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Montreal vs CD Chivas- Guadalajara highlights and comments.

The Impact responded well to its first challenge of training camp as a dozen players from the first team of the Mexican first division club took part in the game, which was divided into three periods of 30 minutes.

The Montreal Impact selected Canadian forward Evan James with the first pick of the 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft.

The Minister of Tourism and minister of the Olympic Park, Ms. Ménard, along with Montreal Impact president Joey Saputo and president of the Olympic Stadium, Mr. David Heurtel, announced a four year partnership between the two organizations, reinforcing the stature of professional sports at the Olympic Stadium.

The 2012 SuperDraft is set for Thursday, Jan. 12, at the Kansas City Convention Center and will be held in conjunction with the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Convention.

Montreal has already shown that they’re able to use the MLS system to get an elite player.

The Montreal Impact will have the first overall selection of the 2012 MLS SuperDraft. Whitecaps FC hold the second overall pick in this year’s SuperDraft.

Denis Hamlett has been named an assistant coach with the club’s first team. Hamlett, 42, from Costa Rica, most recently served as an assistant coach with the Vancouver Whitecaps FC in 2011, helping the club in its inaugural season in MLS, but spent most of his coaching career with the Chicago Fire.

MLS unveiled the schedule for all 323 regular season matches on Thursday, signifying the beginning of the longest season in league history, beginning on March 10.