Giovinco on target as Toronto FC beats Montreal 3-1 to keep playoff hopes alive
TORONTO — Time and games are running out. But Toronto FC is still alive and kicking.
“It’s been that kind of year. Nothing’s come easy. But we are not dead, that’s for damn sure,” Toronto captain Michael Bradley said after a 3-1 win Saturday night over the rival Montreal Impact. “Along the way there’s been a few people in some different places that have been ready to count us out.
“We’ve been able to just keep ourselves going and find ways to fight and scrap and claw. We’re going to have to do that for nine more games. We’ve got to do everything we can, take this down to the wire and get ourselves in the playoffs.”
Sebastian Giovinco scored twice to help TFC keep its slim post-season hopes alive. Toronto (7-12-6) remains in ninth place in the East but cut the gap with Montreal (10-14-3), which occupies the sixth and last playoff spot, to six points.