TORONTO – FC Montreal lost 3-2 in Toronto Saturday afternoon. Reshon Phillip scored twice for the Reds in the win.
Right from the start, Toronto FC II scored in its own net, before any Montreal player was able to touch the ball. After passing the ball around, Wesley Charpie sent a high ball back to his goalkeeper, which sailed over his head.
Toronto immediately got a goal back in the 4th minute. After a through pass, Reshon Phillip, alone in the box, scored with a low shot.
Defender Skylar Thomas helped his team take the lead in the 28th minute, scoring on a header after a Reds’ corner kick.
Reshon Phillip scored his second goal in the 50th minute, on a Montreal clearance from a corner kick, when he took a shot from 20 yards out that went top left corner.
The Bleu-blanc-noir played its best soccer of the game in the second half. On a through pass from Alessandro Riggi in the 88th minute, Frédéric Lajoie-Gravelle dribbled past the keeper and pushed the ball behind the goal line.
Despite many attacking chances towards the end of the game, Toronto FC II held on for the 3-2 victory.
“Defensively, we were not consistent on second balls. We know it’s something we have to work on,” said goalkeeper Yann-Alexandre Fillion. “We didn’t have enough desire in the first half.”
“It was 50 minutes with no play, with 40 minutes of play,” said head coach Philippe Eullaffroy. “We had good chances in the second part of the game, but success won’t come if we don’t play well from the start.”
The next FC Montreal game will be played on Wednesday, September 9, at 7:30pm, against the New York Red Bulls II, at Stade Saputo.
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FC Montreal: Yann-Alexandre Fillion; Zachary Sukunda, Jonathan Grant, Mélé Temguia (Nevello Yoseke 78’), Janouk Charbonneau; Louis Béland-Goyette (Fabio Morelli 76’), Marco Dominguez (Fabrice Mbvouvouma 63’), Yacine Ait Slimane (Frédéric Lajoie-Gravelle 35’), Mastanabal Kacher (Charles Joly 46’), Alessandro Riggi; Jacques Haman
Subs not used: Luca Leone, Mitchel Bringolf
Toronto FC II: Phil Di Bennardo; Wesley Charpie, Skylar Thomas (Daniel Fabrizi 84’), Emeka Ononye (Robert Boskovic 63’), Mark-Anthony Kay (Andrew Dias 63’); Manuel Aparicio, Anthony Osorio, Raheem Edwards (Massimo Mirabelli 77’), Molham Babouli, Buba Jobe; Reshon Phillip (Malik Johnson 70’)
Subs not used: Quillan Roberts, Salvador Bernal,
CAUTIONS
MTL: Louis Béland-Goyette 11’
MTL: Jacques Haman 54’
GOALS
MTL: Wesley Charpie (Own goal) 1’
TFC: Reshon Phillip 4’
TFC: Skylar Thomas 28’
TFC: Reshon Phillip 50’
MTL: Frédéric Lajoie-Gravelle 88’
