MONTREAL — Prince Owusu had an assist in the first half before scoring on a penalty kick in the second to help CF Montreal beat Austin FC 3-2 on Saturday night.

Two teenage midfielders teamed up to give Montreal (5-15-8) a 1-0 lead in the 9th minute. Hennadii Synchuk, 19, scored his first goal on 18-year-old Olger Escobar's first assist. It was the seventh start and 10th appearance for Synchuk and the first start and seventh appearance for Escobar.

Austin (9-9-8) pulled even in the 40th minute on a goal Myrto Uzuni — his fourth in his first season in the league. Defender Mikkler Desler and Diego Rubio both collected their third assist of the campaign.

Montreal took a 2-1 lead into halftime when Dante Sealy scored in the third minute of stoppage time with assists from defender Dawid Buga

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