Tonight at 7:30 pm PT on Apple TV, the Sounders are hosting CF Montreal, and it’s actually just the third time these two squads have even faced off since 2019, all of them right here at T-Mobile Park. This bizarre scheduling quirk is exactly what the league is finally looking to fix.
The MLS’s Weird Scheduling Flaw Is Finally Getting Fixed
Talk about unbalanced, right? The Sounders have only played Montreal at home these three times since 2019, and that’s it. It’s wild, but that’s been the MLS for too long. We saw it last week with the New England Revolution match where they hadn’t played since 2019 either. Yeah, 2020 was a chaotic mess, but this kind of scheduling has driven us nuts for years. Seriously, who can even gauge if the “East is weaker” when we barely play ’em? It’s usually us Pacific Coast fans saying it, but how would we know? The good news? That’s all likely changing for the 2027-28 season. The league is eyeing regional pods where teams play each other twice, plus every other remaining team once, alternating home and away. Finally, we’ll actually get to know who these teams like CF Montreal *are*!
So, What *Is* CF Montreal and Why This Game Matters
So, who *are* these guys rolling into T-Mobile Park? Well, the short version is they’re owned by a cheesemonger who also owns Bologna, and he brought Montreal up from the lower divisions. They’re about to win the Canadian Championship, and that means they’re expected to rotate players tonight, probably saving their key guys for that other trophy. On paper, this sounds like a gift for our boys, right? Montreal’s defense is historically rough. We’re talking 24th worst by xGA since 2013 and 21st by GA. They’re cheap spenders, always trying to sell off talent to survive. You’d think this would be a clear path for the Sounders, especially with our own bench play becoming a real strength lately, the “sub-er powers” we’ve been seeing. But let’s not get complacent. The Sounders can’t afford to mess around with this team, even with their roster rotations and defensive woes. We’ve seen our share of summer slumps and slow starts this season, though the dramatic revival and passing of our first big test show we can finish strong. We just won four straight before that recent setback in Frisco, which was tough but not a disaster. This team has fight.
Our boys need to be sharp. Cristian Roldan, fresh off his USMNT call-up, and Jordan Morris, are going to be key. Let’s send these cheesemonger-backed, rotating-squad visitors packing! Don’t miss it tonight, 7:30 pm PT on Apple TV. Let’s go Sounders!
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Originally reported by Sounder at Heart.
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