CF Montréal Fires Coach Marco Donadel After Seven Games

CF Montréal has dismissed head coach Marco Donadel just seven games into the Major League Soccer season, following a 2-1 home loss to the last-place Philadelphia Union on Saturday. The club made the announcement official in a release on Sunday, a day after the match at Stade Saputo, amid speculation fueled by the team's decision to skip a post-game press conference.

Luca Saputo, the club's managing director for recruitment and sporting methodology, addressed the move at a press conference on Monday, emphasizing that the decision was deliberate. "I did not want to make any decisions in the heat of the moment; we had a very sane discussion about the situation," Saputo said. He explained that the firing stemmed from Donadel's failure to meet specific objectives outlined at the end of the previous season, including a desired style of play focused on attacking football, building from the back and optimizing player roles for success. "It was not an easy decision, but we had outlined specific goals... and we saw very quickly that those objectives were not being met," Saputo added. He took responsibility for the early dismissal and for any misjudgments in appointing Donadel permanently...