GRANT NEEDHAM - BUILDER

WITH THE IMPACT...

Joined the Impact on June 15, 1993, following the club’s first trade in its history, in return for defender Dino Lopez (Toronto Blizzard)… Was therefore a member of the Impact’s inaugural edition, in 1993... Helped Montreal win the regular season titles in 1995 (17-7 record), 1996 (21-6) and 1997 (21-7)… Was the club’s leading scorer in 1993 (6-3-15)… The same year, ended the season third in the race for Most Valuable Player of the club… Missed the 1994 season due to a knee injury… Came back for the 1995 season and finished fourth among Impact points leaders (5-4-14)… Was chosen to the First All-Star Team in 1995… Still holds the team record for scoring a goal in five consecutive games, from June 19 to July 9, 1993…  Scored two goals on July 25, 1997, in a 4-2 win against Hershey… He is currently fifth in club history in goals (19) and game-winning goals (9), and is sixth in points (52) and assists (14).

...AND ELSEWHERE

Started his professional career with the Supra FC… Led the Supra FC in goals in 1991 and 1992… Before joining the Impact, in 1993, had one assist in games with the Toronto Blizzard… Played 17 games with the U23 Olympic Canadian National Team… Played his first game with the U23 team on August 16, 1990, in Montreal, in a 1-0 win over Mexico… Also took part in the 1994 World Cup Qualifying Round...

POST-CAREER

Was the Impact’s game analyst on English radio starting in 2003 on CJAD and more recently for THE TEAM 990 in 2008 and 2009… Since 2007, is director of sales for Brand2media, a company specialized in delivering enterprise level e-commerce solutions… Is responsible for driving new business and revenues into the company.

IMPACT STATS

Season	GP	GS	MIN	B	A	PTS	C	E	WG
1993	15	15	1326	6	2	14	1	0	2
1994	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995	22	20	1627	5	4	14	2	0	3
1996	10	10	779	2	2	6	0	0	2
1997	22	15	1327	5	3	13	1	0	1
1998	13	10	755	1	5	7	0	0	1
Total	82	70	5814	19	16	54	4	0	9