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TORONTO -- The artistry Justin Mapp displayed in scoring Montreals lone goal drew rave reviews from even Toronto FC coach Ryan Nelsen on Wednesday night. Clete Boyer Jersey . Mapp danced through Torontos defence to score on Montreals only shot on net as the Impact salvaged a 1-1 draw in the first leg of the Amway Canadian Championship against a TFC side missing star striker Jermain Defoe. "Hes a lovely man, he goes about his business quietly," Nelsen said of Mapp. "That was a classy classy goal, to tell you the truth, and the only way I think really they were going to score, to break us down. "Sometimes you have to tip your hat." Defender Doneil Henry scored the lone goal for Toronto. The draw could be considered a victory for Montreal, since road goals carry more weight. If next Wednesdays second leg in Montreal was to end in a 0-0 tie, the Impact would win based on Mapps goal at BMO Field. "Coming away, the first leg, you score an away goal, its very important," said Impact coach Frank Klopas. "But also I felt we finished the game the second half, we played some good soccer, we had some good opportunities, and so its a good result on the road. But nothings done yet." The draw was the latest chapter in a Canadian Championship battle between these two teams. Toronto has won four of the six titles, Montreal has won the other two, including the inaugural tournament in 2008, and then last year. The winner earns the right to represent Canada in the CONCACAF Champions League. Toronto dominated possession for most of the night, and had five shots on net to the Impacts one in front of 18,269 mostly red-clad TFC fans at BMO Field. Nelsen sat Defoe because the former Tottenham Hotspur star was feeling "a wee bit tight." The coach admitted that, with the lineup he fielded, he was looking ahead to Saturdays Major League Soccer game against the visiting Columbus Crew. "But in saying that, I put out the team that I thought should have won that game," Nelsen said. "We gave a lot of guys a chance to prove themselves, and it looked a bit like they hadnt played together, sometimes it wasnt pretty. But they worked hard." Henry leapt to head home a corner from Daniel Lovitz in the 20th minute, a blistering shot from the top of the six-yard box that Impact goalkeeper Evan Bush had little chance of stopping. The goal was a positive -- finally -- for Henry, whos been mired in negatives lately. Most recently, in Torontos 2-2 draw at Sporting Kansas City, a foul by the Toronto defender inside the box cost the team a Kansas City penalty shot. "For Doneil, he showed his character," Nelsen said. "Obviously hes had a couple of tough ones that everybody likes to remind him of. Its the ability to get back on the horse and get back in the arena that I love about the kid." Mapp tied the game in the 70th, dribbling through Torontos back line and beating a lunging Steven Caldwell to fire a shot past keeper Joe Bendik. "Just collected it on the right side, started driving toward the top of the box. . . ultimately nobody put pressure on the ball and I found myself at the top of the 18 and just had a go. Snuck in," Mapp said. "Nice of him to say," he added, when told of Nelsens praise. "Just trying to stay consistent and do my job each week. Its been tough for us, just trying to play my part, and hopefully it continues." "Tough" is an understatement for a Montreal team that has been struggling mightily this MLS season, looking nothing like the squad that made the playoffs last season. Montreal sits dead last in the league with one win, six losses and four draws. Toronto FC is 4-4-1. But the Impact picked up their pace in the second half, and are in the drivers seat heading into Wednesdays game. "It was tough, (Toronto) had a little more bite (in the first half), winning all the second balls, the soccer really wasnt pretty from either team," Mapp said. "But its Toronto-Montreal Cup final and at halftime, we just said Look, leave it all out there, and good or bad, you just dont know when youll have this chance again." Klopas raged about the refereeing in his post-game news conference. "For me to come here again and complain with the referees. Two clear hand balls in the box, for me its embarrassing. Its embarrassing," he said. "It was a good game played by both teams. . . but me the referees, to be talking about two clear hand balls. . "If youre going to have a final, at least let the players decide, not the referees making calls like this. For me, its an embarrassment." Nelsen said he had little sympathy for the opposing coach. "Talk about bad calls, weve been on the back end of a few of them this season, so Im not going to feel too bad for Frank," Nelsen said. Toronto controlled possession for much of a game that saw few scoring chances by either side. Dwayne De Rosario, who is tied for the tournaments all-time lead in goals with four and won back-to-back tournament MVP honours (2009 and 10), almost put Toronto up by two goals in the 58th minute when he rung a hard shot off the crossbar from about 25 yards out, drawing groans from the crowd. DeRosario sat on the turf in disbelief at his bad luck. De Rosario had another great chance in the 70th, lobbing a high ball over the head of Bush, who was well out of his net. But Heath Pearce was there to head the ball off the goal-line. De Rosario would have a third chance in the 84th minute, when Toronto was awarded a free kick just outside the 18-yard box, but he fired it high of the net. Lovitz had perhaps the best opportunity in the first half, one-timing a rebound off a beautiful cross from Ashtone Morgan. But he launched it well over the top of the crossbar. 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Advancing to the Champions League quarterfinals should be a formality after Lionel Messi scored a penalty and Dani Alves added a late second to secure a commanding 2-0 advantage over City in the round of 16 on Tuesday.With an overall record of 59-63, including 6-9 last week, TSN football analyst Chris Schultz is back with his Week 9 selections in the NFL in Risky Business. New Orleans (-2.5) at Carolina The Panthers did play the Seahawks tough in losing by only four points but Seattle had five opportunities to put the game away and did not capitalize so I do think that 13-9 score is misleading. Youre never sure which team will show up for the Saints - the one that beat the Packers 44-23 or the one that has lost seven road games in a row. Heres a fact about three of their four road losses this year: the Saints had the lead in the fourth quarter against the Falcons, Browns and Lions only to lose by 3, 2, and 1 point. This one will be close but I like the Saints. New Orleans. Tampa Bay at Cleveland (-6.5) The Bucs have had two blowout losses this year, at Atlanta and at home against Baltimore two weeks ago. Every other game has been within one touchdown. For the Browns at 4-3 they are still a possible playoff team by record but do need to improve the run game and on third down. The Bucs need to score first as they have lost 16 consecutive games when the opponent gets on the board first. Bucs on points...Tampa Bay. Arizona at Dallas (-4) The Arizona Cardinals are quietly, very quietly one of the NFLs best teams over the last 16 games, this and last year. In the last 16 they are 13-3. And they do win in the most dramatic ways. Last week they used an end zone interception and late fourth quarter touchdown passes to beat the Eagles 24-20. For the Cowboys they must clarify the procedures in blitz pick up to protect Tony Romo. And it should happen because Cowboy mistakes in protection were much more mental than physical. The Cowboys will try to re-establish DeMarco Murray who only had 19 carries against Washington. The Cardinals will try to hit the big play early and often to keep the pressure on Romo to make the key plays, not Murray. Another key is the health and availability of Patrick Peterson. Cardinals need him to compete directly with Dez Bryant. Cardinals. Philadelphia (-2) at Houston Its the second road game in a row for the Eagles after the Arizona game and that is a tough challenge. Nick Foles as a quarterback has definitely come back down to quarterback reality with 12 touchdowns and nine interceptions. Last week in Arizona he had 411 yards passing but 62 attempts. The game to me is more about Arian Foster and LeSean McCoy than Foles and Ryan Fitzpatrick. The team that wins will be the one with the more productive running back. It will be good to see Jadeveon Clowney in uniform for the Texans but more fun to watch him compete against one of the best left tackles in football, Jason Peters. Eagles. New York Jets at Kansas City (-9.5) The Chiefs have won their last two home games by a combined 75-21 score. Its significant that Michael Vick will make his first start in a long time and although getting all the practice reps will help he really will have to double his quarterback rating to compete, which is currently 49.9. Percy Harvin will make an impact and the Jets defensive front seven is good but the Chiefs are rolling and I think they will continue to do so. Kansas City. Jacksonville at Cincinnati (-11.5) The Bengals are going to win but by how much? In the last 13 games they have 12 wins and one tie at Paul Brown Stadium. If the trend continues the Jaguars will have difficulty scoring points. The only time this season where they scored more than 20 was in their only win over the Browns at home when they scored 24. Denard Robinson, the ex-Michigan Wolverine quarterback is the Jaguars leading rusher, not Toby Gerhart. Pressure is off a little for Cincinnati after they beat Baltimore by three last week. Blake Bortles has to improve and I think he will. Cincinnati wins but Jacksonville keeps it close on points. Jaguars. San Diego at Miami (-2) The Dolphins have won two in a row and the Chargers have lost two in a row. But the Chargers are coming off Thursday Night Football in Denver so traveling west to east should not be a big issue, lots of preparation time. For Miami to win they need a good pass rushing game and a good time of possession game. Right now Philip Rivers is playing his best foottball with 20 touchdown passes and just five interceptions. A. J. Minter Jersey. Miami has to hurry him as a quarterback and keep the ball away from him so he cant run a lot of plays as a quarterback. Ryan Tannehill had 56 first half yards against Jacksonville. San Diego has lost to Arizona, KC and Denver. With extra time and good play from DJ Fluker and King Dunlap I can see a tough but three-point win for the Chargers. San Diego. Washington at Minnesota (-2.5) Will RG3 start or will it be Colt McCoy? McCoy was impressive in the 20-17 win over Dallas on Monday but now has to play a Viking team that in the last three games has allowed 13, 17 and 17 points. If I was running Washington I would go with McCoy for one more game as the Redskins do have a bye week and could have a healthy Griffin III for the last seven games with the first being Tampa Bay at home. Trent Murphy has filled in for Brian Arakpo, DeSean Jackson and Pierre Garcon are good receivers, and Alfred Morris as a running back can close out a game. Washington should be confident, Vikings just a touch complacent. Washington. St. Louis at San Francisco (-9.5) The 49ers are coming off the bye week and the timing is good. After three straight wins they lost in Denver and looked tired and beat up and Peyton Manning took advantage. For St. Louis they did trade for Mark Barron with Tampa Bay which means they dont have extreme confidence in the secondary they presently have. How will Greg Robinson play as starting offensive tackle for the Rams, replacing Jake Long? Robert Quinn vs. Joe Staley. The 49ers offensive tackle won Round 1, now can he win Round 2? I do think San Francisco coming off a bye will be rejuvenated but the 49ers handled the Rams in St Louis already, they can do it again here. 49ers by 10 to cover the number. Oakland at Seattle (-15) I am not sure how the Raiders are going to score more than 15 points because outside of one game, a 31-28 loss to San Diego, the Raiders have yet to score more than 14. The Seahawks know they have to get on a roll and fast, since Arizona is good and San Francisco is getting healthy. I dont think Seattle will be complacent against Oakland and being back home after two road games the stadium noise will be at an enthusiastic high. A score of 28-10 sounds good to me. Seattle covers, Seahawks. Denver (-3) at New England Great game. Records of 6-1 against 6-2. Both teams are coming off slightly misleading victories. Denver beat San Diego 35-21 as the Chargers were without their top three running backs and two cornerbacks. New England cruised 51-23 over Chicago but the Bears lacked NFL intensity throughout in one of the most uninspired performances in that franchises history. But in reality this is the 16th Brady vs. Manning game about to be played. Brady has won 10, Manning five, and New England has won 13 straight at home at Gillette Stadium. On top of that, Brandon LaFell is becoming an impact receiver. Home underdog, and I will stay with the home team. Patriots. Baltimore at Pittsburgh (Pick em) These are two completely different types of offences when it comes to producing touchdowns. The Ravens have more drives of 80-plus yards than any other NFL team, they will grind you into submission if you let them. The Steeler receivers are maturing together led by Antonio Brown. He has an NFL record going of at least five catches for 50 yards in the last 24 games. Pass protection was an easy challenge for Pittsburgh last week, it wont be this week. It is tough to beat the same divisional team twice in half a football season. Especially when Baltimore does not have perhaps its best cornerback in Jimmy Smith. Pittsburgh. Indianapolis (-3) at NY Giants It is hard to explain how a team like the Colts can shut out the Bengals one week and then give up 51 to Pittsburgh. No Vontae Davis, no Erik Walden is one reason but I do think the Colts will respond. Coming off the bye week, the Giants will be healthy but can they create a pass rush and protect as well as Pittsburgh. Andrew Luck has thrown for 300 or more yards in six straight games, breaking a Peyton Manning record. The Giants have not allowed 300 yards to a quarterback in five of their last six games. What gives? The Giants defence. Colts. ' ' '