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Post by epjr on Jan 31, 2011 22:14:00 GMT -6
 MONTREAL – With Major League Soccer on the horizon for the Montreal Impact in 2012, the club announced Monday the appointment of Nick De Santis as the club’s sporting director, while Matt Jordan becomes his main assistant as the team’s director of soccer operations. Technical director since June 2008, Nick De Santis will now have even more responsibilities with the Impact. Along with supervising the first team, he will also oversee all of the technical aspects of the four Academy teams (U21, U16, U15, U14) as well as the soccer schools. “We’re already starting to assemble the pieces that we believe will lead to success from the moment we join MLS,” declared Impact president Joey Saputo. “We expect our team to be competitive from the very first season. Nick proved in the past that he’s capable of leading this club to victory and I have the utmost confidence in his ability to lead the entire technical staff.” www.montrealimpact.com/News/News.aspx?language=EN&ArticleID=1545&Focus=0 |
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Post by epjr on Jan 31, 2011 23:11:52 GMT -6
Matt Jordan moves into Impact's front office Former MLS goalkeeping star officially announces his retirementNEW YORK – A former MLS goalkeeping star officially hung up his boots on Monday, but he will still be very much in position to make league history. Former Dallas and Columbus netminder Matt Jordan (pictured above, middle) surprisingly announced his retirement at Montreal Impact headquarters following a 13-year career. He will now move into the Impact’s front office as the club prepares for its first MLS expansion season in 2012. The 35-year-old Jordan will become the new director of soccer operations in Montreal, where he arguably left his most lasting legacy as a player. "Of all the teams that I have played for in my career, my time here in Montreal has been the most rewarding," Jordan said in a club statement. "I'm extremely proud of what we have been able to accomplish in the last four years.” As director of soccer operations, Jordan will serve as chief assistant of new sporting director Nick De Santis. He will be responsible for working with the MLS league office on all player personnel matters. Jordan’s MLS career was off to a promising start when Dallas made him the 10th overall draft pick in 1998. After biding his time as a rookie, he assumed the starting goalkeeper job in Dallas in 1999, earning an MLS All-Star selection to the tune of a 1.08 goals-against average. Jordan maintained his stranglehold on the position through the 2002 season, after which he tried his luck overseas www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/matt-jordan-moves-impacts-front-office
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