner of the Canadian Championship features entry into the 2022 Concacaf Champions League with a possibility to play within the 2022 FIFA Membership World Cup.
Neither TFC nor Montreal certified for the MLS Cup playoffs this yr and want to salvage disappointing seasons by successful the Voyageurs Cup as Canadian champions.
CF Montreal have been the winners of the 2019 Canadian Championship and are the defending champions pending the enjoying of the 2020 Canadian Championship remaining between TFC and Forge FC that was suspended on account of COVID-19.
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Tuesday was a quiet day on the TFC hearsay entrance after a wild Monday as experiences and rumours ran wild. It was reported that:
— LAFC coach Bob Bradley, whose son Michael captains TFC, was going to affix the Reds. A TFC supply referred to as these claims bogus.
— Italian nice Lorenzo Insigne was linked with TFC because it was reported his agent was seen at Toronto’s remaining regular-season match of the yr on Sunday at BMO Discipline, a 3-1 loss to D.C. United.
— TFC Designated Participant Yeferson Soteldo was on his approach to Brazilian membership Palmeiras. That has not been confirmed, but it surely appears fairly possible that the Venezuelan midfielder and TFC help chief will probably be moved within the low season, regardless that he’s nonetheless below contract. It has been reported that he’s not a great match within the TFC locker room.