Following yesterday’s 2-1 loss to rivals Toronto FC, and with a side that is 8-11-5 on the season, management in Montreal feel that changes are needed for the Impact. The club has earned just 11 out of a possible 33 points in their last 11 MLS games, and so the axe has fallen on head coach Frank Klopas.
The 48-year-old Klopas was in his second season with Montreal after coaching the Chicago Fire from 2011-13. Montreal was 6-18-10 last year in MLS play. Klopas also led the team to the CONCACAF Champions League Final this spring.
The team announced the news early this morning.
Mauro Biello replaces Frank Klopas as interim head coach >> http://t.co/tQU8OGhO32 #IMFC
— Impact de Montréal (@impactmontreal) August 30, 2015
The following is a Press Release from the Montreal Impact of Major League Soccer:
MAURO BIELLO REPLACES FRANK KLOPAS AS INTERIM HEAD COACH
MONTREAL – The Montreal Impact announced that Mauro Biello is named interim head coach of the club’s first team, replacing Frank Klopas.
Biello, 43, is in his sixth year with the Montreal Impact coaching staff, including four as an assistant coach in MLS. He joined the staff on November 19, 2009, after a 19-year career as a professional player, including 16 in an Impact uniform.
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MONTREAL APRIL 28th: Montreal Impact coach Frank Klopas speaks at a press conference in Montreal on April 28, 2015 on the eve of the CONCACAF Champions League return leg final against Mexico’s Club America. AFP PHOTO/NICHOLAS KAMM/Getty Images
