By Jason Davis – WASHINGTON, DC (Apr 7, 2021) US Soccer Players - Perhaps no season in MLS history provided a ruder introduction to the league for new coaches than 2020. A typical preseason led directly into two games before a two-month layoff with no games and effectively no training. The return to play, first in Orlando at MLS Is Back, then in a truncated regular season that featured few fans . . .
Toronto, Montreal, and an intriguing 2021 season
By Jason Davis – WASHINGTON, DC (Mar 12, 2021) US Soccer Players - Life in Canada isn't any more complicated than life in the United States at the moment, with an ongoing global pandemic limiting social interaction, travel, and the economy. Well, unless you happen to play professional sports. In addition to the concerns everyone else is dealing with, players from Major League Soccer's three . . .
CF Montreal’s new coach
Tuesday's soccer news starts with a new coach in Montreal. The club promoted assistant Wilfried Nancy who has held that role since the 2016 MLS season. Nancy started as a coach with Montreal's academy in 2011, the year before it joined MLS. The move is somewhat of a surprise for a club with the kind of outsized ambition that led to the hiring of Thierry Henry and its rebranding. “I am very . . .
CF Montreal regroups
By Jason Davis – WASHINGTON, DC (Feb 26, 2021) US Soccer Players - The plan in Montreal was always to use 2021 to start over. Just not this way. The club made news just a few weeks ago when it announced a name and logo change. Gone was the Impact, the name it has used for the entirety of its existence dating back to 1992 in the lower divisions. Club de Foot Montreal replaced it, a name that hews . . .
The Impact becomes Club de Foot Montreal
Friday's soccer news starts with another Major League Soccer club deciding that at least a partial answer to their problems is a rebrand. Goodbye, Montreal Impact. Hello, Club de Foot Montreal, CF Montreal to its friends. Also welcome the kind of logo that's going to get what we'll politely refer to as a divisive response. If Impact Black, Ice Silver, and Sacre Bleu look familiar, it's because the . . .
