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The Houston Dynamo is a long way down the soccer food chain from Italian Serie A team AS Roma, which beat the Impact 2-0 in an entertaining friendly Wednesday night in front of a sellout crowd in Montreal.

So it will be interesting to see if the Impact can attract another sellout of 20,801 to Saputo Stadium Saturday night for a Major League Soccer game(7:30 p.m., TVA Sports, TSN Radio 690). The Impact will also be without star player Didier Drogba, who is suspended after receiving a red card during last Sunday’s 1-1 tie with D.C. United in Washington.

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But don’t bet against another Impact sellout. A team spokesperson said Friday afternoon only “a few hundred” tickets remained for Saturday’s game.

The Impact is averaging 21,472 fans per game this season — including two that were played at Olympic Stadium early in the year. That’s more than the 20,190 fans the Alouettes are averaging at Molson Stadium — another sign the Impact is taking over the No. 2 spot on Montreal’s sports food chain behind the Canadiens.