Danladi caps Minnesota comeback in upset 3-2 win over fading Impact
MONTREAL — The Montreal Impact insist they won’t throw in the towel even if a crushing loss at home to an expansion team dealt a body blow to their MLS playoff hopes.
An 89th minute goal by substitute Abu Danladi handed Minnesota a 3-2 victory in a game Montreal led twice on Saturday night.
It was a fourth straight defeat — three of them at home — and left the Impact five points out of a playoff spot with six games left in the regular season. And things will only get tougher, with games Wednesday night at first-place Toronto and next Saturday before what could be a massive crowd in Atlanta’s new stadium.
“There are six games left, it’s still possible,” said captain Patrice Bernier, who scored his first regular-season goal since 2013 to give the Impact an early lead. “We’re going into Toronto. It’s tough, but it’s Toronto, so we have to show up.