MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact hope lessons learned from two lopsided losses will help prevent a season sweep at the hands of Sporting Kansas City.
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earlier this year — 4-0 on the road on Apr. 19, and 3-0 at home on May 10. The
two teams meet for the third and final time this season at Saputo Stadium on
Saturday. Catch the game on TSN as part of an MLS doubleheader starting at
7:30pm et/4:30pm pt. "Those were tough to digest," said striker Marco Di Vaio,
who did not play in the 3-0 loss due to a hamstring injury. "We know that,
unless we double our efforts, well lose again. We have to improve, and we have
the capacity to do so. We need a full team effort to beat this team." At
Sporting Park in April, the Impact (3-8-5) gave up three second-half goals,
including two to KC striker Dom Dwyer, for their biggest defeat of the season.
In May, Montreal was reduced to 10 men after just 17 minutes when midfielder
Collen Warner, who has since been traded to Toronto FC, was shown a red card for
handling the ball with his arm in the penalty box. Dwyer converted the ensuing
spot kick, and added another goal in the second half. After that game, Impact
President Joey Saputo took to Twitter to promise fans that changes were
forthcoming. True to his word, Saputo shuffled the roster. In the last two
months, the Impact traded Warner for midfielder Issey Nakajima-Farran, acquired
Mamadou Danso from the Portland Timbers, signed Spanish midfielder Gorka Larrea,
sent Jeb Brovsky to expansion side New York City FC, released the injured Nelson
Rivas, and added Polish left back Krzysztof Krol. Most recently, after
confirming Hernan Bernardello was headed to Cruz Azul in Mexico, Montreal signed
Argentine attacking midfielder Ignacio Piatti as a designated player. "We made
some good moves and brought in some good quality players," said manager Frank
Klopas. "Its taken some time for them to jell, but were a different team. We
have to continue to show that on the field." While Danso, Krol and Piatti have
yet to see action for the Impact, the positive results have started trickling
in. Since that 3-0 home loss to Kansas City in May, Klopas men are 4-3-3 in all
competitions, and went undefeated in their final three Amway Canadian
Championship games en route to the Voyageurs Cup. "The team is much better now,"
said Di Vaio, who has yet to score against Sporting KC in six career matches.
"Were working as a team, were more confident. We hadnt been working together.
Now, were more team-oriented." "We changed our personnel, and we changed our
attitude," added captain Patrice Bernier. "Its up to us to prove that our two
first games against them, we were a different team, and we werent at our best.
Were at home, and we have to remember the last time we played against them."
Since returning from the two-week World Cup break, the Impact have strung
together three solid performances. The team registered a scoreless draw against
the Whitecaps in Vancouver before beating the Houston Dynamo 3-0 at home. Last
week, despite a solid defensive showing, Montreal conceded four minutes into
stoppage time for the 1-0 loss against Chivas USA to remain winless on the road
this season. Prior to the goal, the Impact had gone 315 successive minutes
without conceding, the third longest shutout streak in Major league Soccer this
year. The stingy defending, however, hasnt been enough to heave the Impact off
the bottom of the MLS standings, where they have been for most of the year. With
just 14 points from 16 games, Montreal has the leagues worst record.
"Paradoxically, considering the start of the season weve had, were not that far
from a playoff spot," said defender Hassoun Camara, whose team is just six
points off fifth place in the Eastern Conference. "It may not have been how we
wanted to start the season, but now, even in losses like last weeks against
Chivas, were really bringing it on the pitch. We have to overcome adversity." To
keep second-place Kansas City (7-5-5) at bay, the Impact will have to contain
Dwyer, something they couldnt do in the first two encounters this season. The
23-year-old leads the team with 12 goals and a league-high 63 shots. "Hes going
to work hard, hes going to make good runs in the box, hes going to fight for
everything, and hes going to close down," said Klopas. "Box defending has to be
good, obviously. Hes a guy that you have to be aware of for 90 minutes, because
the one moment you lose focus and concentration, he can hurt you. "He has a very
god mentality right now and hes playing with a lot of confidence." Like the
Impact, Kansas City has only conceded once in its last three MLS games. But
clean sheets may be more difficult to come by for Sporting in the near future.
The team will be without goalkeeper Eric Kronberg for eight weeks after he
fractured a bone in his left hand during training on Wednesday. Kronberg, whos
played all 17 games for Sporting KC this season, leads the league with seven
clean sheets. Backup keeper Andy Gruenebaum will likely get the start against
Montreal on Saturday. Notes: On Tuesday, Klopas announced the Impact were still
interested in acquiring Canadian international Olivier Occean from
Kaiserslautern in Germany. … Sporting have yet to lose when they score first
(7-0-4). … Karl Ouimette will be suspended if he receives a yellow card on
Saturday. … Centre back Matt Besler will likely make his first appearance for
SKC since returning from the FIFA World Cup. … Kansas City has only lost once in
its last six MLS matches.
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plans to Calgary. The 25-year-old Giroux says hes not going to attend Hockey
Canadas summer orientation camp ahead of the 2014 Sochi Olympics, according to
TSN Hockey Insider Pierre LeBrun. Giroux - who underwent surgery on his index
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