The CF Montreal Gazette
Market24 Nov 2031
Juan Quevedo has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around CF Montreal they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad24 Nov 2031
Tempers go at CF Montreal
Marcos Echeverría 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.
Squad24 Nov 2031
Dagur Dan Þórhallsson falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The dugout24 Nov 2031
The manager makes an example of Alex Bradley
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
The dugout24 Nov 2031
Julian Hall asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
The dugout24 Nov 2031
Alex Román has been promised minutes
A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Alex Román has written the date down.
The dugout24 Nov 2031
Kye Rowles keeps his manager's vote
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Kye Rowles plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
Squad24 Nov 2031
Kye Rowles is training like a man with a point to make
Nobody has promised him anything and he has not asked. The coaching staff have noticed, which at this stage of a season is the only thing that matters.
Loan watch24 Nov 2031
Christian Pulisic's loan at Toronto FC nearly up
16 days of the agreement remain and 15 appearances sit behind him. Somebody has to decide what happens next.
In brief
- Squad Mark Wright back in training
- Loan watch Sebastian Soto cannot get a game at Atlanta United FC