Last-place Impact look to avoid third straight home defeat against Timbers
MONTREAL — It has been since the summer of 2014 that the Montreal Impact lost three home games in a row, but if they don’t find an answer to their inconsistent form of late it may happen again.
The Impact (2-4-4), last in the MLS Eastern Conference, play host to the Portland Timbers (5-3-3) on Saturday afternoon having fallen to Vancouver and Columbus in their last two outings at Saputo Stadium.
That the setbacks sandwiched their only road victory of the season in Washington, D.C., shows the trouble last season’s conference finalists have had in putting together two strong games, or even two solid halves.
“We have to tighten things up,” said defender Kyle Fisher, still smarting from last week’s 3-2 defeat in which the Impact overcame a two-goal deficit only to concede the game-winner in added time. “Especially at home, we can’t expect to win games when we give up three goals.