2023-08-18 07:19:00
TORONTO – CF Montreal will return to MLS action this Sunday at 7:30 p.m. once morest Toronto FC at BMO Field (MLS Season Pass, RDS, TSN, BPM Sports, TSN 690).
After losing in the group stage of the Leagues Cup 2023, the Montrealers will play their first match following a break of more than three weeks.
With 29 points following 23 games, the Bleu-blanc-noir currently sits 10th in the Eastern Conference, one point out of the playoffs.
The Montrealers will arrive at BMO Field with a 4-6-4 record once morest their road rival in MLS, with 20 goals scored and 23 conceded. On their last visit to the Queen City on May 9, Hernán Losada’s men got the better of TFC, winning the game 2-1 in the quarter-finals of the Canadian Championship thanks to the winning goal from Chinonso Offor.
“We have to stay well organized,” said head coach Hernán Losada. I think it’s going to be important to keep our discipline. It’s an away game and it’s a derby. It will be very important to stay focused from the start of the match. »
Moreover, recently signed to a contract extension until 2026, the goalkeeper trained at the Club Jonathan Sirois is one shutout from equaling the Club record established in 2018 by Evan Bush. The native of Saint-Hubert collected his ninth shutout in a 2-0 victory on July 15 once morest Charlotte on the eve of the break for the Leagues Cup 2023.
Additionally, captain Samuel Piette is now the Club’s all-time leader in regular-season starts for an outfield player in MLS (131). He is only three games away (148) from also equaling the club record held by Patrice Bernier for the number of games played in the MLS regular season by an outfield player.
As for the opponent, Toronto has now been under interim head coach Terry Dunfield since June 26. THE Reds are also returning from an extended break, having also been dropped from the Leagues Cup knockout phase following defeats once morest Atlas (0-1) and New York City FC (0-5).
The Torontonians are 14th in the Eastern standings and are on a complicated seven-game losing streak in all competitions. Shut out in their last four games, their last goal came on June 24 in a 2-1 loss to the New England Revolution.
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