Toronto FC entered Wednesday night on an 11-game unbeaten run while the Montreal Impact headed in on a four-match losing streak.
You would have been hard-pressed to guess that based on what transpired.
Three goals inside the first 24 minutes paved the way for the Impact to in a 5-3 victory over Toronto at BMO Field. Ignacio Piatti and Anthony Jackson-Hamel each had braces for Montreal, who were up 5-1 after 51 minutes before Tosaint Ricketts scored twice to trim the deficit.
The defeat snapped league-leading Toronto FC's undefeated run as well as their six-game winning streak. It also marked their first home loss of the season.