Six points between clubs in third and seventh place
Only 24 hours after this hot derby game against TFC at Stade Saputo, the Montreal Impact has to bounce back and look forward. If the Bleu-blanc-noir is today below the playoff line, in seventh position but tied on points with Atlanta United FC, the season is far from over and many direct confrontations will create havoc in this Eastern Conference standing in the coming weeks, starting with the meeting between the Montreal squad and the Chicago Fire (TVA Sports, 98,5fm, TSN Radio 690 – TICKETS). An opportunity arises for the Impact, as only five points separate the club from the City of a thousand steeples and the Windy City representatives, and the Impact has a game in hand. Here is the playoff race big picture in the Eastern Conference, a particularly tight one with less than ten games to go in the MLS regular season.
3. Columbus Crew SC, 42 points in 28 games
- Last result: 2-1 v FC Dallas at home
- Next game: September 10 v Sporting Kansas City at home
- Home form: 2.2 points per game
- Games left at home: 3
- Away form: 0.8 point per game
- Games left away: 3
4. Chicago Fire, 41 points in 26 games
- Last result: 1-2 v Minnesota United FC at home
- Next game: September 2, away v Montreal Impact
- Home form: 2.4 points per game
- Games left at home: 4
- Away form: 0.8 point per game
- Games left away: 4
5. New York Red Bulls, 39 points in 25 games
- Last result: 1-1 v New York City FC at home
- Next game: September 2, away v FC Dallas
- Home form: 2.1 points per game
- Games left at home: 4
- Away form: 1 point per game
- Games left away: 5
6. Atlanta United FC, 36 points in 24 games
- Last result: 2-2 v Philadelphia Union away
- Next game: September 10 v FC Dallas at home
- Home form: 2.1 points per game
- Games left at home: 8
- Away form: 1.1 point per game
- Games left away: 2
7. Montreal Impact, 36 points in 25 games
- Last result: 1-3 v Toronto FC at home
- Next game: September 2 v Chicago Fire at home
- Home form: 1.9 point per game
- Games left at home: 4
- Away form: 0.9 point per game
- Games left away: 5
8. Philadelphia Union, 31 points in 27 games
- Last result: 2-2 v Atlanta United FC at home
- Next game: September 10, away v Minnesota United FC
- Home form: 1.7 point per game
- Games left at home: 4
- Away form: 0.5 point per game
- Games left away: 4
9. Orlando City SC, 31 points in 26 games
- Last result: 1-2 v Vancouver Whitecaps FC at home
- Next game: September 2, away v New England Revolution
- Home form: 1.6 point per game
- Games left at home: 3
- Away form: 0.7 point per game
- Games left away: 5
