Montreal Impact - D.C. United
Saturday, August 17, 2013, 7pm
Stade Saputo, Montréal, QC
TV: RDS, TSN
Mobile: illico mobile
Highlights
83' GOAL - MTL: Di Vaio scores the winner! (2-1)
81' GOAL - DC: Doyle ties it up (1-1)
43' GOAL - MTL: Di Vaio opens the scoring. Assist by Justin Mapp (1-0)
Lineups
MTL - Perkins; Brovsky, Ferrari, Nesta, Camara; Mapp, Bernier (C), Bernardello, Romero; Felipe, Di Vaio.
Substitutes: Bush, Tissot, Warner, Arnaud, Nyassi, Smith, Paponi
DC - Hamid, Korb, Jakovic, Woolard, Riley, DeLeon, Kitchen, Thorrington, Porter, Silva, De Rosario
Substitutes: Willis, White, Iapichino, Neal, Jeffrey, Martin, Doyle
Match info
BMO, as the game day partner, will have installed a private entrance for all BMO credit or debit card holders and will be presenting a photo flipbook near the main boutique.
A group of 150 people from Lac-Mégantic, including 60 young soccer players from the local club, were invited to Saturday’s game by the Impact. In addition, fundraising efforts by the Red Cross on game day will go to support Lac-Mégantic.
The game will be broadcast live on RDS and TSN, as well as on illico mobile. You can also get live updates using the Impact mobile app or by following @impactmontreal on twitter.
Team news
The Impact is undefeated in its last four games at home across all competitions with a 2-0-2 record and has shutout its opponents over the last three matches at Stade Saputo, including a 1-0 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes in its first CONCACAF Champions League matchup.
The club has scored the first goal in 11 of the 22 games played thus far in 2013 and has yet to lose with an 8-0-3 record when opening the score.
Midfielders Justin Mapp (3-0-2) and Davy Arnaud (4-0-2) have not lost a game with the Impact this season at home when they were in the starting lineup.
Patrice Bernier will appear in his 50th career MLS game and Felipe will hit the 50 games started plateau in each of their next opportunities.
Impact goalkeeper Troy Perkins is the only player to have started every game and played every single minute in MLS regular season action.
Andrew Wenger returned to full training this week following a foot injury and will be available for selection for Saturday’s matchup.
