SAN DIEGO — Amahl Pellegrino had a goal and two assists on Saturday night to help San Diego FC beat CF Montreal 5-0 on Saturday night in the season opener for both teams.
Eighteen-year-old Duran Ferree made his MLS debut and finished with two saves for San Diego.
Tomas Aviles was shown a straight red card in the 50th minute and Montreal played a man down the rest of the way.
Christopher McVey, Onni Valakari, Marcus Ingvartsen and 18-year-old Bryan each added a goal for San Diego. Valakari, Ingvartsen and Zamblé made their MLS debuts.
McVey opened the scoring in the 14th minute, bouncing a header inside the back post, and Pelligrino scored in the second minute of stoppage time to give San Diego a 2-0 lead at halftime.
Thomas Gillier stopped three shots for Montreal.
San Diego had 64% possession and outshot Montreal 12-6, 6-0 in the second half.
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