D.C. UNITED vs. MONTREAL IMPACT
RFK STADIUM | Washington, D.C.
July 31, 2016 | Week 21 | MLS Game #212
6:30 pm ET (MLS LIVE)
A key match in the Eastern Conference is ahead when D.C. United play host to the Montreal Impact on Sunday evening at RFK Stadium. The teams come into the match off opposite results a week ago. United suffered a 4-1 loss at Toronto FC, leaving them in eighth place in the conference, four points below the red line. The Impact rolled to a 5-1 win against Philadelphia Union at Stade Saputo, putting them into fourth place in the East.
- D.C. and Montreal are colliding for the first time this season. The two clubs will play one another again on August 24 at Stade Saputo.
REFEREE: Ted Unkel. AR1 (bench): Ian Anderson; AR2 (opposite): Corey Rockwell; 4th: Mark Kadlecik
MLS Career: 40 games; FC/gm: 25.6; Y/gm: 4.2; R: 15; pens: 27
SUSPENDED: none
WARNINGS:
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: DC: Steve Birnbaum, Jared Jeffrey, Marcelo Sarvas -- MTL: Lucas Ontivero
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: DC: Luciano Acosta, Nick DeLeon -- MTL: Didier Drogba, Hassoun Camara
DISABLED LIST: DC: Andrew Dykstra, Chris Korb, Alhaji Kamara
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (11 meetings): United 5 wins, 16 goals -- Impact 3 wins, 13 goals -- Ties 3
AT RFK STADIUM (5 meetings): United 3 wins, 9 goals -- Impact 0 wins, 3 goals -- Ties 2
RETURN MATCH: 8/24: Montreal Impact vs. D.C. United, 7:30 p.m. ET
2016:
3/7: DC 1, MTL 0 (Arrieta 58)
8/8: MTL 0, DC 1 (Rolfe 13)
9/26: MTL 2, DC 0 (Drogba 4, 11)
- The teams met three times a year ago. United won the first two, once at each ground, both by 1-0 scorelines; the Impact won the final meeting 2-0 at Stade Saputo.
- United owns the only two victories by the road team in the series history, having won two of the last four meetings at Stade Saputo. They had come away with points on three consecutive visits to Montreal before the last meeting. United have won three of the five meetings lifetime at RFK Stadium, with two draws.
- Coaches record: Mauro Biello vs. DC: P1 W1 L0 T0 -- Ben Olsen vs. MTL: P11 W5 L3 T3
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