HAMILTON, Ontario - CF Montréal drew 1-1 with Forge FC in the first leg of the TELUS 2024 Canadian Championship quarterfinals on Tuesday morning at Tim Hortons Field.
The hosts took the lead in the 31st minute on a goal by David Choinière.
The Bleu-blanc-noir levelled the score in the 52nd minute when Bryce Duke, who came off the bench at half-time, scored his first Canadian Championship goal.
Goalkeeper Sebastian Breza remains undefeated in the Canadian Championship with a 3-0-1 record, two shutouts and a .500 goals-against average.
CF Montréal will return home and prepare to welcome Inter Miami CF at Stade Saputo on May 11. The second leg of the Canadian Championship quarterfinals will take place on Wednesday, May 22 at 7:30pm at Stade Saputo.
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MATCH NOTES
-Mathieu Choinière earned his 10th Canadian Championship start.
-Ruan, Fernando Álvarez and Ousman Jabang made their Canadian Championship debuts.
-Alessandro Biello made his professional soccer debut.
-Raheem Edwards played his first Canadian Championship game with CF Montréal.
-Bryce Duke scored his first career Canadian Championship goal.
LAURENT COURTOIS
“It's a really good team we faced today and we knew that either they were going to have some control and that we would have to be really careful, but we didn’t give up our mission from the beginning which was having the ball and they were able to capitalize on transition, which they did. They were also dangerous in the second half. We knew that both on the ball and off the ball it’s a really good team we faced and today it could have gone both ways.”
BRYCE DUKE
“It’s going to be a busy month. It’s going to go quickly so we need to focus on recovery and to take each game at a time. We just need to be smart with everybody recovering and making sure that our body is good because we are going to need everybody.”
