Toronto FC, CF Montreal have double-derby week with head-to-head tilts on Tuesday, Saturday
It’s a double-derby week for Toronto FC and CF Montreal, two teams that have been on roller-coaster rides already this season.
TFC was already missing midfielders Michael Bradley, Jonathan Osorio and Victor Vazquez, fullbacks Raoul Petretta and Cristian Gutierrez and forward Jordan Perruzza.“We’ve got a lot of questions for [Tuesday], there’s no doubt,” said coach Bob Bradley. “So what you saw on the field today, that’s most likely the group that we’re choosing from … Even of the guys that are out there today, one or two are still feeling a little sore from the game so we’ll have to evaluate them [Tuesday].
The season opened painfully with a red-flag 3-2 loss at D.C. United that saw TFC rally from a 1-0 deficit to take a 2-1 lead with seven minutes remaining, only to concede goals in the 90th and 98th minute. To make matters worse, star winger Lorenzo Insigne limped off in the first half with a groin injury that caused him to miss the next six games.
TFC stands 13th in the Eastern Conference, one point ahead of the Chicago Fire and three ahead of the New York Red Bulls , who both dumped their coaches Monday. “There’s no doubt that if you look at the second half of last season and then now what’s happened this year that we’ve just struggled to have a consistent group on the field and go from one game to the next to the next to the next and feel like things are going in the right direction,” said Bradley. “That part makes it harder, there’s no two ways about it.”
Canadian defender Joel Waterman attributes the recent defensive turnaround, in part, to time spent playing alongside French veteran Rudy Camacho and Italian Gabriele Corbo. But he says the whole team has bought into defending.
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