Accordingly TSN On Monday, Montreal CF named Laurent Courtois of Lyon, France, as its new head coach. He becomes the 10th head coach for Montreal since joining Major League Soccer in 2012. Courtois replaces Hernan Losada, who was fired on November 9.
Courtois wants to bring an aggressive and dynamic style of play to the Montreal franchise Canadian Press. Last season scoring goals was a serious problem. Montreal CF only scored 36 goals. These were the fourth fewest goals scored in the entire league. The only three teams to score fewer goals were New York City FC (35 goals) and Colorado Rapids (26 goals). and Toronto FC (26 goals).
Montreal CF narrowly missed the playoffs. With 41 points, they were just two points behind the New York City Red Bulls and Charlotte FC for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. Last season, only one Canadian team made the playoffs. That was the Vancouver Whitecaps, who finished sixth in the Western Conference with a record of 12 wins, 10 losses and 12 draws and 48 points. Vancouver then lost two games without conceding a goal in the first round of the best three series against Los Angeles FC. They lost game one 5-2 and game two 1-0.
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