Nyassi scores for Impact in draw with Atlas 26 Jan 2012 The Montreal Impact got a goal from Sanna Nyassi, and wrapped up the team’s pre-season tour of Mexico with a 1-1 draw against Club Atlas.
Montreal Impact gets win over Mexican side in crisis 24 Jan 2012 The game was played behind closed doors. Media reports in Mexico indicated that Tecos didn’t even know who would be running the team going into the friendly against Montreal.
Impact begins preseason with a draw against Chivas 22 Jan 2012 The Impact drew the Chivas reserve side 0-0 Sunday in Guadalajara, Mexico. The match was divided into three 30-minute periods.
Shavar Thomas signed by Impact, as roster hopes for Canadians dwindle 21 Jan 2012 The window for Canadian players to get onto the Montreal Impact roster keeps getting smaller and smaller. The Impact now has 26 players on its roster, with the announcement that Jamaican national-team defender (and former captain) Shavar Thomas has signed with the club for its first MLS season. Thomas has a green card so he won’t cost the Impact an international roster slot.
Impact will make regular returns to the Big O 18 Jan 2012 The Impact will play at the Big O until the Stade Saputo renovations are done during the 2012 campaign. But the team struck a deal with the Olympic park, which guarantees games will be played at the Big O in 2013, 2014 and 2015 as well.
Did Whitecaps inherit Montreal’s headache, or the NASL MVP? 18 Jan 2012 Can Martin Rennie sell the charm of playing with the Vancouver RailHawks, er, Whitecaps? Will it be enough of a calling card for Etienne Barbara?
Impact snatches two Canadians in Supplemental Draft 17 Jan 2012 Of the Canadian teams, Montreal made the biggest splash Tuesday, selecting two Canadians out of the four picks it made.
Knighton leaves RailHawks for Whitecaps… so, what about Barbara? 17 Jan 2012 And, as the RailHawks exodus continues, the question has to be asked: What about Etienne Barbara?
CONCACAF gets it right with Champions League rethink 14 Jan 2012 But, the fact is, no one was buying the old CCL format. The rows and rows of empty seats at CCL games was a testament to apathy. Mexican sides and MLS sides had a hard time drawing flies. When the Montreal Impact packed the house for its quarter-final match with Santos Laguna in 2009, it was an exception rather than the rule.
SuperDraft: Impact chooses defence over offence, Whitecaps get Mattocks, TFC adds to midfield logjam 12 Jan 2012 With the first pick of the 2012 SuperDraft, MLS commissioner announced — in French — that the Impact had selected Duke University defender Andrew Wenger with its first pick, leaving high-scoring University of Akron star Darren Mattocks to the Vancouver Whitecaps, who had the second pick.