PR 1 (2), Impact 2 (4): FINALS HERE WE COME!!!

By: Franck | October 5th, 2009

scoreline This is it folks, we’re going to the Finals: The Montreal Impact defeated the Puerto Rico Islanders 2-1 (4-2) on aggregate inBayamon, Puerto Rico to reach the USL Championship Finals for the third time in their history.

Again, still playing right from the first kick-off, we came out strong, scored early agan (Peter Byers, 2′), and basically hung on long enough to win it. Things were worrisome late in the game when Joshua Hansen scored on a penalty in the 86th minute, and bringing it to a one-goal game, but Eddie Sebrango managed to put one past Bill “The Wall” Gaudette in the 90th to put it, and the Islanders, away for good (well, for 2009, at least). Matt Jordan, for his part, was stellar in goal, making a dozen key saves.

We now face the Vancouver Whitecaps in what will certainly be a classic revenge series, the caps still vividly remembering our mess-up at the hands of TFC in the Nutrilite Canadian Championship.

The first leg will be held this coming Saturday, October 10 at Swangard Stadium in Burnaby, BC at 9:30pm EST (6:30 local), with the game being available online at radio-canada.ca, and on the radio on CKAC Sports and THE TEAM 990. The return leg will be held the following Saturday, October 17 at Saputo Stadium at 2:30 pm EST, this one will be on TV on Radio-Canada (it should be online as well) as well again on the radio on CKAC Sports and THE TEAM 990. It’s my understanding that USLlive and Fox Soccer Channel will have both games as well.

We need a third title!!!!!