MONTREAL – CF Montréal won its third straight game, defeating Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2-1 on Saturday in the Club’s home opener at Stade Saputo. Wilfried Nancy's men struck early, in the first minute of the game, through Djordje Mihailovic's fourth goal of the season. Romell Quioto doubled Montreal’s lead (47'), while Brian White was the only player to reply for the 'Caps (65'). Montreal will play its next game in Philadelphia next Saturday at 3pm (TVA Sports, TSN, CTV, 91.9 Sports, TSN 690), and will try to avenge its opening game day loss suffered at Olympic Stadium on March 5.
GAME NOTES:
-Midfielder Djordje Mihailovic’s scored his fourth goal of the season, tying his MLS career-high set in 2021. It was his eighth goal with CF Montréal and 15th in MLS.
-Forward Romell Quioto scored his third goal of the season. It was also his third consecutive game finding the back of the net.
-It was the Club’s 100th win at Stade Saputo in franchise history (2008-2022). The Club’s current home record at the stadium stands at 100-58-37.
WILFRIED NANCY
“We started the two halves well today and scored two good goals. But I don’t like when we force things. The players have improved and will continue to do so because I am going to help them read the game a little better. We lacked control of the game at times but this is a learning experience. It is the only way to get better. The values of this team are to attack. And attacking means recognizing the moments and managing the game. We want to defend well but we couldn’t do that because we didn’t have ball possession. We don’t have a team designed to sit deep nor is this my way of thinking. We gave Vancouver the possibility to come back. That is why the objective is always to play high on the pitch and keep the ball.”
VICTOR WANYAMA
"At the start of the season we had games where we scored but didn’t have luck on our side. Things are going our way now. Sometimes finding that decisive goal to kill the game is difficult. If we push too hard, we risk making wrong decisions and conceding instead. The past three games we’ve done well in defending our leads.”
ALISTAIR JOHNSTON
"Sometimes we base someone’s performances solely on statistics. Today I felt more comfortable. Playing in front of our home crowd was great. The energy was there. Everyone looked calm on the ball, especially in the first half. We came out strong early. Personally, I’m starting to get more acclimated to the team’s system of play. We want to keep this momentum going into next weekend. We’re going to continue to build. There are still some shaky moments, but we want to get to a point where we can take a 2-0 lead at halftime at home and then go push for the third to kill the game. That is the next progression for us.”
