But his mind may not be completely on the match following reports this season that his charitable foundation is under investigation by Britain’s “Charity Commission” for “serious regulatory concerns”.
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Drogba, limited to one brief appearance in Montreal’s first five games of the season due to his aversion to artificial surfaces, is ready to roll again with a string of grass field matches up next on the schedule. It felt like we had the quality to score the winning goal. It doesn’t help that David Accam is still nursing a left knee sprain.
SEATTLE – Chad Marshall headed in a corner kick late in the first half and hometown rookie Jordan Morris scored his first career goal to help Seattle beat Philadelphia.
Montreal had been dominating possession and pressing, but Igboananike’s strike changed the momentum and had fans thinking three points. And the defense, and/or goalkeeper Travis Worra, may be settling in too, allowing only two goals in the last 218 minutes.
Do you think the Impact are the favourites for MLS Cup with Drogba? But with their early-season turf stretch in the rearview mirror, the Ivorian returned to the pitch as a 50th minute substitute on Saturday.
“I only got to work with the new coaching staff for a few weeks”. Hampering the Crew’s effort will the loss of Gaston Sauro with a left hamstring strain suffered in the first half last week against Montreal, and NYC won’t have Frank Lampard for a sixth straight week with his calf strain.
Didier Drogba watched and waited as the Montreal Impact got their season started.
Seattle improved to 2-3-1 (seven points) and 4-3-2 all-time against the Union.
The Impact should also have holding midfielder Marco Donadel back after missing four games with a leg injury.
Salt Lake is the only unbeaten team left in the league and one of only five that hasn’t been shut out yet.
Plata has scored or assisted on eight of Salt Lake’s 10 goals this season.
The chances kept coming for the Impact as Wandrille Leferve saw his header off a corner go just wide in the 73rd minute. The Red Bulls hadn’t scored since a 4-3 victory over Houston in their third game on March 19, getting the final goal in the 83rd minute. Adi’s unassisted goal in the 65th, salvaging the play after Diego Valeri’s shot from inside the arc was blocked, made the score 2-0.
Seattle (2-3-1) is 2-0-1 in its last three games after losing its first three. The Sounders have won three of the four meetings in Seattle between the two clubs.
Jones scored 21 minutes into his Colorado debut, rolling the ball in after a cross out of traffic from the goal line by Mekeil Williams.
The Chelsea great scored a well-taken flick to level the scores after Kennedy Igboananike gave the Fire a half-time lead with his goal in the 29th minute.
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Defending champion Portland scored a 3-1 home win over the San Jose Earthquakes.
