The Montreal Impact's friendly preseason game against the New York Red Bulls was played on a Thursday morning, as both head coaches were working on implementing their strategies and vision of the game in a real-game situation. To be able to see as much of the players on hand, both teams agreed to play 3 mini-games of 45 minutes each.

The Impact's starting eleven, all 3 of them, were as follows

Formation #1 : Waiting for Drogba

Votre XI partant 4-2-3-1Starting lineup v #RBNY

Bush; Toia, Cabrera, Ciman, Oyongo; Bernier, Donadel; Piatti, Alexander, Oduro; Porter #IMFC — Impact de Montréal (@impactmontreal) February 4, 2016

Formation #2 : Mix & Match

Votre XI du 2e 45 minutes: Kronberg; Oyongo, Fisher, Ciman, Camara; Donadel, Mallace; Ontivero, Gagnon-Laparé, Williams; Jackson-Hamel #IMFC — Impact de Montréal (@impactmontreal) February 4, 2016

Formation #3 : Let the kids plays, like all of them

Votre XI du 3e 45 minutes: Paulmin; Tissot, Fisher, Meilleur-Giguère, Smith; Dominguez, LBG, Jeanine; Jackson, Williams, Salazar #IMFC — Impact de Montréal (@impactmontreal) February 4, 2016

As both MLS clubs shared as many story lines as goals scored. Were goals really scored?



If i solely base myself on both club's high quality game highlights, I could definitely be living 2 distinct experiences

Experience #1: Red Bulls trash and destroy Montreal

Montreal keeps a clean sheet against the Red Bulls