Toronto FC advanced to the Amway Canadian Championship final despite a scoreless draw against 10-man Montreal Impact in the second leg of the semifinal on Wednesday night.
Toronto advanced on aggregate after beating Montreal 4-2 in the first leg last week at BMO Field.
The Reds will face either the Vancouver Whitecaps or Ottawa Fury in the Canadian Championship final in two weeks. The winner of that series will hoist the Voyageurs Cup and compete in the 2017-18 CONCACAF Champions League.
Montreal was again reduced to 10 men on Wednesday after Lucas Ontivero was shown a straight red card in the 60th minute. Captain Patrice Bernier was ejected in the first leg for a dangerous slide tackle.
After being taken down in the penalty box without a call from the referee, a frustrated Ontivero headbutted defender Will Johnson after the two exchanged some words.
An irate crowd of 18,964 at Saputo Stadium could not hide their displeasure with the referee's decision.
With a lack of holing midfielders at his disposal -- Bernier (suspension), Marco Donadel (ankle) and Calum Mallace (foot) were all absent -- Impact coach Mauro Biello went with a 4-4-2 formation to start the match.
Didier Drogba and Michael Salazar started at the front for the home side.
Striker Sebastian Giovinco, absent in the first leg with an abductor injury, started the game on the bench for TFC. The Italian came into the game in the 74th minute. He finished with two shots on goal.
The Impact never really challenged the visitors.
Montreal lacked urgency and precision for much of the first half, with countless long balls in the final third missing their mark. The home side failed to break through Toronto's firm defensive line for the first half hour of play.
Biello's men turned up the pressure in the final 10 minutes of the half. The best chance fell to Salazar in the 41st, but his deflected effort fell softly to goalkeeper Clint Irwin.
The Impact picked up the pace at times in the second half, but Toronto's back four completely shut down Montreal's every advance.
Salazar came close to getting Montreal on the board in the 79th minute, but the 23-year-old failed to connect on Drogba's curled ball into the box.
