The first half wasn’t bad.
Toronto FC started the first leg of their Canadian Championship semi-final sloppily, but that can probably be attributed to them getting to grips with the turf and the Ottawa Fury coming out of the blocks quickly as they looked to put their more famous visitors on the back foot.
Once the Reds had come through that first 20-minute period and taken the sting out of the game, they started to knock the ball around cleanly and create some pressure in the Ottawa half.
Their improved play culminated in Benoit Cheyrou’s 35th-minute goal.