Ten-man Montreal Impact secure comeback win

Jun 2, 2013 at 1.30am UK

Ten-man Montreal Impact come from behind to beat Sporting Kansas City 2-1, thanks to goals from Sanna Nyassi and Collen Warner.

Published: June 2 2013 | 04:36

Last updated: June 2 2013 | 10:26

Montreal Impact came from behind despite being reduced to 10 men to secure a 2-1 win over Sporting Kansas City to extend their lead at the top of the MLS Eastern Conference.

The visitors started the game strongly but spurned a great chance to take the lead when Marco Di Vaio put Felipe Martins behind the Kansas defence, but he could only fire his shot off the post.

From the rebound Martins collected the ball and put it back in the path of Di Vaio, but he dragged his effort wide of the target.

This was to cost Montreal as City were awarded a penalty when Alessandro Nesta brought down Claudio Bieler, who made no mistake with the spot kick, firing the ball into the net.

After the break, the Impact were level within minutes as Sanna Nyassi drilled a low shot through a crowd of players past Jimmy Nielsen into the bottom corner of the net.

Montreal took the lead when Kansas failed to clear their lines from a corner and Peterson Joseph's miskick landed straight to Collen Warner, who was left with a simple finish.

City were offered a lifeline in the 74th minute when Nesta was sent off for head-butting Bieler, but Kei Kamara wasted their only opportunity going forward as the Impact saw out the win.

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Eastern Conference

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Inter Miami Inter Miami	34	22	8	4	79	49	30	74
2	Columbus Crew	34	19	9	6	72	40	32	66
3	FC Cincinnati Cincinnati	34	18	5	11	58	48	10	59
4	Orlando City	34	15	7	12	59	50	9	52
5	Charlotte FC Charlotte FC	34	14	9	11	46	37	9	51
6	New York City FC NY City	34	14	8	12	54	49	5	50
7	New York Red Bulls NY Red Bulls	34	11	14	9	55	50	5	47
8	CF Montreal Montreal	34	11	10	13	48	64	-16	43
9	Atlanta United Atlanta	34	10	10	14	46	49	-3	40
10	DC United	34	10	10	14	52	70	-18	40
11	Philadelphia Union Philadelphia	34	9	10	15	62	55	7	37
12	Toronto	34	11	4	19	40	61	-21	37
13	Nashville SC Nashville	34	9	9	16	38	54	-16	36
14	New England Revolution New England	34	9	4	21	37	74	-37	31
15	Chicago Fire	34	7	9	18	40	62	-22	30

Western Conference

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Los Angeles FC Los Angeles	34	19	7	8	63	43	20	64
2	Los Angeles Galaxy LA Galaxy	34	19	7	8	69	50	19	64
3	Real Salt Lake Salt Lake	34	16	11	7	65	48	17	59
4	Seattle Sounders Seattle	34	16	9	9	51	35	16	57
5	Houston Dynamo Houston	34	15	9	10	47	39	8	54
6	Minnesota United Minnesota Utd	34	15	7	12	58	49	9	52
7	Colorado Rapids Colorado	34	15	5	14	61	60	1	50
8	Portland Timbers Portland	34	12	11	11	65	56	9	47
9	Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver	34	13	8	13	52	49	3	47
10	Austin FC Austin	34	11	9	14	39	48	-9	42
11	Dallas	34	11	8	15	54	56	-2	41
12	St Louis City	34	8	13	13	50	63	-13	37
13	Sporting Kansas City Kansas	34	8	7	19	51	66	-15	31
14	San Jose Earthquakes Earthquakes	34	6	3	25	41	78	-37	21