SEATTLE, Washington – Down to 10 men as of the 53rd minute following a red card, CF Montréal fell 5-0 to Seattle Sounders FC on Saturday night at Lumen Field.
The Sounders opened the scoring in the 20th minute with a goal from Raúl Ruidíaz, before the Peruvian collected his brace seven minutes later from the penalty spot.
To open the second half, Jordan Morris added a third for the hosts (48'), before Alex Roldan scored a fourth in the 81st minute.
Midfielder Dylan Teves then found the back of the net, scoring Seattle’s fifth goal of the night in the final moments of the match.
After six consecutive matches on the road, CF Montréal will play its first home game of the season at Stade Saputo against FC Cincinnati on Saturday, April 13 at 7:30pm (MLS Season Pass, BPM Sports, CJAD 800).
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MATCH NOTES:
-Defender Joaquín Sosa and midfielder Nathan Saliba earned their first starts of the season.
-Joel Waterman reached the milestone of 90 MLS starts with CF Montréal.
LAURENT COURTOIS
“Tonight was a disappointment beyond the result. There were some interesting sequences, but we lacked competitiveness, solidarity and humility. Tonight was a real setback. We told ourselves after the meeting with the fans that we had to back up our intentions with real action on the pitch. Tonight, we didn't do that. We want to be perceived in a certain way. We promised the fans certain things. We have to keep our word and tonight we lacked humility.”
MATHIEU CHOINIÈRE
“We're all in this together. We didn't have our best game, especially in terms of intensity. We weren't up to the task. That's where it starts mentally. Seattle played their cards right. They overloaded us on the wings and broke our press. We still managed to create a few chances. We need to be more decisive in our runs. We weren't going into duels to win them”
JOEL WATERMAN
“Tonight wasn’t good enough. We didn’t compete or get second balls. That should never happen. This week will be about getting back to basics before talking about tactics. They outworked us and were better than us. We got some good results early in the season. No excuses about a long road trip. We have to come in Tuesday and be prepared to put in the work to put on a show for our fans Saturday. It is on us to be motivated and bring that with us to every match this season. We didn’t match Seattle’s intensity and desire to compete.”
