Puerto Rico Islanders vs Toronto FC in 2009-10 CCL

By: BoriQa | June 18th, 2009

The Islanders now know their first 2009-2010 CCL Canadian opponent.

The Islanders will face Toronto FC on July 28th in Toronto for the 1st-leg; and they will play the return leg in Bayamón on August 4th.

They said it couldn`t be done. It had been generally conceded that there was no chance that Toronto FC could win the Nutrilite Canadian Championship by defeating the Montreal Impact by four goals Thursday night.

Well guess what??? Toronto FC won by 5!!!

Toronto, which had only won one game by four goals in its history, needed a four-goal victory at Montreal or hand the title to the Vancouver Whitecaps and miss out on the Champions League for a second straight year. Incredibly Toronto defeated Montreal 6-1 to win the Canadian Championship and to clinch Champions League berth.

“Tonight’s result is extremely disappointing,” said Impact President Joey Saputo. “The players wearing the Impact jersey have to show pride and they did not tonight. Even though the match had no significance, we can’t hide our heads in the sand. This is not the way this club should perform in front of our fans, in our stadium. Being first and foremost a fan, I know that this is not acceptable.”

The 2009 Nutrilite Canadian Championship ran 6 May to 18 June in Montréal, Toronto and Vancouver. Toronto FC won the championship with nine points and a +5 goal differential, jumping ahead of Vancouver Whitecaps FC (nine points and +4 goal differential) on the final day. The Impact de Montréal finished last with no points in four games.

Toronto FC’s Dwayne De Rosario was selected the most valuable player of the 2009 Nutrilite Canadian Championship. De Rosario sparked Toronto FC’s unbelievable victory to claim the Canadian championship. He scored three goals – the first hat trick in the competition. He finished with three goals and one assist in four games.