COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Montreal Impact left Columbus with a 2-1 victory over the Crew, Saturday night, in its very first reserve league game of the season, at Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio.
Midfielder Lamar Neagle opened the scoring in the 23rd minute when his sliding shot, resulting from a square ball by forward Andrew Wenger who was pushing down the right flank, beat the Crew keeper opposite side.
The Crew’s best scoring chance in the first half came in the 35th minute. Former Impact forward Aaron Schoenfeld, acquired by the Crew in a trade yesterday for a supplemental draft pick, fired a shot from top of the box, right side, that hit the left post of goalkeeper Greg Sutton.
The Impact doubled its lead in the 55th minute when midfielder Miguel Montaño fired a shot from just inside the box, on the left side.
In the 75th minute, Wenger sprung substitute Anthony Jackson-Hamel of the Impact Academy in the area, but his left-footed shot just missed right side.
Crew defender Aubrey Perry replied in the 89th minute after firing a top corner shot from 25 yards out, beating Sutton to his right.
In the dying seconds, Sutton made a game saving stop, diving to his right, following a booming shot by defender Eric Gehrig from just outside the penalty area.
Reserve League Info
In 2012, each club plays a total of 10 Reserve League games versus each of its divisional opponents. All players appearing on an MLS Club’s Official Roster may represent their team in MLS Reserve League play. However, no Player shall play more than 120 minutes in a Reserve Team Match and any preceding match that occurs within a 60-hour period. Further, no player shall play more than a combined total of 90 minutes in a Reserve Team Match and any preceding match that occurred within 36 hours prior to such Reserve Team Match.
LINEUPS:
MTL: GK – Greg Sutton; D – Calum Mallace, Shavar Thomas, Karl Ouimette, Gienir Garcia (Francesco Augustin 77’); M – Miguel Montaño, Sinisa Ubiparipovic (Anthony Jackson-Hamel 71’), Bryan Arguez, Lamar Neagle (Wandrille Lefebvre* 62’); F - Mike Fucito, Andrew Wenger
Unused Substitutes: G – Maxime Crepeau
denotes Academy U21 players
CLB: GK - William Hesmer (Matt Lampson 45’); D - Aubrey Perry, Eric Gehrig, Josh Williams (Alex Crognale 74’), Nemanja Vukovic, M - Korey Veeder, Cole Grossman, Tony Tchani, Justin Meram (Omar Mohamed 62’), F - Ethan Finlay, Aaron Schoenfeld (Rhodes Moore 45’)
GOALS:
MTL – Neagle 23’ (Wenger)
MTL – Montano 55’
CLB – Perry (59’)
