Two clubs chasing Canadian Championship glory will do battle today in a cup match between the Montreal Impact and FC Edmonton. The semifinal clash scheduled for 7:30 p.m. ET will be held at Stade Saputo in Montreal and can be live streamed here free.
The Impact enter today's match amid uncertainty. A rough start—one that sees the club at the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings—forced club owner Joey Saputo to voice his frustrations over Twitter, vowing upheaval. When asked about his owner's comments, head coach Frank Klopas had little to offer (h/t to Olivier Tremblay on MLS's official website). "I don't know, you'd have to speak with him," Klopas told reporters.
"But I know the frustration of the fans, and it's understandable. They come to support the team, I know that. In the end, I'm the coach and it's my responsibility, I guess, when the results are not there, and I know that," he added.
"For me, I know that I'm doing the right thing in training with the group. You can look at this game, yes, we lost, but if you see how we lost the game, you can spin it any way you want.
"I always want the best for the club, and I don't know what the president's saying, but everyone has a right to be upset when you lose."
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Tactical Preview
Player to Watch: Montreal's Jack McInerney only went 69 minutes in the club's 3-0 loss to Sporting Kansas City on Saturday, but the Chattanooga native did go the full 90 in the first leg, serving as the Impact's lone goalscorer.
Montreal Impact's Projected Lineup (4-2-3-1): Bush; Tissot, Pearce, Ouimette, Camara; Bernier, Wallace; Smith, Warner, Nyassi; McInerney
FC Edmonton's Projected Lineup (4-5-1): Smits; Laing, Watson, Roberts, Moses; Ameobi, Jones, Boakai, Hlavaty, Fordyce; Jonke
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