CF Montreal Eliminated From Playoff Contention with 2-0 Loss to MLS-Best Nashville SC
Sam Surridge and Hany Mukhtar scored as Nashville secured the league’s best record and Montreal was eliminated from playoff contention.
- On Saturday, Nashville SC clinched the 2026 MLS Supporters' Shield title with a 2-0 victory at CF Montreal, officially eliminating the hosts from playoff contention.
- After a scoreless opening 45 minutes, Nashville pressed higher up the pitch and forced Montreal into poor clearances following the halftime break.
- Sam Surridge struck the opening goal in the 51st minute, and captain Hany Mukhtar sealed the result ten minutes from time against 17-year-old goalkeeper Samsy Keita.
- Head coach BJ Callaghan said, "The locker room celebration is quite joyous at the moment," marking Nashville's second trophy after winning its first in 2025.
- By winning the Supporters' Shield, Nashville secured home-field advantage throughout the MLS Cup playoffs and a spot in the 2027 Concacaf Champions Cup.
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Nashville claims Supporters’ Shield while eliminating Montreal
Nashville SC scored twice in the second half to claim the Supporters' Shield as the top team in MLS with a 2-0 win against host CF Montreal on Saturday. The win allowed Nashville (21-3-7, 70 points) to stretch its points streak to seven games (5-0-2). Montreal (6-18-7, 25 points) has just one win in its
The Tennessean
USA TodayNashville SC defeats CF Montréal to claim MLS Supporters' Shield
CF Montreal, with Chilean striker Alexis Sánchez as the starter, fell as a local for 2-0 against the leader Nashville SC, leaving no mathematical options to classify the playoffs and deepening his sports and institutional crisis. To the defeat in the final of the Canadian Championship against Forge, in a definition by penal that left ... Continue reading "Alexis Sánchez and another coup in Montreal: new fall in MLS, he runs out of playoffs and f…
The Toronto Star
Rocky Mountain OutlookCF Montreal eliminated from playoff contention with 2-0 loss to MLS-best Nashville SC
MONTREAL - CF Montreal has officially been eliminated from playoff contention after a 2-0 loss to Nashville SC at Stade Saputo on Saturday afternoon.
The CF Montréal was officially excluded from the MLS playoff portrait following a 2-0 loss to the Nashville SC, ahead of a crowd of 13,016 spectators on Saturday afternoon at the Saputo Stadium.
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