MONTREAL - CF Montreal survived a late surge from Austin FC to record a 3-2 victory at Stade Saputo on Saturday night.

Hennadiy Synchuk, Dante Sealy and Prince Owusu all scored for Montreal (4-15-8), which won just its second game at home this season, while Myrto Uzuni and Owen Wolff scored for Austin (9-8-8).

Facing Major League Soccer’s second-best defence did not seem to intimidate Montreal, which immediately took the game to Austin, pinning the Texas side back in their own end and creating several chances.

After just 10 minutes, the hosts found a breakthrough when Olger Escobar found Synchuk in behind the Austin defence. After one swift cut onto his left foot, the teenage standout sent a powerful shot into the bottom left corner, opening his account with Montreal.

Austin fought its

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