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No Impact From the Bench

A goal down midway through the second-half, perhaps two down at half-time, or maybe level with ten minutes to play in a game you feel you can win. The coach will always look at his bench to see how he might change things or unlock the opposition.

Not something Montreal Impact has often profited from, at least not in recent seasons.

MLS Goals from players emerging from the bench have become a rarity at the club these days. The last one, the only one this season in fact, came from Ballou Tabla two minutes into stoppage time at the end of the game with New England at Red Bull Arena .