MLS NEXT – Week 11 : under Florida sunshine

Our U15 and U17 teams traveled to Florida the last weekend of February for two high intensity games against Orlando City SC and Inter Miami CF. Next game will take place in Laval (Complexe sportif Bois-de-Boulogne) on Sunday, March 5 versus Beachside Soccer Club.

Orlando City SC - CF Montréal U17
Final score: 1-0
Starting XI: Jeremy Sanon - Sergei Kozlovskiy - Dylan Pierre Alexis - Luca De Montigny - Joaquim Coulanges – Tim Arnaud – Emrick Fotsing – Aleksandr Guboglo – Jesse Saputo – Rafael Coulanges – Marc-Alexandre Happi Emaga
Substitutes: Louka Pohu, Franco De Cicco, Armand Kadiamba, Diego Chaverra-Gilbert, Antony Alexis
Goals:
OCSC – Thomas Bowe (8th)

Orlando City SC – CF Montréal U15
Final score: 2-1
Starting XI: Jean-Christophe Belzile – Malek Coriélus – Daniel Dimbu-Vasile – Daniel Panait – Eliott Germain-Aubrey – Michael Ampofo – Thomas Monnin - Hevra Jounang – Vitaliy Movchan – Diego Nué Brito – Owen Graham-Roache
Substitutes: Louka Pohu, Joel Kontchou, Ashraf Savadogo, Josh Nteziryayo, Armand Kadiamba, Caed Casimir
Goals:
OCSC – Gustavo Caraballo (67th)
CFM – Caed Casimir (70th)
OCSC – Gustavo Caraballo (82nd)

Inter Miami CF – CF Montréal U17
Final score: 1-2
Starting XI: Jeremy Sanon – Dylan Pierre Alexis – Sergei Kozlovskiy – Luca De Montigny – Franco De Cicco – Joaquim Coulanges – Emrick Fotsing – Tim Arnaud – Jesse Saputo – Diego Chaverra-Gilbert – Marc-Alexandre Happi Emaga
Substitutes: Jean-Christophe Belzile, Aleck St-Pierre, Aleksandr Guboglo, Armand Kadiamba, Rafael Coulanges, Antony Alexis
Goals:
CFM – Antony Alexis (75th)
CFM – Joaquim Coulanges (81st)
IMCF – Mateo Turletti (89th)

Inter Miami CF – CF Montréal U15Final score : 6-0
Starting XI : Louka Pohu – Malek Coriélus – Josh Nteziryayo – Daniel Panait – Joel Kontchou – Thomas Monnin – Michael Ampofo – Ashraf Savadogo – Eliott Germain-Aubrey – Diego Nué Brito – Caed Casimir
Substitutes: Jean-Christophe Belzile – Sergei Kozlovskiy – Hevra Jounang – Daniel Dimbu-Vasile – Armand Kadiamba – Vitraliy Movchan – Owen Graham-Roache
Goals:
IMCF – Joshua Swanzy (15th, 27th)
IMCF – Juan Moreno (44th, 66th, 74th)
IMCF – Cadriano Marsh (82nd)

Maxime Leconte, U17 head coach: "It was a very positive trip. Despite a young group, it allowed us to continue to evaluate the first-year players in a very competitive environment and they responded. We were not rewarded against Orlando even though the content was interesting. It's never easy to go to Florida and play under the sun and we were able to tap into our resources. We stayed more structured against Miami and that allowed us to take the three points. We were united and knew how to suffer together. The group lives well with quality and pleasure so we will continue in this dynamic while working on things to improve."

Esteban Landazabal, U15 head coach: "The message to the players was to stay together after these two frustrating games in order to have better moments in the near future. We must turn the page but without forgetting because we have to learn and correct what didn't work. We lacked efficiency against Orlando despite a good overall performance. Against Miami, our tactical approach of high pressing did not pay off as the players suffered physically and we made collective and individual mistakes."