CF Montreal picks up 4th straight MLS win against sputtering Toronto FC
Winger Lassi Lappalainen and striker Chinonso Offor both scored as CF Montreal beat Toronto FC in Major League Soccer play to win the Canadian Classique 2-0 on Saturday night.
Defender George Campbell earned an assist on the first goal for Montreal (5-6-0), which won its sixth straight game in all competitions.
Toronto (2-4-5) spent the final 34 minutes down to 10 men after winger Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty received a red card.
Toronto (2-4-5) has suffered its third straight defeat in all competitions after also losing to Montreal in the Canadian Championship quarterfinal on Tuesday, a match marred by fights in the stands.
Saturday's match wasn't without fireworks as a scrum broke out between both teams at the end of the match.
The injury-depleted Reds have one win in their last nine matches.
Lappalainen, who came on as a substitute at halftime, broke the deadlock in the 53rd minute. Campbell dribbled around several opponents and laid the ball off to the Finnish winger, who slotted a low cross into the box past Johnson before a sellout crowd of 19,619 at Stade Saputo.
George Campbell with a great run and assist to set up Lassi Lappalainen.<br><br>And <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CFMTL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CFMTL</a> strikes first against Toronto.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MLSSeasonPass?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MLSSeasonPass</a>: <a href="https://t.co/nII5scufwk">https://t.co/nII5scufwk</a> <a href="https://t.co/64BHwo7Dpw">pic.twitter.com/64BHwo7Dpw</a>
Things got worse from there for Toronto. Marshall-Rutty earned his second yellow card of the match in the 56th minute to put the visiting side down to 10 men. Marshall-Rutty received the second caution for delaying the game when
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