STADE SAPUTO, Montreal, Quebec
July 2, 2016 (Week 17, MLS Game #164)
5:30 pm ET (RDS, TSN2, MLS LIVE)
A crucial meeting for Eastern Conference positioning is ahead when the Montréal Impact and New England Revolution meet for the first time this season, Saturday afternoon at Stade Saputo. The teams are separated just two points in the East table, the Impact sitting above the red line and the Revolution just below. The Impact are coming off a second consecutive draw, reaching a 2-2 result with Sporting KC at Stade Saputo last weekend. The Revolution saw a two-game winning streak in league play put to an end last weekend, suffering a 2-0 defeat at D.C. United.
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- The Impact extended their undefeated run to three games with a second consecutive draw, playing to a 2-2 tie at Sporting Kansas City on Saturday evening. Ignacio Piatti converted a penalty kick for his ninth goal of the season, now tied for second place in the MLS Golden Boot standings.
- The Revolution saw their two-game winning streak put to an end, shut out at the attacking end for a third time this season by D.C. United in a 2-0 loss Saturday evening at RFK Stadium.
- The Impact have a four-game undefeated streak alive in the all-time series, winning twice in three meetings between the teams a year ago, including once at each ground. The last Revolution win in the series came Sept. 13, 2014.
- The Impact have won two of the last three meetings in Montréal, with one draw. The Impact won the final meeting between the teams last Oct. 17 at Gillette Stadium, their third win in five visits to New England all-time.
REFEREE: Chris Penso. AR1 (bench): Daniel Belleau; AR2 (opposite): Kyle Atkins; 4th: Fotis Bazakos
MLS Career: 88 games; FC/gm: 24.0; Y/gm: 3.5; R: 29; pens: 30
SUSPENDED: none
WARNINGS:
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: NE: Gershon Koffie
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: MTL: Ignacio Piatti, Lucas Ontivero, Didier Drogba … NE: Diego Fagundez
DISABLED LIST: none
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: MTL: Laurent Ciman (Belgium; Euro 2016)
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (11 meetings): Impact 6 wins, 16 goals … Revolution 3 wins, 9 goals … Ties 2
AT MONTREAL (6 meetings): Impact 3 wins, 9 goals … Revolution 2 wins, 5 goals … Ties 1
RETURN MATCHES: 9/17: Montreal Impact vs. New England Revolution, 7:30 p.m. ET; 10/23: New England Revolution vs. Montreal Impact, 4 p.m. ET
LAST YEAR (MLS):
3/21: NE 0, MTL 0
9/19: MTL 3, NE 0 (Venegas 5; Drogba 60; Duka 76)
10/17: NE 0, MTL 1 (Piatti 55)
- The Impact have a four-game undefeated streak alive in the all-time series, winning twice in three meetings between the teams a year ago, including once at each ground. The last Revolution win in the series came Sept. 13, 2014.
- The Impact have won two of the last three meetings in Montréal, with one draw. The Impact won the final meeting between the teams last Oct. 17 at Gillette Stadium, their third win in five visits to New England all-time.
- Coaches record: Jay Heaps vs. MTL: P11 W3 L6 D2 … Mauro Biello vs. NE: P2 W2 L0 D0
