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 Montreal
Montreal is a major port city, being at the mouth of the Saint Lawrence Seaway which links it to the industrial centres of the Great Lakes.
Montreal is slated to host the Gay Games in 2006; the city, with its huge Village, the largest gay village in North America, hosts several major circuit parties[?] and is an epicentre of gay life in Canada.
Montreal was the capital of the Province of Canada from 1844 to 1849.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/mo/Montreal.html   (1102 words)

  
 Montreal Vista: Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Montreal is the second largest city in Canada and the largest city in the province of Quebec.
Montreal is ranked as the 30th largest metropolitan area in the Americas and 77th in the world.
Montreal is situated in the south western corner of Quebec approximately 270 kilometres (168 miles) southwest of Quebec City, the provincial capital, and 190 kilometres (118 mi) east of Ottawa, the federal capital, and 539 kilometres (335 mi) northeast of Toronto.
www.montrealvista.com   (398 words)

  
 Montreal Impact to get new soccer complex near at Olympic park   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
MONTREAL (CP) - The new home of the Montreal Impact will be a $15-million soccer stadium and training complex near Olympic Stadium in the city's east end, team president Joey Saputo announced Thursday.
The Impact, who play in the United Soccer Leagues, are in their 13th season at Centre Claude-Robillard in the north end, where they averaged 11,176 spectators per game last season.
The Impact was relaunched jointly in 2002 by the Saputos, Hydro Quebec and the Quebec government as a non-profit club.
www.cbc.ca /cp/sports/060706/s0706104.html   (393 words)

  
 Joel Bailey
Among his teammates were Impact defender Nevio Pizzolitto, former Impact goalkeeper Jim Larkin and longtime indoor soccer veteran Hector Marinaro...during the 2004 season, Joel finished his first season in the MISL with six goals and 13 assists in 22 games played...
Impact rookie Joel John Bailey was the man of the day with four goals, including three straight in a ten-minute span in the second half.
Montreal, April 22, 2004 — Three days before the season opener in Porto Rico, the Montreal Impact added some depth to its offensive line, Thursday, with the confirmation that striker Joel Bailey had joined the club for the summer, on loan from the Cleveland Force of the Major Indoor Soccer League.
www.socawarriors.net /joel_bailey.htm   (1113 words)

  
 Montreal Impact - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Montreal Impact (French: Impact de Montréal) is a soccer team in the North American USL First Division.
Founded in 1993 by the Saputo family following the demise of the Montreal Supra and its league (the Canadian Soccer League), the Impact became a dominant club in the American Professional Soccer League (1993–1996) and the A-League (1997–2003), renamed the United Soccer Leagues Division 1 (2004).
The Impact lost to archrivals Rochester in first four playoff encounters, in 1996, 1998, 2002 and 2003 before finally defeating them in 2004 on route to their second title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Montreal_Impact   (915 words)

  
 USLFans.com -- For the Fans, By the Fans
Montreal was flying out of the gate with chance after chance in the first half.
Montreal pinned Seattle in their zone for the next few minutes but did not manage any shots until Lars Lyssand sent a low direct shot at Burpo in the 22nd minute.
The Impact got off to a quick start in the 2nd half when in the 46th minute, Ribeiro came tearing in on the left side and crossed a terrific ball to Gerba who headed it just a foot over the bar.
www.uslfans.com /game_reports/2005/montreal_ohayon_07032005.shtml   (991 words)

  
 Impasse leaves Montreal Impact on sidelines.
MONTREAL (Sunday, January 10, 1999) -- October 17, 1994 was a special day for soccer in the Province of Quebec.
The Montreal Impact captured the American Professional Soccer League crown in front of an overflow crowd of 8,169 at Stade Claude Robillard.
Pat Harrington, managing director for the Impact stated quite adamantly that the Impact are not suspended from the league given their legal status as a franchise but he conceded that the team has been suspended from league meetings.
www.soccertimes.com /proleagues/usisl/1999/jan10.htm   (1783 words)

  
 The Seattle Times: Sports: A-League Championship: Seattle Sounders at Montreal Impact
The Impact won the league's bid to host as the second choice behind Vancouver, but the Sounders eliminated the Whitecaps in the Western Conference finals 2-1 in aggregate goals.
Current Impact midfielder Mauro Biello tallied the game-winning goal in the 108th minute and added an assist earlier in the match.
Montreal is led in scoring by F Eduardo Sebrango-Rodriguez with 24 points on 10 goals and four assists.
seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/sports/2002039007_soundersbox18.html   (587 words)

  
 Montreal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Montreal is also a golfer's paradise during the summer months where you'll find over 100 golf courses in the Greater Montreal area, including some of the best in Canada, such as the first golf course in North America, the Royal Montreal, which is still in operation.
Montreal island, the only city in Canada to be entirely surrounded by water, is home to 90+marinas within a 1hr drive offering plenty of water activities.
Montreal also has 466 miles (750 km) of bicycle paths, and was rated the best cycling city in North America by Bicycle magazine.
www.montrealvip.com /montreal.htm   (887 words)

  
 Montreal Stadium Thread - Soccer Fans Network Forums
MONTREAL, March 21, 2006 - Construction of the new soccer complex, which was slated to begin at the end of the month in the Technoparc, located south of Montreal’s downtown area, will be delayed.
Montreal Impact President Joey Saputo, who is spearheading the $15-million, privately funded stadium project, made the announcement Tuesday.
Montreal’s involvement in the championship is not jeopardized even if the new building will not be ready in time.
forums.soccerfansnetwork.com /showthread.php?t=35436   (2124 words)

  
 Caribbean Net News: Jamaica’s Kevin Wilson and Montreal Impact unbeaten in seven games
MONTREAL, USA: Jamaica's Kevin 'Pele' Wilson and his Montreal Impact remained unbeaten after seven games in the US United Soccer Leagues, after playing to a goalless tie with Rochester Raging Rhinos at the Claude-Robillard Sports Complex on Sunday.
Making way for Ali Gerba, the man who opened his career in Montreal with a winning double strike a week ago, Wilson came on in the 51st minute but was unable to break the deadlock.
Impact got their chances and Gerba should have given them the lead in the 8th minute, but the striker missed a glorious opportunity to score.
www.caribbeannetnews.com /2005/05/31/unbeaten.shtml   (412 words)

  
 Seattle Sounders - Montreal Impact, 2005 Sep 9
Jenkins had his first chance in the 14th when a ball from a corner kick was headed in front of goal to him, but his header hit the top of the crossbar and went over.
Montreal had the first opportunity in the second half with a shot by Mukasawa, the shot slowed by his marker, then saved by Burpo.
In the 53rd O'Brien fed ahead to Galindo down the right line and Galindo was able to turn the corner and carry the ball to the near post, where he dropped a diagonal pass for Roger Levesque at the 6, but a defender was there to block the shot wide for a corner.
seattlepitch.tripod.com /matches/2005/sep9.html   (1344 words)

  
 Virginia Beach Mariners - Home Page Information
Montreal lead Virginia Beach in every offensive category except goals by recording 16 shots on goal to the Mariners’ 7 and 4 corners to the Mariners’ 2.
Down a goal, the Impact stepped up their pressure, but the Mariners defense didn’t crack and found a way to preserve the win and a valuable three points.
Montreal is still on top of the USL First Division with a 12-5-8 (44 pts) record.
www.marinerssoccer.com /home/145700.html   (342 words)

  
 Westmount Estates: About Montreal
Montreal is a unique multicultural city ranked as one of the highest quality-of-life centres in North America.
From a business perspective, Montreal is well known for its international finance, pharmaceutical research and aerospace development interests.
Montreal is also home to higher learning institutions including McGill and Concordia Universities.
www.westmountestates.ca /montreal.html   (210 words)

  
 WhitecapsFC.com
The Whitecaps knew they were in for a tough match, playing their third road game in five nights against a red hot Impact side that they'd hadn't beaten in five years.
Montreal pressed for the equalizer in the second half, but good defending by Vancouver confined most of their chances to a five-minute spell.
Vancouver's last win in Montreal came almost exactly five years ago, July 8, 2001, and was a 1-0 win on a goal by Steve Kindel.
www.whitecapsfc.com /news/?id=3665   (665 words)

  
 A-League: Vincello, Commodore make impact; Montreal takes title by downing Sounders 2-0.
MONTREAL (Saturday, September 18, 2004) -- Ten years after becoming the first Canadian team to win the A-League title, the Montreal Impact also became the second.
Montreal dominated most of the play and posted a 16-5 shots advantage, but the Sounders nearly tied the game in the 74th minute when Craig Tomlinson, a substitute for midfielder Jonathan Bolanos, cracked a shot off the crossbar less than a minute after entering the match.
Montreal, which conceded only 15 goals, eight less than anyone else, finished first in the Eastern Conference with a 17-6-5 record with 56 points.
www.soccertimes.com /proleagues/a-league/2004/sep18.htm   (803 words)

  
 Democrat & Chronicle: Rhinos bowled over by Impact   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
That’s when the Montreal Impact came to town in first place and blew a two-goal lead to an A-League expansion team called the Rochester Rhinos and lost 3-2.
This time, the Impact rallied from a 2-0 hole and stunned the Rhinos and a crowd of 10,159 by winning 3-2 in overtime to move past Rochester and into first place in the Northeast Division by one point (24-23) and snapping the Rhinos’ five-match winning streak.
Montreal tied it in the 89th when Lemire, 20, a third-year pro, beat defender Carlos Mendes to a ball flicked into the area and scored on a six-yard shot after spinning around.
www.democratandchronicle.com /sports/rhinos/0621story1_rhinos.shtml   (648 words)

  
 June 1, 2003 -- Montreal at Calgary
Further evidence was presented on Sunday when the Montreal Impact came to Calgary to face the Storm.
Montreal rounded out the scoring when substitute Abraham Francois crossed a ball in from the far right to Sebrango, who was waiting by the far post.
Montreal extended their undefeated streak to six games...This match counted in the Voyageurs Cup competition, which puts each Canadian A-League club in a battle for this fan-sponsored cup.
members.shaw.ca /jkmet/2003june1.htm   (879 words)

  
 Montreal Mirror - Sports Rage by Gabriel Morency
Ownership was told that Montreal is a "major league" sports town that is not interested in junior and minor leagues, though the Expos' demise proves otherwise.
Montreal was harder hit by player exodus than any other team in the league, with Jermaine Copeland, Barron Miles, Davis Sanchez, Autry Denson, Thyrone Anderson and William Loftus moving on to new jobs, teams and leagues.
Ferrari's Michael Schumacher might as well have the track named after him, having won a record seven times in Montreal, but, surprisingly enough, is still looking for his first win of the season.
www.montrealmirror.com /2005/060205/sports.html   (674 words)

  
 Caribbean Net News: Jamaican Kevin Wilson’s Montreal impact stays unbeaten
MONTREAL, Canada: The Montreal Impact, with Jamaican Kevin Wilson in their line up, registered their fourth tie of the season to stay unbeaten after eight matches in the United Soccer Leagues.
Playing in front of 9,864 spectators against Toronto Lynx at Claude-Robillard Sports Complex on Friday, Impact improved their overall season record to four wins and four draws after playing to a goalless draw with the bottom-placed team in the league.
In-form striker Ali Gerba got the Impact’s best scoring chance in the 31st minute but was stopped by Lynx's goalkeeper Richard Goddard after the forward tried to go around him.
www.caribbeannetnews.com /2005/06/08/impact.shtml   (338 words)

  
 Seattle Sounders - Montreal Impact, 2006 Jul 15
The early chance was for Montreal in the 4th minute, when an attempted clearance from Seattle's penalty area ended up at Massimo Di Ioia's feet 10 yards left of goal.
In the 58th Montreal earned a free kick from the top right corner of the penalty area, and Pat Leduc sent it to the far post, where the attempted shot was nullified by an offensive foul.
In the 63rd DiTullio was up on the right and wide open for a pass, earning a cross from inside the penalty area that was blasted through the goal area but out of reach of everyone.
seattlepitch.tripod.com /matches/2006/jul15.html   (912 words)

  
 RichmondKickers.com
Montreal is favored to appear in the 2005 USL First Division Championship finals again this year after finishing the 2004 season in first place with a 17-6-5 record.
Finishing just two points behind the Impact in the regular season standings, the Kickers were responsible for two of Montreal’s six losses last season for a series record of 2-1-0.
Richmond will be the Impact’s second stop in Virginia this week as Montreal will travel to the Virginia Beach Mariners on Saturday before venturing to Richmond on Sunday for their fourth of six consecutive games away.
www.richmondkickers.com /home/98354.html   (552 words)

  
 MONTREAL IMPACT 2005 PREVIEW
Montreal’s run to the title included loss-less streaks of eight and nine games, a GAA you’d need a magnifying glass to see, and a flabbergasting 4-1-0 record in the post-season, during which they outscored opponents 7-2.
Montreal defeated Rochester with a 2-0 aggregate in the 2004 playoffs – their first post-season series win over the Rhinos in four tries
Like Rochester teams of yesteryear, Montreal’s biggest problem is going to be finding playing time for all of its stars, though Commodore’s recent and potential season-ending injury will open things up at the forward position.
www.sick-boy.com /05montreal.htm   (307 words)

  
 Wilson's Impact stretch unbeaten run - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM
MONTREAL, Canada (CMC) - The Montreal Impact, with Jamaican Kevin Wilson in their unit, played to a 0-0 draw with the Toronto Lynx at Claude-Robillard Sports Complex on Friday to stretch their unbeaten run to eight games.
With the tie, watched by 9,864 spectators, Montreal are now undefeated in eight consecutive games, boasting a record of four wins and four draws.
Wilson, who signed up for Montreal in late April on a transfer from Arnett Gardens in Kingston, played 81 minutes of the game before he was substituted by Darko Kolic.
www.jamaicaobserver.com /sports/html/20050606T200000-0500_81900_OBS_WILSON_S_IMPACT_STRETCH_UNBEATEN_RUN.asp   (240 words)

  
 USLFans.com -- For the Fans, By the Fans   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
After the Impact failed the clear a bouncing ball out of the box, Gabriel Sturm squidded a small roller towards the 'keeper, which normally would have been an easy pick-up for Sutton, who went down on his knees to corral the ball.
The physical first half was otherwise a highly uneventful chess match, as both clubs sized each other up, although the Impact, who controlled the ball for most of the half, did threaten to take the lead on a couple occasions.
However, the Impact, despite bottling the opposition for most of the two-game series, allowed the Sounders to pierce through four goals past the Impact wall.
www.uslfans.com /game_reports/2005/montreal_julien_09252005.shtml   (1303 words)

  
 Montreal Impact soccer team to build new stadium
The Montreal Impact soccer team is planning to build a new downtown stadium, according to Radio-Canada.
Montreal is one of six Canadian cities chosen to host the world championships.
Montreal police have dismantled two high-tech fraud operations that were producing fake credit cards, passports and Canadian residency cards.
www.cbc.ca /sports/story/2005/05/03/montreal_impact050503.html   (1047 words)

  
 Montreal Impact acquire Dawkins and McLaughlin in trade with Atlanta
Montreal Impact acquire Dawkins and McLaughlin in trade with Atlanta
MONTREAL (CP) -- The Montreal Impact acquired forwards Fabian Dawkins and Jason McLaughlin from the Atlanta Silverbacks on Thursday in exchange for forwards Mauricio Salles and Daniel Antoniuk.
The two players had joined the Impact last year during the off-season.
slam.canoe.ca /CPSportsTicker/CANOE-wire.SOC-Impact-Trade.html   (195 words)

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