Union at Montreal Impact

Saturday at 7 p.m., Saputo Stadium.

TV: The Comcast Network.

Records: Union, 5-4-3, 18 points; Montreal, 6-2-2, 20 points.

Union on the road: 3-2-1.

Montreal at home: 4-0-1.

Goals for: Union 15; Montreal 15.

Goals against: Union 18; Montreal 11.

Last MLS outing: The Union beat Chicago, 1-0, last Saturday at PPL Park. Montreal won a 3-2 decision at home against Real Salt Lake on May 11.

About the Union: Jack McInerney leads MLS in goals with eight and game-winning goals with five. . . . Sebastien Le Toux is tied for the MLS lead in assists with four and in game-winning assists with three. . . . Le Toux has game-winning assists in two of the last three games, both against Chicago. . . . Zac MacMath has played in all 12 games for the Union and has three shutouts and a 1.50 goals-against average. . . . Central defender Jeff Parke, who missed the last three games with a hamstring injury, is 100 percent healthy, according to assistant coach Rob Vartughian.

About the Impact: Midfielder Felipe, who had been sidelined due to kidney stones, has returned to Montreal's lineup. . . . Patrice Bernier is tied with two others for the MLS lead with three game-winning assists. . . . Marco Di Vaio is tied for second in MLS with six goals. . . . Di Vaio leads MLS with 19 shots on goal and also in a dubious category, offsides, with 27. . . . Former Union midfielder Justin Mapp has made three consecutive starts and has two goals in eight games this season. . . . Veteran Troy Perkins has played all 10 games for Montreal and has three shutouts and a 1.10 goals-against average. . . . Montreal's most recent game was a scoreless draw on May 15 against Vancouver in the Canadian Championships.

- Marc Narducci
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