MLS soccer activity in Montreal on March 12, 2016. For a additional bold in a row, the Montreal Impact will be visiting a aggregation that is athirst for victories. Two weeks ago, the Impact (2-1-0) came out collapsed and absent 2-0 to an FC Dallas ancillary that was advancing off a 5-0 accident to the battling Houston Dynamo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
MONTREAL - For a additional bold in a row, the Montreal Impact will be visiting a aggregation that is athirst for victories.
Two weeks ago, the Impact (2-1-0) came out collapsed and absent 2-0 to an FC Dallas ancillary that was advancing off a 5-0 accident to the battling Houston Dynamo.
They arch to Seattle for a bold Saturday night adjoin a aggregation that has absent its aboriginal three amateur of the approved season, including two at home. The Sounders' accident run is four in a row if you calculation a accident to Club America in CONCACAF Champions League play on March 2.
"There are a lot of similarities there," said Impact goalkeeper Evan Bush. "It's a aggregation that's under performing at the moment but it's aswell a actual alarming team.
"It's a aggregation with a lot of acceptable pieces. We charge to play a little added confidently, be on the brawl a little added than we were in Dallas. Accomplish them doubt. They've had three amateur and haven't won, so if they get down they'll alpha to agnosticism a bit."
The Impact will not accept scoring ace Didier Drogba, who shuns bogus surfaces such as the one at CenturyLink Field. The 38-year-old's alone actualization this division was 20 account on grass in Dallas. He sat out a 3-2 win in Vancouver and a 3-0 home win over the New York Red Bulls on constructed fields.
But the Impact accompany their able almanac in the Pacific Northwest and a adroitness for arena able-bodied in foreground of ample crowds.
Montreal's alone added appointment aback abutting Major League Soccer was if they opened the 2013 division with wins of 1-0 in Seattle and a 2-1 achievement in Portland, Ore. They are 1-3-0 all-embracing adjoin the Sounders in MLS play.
Seattle led MLS with boilerplate home appearance of 44,247 endure season, but that acceptable will not put off the Impact. Big performances in Mexico and Costa Rica helped them ability the CONCACAF final in 2015.
And a 1-0 win over New England afore 42,947 at Gillette Stadium endure October clinched a playoff spot.
"It's not Azteca Stadium (in Mexico City), and in Costa Rica you acquainted in danger," said Bush. "It's not like that in Seattle.
"It's added of a fun abode to play. The city-limits enjoys it. You airing about the city-limits the day afore the bold and everyone's cutting the 'rave' green. The comparisons stop there."
Forward Dominic Oduro alleged Century Link "a actual adverse environment.
"Everyone knows in Seattle that even if you get a aftereffect you're apparently traveling to attempt through it. Discipline is something we accept to accumulate focused on. We abstruse that in Dallas. Our accent is on that. We talked about it in the locker-room."
The Impact will acceptable be afterwards afflicted larboard aback Ambroise Oyongo, so Hassoun Camara should get a additional alpha in a row. There was aswell affair for centre aback Laurent Ciman, who angry an abate in convenance endure week. If the Belgian adept can't go, academy artefact Wandrille Lefevre should play.
Holding midfielder Marco Donadel is aswell to absence a additional bold in a row.
The Sounders, who absent brilliant advanced Obafemi Martins to a Chinese club in the off-season, accept struggled to score. But above Fulham and Tottenham striker Clint Dempsey is advancing off a one goal, one abetment achievement for the U.S. civic aggregation adjoin Guatemala this week.
And they achievement to accept captain and apostle Brad Evans aback afterwards missing two amateur with a accept injury. Adept advanced Herculez Gomez, who active endure week, may accomplish his Sounders debut.
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