Canada’s three MLS teams are linked Saturday as the chase for post-season places comes down to the crunch.
And Vancouver and Montreal can team up to eliminate Toronto FC from post-season contention.
A win by the visiting Whitecaps in Toronto coupled with an Impact victory over Columbus in Montreal will end the playoff chase for TFC, which would be 10 points out of a berth with only three games remaining.
The ninth-place Reds (9-15-6) dodged the same bullet last weekend by beating eighth-place New England 4-1 while sixth-place Montreal (12-15-4) was thumped 5-0 by seventh-place D.