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