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MONTREAL - If its not a must-win game, the Montreal Impacts home opener is certainly one they would very much like to win. After opening the Major League Soccer season with two tight losses on the road, the Impact will play host to the Seattle Sounders before more than 25,000 at Olympic Stadium on Saturday afternoon. It will be a first home game for new coach Frank Klopas, the first time Brossard, Que., native Patrice Bernier will play at home as team captain, and the last that star striker Marco Di Vaio will sit out from the three-game suspension he got for wading into a skirmish in the playoffs last October. "Its the third game of the season, but we need to start getting some points," former Chicago Fire boss Klopas said this week. "Its good to be home. "We definitely felt that we should have picked up some points on the road, but thats the game." The Impact opened the season March 8 with a 3-2 loss in Dallas marked by a harsh penalty awarded to the home team. They followed a week later with a 1-0 defeat in Houston. There was a feeling the team played better in the second game — that the defence was sharper, that better chances were created and that Di Vaios replacement Andrew Wenger looked more comfortable up front. "We have some momentum even if were 0-2," said Bernier, who replaced the departed Davy Arnaud as captain. "Its not like we played bad and got cleaned out. "We felt we progressed last game from the first game and now were coming home. We have to defend our home and weve been very good at home the last two years. This is a game that could send us in the right direction and give us a positive boost." They are up against a Seattle side (1-1-0) with a formidable attack, but which is coming off a 2-1 loss at home to Toronto FC on former Tottenham striker Jermain Defoes pair of first-half goals. The Sounders, old foes of the Impact from their A-League and United Soccer League days, have not beaten Montreal in MLS play. The Impact won 4-1 in Montreal in 2012 and opened the 2013 campaign with a 1-0 win in Seattle. But Seattle has been among the better away sides in MLS, with a 29-28-24 road record since they entered the league in 2009. Di Vaio and midfielder Andres Romero, both with three game suspensions, wont see action until a March 29 game in Philadelphia. In Di Vaios absence, winger Justin Mapp and attacking midfielder Felipe Martins have led the offence. The veteran Mapp was among their best players last season, but Felipe looks to have rebounded from a mediocre campaign and is looking more like the energetic playmaker he was as a rookie in 2012. He has yet to score, but leads the team with eight shots. "I had a few chances," he said. "But the hardest thing is to create chances and were doing that. "The only thing is we have to put it in the net, but that is going to come. Its not after one or two games you have to figure out whats going on. Its just soccer, no? One time a goal goes in and after that it comes natural." Klopas likes what hes seen of the Brazilian. "He missed the beginning of the season with injury last year and that was one reason his fitness level and sharpness werent the same," the coach said. "Hes a guy that sometimes doesnt get the points, but he helps the team in so many ways without the ball, with his work rate and stuff like that. "Ive been very pleased with him and I know he has a lot more room to grow." Bernier, coming off knee surgery, missed the season opener but got in 72 minutes in Houston. The team is still waiting for Bernier, Felipe and designated player Hernan Bernardello to all be at peak form to see what the centre of their midfield can do. Bernardello was injured shortly after signing last summer. The Impact are to play their first three home games at the Big O before moving outdoors to Saputo Stadium. Klopas coached Chicago against the Impact in Montreals first MLS game at Olympic Stadium in 2012, a 1-1 draw. "Its amazing that two years ago I was on the opposite side in the first game here, with a tremendous atmosphere," he said. "I hope its the same, only now theyre cheering for me and our team." Patrick Robinson Jersey .Hoffenheim forward Anthony Modeste opened the scoring on a counterattack in the 15th minute, shooting though Jaroslav Drobnys legs after Lewis Holtby lost the ball in midfield. Cameron Meredith Saints Jersey . 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"Weve got to take each game at a time, each possession at a time and look at it that way.Arnold Palmer was celebrated at a ceremony on Tuesday in Latrobe, the hometown of the golf legend who died on September 25, aged 87. His private funeral for family members was on Thursday, but the family of the seven-time major winner wanted a public service to be held after the Ryder Cup.Members of the winning American team attended, including Phil Mickelson and Rickie Fowler, at St. Vincent College in Pennsylvania, along with leaders from the PGA Tour and European Tour and other tours around the world.Private planes descended on Arnold Palmer Regional Airport about an hour before the service.A tearful Jack Nicklaus, longtime friend and chief rival in the 1960s, led the tributes during the three-hour service. Fans sign a tribute wall for Arnold Palmer at the Ryder Cup at Hazeltine The 18-time major champion, said: I hurt like you hurt. You dont lose a friend of 60 years and dont feel an enormous loss.I am honoured and humbled to celebrate everything Arnold has meant to golf and the country. This is not one of the easiest speeches.He was an everyday man, everyones hero. Arnold managed to remove the I from icon and instead let the world share in his greatness.Golf gave so much to Arnold but he gave back so much more. He appealed to everyone. He was the king of our sport, and he always will be.Country singer Vince Gill paid his own tribute with an acoustic performance and former leading womens golfer Annika Sorenstam spoke of her memories of a man who did so much great work off the course as he had on it.Peter Dawson, long-serving former chief executive of the Royal & Ancient, said: Arnold was golfs greatest ambassador, both at home and abroad.He mixed with heads of state, with presidents, with prime ministers, but he never lost his common touch. He could open doors that were firmly closed to others. But he was more than an ambassador - he was the king, and always will be.Palmers grandson, Sam Saunders, also spoke. Tony Jacklin and Jack Nicklaus dedicate 41st Ryder Cup to the memory of Arnold Palmer Former LPGA commissioner and close friend Charlie Mechem opened the tributes and said: Were all heartbroken by the passing of our dear friend.ddddddddddddBut sadness and grief is not the tone Arnold or his family would want for this day. I want you to smile because he smiled about 95 percent of the time. When he missed a putt maybe, whatever, gotta be happy. Sir Nick Faldo, speaking before the service, told Sky Sports News HQ: Palmer was global golf. Golf was his biggest fan.He would do anything for everybody. He loved golf so much and he was happy to promote it any way he could.Ernie Els, four-time major champion, added to SSNHQ: He was the king. I met him in 1992, there was a 40-year age gap and it didnt feel like it., he felt like a friend, mentor and a father figure and that was Arnold. Star of the screen Palmer: Sports first television superstar PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem also paid his respects and said: When we talk about Arnolds legacy I dont believe its a legacy of the past. Its a living legacy that he has left us. Palmer won 62 titles on the PGA Tour, including four Masters titles, two wins at The Open and one US Open championship.Widely regarded as golfs first superstar, Palmer, nicknamed The King, attracted legions of fans known as Arnies Army at his peak with his swashbuckling style of play. 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