MM2 Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 The transplanted Laval franchise will be known as the Attak. They also announced the signing of their 1st two players, Nicolas Lesage and Jean-Louis Bessé who played in the LSEQ. http://www.montrealimpact.com/News/News.aspx?language=EN&ArticleID=630&Focus=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soccerman2 Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 CSL/For Immediate Release New CSL team named Trois-Rivieres Attak TROIS-RIVIERES - Wednesday, January 17 - The new Quebec entry in the Canadian Soccer League, the Montreal Impact's reserve team, will be named the Trois-Rivieres Attak. Club president Tony Iannitto and Stéphane Chiarello, the director of operations, unveiled the new team's name and logo at a press conference here today, and also announced that Marc Dos Santos will be the club's head coach. Montreal Impact president Joey Saputo and head coach Nick De Santis were on hand at the press conference. "It's a great day for soccer in Trois-Rivieres because the team finally has an identity," said Tony Iannitto. "We are very pleased that Marc has accepted to coach the team. He has all leadership qualities we are looking for as well as the know-how to develop our future stars." Dos Santos, 29, has Provincial B and UEFA licenses. He was previously head coach of the Lac St.Louis Lakers senior team, which is currently in the first division of the Quebec Elite Soccer League (LSEQ). The Canadian Soccer League presently has 12 teams in Ontario and Quebec with plans for further expansion to other parts Canada on a regional basis. The CSL operated two divisions in 2006 – a National Conference of teams in seven communities and five Toronto teams in the league’s International Conference. The 2007 season will kickoff mid-May. Please refer: Stan Adamson Canadian Soccer League Inc., The Soccer Centre, 7601 Martin Grove Road, Vaughan, Ontario L4L 9E4 Tel: 905 856-5439 Fax: 905 856-9325 e-mail: csl@canadiansoccerleague.ca www.canadiansoccerleague.ca Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loud Mouth Soup Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 Why does a reserve team need a different name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 Same question occurred to me. The Whitecaps reserve men's and women's teams play in the Pacific Coast Soccer league under the name Whitecaps FC Reserves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 quote:Originally posted by Loud Mouth Soup Why does a reserve team need a different name? At least they stayed true to the Impact's tradition of having a generic stupid and meaningless name. Attak, how original. With the demotion of the Lynx the Impact now become the only pro soccer team in Canada with a crappy name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winnipeg Fury Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 Some countries (Greece comes to mind) have lower division clubs that act as reserve teams. The lower division club retains their own identity, but for all intent and purpose, is a reserve team. I agree with Grizzly regarding the club name. With Quebec's rich history, why such generic, crap club names ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesW Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 What happens when/if the Montreal Impact becomes a MLS team? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elias Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 I wonder if the Impact are serious about the CSL or if they are just going to move this team to USL D2 or even worse the PDL next season? If they were serious about the CSL, and helping to set-up a Quebec division, it would make much more sense to keep their reserve team in the Montreal area. My point is if there is a 5-6 team Quebec division, you would have to have 1-2 teams in the Montreal area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MM2 Posted January 19, 2007 Author Share Posted January 19, 2007 quote:Originally posted by Elias I wonder if the Impact are serious about the CSL or if they are just going to move this team to USL D2 or even worse the PDL next season? If they were serious about the CSL, and helping to set-up a Quebec division, it would make much more sense to keep their reserve team in the Montreal area. My point is if there is a 5-6 team Quebec division, you would have to have 1-2 teams in the Montreal area. I think Montreal is very serious about the CSL and about promoting soccer across the province of Quebec. PDL makes no sense for a Montreal reserve or farm team and USL-D2 is much more expensive then CSL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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