1. To Ottawa to begin the campaign to the first piece of silverware Toronto FC can win this season and qualify (again) for the Champions League. But with the Columbus Crew waiting on Friday night and against USL opposition, who plays?
Last year’s semi-final, first-leg lineup, against an MLS club in the Montreal Impact, looked like this:
Irwin; Beitashour, Zavaleta, Hagglund, Morgan; Cheyrou; Delgado, Lovitz; Osorio; Babouli, Hamilton.
(I think it was the diamond but it could have been 4-3-3.)
This time last year only really Clint Irwin and Steven Beitashour were in the Reds’ best XI of that group, with Jonathan Osorio and Marky Delgado featuring fairly regularly.