Wilfried Nancy hopes to see his players write the history of the club in MLS

Michel Lamarche, The Canadian Press

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MONTREAL — By scoring his eighth and ninth goals of the season Saturday night at Audi Field, Romell Quioto achieved a personal career high. However, if Wilfried Nancy was undoubtedly happy for the Honduran, the head coach of CF Montreal shone even more because of what his team had achieved thanks to this double.

Before 2022, never had a Montreal team in MLS won more than four games on enemy ground in a single campaign. By beating DC United 2-1 with difficulty, CF Montreal earned a fifth away win (5-4-2) this season, in 11 stops on the road.

In a league where it is never easy to amass points on opponents’ pitches, CF Montreal is one of seven teams among the 28 that make up the executives of MLS to have reached the plateau of five victories in abroad so far.

“Very proud,” Nancy replied without hesitation when asked about his team’s achievement after the game on Saturday.

“It’s part of the goal, actually. Our goal is to go as far as possible, in all humility of course, and write history at club level. This has been said since last year. Last year, the players won the Canadian Championship, we were close to making the playoffs, we didn’t make them, we know why. This year, we’re breaking a lot of records and that’s part of the goal we set at the start of the year.”

By revealing his moods on this subject, Nancy takes great care not to get too carried away either, because he knows that the finish line is still relatively far away. After all, his players have only just started the second half of the season.

“We know that the road is still long. There is no ‘ignition’, not at all. But I am very proud that this young group has written a history on the club”, he immediately repeated.

When Nancy says CF Montreal is erasing team records, he’s not talking through his hat. His players have made at least two other very interesting ones this season.

Between March 19 and May 14, the Montreal team played eight consecutive games (6-0-2) without losing. During this same period, CF Montreal played five games in a row (3-0-2) without losing on the road.

And with six more games to play on hostile ground by the end of the schedule, Nancy’s squad need just three points to edit another team mark for the most road points in the tournament. the same season.

In 2016, the Montreal Impact collected 19 points thanks to four wins and seven draws on opposing lawns. In 2022, CF Montreal already has 17.

“In this league you have to get points away from home. It’s like that, whether it’s through wins or draws, ”recalled defender Joel Waterman.

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