Montreal aiming to increase ‘spectacular’ type vs. Fireplace

CF Montreal will look to increase their unbeaten streak to a few video games and hold their postseason hopes alive when in opposition to the visiting Chicago Fireplace on Saturday.

Montreal (7-12-10, 31 factors) is at the moment thirteenth within the Japanese Convention, however simply two factors under the MLS Cup Playoff line.

Montreal erased a 2-0 halftime deficit to salvage some extent in Wednesday’s 2-2 draw with the New England Revolution.

“I believed they had been spectacular,” mentioned Montreal coach Laurent Courtois. “Is it good? No. However they had been spectacular within the sense of masking the gaps and compensating for his or her teammates, and the monitoring of the person defending was spectacular. A few good, high quality actions, too.”

Sunusi Ibrahim has paced Montreal this season with six targets in 23 matches, whereas Josef Martinez has eight purpose contributions (5 targets and three assists) in 18 appearances.

Saturday concludes the season collection between the 2 golf equipment. Chicago and Montreal met within the Windy Metropolis on March 16, with the Fireplace scoring twice after the 90-minute mark for a 4-3 victory.

The Fireplace (7-15-8, 29 factors) have only one win of their final six matches (1-4-1) and enter Saturday’s motion in 14th within the East, two factors again of Montreal.

Chicago fell 1-0 to Nashville SC on Wednesday. With 4 matches remaining, the Fireplace are 4 factors under the playoff line.

“They scored the purpose, however we nonetheless had the entire second half the place we dominated. We had the ball, however the pace of play needed to be higher. When you might have 10 guys behind the ball, then it’s a must to transfer the ball faster,” mentioned Chicago coach Frank Klopas.

“It is all the time troublesome whenever you’re on the street and also you surrender the primary purpose.”

Hugo Cuypers has a team-leading 10 targets in 29 matches this season and Brian Gutierrez has 9 purpose contributions (six targets and three assists) in 28 outings for Chicago.

–Subject Stage Media