WASHINGTON. Montreal Impact overcome DC United to win 2-1. R. Quioto was the key for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Montreal Impact to strike first with an early goal of R. Quioto at the 1′. Then R. Quioto scored again for Montreal Impact in the 35′ minute scoring a double. Eventually, S. Birnbaum reduced the distance for DC United (56′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Montreal Impact capitalized on its superior ball possession (57%).
The match was played at the Audi Field stadium in Washington on Saturday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Rubiel Vazquez with the collaboration of Adam Wienckowski and Kevin Lock. The 4th official was Joshua Encarnación. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 27.1 degrees Celsius or 80.71 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 27%.
Match Statistics
- 43 Ball Possession 57
Shots
- 14 Total 11
- 6 On Target 4
- 8 Off Target 7
- 5 Shots blocked 2
- 89 Attack 119
- 29 Dangerous attack 46
- 92 Ball safe 101
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 4
- 2 Off Sides 5
Fouls
- 19 Total 7
- 3 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Montreal Impact was in firm control of the ball 57% while DC United was struggling with a 43% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Montreal Impact had a more offensive attitude with 46 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Montreal Impact won the contest.
DC United shot 14 times, 6 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, Montreal Impact shot 11 times, 4 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
DC United received 3 yellow cards (J. Hopkins, C. Odoi-Atsem and S. Birnbaum). Talking about the opposition, Montreal Impact received 2 yellow cards (G. Corbo and A. Johnston).
Match Timeline
Standings
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
After playing this match, DC United will stay with 18 points to hold in the 14th place. Talking about the opposition, Montreal Impact will have 35 points to gain in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Major League Soccer, DC United will host Cincinnati on the 8th of October with a 4-0 head to head record in favor of DC United (4 draws).
Montreal Impact will play away agasint Inter Miami on the 8th of October with a 3-1 head to head stats in favor of Montreal Impact (0 draws).
DC United and Montreal Impact will play the return match on the at the
DC United – Formation
DC United
81'
56'
63'
DC United started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Wayne Mark Rooney decided to play with the following team: .
Substitutions
DC United made 5 changes: D. Skundrich for C. Odoi-Atsem (46′), T. Ku-DiPietro for A. Najar (63′), G. Samake for M. Rodriguez (63′), J. Hopkins for K. Smith (73′) and O. Kamara for M. Berry (77′).
Montreal Impact – Formation
CF Montréal
Montreal Impact started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
Wilfried Nancy played with: .
Substitutions
Montreal Impact made 5 changes: M. Toye for K. Kamara (63′), D. Mihailovic for M. Miljevic (63′), L. Lappalainen for M. Choiniere (63′), R. Quioto for J. Torres (74′) and I. Kone for R. Thorkelsson (90′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.
- DC United – Montreal Impact – 1-2
- Real Salt Lake – Dallas – 0-1
- Vancouver Whitecaps – Chicago Fire – 1-3
- Sporting KC – Los Angeles FC – 0-2
- Portland Timbers – SJ Earthquakes – 2-1
- Houston Dynamo – Minnesota United – 1-2
- Seattle Sounders – Colorado Rapids – 2-1
