The Impact confident despite the defeat against Toronto FC

Photo: Paul Chiasson, The canadian Press
Patrick Doody of the Fire of Chicago, and Chris Duvall of the Impact are fighting for the ball on August 16, 2017 at Stade Saputo.

Even if the Impact was at its best times of the season, montreal has not been able to do all that is necessary to defeat the best team in the MLS on Sunday.

The Impact had to sign four wins in a row, but the troupe Mauro Biello has been brought back on earth by Toronto FC in accepting a setback of 3-1.

Despite the defeat, nobody in the locker room of Impact did the mine low after the meeting. After all, the Blue-white-black has held head at times to his great rival in this encounter, before finally bend the spine.

“We have seen what looks like the best team in the circuit, and we demonstrated that we could compete with her in our current form, said rear side Chris Duvall after the game. Even in defeat, we must continue to gain confidence. We are going to revise the game, to correct some errors and to continue our learning. “

Toronto FC made it alone to the Supporters’Shield, awarded to the best circuit training Garber in the regular season. The team of Greg Vanney has a record of 16-3-8 and holds nine point lead over the New York City FC in the general classification.

The meeting of Sunday was used to assess the gap between the Impact and the “nec plus ultra” of soccer in north american in 2017.

“[Sunday], they have been a little better than we are. They have demonstrated their qualities and we have seen that we were still lacking a little, said the other rear side Daniel Lovitz, more severe than Duvall. There is a difference, it is obvious. But it’s the same thing for a lot of teams when they compare to them. It is up to us to find a way to reduce the gap. “

“Everyone argues that they are the best in the league. They have very good players, one of which can punish you on the kicking stopped [Sebastian Giovinco]. We have Nacho [Ignacio Piatti] that can hurt the opponent in its own way. “

The important thing now for the Blue-white-black is to quickly find the cohesion that had enabled him to win four games in a row during the same regular season for the first time since march 2013.

Duvall refused, moreover, to say, after the match against TFC, if the performance of the team would have been enough against any other training.

“It is impossible to say, he insisted. We have given three goals. I don’t know if all the teams would be managed. We’ve done well at times, but we are also fallen asleep sometimes. “

Not yet in series

The Impact (10-9-6) concluded the weekend in seventh position in the Association Is, and thus outside of a playoff spot. It holds the same number of points as the Atlanta United (10-8-6), but the latter occupies the sixth position in under a best differential of goals. The club can also be found at six points of the Columbus Crew (13-12-3), third in the East, with three games in hand on its rival.

Saturday, the Impact will host the Fire of Chicago (12-9-5), which has lost its last four games, including a 3-0 loss to Montreal on August 16.

“We still have games in hand on some teams that we hunt. If we do the work, we will be in the playoffs, ” said goalkeeper Evan Bush. We are now focusing on the next game. We are going to face a team that is struggling, who has just lost another match at home. From our side, we need to keep confidence. We won four of our last five parties. There is no reason not to believe in our ways. “

Facing the Fire, the Impact, however, will be deprived of defender Laurent Ciman (Belgium), midfielders Blerim Dzemaili (Switzerland), Samuel Piette (Canada) and David Choinière (Canada) and striker Anthony Jackson-Hamel (Canada), which have been recalled by their national selection respective.