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Re: MONTREAL IMPACT (Impact de Montréal) FC BRANTFORD 1 IMPACT U21 6 MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact U21 team (13-8-5) concluded its regular season in the Canadian Soccer League with a convincing 6-1 win against the Brantford Galaxy (9-14-3), Sunday afternoon, under heavy rain at Saputo Stadium. http://www.montrealimpact.com/News/News.aspx?language=EN&ArticleID=1757&Focus=0
Re: MONTREAL IMPACT (Impact de Montréal) FC THE IMPACT EVALUATION CAMP KICKS OFF MONTREAL – The Montreal Impact unveiled Monday the roster that will take part to the team’s evaluation camp that starts this morning at Saputo Stadium. A total of 25 players have been invited to the first training session of this six-day camp, which will end Saturday with an inter-squad match. Goalkeepers: Evan Bush, Bill Gaudette, Greg Sutton and Maxime Crépeau Defenders: Philippe Billy, Simon Gatti, Cameron Knowles, Karl Ouimette and Nevio Pizzolitto Midfielders: Leonardo Di Lorenzo, Luke Kreamalmeyer, Amir Lowery, David Testo, Sinisa Ubiparipovic and Ian Westlake Forwards: Mignane Diouf, Mircea Ilcu, Miguel Montano and Ryan Pore Six other players have been invited by head coach Jesse Marsch: José Javier Del Aguila Guatemalan midfielder, 20, plays with Communicaciones in first division in Guatemala. He played three games in the CONCACAF Champions League with Communicaciones in 2011. He also plays with the Guatemalan National Team. In 2011, he played four games at the FIFA U20 World Cup. He scored one goal in two games at the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Jamie Watson American forward/midfielder, 25, who helped Orlando City SC win the 2011 USL Pro Championship. He registered eight goals and three assists for a total of 19 points in 17 games in 2011. He was a All-League selection in 2011. He was drafted in the first round, 13th overall, by Real Salt Lake in the 2005 MLS SuperDraft. He has played 38 games with Real Salt Lake, from 2005 to 2007, and one game with FC Dallas in 2008. Jeremiah White American midfielder/forward, 29, who played six games with Saudi Arabian first division club Al-Ettifaq in 2010 and three games with GKS Belchatów, in Polish first division. He has also played with OFK Beograd (Serbia), Panserraikos (Greece), FC Gueugnon (France) and AGF Aarhus (Denmark). He has played one game with the US national team, in a friendly against Sweden in 2008. Wes Knight American defender/midfielder, 25, who played 12 games in 2011, including 10 starts, with the Vancouver Whitecaps FC, in MLS. He had joined the Whitecaps in 2008, playing 58 games in North American second division before making the jump to MLS, helping the team win the 2008 playoff championship. Alexis Zywiecki French central defender, 27, plays with Dijon FCO in France’s Ligue 1. He has played 108 career games in Ligue 2, including 98 starts, between 2007 and 2011, while the club was in the second division. He scored five goals. He has also played nine Coupe de France games and four Coupe de Ligue games. Bratislav Ristic Serbian midfielder, 31, who has played 17 games with the Chicago Fire (MLS), in 2010 and 2011. He has also played with Rad Beograd (Serbia), Metalurh Donetsk (Ukraine) and Club Brugge (Belgium), with whom he participated in the Champions League in 2003. Defender Hassoun Camara, as well as forwards Reda Agourram, Pierre-Rudolph Mayard, Ali Gerba, Marco Terminesi and Eduardo Sebrango will miss camp due to injuries. Midfielders Anthony Le Gall and Antonio Ribeiro, as well as defender Hicham Aaboubou, who played with the Impact in 2011, have not been invited to the camp. http://www.montrealimpact.com/News/News.aspx?language=EN&ArticleID=1758&Focus=0
Re: MONTREAL IMPACT (Impact de Montréal) FC FORMER INTER MILAN DEFENDER NELSON RIVAS JOINS THE MONTREAL IMPACT FOR MLS MONTREAL, October 3, 2011 – The Montreal Impact announced Monday that Colombian defender Nelson Rivas has joined the team for its inaugural season in Major League Soccer. Rivas becomes the first player to sign a contract with the Impact for the 2012 season in MLS. Per Major League Soccer and club policy, terms of the agreement will not be disclosed. Rivas will be eligible for MLS games in 2012 pending receipt of his International Transfer Certificate and work visa. http://www.montrealimpact.com/News/News.aspx?language=EN
Re: MONTREAL IMPACT (Impact de Montréal) FC PRESTON BURPO JOINS THE IMFC COACHING STAFF MONTREAL, October 3, 2011 – The Montreal Impact announced Monday the nomination of Preston Burpo as goalkeeper coach. Preston Burpo most recently served as a scout for the United States Soccer Federation in 2011. As a coach, he worked five years with Crossfire FC, in Seattle, Washington. He also served as goalkeeper coach with the University of Cincinnati. http://www.montrealimpact.com/News/News.aspx?language=EN
Re: MONTREAL IMPACT (Impact de Montréal) FC HASSOUN CAMARA NAMED THE IMPACT PLAYER OF THE YEAR MONTREAL – Defender/midfielder Hassoun Camara received the Giuseppe-Saputo Trophy, awarded annually to the Montreal Impact Most Valuable Player, Tuesday night, at Saputo Stadium, during the 2011 Award Banquet, where the club awards its individual honours. To open the event, Montreal Impact President Joey Saputo proceeded to the official groundbreaking of the Saputo Stadium expansion project. HASSOUN CAMARA: MOST VALUABLE PLAYER • In his first season in Montreal, led the team with 22 starts in as many games. • Had the second most minutes played on the team, with a total of 1,949 minutes of play. • Registered two goals and one assist for five points. • Was selected to the NASL All-Star team. • Showed a lot of versatility and consistency throughout the season, as a defender and midfielder. Sporting director Nick De Santis: “Hassoun was very consistent throughout the whole year, even in difficult times. He always showed his qualities, leadership and experience. His personality adapted very well to the culture and the philosophy of the club. He was a very good team player and did everything for the best of the club.” http://www.montrealimpact.com/News/News.aspx?language=EN
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Re: MONTREAL IMPACT (Impact de Montréal) FC MIKE SORBER NAMED ASSISTANT COACH OF IMFC PRESS RELEASE: October 5, 2011 MONTREAL – The Montreal Impact announced Wednesday that Mike Sorber has been named assistant coach of the first team. Mike Sorber served as an assistant coach for the US National Team since 2007 under head coach Bob Bradley. With the National Team he also worked with Impact head coach Jesse Marsch. As a member of the US National Team coaching staff, he helped the team to an historic victory over world No. 1 Spain in the FIFA Confederations Cup, in the summer of 2009. He also helped the US team advance to the round of 16 at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. In addition, he helped the US team reach the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final. He has also worked with various youth US National Teams. http://www.montrealimpact.com/News/News.aspx?language=EN&ArticleID=1763&Focus=0
Re: MONTREAL IMPACT (Impact de Montréal) FC There was a nice surprise this morning as French defender Pascal Chimbonda joined the team in the third day of training camp. However, the club and player himself didn't really make any comments on his arrival in Montreal, as he is still club-tied with Championship-side Doncaster Rovers. In fact, he just signed a short-term deal with the South Yorkshire club two weeks ago. http://www.canadiansoccernews.com/c...-player-Pascal-Chimbonda-on-trial-with-Impact
Re: MONTREAL IMPACT (Impact de Montréal) FC Montreal Impact head coach Jesse Marsch happy with evaluation camp Marsch was asked if one week was enough time to evaluate the players and their potential to play in North America’s premier league. “You could argue that it is or that it isn’t,” the coach said. “But it’s a time restraint we have, and I don’t think for now it’s fair to bring guys in for certain situations for too long. “But we’ve given them a chance, given them some ideas to understand what we think is important. Then we throw them out there to see if some of that can come out with higher level of training, games and whatnot. “It can give you a window as to how they might be able to progress in the future,” Marsch added. “For the most part, I’ve watched all these players before they’ve come here, so it’s not like it’s the first time I’ve seen any of them. Now it’s trying to work closely with them and seeing how it goes.” The Impact won’t officially become the 19th team in MLS until Jan. 1, and the club’s inaugural training camp is expected to begin in mid-January, eight weeks before the start of the regular season. Read more: http://www.montrealgazette.com/spor...luation camp/5513943/story.html#ixzz1a3ZbfFoH
Re: MONTREAL IMPACT (Impact de Montréal) FC MONTREAL - The Impact Under-21 team will play two games in Montreal this weekend, on Saturday at 1pm, against the York Region Shooters at Marie-Victorin Sports Complex, then on Sunday at 4pm at Saputo Stadium against Toronto FC Academy "The next two games will be important for us because we want to confirm our goal to reach the playoffs," said Impact U21 head coach Philippe Eullaffroy. "We will have the chance to measure up against one of the best teams in the league Saturday before having the chance to evaluate our level versus an MLS reserve team Sunday. We want to show that we are up for the task." http://www.montrealimpact.com/News/News.aspx?language=en&ArticleID=1660&Focus=0 2011 Canadian Soccer League Playoffs SC Toronto (1) vs.(8) York Region Shooters Toronto Croatia (2) vs. (7) Mississauga Eagles FC Capital City F.C. (3) vs. (6) Montreal Impact Academy Brampton United (4) vs. (5) Serbian White Eagles The top 8 teams will qualify for the 2-legged Quarter-finals with the winners advancing to the one game semi-finals to be hosted by the highest remaining seeds
Re: MONTREAL IMPACT (Impact de Montréal) FC MORE THAN 5,000 SEASON TICKETS SOLD FOR THE 2012 SEASON MONTREAL – The Montreal Impact announced Friday that more than 5,000 season tickets have been sold for its inaugural season in Major League Soccer (MLS) in 2012. With still five months remaining until the first home game, this is the largest number of season tickets sold by the club, since playing its inaugural season at Saputo Stadium in 2008. Certain categories are already almost sold out, including Category 1 tickets, located in the North grandstand (1,250$), while more than half of our corporate suites have already been sold for next season. http://www.montrealimpact.com/News/News.aspx?language=en&ArticleID=1660&Focus=0
Re: MONTREAL IMPACT (Impact de Montréal) FC Impact prepare to close intense camp with intrasquad game Marsch hopes to see combo play in 70-minute Saturday scrimmage MONTREAL – Montreal Impact head coach Jesse Marsch put his players through MLS paces on Friday in their final training session of this week's evaluation camp as they prepared for Saturday's finale: a morning intrasquad game at Complexe Claude-Robillard. The morning session may have only lasted an hour, but was certainly very intense as the 2012 hopefuls were pushed hard in the final day of practice. After a fifth day of training, Marsch (above right, with former Vancouver Whitecap Wes Knight) admitted he had to calm the players down as the level of intensity increased. “We’ve opened things up a little bit in the week, and it’s gotten a bit hectic," Marsch told reporters on Friday. “Today, I tried to lay things out so that tomorrow’s game has pace, but also stays organized.” The American coach is looking for a good matchup on Saturday, and understands players will be pushing hard to prove themselves. At the start of Friday’s practice, he took the time to explain what he intends to see in the game http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2011/10/07/impact-prepare-close-intense-camp-intrasquad-game
Re: MONTREAL IMPACT (Impact de Montréal) FC Montreal Impact ends evaluation camp Marsch will meet players in one-on-one sessions throughout day the Monday, letting each know whether it’s time to look for opportunities to play elsewhere, or be prepared to further make their case at preseason training camp, which starts in mid-January, or that they indeed have a future with the franchise. Read more: http://www.montrealgazette.com/spor...luation camp/5523921/story.html#ixzz1aDsmuNYM
Re: MONTREAL IMPACT (Impact de Montréal) FC CAPITAL CITY 1 IMPACT U21 1 MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact U21 and Capital City FC played to a 1-1 draw, Saturday afternoon, at Marie-Victorin Sports Complex, in the first match of a home-and-away aggregate goal series in the quarterfinal round of the Canadian soccer league (CSL) playoffs MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact U21 and Capital City FC played to a 1-1 draw, Saturday afternoon, at Marie-Victorin Sports Complex, in the first match of a home-and-away aggregate goal series in the quarterfinal round of the Canadian soccer league (CSL) playoffs. Capital City took the lead at the 35th minute of play, when midfielder William Beauge received a long pass down the right wing, controlled the ball toward the center of the field and took a low shot from 25 meters out, beating Impact goalkeeper Maxime Crépeau to his left. The Impact U21 tied the game at the 62nd minute, when midfielder Wandrille Lefevre scored on a penalty, beating Capital City goalkeeper Clinton Irwin with a low shot to his right. "We fully deserved the tie," said Impact U21 head coach Philippe Eullaffroy. "We were lacking toughness on 1-on-1 situations during the first half, but we played a really good second half. By increasing our intensity and physical play, we gained mobility, we were more creative and we increased our game speed, which created problems for the opponent. We are going to play the away game with the same attitude." The U21s will play the away game of the series on October 16 at 3pm in Ottawa. http://www.montrealimpact.com/News/News.aspx?language=EN&ArticleID=1766&Focus=0
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Re: MONTREAL IMPACT (Impact de Montréal) FC Marsch praises Impact players after rough week in camp Diouf scores twice as scrimmage caps telling week of workouts Dealing with a few injured players, Marsch had to settle for a 10-a-side game for 70 minutes which saw Senegalese striker Mignane Diouf score both goals for the yellow team and Jeremiah White getting the only goal for the blue team. “I thought it was a good effort,” Marsch said. “It looked more like a soccer game than some of the training sessions that were a little too wide open.” Goalkeeper Bill Gaudette, who was back in a full week of training for the first time in four months due to an ankle injury, was satisfied with his own performance pulling three key saves during today’s game. The next few weeks will be very busy for the coach and his staff as he prepares his team for an inaugural season in the MLS. Marsch, who went to London at the end of September, will be traveling to South America at the end of next week for 10 days, alongside sporting director Nick De Santis. Both will be also need to be prepared for the Expansion Draft in November and January's SuperDraft. Asked if he was looking to plan another training camp after the Expansion Draft, Marsch said that he will instead be looking at other smaller camps. “There’s the potential for different evaluation camps set up by other people that we might be at," he said, "but nothing like this week’s camp." http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2011/10/08/marsch-praises-impact-players-after-rough-week-camp
Re: MONTREAL IMPACT (Impact de Montréal) FC IMPACT SIGNS 2011 MVP HASSOUN CAMARA FOR 2012 MLS ROSTER MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact announced Tuesday the signing of 2011 MVP, Hassoun Camara. The French midfielder becomes the first player from the 2011 Impact squad to join the club's Major League Soccer roster for 2012. Camara is the second player to sign with the Impact for its inaugural season in MLS, joining Colombian defender Nelson Rivas. Per club and MLS policy, terms of the agreement will not be disclosed. http://www.impactmontreal.com/News/News.aspx?language=EN&ArticleID=1768
Re: MONTREAL IMPACT (Impact de Montréal) FC Striker Ali Gerba won’t be headed to MLS with the Impact. The 30-year-old Montrealer was told by Marsh on Monday that he didn’t figure in the club’s plans and wouldn’t be invited to training camp in mid-January. Defender Nevio Pizzolitto, defender/midfielder Simon Gatti and striker Eduardo Sebrango are among the current Impact players who will be at training camp, which is set to start on Jan. 15. Pizzolitto and Gatti showed the capacity to take their games to a higher level at the recent evaluation camp Read more: http://www.montrealgazette.com/spor...ll join team/5534427/story.html#ixzz1aXQOQffI
Re: MONTREAL IMPACT (Impact de Montréal) FC Impact make cuts for 2012 MLS roster The Impact bid adieu to: French defender and 2010 MVP Philippe Billy ex-Timbers central defender Cameron Knowles ex-Crew midfielder David Testo midfielder Luke Kreamalmayer forward Pierre-Rudolph Mayard forward Marco Terminesi Canadian international Ali Gerba. Further decisions on the remaining players from the 2011 Montreal Impact team will be taken over the course of the next six to eight weeks. Meanwhile, Marsch and De Santis will travel to South America on Friday for a 10-day scouting trip. http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2011/10/12/impact-make-first-seven-cuts-2012-mls-roster
