EW YORK — Ignacio Piatti scored a pair of goals and the Montreal Impact spoiled Frank Lampard’s MLS debut with a 3-2 victory over New York City FC on Saturday.
The English star energized the sellout crowd at Yankee Stadium when he entered as a substitute in the 69th minute immediately after David Villa closed NYCFC’s deficit to 2-1 on a penalty kick.
The Impact (8-8-3) pushed their lead back to two on Piatti’s penalty kick in the 84th minute, and Thomas McNamara quickly answered for expansion NYCFC (6-10-6) in the 85th.
"We came here and beat a really good team," said Impact head coach Frank Klopas. "We have to enjoy this moment, but we have a lot of games coming up and an opportunity to win those games we have in hand."
Dominic Oduro opened the scoring in the fifth minute, getting on the end of Laurent Ciman’s long ball and slipping it through NYCFC goalkeeper Josh Saunders’ legs before tapping it home.
"The key for us today was to keep the ball and be patient, waiting for our openings," said Oduro. "On my goal, Ciman’s ball over the top to me was unbelievable. I just had to finish it."
Piatti made it 2-0 in the 32nd minute with a chip shot finish from another long ball.
