{"id":805072,"date":"2026-07-16T06:30:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T06:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/805072\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T06:30:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T06:30:17","slug":"toronto-fc-vs-cf-montreal-what-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/805072\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto FC vs. CF Montreal: What you need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                <a class=\"gh-article-tag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tfcrepublic.ca\/tag\/match-preview\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Match preview<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gh-article-excerpt is-body\">TFC will have to cope without suspended captain Jonathan Osorio for Thursday&#8217;s derby match in Montreal.<\/p>\n<p>                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tfcrepublic.ca\/author\/john-molinaro\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-profile-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FvUog8Oe_400x400.jpg\" alt=\"John Molinaro\"\/><br \/>\n                            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/TFCv.DAL_Osorio-1.jpg\" alt=\"Toronto FC vs. CF Montreal: What you need to know\"\/><br \/>\n            TFC&#8217;s Jonathan Osorio. (Photo by Lucas Kschischang\/Toronto FC)<\/p>\n<p>One of the best rivalries in MLS will be renewed this week when Toronto FC faces CF Montreal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the first MLS game for both teams since the third week of May when the league went on hiatus due to the FIFA World Cup. While Toronto earned a 3-1 win over the CPL&#8217;s Halifax Wanderers in a friendly last week, Montreal played a pair of competitive matches earlier this month, besting Vancouver FC in the two-legged quarter-finals of the Canadian Championship.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been here for a number of years \u2013 two years now, and five years prior to that. I know what this rivalry is like, and there seems to be a true dislike between people from [the] respective cities, and the games are often hotly contested. &#8230; It&#8217;s not a contrived rivalry,&#8221; TFC coach Robin Fraser said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what you need to know about Thursday&#8217;s game between Toronto and Montreal at Stade Saputo (7:30 p.m. ET\/TSN &amp; Apple TV). \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Note: I will be at Stade Saputo in Montreal to cover this game, so be sure to visit TFC Republic in order to check out our special on-site coverage.<\/p>\n<p>                This post is for paying subscribers only<br \/>\n            <a class=\"gh-btn\" data-portal=\"signup\" href=\"#\/portal\/signup\" style=\"color:#b00707\">Subscribe now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Already have an account? <a data-portal=\"signin\" href=\"#\/portal\/signin\">Sign in<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Match preview TFC will have to cope without suspended captain Jonathan Osorio for Thursday&#8217;s derby match in Montreal.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":805073,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":["post-805072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-montreal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=805072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/805073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=805072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=805072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=805072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}