MLS

CF Montréal vs LAFC, 2025 MLS, Regular Season

· MLS
  • 5': Giacomo Vrioni
  • 22': Prince Owusu (P)
FT
2 - 2
  • 38': Mark Delgado
  • 77': Olivier Giroud

LAFC storms back to earn draw vs. CF Montreal

Olivier Giroud scored the tying goal in the 77th minute shortly after entering as a substitute as the visiting Los Angeles FC rallied to extend its unbeaten streak to eight games with a 2-2 draw over struggling CF Montreal on Saturday night.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Corner,CF Montréal. Conceded by Eddie Segura.
  • 2': Attempt saved. Nathan Saliba (CF Montréal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Hugo Lloris (Los Angeles Football Club). Assisted by Dante Sealy with a cross.
  • 5': Foul by Sergi Palencia (Los Angeles Football Club).
  • 5': Giacomo Vrioni (CF Montréal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 5': Attempt blocked. Prince Owusu (CF Montréal) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by George Campbell.
  • 5': Goal! CF Montréal 1, Los Angeles Football Club 0. Giacomo Vrioni (CF Montréal) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner.
  • 7': Foul by Giacomo Vrioni (CF Montréal).
  • 7': Igor Jesus (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 8': Attempt blocked. Nathan Saliba (CF Montréal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Dante Sealy.
  • 9': Foul by Fabian Herbers (CF Montréal).
  • 9': Frankie Amaya (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 11': Hand ball by Igor Jesus (Los Angeles Football Club).
  • 12': Aaron Long (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 12': Foul by Giacomo Vrioni (CF Montréal).
  • 14': Attempt missed. George Campbell (CF Montréal) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
  • 16': Delay in match because of an injury Dénis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club).
  • 16': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 17': Foul by Prince Owusu (CF Montréal).
  • 17': Igor Jesus (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 18': Foul by Prince Owusu (CF Montréal).
  • 18': Igor Jesus (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 18': Attempt saved. Mark Delgado (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Jonathan Sirois (CF Montréal). Assisted by Dénis Bouanga.
  • 21': Penalty CF Montréal. Dawid Bugaj draws a foul in the penalty area.
  • 21': Penalty conceded by Dénis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club) after a foul in the penalty area.
  • 22': Goal! CF Montréal 2, Los Angeles Football Club 0. Prince Owusu (CF Montréal) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  • 23': Foul by Sergi Palencia (Los Angeles Football Club).
  • 23': Samuel Piette (CF Montréal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 25': Foul by Nathan Saliba (CF Montréal).
  • 25': Igor Jesus (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 25': Nathan Saliba (CF Montréal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 26': Delay in match because of an injury Igor Jesus (Los Angeles Football Club).
  • 26': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 28': Offside, Los Angeles Football Club. Nathan Ordaz is caught offside.
  • 29': Foul by Eddie Segura (Los Angeles Football Club).
  • 29': Prince Owusu (CF Montréal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 31': Attempt missed. Prince Owusu (CF Montréal) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Luca Petrasso with a cross.
  • 32': Attempt missed. Dante Sealy (CF Montréal) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Fabian Herbers.
  • 33': Attempt saved. Dénis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Jonathan Sirois (CF Montréal). Assisted by Sergi Palencia with a cross.
  • 33': Dante Sealy (CF Montréal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 33': Foul by Artem Smoliakov (Los Angeles Football Club).
  • 34': Foul by Jalen Neal (CF Montréal).
  • 34': Jeremy Ebobisse (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 35': Attempt missed. Nathan Ordaz (Los Angeles Football Club) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Dénis Bouanga with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 38': Goal! CF Montréal 2, Los Angeles Football Club 1. Mark Delgado (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nathan Ordaz with a cross.
  • 40': Attempt missed. Dénis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Nathan Ordaz.
  • 42': Attempt saved. Dante Sealy (CF Montréal) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the top right corner by Hugo Lloris (Los Angeles Football Club). Assisted by Fabian Herbers.
  • 42': Corner,CF Montréal. Conceded by Hugo Lloris.
  • 43': Corner,CF Montréal. Conceded by Jeremy Ebobisse.
  • 43': Attempt saved. Fabian Herbers (CF Montréal) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Hugo Lloris (Los Angeles Football Club). Assisted by Dante Sealy with a cross.
  • 44': Foul by Prince Owusu (CF Montréal).
  • 44': Igor Jesus (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 45': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+2': Foul by Fabian Herbers (CF Montréal).
  • 45'+2': Mark Delgado (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 45'+2': Attempt saved. Dénis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Jonathan Sirois (CF Montréal).
  • 45'+3': Corner,Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Jonathan Sirois.
  • 45'+4': First Half ends, CF Montréal 2, Los Angeles Football Club 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins CF Montréal 2, Los Angeles Football Club 1.
  • 45': Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Ryan Hollingshead replaces Artem Smoliakov.
  • 46': Corner,Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Prince Owusu.
  • 48': Delay in match because of an injury Fabian Herbers (CF Montréal).
  • 49': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 49': Substitution, CF Montréal. Victor Loturi replaces Fabian Herbers because of an injury.
  • 50': Foul by Aaron Long (Los Angeles Football Club).
  • 50': Giacomo Vrioni (CF Montréal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 50': Attempt blocked. Dénis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jeremy Ebobisse.
  • 51': Foul by Victor Loturi (CF Montréal).
  • 51': Igor Jesus (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 52': Corner,Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Jonathan Sirois.
  • 55': Foul by Jalen Neal (CF Montréal).
  • 55': Jeremy Ebobisse (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 57': Foul by Dawid Bugaj (CF Montréal).
  • 57': Mark Delgado (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 59': Substitution, CF Montréal. Tom Pearce replaces Nathan Saliba.
  • 59': Substitution, CF Montréal. Brandan Craig replaces George Campbell.
  • 59': Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Yaw Yeboah replaces Frankie Amaya.
  • 59': Substitution, CF Montréal. Caden Clark replaces Giacomo Vrioni.
  • 59': Attempt missed. Tom Pearce (CF Montréal) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Prince Owusu.
  • 61': Hand ball by Nathan Ordaz (Los Angeles Football Club).
  • 62': Foul by Dante Sealy (CF Montréal).
  • 62': Mark Delgado (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 64': Attempt saved. Prince Owusu (CF Montréal) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Hugo Lloris (Los Angeles Football Club). Assisted by Caden Clark.
  • 64': Corner,CF Montréal. Conceded by Ryan Hollingshead.
  • 66': Attempt saved. Dénis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Jonathan Sirois (CF Montréal). Assisted by Nathan Ordaz.
  • 67': Attempt missed. Mark Delgado (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Nathan Ordaz.
  • 69': Foul by Samuel Piette (CF Montréal).
  • 69': Mark Delgado (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 69': Samuel Piette (CF Montréal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 70': Attempt blocked. Dénis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 72': Attempt saved. Tom Pearce (CF Montréal) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Hugo Lloris (Los Angeles Football Club). Assisted by Dante Sealy.
  • 72': Corner,CF Montréal. Conceded by Hugo Lloris.
  • 72': Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Olivier Giroud replaces Jeremy Ebobisse.
  • 72': Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Cengiz Ünder replaces Nathan Ordaz.
  • 73': Dante Sealy (CF Montréal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 73': Foul by Dénis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club).
  • 74': Attempt saved. Dénis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner by Jonathan Sirois (CF Montréal). Assisted by Eddie Segura.
  • 76': Foul by Sergi Palencia (Los Angeles Football Club).
  • 76': Tom Pearce (CF Montréal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 77': Goal! CF Montréal 2, Los Angeles Football Club 2. Olivier Giroud (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  • 80': Attempt missed. Olivier Giroud (Los Angeles Football Club) header from the left side of the six yard box misses to the right.
  • 82': Caden Clark (CF Montréal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 82': Foul by Sergi Palencia (Los Angeles Football Club).
  • 83': Foul by Mark Delgado (Los Angeles Football Club).
  • 83': Victor Loturi (CF Montréal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 83': Mark Delgado (Los Angeles Football Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 85': Attempt saved. Dénis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Jonathan Sirois (CF Montréal). Assisted by Cengiz Ünder.
  • 86': Attempt blocked. Igor Jesus (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Aaron Long.
  • 86': Attempt missed. Yaw Yeboah (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
  • 87': Attempt blocked. Cengiz Ünder (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Igor Jesus.
  • 88': Attempt missed. Olivier Giroud (Los Angeles Football Club) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Dénis Bouanga with a cross.
  • 89': Attempt missed. Dénis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Mark Delgado.
  • 89': Substitution, CF Montréal. Owen Graham-Roache replaces Prince Owusu.
  • 90': Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+2': Hand ball by Igor Jesus (Los Angeles Football Club).
  • 90'+3': Attempt missed. Eddie Segura (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Aaron Long.
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, CF Montréal 2, Los Angeles Football Club 2.
  • 0': Match ends, CF Montréal 2, Los Angeles Football Club 2.

Statistics

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13 Fouls 14
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 0
3 Corner Kicks 5
5 Saves 6
60.7 Possession 39.3
20 SHOTS 13
8 ON GOAL 7
0.4 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 1
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
480 Accurate Passes 258
555 Passes 354
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.7
5 Accurate Crosses 3
15 Crosses 10
0.3 Cross % 0.3
38 Long Balls 67
21 Accurate Long Balls 20
0.6 Long Balls % 0.3
4 Blocked Shots 2
8 Effective Tackles 6
16 Tackles 12
0.5 Tackle % 0.5
12 Interceptions 10
11 Effective Clearances 14
11 Clearances 14

Game Information

Competition: MLS

Venue: Stade Saputo
Location: Montreal, Canada
Attendance: 15,133

MLS Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 San Diego FC 22 +16 42
2 Minnesota United FC 22 +14 40
3 Vancouver Whitecaps 21 +10 38
4 Seattle Sounders FC 21 +3 33
Full Table

Line-Ups

MTL CF Montréal (4-4-2)

No. Name
40 Jonathan Sirois (GK)
2 Jalen Neal
24 George Campbell
13 Luca Petrasso
27 Dawid Bugaj
6 Samuel Piette Yellow Card
19 Nathan Saliba Yellow Card
21 Fabian Herbers
25 Dante Sealy
17 Giacomo Vrioni
9 Prince Owusu

LAFC LAFC (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Hugo Lloris (GK)
4 Eddie Segura
33 Aaron Long
29 Artem Smolyakov
14 Sergi Palencia
6 Igor Jesus
8 Mark Delgado
23 Frankie Amaya
17 Jeremy Ebobisse
99 Denis Bouanga
27 Nathan Ordaz

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