Charlotte FC loses to CF Montreal

It has been exactly 50 days since Charlotte FC has outright won a match. The team has been on a series of losses and draws since that time. The team suffered what could be a pivotal loss last night against CF Montreal in borderline embarrassing fashion. The Starting XI consisting of Kahlina (GK), Tuiloma, Corujo, Sobocinski, Byrne, Bronico, Westwood, Arfield, Vargas, Swiderski, and Jozwiak literally looked out of sync and uninspired during the first half of play. 

Guzmán Corujo, who has recently recovered from an ACL injury had to come off in the 37th minute due to discomfort and was replaced by Andrew Privett who made his MLS debut. The injury came after Montreal's Kwadwo Opoku, caused trouble for Charlotte and eventually opened the scoring for his team. Bryce Duke played a pass that forced Kahlina to come off his line, but an unlucky bounce off the leg of Kahlina and fell kindly for Opoku, who had an empty net to aim at. Giving Montreal a 1-nil lead. Two minutes later, Joel Waterman's clearance caught Charlotte off guard, and Chinonso Offor capitalized on the opportunity. Offor controlled the ball well and calmly slotted it past the keeper to extend Montreal's lead to 2-nil. By tis point the scoring and virtually the match was over leading into the half. 

In the second half the crown came out with a burst of energy in the opening ten minutes. However, the team eventually returned to their typical second half posture with a virtual stalemate going on before Montreal made a few last-minute attempts.

In the 88th minute, Montreal had another chance to widen their lead to three goals. However, Charlotte's goalkeeper Kahlina stood firm at the near post, denying Zachary Brault-Guillard's attempt. This proved to be the last noteworthy moment of the match as the match gradually petered out, extending Charlotte's winless streak to eight matches.

I honestly don't know what to expect from this team as we head into the Leagues cup and then the last half of the MLS season. However, things need to change in a potive way quickly as support for this team is getting shaky for the first time in club history as the clubs most loyal supporters are starting to shift from restless to angry.