Montreal Impact Bows To River Plate 2-1
August 5, 2009 by Jyle Dupuis
Filed under News
Montreal Impact lost to Argentina’s River Plate 2-1 last night in over-time. River Plate remained undefeated on their Canadian tour. They played the Toronto FC and a game against an English clud in Edmonton so far.
It may have been raining hard in Montreal yesterday but attendance was high to near capacity at the Saputo Stadium. A large River Plate crowd was there for support as well. RP’s Christian Fabbiano managed to slip one buy in the 21st minute. But it was Montreal’s rebound in the 64 minute by Roberto Brown that got the local fans going.
Despite being a friendly game, the pre-emotive decision was to go into a shootout. So RP decided the game in over-time with two scores going in with Montreal’s zero. Despite the loss and the rain, it was a great game that everyone seemed to enjoy. Montreal will be hosting the Minnesota Thunder on August 9th.
I know I go there every time I write about the Montreal Impact so why break tradition. I think Montreal deserves to be apart of the MLS. They were the only Canadian team able to stave off the River Plate in any form. The Toronto FC folded almost completely in an embarassing loss.
Image: TSN.ca
