MIAMI, May 18, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Former Juventus winger Federico Bernardeschi scored twice as Toronto FC romped to a 6-1 win at Canadian rivals Montreal in Major League Soccer on Saturday.

Canadian forward Theo Corbeanu added a brace as Toronto took full advantage of the Eastern Conference's bottom club being reduced to 10 men in the 21st minute when Joel Waterman was sent off.

Toronto were 1-0 up at that point thanks to a goal thanks to a fine breakaway goal from Trinidad international Tyrese Spicer.

Waterman was shown a straight red card for his late, lunging challenge to bring down Norwegian Ola Brynhildsen who was surging goalwards and from then on it was one way traffic.

Bernardeschi doubled the lead in the 30th minute with a confident right-foot finish and then Brynhildsen made it 3-0 with a tap-in after good work from Maxime Dominguez.

Montreal hit the woodwork twice before half-time but Toronto put the game beyond any doubt when Bernardeschi produced a superb solo strike into the far corner to make it four.

After Montreal pulled a goal back through their Italian-Albanian striker Giacomo Vrioni, substitute Corbeanu added two goals to complete the rout.

"Obviously, this is a tough place to play, a big rival, and I thought the performance was very mature, very composed, and through some good patient play we were able to find some really good opportunities," said Toronto head coach Robin Fraser.

"Make no mistake to go down a man early, put Montreal in a very, very difficult situation. But as we've all seen at some point, just to be a man up doesn't necessarily mean you're going to have success.

"Fede (Bernardeschi) was so dangerous almost every time he touched it," he added.

New York City enjoyed a 2-0 derby win at Citi Field against the New York Red Bulls taking the lead in the 13th minute thanks to a brilliant long-range effort from Alonso Martinez.

Red Bulls keeper Carlos Coronel then made an awful error in the 50th minute to gift the ball to Martinez on the edge of the box and he fed Maxi Moralez who shot into the unguarded goal.

Later on Saturday, the Columbus Crew host FC Cincinnati in a Ohio derby featuring third against first in the Eastern Conference.

'Rivalry weekend' continues on Sunday with Inter Miami hosting Orlando City and then the 'El Trafico' clash between struggling Los Angeles Galaxy and Los Angeles FC.