MONTREAL - CF Montréal was eliminated from the 2024 TELUS Canadian Championship by Forge FC following a 2-1 defeat (3-2 on aggregate) on Wednesday evening at Stade Saputo in the return leg of the quarterfinals.
The visitors scored 10 minutes apart in the first half, through Daniel Parra (14') followed by Kwasi Poku (24').
After a long weather delay of one hour and 50 minutes before the restart of the second half due to weather conditions, Victor Wanyama narrowed the gap for the Montrealers in the 65th minute.
CF Montréal will be back in action this Saturday against Nashville SC at Stade Saputo at 7:30pm (MLS Season Pass, BPM Sports, CJAD 800).
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MATCH NOTES
-Joaquin Sosa and Dominic Iankov both played their first Canadian Championship games.
-Victor Wanyama scored his first goal in the competition.
-The weather delay at half-time was the longest in the Club's MLS era history at Stade Saputo.
LAURENT COURTOIS
"I'm ashamed. In general, for our fans too. It's hard to explain that first half. We all have ambitions and sometimes you have to match those ambitions with actions. I didn't see that in the first half. We're going to look for solutions. The problems have been identified. We need to revisit the strategy and the squad rotation, address the match scenarios and the quantification of the workload to present my players at their best mental and athletic levels."
MATHIEU CHOINIÈRE
"This is unacceptable. The fans are right. They're there every game. They made the trip to Toronto. The least we can do is push ourselves and make them proud. It's up to us to show more desire and get our jerseys wet. We need to wake up and look in the mirror. We need to step up our intensity. If we show up on the pitch without desire, we won't get anywhere. It's tough in the dressing room. We're going to stick together, not be afraid and play for the crest."
