CF Montreal fire head coach Laurent Courtois five games into MLS season

The second-year head coach has been dismissed after a winless start to the campaign through five matches

WHAT HAPPENED?
CF Montreal have fired head coach Laurent Courtois, the team announced Monday. The 46-year-old was in charge for his second season as first-team head coach to begin 2025 after leading them to a Wildcard Playoff appearance last season.
In 2024, Courtois led CF MTL to a 11-13-10 (WLD) record and to begin 2025 the club is 0-4-1. The Canadian side's schedule to begin the 2025 campaign included seven-straight away matches before their home-opener at Stade Saputo on April 12.
Assistant coach Marco Donadel has been named interim coach.

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THE BIGGER PICTURE
Courtois was hired in January, 2024 after leading Columbus Crew's MLS NEXT Pro side to the 2022 league title. CF MTL's project under Courtois included bringing in U.S. internationals Caden Clark and Jalen Neal, while also rostering Canadian internationals Joel Waterman, Samuel Piette and Nathan Saliba.
This offseason, they brought in forward Giacomo Vrioni from the New England Revolution, as well.
Courtois is the first coaching change of the 2025 campaign in MLS.
DID YOU KNOW?
During the 2024 campaign, 12 different MLS sides made head coaching changes.