SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES vs. MONTREAL IMPACT
AVAYA STADIUM, San Jose, Calif.
September 16, 2015 (WEEK 29, MLS Game #73)
10:30 p.m. ET (MLS LIVE in US, TVA Sports in Canada)
A critical match for teams right on the red line is ahead when the San Jose Earthquakes face off against the Montreal Impact in an interconference match at Avaya Stadium on Wednesday evening. The Quakes come into the match two points behind sixth place and the final playoff position in the Western Conference, while the Impact are in a tie for sixth and the final place in the East. The Quakes are concluding their homestand after reaching a 1-1 draw with Seattle last weekend, while the Impact continue their West Coast swing off of a scoreless draw at the LA Galaxy.
REFEREE: Allen Chapman. AR1 (bench): Fabio Tovar; AR2 (opposite): Eduardo Mariscal; 4th: Baboucarr Jallow
Chapman MLS Career: 68 games; FC/gm: 23.6; Y/gm: 3.7; R: 16; pens: 29
SUSPENDED: MTL: Laurent Ciman (through Sept. 16)
WARNINGS:
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: SJ: Fatai Alashe, Victor Bernardez, Clarence Goodson … MTL: Nigel Reo-Coker, Dominic Oduro, Andres Romero
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: SJ: David Bingham, Shaun Francis, Sanna Nyassi, Jordan Stewart … MTL: Marco Donadel, Calum Mallace, Bakary Soumare
DISABLED LIST: SJ: Steven Lenhart … MTL: Cameron Porter, Kenny Cooper (season-ending injury)
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (3 meetings): Earthquakes 0 wins, 3 goals … Impact 2 wins, 7 goals … Ties 1
AT SAN JOSE (1 meeting): Earthquakes 0 wins, 2 goals … Impact 0 wins, 2 goals … Ties 1
LAST YEAR (MLS)
9/20: MTL 2, SJ 0 (McInerney 81; Duka 88)
- The Impact won the only meeting between the teams a season ago, a 2-0 triumph on Sept. 20, their second win in two league meetings at Stade Saputo. The teams reached a 2-2 draw at Buck Shaw Stadium in 2013 in their only league meeting ever in San Jose.
- The clubs also met twice in the group stage of the CONCACAF Champions League in 2013, each team winning on their home ground.
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Coaches' records:
Mauro Biello vs. SJ: first game
Dominic Kinnear vs. MTL: P9 W4 L4 D1
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