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2013 Montreal Impact season

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Owner & President
  
Joey Saputo

Major League Soccer
  
11th

Canadian Championship
  
Champion

Coach
  
Marco Schällibaum

WDW Pro Soccer Classic
  
Champion

MLS Cup
  
Knockout Round

2013 Montreal Impact season

The 2013 Montreal Impact season will be the club's second season Major League Soccer, the top flight of both American and Canadian soccer.

Contents

For the 2013 season, outside of MLS, the Impact will compete in the 2013 Canadian Championship, Canada's domestic cup competition, which determines the Canadian entrant in the CONCACAF Champions League.

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 the Seattle Sounders.

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.

Walt Disney World Pro Soccer Classic

  Win   Draw   Loss

Table

Eastern Conference Table

Updated to matches played on October 27, 2013 6:55 p.m. EDT. Source: MLSSoccer.com
Notation Key:

(SS) = Supporters Shield winner (E1) = Eastern Conference champion
Overall Table

Updated to matches played on October 2013. Source: MLSSoccer.com
Notation Key:

(SS) = Supporters Shield winner (E1) = Eastern Conference champion (W1) = Western Conference champion

1The highest ranked U.S.-based MLS club qualifies to the 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League seeding Pot A. (Canadian teams cannot qualify for the Champions League through MLS; the Canadian qualifier is the winner of the 2014 Canadian Championship.) The other U.S. representatives in the 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League are:

  • Winner of the 2013 MLS Cup (Pot A)
  • Regular Season Conference Winner that is not the Supporters' Shield Champion (Pot B)
  • Winner of the 2013 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (Pot B)
  • Results summary

    Last updated: October 27, 2013
    Source: 2013 Major League Soccer season
    Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

    Results by round

    Last updated: October 27, 2013.
    Source: Regular season matches
    Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

    Match results

      Win   Draw   Loss

    Playoffs

      Win   Draw   Loss

    Canadian championship

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

      Win   Draw   Loss

    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.

      Win   Draw   Loss

    MLS reserves

    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.

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

    Last updated: November 1, 2013
    Source: Montreal Impact
    Italic: denotes player is no longer with team

    Goalkeeper stats

    Last updated: November 1, 2013
    Source: Montreal Impact

    Top scorers

    Last updated: October 27, 2013
    Source: Montreal Impact

    Top assists

    Last updated: October 27, 2013
    Source: Montreal Impact

    Clean sheets

    Last updated: October 27, 2013
    Source: Montreal Impact

    Penalties saved

    Last updated: October 27, 2013
    Source: Montreal Impact

    Own goals

    Last updated: October 27, 2013
    Source: Major League Soccer

    Top minutes played

    Last updated: November 1, 2013
    Source: Montreal Impact

    Disciplinary record

    Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number.

    Last updated: November 1, 2013
    Source: Competitive matches
    Ordered by , and
    = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

    Italic: denotes no longer with club.

    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.

    References

    2013 Montreal Impact season Wikipedia