CHARLOTTE | With an active streak of eight games unbeaten, we have to face the facts and stop doubting, we have to take CF Montreal seriously.

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The performance delivered in this 2-0 victory against CF Charlotte, a team which had only one defeat in five home games beforehand, has everything to convince, especially as the team set another historic mark with five straight games without defeat on opposing lawns.

This team played in control and were clearly the better of the two on the field despite a scrappy and organized opposition that had never allowed more than one goal in a game at Bank of America Stadium.

"I'm happy to have scored more than one goal [here] and to have won with zero because they are a very good team", mentioned Wilfried Nancy after the meeting.

Demanding

CF Montreal went to bed on Saturday night occupying first place in the MLS Eastern Conference, a place that is rightfully theirs.

And what is encouraging is that the team shows no signs of complacency. On the contrary, players are very demanding of themselves.

"It feels good to win games, but as defenders we couldn't be fully satisfied because we were giving away goals," Rudy Camacho said after the game.

He was reminded that the team hadn't allowed more than one goal in their last six outings, which didn't change his mind.

"We're already at 19 goals conceded, that's a lot. »

Cohesion

The fact remains that the defensive cohesion has been evident since the last meetings. On Saturday there was a very serious alert and a few other minor ones, but the team was never in a bad position.

How do we explain this turnaround in the last six games?

"I struggled at first, I wasn't on my legs," Camacho admitted. Alistair [Johnston] arrived in a new system that he had to get used to. We had to find the automatisms. »

And Wilfried Nancy also recognized the brilliance of Johnston who opened his counter on Saturday, becoming the fifth defender to score a goal this season.

"I wanted to impose something on Alistair and he's very open-minded, and he was able to do that," he said of the Canadian fullback who became a full-back, a position that he actually made his own.

Breza reassures

Early in the unbeaten streak, goalkeeper Sebastian Breza sent worrying signs with several errors, some of which cost goals.

But for a few games, and especially on Saturday evening, he has been reassuring. Against Charlotte, he showed authority in his area.

“He had a complicated moment as we can all have, but the important thing is to stay sure of yourself, insisted Camacho. He has quite a strong character so he remained confident. »

"You have to stay solid in your head and not listen to what is being said on the side because people talk a lot. »

Rotation

We tend to think that the team struggled at the start of the season due to the games being repeated quickly.

We can verify this theory since CF Montreal has four games to play over the next two weeks.

“When you play every three days, the first thing to look at is fitness. You have to avoid wasting energy off the pitch and make sure you recover well,” says Djordje Mihailovic.

“With our depth, there are going to be rotations and we must not lose our bite and our beautiful energy. »

It will also be verified in attack since Romell Quioto injured his shoulder and had his right arm slung over his shoulder in the second half.

Mason Toye is not expected to return to action until mid-June, but the way Kei Kamara is playing there is plenty to be confident about. He is not 37 years old and he works as hard in attack as in defense.