As CF Montreal prepares to play it’s first-ever competitive game in the state of Tennessee, one man who’s no stranger to the venue is captain Sam Piette.
Way back in March 2012, the Montreal captain was the youngest player involved in the Olympic qualifying tournament staged at LP Field (former name for Nissan Stadium), Home Depot Center, Carson, California and Livestrong Sporting Park, Kansas City.
All six matches in Canada’s group also comprising El Salvador, hosts USA and Cuba, were played at the Nashville venue.
The experience for the 17-year-old Piette was bitter-sweet, for although Canada recorded a memorable 2-0 success over their hosts, conceding a last minute equalizing goal in the last group game to minnows Cuba (0 for and 10 against in previous 2 group games), meant they would face Mexico in the semi-finals and not the eminently more beatable Hondurans.