Impact will give worse performances and win, Jozy Altidore will play better games and fail to score, but tonight turned out to be the Toronto striker’s night.
He certainly wasn’t at his most effective. Indeed I was surprised Greg Vanney persevered with him and kept Ayo Akinola on the bench as the game entered its final quarter.
Akinola eventually did appear, but it was not to replace the US international. Instead Greg Vanney’s decision for Altidore to remain in the action paid off, the striker’s 89th minute scuffed shot under Clement Diop not only giving Toronto victory, but establishing himself as the record goalscorer in Canadian Classique derby history.