MONTREAL \u2013\u00a0CF Montr\u00e9al will conclude a three-game homestand against D.C. United on Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. EDT at Stade Saputo (Apple TV, RDS, TSN, TSN 690).<\/p>\n
For the occasion, the Club will host a retro-themed match inspired by the 90’s. The players will wear the Archives Collection jersey for the first time in an atmosphere inspired by the historic 1993 visual identity.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0Bleu-blanc-noir\u00a0will face D.C. United again after a thrilling 4-4 draw on May 23 in Washington. In that match, Prince Owusu recorded the first hat trick of his MLS career, becoming the latest CF Montr\u00e9al player to score three goals in a single game.<\/p>\n
Last Tuesday, CF Montr\u00e9al acquired forward Alexis S\u00e1nchez as a Designated Player. The two-time Copa Am\u00e9rica champion and all-time leading scorer for the Chilean national team will be introduced to supporters on the field at halftime of the match.<\/p>\n
Montr\u00e9al holds an all-time record of 10-10-12 against D.C. United (38 goals scored, 43 conceded), as well as a home record of 7-4-5 (21 goals scored, 16 conceded). D.C. United will arrive in Montr\u00e9al after collecting four points from its last two MLS matches, thanks to a 2-1 victory over Toronto FC and a 2-2 draw against Nashville SC.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Victor Loturi set a new Club record by appearing in his 52nd consecutive MLS regular-season match for Montr\u00e9al during the 2-2 draw against the New England Revolution on August 1, surpassing Samuel Piette\u2019s previous mark. Defender Brayan Ceballos could make his first start for the\u00a0Bleu-blanc-noir\u00a0after joining the team in a trade with the New England Revolution on July 24.<\/p>\n
Before kickoff, fans are invited to head to the SiriusXM Stage, located near Section 125, where Quebec-based band Valaire will perform starting at 6:30 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MONTREAL \u2013\u00a0CF Montr\u00e9al will conclude a three-game homestand against D.C. United on Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. EDT…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":169308,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[7211,50],"class_list":["post-169307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-communiques","tag-montreal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}