"The idea is to move up with an eye to picking Bekker but it won’t be easy,” De Santis concluded.

Because TSN and RDS, the national rights holders for MLS in Canada, have yet to finalize their television schedules, the majority of home dates for the three Canadian teams don’t have kickoff times.

“I would like to thank Joey and Nick. Who have shown confidence in me,” Schallibaum began. “When you receive something you have to give something back so it is up to me to now do everything needed to ensure the team has success."

Since 2005, only one European coach — Englishman Gary Smith, has taken his team to an MLS Cup title.

According to the information provided by MLS, the venue for Toronto FC’s March 9 home opener is “to be decided.” But according to the MLS schedule posted in French on the Montreal Impact website, the venue is confirmed as Rogers Centre.

For FC Edmonton supporters, the good news is that the Montreal Impact have released Bryan Arguez. For FC Edmonton supporters, the bad news is that the Montreal Impact have released Bryan Arguez.

For the Impact, it’s a bonus pick; the club had made Gardner available for Friday’s Re-Entry Draft. It didn't want Gardner back.

As it stands, nine players from the three Canadian MLS teams will be on offer in Friday’s MLS Re-Entry Draft.

The Montreal Impact concluded its Italian tour of friendlies with a 1-0 win Thursday over Fiorentina.

The Montreal Impact continued its postseason tour of Italy with a 4-1 win over Fiorentina’s reserve side.