Montreal gets historic win at expense of Toronto FC 7 Apr 2012 Montreal coach, Jesse Marsch, fielded a reworked starting XI to begin the game against Toronto FC. The decisions paid off as the Impact got off to a good start, grabbed a lead in the early going and held it — despite giving up a goal in the late going — to put its historic first MLS win into the books.
Errors in the back prove costly as Impact overwhelmed by Henry, Red Bulls 31 Mar 2012 But, the realist will have to admit that the Impact gave way too many gifts to the offensively charged Red Bulls. And, a team that makes as many glaring errors as the Impact can have no qualm about taking zero points from match.
Impact round-up: Ching back to Houston, Valentin off to U.S. U-23 camp 16 Feb 2012 On Thursday, the Impact announced it had finalized a trade with the Houston Dynamo, sending veteran striker Brian Ching back to Texas. The Impact gets the conditional pick in return.
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.
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.
No Canadians make touring Generation Adidas squad; Salgado, Valentin on the trip 2 Dec 2011 Both Canadian players with GA status, reigning U-17 player of the year Bryce Alderson and teenager Russell Teibert (who played with the Canadian U-20 side in CONCACAF qualifying earlier this year), belong to the Vancouver Whitecaps. Neither appeared on the roster named by Sporting Kansas City coach Peter Vermes.
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.
Expansion Draft: Impact ignores Ching’s retirement threat 23 Nov 2011 Brian Ching, scorer of 77 career regular-season goals, made it public that he would rather retire than be plucked off Houston’s roster and go to the Impact. What did Marsch do? He made Ching the first pick of expansion draft.
How Akron became NCAA soccer’s talent factory 3 Feb 2011 It’s rare for Caleb Porter to take a break from his passion. The University of Akron head coach is a self-professed soccer junkie, constantly watching, reading about and developing tactics for the game so it was a strange thing for him to put everything aside for a month following his Zips’ 1-0 win over Louisville in the NCAA title match on Dec. 12. The championship was Akron’s first as a school. But given the stamp the 35-year-old Porter has put on the program in his five years in charge, it might not be the last.
Vancouver goes with Salgado as No. 1 SuperDraft pick; Lenarduzzi ‘hopeful’ teen will be cleared to play 13 Jan 2011 The Vancouver Whitecaps stuck to their guns. Omar Salgado, whose move to the club in August 2010 was scuttled after MLS discovered it would break international transfer rules, was grabbed with the No. 1 pick in the MLS SuperDraft in Baltimore. But, unless Vancouver gets special clearance from FIFA, he won’t be eligible to play for the team until Sept. …
