Montreal tops Chicago 3-2 behind strong first half, near home-field advantage
MONTREAL — CF Montreal just needs one more point to clinch home-field advantage in the first round of the playoffs after securing a 3-2 win over the Chicago Fire at Stade Saputo on Tuesday.
Kei Kamara scored twice and Zachary Brault-Guillard added another for Montreal (17-9-5) while Xherdan Shaqiri scored twice from the penalty spot for Chicago (9-14-8).
After a timid start from both teams, a breakthrough would come for the home side in the 21st minute. Ismaël Kone sent a low shot into the box that was redirected by Kamara into the net to put Montreal up 1-0.
Eight minutes later, Kone won the ball in the midfield and played Kamara in, who scored again to give Montreal an early 2-0 lead.