GABRIEL GERVAIS - BUILDER
| Impact seasons:
|
2002-2008 |
| Number:
|
8 |
| Position:
|
Defender |
| League championships:
|
2004 |
| Regular-season titles:
|
2005,2006 |
WITH THE IMPACT...
Joined the Impact in 2002…Helped Montreal win the league championship in 2004,
as well as the regular season title in 2005 and 2006... Helped the Impact win
the Voyageurs Cup, given to the top Canadian team in the league, in each of the
first five seasons the trophy was awarded, from 2002 to 2006... In 2006, helped
the Impact post the best defense in the league for a fourth straight year,
allowing only 15 goals in 28 games... Earned his 100th career start with the
Impact on Sunday, April 23, 2006 in the 0-0 draw against Miami FC... Became the
7th player in club history to reach the 10,000 career minutes played mark with
the Impact, June 24, 2006, in Rochester in a 0-0 tie against the Raging
Rhinos... Was named Montreal’s Most Valuable Player in 2004, in addition to
being proclaimed Defensive Player of the club three times… Was also named USL
D1 Defender of the Year in 2003, 2004 and 2006, becoming the first-ever player
in the league to win that award three times… Was also selected six times to the
USL D1 First All-League Team.
...AND ELSEWHERE
Played on the senior Canadian national team, playing in 2004 in the qualifying
games for the FIFA World Cup…Also played for Canada during the CONCACAF Gold
Cup in 2005… Played his first game with Canada January 18, 2004 against
Barbados... Helped his team come up with a 1-0 shutout win... Was invited to
two training camps in January and March 2007…Was named to the roster of the
Canadian national team for the CONCACAF Gold Cup, from June 6 to 24.
A NEW CAREER
Was game analyst for Radio-Canada Television during the Montreal Impact home
matches in 2009… Is currently senior consultant in strategy and operations for
the professional services firm Deloitte… Has been involved in the club’s
community affairs, notably as spokesperson in the 2009 edition of the right to
play awareness program with UNICEF.
IMPACT STATS
|
Season |
GP |
GS |
MIN |
B |
A |
PTS |
C |
E |
2002
|
28
|
28
|
2608
|
2
|
0
|
4
|
4
|
0
|
2003
|
26
|
25
|
2401
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
2004
|
26
|
26
|
2467
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
2005
|
21
|
20
|
1712
|
2
|
0
|
4
|
5
|
0
|
2006
|
23
|
23
|
1988
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
3
|
0
|
2007
|
17
|
17
|
1505
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
4
|
0
|
2008
|
9
|
7
|
568
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
Total
|
150
|
146
|
13 249
|
7
|
3
|
17
|
20
|
1
|