Montreal Impact will meet Toronto FC in the final of the 2019 Canadian Champions. It’s the final most fans would have anticipated going into the semi-final match-ups.
Before last night in Calgary, the Impact had not won a match in regulation time in this competition on the road for 8 years, and even on that occasion whilst still a USL club, they succumbed in extra time to the Vancouver Whitecaps.
But a headed goal after 14 minutes from Anthony Jackson-Hamel proved enough. Ironically it came from the type of set-piece Cavalry manager, Tommy Wheeldon Jnr hoped his side could exploit at the other end of the field, such has been Montreal’s defending of set-plays in recent games.