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). It did not compete during the 1999 outdoor season. Its main rivals are the Rochester Raging Rhinos and the Toronto Lynx. It plays its home games at Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, which has a capacity recently increased to 9,500 to reflect increasing ticket demand. The team is building a new soccer-specific stadium, Saputo Stadium, which should be completed by July 2007.

Club history

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Following a lackluster first year, the Impact surprised the defending champion Colorado Foxes (1-0) on October 15, 1994 to claim its first league title. Subsequently, the team finished first or tied for first during the regular season in 1995, 1996, 1997 and 2003 without making it back to the final. 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. The club was favoured to repeat in 2005 but after a near-flawless season (3 losses in 28 games), the Impact was ousted in the semi-finals by the eventual champions, the Seattle Sounder (2-2, 1-2). The team also won the inaugural Voyageurs Cup in 2002 and successfully defended its title in 2003, 2004 and 2005.

In 2004, the Impact finished first in the A-League's Eastern conference before disposing of Rochester (1-0, 1-0), Syracuse (2-0, 1-1) and Seattle (2-0) to capture its second championship, 10 years after its first. The final, held in Montréal, saw an all-time record 13,648 fans cram into Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard Stadium (whose seating capacity for the day was adjusted 10,100). The MVP was Mauricio Vincello who scored the winner at the 33rd minute of play. Fredrick Commodore sealed the game with a goal at the 78th minute.

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