CF Montreal are nonetheless winless in MLS after falling 2-1 at house to the Philadelphia United on Saturday afternoon.
Philadelphia’s (1-0-1) function scorers have been Alejandro Bedoya and Daniel Gazdag whilst Montreal’s (0-0-2) lone function got here via Lassi Lappalainen.
Montreal began off controlling ownership and dictating the tempo however have been not able to wreck via Philadelphia’s two banks of 4.
The primary main likelihood of the sport used to be Philadelphia’s when a defensive mix-up ended in Julián Carranza’s shot level clean forcing a a very powerful save from Sebastian Breza.
Simply after the 30 minutes mark, Lappalainen’s shot deflected off Nathan Harriel, arcing over everybody and opening the scoring for Montreal.
Whilst Philadelphia regularly began to impose their will at the recreation, neither group threatened so as to add to the scoreboard.
5 mins into the second one part, Djordje Mihailovic picked up the ball at midfield and ran via all the Philadelphia defence sooner than slotting the ball into the ground nook.
Controversially, the function used to be disallowed as VAR determined that Mihailovic had dedicated a nasty sooner than his function.
Handiest 3 mins later, following a mad scramble for the ball within the Montreal penalty space, Bedoya discovered a unfastened ball and smashed it into the fitting nook, tying the sport at one.
Issues most effective were given worse for Montreal as Philadelphia added every other function 3 mins later. Carranza used to be performed in at the back of the Montreal defence and squared it for Gazdag who gave the Union the lead.
As Montreal persevered to push for an equalizer, a rocket from Lappalainen used to be headed immediately for the highest nook, forcing an acrobatic save by means of Andre Blake, waking up the 13,000 enthusiasts in attendance.
Not up to a minute later, Carranza’s studs-up take on on Zachary Brault-Guillard noticed him get despatched off for his 2nd yellow card offence and decreasing Philadelphia to ten males.
With lower than ten mins to head, Kamal Miller used to be talented a wide-open header, however may just no longer hit the objective.
Montreal did not generate any possibilities after that, with Philadelphia sitting deep and repelling each wave of assault.
Montreal will now shift its consideration to the CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals because the group heads to the Estadio Azteca to stand Cruz Azul within the first leg on March 9.
