Ottawa Fury beats Toronto

OTTAWA No one was more shocked than Ottawa Fury coach Paul Dalglish.

Ryan Williams and Sito Seoane scored second-half goals as Ottawa rallied to a 2-1 win on Tuesday in their firstever meeting with Toronto FC in the first leg of the semifinal for the Voyageurs Cup, Canada’s soccer club championship.

“This shouldn’t have happened,” said Dalgish. “There’s no way we should have to beat the best team ever in Canada, (The players) have to savour it.”

The second leg will be played at Toronto’s BMO Field on May 31 with the winner moving on to the Canadian championship against the winner of the other semifinal between the Montreal Impact and Vancouver Whitecaps.

“We’ve come up against a fantastic team,” said Dalgish. “In my opinion, Toronto is the best ever Canadian team. It was a big, gig proposition for us to take them on and I thought the guys were fantastic.

“They implemented everything we asked them to as a coaching staff fantastically well.”

After falling behind Toronto 1-0 on a goal from Benoit Cheyrou, the Fury started the second half much better than the first and as a result of their tenacity got a free kick in the 57th minute following a hand ball by Toronto FC.

Williams took the kick and while TFC ‘keeper Clint Irwin dove to his right, Williams placed his shot into the corner of the goal to Irwin’s left.

In the 72nd minute Seoane drove around a TFC defender during a scramble and hooked a shot past Irwin for a 2-1 advantage.