Arnaud scores the goal, but Impact settles for draw in home opener 17 Mar 2012 A nearly full house of 58,912 fans, the most to ever turn out for a pro soccer game in Montreal, showed up for the Impact’s MLS home opener at Olympic Stadium, with very few of them returning home disappointed after seeing their team put on a solid performance against the visiting Chicago Fire.
Impact players buoyed by turnout at Olympic Stadium open house 16 Mar 2012 The Montreal Impact held its pre-season open house on Thursday evening in front of about 2,000 of its most devoted fans at a poster-festooned Olympic Stadium, many drawn by the news that 1,000 tickets for Saturday’s opener were to be given away to the first folks turning up.
Marsch: For Impact, one loss does not a season make 11 Mar 2012 After Saturday's 2-0 MLS-opening loss to the Vancouver Whitecaps at B.C. Place, Montreal coach Jesse Marsch declared that one game does not a season make.
Vancouver’s French-speaking players popular with Quebec media 10 Mar 2012 New coach Martin Rennie, late of the Carolina RailHawks of the NASL has imported a number of new faces and has tried to put his stamp on the team by fostering confidence and positive thinking. Perhaps as a gesture to the members of the Montreal media, Sebastien Le Toux, Alain Rochat and Eric Hassli were made available.
Impact keeps things light ahead of date with Whitecaps 10 Mar 2012 The Montreal Impact held its last preseason workout at B.C, Place Friday afternoon, a day before it takes on the Vancouver Whitecaps. The Impact players went through their paces in a relaxed and leisurely manner, with no scrimmaging and very little intensity, almost as if they were loosening up before a game rather than preparing for their initial MLS foray.
Garber looks forward to “largest soccer game in Canada” 16 Feb 2012 “That means over 58,000. That would be the largest regular-season game ever in MLS history and it would be the largest soccer game in Canada. So if you haven’t bought tickets buy some and if you have, buy 10 more.”
Marsch: Impact also made offer for Le Toux 1 Feb 2012 Asked to comment on the trade that sent French striker Sebastien Le Toux to Vancouver Montreal coach Jess Marsch said that the Impact had made an offer to the Philadelphia team but that Vancouver had made a better one.
Gatti, Agourram prepare for tryouts in order to keep their spots with the Impact 12 Jan 2012 “It’s disappointing to not have a contract but that’s the way the sport is and I still have to look on the positive side, “ Gatti said. “I do have a tryout with the team that I had my first tryout with back in the day.”
Marsch’s trip to Denmark a catalyst for Impact’s acquisition of Bernier 19 Dec 2011 « L’Impact de Montréal est fier d’annoncer aujourd’hui la signature du milieu de terrain québécois, le numéro huit, Patrice Bernier,» declared head coach Jesse Marsch in accented but grammatically correct French, unlike another recently named Montreal head coach.
Impact players model team’s new MLS threads 2 Dec 2011 Blue lights flashed and bass-heavy beats thumped as the Montreal Impact revealed its new MLS kits in front of fans, media and invited guests at the Montreal Science Centre. In all some 20 Adidas garments were shown for the first time, with many of them being modelled by players and staff.
