The primary half of the Canadian Soccer League season is over and it is fairly clear that the Montreal Alouettes have the group to beat, notably after they boatraced Edmonton 48-30 on Aug. 8 in a battle of division leaders.
Following a bye, Montreal is again in motion Thursday evening when the winless Ottawa Redblacks come to city.
It is not arduous to see why the Als (8-1) are rolling. Their offense can pop the highest off any protection with quarterback Davis Alexander’s passing or operating excessive of them with Travis Theis taking turns at operating again.
Add to that offense an underrated protection and a particular groups that comes up with massive performs, and you’ve got a well-rounded group. However coach Jason Maas is not taking something as a right, not even a house date with Ottawa.
“There is perhaps 170 performs in a sport,” he stated. “Belief me, there’s loads of performs to right. That is what we deal with. We wish to play to a sure normal, whatever the rating. There’s loads to enhance on and we’ll proceed to work arduous.”
Whereas Montreal tries to keep up its normal, the Redblacks (0-9) resume their seek for their first style of success underneath first-year coach Ryan Dinwiddie. Ottawa fell 33-21 on Friday evening at Winnipeg, the place it performed properly at instances however continued to make vital errors in key moments.
“We all the time say now we have to deliver our 4 Es: power, enthusiasm, effort and execution,” Dinwiddie stated. “Typically the execution hasn’t been there, however the power and energy has been there.”
Courting again to final yr, the Redblacks have dropped 15 straight video games, a modern-era CFL report. The schedule-maker has just lately finished them no favors. That is the final of a three-game highway journey that began at Gray Cup champion Saskatchewan.
Two of Ottawa’s losses this yr have been at Montreal’s arms. The Als pulled out a 37-35 house victory on June 28 after which cruised to a 34-13 highway triumph on July 31.
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