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Marco Schällibaum out as head coach of Montreal Impact


Goal.com has learned that the Swiss coach will not be returning to Stade Saputo next year. Schällibaum's contract was set to automatically renew due to Montreal's playoff qualification

It appears that the Marco Schällibaum era at the Montreal Impact is over.

Sources told Goal.com this week that the Montreal Impact and the Swiss native have parted ways.

A late season collapse, one that saw the Impact fall to fifth place in the Eastern Conference and then emphatically eliminated in the first round of the playoffs, put Schällibaum’s tenure as head coach in jeopardy. In a press conference last month, club president Joey Saputo and sporting director Nick De Santis said that they were no longer sure if the 51-year-old would return in 2014, and that they would take the time to decide his future.

www.goal.com/en-ca/news/4175/major-league-soccer/2013/12/13/4476755/marco-sch%C3%A4llibaum-out-as-head-coach-of-montreal-impact

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Meet the new boss: Klopas earns dual role in MTL


A month and a half after he parted ways with the Chicago Fire, Frank Klopas is back on an MLS bench.

The Montreal Impact announced on Wednesday that Klopas has been named head coach and director of player personnel of the club’s first team, having signed a three-year deal with the Canadian club. Per league and club policy, the terms of the deal were not disclosed.

The announcement means that previous head coach Marco Schällibaum will not be returning with the club in 2014.

www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2013/12/18/montreal-impact-name-former-chicago-fire-boss-frank-klopas-head-coach

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Montreal Impact's Blake Smith prefers new coach Frank Klopas' style:
"There has been a lot less confusion"


MONTREAL – Many young players struggle to see action in their first MLS season. The expectation, however, is that those players will receive plenty of feedback from their coaches in an effort to get on the field.

For Montreal Impact midfielder Blake Smith, the reality in 2013 was that he didn't really get that communication, while his playing time dried up during the campaign.

What about 2014? The good news is that Smith is starting to get some answers from the Impact's new coaching staff.

“This year, I think the coaches have done a much better job of communicating exactly what they want me to do, and if I’m not doing something that they see as correct, they’ll let me know, which I appreciate,” Smith told MLSsoccer.com on Friday. “So I think that, this year, there has been a lot less confusion in my head and a lot more confidence.”

www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2014/02/07/montreal-impacts-blake-smith-prefers-new-coach-frank-klopas-style-there-has-