JOHN LIMNIATIS - BUILDER
| Impact seasons:
|
1993-2001 |
| Number:
|
8 |
| Position:
|
Def., Mid. |
| League championships:
|
1994 |
| Regular season titles:
|
1995, 1996, 1997 |
WITH THE IMPACT...
Was a member of the Impact’s inaugural edition, in 1993... Was part of the
team’s starting eleven when the Impact beat the Colorado Foxes 1-0 in the
playoff final and won the 1994 league championship... Also helped Montreal win
the regular-season titles in 1995 (17-7 record), 1996 (21-6) and 1997 (21-7)...
Proclaimed the league’s Defender of the Year in 1996... Picked on the first
all-star teams in 1996 and 1997... Had his busiest seasons with the team in
1996 and 1997, spending more than 2,200 minutes on the field each of those
years and helping the Impact post the best defence in the league both times...
Was team captain... Played a total of 150 games with Montreal outdoors...
Effective defensively but also as a ball distributor, played mostly as a
central defender, but also as a midfielder... Also played for the Impact
indoors in the NPSL...
...AND ELSEWHERE
Made his pro debut with the Canadian Soccer League’s Ottawa Pioneers, in
1987... Moved on to play five seasons in Greece, with Aris Salonika (1st div.)
and Panetolikos Agrinio (2nd div.)... Has 44 caps with the Canadian World Cup
team... Only 25 players in the history of Canadian soccer have 40 caps or more
with the national team... Notably played in World Cup qualifiers for the 1990,
1994 and 1998 World Cups...
A NEW CAREER
Was also assistant coach, head coach (indoors) and director of operations with
the Impact...Was head coach of the club during the 2008 and early 2009 seasons…
Is currently Technical Director of Monteuil Soccer club; Quebec soccer
Federation course Director; and staff coach of the Quebec National training
center / Provincial Sport-Études program… Was inducted as a Member of the
Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame and of the Quebec Soccer Hall of Fame.
IMPACT STATS
|
Season |
GP |
GS |
MIN |
B |
A |
PTS |
C |
E |
1993
|
13
|
13
|
1141
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
1994
|
18
|
18
|
1434
|
1
|
4
|
6
|
5
|
0
|
1995
|
21
|
21
|
1865
|
0
|
3
|
3
|
5
|
1
|
1996
|
25
|
25
|
2216
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
7
|
0
|
1997
|
25
|
25
|
2277
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
1998
|
25
|
22
|
2065
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
5
|
0
|
2000
|
11
|
11
|
1014
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
2001
|
13
|
13
|
1064
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
5
|
2
|
Total
|
151
|
148
|
13 076
|
2
|
12
|
16
|
38
|
5
|