MONTREAL – The Canadian men’s soccer team played their first game in Montreal since 2017, but it was not the expected homecoming, losing 1-0 to Australia on Friday night at Stade Saputo.

Nestory Irankunda’s winner extended Australia’s unbeaten run to 12 games, having lost just once since March 21, 2024.

“I think we managed (the game) well. Unfortunately, we made a little mistake, but we’re going to learn from this,” said Mathieu Choinière who was one of the many Montreal-born players playing in his hometown for the first time ever as a member of the national team.

“I think overall we were the better team, and we created a lot of chances, we could have scored two or three goals, but (…) we’re going to keep branding.”

The game only needed three minutes for controversy to rear its head. T

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