The MLS sides played a back-and-forth semifinal second leg, but the Impact's experience ultimately prevailed
The Montreal Impact rode a dominant first half to dispatch the visiting Vancouver Whitecaps 4-2 in the second leg of the Canadian Championship semifinals at Stade Saputo on Tuesday night, winning 5-4 on aggregate.
Mauro Biello employed a starting XI that was close to his first choice-side, and in the opening 45 minutes the Impact looked very much like the more experienced team against a Whitecaps lineup full of youth and lesser-used first teamers. The home side was paced by a pair of goals from the penalty spot by talisman Ignacio Piatti, along with opportunistic strikes by Blerim Dzemaili and Anthony Jackson-Hamel, to book a spot in the finals of the domestic cup competition.