Impact walk away with an important win to increase their chances towards a playoff position. Coming off the Gold Cup break the Montreal Impact hosted conference rivals Philadelphia Union in an important game in relation to the standings. The Impact was sitting two points behind the Union with one game in hand. Key players such Piatti and Bernier were missing due to injury and international duty respectively. Donadel returning from injury was not in the starting 11 which allowed Béland-Goyette to get his first start in the MLS.
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The Impact had a very annoying tendency during the match of committing risky controls and passes in their defensive half.