HARRISON, N.J. — Wiki Carmona scored two objectives towards his former workforce after Prince Owusu discovered the web on a penalty kick and CF Montreal thumped Pink Bull New York 3-0 on Sunday.
First-year coach Michael Bradley’s Pink Bulls have been making an attempt to open a season with three straight victories for the primary time in membership historical past, however as an alternative the previous United States captain picked up his first loss as supervisor.
Montreal (1-2-0) grabbed a 1-0 lead within the eighth minute on a PK objective by Owusu. Montreal’s first objective of the season was arrange when Iván Jaime drew a foul on Pink Bulls’ defender Justin Che.
Carmona scored unassisted within the forty fourth minute off a free kick to offer Montreal a 2-0 lead at halftime.
Carmona stole the ball and capped the scoring with one other unassisted objective within the 68th minute. Carmona had six objectives in 102 appearances over 5 seasons with the Pink Bulls. He failed to attain in 21 begins over 34 appearances final season.
Thomas Gillier completed with 5 saves for Montreal, incomes his first clear sheet in his eleventh profession begin. Gillier allowed eight objectives by the primary two matches.
Ethan Horton completed with one save for the Pink Bulls (2-1-0) in his third MLS begin. Horton was coming off his first clear sheet in a 1-0 victory over the New England Revolution.
New York began youngsters Julian Corridor (17), Adri Mehmeti (16) and Matthew Dos Santos (17) for a 3rd straight match.
Marco Donadel notched his first victory as Montreal’s head coach after taking on on an interim foundation final season when the membership completed thirteenth and missed the playoffs.
New York outscored Montreal 3-0 in a pair of victories final season.
