MONTREAL—The Montreal Impact’s Major League Soccer playoff hopes are fading, but they still have a championship to play for this month.
“I don’t know if it saves the season but still, it’s a trophy,” Impact defender Jukka Raitala said on the eve of the first leg of the Canadian Championship final against surging Toronto FC.
The slumping Impact will host the three-time defending Canadian champions on Wednesday night. The return leg is Sept. 25 at BMO Field in Toronto.
Montreal, three points out of a playoff spot in MLS’s Eastern Conference, enters the final as the underdog.