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CF Montreal person fired caput coach Marco Donadel, nan nine announced connected Sunday. The move comes aft Saturday’s 2-1 nonaccomplishment against nan Philadelphia Union kept nan nine joint-bottom of nan MLS standings.
Philippe Eullaffroy, who rejoined nan nine this twelvemonth arsenic an adjunct coach aft founding nan club’s academy successful 2010, will service arsenic interim caput coach “until a imperishable caput coach is hired,” nan nine said successful a little statement.
Montreal person been 1 of nan worst teams successful MLS this play aft finishing tied for second-worst successful nan convention successful 2025. Last play Montreal besides started poorly nether caput coach Laurent Courtois, who was fired connected 24 March of that twelvemonth and replaced by Donadel.
Donadel won conscionable 7 of his 42 games successful each competitions pinch nan club, 8 if you count a triumph connected penalties against Toronto FC successful past season’s Canadian Championship cup competition.
Donadel’s firing continues nan club’s wont of short managerial tenures. No head has led nan nine for much than 92 matches since they entered MLS successful 2012, pinch Mauro Biello holding that peculiar record. Each of nan past 3 managers nan nine person hired since losing Wilfried Nancy to nan Columbus Crew has stuck astir for 40 games aliases fewer.
Under longtime proprietor Joey Saputo, nan nine person for years struggled to compete earnestly successful nan caller financial realities of MLS. But nan 2026 offseason looked to beryllium particularly anemic from nan outset. The nine made fewer subordinate moves of consequence aft missing nan playoffs successful 2025, pinch their astir costly summation being defender Brayan Vera, whom they acquired from Real Salt Lake for $1.2m successful wide allocation money. The nine besides brought successful Iván Jaime from Porto and MLS seasoned Frankie Amaya from Tolouca, but some are connected loan.
Montreal gave up 19 goals successful their opening 7 matches of nan campaign, pinch their only triumph being a 3-0 romp complete nan New York Red Bulls.
Donadel isn’t nan only sanction departing nan nine aft different disastrous start. The nine announced that assistants Jacopo Falanga and Lorenzo Pinzauti were besides fto go, leaving Eullaffroy short-staffed arsenic Montreal hole to big nan New York Red Bulls adjacent weekend.
