Loss caused the CFM record to drop to 9-7-3, leaving the club in third place at the MLS Eastern Conference.
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Pat Hickey • Montreal Gazette
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Dignity Health Sports Park was not kind to CF Montreal.
CFM has never won a match at a stadium in Carson, a suburb of Los Angeles, but suffers as much a one-sided loss as the 4-0 victory of the Los Angeles Galaxy on Monday. It never happened. CFM has four defeats and ties in five games. The loss caused the CFM record to drop to 9-7-3, leaving the club in third place at the MLS Eastern Conference, three points behind New York Red Bull and one point behind Philadelphia Union. Galaxy improved to 8-6-3 and jumped from 7th to 4th at the MLS Western Conference.
CFM seemed to be heading down one goal to a break, but Joel Waterman's careless handball in the box provided Dejan Joveljic with a penalty kick, and Serbian International said. Calmly scored in the downtime to give to the Galaxy. 2-0 lead. When CFM goalkeeper Sebastian Breza jumped to the right, he placed the shot in the middle of the net.
nom de guerre Chicharito's 34-year-old Mexican veteran Javier Hernandez started scoring in eight minutes. Samuel Grancer delivered a cross to Efrain Alvarez in a box, and a homemade midfielder flipped the header to an unmarked chicharito on the backpost.
Montreal's comeback hope ended when Rayan Laberoson scored in the 60th minute and gave the homeside a 3-0 lead. Mason Toy gave CFM an offensive threat to start the second half on behalf of Samuel Piet, but was attacking as Julian Arauho slipped behind him to take a pass from Daniel Aguile. The midfielder is out of position. Breza didn't have a chance because Araujo found Raveloson crashing the net.
"I lost 2-0 in half-time, but tonight's results are a bit tough," said CFM coach Wilfried Nancy. "It was difficult to reach the third goal. I created a dangerous opportunity, but I couldn't score. Looking at the content of the game, it's not worth admitting the four goals, Still admitting. We need to be better in that respect, but the results do not reflect how we played tonight. "
Sacha Kljestan used the back heel pass to set up Raveloson for his second goal in the 79th minute. British goalkeeper Jonathan Bond made three saves on the sixth clean sheet of the season. Fullback Alistair Johnston said the results were disappointing after the team began their trip to the West Coast last week with a come-from-behind victory over the Seattle Sounders.
"I took part in this road trip knowing that I was in two of the league's top teams," Johnston said. "It was great to beat Seattle, but it was only half of the fight. I came here knowing that this was another fight. Unfortunately, they made us better now. We need to reorganize soon and be ready to join the Sporting Kansas City team, which is anxious for points. ”
CFM will play Sporting Kansas City at Sapt Stadium on Saturday. ..
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