2013 Montreal Impact season

Background

Review

The team started the season with Marco Schällibaum as new coach. After finishing 12th overall in the previous MLS season and second best Canadian team in MLS in 2012, the Montreal Impact officially started their 2013 season on Monday January 21, 2013 with a pre-season training sessions at Marie-Victorin Sports Complex in Montréal-Nord. The squad's first official pre-season friendly took place on February 9, 2013, at the annual Walt Disney World Pro Soccer Classic tournament with a 2–1 victory over Sporting Kansas City. The team kicked off the season on March 2, 2013, with a 0–1 away victory over Seattle Sounders FC.

They started the season very well with four straight victories, including their first two on the road, equaling their road wins total of last year of two.

Competitions

Pre-season matches

Walt Disney World Pro Soccer Classic

Di Vaio Wenger Lefevre Yamada Di Vaio Nyassi Riley Porter Arnaud Di Vaio Gláuber Mapp Ferrari

Other pre-season matches

Fuller Mallace

MLS regular season

Table

;Eastern Conference Table ;Overall Table

Results summary

Results by round

Match results

Pisanu Johnson Felipe Di Vaio Iapichino Earnshaw Eckersley Camara Steele Barklage Alexander Collin Sinovic Zusi Di Vaio Higuaín Oduro Romero Di Vaio Lefèvre Johnson Cronin Baca Jahn Mapp Warner Felipe Di Vaio Tissot Nyassi Ferrari Grabavoy Beckerman Rimando Felipe Wenger Smith Farfan Hoppenot Le Toux Jerome Opara Warner
Mapp
Nesta Iapichino Oduro
O'Rourke
George Ferrari
Di Vaio
Camara Sarkodie Paponi
Brovsky Mera
LaBrocca
Powers
Brown
Cascio Caldwell
O'Dea
Russell
Convey
Agbossoumonde Brovsky
Camara Di Vaio Avila Henry
Olave
Cahill
Luyindula Ferrari Arnaud Cooper
Hassli Smith Joseph
Bieler
Rosell Kitchen
Korb
Porter Doyle Jeffrey
Romero Duka Paponi
Ferrari Romero
Bernier Thorrington
Riley Doyle Felipe
Brovsky
Pisanu Fagundez
Rowe
Tierney Di Vaio
Brovsky Felipe Marshall
Oduro Camara Reo-Coker
Young-Pyo
Camilo Sanvezzo Magee 79' Arnaud
Tissot Creavalle Camara
Ferrari Romero
Ferrari Arnaud Nguyen Camara
Romero Ferrari
Ouimette Camara Pisanu Carroll
Casey
Okugo Earnshaw Mapp
Lefevre
Ferrari

Playoffs

García Ashe Di Vaio Romero

Canadian championship

: Each round is a two-game aggregate goal series with the away goals rule.

| RD1-seed1= 1 | RD1-team1= Vancouver | RD1-score1-1= 3 | RD1-score1-2= 2 | RD1-score1-A= 5 | RD1-seed2= 4 | RD1-team2= Edmonton | RD1-score2-1= 2 | RD1-score2-2= 0 | RD1-score2-A= 2

| RD1-seed3= 2 | RD1-team3= Montreal | RD1-score3-1= 0 | RD1-score3-2= 6 | RD1-score3-A= 6 | RD1-seed4= 3 | RD1-team4= Toronto | RD1-score4-1= 2 | RD1-score4-2= 0 | RD1-score4-A= 2

| RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1= Vancouver | RD2-score1-1=0 | RD2-score1-2=2 | RD2-score1-A=2 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2= Montreal | RD2-score2-1=0 | RD2-score2-2=2 | RD2-score2-A=2 (a)

Wiedeman
Tissot Paponi Marco Di Vaio
Romero Andrew Wenger Lambe Warner Di Vaio Kobayashi Felipe

CONCACAF Champions League

Main article: 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League

The Montreal Impact will compete in the 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League as a result of winning the 2013 Canadian Championship. The draw for the group stage was held on June 3, 2013. Camara Mapp Corrales Wondolowski Córdoba 19' López Paponi Lenhart Chávez Salinas Camara Romero Felipe Tissot
Wenger

MLS reserves

Main article: MLS Reserve League

The Montreal Impact will compete in the Eastern Division for the 2013 MLS Reserves season. This is the first year of the partnership between Major League Soccer and the USL Pro. As a result, Montreal will play the Rochester Rhinos twice and the results will count towards each teams respective tables. The division consists of seven teams, including Columbus Crew, Chicago Fire Soccer Club, FC Dallas, Houston Dynamo, New York Red Bulls, Rochester Rhinos and Toronto FC.

Match results

Luarca Smith Ndiaye Ndiaye Wenger Smith
Lefèvre Smith Brettschneider Meftouh Ouimette Ilcu (Assistants: Joseph Kuzma, Tori Penso) Bekker Braun Lambe Bush Roberts Pisanu Warner Wenger Smith Hyland Job Soumare Santos (Assistants: Greg Boles, Gabriel Powell)

Player information

Squad information

Player transactions

In

Out

Loans in

Loans out

Starting 11

4–1–4–1 formation

International Caps

Players called for senior international duty during the 2013 season while under contract with the Montreal Impact. ;

*Montreal Impact Academy player.

Management

• Sporting director — CAN Nick De Santis
• Director of Soccer operations — USA Matt Jordan
• Director, Montreal Impact Academy — FRA Philippe Eullaffroy
• Head coach — SWI Marco Schällibaum
• Assistant coach — CAN Mauro Biello
• Assistant coach — FRA Philippe Eullaffroy
• Goalkeeping coach — MAR Youssef Dahha
• Physical Preparation Coach — CAN Paolo Pacione
• Team Manager — CAN Adam Braz
• Team Administrator — CAN Daniel Pozzi
• Equipment Coordinator — CAN Remy Eyckerman
• Equipment Manager — CAN Aldo Ricciuti
• Players Service — ENG Bradley Adam Smith

Statistics

Appearances and goals

|- ! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Goalkeeper |- ! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Defenders |- ! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Midfielders |- ! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Forwards |- ! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"|Players who left the club during the season: (Statistics shown are the appearances made and goals scored while at Montreal Impact) |} Last updated: November 1, 2013

Source: Montreal Impact

Italic: denotes player is no longer with team

Goalkeeper stats

MLS Team of the Week

MLS Coach of the Week

MLS Save of the Week

2013 MLS All-Star

Miscellany

Allocation ranking

International roster slots

Montreal has eleven MLS International Roster Slots for use in the 2013 season. Each club in Major League Soccer is allocated eight international roster spots and Montreal acquired the extra slots in trades with Chivas USA, Seattle Sounders FC and Portland Timbers.

• CAN – Player is Canadian citizen;
• USA – Player is U.S. citizen;
• G – Player has U.S. green card;
• C – Player has permanent Canadian residency.

References

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