Nelson Rivas will miss Impact’s next three matches because of headbutt 9 Aug 2012The MLS Disciplinary Committee announced Thursday that it had added two more games to Rivas’ suspension for headbutting Philadelphia’s Antoine Hoppenot. That’s in addition to the automatic one-game suspension he earned for the straight red.
Impact makes needed switch at the goalkeeping position 7 Aug 2012Thus ends the Jekyll-and-Hyde run of the Jamaican in the Impact goal. While, ovee the last few weeks, coach Jesse Marsch had reaffirmed his confidence in Ricketts, the keeper’s ability to confound you with a) eyepopping saves and b) infuriating mistakes, sometimes within minutes of each other, hadn’t gone unnoticed.
No Di Vaio, no problem: Impact shuts out the Union 5 Aug 2012Andrew Wenger, playing up top in place of Marco Di Vaio, presently in Italy facing questions in that country’s most recent game-fixing scandal, gave the Impact a one-goal lead moments before the interval.
MLS salaries: The Canadian Rich List 2 Aug 2012Going through the names on the list, we decided to pick out the Canadians in MLS — and rank Canada’s Rich List (or Poor List, depending on some entry-level deals).
Felipe pulls the strings as Impact overwhelms Red Bulls 29 Jul 2012“I think that we were able to control the game. We were organized, we made it hard on them, and we didn’t give much up. From the back all the way up I think a bunch of guys had good games and collectively they were organized, they kept things tight,” said head coach Jesse Marsch.
Di Vaio faces charges, but we have yet to hear his side of the story 27 Jul 2012Di Vaio’s charge is found on Page 12, section 37 of the FIGC report and, for the fairest possible reporting, we will reprint it in the original Italian and then offer a translation.
Impact falls to Olympique Lyon in penalties, but keeper Bush shines 25 Jul 2012Marsch also threw laurels at his young goalkeeper, saying, "We like Evan Bush a lot. We think he’s a good goalie and he has a great future. He’s moved himself along this whole season. I watched him play last season and I knew he was a very good goalie last year so the performance he gave tonight was not surprising."
FIFA: Canadian clubs only spent 100K on transfers in the first half of 2012 23 Jul 2012According to FIFA, Canadian teams acquired a total of 58 players in the first half of 2012, while 48 moved on. But, altogether, the total amount of transfer dollars in ALL of the deals was… USD$100,000.
Carr narrowly wins MLS Player of the Week vote over Donovan, Robson 23 Jul 2012Calen Carr, who scored both goals as the Dynamo beat Sporting Kansas City 2-1 last Wednesday, then helped set up Macoumba Kandji’s opening goal in a 3-0 win over Montreal Saturday, got the nod.
Meet the men behind the scenes for the Montreal Impact — why Braz and Pozzi’s roles are vital 22 Jul 2012Adam Braz and Daniel Pozzi are charged with the smooth functioning of many of the off-pitch activities for the Montreal Impact, an area of jurisdiction that touches on virtually all other areas of team operations.
