cpl game_Cricket Betting_‘It really gave me a confidence boost’: Sean Rea ready to star for Montreal after standout CPL season.
In 2023, Rea is looking to take the next step in his career, finally breaking through into the CF Montréal first team and proving to be a key player for them this season. With the start of the MLS season just around the corner, early signs out of preseason are very promising, including the goal he scored against the Houston Dynamo in a friendly earlier this month.
“It’s the first time in preseason where I feel like I’m really part of the team,” Rea told CanPL.ca this week. “Like I’m going to help the team this season and make a difference. So I’m really happy with how things have been going and I just can’t wait for Saturday, for our first game.”
That first MLS regular season match on Saturday, against Inter Miami, is three years in the making, as Rea spent the last two seasons out on loan with Valour from CF Montréal after signing out of the club’s academy. After a respectable first season in Winnipeg, where he scored twice and added four assists in all competitions, Rea flourished in his second campaign.
“Having that second season to really show that I can actually make a difference and score, assist and do what I need to do as an offensive player it really gave me a confidence boost,” he said. “I’m really happy I had the second season to prove to myself that I can play at a higher level.”
Rea thinks his two seasons in the CPL are a lesson for any young player who comes into the league on loan or looking to reignite their career. Having the right mentality, he says, is everything.
“If you do really well only good things will come out of it for yourself,” says Rea. “That’s how I looked at it, the first season I didn’t really feel like going on loan, but the second year I really embraced it.”
