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National Post
21-05-2025
- Sport
- National Post
MLS fines TFC's Etienne for 'inappropriate gesture' in win over Montreal
The MLS disciplinary committee has fined Toronto FC midfielder Derrick Etienne Jr. and CF Montreal defender Joel Waterman for misbehaviour in Saturday's 6-1 TFC win at Stade Saputo. Article content Article content Etienne was sanctioned 'for making an inappropriate gesture' in the 84th minute — seemingly for a disparaging hand gesture after he was called for a foul near the Montreal penalty box. Article content Waterman was fined for failure to leave the field in a timely manner after being shown a red card in the 21st minute for pulling down Toronto forward Ola Brynhildsen. Article content The six-goal spree was a TFC franchise record in league play. Article content As usual, the league did not detail the amount of the fines. Article content
Toronto Sun
21-05-2025
- Sport
- Toronto Sun
MLS fines TFC's Etienne for 'inappropriate gesture' in win over Montreal
Published May 20, 2025 • 1 minute read Toronto FC's Kosi Thompson, left, challenges CF Montreal's Joel Waterman (16) during first-half MLS soccer action in Montreal, Saturday, May 17, 2025. Photo by Graham Hughes / The Canadian Press Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. The MLS disciplinary committee has fined Toronto FC midfielder Derrick Etienne Jr. and CF Montreal defender Joel Waterman for misbehaviour in Saturday's 6-1 TFC win at Stade Saputo. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account Etienne was sanctioned 'for making an inappropriate gesture' in the 84th minute — seemingly for a disparaging hand gesture after he was called for a foul near the Montreal penalty box. Read More Waterman was fined for failure to leave the field in a timely manner after being shown a red card in the 21st minute for pulling down Toronto forward Ola Brynhildsen. The six-goal spree was a TFC franchise record in league play. As usual, the league did not detail the amount of the fines. RECOMMENDED VIDEO Toronto Maple Leafs Columnists Columnists Basketball Columnists
Hamilton Spectator
19-05-2025
- Sport
- Hamilton Spectator
After lopsided loss to TFC, CF Montreal looks to turn the page in cup game at Forge
Still smarting from a weekend 6-1 drubbing at the hands of rival Toronto FC, CF Montreal looks to turn the page Tuesday when it visits perennial Canadian Premier League powerhouse Forge FC in the opening leg of their Telus Canadian Championship quarterfinal. 'We've just got pick ourselves back up,' said Canadian midfielder Victor Loturi. 'We believe in the group still. Everybody in the locker-room, we still believe.' Montreal was reduced to 10 men in the 21st minute Saturday at Stade Saputo when defender Joel Waterman was sent off for a foul that denied Toronto forward Ola Brynhildsen a scoring chance. Toronto's six-goal outburst, which set a franchise record for goals in an MLS game, avenged a penalty shootout loss to Montreal in preliminary-round cup play April 30. The loss left Montreal in the Eastern Conference basement at 1-9-4. 'We (learn) from our mistakes every time. Also from the mistakes we did Saturday … For sure, last year and from the performance against Forge, we learned something,' said Montreal interim coach Marco Donadel, referencing a 3-2 loss to Forge on aggregate in the two-legged 2024 cup quarterfinal. 'But every year and every group, it's a different match.' The return leg is July 9 at Stade Saputo. Montreal and Forge are meeting in the Canadian Championship for the fifth straight year. Montreal won the first three of those meetings — via penalty shootout in the 2021 semifinals (8-7 after the game ended in a scoreless draw), 3-0 in the 2022 quarterfinal and 2-0 in '23 semifinal. After dispatching Montreal last year, Forge fell to Toronto FC on the away goals rule after the two-legged semifinal finished knotted at 2-2. Also Tuesday, the defending champion Vancouver Whitecaps return to cup action after a preliminary-round bye when they visit Valour FC. On Wednesday, it's Vancouver FC at CPL champion Cavalry FC. Atletico Ottawa hosts York United on June 11. Semifinal matchups will be redrawn following the conclusion of the two-legged quarterfinals. Montreal dispatched Toronto after Giacomo Vrioni's 88th-minute goal prompted the shootout with the preliminary-round game at BMO Field tied at 2-2 after regulation time. Forge downed Halifax Wanderers 3-1 in its opener. Forge coach Bobby Smyrniotis is not looking at the MLS standings in preparing his team for Montreal. 'It doesn't matter if they won 6-1 or lost the way they did on the weekend … They're a good team with good players and they know that,' he said. Coming off a 2-2 draw May 13 against league-leading Atletico Ottawa, Forge is one of only two unbeaten teams in the CPL. But wins have been hard to come by and the Hamilton side sits fourth in the eight-team league at 2-0-4. Forge has played four straight league draws, rallying to tie two of them. 'They have good players, experienced and young (players),' said Donadel. 'They attack well. They won many championships in (recent) years. The great advantage also mentally, they are used to playing games to win every time. We want to do it but we haven't won many in the last year and a half.' 'This is a very difficult game,' added the Italian native, citing the artificial turf at Hamilton Stadium. 'We need to go there very humble and understand the difficulties, prepare for the difficulties and react if we face some. With this mentality, we can go forward in any situation.' Donadel said he did not expect any of injured defender George Campbell and midfielders Bryce Duke, Fabian Herbers, Dominic Iankov and Hennadii Synchuk to be ready for Tuesday. But Campbell and Herbers may be back for Saturday's league visit by Los Angeles FC. Forge will be without injured attackers Tristan Borges and Mathieu Choiniere with influential midfielder Alessandro Hojabrpour a game-day decision. On the plus side, defenders Marko Jevremovic Malik Owolabi-Belewu will both be back in the lineup. Montreal's cause was not helped by opening the season with seven straight road games (0-5-2). Coach Laurent Courtois was fired five games in (0-4-1) and the club remained winless until May 10 when it edged New York City FC 1-0 at Yankee Stadium. The Canadian Championship winner hoists the Voyagers Cup, earns $50,000 and a berth in the CONCACAF Champions Cup. Montreal has won the competition five times, most recently in 2021, and finished runner-up three times. Forge made the cup final in the pandemic-delayed 2020 edition, losing to Toronto in a tournament reduced to a championship game. —- This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 19, 2025.
Winnipeg Free Press
19-05-2025
- Sport
- Winnipeg Free Press
After lopsided loss to TFC, CF Montreal looks to turn the page in cup game at Forge
Still smarting from a weekend 6-1 drubbing at the hands of rival Toronto FC, CF Montreal looks to turn the page Tuesday when it visits perennial Canadian Premier League powerhouse Forge FC in the opening leg of their Telus Canadian Championship quarterfinal. 'We've just got pick ourselves back up,' said Canadian midfielder Victor Loturi. 'We believe in the group still. Everybody in the locker-room, we still believe.' Montreal was reduced to 10 men in the 21st minute Saturday at Stade Saputo when defender Joel Waterman was sent off for a foul that denied Toronto forward Ola Brynhildsen a scoring chance. Toronto's six-goal outburst, which set a franchise record for goals in an MLS game, avenged a penalty shootout loss to Montreal in preliminary-round cup play April 30. The loss left Montreal in the Eastern Conference basement at 1-9-4. 'We (learn) from our mistakes every time. Also from the mistakes we did Saturday … For sure, last year and from the performance against Forge, we learned something,' said Montreal interim coach Marco Donadel, referencing a 3-2 loss to Forge on aggregate in the two-legged 2024 cup quarterfinal. 'But every year and every group, it's a different match.' The return leg is July 9 at Stade Saputo. Montreal and Forge are meeting in the Canadian Championship for the fifth straight year. Montreal won the first three of those meetings — via penalty shootout in the 2021 semifinals (8-7 after the game ended in a scoreless draw), 3-0 in the 2022 quarterfinal and 2-0 in '23 semifinal. After dispatching Montreal last year, Forge fell to Toronto FC on the away goals rule after the two-legged semifinal finished knotted at 2-2. Also Tuesday, the defending champion Vancouver Whitecaps return to cup action after a preliminary-round bye when they visit Valour FC. On Wednesday, it's Vancouver FC at CPL champion Cavalry FC. Atletico Ottawa hosts York United on June 11. Semifinal matchups will be redrawn following the conclusion of the two-legged quarterfinals. Montreal dispatched Toronto after Giacomo Vrioni's 88th-minute goal prompted the shootout with the preliminary-round game at BMO Field tied at 2-2 after regulation time. Forge downed Halifax Wanderers 3-1 in its opener. Forge coach Bobby Smyrniotis is not looking at the MLS standings in preparing his team for Montreal. 'It doesn't matter if they won 6-1 or lost the way they did on the weekend … They're a good team with good players and they know that,' he said. Coming off a 2-2 draw May 13 against league-leading Atletico Ottawa, Forge is one of only two unbeaten teams in the CPL. But wins have been hard to come by and the Hamilton side sits fourth in the eight-team league at 2-0-4. Forge has played four straight league draws, rallying to tie two of them. 'They have good players, experienced and young (players),' said Donadel. 'They attack well. They won many championships in (recent) years. The great advantage also mentally, they are used to playing games to win every time. We want to do it but we haven't won many in the last year and a half.' 'This is a very difficult game,' added the Italian native, citing the artificial turf at Hamilton Stadium. 'We need to go there very humble and understand the difficulties, prepare for the difficulties and react if we face some. With this mentality, we can go forward in any situation.' Donadel said he did not expect any of injured defender George Campbell and midfielders Bryce Duke, Fabian Herbers, Dominic Iankov and Hennadii Synchuk to be ready for Tuesday. But Campbell and Herbers may be back for Saturday's league visit by Los Angeles FC. Forge will be without injured attackers Tristan Borges and Mathieu Choiniere with influential midfielder Alessandro Hojabrpour a game-day decision. On the plus side, defenders Marko Jevremovic Malik Owolabi-Belewu will both be back in the lineup. Winnipeg Jets Game Days On Winnipeg Jets game days, hockey writers Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe send news, notes and quotes from the morning skate, as well as injury updates and lineup decisions. Arrives a few hours prior to puck drop. Montreal's cause was not helped by opening the season with seven straight road games (0-5-2). Coach Laurent Courtois was fired five games in (0-4-1) and the club remained winless until May 10 when it edged New York City FC 1-0 at Yankee Stadium. The Canadian Championship winner hoists the Voyagers Cup, earns $50,000 and a berth in the CONCACAF Champions Cup. Montreal has won the competition five times, most recently in 2021, and finished runner-up three times. Forge made the cup final in the pandemic-delayed 2020 edition, losing to Toronto in a tournament reduced to a championship game. — This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 19, 2025.
Montreal Gazette
29-04-2025
- Sport
- Montreal Gazette
Struggling Toronto FC, CF Montréal look to cup competition to help kick-start season
Club de Foot Montreal By The Canadian Press TORONTO — Toronto FC and CF Montréal have won the Telus Canadian Championship a combined 13 times but only have one MLS victory between them in 20 outings this year. The two rivals meet in the cup competition Wednesday (7 p.m., OneSoccer, CJAD 800, BPM Sports 91.9), hoping to kick-start their season. Both have struggled out of the gate in league play, with Toronto (1-5-4) and Montreal (0-7-3) 28th and 29th, respectively, in the Supporters' Shield standings. The Los Angeles Galaxy, the defending champions off to a woeful start, are in the league basement on goal difference behind Montreal. Montreal defender Joel Waterman agrees that the Canadian Championship gives Montreal a chance to author a new storyline. 'Absolutely,' said the 29-year-old from Aldergrove, B.C. 'It gives us a little break from the tough start to our season. And there's a trophy on the line … We're taking this competition very seriously and we're ready for it and we're excited.' Toronto coach Robin Fraser says his team takes 'great pride' in the Canadian Championship. 'There's a lot of young Canadians on the team and a lot of people who've seen the team do well in the past and now they're in a position to actually influence it,' he said. 'So I think it's really important. … This is a big competition.' So big that Fraser planned to have captain and local boy Jonathan Osorio, TFC's longest-serving player, address the team on the importance of the cup competition and Montreal rivalry. 'No one can speak to it better than Oso so I'll have him talk to the group,' he said. Toronto wingback Kosi Thompson already knows what's at stake. 'At the end of the day, (my) boyhood club going up against the rivals. It means a lot,' said the 22-year-old from Toronto. The 15-team tournament opened Tuesday with League1 Alberta champion Edmonton Scottish FC at Canadian Premier League champion Cavalry FC and League1 Ontario champion Scrosoppi FC at CPL-leading Atletico Ottawa. Wednesday's Toronto-Montreal winner will face either the CPL's Halifax Wanderers or Forge FC who meet May 7 in Hamilton. The Canadian Championship winner earns $50,000 and a berth in the CONCACAF Champions Cup, the elite club tournament in North and Central America and the Caribbean. While the Toronto and Montreal records are poor, both believe they are making progress. Starting with seven straight road games (0-5-2) has not helped Montreal's cause. And five of its seven losses have been by one goal. Toronto, prior to Saturday's 1-0 loss to visiting New York City FC, was unbeaten in four games (1-0-3) with three shutouts. But there are more worrying numbers. Montreal has not won since Oct. 19 when it blanked visiting New York City FC 2-0 in league play. And it has been shut out in seven league games this season and scored just four goals while conceding 14. Still, Fraser has a healthy respect for this Montreal side, calling it tactically sound and well-coached. 'Obviously their record doesn't indicate that but when you actually watch them play, I think they're a very good team,' he said. 'So I think it will be a tough game.' Toronto, meanwhile, has not recorded a victory at BMO Field since Sept. 14, a 2-1 triumph over Austin FC. Toronto has been blanked in four outings, including three of its last five matches, and outscored 14-8. It has not scored at BMO Field in 349 minutes, dating back to Deandre Kerr's 11th-minute goal in a 2-1 loss to the Chicago Fire on March 15. Montreal has the league's worst offence, averaging 0.4 goals a game. Toronto is tied for 26th, averaging 0.8 goals a game. The teams are tied for 16th in defence in the league, conceding 1.4 goals a game on average. The two teams, separated by 545 kilometres of highway, have had some memorable encounters. And interim Montreal coach Marco Donadel, who played for Montreal from 2015 to 2018, is no stranger to the rivalry. But Donadel, put in charge in late March after Laurent Courtois was fired with the team at 0-4-1, played down past encounters. 'Really for me, my day is not the most important thing,' the Italian said in English. On the injury front, midfielder Bryce Duke remains out for Montreal but Italian designated player Giacomo Vrioni, who has played just 22 minutes this season, is available. Toronto remains without injured defenders Richie Laryea, Zane Monlouis and Henry Wingo, midfielder/forward Derrick Etienne and forwards Charlie Sharp and Kerr. Forward Ola Brynhildsen, a late scratch last week when he was expected to return from a lower body injury, and defender Nicksoen Gomis are both available. Backup Luka Gavran is expected to get the start in Toronto's goal. Toronto has won the Canadian Championship eight times — more than anyone else — and finished runner-up six times. But it has not lifted the trophy since 2020. Montreal has won five times, most recently in 2021, and made the final on three other occasions.
