Montreal 9s 2025 - "Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?”
- May 19, 2025
- 2 min read
Over the weekend the Rebels ventured north of the border for their first competitive matches of 2025 in the Montreal 9s tournament. In 2019, under a slightly different format, the Rebels were Junior Football Champions over a set of strong, predominantly Irish Canadian teams. This feat would not be repeated six years later.
8:30am
Albany Football vs Ottawa
At halftime, the Rebels were only down two thanks to an aggressive and organized defense and Pierre Massena stealing a goal against the run of play. Ottawa’s quality would show in the 2nd half as they poured it on. Final score: Albany: not enough, Ottawa: big number
9am
Albany Football vs Montreal
In the past, Montreal has fielded an A and a B team for this tournament. In the past, the Rebels beat the B team and get smoked by the A team. This year there was only one Montreal team. While this mix gave the Rebels some hope of keeping things close, an early red card for dissent against elite dissenter Ryan Molony had the Rebels down a man for most of the game.
Final Score: Albany: at least 3, Montreal: way more than that
9:30am
Portland vs Ottawa
Rebels football coach Henry Best had a transcendent performance as a referee only missing a couple of blatant fouls and getting in the way of play no more than three times.
10am
Albany Football vs Portland (Maine)
In the last game of the group stage, the Rebels finally got an opponent that wasn’t several levels above Junior D (our level). And a couple of minutes into the second half with the Rebels down two the skies opened up, lightning split the heavens, and the game was called.
Despite the beatings, the Rebels were able to observe the difference in how the good teams play vs how the game is played at the Junior D level. The goal now is to incorporate these hard earned lessons before the start of the league season.
Noon
Albany/Kingston Hurling vs Cuala
A break in the rain gave rise to the eternal optimism of the tournament organizers. And the break lasted long enough to get in a couple of games. One of those games was Albany/Kingston vs Cuala–a Senior level (highest level) Toronto based hurling club. Albany/Kingston surprised everyone with an early goal and after that it was impressive to see how easy the young Irish athletes on Cuala made everything look.
Rebel Debutantes
Football: Tyler Hornsby (one of Canada’s native sons)
Hurling: Geoff and Taylor
Tournament MVP: the bartender at McLean’s Public House. Every year they seem surprised to discover 100+ people are coming to the post-tournament party and have only one person there to tend the bar.
Next Game:
5/31 Columbia High School
Albany Hurling (1:30pm) and Football (3pm) vs Rochester
The Montreal 9s 2025 recap captures the highs and lows of competitive tournament football, where defensive discipline, momentum shifts, and emotional control all play a major role in outcomes. From early resilience against Ottawa to setbacks like the red card versus Montreal, it highlights how psychology and decision-making impact performance as much as skill. Understanding team dynamics, pressure responses, and discipline is exactly where a psychology course helper can support students in connecting real-world sports events to academic theory.
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