On the 24th of July, DC United plays host to Montreal Impact in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Major League Soccer teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 25 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, DC United recorded a 0-2 loss against Minnesota United. Emanuel Reynoso scored the first goal for Minnesota United in the 13th minute, then Emanuel Reynoso added another in the 50th minute on a feed from Luis Amarilla In the end, DC United couldn’t muster any offence and Minnesota United ran away with the shutout win. DC United looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while in their last match, 4th placed Montreal Impact, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Toronto. Lukas MacNaughton scored the first goal for Montreal Impact on an own goal in the 69th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Toronto was frustrated by Montreal Impact’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Montreal Impact ended the match with the shutout victory. Montreal Impact is looking for direction having 5 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season DC United won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Both Mason Toye and Romell Quioto have been the hottest scorers for Montreal Impact in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals. Taxiarchis Fountas has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the midfielder has scored 5 goals for DC United.