Piatti score twice, Impact beat Whitecaps 3-2 in opener
Posted March 07, 2016 6:00 am
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) - Ignacio Piatti scored twice as the Montreal Impact beat the Vancouver Whitecaps 3-2 in the MLS season opener for both clubs on Sunday.
Dominic Oduro had the other goal for the Impact. Jordan Harvey and Kendall Waston scored for the Whitecaps.
Piatti put Montreal ahead in the 19th minute when he dribbled through Vancouver's defense with ease and fired a shot past Whitecaps goalkeeper David Ousted.
Vancouver nearly got even when Octavio Rivero hit the crossbar seconds after the restart before Impact goalkeeper Evan Bush stopped the Whitecaps striker on another good chance 10 minutes later after a ball over the top from Pedro Morales.
Vancouver Whitecaps' head coach Carl Robinson looks on from the sideline during second half MLS soccer action in Vancouver on Sunday, March 6, 2016. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
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Vancouver Whitecaps' Masato Kudo, right, of Japan, brings down the ball under pressure from Montreal Impact's Ambroise Oyongo, of Cameroon, during second half MLS soccer action in Vancouver on Sunday, March 6, 2016. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
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Vancouver Whitecaps' Jordan Harvey, second from left, loses the ball to Montreal Impact's Victor Cabrera, of Argentina, as Laurent Ciman (23), of Belgium, and Donny Toia (25) look on during second half MLS soccer action in Vancouver on Sunday, March 6, 2016. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
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Vancouver Whitecaps' Jordan Harvey, left, and Tim Parker, center, celebrate Harvey's goal against the Montreal Impact during first half MLS soccer action, in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Sunday, March 6, 2016. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)
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Montreal Impact's Dominic Oduro, top, of Ghana, leaps over Vancouver Whitecaps' goalkeeper David Ousted, of Denmark, as he makes a save during first half MLS soccer action, in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Sunday, March 6, 2016. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)
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