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 Hearth on Saturday.
Montreal (7-12-10, 31 factors) is presently thirteenth within the Japanese Convention, however simply two factors under the MLS Cup Playoff line.
Montreal erased a 2-0 halftime deficit to salvage a degree in Wednesday’s 2-2 draw with the New England Revolution.
“I believed they had been spectacular,” stated Montreal coach Laurent Courtois. “Is it good? No. However they had been spectacular within the sense of protecting 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 objectives in 23 matches, whereas Josef Martinez has eight purpose contributions (5 objectives 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 Hearth scoring twice after the 90-minute mark for a 4-3 victory.
The Hearth (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 Hearth 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 may have 10 guys behind the ball, then you need to transfer the ball faster,” stated Chicago coach Frank Klopas.
“It is at all times tough once you’re on the street and also you quit the primary purpose.”
Hugo Cuypers has a team-leading 10 objectives in 29 matches this season and Brian Gutierrez has 9 purpose contributions (six objectives and three assists) in 28 outings for Chicago.
–Area Stage Media
