page_title: 2012 Montreal Impact season
section_title: June 2012
hierarchical_section_title: 2012 Montreal Impact season / Review / June 2012
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Un fan agite un drapeau de la ville de Montréal après un but de Patrice Bernier (hors champ) au Stade Saputo lors d'un match de la MLS de l'Impact contre le D. C. United le 25 août 2012. Sur la photo: le gardien de but Bill Hamid et les Ultras Montréal derrière le filet.English: Montreal Impact supporters waving flags and celebrating a goal against visiting D.C. United in a 25 August 2012 Major League Soccer game at Saputo Stadiuml. Pictured: fan waving a Montreal city flag and D.C. United goalkeeper Bill Hamid.
context_page_description: The 2012 Montreal Impact season was the club's inaugural season in Major League Soccer, the top flight of both American and Canadian soccer. Including the former club, this was the 19th season of a team under the moniker "Montreal Impact".
  For the 2012 season, outside of MLS, the Impact competed in the 2012 Canadian Championship, Canada's domestic cup competition, which determined the Canadian entrant in the CONCACAF Champions League, in which they lost the semi-final.
  Jesse Marsch was hired to be the head coach in the club's inaugural season in MLS. Mauro Biello, Preston Burpo and Mike Sorber were hired as assistant coaches for the inaugural season.
context_section_description: Quebec defender Karl Ouimette became the first player to graduate from the Montreal Impact Academy when he was awarded a contract on June 5, 2012. June 16, 2012 marked the opening of the fully renovated Saputo Stadium. Impact went on to win 4–1 against the Seattle Sounders FC before 17,112 spectators.
caption: Goal celebration in Montreal against visiting D.C. United on 25 August 2012.
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