If you read this blog often you’ll notice that I am of course a soccer fan but that I love the Montreal Impact and the Bordeaux Girondins. So when I heard the news that David Beckham was interested in being part owner of the Montreal Impact and helping them find their way into the MLS I nearly hit the roof.
David Beckham has it in his contract that he could purchase a MLS team in 2012. That’s not saying that he’ll be playing for the Impact but that his expertise in the game could help them in the league.
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Montreal Impact lost to Argentina’s River Plate 2-1 last night in over-time. River Plate remained undefeated on their Canadian tour. They played the Toronto FC and a game against an English clud in Edmonton so far.

It may have been raining hard in Montreal yesterday but attendance was high to near capacity at the Saputo Stadium. A large River Plate crowd was there for support as well. RP’s Christian Fabbiano managed to slip one buy in the 21st minute. But it was Montreal’s rebound in the 64 minute by Roberto Brown that got the local fans going.
Despite being a friendly game, …read more

The Bordeaux Girondins were in Montreal to play the En avant Guingamp Club for the Champions Trophy on Saturday, July 25. I guess they decided that since they were there anyways they’d play the Montreal Impact.
The two teams faced off yesterday at the Saputo Stadium and resulted in a not surprising Bordeaux 2-1 victory. The friendly match is a good sign that the Impact are serious about joining the MLS. The Impact have gain a reputation as a competitive and well organized team, yet the MLS still chose the Vancouver Whitecaps as the new franchise addition instead of the …read more

The Montreal Impact (who are not apart of the MLS yet) played against the Syrian national soccer team on Wednesday and defeated them 2-1. Felix Brilliant managed to secure the winning goal by head butting it into the corner net.
Montreal has shown themselves to be an impressive team during the last few years. Yet they always seem to be overlooked when it comes time to add more teams to the MLS roster. They were overlooked last year when the bid when to the Vancouver Whitecaps. It was assumed that MLS officials believed Vancouver was better known internationally and had better …read more

The Vancouver Whitecaps have much to prove as they are now preparing themselves for entry into the MLS in 2012. The Whitecaps weren’t able to thwart the Toronto FC in the first Canadian Championship games, but they did manage to beat the Montreal Impact last night.
The Montreal Impact are the reigning champions of last years Nutrilite Canadian Championship but that doesn’t seem to be working in their favour this year.
The Impact and Whitecaps faced off in Montreal in a near capacity crown of 11,483 at the Saputo Stadium. The crown were left disappointed after allowing in two goals making the …read more

It was a sad day this week for Montreal Impact fans to learn that they lost against the Toronto FC in the Nutrilite Canadian Championship. There was only one goal scored during the entire game, unfortunately it was in favour of Toronto.

Toronto also defeated the Vancouver Whitecaps on May 6 (also in a 1-0 game) during the opening Nutrilite Canadian Championships. The Toronto FC are naturally excited by their recent streak of wins and hope that they will continue to be strong in the MLS. Montreal on the other hand continued to disappoint fans by tying their following …read more

The Montreal Impact are not currently included in the MLS but they are a team to be reckoned with. Now they will be able to add host to French League Season opener to their repertoire.

The Impact have been notified by the Ligue de Football Professionnel that their city and venue will play host to the leagues 2010 season opening games next on July 26. Though no details have been really ironed out yet, Montrealer’s and soccer fans are overall excited by the announcement.
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It’s not often that the Toronto FC and the Vancouver Whitecaps get to play each other. But with the Whitecaps entry into the MLS by 2012 the two rival Canadian teams will get to face off once again. For Canada however the two teams have been matched again for the Nutrilite Canadian Championship games.
Last year Toronto FC won with Montreal Impact in second and the Vancouver Whitecaps trailing in third. Having beaten Montreal for the 2012 MLS bid they have allot to prove. Montreal, Vancouver and Toronto are the only three teams to compete in the Nutrilite Canadian Championship.
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Montreal Impact are looking for $25 million to help build a new stadium. The government of Canada and Quebec are being asked to split the burden.

With government spending being spent frivolously for Vancouver’s Winter Olympics, there’s no surprise that they won the 2011 MLS bid. The Vancouver Whitecaps will be the second Canadian team to join the Major League Soccer association. Understandably, the Montreal Impact are a little jealous and want a fair chance for a future MLS bid.
The problem is that the economy is not doing so good and $25 million is allot of paper to be …read more