The CF Montreal Gazette
Squad12 Apr 2027
42 days out for Sean Wright after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. CF Montreal will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Market12 Apr 2027
CF Montreal sign Keisuke Kurokawa for $4.4M
The paperwork is done: Keisuke Kurokawa joins from DC United in a deal worth $4.4M. Now comes the harder part.
Squad12 Apr 2027
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.
The terraces12 Apr 2027
$4.4M for Keisuke Kurokawa, and CF Montreal supporters approve
Boards get told what they have done wrong for years and hear nothing on the days they get it right. This is one of those days: Keisuke Kurokawa from DC United for $4.4M, and a ticket office having a very good morning.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Brayan Ceballos 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.
Transfer targets12 Apr 2027
Atlanta United FC tell CF Montreal: Matt Edwards is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Match10 Apr 2027
CF Montreal come up short against Chicago Fire
Chicago Fire left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The dugout12 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of Samuel Piette
“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 dugout12 Apr 2027
Owen Morris: “No excuses”
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑2, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
In brief
- Squad Kerwin Vargas wants out of the dugout
- The dugout Kerwin Vargas has become a man the manager trusts
- The dugout Lucas Ruiz knocks on the manager’s door