The CF Montreal Gazette
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Fee done, terms next for Matt Freese
CF Montreal and New York City have settled on $4.5M. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.
Market10 Aug 2026
Brandan Craig has said yes to Sporting Kansas City
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. CF Montreal have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Market10 Aug 2026
So close: Dante Sealy’s move dies late
The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Philadelphia Union moved on, Dante Sealy reports back to CF Montreal, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
CF Montreal close the window on a squad of their own making
13 in and 0 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
CF Montreal go back to the board over Matt Freese
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $5.1M — a club that wants Matt Freese enough to be asked twice.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Dagur Dan Þórhallsson signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Dagur Dan Þórhallsson commits to CF Montreal for another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at CF Montreal
Dagur Dan Þórhallsson was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Market10 Aug 2026
Austin FC watching Victor Loturi
The interest is real enough to have reached print. CF Montreal have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
CF Montreal rebuffed over Emi Ochoa
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Cruz Azul have kept their man, and CF Montreal go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Brenden Adams joins the CF Montreal first team
- Squad A row about effort at CF Montreal
- Squad Dawid Bugaj wants to go home