SUMMARY
The Impact’s undefeated streak stops at 15 and still constitutes a new league record.
In the 7th minute of play, defender Adilson De Lima converted a corner kick taken by Antonio De La Torre to open the score. De Lima beat Impact goalkeeper Greg Sutton with a header, to his left.
Two minutes later, forward Fabian Dawkins doubled the lead for Atlanta. After receiving a deep pass from David Hayes, Dawkins broke away alone on Sutton, swerved around him to his right and scored in an open net. It was the 11th goal of the season for Dawkins.
At the 29th minute, the Impact reduced Atlanta’s lead to one goal thanks to Gabriel Gervais’ first goal of the season. On a corner kick by Patrick Leduc, forward Darko Kolic headed the ball to Gervais’ feet, who was alone on the far post. For Gervais, it was a first goal since July 4, 2003.
At the 53rd minute, the Impact came close to evening the score but defender Nevio Pizzolitto’s goal was called back because of an offside. Mauro Biello also got a goal called back at the 63rd minute, on an offside.
At the end of the game, the Impact put a lot of pressure on the Atlanta defense but was unable to capitalize.
Sutton, who allowed two goals in a game for the first time this season, set a new club record by reaching the 10,000-minute mark with the Impact. Now is in his fifth season with Montreal, he has played a total of 10,059 minutes. He is also only two wins away from tying the club record of 60 career wins set by Paolo Ceccarelli.
In spite of the loss, the Impact is still in first place overall in league standings with 35 points, two points ahead of the Rochester Raging Rhinos, the Richmond Kickers and the Seattle Sounders.
The Impact will play a second game in less than 24 hours, Saturday, in Charleston, against the Battery (7:30 pm). The Impact returns at Claude-Robillard Sports Complex Sunday, August 7, to take on the Silverbacks once again (4:00 pm, CKAC, CJAD).
SAMSUNG POST-GAME COMMENTS
Nick De Santis
Gabriel Gervais
IMPACT LINE-UP
Greg Sutton, Nevio Pizzolitto, Gabriel Gervais, Adam Braz (David Fronimadis 56), Mauricio Vincello (Carlos Garcia 73), Patrick Leduc, Mesut Mert (Lars Lyssand 45), Zé Roberto, Antonio Ribeiro (Masahiro Fukasawa 45), Darko Kolic, Mauro Biello
ATLANTA LINE-UP
Joe Barton, Adilson De Lima, Alex Yi, David Mayes, Antonio De La Torre (Greg Chevalier 82), Ivo Ilarionov (Tony McManus 66), Joe Afful, Andreas Murriagui (Chris Stone 72), Sergio Iniguez, Fabian Dawkins (Landy Mattison 79), Rodriguo Rios (Zach Rios 88)
GOALS
ATL: Adilson De Lima (De La Torre) 7
ATL: Fabian Dawkins (Hayes) 9
MTL: Gabriel Gervais (Kolic) 29
SHOTS MTL 9 ATL 7
SAVES MTL 3 ATL 5
FOULS MTL 21 ATL 23
OFFSIDES MTL 5 ATL 1
CORNERS MTL 8 ATL 4
CAUTIONS
MTL: Mauricio Vincello 6
ATL: David Hayes 27
MTL: Adam Braz 33
MTL: Antonio Ribeiro 43
MTL: Nevio Pizzolitto 53
ATL: Sergio Iniguez 60
ATL: Tony McManus 89
REFEREES
Charles Mitchell, Joe Ellis, Brian D’Amato, William Cleland
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Source: Patrick Vallée
Info: 514-328-3668 (ext. 27)
