The 2012 Montreal Impact season was the club's inaugural season in

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, the top flight of both American and Canadian soccer. Including the former club, this was the 19th season of a team under the moniker "Montreal Impact". For the 2012 season, outside of MLS, the Impact competed in the

2012 Canadian Championship The 2012 Canadian Championship (officially the Amway Canadian Championship for sponsorship reasons) was a soccer tournament hosted and organized by the Canadian Soccer Association that took place in the cities of Edmonton, Montreal, Toronto and Van ...

, Canada's domestic cup competition, which determined the Canadian entrant in the CONCACAF Champions League, in which they lost the semi-final. Jesse Marsch was hired to be the head coach in the club's inaugural season in MLS.

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, Preston Burpo and Mike Sorber were hired as assistant coaches for the inaugural season.

Background

Prior to the start of the season, a Division 2 soccer club of the same named played in the North American Soccer League finishing in seventh during the regular season, failing to qualify for the playoffs. On May 7, 2010, the club's owner, Joey Saputo, was granted a 19th franchise in Major League Soccer, starting in 2012. The MLS franchise will be privately owned by the Saputo family. On June 14, 2011, the Montreal Impact announced they've reached a five-year agreement with the Bank of Montreal (BMO) to become lead sponsor and jersey sponsor when they join MLS as an expansion team in 2012.

Review

October 2011

The building of the Montreal Impact MLS team started on October 3, 2011 with the signing of defensemen

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, who previously played for

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of the Italian

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. The club later awarded MLS contracts to former NASL team defensemen

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, goalkeeper Evan Bush and midfielder Sinisa Ubiparipovic.

November 2011

On November 23, 2011, the league held the

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(from

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(from

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), Jeb Brovsky (from

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(from

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), Josh Gardner (from Columbus Crew),

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(from Colorado Rapids), James Riley (from

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) and

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(from

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) were selected by the Montreal team. James Riley was immediately traded to

with allocation money for Justin Braun and

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was later traded with allocation money to

for eventual captain

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. The club continued to build by adding defensemen

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, midfielder Bryan Arguez, and goalkeeper

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December 2011

The club's roster continued to take shape as the club signed

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who had been loaned to their NASL team by the

, veteran goalkeeper and former Impact Greg Sutton, Quebec native midfielder

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and Brazilian midfielder Felipe.

January 2012

The

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was held on January 12, 2012. With the first overall pick, the Impact selected Andrew Wenger from

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. Defender

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was the team's second round choice. The team also added Jamaican defensemen

Shavar Thomas Shavar Thomas (born 29 January 1981 in Hannah Town) is a retired Jamaican footballer and current assistant coach of FC Cincinnati 2 of MLS Next Pro. Career Amateur and college Thomas played as a youth for Hazard United in Jamaica and at The ...

to the roster.

February 2012

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After a long period of uncertainty regarding his desire to play in Montreal, forward

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was sent back to

for a conditional pick in the

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. The following day, Impact selected Eddie Johnson via allocation process, but immediately traded him to

for Mike Fucito and

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. After making a good impression in training camp, veteran forward and long time Impact player

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was awarded a contract for MLS.

March 2012

On March 1, 2012, Italian defender

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was signed by the club. On March 10, 2012, the Impact played their first-ever MLS game, a 2–0 loss against the

. A week later, the team made its home debut at the

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, playing to a 1–1 draw with the Chicago Fire; the match attracted 58,912 spectators, surpassing the previous record for professional soccer in Montreal established in a 1981

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home game (58,542). Former

forward Bernardo Corradi was signed by the club on March 15, 2012 after a successful tryout period.

April 2012

The Montreal Impact captured their first ever MLS win on April 7, 2012 against Canadian rival

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. On April 20, 2012, Mike Fucito was traded to the

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for either the Timbers' highest second round pick in the

or a 2013 international roster slot conditional on Fucito's performance.

May 2012

On May 12, 2012, the Impact played in front of a crowd of 60,860 spectators during a game against the Los Angeles Galaxy, establishing a record attendance for a professional soccer match in Canada. On May 24, 2012, Montreal Impact announced the signing of their first-ever Designated Player in Italian striker and

veteran Marco Di Vaio.

June 2012

Quebec defender

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became the first player to graduate from the Montreal Impact Academy when he was awarded a contract on June 5, 2012. June 16, 2012 marked the opening of the fully renovated Saputo Stadium. Impact went on to win 4–1 against the

before 17,112 spectators.

July 2012

In July, the club added two defensemen in Italian international Alessandro Nesta and Swiss Dennis Iapichino. Justin Braun and

were traded to

and Colorado Rapids respectively. Bryan Arguez and

were sent on loans and

, who was selected in the

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for an international roster slot.

August 2012

On August 7, 2012, Impact swapped goalkeepers with

, sending

to Portland for Troy Perkins. On August 25, the expansion Montreal Impact set the record for most goals scored by an expansion team in MLS in a single season, with their 3–0 win against

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, giving them 42 goals scored, breaking the mark of 40 goals scored by the Portland Timbers in 2011.

Competitions

Pre-season matches

Walt Disney World Pro Soccer Classic

Other pre-season matches

MLS regular season

Table

;Eastern Conference Table ;Overall Table

Results summary

Results by round

Match results

Amway Canadian championship

Semi-finals

Regular Season Friendlies

MLS reserves

The Montreal Impact will compete in the Eastern Division for the 2012 MLS Reserves season. The division consists of seven teams, including Columbus Crew,

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and

League table

Match results

Player information

Squad information

Player transactions

In

Out

Loans Out

International Caps

Players called for senior international duty during the 2012 season while under contract with the Montreal Impact. ;

Management

Statistics

Appearances, minutes played, and goals scored

Goalkeeper stats

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Top scorers

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Clean sheets

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Top minutes played

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Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by position, and then shirt number. ''Italic'': denotes no longer with club.

Recognition

MLS Player of the Month

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MLS Player of the Month: August

MLS Player of the Week

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MLS Player of the Week: 13–15

MLS Team of the Week

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MLS Team of the Week: 22
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MLS Team of the Week: 32

MLS Save of the Week

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SOTW

MLS Goal of the Week

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MLS Coach of the Week

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MLS Team of the Week: 9

Montreal Impact MVP

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Impact MVP 2012

Miscellany

Allocation ranking

Montreal is in the No. 19 position in the MLS Allocation Ranking after using the No. 1 position to select Eddie Johnson. The allocation ranking is the mechanism used to determine which MLS club has first priority to acquire a U.S. National Team player who signs with MLS after playing abroad, or a former MLS player who returns to the league after having gone to a club abroad for a transfer fee. A ranking can be traded, provided that part of the compensation received in return is another club's ranking.

International roster slots

Montreal has 9

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for use in the 2012 season. Each club in Major League Soccer is allocated 8 international roster spots and Montreal acquired one slot in a trade with Portland Timbers.

Future draft pick trades

Future picks acquired: *

conditional round 2 pick from

; *

conditional pick from

; * 2013 Supplemental Draft conditional pick from Columbus Crew; *

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conditional pick from

.
Future picks traded: * 2015 Supplemental Draft round 4 pick to

References

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Background

Review

October 2011

November 2011

December 2011

January 2012

February 2012

March 2012

April 2012

May 2012

June 2012

July 2012

August 2012

Competitions

Pre-season matches

Walt Disney World Pro Soccer Classic

Other pre-season matches

MLS regular season

Table

Results summary

Results by round

Match results

Amway Canadian championship

Regular Season Friendlies

MLS reserves

League table

Match results

Player information

Squad information

Player transactions

In

Out

Loans Out

International Caps

Management

Statistics

Appearances, minutes played, and goals scored

Goalkeeper stats

Top scorers

Top assists

Clean sheets

Top minutes played

Disciplinary record

Recognition

MLS Player of the Month

MLS Player of the Week

MLS Team of the Week

MLS Save of the Week

MLS Goal of the Week

MLS Coach of the Week

Montreal Impact MVP

Miscellany

Allocation ranking

International roster slots

Future draft pick trades

See also

References