MONTREAL – Didier Drogba scored twice in the opening 12 minutes and the Montreal Impact stretched its club record unbeaten run to six games with a 2-0 victory over D.C. United on Saturday.
A sellout crowd of 20,801 saw the Impact (12-11-6) complete a sweep of a three-game homestand and move to three points behind D.C. for fourth place in the MLS Eastern Conference, with two games in hand.
D.C. (13-12-6) are winless in six games.
Drogba, a mid-season acquisition who has seven goals in six MLS games, took a free kick after a hand ball by Taylor Kemp and drilled it over the defensive wall and into the top corner in the fourth
minute.
The former Chelsea striker saved his best for the 12th minute, when he picked off a back pass, twisted defender Steve Birnbaum inside out with a deke and fired in his seventh of the season.
After the intermission, Birnbaum stepped on the back of Drogba’s foot, sending him to the ground in pain and drawing a caution.
Moments later, Drogba took revenge by shouldering Birnbaum to the grass and got a yellow card of his own.
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