2014 season | |||
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Owner & President | Joey Saputo | ||
Coach | Frank Klopas | ||
Major League Soccer | Conference: 10th (last) Overall: 19th (last) |
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Canadian Championship | Champion | ||
Top goalscorer |
League: Di Vaio (9) All: Di Vaio (13) |
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Highest home attendance | 27,207 v Seattle Sounders FC (March 23, 2014) |
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Lowest home attendance | 13,916 v LA Galaxy (September 10, 2014) |
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Average home league attendance | 17,421 | ||
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The 2014 Montreal Impact season was the club's third season Major League Soccer, the top flight of both American and Canadian soccer.
For the 2014 season, outside of MLS, the Impact competed in the 2014 Canadian Championship, Canada's domestic cup competition and the CONCACAF Champions League.
Alessandro Nesta retired after last season. Options were declined for Paolo DelPiccolo,Maximiliano Leonel Rodríguez, and Siniša Ubiparipović.Zarek Valentin left on a free transfer to FK Bodø/Glimt.Nelson Rivas became a free agent. Loans ended for Andrés Romero, Daniele Paponi, and Andrea Pisanu.Davy Arnaud was traded for an international roster slot in 2014 and 2015.Marco Schallibaum was fired as head coach.Frank Klopas replaced Schallibaum. Montreal opened pre–season training camp on January 28 and will participate in the Walt Disney World Pro Soccer Classic.
Players called for senior international duty during the 2014 season while under contract with the Montreal Impact.
The Montreal Impact started their season on March 8 against FC Dallas with a 3–2 loss.Sanna Nyassi and Andrew Wenger scored for Montreal and Fabián Castillo, Blas Pérez, and Mauro Díaz scored for Dallas.Marco Di Vaio and Andrés Romero are suspended for the first 3 matches of the season. Montreal went on to face Houston Dynamo on March 2. Houston won 1–0 from a deflected shot by Will Bruin.Patrice Bernier had a 30–yard shot "pushed" over the crossbar and Andrew Wenger had a shot cleared over the crossbar.