Here Are Tips For Selected Soccer 6 Matches
Montreal Impact face fellow playoff hopefuls New York City FC in an all-Eastern Conference clash on Saturday, July 4, at Stade Saputo. Impact are all out to avenge the defeat they suffered at the hands of City earlier last month. The home team has struggled to maintain a consistent run of form however have managed to pick up three wins in their last six matches. City are equally looking to complete a double over Montreal after thrashing their opponents 3-1 on June 13 courtesy of strikes by skipper David Villa, Mix Diskerud and Kwadwo Poku at Yankee Stadium. The visitors however have some redeeming to do after being put to the sword with the same score-line in the New York Derby loss to the Red Bulls last weekend. The two sides are only being separated by a single point and a victory here could prove vital come season-end for two sides desperate to make the top six. The Portland Timbers welcome the San Jose Earthquakes to Providence Park on Sunday, July 5, in this MLS match. Despite being eliminated from the US Open Cup on Wednesday night by Real Salt Lake, the Timbers will take heart from their impressive 4-1 win against arch-rivals Seattle Sounders FC. Though it is the first match between the two Western Conference rivals this season, the Quakes who currently sit just outside the playoff picture, are only three points behind the Timbers with two games in hand. The home side is also looking strong having claimed consecutive wins in their last two games, including a gutsy performance that saw them outclass fierce rivals LA Galaxy 3-1 in last week's Californian Clasico. The two sides met three times last year, with Timbers only dropping two points out of nine. They won twice and the sides played it out to a 3-3 draw in the other match. If you are a betting person, here are tips ahead of the fixtures brought to you by Soccer 6 and Vasco Da Gama defender, Danleigh Borman. For more info on this and other matches in the soccer 6 pools, go to the Soccer 6 website here. MONTREAL IMPACT V NEW YORK CITY League position: Impact 8th and City 9th Useful facts: For soccer superstar, David Villa, life in the Big Apple hasn't quite lived up to the title laden days of his Barcelona and Spain days. The ambitious franchise from the Empire State, financed mainly by the lavish wealth of the Abu Dhabi United Group, is second from last on the Eastern Conference log standings. Canadian-based franchise, Montreal, have also failed to dominate in the same way some of their championship National Hockey League-winning sides of years gone by have done. In fact, the soccer served up by the Impact has been as unappetising as Poutine – a Canadian dish of French fries served with light brown gravy and cheese curds. Don't expect a showstopper, soccer fans, in this MLS contest in Canada. Danleigh Borman: New York win because I played for the New York Red Bulls. PORTLAND TIMBERS V SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES League position: Timbers 3rd and Earthquakes 7th Useful facts: In what could be a seismic scrimmage in relation to the final outcome of the MLS Western Conference log standings, Timbers welcome the Earthquakes to the Providence Park Stadium in the Goose Hollow neighbourhood of Portland. This could be an awesome matchup in which both offenses look to deliver a payload of goals and knockout blows. Expect a heavy-hitting contest in the City of Roses – a nickname coined because of how easy it is to grow roses in the city's marine west coast climate. Danleigh Borman: Timbers home win. They've got nothing up there, so I'll give them the win. Ha, ha!
