FC DALLAS vs. MONTREAL IMPACT
TOYOTA STADIUM, Frisco, Texas
March 19, 2016 (WEEK 3, MLS GAME #24)
9 pm ET (MLS LIVE, TVA Sports, TXA-21)
An intriguing intraconference meeting is ahead when FC Dallas meet the Montréal Impact on Saturday evening at Toyota Stadium. FC Dallas were tied with the league’s best record a season ago, yet are coming off a resounding 5-0 defeat by the Houston Dynamo in their second match of the season. The Impact have opened the year with back-to-back wins, following a 3-0 win last week against the New York Red Bulls – who also tied with the league’s best record a season ago.
REFEREE: Armando Villarreal. AR1 (bench): Peter Manikowski; AR2 (opposite): Jeremy Hanson; 4th: Kevin Terry Jr.
MLS Career: 63 games; FC/gm: 22.9; Y/gm: 2.8; R: 18; pens: 17
SUSPENDED: none
DISABLED LIST: none
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (4 meetings): FC Dallas 2 wins, 6 goals … Impact 1 win, 5 goals … Ties 1
AT DALLAS (2 meetings): FC Dallas 2 wins, 5 goals … Impact 0 wins, 3 goals … Ties 0
LAST YEAR (MLS):
5/23: MTL 2, DAL 1 (Piatti 25; McInerney 50 – Hedges 77)
• This is the only league meeting between the teams this season.
• The Impact won for the first time in four meetings all-time between the clubs in the only meeting last season, a 2-1 win May 23 at Stade Saputo.
• FCD has won both meetings all-time at Toyota Stadium. The Impact are unbeaten vs. FC Dallas on their home ground, with a draw and a win including last year’s result.
• Coaches record:
- FC Dallas went down to a 5-0 defeat to the Houston Dynamo in the Texas Derby on Saturday evening at BBVA Compass Stadium, the most goals the club has allowed in a single game since the 2008 season. The five-goal loss matched the heaviest loss by shutout in FCD’s 21-year history.
- Ignacio Piatti netted his third goal in the first two games of the season – leading all of MLS – as the Impact recorded a second consecutive win to open the 2016 season, defeating the New York Red Bulls 3-0 on Saturday afternoon at Olympic Stadium. The Impact have won five consecutive league matches dating back to the end of last season.
- The Impact won for the first time in four meetings all-time between the clubs in the only meeting last season, a 2-1 win May 23 at Stade Saputo.
- FCD has won both meetings all-time at Toyota Stadium. The Impact are unbeaten vs. FC Dallas on their home ground, with a draw and a win including last year’s result.
