10-man Red Bulls hand Impact its first MLS loss at home 20 May 2012 Saturday’s match also ended with a Red Bulls victory, this time a 2-1 triumph that had some of the 20,373 vocally registering their displeasure at the Impact’s inability to get the desired result, even after seeing the New York side play with 10 men for the final half hour of the game.
Ricketts’s goalkeeping heroics against his former team allows Impact to draw Galaxy 13 May 2012 “I think we actually did a pretty good job in the second half. Actually the whole game wasn’t too bad, the second half was great,” Landon Donovan offered. “I’m guessing that if it was any of a number of other goalkeepers playing for them today it would have been a different score and we would have won but Donovan did a good job and they held on. I think a few players thought they had him on a few plays but he made some good saves and got them a point.”
10-man TFC eliminates listless Impact from the ACC 10 May 2012 TFC scored its first victory of any sort at BMO Field this season, beating the Impact by a 2-0 score to send the Reds into the Voyageurs Cup final and handing Montreal another disappointing result in the national tournament.
Impact earns first MLS road point in club history 19 Apr 2012 Mission accomplished, as the visitors scored first, allowed the opponents to draw even but, unlike the recent past, hung on to pick up the first MLS road point in team history. The result — a 1-1 draw.
Montreal can’t hold lead in the Lone Star State 15 Apr 2012 Going into Saturday’s match in Frisco, Tex., FC Dallas had yet to lose a game at home this season while the Montreal Impact was still in search of its first point on the road.
Montreal gets historic win at expense of Toronto FC 7 Apr 2012 Montreal coach, Jesse Marsch, fielded a reworked starting XI to begin the game against Toronto FC. The decisions paid off as the Impact got off to a good start, grabbed a lead in the early going and held it — despite giving up a goal in the late going — to put its historic first MLS win into the books.
Impact can’t take advantage of RSL’s walking wounded 5 Apr 2012 The Montreal Impact came to visit Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah, hoping to slay a dragon. It was somewhat of a David versus Goliath affair, and the probability of its first ever MLS win was unlikely. But, the visitors did a lot to frustrate their more experienced opponent and the effort nearly worked — yet, the home side came out with a 1-0 win.
Errors in the back prove costly as Impact overwhelmed by Henry, Red Bulls 31 Mar 2012 But, the realist will have to admit that the Impact gave way too many gifts to the offensively charged Red Bulls. And, a team that makes as many glaring errors as the Impact can have no qualm about taking zero points from match.
10-man Impact beaten in Columbus 25 Mar 2012 It is generally considered that an official has done his job if, at the end of the game, spectators are still in the dark as to his identity.
Impact players buoyed by turnout at Olympic Stadium open house 16 Mar 2012 The Montreal Impact held its pre-season open house on Thursday evening in front of about 2,000 of its most devoted fans at a poster-festooned Olympic Stadium, many drawn by the news that 1,000 tickets for Saturday’s opener were to be given away to the first folks turning up.