Montreal CF Montreal
2-1
Toronto

Drogba (54', 55')

FT(HT: 0-1)

Altidore (45')

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Montreal Impact gain home advantage in playoffs with win over Toronto

Montreal Impact gain home advantage in the MLS Eastern Conference playoffs, defeating Toronto 2-1 on Decision Day.

By Jonathan McIntosh, Reporter

Published: October 25 2015 | 23:03

Last updated: October 26 2015 | 21:50

Montreal Impact have gained home advantage in the knockout round of the Eastern Conference playoffs with a 2-1 win over Toronto.

Toronto dominated the first half and Sebastian Giovinco came close to scoring after just five minutes.

Robbie Findley's header was saved by Evan Bush on the half-hour mark before Giovinco's shot from a tight angle was blocked eight minutes later.

Jozy Altidore gave Toronto the lead on the verge of half time with his 13th goal of the season.

Didier Drogba was a man on a mission in the second half, and single-handedly turned the match on its head.

First, the former Chelsea striker hit the woodwork from 10 yards in the 50th minute. He then scored two goals in 60 seconds to give Montreal the lead and become the club's leading scorer this season.

Michael Bradley was denied by the crossbar in the 79th minute with his powerful effort from 10 yards as Toronto slipped to sixth place in the Eastern Conference.

The two teams will meet again in Quebec next week in the playoffs knockout round.

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Eastern Conference

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Inter Miami Inter Miami	34	22	8	4	79	49	30	74
2	Columbus Crew	34	19	9	6	72	40	32	66
3	FC Cincinnati Cincinnati	34	18	5	11	58	48	10	59
4	Orlando City	34	15	7	12	59	50	9	52
5	Charlotte FC Charlotte FC	34	14	9	11	46	37	9	51
6	New York City FC NY City	34	14	8	12	54	49	5	50
7	New York Red Bulls NY Red Bulls	34	11	14	9	55	50	5	47
8	CF Montreal Montreal	34	11	10	13	48	64	-16	43
9	Atlanta United Atlanta	34	10	10	14	46	49	-3	40
10	DC United	34	10	10	14	52	70	-18	40
11	Philadelphia Union Philadelphia	34	9	10	15	62	55	7	37
12	Toronto	34	11	4	19	40	61	-21	37
13	Nashville SC Nashville	34	9	9	16	38	54	-16	36
14	New England Revolution New England	34	9	4	21	37	74	-37	31
15	Chicago Fire	34	7	9	18	40	62	-22	30

Western Conference

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Los Angeles FC Los Angeles	34	19	7	8	63	43	20	64
2	Los Angeles Galaxy LA Galaxy	34	19	7	8	69	50	19	64
3	Real Salt Lake Salt Lake	34	16	11	7	65	48	17	59
4	Seattle Sounders Seattle	34	16	9	9	51	35	16	57
5	Houston Dynamo Houston	34	15	9	10	47	39	8	54
6	Minnesota United Minnesota Utd	34	15	7	12	58	49	9	52
7	Colorado Rapids Colorado	34	15	5	14	61	60	1	50
8	Portland Timbers Portland	34	12	11	11	65	56	9	47
9	Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver	34	13	8	13	52	49	3	47
10	Austin FC Austin	34	11	9	14	39	48	-9	42
11	Dallas	34	11	8	15	54	56	-2	41
12	St Louis City	34	8	13	13	50	63	-13	37
13	Sporting Kansas City Kansas	34	8	7	19	51	66	-15	31
14	San Jose Earthquakes Earthquakes	34	6	3	25	41	78	-37	21