Impact falls to Olympique Lyon in penalties, but keeper Bush shines 25 Jul 2012 Marsch 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."
Impact continues to work off an entirely different sort of expansion-team model 6 Jul 2012 Nesta was officially unveiled as an Impact player Friday, in a press conference that was aired live on RDS. But, without a working knowledge of the Italian language, the viewers would have to be happy to admire the legendary central defender in an Impact polo shirt, as he doesn’t speak English or French well enough to communicate to the Canadian media.
Montreal fans get last laugh on Ching as Impact dominates the Dynamo 24 Jun 2012 If tonight’s physically demanding game and the reaction of the fans in attendance at Saputo Stadium is any indication, there’s a mighty rivalry developing between the Houston Dynamo and the Montreal Impact.
MLS salaries: The winners, the losers, the bargains 25 May 2012 Eckersley is a classic example of the type of athlete who is popular in Toronto. A journeyman kinda guy who works exceptionally hard. He fits the archetype of a Dan Gargan, John McDonald, Matt Bonner, James Reimer — working-class guys who blow up in a Toronto market that eats superstars alive but worships the depth-chart players.
10-man Red Bulls hand Impact its first MLS loss at home 20 May 2012 Saturday’s match also ended with a Red Bulls victory, this time a 2-1 triumph that had some of the 20,373 vocally registering their displeasure at the Impact’s inability to get the desired result, even after seeing the New York side play with 10 men for the final half hour of the game.
Ricketts’s goalkeeping heroics against his former team allows Impact to draw Galaxy 13 May 2012 “I think we actually did a pretty good job in the second half. Actually the whole game wasn’t too bad, the second half was great,” Landon Donovan offered. “I’m guessing that if it was any of a number of other goalkeepers playing for them today it would have been a different score and we would have won but Donovan did a good job and they held on. I think a few players thought they had him on a few plays but he made some good saves and got them a point.”
Impact rests many regulars, then enjoys most impressive 90 minutes of the season 6 May 2012 A match against SKC? Sure loss, right? Wrong. The Impact won its first ever road game, 2-0 over the hosts and, frankly, put together the most impressive 90 minutes in the club’s short MLS history.
Evan James’s goal highlights Impact’s preseason double-dip 15 Feb 2012 Canadian Evan James rounded out the rout, converting a cross from Miguel Montano — who spent part of last season with the Impact in its final NASL season — to make the final score 3-0 Impact.
Impact loses preseason match to Dynamo; striker Braun leaves game 8 Feb 2012 The Montreal Impact has already lost one player to an injury suffered in a preseason match. Impact fans are hoping that the number doesn’t rise to two.
Impact takes major gamble with signing of Rivas 3 Oct 2011 Defender Nelson Rivas, announced Monday as the first Designated Player in the Montreal Impact’s history, is definitely anything but a sure thing.
