Bleu-blanc-noir will honour its captain in last game of regular season
MONTREAL – The Montreal Impact will bid farewell to its captain Patrice Bernier on Sunday, October 22, prior to and during the last game of the season, presented by KIA, against New England Revolution, at Stade Saputo at 4pm. Excellent tickets for this game remain available on impactmontreal.com.
The club will honour Patrice Bernier during a ceremony on the field before kickoff.
Amongst other celebrations to celebrate his career, the young mascots who accompany players as they enter the pitch will wear a t-shirt with Bernier’s #8.
The club also invites supporters to remain in their seats after the game to laud the captain one last time, during the lap of honour.
For the yearly Supporters’ Day, a KIA hat will be offered to the first 7,000 people to enter the stadium and the poster of the 2017 team picture will be given after the game at the exits (following the final whistle).
The Impact encourages its supporters to use the hashtag #8ERNIER to congratulate him on his career on social media. Until October 22, the club will publish on its social media accounts a countdown with pictures from Bernier’s career.
Bernier will put an end to a brilliant 18-season career at the professional level, including nine with the Impact, putting him in in fourth position in club history in terms of games played (MLS and second division) with 221 games, in terms of starts with 180, and in terms of minutes played, with 16,398, tied in ninth position with 19 career goals and in second position with 37 assists.
Since his second spell with the club, which started in 2012, Bernier has taken part in 148 games, including 110 starts, and 9,953 minutes in six seasons with the Impact in MLS, registering 14 goals and 25 assists. He ranks first in club history in MLS for games played and winning assists (10), second for penalty goals (10), starts and minutes played, and fifth for goals.
Named team captain at the start of the 2014 season, he has taken part to the MLS All Star Game against A.S. Roma in 2013 and was named Impact MVP and most involved player in the community in 2012.
