Montreal walked, or should that be strolled nonchalantly, into a white, New England whirlwind last night at Red Bull Arena.
The intensity on display from Bruce Arena’s much-changed outfit was simply too much for Henry’s depleted side in a ninety minutes that was not short on narrative.
In fact the story began early afternoon when news broke of Saphir Taider’s transfer to Al-Ain of Saudi Arabia and continued with the exclusion of Clement Diop who departed for France for personal reasons.
To those two, add Bojan, Brault-Guillard, Saba, Lappalainen, Okwonkwo, Choiniere, Jackson-Hamel, Maciel (all injured) and captain Jukka Raitala (away on international duty with Finland).