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Gabriel Gervais played for which team from 2000 to 2001?
Gabriel Gervais Gabriel Gervais ( born September 18 , 1976 ) is a retired defender who played for the Montreal Impact and Canada . Club career . Gervais was born in Montreal , Canada . During this tenure with the Montreal Impact Gervais helped the club win the league championship in 2004 , as well as the regular season championships in 2005 and 2006 . He was proclaimed Defensive Player of the Year for the Impact three times in 2002 , 2003 and 2006 , and won the Giuseppe-Saputo Trophy in 2004 , awarded to the most valuable player of the Impact . Gervais was also named Defender of the Year in the USL First Division in 2003 , 2004 and 2006 , becoming the first player in the league to win that award three times . Gervais was also picked on the USL First Division All-League Team for six straight years , from 2002 to 2007 . On January 6 , 2009 Gervais announced his retirement from soccer , after a nine-year career in the United Soccer Leagues First Division . On April 15 , 2009 during the Montreal Impacts pre-season banquet the club honoured Gervais by recognizing him as a Team Builder and was made an ambassador to the club . Gervais had a stint in the National Professional Soccer League with the short lived expansion franchise the Toronto ThunderHawks during the 2000–2001 winter indoor season . He helped the ThunderHawks reach the postseason by finishing second in the National Conference , and reached the Conference finals where they were defeated by the Milwaukee Wave . International career . Gervais made his national team debut on January 18 , 2004 in a 1–0 win against Barbados . He was invited to the Canadian World Cup teams training camp held between January 12 and January 23 , 2004 in Fort Lauderdale , following the hiring of Frank Yallop as new head coach . That was his first invitation at that level – Gervais played his first game for the Canadian national team on January 18 , 2004 against Barbados . He helped his team beat Barbados 1–0 . He played against Guatemala September 8 , 2004 in a World Cup qualifying game . He played an international friendly against Northern Ireland on February 9 , 2005 in Belfast where he received two yellow cards and was sent off . He was invited to the Canadian national teams training camp in Fort Lauderdale from June 4–9 , 2005 , and to the Gold Cup , from July 6–24 . Though he missed the opening game for Canada at the Gold Cup against Costa Rica due to injury , he started and played 90 minutes against the USA on July 9 , as well as playing against Cuba on July 12 . Personal life . After his retirement , he graduated from the MBA program at McGill University in Montreal . Honours . Montreal Impact . - USL First Division Championship ( 1 ) : 2004 - USL First Division Commissioners Cup ( 2 ) : 2005 , 2006 - Voyageurs Cup Champions ( 5 ) : 2004 , 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 Rochester Raging Rhinos . - USL First Division Championship ( 2 ) : 2000 , 2001 Career statistics . - Notes External links . - Gervais @ impactmontreal.com - Profile from Canadian Soccer Association