Impact Will Continue Training Camp In Portugal
Published on February 18, 2010 under North American Soccer League (NASL)
Montreal Impact News Release
MONTREAL - After four weeks of training camp in Montreal, the Impact will continue its winter preparation at the Training Center of Melgaço, located 150 km northeast of Porto. The Impact will fly to Portugal Sunday and will be back in Montreal on March 5. During its stay in Europe, the Impact will play three exhibition games. The team should face off a second division club, SC Freamunde (League of Honour), Wednesday, February 24 at the Estadio Sport Clube Freamunde, a third division club, GD Ribeirao (Second division, Northern Zone), Saturday, Februray 27 at Estadio do Passal and finally, a first division club, Rio Ave FC (League 1), Wednesday, March 3 at Estadio dos Arcos.
"This trip will provide excellent preparation for us for our upcoming season," declared Impact head coach Marc Dos Santos. "We will be enjoying great training conditions and playing against high calibre clubs, which will be very positive for us at this time of the year. We will have to raise our level of play in order to offer good performances. This trip will also be an opportunity to showcase our club and win more respect abroad."
A total of 22 players will travel to Portugal, including three members of the Impact's reserve team: goalkeeper Andrei Badescu, striker Reda Agourram and defender Amine Meftouh, as well as Belarusian player Valentin Radevich, currently trying out with the club.
Forward Peter Byers (knee), midfielder David Testo (abdomen) and defender Stephen deRoux (personal reasons) will not be joining the team overseas.
During its games in Portugal, the Impact will use training jerseys provided by its official technical supplier LEGEA. The official 2010 jerseys will be unveiled when the team returns home in March.
In February 2008, the Montreal squad also held its pre-season training camp on Portuguese soil, in Porto. The Impact had given impressive performances against AD Esposende, AD Fafe and FC Vizela.
Before leaving for Portugal, the Impact will play its first exhibition match this Friday at 2 pm against a selection of players from the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) and McGill University, at the Bell Sports Complex, in Brossard. The team will be off Saturday and then be flying off to Portugal Sunday afternoon.
2010 season tickets are currently on sale. Mini-season tickets are also available for purchase for five matches, starting at $50, or ten matches from $100. For further information, dial 514-328-3668 or visit impactmontreal.com.
IMPACT LINEUP IN PORTUGAL
# - NAME - BIRTHDATE - POSITION
2 - AABOUBOU, Hicham - 1978-05-19 - D
X - AGOURRAM, Reda - 1990-12-10 - F
X - BADESCU, Andrei - 1985-02-12 - GK
21 - BILLY, Philippe - 1982-01-13 - M
3 - BRAZ, Adam - 1981-06-07 - D
10 - BROWN, Roberto - 1977-07-15 - F
11 - DI LORENZO, Leonardo - 1981-05-20 - M
22 - DJEKANOVIC, Srdjan - 1983-01-08 - GK
14 - DONATELLI, Tony - 1984-06-07 - M
24 - GATTI, Simon - 1981-02-16 - D-M
6 - HEMMING, Tyler - 1985-05-09 - M
26 - JOQUEVIEL, Cédric - 1982-07-21 - D
1 - JORDAN, Matt - 1975-10-13 - GK
15 - LEDUC, Patrick - 1977-12-26 - M
30 - MAYARD, Pierre-Rudolph - 1988-02-21 - M
X - MEFTOUH, Amine - 1992-01-04 - D
16 - PESOLI, Stefano - 1984-02-29 - D
5 - PIZZOLITTO, Nevio - 1976-08-26 - D
9 - PLACENTINO, Rocco - 1982-02-25 - M-F
X - RADEVICH, Valentin - 1989-02-03 - M
8 - SOARES, Filipe - 1982-02-10 - M
12 - SEBRANGO, Eduardo - 1973-04-13 - F
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