We might have forgotten, but CF Montreal is celebrating its 30th anniversary this season. The Montrealers on the field don’t count the number of candles they will place on the cake, they rather count the minutes before the end of the game.
After a dramatic 5-0 loss to the Vancouver Whitecaps last Saturday, CFM have been upgraded again. This time it was in the 50th minute that the game was folded.
Given an unequivocal 4-0 loss to the New England Revolution on Saturday night, CFM are off to their worst start to the season since entering MLS. It comes down to five losses in six games and a victory snatched in stoppage time while his rival played ten. Only the 2014 edition started its calendar with three points in six games, but it had only suffered three defeats.
The Bleu-blanc-noir has lost all of its road games this season and hasn’t managed to shake the strings a single time during those games. The only positive point for Hernán Losada’s men – besides the great combativeness of Mathieu Choinière – is that they will return to Stade Saputo next Saturday against the fragile D.C. United.
Already struggling with several major injuries such as captain Samuel Piette, Lassi Lappalainen and goalkeeper James Pantemis, the CFM may have lost another key cog during the game. Romell Quioto, who needed the help of the healers twice in the first half, did not return to play for the second half.
Hardly anyone was up to the task for CFM vs. Revolution. The centre-backs all had a tough night at the office, especially Kamal Miller, who missed several elementary plays. His start to the season is like the other executives in the formation, they are all a shadow of themselves.
If the Revolution are among the best teams in MLS in the standings, they did not offer particularly convincing play in the first half, but retreated to the locker room with a two-goal priority. He completed the job early in the second half with a third goal that signed the death penalty for CFM.
