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Upbeat
Match10 Oct 2029
Orlando City will want this one forgotten quickly: 3-0, every duel lost, and a long ride home. CF Montreal were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.
Market15 Oct 2029
Mateo Araujo hands in a written request“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what CF Montreal can pretend not to have heard.
Squad15 Oct 2029
“The easiest signature of my career.” Jalen Neal and CF Montreal agree another 5 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad15 Oct 2029
Kwadwo Opoku gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad15 Oct 2029
The medical room confirms 22 days on the sidelines for Josh Nteziryayo , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad15 Oct 2029
20 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Match13 Oct 2029
It finished 2-2, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
The terraces15 Oct 2029
The spotlight tightens on Deandre Kerr
Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.
Market15 Oct 2029
Still no signature from Heitor Roca
4 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what CF Montreal could get for him.
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Uneasy
Match4 Jun 2029
11 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market4 Jun 2029
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad4 Jun 2029
A one-man rearguard from Luca Lewis
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Boardroom4 Jun 2029
Pressure builds in the CF Montreal boardroom
The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.
Market4 Jun 2029
Fabian Herbers has one foot out of the doorTerms 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.
Squad4 Jun 2029
Roy Castillo : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” CF Montreal have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad4 Jun 2029
The manager makes an example of Tomás Avilés
“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.
Squad4 Jun 2029
One booking too many, and Jalen Neal sits out. CF Montreal lose him for the sort of avoidable reason that makes a manager's week longer.
Match2 Jun 2029
Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. New England Revolution came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.
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Uneasy
Squad16 Apr 2029
The manager makes an example of Roy Castillo
“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.
Squad16 Apr 2029
Dudu signs a new deal“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Dudu commits to CF Montreal for another 4 years.
Squad16 Apr 2029
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at CF Montreal , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Uneasy
Market26 Feb 2029
$13.7M from LA Galaxy for Louis Munteanu . Money is money, but the dressing room has lost the man it looked to.
Market26 Feb 2029
Dor Turgeman hands in a written request“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what CF Montreal can pretend not to have heard.
Squad26 Feb 2029
33 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Market26 Feb 2029
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Abdullateef Ishola has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at CF Montreal .
Squad26 Feb 2029
The manager makes an example of Brian Schwake
“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.
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Uneasy
Boardroom19 Feb 2029
Pressure builds in the CF Montreal boardroom
The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.
Market19 Feb 2029
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market19 Feb 2029
The bid was some way short and CF Montreal did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad19 Feb 2029
The manager makes an example of Roy Castillo
“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.
Market19 Feb 2029
Heitor Roca told to find a new club“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Heitor Roca has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at CF Montreal .
The terraces19 Feb 2029
The stands have heard the Louis Munteanu talk too
What was a back-page story is now a matter for the terraces, and the terraces do not do nuance. CF Montreal would like it dealt with before it becomes the only question anybody asks.
Squad19 Feb 2029
Kenroy Campbell 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.
Loan watch19 Feb 2029
3 appearances away from home and 1 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
Market19 Feb 2029
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Jonathan Filipe may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
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Uneasy
Market12 Feb 2029
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad12 Feb 2029
The medical room confirms 118 days on the sidelines for Deandre Kerr , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad12 Feb 2029
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market12 Feb 2029
The name of Tomás Avilés keeps appearing in other people's back pages. CF Montreal say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad12 Feb 2029
Roy Castillo 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.
Squad12 Feb 2029
A new face in his position, and Louis Munteanu suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. CF Montreal have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
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Uneasy
Market18 Dec 2028
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad18 Dec 2028
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad18 Dec 2028
The medical room confirms 45 days on the sidelines for Robin Jansson , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad18 Dec 2028
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market18 Dec 2028
The name of Tomás Avilés keeps appearing in other people's back pages. CF Montreal say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad18 Dec 2028
Roy Castillo 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.
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Uneasy
Loan watch11 Dec 2028
19 appearances away from home and 12 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
Squad11 Dec 2028
Brandon Bye gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad11 Dec 2028
Roy Castillo knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at CF Montreal , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Uneasy
Squad16 Oct 2028
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Loan watch16 Oct 2028
13 appearances at Queretaro and the goals keep coming. CF Montreal are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.
Squad16 Oct 2028
The manager makes an example of Michael Collodi
“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.
Robin Jansson Robin Jansson says CF Montreal went back on their word
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Uneasy
Boardroom2 Oct 2028
The silence upstairs is getting loud at CF Montreal
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Squad2 Oct 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Samuel Piette and CF Montreal agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad2 Oct 2028
The manager makes an example of Roy Castillo
“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.
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Uneasy
Squad11 Sep 2028
Fabian Herbers : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” CF Montreal have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match9 Sep 2028
Three points for CF Montreal , 3-1 the final word against Columbus Crew in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad11 Sep 2028
No place for Samuel Piette on the big day
He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at CF Montreal pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.
Squad11 Sep 2028
Adrian Gill gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad11 Sep 2028
Roy Castillo knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at CF Montreal , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market11 Sep 2028
The Jalen Neal talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. CF Montreal know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Loan watch11 Sep 2028
8 appearances away from home and 5 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
Market11 Sep 2028
No fee and no drama: Joe Brito has signed at CF Montreal , and the wage bill is the only line that moved.
In brief
The terraces
The press have found their man in Jake Davis
The terraces
The stand has a song for Jake Davis
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Crisis
Boardroom4 Sep 2028
Pressure builds in the CF Montreal boardroom
The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.
Market4 Sep 2028
Dor Turgeman wants to know where this is going“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at CF Montreal hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
Squad4 Sep 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Jake Davis and CF Montreal agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Match2 Sep 2028
Beaten 1-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad4 Sep 2028
The manager makes an example of Brandon Bye
“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 terraces4 Sep 2028
Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.
Squad4 Sep 2028
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Boardroom4 Sep 2028
CF Montreal pull $11.6M back off the tableThe money that was there in the summer is not there now. Nobody upstairs calls this a change of ambition, and everybody downstairs reads it as one.
Squad4 Sep 2028
Roy Castillo 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.