{"id":928534,"date":"2026-10-11T03:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T03:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/928534\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T03:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T03:28:09","slug":"toronto-fc-roars-back-with-two-stoppage-time-goals-to-stun-cf-montreal-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/928534\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto FC roars back with two stoppage-time goals to stun CF Montreal"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Toronto FC midfielder Djordje Mihailovic (10) celebrates his game-winning goal with teammate Richie Laryea (22) against CF Montreal in Toronto on Saturday.Frank Gunn\/The Canadian Press<\/p>\n

Lewis Morgan, Djordje Mihailovic and backup goalkeeper William Yarbrough came off the bench to make massive contributions in Toronto FC<\/a>\u2019s late-match comeback Saturday.<\/p>\n

Morgan and Mihailovic, who both scored in second-half stoppage time to secure a stunning 2-1 victory against CF Montreal, were strategic manoeuvres made by head coach Robin Fraser. <\/p>\n

Yarbrough\u2019s inclusion, meanwhile, was unavoidable after starter Luka Gavran suffered a leg injury in the early going.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes you make those subs and it doesn\u2019t go that way,\u201d said Fraser, who described Gavran\u2019s injury as not serious. \u201cI\u2019m not foolhardy enough to sit here and pat myself on the back and go, \u2018Great subs.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cI just think we did what we thought could provide more attack for us. We have some really good players, and we have good players. We have so many good players on the team that it\u2019s sometimes hard to get them all in. But it was just an occasion today where we felt like we needed a few more attacking players on, while still having some balance in the midfield. And today it worked out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Toronto (7-10-11) has missed Mihailovic because of injuries and a red-card suspension, which had limited him to 12 matches before facing Montreal (6-16-6).<\/p>\n

Before his return Saturday, Toronto dropped three straight without the former United States national team midfielder as he nursed a hamstring injury. Toronto started the 2026 season slowly with the 27-year-old recovering from a nagging groin\/pelvic problem that kept him out eight weeks.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is probably one of the most difficult years in my life,\u201d Mihailovic said. \u201cTwo different injuries, ones that I never thought I could have, and obviously my first muscle injury in my career, and I had to take it slow.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a very inconsistent season for me personally. Everybody has not been able to find that rhythm, that consistent playing.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 37-year-old Yarbrough made his first appearance for Toronto, and his first since Sept. 21, 2024, as a member of San Jose Earthquakes. The Mexican-born \u2018keeper allowed an early second-half goal from Daniel Rios after making the initial stop on the play. But he then settled in to help Toronto win the 39th edition of the 401 Derby, improving to 18-14-7 in the series.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Mexico, when you have derbies, it doesn\u2019t matter how you play \u2013 you win them,\u201d Yarbrough said. \u201cYou can play horrible. It doesn\u2019t matter. You win. You get three points, and that\u2019s my biggest take-away today.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t care if it had been 6-5, 10-9. It doesn\u2019t matter as long as we got three points.\u201d<\/p>\n

The three points gave Toronto hope in its late-season bid for the playoffs. The club moved to within a point of Red Bull New York and New York City FC, the clubs that hold down the two wild-card spots in the Eastern Conference. Toronto has six games remaining while the New York teams have seven left on the docket.<\/p>\n

New York City FC lost to Chicago 2-1 on Saturday, while the New York Red Bulls host San Diego FC on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith six games left now, we just need to find that consistency, stay healthy, train as hard as we can,\u201d Mihailovic said. \u201cAnd try to gain three points every match.\u2028<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: Toronto FC midfielder Djordje Mihailovic (10) celebrates his game-winning goal with teammate Richie…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":928535,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[901,888,902,879,877,903,49,48,876,895,896,891,878,875,46,549,295,894,887,914,880,881,893,889,890,884,904,885,909,910,912,907,911,905,908,882,898,899,714,897,906,865,61,3302,900,892,886,883,913],"class_list":["post-928534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-alberta","tag-arts-news","tag-bc","tag-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news-video","tag-british-columbia","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canada-news","tag-canada-sports","tag-canada-sports-news","tag-canada-trafficcanada-weather","tag-canadian-breaking-news","tag-canadian-news","tag-economy","tag-education","tag-environment","tag-federal-government","tag-foreign-news","tag-globe-and-mail","tag-globe-and-mail-breaking-news","tag-globe-and-mail-canada-news","tag-government","tag-life-news","tag-lifestyle","tag-local-news","tag-manitoba","tag-national-news","tag-new-brunswick","tag-newfoundland-and-labrador","tag-northwest-territories","tag-nova-scotia","tag-nunavut","tag-ontario","tag-pei","tag-photos","tag-political-news","tag-political-opinion","tag-politics","tag-politics-news","tag-quebec","tag-sports-news","tag-technology","tag-toronto","tag-travel","tag-trudeau","tag-us-news","tag-world-news","tag-yukon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/928534","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=928534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/928534\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/928535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=928534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=928534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=928534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}