PHILADELPHIA UNION vs MONTREAL IMPACT
PPL PARK, Chester, Pa.
June 27, 2015 (WEEK 17, MLS Game #169)
7 p.m. ET (MLS Live)
A critical match in the Eastern Conference is ahead when Philadelphia Union entertain the Montréal Impact at PPL Park on Saturday evening. The teams are separated by just a single point, both sitting just below the playoff positions, as the season reaches its halfway point, though the Impact have played five fewer games. Union are coming off a 1-0 win against Seattle Sounders FC in Chester at midweek, while the Impact kicked off MLS Heineken Rivalry Week with a 3-1 defeat by Toronto FC at BMO Field.
- After netting the lone goal in the 5-1 defeat at the LA Galaxy on Saturday, C.J. Sapong has scored goals in three consecutive matches and in four of the last five games. The three-game goalscoring streak is a career-long.
- Dominic Oduro scored his second league goal of the season – his first since May 9 – in the Impact’s 2-0 win vs. Orlando over the weekend.
- The visiting team has never won in the all-time series between the teams. Union have won two of the four matchups at PPL Park, with two draws, including a 2-1 last Aug. 9 in the last meeting between the teams.
- The Impact have won all four meetings between the teams at Stade Saputo, including a 1-0 victory last April 26 in the only encounter in Montréal.
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REFEREE: Sorin Stoica. AR1 (bench): Claudio Badea; AR2 (opposite): Danny Thornberry; 4th: Robert Sibiga MLS Career: 34 games; FC/gm: 28.5; Y/gm: 4.1; R: 15; pens: 20
SUSPENDED: none
WARNINGS:
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: none
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: PHI: Vincent Nogueira, Sheanon Williams, Maurice Edu … MTL: Nigel Reo-Coker, Calum Mallace, Jack McInerney, Andres Romero
DISABLED LIST: MTL: Kenny Cooper, Justin Mapp, Adrian Lopez
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (8 meetings): Union 2 wins, 9 goals … Impact 4 wins, 13 goals … Ties 2
AT PHILADELPHIA (4 meetings): Union 2 wins, 5 goals … Impact 0 wins, 3 goals … Ties 2
RETURN MATCH: 8/22: Montreal Impact vs. Philadelphia Union, 8 p.m. ET
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