Impact looking to fill Big O for MLS playoff showdown with Toronto FC
MONTREAL — He’s already lived the experience once and Dominic Oduro wants to see Olympic Stadium filled with screaming fans again.
The Montreal Impact sold more than 30,000 tickets over the first two days after reaching the MLS Eastern Conference final, where they will face Toronto FC on Nov. 22 in the first leg of the two-game, aggregate-goal showdown between the Canadian rivals. The club is gunning for a sellout crowd of 60,000-plus in the domed stadium.
Oduro played in front of 61,004 in the same building on April 29, 2015 when the Impact lost 4-2 to Mexico’s Club America in the CONCACAF Champions League final. He wants to feed off that energy one more time.
“We need 60,” Oduro said Wednesday. “The fans should come out.