Impact Loses to Puerto Rico 1-0
The Montreal Impact didn't start their two-game road trip the way they wanted, with a 1-0 loss against the Puerto Rico Islanders Saturday night, at Juan Ramon Loubriel Stadium, in Bayamon.
The Islanders took the lead at the 37th minute, a John Krause header off a corner kick set play, and that would be all that they would need to defeat the Impact who have been having trouble scoring key goals of late.
“We played a good game and we were superior on the field, but it’s the story of our season, we lose on very costly mistakes,” said Impact head coach Marc Dos Santos. “In a league where such parity prevails, we can find ourselves on one side or the other of the standings. Everything is based on detail. We did not deserve to lose tonight. We did everything we could to obtain the best result. Now we need to turn the page and go for points in Cleveland.”
Montreal has not won in their last five outings against the Islanders going 0-4-1 in that span including three losses this season.
Impact midfielder Leonardo Di Lorenzo also couldn't explain the Impact's recent run. “We did all the efforts possible tonight and due to one mistake, we lost the game. It’s a shame because we are truly improving but we are not seeing the results. In the first half we played better and on a dead ball they scored. We have to improve our play on dead ball situations and avoid making costly errors.”
Newly acquired midfielder Leighton O’Brien played his first match with the Impact, replacing Joey Gjertsen at the 75th minute of play and 'keeper Matt Jordan was back in nets after not starting in the last seven regular season games since facing Minnesota, July 11th.
The Impact will now look to salvage a .500 record on this 2 game road trip when they head to Cleveland Tuesday to play the last place City Stars, (7 pm, USLlive.com). They then head home where they will meet another team below them in the U»SL staqndings in theAustin Aztex on Sunday August 23 (3:30 pm, Radio-Canada, FSW, CKAC Sports, THE TEAM 990).
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