

“The past few years have been crazy for me and hopefully that stops. “Football is a weird sport with a lot of ebbs and flows,” said Toye who had to balance runs of good form with three separate surgeries during his time in Montreal.

There were no celebrations from the 2018 Minnesota United draftee out of respect for his former club, but there did appear to be a weight lifted off his shoulders after struggling with fitness since arriving at the club. Just seven minutes into the game, Montreal’s verticality split Minnesota down the middle as Toye ran through the defence before lobbing it over the goalkeeper. The game began with an indicator that it would be played in a wide-open manner as both teams enjoyed stints of possession in advanced areas. If I feel this way, I can only imagine how the players feel, this schedule was madness.” “The positivity in this group has been so important, any players that is in the group has the right mindset,” said head coach Hernan Losada. This was Montreal’s seventh consecutive win at home in all competitions, keeping a clean sheet in every one of them. Montreal improved to 7-9-1 with the win, while Minnesota (5-7-5) has now lost eight of its last nine games on the road in all competitions. Toye, with goals in the seventh and 57th minutes, got offensive help from Zachary Brault-Guillard with a goal in the 13th minute and Rudy Camacho in the 76th.
