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SKC, Montreal battle at Sporting Park

A pair of Eastern Conference heavyweights will meet at Sporting Park on Saturday as Sporting Kansas City hosts the Montreal Impact.The two clubs enter the weekend separated by a single point in the table, though Sporting has played three more matches. Montreal occupies second place in the East with 23 points, followed closely by Kansas City.The Impact are flying high after a convincing 5-3 home win against the Philadelphia Union. They built upon that victory by claiming the Canadian Championship with a midweek 2-2 draw at Vancouver Whitecaps FC.At the heart of the club's impressive run is its offense. After opening the season with just 12 goals in nine matches, Montreal has managed to produce eight goals over its last two league games.Marco Di Vaio scored the first hat trick in his MLS career against the Union last time out, and it was enough for the Italian to garner Player of the Week honors."We are happy because this was a big win for us," Di Vaio said. "We needed to win to stay nea...

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