Montreal Impact 1-0 Chicago Fire
MONTREAL, QC—The Montreal Impact found another way in earning three points and Omar Browne had something to do about it with his first career MLS goal in the later stages of the match, while the Chicago Fire feel the hard luck approach in falling defeat from not getting anything for their efforts.
Montreal ended up taking a 1-0 victory over Chicago at Stade Saputo on Sunday afternoon. The Impact saw its record improve to 5-3-2 (17 pts.) and they are moving up in the Eastern conference standings The Fire (2-4-3, 9 pts) lost for the second straight game and the second time on a three-game road trip.
Browne scored the only goal Montreal needed in the 83rd minute with a move along the end line. He beat defender Jorge Corrales and then the ball had gone off the leg of Bastian Schweinsteiger right back to Browne had a tap-in for goal.
Not more than five minutes earlier, the Impact could’ve gone down a man. Bacary Sagna had sent an elbow right on the head of the Fire’s Dax McCarty while both were going for a ball in the air. Sagna was issued a yellow card on the foul. McCarty was left with knock above his left eye and bleeding from the injury. McCarty did come back into the game minutes later after getting treated and wore a head band.
The match itself didn’t have that many chances on either side, but the Fire had an outstanding chance in the sixth minute. There were three attempts in a flurry in front of the Impact goal. Nico Gaitan had a shot stopped by Evan Busch, Nemanja Nikolic then struck the post, and CJ Sapong has his shot cleared off the line by Samuel Piette.
In the second half, there was another opportunity from Nikolic, he slipped past the Impact defense, but he curled the ball right into the hands of Bush for another save.
Montreal will next host New York City FC next Saturday at 5pm ET, while Chicago finishes its road trip on the West Coast at LAFC Saturday night at 9:30pm CT.
SCORING SUMMARY:
MTL-Omar Browne (unassisted) 83
BOOKING SUMMARY:
MTL-Bacary Sagna (caution, reckless foul) 78
CHI-Johan Kappelhof (caution, reckless foul) 90+5
MONTREAL IMPACT (4-3-3): #1-Evan Bush; #33-Bacary Sagna, #5-Zakaria Diallo, #22-Jukka Raitala, #3-Daniel Lovitz; #32-Michael Azira, #6-Samuel Piette, #8-Saphir Taider; #27-Clement Bayiha (#19-Omar Browne 40), #37-Maxi Urruti (#2-Victor Cabrera 89), #18-Orji Okwonkwo (#7-Harry Novillo 65)
Subs not used: #23-Clement Diop, #4-Rudy Camacho, #2-Victor Cabrera, #15-Zachary Brault-Guillard, #11-Anthony Jackson-Hamel
CHICAGO FIRE (4-2-3-1): #1-David Ousted; #17-Diego Campos (#18-Cristian Martinez 88), #4-Johan Kappelhof, #31-Bastian Schweinsteiger, #25-Jorge Corrales; #6-Dax McCarty (#13-Brandt Bronico 88), #14-Djordje Mihailovic; #9-CJ Sapong, #20-Nico Gaitan, #10-Aleksandar Katai; #23-Nemanja Nikolic (#11-Przemyslaw Frankowski 75)
Subs not used: #45-Richard Sanchez, #15-Grant Lillard, #19-Mo Adams, #33-Jeremiah Gutjahr
TOTAL SHOTS: MTL 10-7 CHI
SHOTS ON GOAL: MTL 3-3 CHI
FOULS: MTL 12-8 CHI
OFFSIDES: MTL 3-0 CHI
CORNER KICKS: MTL 7-0 CHI
SAVES: MTL 2-1 CHI
Referee: Rubiel Vazquez
Assistant Referees: Andrew Bigelow, Matthew Nelson
4th Official: Mark Allatin
VAR: Caleb Mendez
Weather: Cloudy and 42º
Attendance: 15,758
Man of the Match: Omar Browne (MTL)
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