MONTREAL – FC Montreal conceded a goal in stoppage time and lost 2-1 to the Wilmington Hammerheads FC Thursday, at Stade Saputo.
The Hammerheads were the first to score when Brian Ackley put a diving header in the back of the net on a cross coming from the left flank in the 39th minute.
The Bleu-blanc-noir replied early in the second half. Midfielder Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé deflected a pass from midfielder Zakaria Messoudi behind the defenders for winger Victor Omar Ndiaye. Ndiaye went around the goalkeeper and scored in the 50th minute.
In stoppage time, Wilmington pushed forward and then Marc Godelman passed back to Will Heaney in the box, whose low shot went right corner to beat goalkeeper Maxime Crépeau in the 91st minute.
"It’s cruel. I think we deserved better," said FC Montreal head coach Philippe Eullaffroy. "We can only be disappointed when we played a good game on the whole."
“It’s really disappointing since I think we played a good game,” said defender Mélé Temguia. “It might be due to a lack of concentration or fatigue from our side.”
In the 9th minute, FC Montreal had a good opportunity. Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé stopped a clearance from Wilmington, but their keeper blocked his volley shot.
A few minutes later, winger Fabio Morelli lobbed the ball over the keeper after getting a through ball. His shot hit the right post.
FC Montreal will play its next game on Saturday, July 4, at 3pm against Toronto FC II at the Ontario Soccer Centre. The game will be available via streaming at www.impactmontreal.ca/fcmontreal.
LINEUPS
FC Montreal: Maxime Crépeau, Janouk Charbonneau, Mélé Temguia, Chakib Hocine, Zachary Sukunda (John Dinkota 94’), Nazim Belguendouz (Marco Dominguez 69’), Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé (Mastanabal Kacher 77’), Victor Omar Ndiaye (Frédéric Lajoie-Gravelle 64’), Zakaria Messoudi, Alessandro Riggi (Charles Joly 71’), Fabio Morelli
*MLS players
Subs: Luca Leone, Mastanabal Kacher, John Dinkota, Marco Dominguez, Frédéric Lajoie-Gravelle, Charles Joly, Jems Geffrard
Wilmington Hammerheads FC: André Rawls, Tom Parratt, Troy Cole, Fran Martinez, Andrae Campbell, Paul Nicholson, Corben Bone, Ross Tomaselli, Chris Bassogog (Will Heaney 80’), Brian Ackley (Marc Godelman 75’), Sunny Jane (Justin Moose 61’)
Subs: Larry Jackson, Will Heaney, Justin Moose, Anthony Peters, Stefan Defregger, Cody Arnoux, Marc Godelman
GOAL
WIL: Brian Ackley 39’
MTL: Victor Omar Ndiaye 50’
WIL: Will Heaney 90+1’
CAUTIONS
WIL: Tom Parratt 34’
MTL: Alessandro Riggi 45’
MTL: Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé 48’
WIL: Paul Nicholson 77’
MTL: Charles Joly 82’
WIL: Andrae Campbell 87’
