FILES - A picture taken on April 18, 2015 shows Chelsea's Ivorian striker Didier Drogba controlling the ball during the English Premier League football match between Chelsea and Manchester United at Stamford Bridge in London. Former Chelsea star Didier Drogba joined Major League Soccer's Montreal Impact on July 27, 2015, the Ivory Coast striker signing with the Canadian club after a rights transfer from the Chicago Fire. AFP PHOTO / BEN STANSALLnnnnRESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or u0093liveu0094 services. Online in-match use limited to 45 images, no video emulation. No use in betting, games or single club/league/player publications.
Drogba stars in MLS
COMMERCE CITY: Former Chelsea star Didier Drogba scored on a free kick and Evan Bush made a late diving save as the Montreal Impact beat the Colorado Rapids 1-0 on Saturday to close in on a playoff spot in Major League Soccer. Drogba bent it around the wall and inside the right post for his team-leading ninth goal in nine appearances this season. It came immediately after the Impact’s Andres Romero left the game on a stretcher because of an apparent right knee injury. The Impact increased their lead to four points over seventh-place Orlando City for the final Eastern Conference playoff position. Both teams have two games left. Lucas Pittinari put a low hard shot on the frame for Colorado in second-half stoppage time, but Bush saved it with a well-timed dive to his right.
