Montreal Impact defeat Chicago Fire 2-1 in MLS preseason action

2018 preseason - Bastian Schweisteiger - Chicago Fire - Montreal Impact


Goals from Ignacio Piatti and Matteo Mancosu paced the Montreal Impact to a 2-1 win over the Chicago Fire on Wednesday evening at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, with Dax McCarty netting a second-half consolation for the Fire via a set-piece header.


Scoring Summary:
MTL ā€“ Ignacio Piatti (Saphir Taider) 34ā€™
MTL ā€“ Matteo Mancosu (unassisted) 42ā€™
CHI ā€“ Dax McCarty (Diego Campos) 55ā€™


Misconduct Summary:
CHI ā€“ Grant Lillard (caution) 41ā€™
MTL ā€“ Ken Krolicki (caution) 54ā€™
MTL ā€“ Daniel Lovitz (caution) 70ā€™
CHI ā€“ Christian Dean (caution) 87ā€™
CHI ā€“ Omar Castro (caution) 89ā€™


Lineups

Chicago: Richard Sanchez (Stefan Cleveland 60ā€™); Rafael Ramos (Omar Castro 60ā€™), Johan Kappelhof (Christian Dean 60ā€™), Grant Lillard (Jonathan Campbell 60ā€™), Brandon Vincent (Jorge Corrales 60ā€™); Mo Adams, Dax McCarty Ā© (Maxi Moreira 60ā€™); Brandt Bronico, ^Diego Campos, Jon Bakero (Albert Ruiz 60ā€™); Nemanja Nikolic (^Elliot Collier 60ā€™)


^Unsigned SuperDraft Pick
Trialist

Montreal: Evan Bush (ClĆ©ment Diop 46ā€™); Jukka Raitala (Daniel Lovitz 46ā€™), Zakaria Diallo, VĆ­ctor Cabrera (Thomas Meilleur-GiguĆØre 46ā€™), Michael Petrasso (Chris Duvall 46ā€™); Ignacio Piatti (David ChoiniĆØre 46ā€™), Saphir TaĆÆder (Ken Krolicki^ 46ā€™), Samuel Piette (Marco Donadel 46ā€™), Shamit Shome (ClĆ©ment Bahiya* 46ā€™), Raheem Edwards (Michael Salazar 46ā€™); Matteo Mancosu (Anthony Jackson-Hamel 46ā€™)


*Impact Academy player
^Player on trial