Toronto FC (7W-10L-11T, 32 points) returned to winning ways with a dramatic come-from-behind 2-1 victory in the latest 401 Derby against arch-rivals CF Montr\u00e9al (6W-16L-6T, 24 points) on Saturday afternoon, courtesy of stoppage-time goals from substitutes Lewis Lewis Morgan and Djordje Mihailovic at BMO Field.<\/p>\n
Toronto FC Head Coach Robin Fraser made three changes from his side that started against Nashville SC a fortnight ago with Jackson Gilman, Zane Monlouis and Lewis Morgan making way for Richie Laryea, Benjam\u00edn Kuscevic and Alonso Coello.<\/p>\n
The hosts made a positive start, forcing CF Montr\u00e9al goalkeeper S\u00e9bastien Breza into a pair of quick-fire saves to deny D\u00e1niel Sall\u00f3i and Matheus Pereira in the 11th minute.<\/p>\n
Toronto FC were forced into an early change in goal in the 23rd minute, as Luka Gavran was substituted due to an injury, with William Yarbrough entering in his place.<\/p>\n
Making his club debut, the American goalkeeper came up with a key save in the 36th minute to deny Alexis S\u00e1nchez from distance, keeping the two Canadian sides deadlocked at 0-0 heading into the half-time break.<\/p>\n
CF Montr\u00e9al opened the scoring seven minutes into the restart, as Daniel R\u00edos tucked home the rebound after William Yarbrough saved Matty Longstaff\u2019s effort in the 52nd minute.<\/p>\n
Djordje Mihailovic returned from injury in the 61st minute, coming off the bench to replace Jonathan Osorio and make his first appearance for the club since September 5.<\/p>\n
The Reds continued to push for an equalizer, with Matheus Pereira, Djordje Mihailovic and Theo Corbeanu all threatening before the hosts\u2019 late pressure finally paid off in stoppage time.<\/p>\n
Niklas Dorsch\u2019s first-time cross, following a short throw from Richie Laryea, was met by substitute Lewis Morgan, who cushioned a left-footed volley into the net to draw the Reds level in the 93rd minute.<\/p>\n
The stoppage-time equalizer marked Morgan\u2019s first goal for Toronto FC since joining the club last month, while Dorsch recorded his first assist since arriving in July.<\/p>\n
The Reds completed a dramatic turnaround just two minutes later, as a sweeping team move saw Laryea release Corbeanu into space down the right flank before the winger\u2019s precise low cross was swept home by Mihailovic in front of the South End supporters.<\/p>\n
The 95th minute winner marked Mihailovic\u2019s eighth goal contribution of the 2026 MLS season, while Laryea recorded his eighth and Corbeanu his sixth on the play.<\/p>\n
The two stoppage-time goals, scored in the space of 116 seconds, completed a remarkable late comeback for Toronto FC, securing all three points against their arch-rivals CF Montr\u00e9al. The 2-1 victory also extended the Reds\u2019 unbeaten run against CF Montr\u00e9al to six consecutive MLS regular season meetings, with four wins and two draws dating back to May 18, 2024.<\/p>\n
Toronto FC host 2015 MLS expansion side Orlando City SC in midweek MLS action next on Wednesday, October 14. Kick-off from BMO Field in Toronto, Ontario is set for 7:30 p.m. ET and will be broadcast globally in English and Spanish on Apple TV and on TSN4 in Canada.<\/p>\n
TORONTO FC \u2013 Luka Gavran (William Yarbrough 23\u2019); Richie Laryea, Benjam\u00edn Kuscevic, Nicksoen Gomis, Matheus Pereira; Niklas Dorsch, Alonso Coello (Lewis Morgan 82\u2019), Theo Corbeanu, Jonathan Osorio (C) (Djordje Mihailovic 61\u2019), D\u00e1niel Sall\u00f3i; Josh Sargent
Substitutes Not Used: Zane Monlouis, Jackson Gilman, Richard Chukwu, Derrick Etienne Jr., Emilio Aristiz\u00e1bal, Alejandro Piedrahita<\/p>\n
CF MONTR\u00c9AL \u2013 S\u00e9bastian Breza; Jalen Neal, Brandan Craig (Efra\u00edn Morales 86\u2019), Brayan Vera; Dawid Bugaj, Victor Loturi (Samuel Piette 72\u2019), Matty Longstaff, Luca Petrasso; Daniel R\u00edos (Wikelman Carmona 86\u2019), Alexis S\u00e1nchez (Fabian Herbers 72\u2019), Prince Owusu (C)
Substitutes Not Used: Samsy Keita, Viktor Radojevi\u0107, Dani Pereira Hennadii Synchuk, Noah Streit<\/p>\n
Lewis Morgan scored his first goal for Toronto FC, becoming the ninth different player to open his account for the Reds during the 2026 Major League Soccer season.
\nNiklas Dorsch recorded his first assist for the Reds.
\nLuka Gavran made his 50th appearance for TFC across all competitions, becoming the sixth active TFC player to reach the milestone.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\nWilliam Yarbrough made his Toronto FC debut as a 23rd minute substitute, becoming the 17th player to debut for the Reds this season.
\nWith the victory, the Reds remain unbeaten in six consecutive MLS regular season matches against CF Montr\u00e9al, recording four wins and two ties, dating back to May 18, 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Toronto FC (7W-10L-11T, 32 points) returned to winning ways with a dramatic come-from-behind 2-1 victory in the latest…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":928945,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338,16526],"class_list":["post-928944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-montreal","tag-toronto-fc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/928944","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=928944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/928944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/928945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=928944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=928944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=928944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}