Montero eager to hurt his former team a second time as Whitecaps host Sounders
VANCOUVER — Fredy Montero didn’t celebrate his two-goal performance — at least on the field — the last time he suited up against the Seattle Sounders.
The Whitecaps striker doesn’t plan on changing a thing when Vancouver hosts his former club for a second time this season on Wednesday night.
Montero, who scored 47 times in 119 regular-season appearances for Seattle from 2009 to 2012, bagged two goals against the Sounders in Vancouver’s 2-1 victory back in April. But while his teammates mobbed him after each goal in the derby game against a bitter rival, the Colombian kept his emotions in check.
“It’s displaying loyalty,” Montero explained Tuesday after training. “It’s the way soccer players show respect.