Toronto FC coach John Herdman impressed with underdog CS Saint-Laurent
When CS Saint-Laurent players ran onto the field to celebrate their upset win over the CPL’s Halifax Wanderers FC, Rocco Placentino couldn’t join them.Mamadou Kané converted the decisive spot kick in the 5-3 penalty shootout win May 2 that moved the Ligue1 Quebec champion into Wednesday’s quarter-final first leg of the Telus Canadian Championship against Toronto FC.
Kané was wearing No. 7, the number associated with Jason Di Tullio, an assistant coach and former player with CF Montreal, who died of cancer in July, 2022, at the age of 38. “Mamadou scored and my mind was saying ’Run to the corner where everyone went to celebrate.' But I was frozen. For a minute I couldn’t move. I was just so overwhelmed with positive vibes that my body went into a bit of a freeze mode. I just had to soak it in and process it a bit. I know Jason was definitely there to help us out.”
TFC had little problem dispatching League 1 Ontario’s Simcoe County Rovers 5-0 in the preliminary round. But Herdman said he is treating this cup game like a midweek MLS match.“You may see Bernardeschi in this game,” he added, referencing Italian star Federico Bernardeschi who did not see action against Simcoe.
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