September 26, 2024 – Major League Soccer (MLS)
Toronto FC News Release
Vancouver Whitecaps FC win the penalty shootout by a score of 4-2 to lift the 2024 TELUS Canadian Championship
MISCONDUCT SUMMARY
VAN – Fafà Picault 15′ (caution)
TOR – Deandre Kerr 45+1′ (caution)
VAN – Mathías Laborda 53′ (caution)
VAN – Brian White 90+4′ (caution)
LINEUPS
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC – Isaac Boehmer; Bjørn Inge Utvik, Mathías Laborda, Ranko Veselinović; Ali Ahmed (Ryan Raposo 46′), Andrés Cubas, Pedro Vite (Stuart Armstrong 85′), Sam Adekugbe (Sebastian Berhalter 72′), Ryan Gauld (C); Brian White, Fafà Picault (Alessandro Schöpf 60′)
Substitutes Not Used: Yohei Takaoka, Tristan Blackmon, Levonte Johnson
TORONTO FC – Sean Johnson; Shane O’Neill (Sigurd Rosted 72′), Kevin Long, Raoul Petretta; Federico Bernardeschi, Jonathan Osorio (C), Alonso Coello (Deybi Flores 84′), Matty Longstaff, Richie Laryea; Deandre Kerr (Prince Owusu 68′), Lorenzo Insigne (Kosi Thompson 68′)
Substitutes Not Used: Luka Gavran, Aimé Mabika, Kobe Franklin
MEDIA NOTES
Toronto FC midfielder and captain Jonathan Osorio made his 32nd Canadian Championship appearance tonight, tying Russell Teibert (formerly of Vancouver Whitecaps FC) with the most appearances in tournament history.
Deandre Kerr earned the 2024 TELUS Canadian Championship Golden Boot award after scoring a tournament-high five goals.
Sean Johnson and Alonso Coello each made their 50th appearance for Toronto FC across all competitions, becoming the eleventh and twelfth current TFC players (Jonathan Osorio, Richie Laryea, Deandre Kerr, Federico Bernardeschi, Shane O’Neill, Kosi Thompson, Kobe Franklin, Lorenzo Insigne, Raoul Petretta and Sigurd Rosted) to reach the milestone.
Sean Johnson also recorded his ninth clean sheet of the 2024 season across all competitions (MLS regular season, Leagues Cup and Canadian Championship) and the fifteenth clean sheet of his career with Toronto FC.
JOHN HERDMAN – HEAD COACH, TORONTO FC
Q: What’s the feeling after this one tonight?
A little bit of feeling bad for the lads, but a little bit of pride as well. Tough place to come and get a result.
But I thought we performed well enough to get a result in 90 minutes. Unfortunately weren’t able to take the chances we had and we put ourself in that hole, which is penalties.
So proud of the lads, but at the same time, absolutely gutted. I felt like the trophy was closer to Toronto tonight.
Fair play with Vancouver. They’re very resilient. [Isaac] Boehmer did a hell of a job…
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