May 8, 2024 – Major League Soccer (MLS)
Toronto FC News Release
2024 TELUS Canadian Championship Quarter-Final – First Leg
SCORING SUMMARY
TOR – Matty Longstaff 50′ (Cassius Mailula)
TOR – Deandre Kerr 59′ (Deybi Flores)
TOR – Federico Bernardeschi 76′
MISCONDUCT SUMMARY
STL – Safwane Mlah 66′ (caution)
LINEUPS
CS SAINT-LAURENT – Kosta Maniatis; Jefferson Alphonse, Nathan Goulet, Obeng Tabi (Riad Bey 75′); Wesley Wandje (C), Mouhamadou Sylla (Yann Toualy 65′), Oussama Boughanmi (Aylan Khenoussi 84′), Safwane Mlah, Cedrick Adamou; Mamadou Kane (Rickson Aristilde 65′), Loïc Kwemi (Josue Youta 65′)
Substitutes Not Used: Peter Scuccimarri, Abdoul Aziz Sakande
TORONTO FC – Luka Gavran; Kosi Thompson, Aimé Mabika, Sigurd Rosted (Kevin Long 45′); Kobe Franklin, Matty Longstaff (Derrick Etienne Jr. 57′), Alonso Coello, Nicksoen Gomis (Jesús Batiz 45′); Jonathan Osorio (C) (Deybi Flores 45′), Cassius Mailula (Federico Bernardeschi 65′), Deandre Kerr
Substitutes Not Used: Sean Johnson, Prince Owusu
MEDIA NOTES
Toronto FC played a competitive match against Ligue1 Québec opposition for the first time in club history.
Matty Longstaff has now scored goals in two consecutive matches for the first time in his Toronto FC career.
Deandre Kerr scored his first goal of the 2024 season for Toronto FC.
Federico Bernardeschi scored his first direct free-kick goal for TFC.
Cassius Mailula and Deybi Flores registered their first assists for the Reds.
Derrick Etienne Jr. and Jesús Batiz made their first Canadian Championship appearances for TFC.
JOHN HERDMAN – HEAD COACH, TORONTO FC
Q: Overall thoughts on the performance?
I want to start by saying what a performance by Saint-Laurent. I thought they were outstanding tonight. Hell of an atmosphere. Loved it. It felt like a proper cup match. I think 4,700 turned out, 6,000 tickets sold, and this is more media than I get in Toronto. So this obviously is a football city.
Yeah, I think Saint-Laurent ought to be proud tonight. They pushed us, pushed us hard. Obviously for me what I’m happy about is the clean sheet, that was one mission. Tonight, just a professional performance, no injuries, and yeah, we got out of here. Tough night. Tough night. Cup match. Everything you expected it to be.
Q: What did you say at half-time?
Just be patient. Be patient. There were a few things tactically. There was a bit of a gap we were opening on that right-hand side. I thought they did a hell of a job posting up against [Kosi] Thompson and the wing-back…
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