“It’s an honour for me to be here today and to become head coach of the Impact,” said Limniatis. “I’m very excited by this new challenge and also to be joining this great organization. Our mission is to do our best and to put everything in place to make sure the team will be successful. We have a solid technical team who is very familiar with the soccer culture in Montreal and in the league.” VIDEO CLIP
“I’m very happy to name John Limniatis as head coach,” said the new Impact technical director Nick De Santis. “John has all the experience, the character, the leadership and the qualities needed to coach this team.”
Limniatis will count on three assistants for the season: Andrea Di Pietrantonio, who was named last Thursday, Marc Dos Santos, who is also the head coach of the Trois-Rivières Attak, and Youssef Dahha, who remains the goalkeeper coach.
As a player, John Limniatis was a midfielder during eight seasons with the Impact, from 1993 to 1998, then in 2000 and 2001, playing 151 games and 13,976 minutes. He was also a member of the Canadian national team, playing World Cup qualifying games in 1990, 1994 and 1998. He also played in first and second division in Greece, from 1987 to 1992.
He was also head coach of the Impact indoor team, in 1999-2000 and was assistant coach in mid-season in 2000. He was honoured by the Impact as Team Builder on May 10, 2006. He has been technical director of the AAA teams of the Lac St. Louis Soccer Club since 2003.
Limniatis becomes the seventh head coach in Impact history. He will coach his first game this Friday when the Impact will face the Charleston Battery at 7:30 pm (Radio-Canada, CKAC Sports, TEAM 990, USLlive.com).
-30-
Source: Patrick Vallée, Montreal Impact
Info: 514-328-3668 (ext. 227)
