"It's time to make a change in the leadership of the club,"
Saputo said.
2017 MLS coaching changes:
Real Salt Lake: Jeff Cassar --> Mike Petke.
San
Jose: Dominic Kinnear --> Chris Leitch.
LA Galaxy: Curt Onalfo -- Sigi Schmid.
Colorado: Pablo Mastroeni --> Steve Cooke (interim).
New England: Jay
Heaps --> Tom Soehn (interim).
Montreal: Mauro Biello --> ?
Biello was named interim coach in August 2015, replacing Frank Klopas, and led the Impact to third
place in the Eastern Conference, where it lost to Columbus in the semifinals. Montreal finished fifth in 2016 but beat D.C. United, 4-2, on the road in the Knockout Game and the New York Red Bulls in
the conference semifinals. It fell to Toronto FC, 7-5 on aggregate, in a memorable conference finals series.
Biello's career in Montreal pro soccer goes back to his start as a player with
the Montreal Supra in the Canadian Soccer League in the early 1990s.
The favorite for the job is former Italian star Alessandro Nesta, who played for the Impact. He is currently
the head coach of Miami FC, the runaway leader in the NASL combined standings.