Montreal Impact vs New England Revolution 7/9/20 - MLS Picks & Predictions

The Montreal Impact play the New England Revolution on Thursday in Orlando at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. The match is part of the restart of MLS season in a format similar to the World Cup, following a lengthy hiatus due to the coronavirus outbreak across the globe. Each of the 26 clubs in the MLS will play in group stages and those results will count for the regular season. Following 16 straight days of group stage play, the top two clubs from each of the groups as well as the four best finishers in third place will begin the knockout stage.

Montreal began its regular season prior to the coronavirus hiatus With a 2-1 victory over this same New England Revolution club. The win gave Thierry Henry his first victory in the MLS as manager of Montreal following an 80th minute chip by Maxi Urruti that broke a 1-1 deadlock and gave the Impact the victory. Romell Quioto scored an equalizer in the 37th minute for the Impact after New England had taken a 1-0 lead.

New England’s Teal Bunbury opened the scoring early with a goal in the 13th minute in the loss to Montreal. The Revolution were 0-1-1 to start the season before play was suspended after fighting to a 1-1 draw on the road against the Chicago Fire. The Revolution played well last season after Bruce Arena became their manager and the designated player tandem of Gustavo Bou and Carles Gil paid off.