Dante Sealy’s goal in the 51st minute allowed Montreal to pull a surprise and pick up a point on the road in a 1-1 draw against the surging Chicago Fire on Saturday night at Soldier Field.
It was Sealy’s first goal in a Montreal uniform.
The Fire (3-1-2), who entered having won three straight, settled for the tie but ran their unbeaten streak to five following a season-opening loss to the Columbus Crew. Montreal (0-4-2) entered not having scored a goal in its last four matches, three of which ended in defeat.
On Monday, Montreal fired coach Laurent Courtois and appointed assistant Marco Donadel to interim head coach two days after a 3-0 loss to Nashville.
Sealy ended the scoreless streak with a left-footed shot from the center of the box, taking a pass in the air from Luca Petrasso. Caden Clark was also credited with an assist.
The Fire took a 1-0 lead when Philip Zinckernagel found the back of the net with a left-footed shot from the center of the box with assists from Andrew Gutman and Jonathan Bamba.
