The Impact’s 15 regular-season home games, as well as all playoff matches, will be broadcast live on THE TEAM 990. Each show will be preceded and followed by pre-game and post-game shows.
THE TEAM 990 will notably broadcast the historic home opener at Saputo Stadium, on Monday, May 19, at 3:00 pm, when the Vancouver Whitecaps will be the visitors.
“We are very pleased with this agreement with THE TEAM 990,” said Executive Vice President of the Montreal Impact and the Saputo Stadium Richard Legendre. “We will live a historical year with the opening of the Saputo Stadium. We want to keep giving fans the chance to follow their team on English radio. We are happy to offer them a space to talk about soccer year-round.”
“There is no denying that soccer has become wholly integrated into Montreal’s sports culture, “ said THE TEAM 990 General Manager Wayne Bews. “With Noel Butler as the driving force behind THE TEAM 990’s commitment to cover this wonderful sport, we are thrilled to partner with The Montreal Impact in bringing the city’s professional soccer team to Montreal radio”.
The voice of the Impact on THE TEAM 990 will be Brian Wilde, who is also a sports reporter with CTV Montreal and has covered the Impact extensively over the years. He will be assisted by former Impact player and Team Builder Grant Needham, as well as THE TEAM 990’s Noel Butler, who will also be the host of a weekly, one-hour soccer show, which will begin to air in May.
The 15 Impact games on THE TEAM 990 Sports in 2008:
May 19, 2008 – Vancouver Whitecaps @ Impact – 3:00 pm
May 30, 2008 – Portland Timbers @ Impact – 7:30 pm
June 4, 2008 – Miami FC @ Impact – 7:30 pm
June 13, 2008 – Charleston Battery @ Impact – 7:30 pm
June 22, 2008 – Carolina RailHawks @ Impact – 3:30 pm
July 6, 2008 – Puerto Rico Islanders @ Impact – 3:30 pm
July 13 2008 –Seattle Sounders @ Impact – 3:30 pm
July 18, 2008 – Miami FC @ Impact – 7:30 pm
July 27, 2008 – Rochester Rhinos @ Impact – 3:30 pm
August 20, 2008 – Atlanta Silverbacks @ Impact – 7:30 pm
August 24, 2008 – Atlanta Silverbacks @ Impact – 7:30 pm
August 27, 2008 – Portland Timbers @ Impact – 7:30 pm
Sept. 3, 2008 – Rochester Rhinos @ Impact – 7:30 pm
Sept. 5, 2008 – Minnesota Thunder @ Impact – 7:30 pm
Sept. 16, 2008 – Puerto Rico Islanders @ Impact – 7:30 pm
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Sources:
Patrick Vallée, Montreal Impact, 514-328-3668 (Ext. 227)
