New stars lead Columbus past Impact

New stars lead Columbus past Impact

Published Mar. 24, 2012 1:00 a.m. ET

Milovan Mirosevic and Olman Vargas, Columbus' top offseason acquisitions, scored and the Crew beat the expansion Montreal Impact 2-0 on Saturday in Major League Soccer.

Mirosevic converted in the 30th minute after Montreal defender Felipe Martins tackled Emilio Renteria on the right side of the box.

The goal came 11 minutes after Montreal's Jeb Brovsky was given a red card for an elbow to the back of the head of Mirosevic, the Chilean midfielder making his home debut.

Olman scored off a snap header from 6 yards in the 66th minute off a service by Shaun Francis.

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Goalkeeper Andy Gruenebaum made a key stop on Martins in the 87th minute for Crew (1-1).

Montreal (0-2-1) remained winless.

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