Mallace keeps getting better

Impact have no interest in giving up on versatile midfielder

Calum Mallace’s rookie season has been one of adaptation.

In the earlier stages of 2012, the Montreal Impact attempted to convert their second-round SuperDraft pick – who they believed would be selected in the bottom half of the first round – into a right back. Mallace has a no-nonsense attitude and likes to get stuck in, yet his ball skills made the Impact sit up and take notice. It seemed like a good fit.

Over time, though, the progress the Marquette University alum has made got the staff to realize that his skills might be better used at his natural position: the center of the park.

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