The Montreal Impact ambushed the MLS-leading New York Red Bulls 3-0 at Stade Saputo on Saturday evening, riding two first-half set-piece strikes to knock off an RBNY side missing several starters as they complete a draining stretch of five matches in 15 days.
Impact superstar Nacho Piatti added a late exclamation point to burnish the final margin of victory after seeing a previous finish waved off by an offside call determined via Video Review.
The decisive goals came from Rod Fanni and Bacary Sagna, two of Impact coach Remi Garde's Francophone 2018 recruits, both via close-range headers and both first MLS tallies for the veteran defenders, who also contributed mightily to a tidy performance along the Montreal back line.