Photo: Rogerio Barbosa (Montreal Impact)
Despite intense late FC Dallas pressure, Montreal recorded their second straight win after opening the season with five winless games, with an impressive 2-1 win the over Western Conference leaders from Texas.
Ignacio Piatti continued his impressive early season form by converting a 25th minute penalty kick after Moises Hernandez fouled Andres Romero in the Dallas box even though Dallas had been the better side hitherto.
He was also responsible for the short lay back to the onrushing Jack McInerney, who slid the ball in accurately from just outside the penalty box for Montreal’s second.
Photo: Rogerio Barbosa (Montreal Impact)
Tesho Akindele’s shot was parried out by Evan Bush before Matt Hedges rifled in his first of the season and Dallas’ first of the night. Blas Perez then theatrically volleyed over when he should have hit the target seconds later as the Impact tried to hang on to their slender lead.
In 87 minutes, Evan Bush produced an amazing one handed save to deny Perez. Dallas thundered in on the Montreal goal in the closing minutes but could not pull an equaliser out of the Quebecois air, and failed to win for a second successive game.
Bush, Eric Alexander and Donny Toia foiled and Perez and substitute Atiba Harris while Walker Zimmerman slid a close range chance past the post for a Dallas side who had 15 corners.
The sadder news for Montreal was an injury to defender Eric Miller who left in the 36th minute for Toia in front of a disappointing crowd of 13020.
