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MONTREAL -- Lineup changes are in store for the Montreal Impact. Defenders Nelson Rivas and Hassoun Camara are to see their first action of the season and popular midfelder Patrice Bernier is to be back in action for the Impacts first meeting with powerful Sporting Kansas City, coach Jesse Marsch said Thursday. The Impact (2-5-2) face the Major League Soccer leaders in Kansas City (7-1-0) on Saturday. "Well have a lot of new faces for sure, but we still feel well put a very good team on the field and go for a result," said Marsch, whose team is coming off a 0-0 draw at home with Toronto FC in Amway Canadian Championship play on Wednesday night. The two defenders were injured in the pre-season and have yet to see action in league play. Both have been practising at full power in recent days. Rivas, 29, a former Inter Milan defender, was the teams first signing in October for its move from up from the NASL as an MLS expansion team this season. Camara was the teams player of the year in the lower league in 2011. Marsch did not say if they will form a central defence partnership. Matteo Ferrari and Shavar Thomas have been the regulars in those spots. "Its easy to work with Nelson," said Camara. "He has a lot of experience. Hes very calm in the back." Bernier, the Brossard, Que., midfielder who is the clubs only local talent, was expected to be a key player when he returned after nine seasons in Europe to join the Impact in MLS. But after starting the first three matches, the Canadian international was relegated to reserve duty even though he looked to be playing well. "I dont worry about it, I just have to be ready when the time comes," said Bernier. "Its disappointing, but I wont change my approach. "It doesnt affect how I train or how I interact with my teammates." Right back Zarek Valentin (right calf bruise) and midfielder Justin Mapp (hamstring) remain out of action. cheap jerseys .J. Mayo three days after the free agent shooting guard posted a message on his Twitter account that he was joining the team. cheap jerseys us . -- The Oakland Raiders made a move to bolster their struggling pass rush on Wednesday by signing proven defensive end Andre Carter to a free-agent contract.SEATTLE - Seattle coach Sigi Schmid recently decided that his most dangerous attacking group was a young Colombian star, an experienced Argentinian professional, a Uruguayan with World Cup experience and a shaggy-haired forward from Portland, Maine. It looked to be a perfect union on Saturday. Fredy Montero scored his third goal in two games with a diving header in the 82nd minute, Mauro Rosales scored off a pass from Montero two minutes later and the Seattle Sounders remained unbeaten in their last nine matches with a 4-3 win over the Colorado Rapids. Seattle rallied twice against the defending MLS Cup champions, getting an early goal from Alvaro Fernandez and Roger Levesques goal early in the second half before breaking through for a pair of goals in the final 10 minutes for its sixth victory during the unbeaten streak. Seattle has not lost since May 25 against Dallas. "It was great that different people scored and different people found themselves in a spot to capitalize," said Levesque, who scored his third goal of the season in the 48th minute. "Thats just one of the characteristics of this team. Its not just one person, its each day, each moment can be someone else stepping up and contributing and making it work." For the second straight game, Seattle scored three times in the second half, putting on an entertaining display in front of a crowd that included Manchester United coach Sir Alex Ferguson. The Sounders will play Man U in an exhibition Wednesday night. Levesque got Seattles rally started when he flicked a cross from Rosales past Colorado goalkeeper Matt Pickens early in the second half. Montero then headed home Brad Evans deflected shot to give Seattle the lead, and before Colorado had a chance to react, Rosales sneaked behind the defence and netted his second goal of the season. "We played very nice football today in the game," said Rosales. "I think we didnt going down in the game. We were playing very good in the first half and they were winning the game that they didnt deserve to. We changed mentality in the second half and we worked for everything. This is the prize. We won." Rosales goal proved huge as Colorados Caleb Forlan scored off a corner kick in the final minute before stoppage time. But the Rapids ran out of opportunities. Colorado got a first-minute goal from Wells Thompson and a goal from Jeff Larentowicz in the 43rd minutte, but ultimately couldnt hold off Seattles continuous offensive attack.dddddddddddd It was the first meeting between the clubs since Colorados Brian Mullan broke the leg of young Seattle star Steve Zakuani back on April 22 with a viscous tackle. Mullan was originally going to make the trip to Seattle, but Colorado coach Gary Smith changed his mind and left Mullan back in Denver. Even without Mullan around, there was plenty of pushing and shoving, seeming to discredit both teams saying there would be no lingering effects from what happened in April. There were five yellow cards and plenty of arguments. But Seattle fans were silent about the Mullan-Zakuani situation other than a chant of "Steve Zakuani" early in the first half and again as the final seconds ticked away. "Honestly, I thought the game went off really well given some of the circumstances surrounding the fixture," Smith said. "The fans got behind their team as usual, supported them ever so well. I didnt sense anything out of the ordinary. One or two challenges slightly late and the grass helped players go to ground a little more than they might do normally." The beginning could not have gone much better for the struggling Rapids, who after starting the season with three straight wins are just 3-5-10 since. Just 59 seconds into the match, Thompson collected a poorly cleared cross by Seattle defender Jeff Parke and beat Seattle goalkeeper Kasey Keller to the back post, the quickest goal allowed by Seattle in its three seasons. Fernandez got Seattle even in the seventh minute before Larentowiczs goal -- and mocking of Seattles crowd -- to give Colorado the halftime lead. Along with the loss, Colorado also saw striker Conor Casey leave in the 38th minute after injuring his left calf. Casey limped slowly off the field and even slower to the locker-room. As part of Manchester Uniteds tour, a temporary grass surface was installed at CenturyLink Field. Both teams struggled with their footing even though the field was covered with a tarp until Saturday morning and only a light rain fell at times during the match. "Both teams have to play on it whether its turf or this type of grass," Colorados Pablo Mastroeni said. "We had two leads in this game, if anything, it helped us out. There were some weird plays some strange bounces, we were on the wrong side of a strange score." ' ' '
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