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 – Ignacio Piatti (Saphir Taider) 34’
MTL – Matteo Mancosu (unassisted) 42’
CHI – Dax McCarty (Diego Campos) 55’
Misconduct Summary:
CHI – Grant Lillard (caution) 41’
MTL – Ken Krolicki (caution) 54’
MTL – Daniel Lovitz (caution) 70’
CHI – Christian Dean (caution) 87’
CHI – Omar Castro (caution) 89’
Lineups
Chicago: Richard Sanchez (Stefan Cleveland 60’); Rafael Ramos (Omar Castro 60’), Johan Kappelhof (Christian Dean 60’), Grant Lillard (Jonathan Campbell 60’), Brandon Vincent (Jorge Corrales 60’); Mo Adams, Dax McCarty © (Maxi Moreira 60’); Brandt Bronico, ^Diego Campos, Jon Bakero (Albert Ruiz 60’); Nemanja Nikolic (^Elliot Collier 60’)
^Unsigned SuperDraft Pick
Trialist
Montreal: Evan Bush (ClĂ©ment Diop 46’); Jukka Raitala (Daniel Lovitz 46’), Zakaria Diallo, VĂctor Cabrera (Thomas Meilleur-Giguère 46’), Michael Petrasso (Chris Duvall 46’); Ignacio Piatti (David Choinière 46’), Saphir TaĂ¯der (Ken Krolicki^ 46’), Samuel Piette (Marco Donadel 46’), Shamit Shome (ClĂ©ment Bahiya* 46’), Raheem Edwards (Michael Salazar 46’); Matteo Mancosu (Anthony Jackson-Hamel 46’)
*Impact Academy player
^Player on trial