{"id":656713,"date":"2026-05-08T20:41:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T20:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/656713\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T20:41:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T20:41:16","slug":"montreal-seeks-to-make-stade-saputo-a-fortress-in-home-heavy-schedule-nanaimonewsnow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/656713\/","title":{"rendered":"Montreal seeks to make Stade Saputo a \u2018fortress\u2019 in home-heavy schedule | NanaimoNewsNOW"},"content":{"rendered":"

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CF Montreal’s Ivan Jaime, left, challenges New York Red Bulls’ Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty, right, during first half MLS soccer action in Montreal, Saturday, April 18, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Graham Hughes<\/p>\n

By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\tMay 8, 2026 | 12:25 PM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n

MONTREAL \u2014 Life for CF Montr\u00e9al under caretaker manager Philippe Eullaffroy has started positively for the Major League Soccer Club, due in part to a long stretch of home games coinciding with his appointment.<\/p>\n

Eullaffroy took over from the fired Marco Donadel on April 12, after a 2-1 loss to last-place Philadelphia dropped Montreal to 1-6-0. The club has since posted two MLS wins at home along with a 5-0 victory over the Calgary Blizzard in Canadian Championship play, and dropped a 3-1 loss at Atlanta last Saturday.<\/p>\n

Montreal plays its next three games, and seven of its next nine, at Stade Saputo, starting with Saturday\u2019s contest against Orlando City. Eullaffroy sees an opportunity for Montreal to regain its status as a formidable home side.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a boost of adrenalin when we\u2019re playing at home, and the adrenalin is more confidence to express our quality,\u201d said Eullaffroy. \u201cIt\u2019s about putting emphasis on our identity, and to reinforce day after day, game after game, the way we want to play.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CF Montreal’s Ivan Jaime, left, challenges New York Red Bulls’ Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty, right, during first half MLS soccer…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":656714,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[879,49,48,2467,2338,2461,2468,2460,2462,2463,44,2464,2465,2466,82],"class_list":["post-656713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-breaking-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-central-vancouver-island","tag-montreal","tag-nanaimo","tag-nanaimo-breaking-news","tag-nanaimo-news","tag-nanaimo-news-now","tag-nanaimonewsnow","tag-news","tag-oceanside","tag-parksville","tag-qualicum","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=656713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/656714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=656713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=656713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=656713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}