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          Montreal Impact-Toronto FC match sets record for TV audience in Canada

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          • ESPN staffNov 24, 2016, 12:49 PM ET

          The first leg of the Eastern Conference final between the Montreal Impact and Toronto FC achieved a record television audience for an MLS game in Canada, TSN announced on Thursday.

          The game, played in front of more than 61,000 fans in Montreal's Olympic Stadium, ended in a 3-2 victory for the home side and was watched by an average audience of one million in the North American country.

          The audience was nearly double the previous record, and was watched by 3.6 million unique viewers over the course of the night.

          The previous record was set during a first-round playoff match between the two Canadian teams last year.

          The second leg will be played on Wednesday, Nov. 30, in Toronto.