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"Our fans deserve better. Cheap Mike Piazza Jersey . Changes will be coming, guaranteed." So said Impact President Joey Saputo in that now infamous tweet heard right around the MLS world, back on May 10. Many jumped to the (incorrect) conclusion Saputo meant he was about to jettison a third head coach in just over two seasons. The more rational focused on player movements. Since that time, a revolving door of player movements was put into maximum effect at Stade Saputo. Including the arrival - finally - of Ignaccio Piatti shortly after Nick De Santis was unceremoniously relieved. Harking back to that early spring Saturday afternoon as Saputo left his seat following a rather shambolic 0-3 home reversal against Sporting KC, no one could have dared to imagine what changes Joey Saputo would go on to announce at Thursdays press conference. Saputo is a man with a three-year plan. Hes also at least $10 million shorter in the wallet. This is the projected cost of an impeccable-looking training facility which will be constructed over the next year or so. A Heritage Montreal building which originally opened back to 1915 will form the façade. And its located a few goal kicks or so Southwest of Saputo Stadium with the St. Lawrence Seaway forming the backdrop. It will be the home base for the entire club, from the senior squad right down to the youngest academy teams. In terms of football pitches, there will be two natural surfaces complemented with two artificial ones. Its a huge step up to the current set up where the club have an inadequate indoor facility for the winter months and spread themselves rather thin through the remainder of the season. Either utilizing a facility built as a training facility for the 1976 Olympics or the parcel of land that sits right between Olympic and Saputo Stadiums - a jumpers-for-goal-posts scenario if ever there was one. If the prospect of a destination training facility was the appetizer, then the formation of FC Montreal is certainly the cherry on the cake. With the demise of the MLS Reserve League, the club have gone the USL Pro route, where old but not exactly dear acquaintances will be renewed. Back in Fall of 2009, the Impact were crowned USL First Division Playoff Champions. A month later due to a dispute with the league, they broke away and became part of the NASL Version 2.0. FC Montreal will kick off next season and comprise of young Quebeckers culled from the Impacts Under-18 and Under-23 teams. The philosophy here is to provide a more complete competitive environment ahead of the quantum leap to the senior squad. The Impact brethren now truly have two teams to cheer for. It surely cant be long before a Twitter handle pops up for an FC Montreal Supporters Group. A perfect pick me up tonic for an ailing MLS club that at times this season which would have been routed by that 2009 USL Championship team. Saputo was far from finished. A well-rested and refreshed looking Nick De Santis has been rebranded into the title of Director of International Business Development. A significant part of that portfolio will be entering the global market for acquiring players - and not necessarily for MLS. "Were thinking now of sales, investments on players, re-selling players," De Santis disclosed to TSN Radio 690 Thursday evening. I think probably now is a good opportunity now to start as well now with the relationships Ive built especially in South American with young players. "This is something which we are going to start working on. I truly believe it could be prosperous." Over his time as GM and throughout MLS as Sporting Director, De Santis has scoured South America - Argentina especially, travelled to Africa and spent significant time in a number of European nations. He referenced attending reserve team games in Argentina, where he had identified talent that ultimately ended up at the Santiago Barnebeau or at other big clubs across the pond. "I think in North America as well its starting to catch on of that culture of buying and selling players," he explained. The multilingual De Santis fits the profile of a globe-trotting football agent. This concept certainly maximizes the valuable rolodex of contacts and player/agent network he has formed over this last decade. It would have been a form of football suicide from the Impact to allow De Santis to possibly forge a new career for himself outside of Saputo Stadium. This after all, is an individual who has sat down with some of the biggest agents there is in world football, and whose client roster list could fil out any World Select XI. Having taken care of significant business on the pitch, Saputo also introduced three new senior members of his management team. Over the MLS years, the club has not come close to maximising its potential at the box office nor with Montreals business community. In fact, it has come up woefully short. This significant void has been addressed in the hiring of Andre Cote as Chief Strategic Officer, Hugues Leger as Chief Marketing Officer and Marc Bourassa as Chief Revenue Officer. The three combined have a myriad of executive experience and successes with significant companies and brand. The like of which should allow for them to complement each other - as they take their very first dip into the soccer industry and the outstanding commercial opportunities this presents. Meanwhile on the pitch, the Impact has undergone a renaissance of sorts since Piattis arrival, this no more apparent than in last Saturdays master class and brace versus Columbus. On Saturday evening, the Impact pay a visit to the cauldron that is the late summer Texas heat of Houston, an environment which has not been kind to them over the years. However, the destiny of a potential season lost will come in the form of a critical upcoming home and home series against the Red Bulls in the Champions League. The first of those mouth-watering encounters occurs at Saputo on Sept. 17. The club president will be looking to fill the house that only 17,000 bothered to show for in last Saturdays league match. A victory could all be assured the CONCACAF Champions League knockout stages pay a return visit to La Belle Ville after a six-year absence. 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Lehtonen injured his head in a collision with the Wilds Erik Haula at 6:37 of the third period. Haula was given a major penalty for charging -- Lehtonens helmet came off as he fell backward into the crossbar -- and was ejected. Tyler Seguin scored with 26 seconds remaining in the 5-minute power play to tie the game at 3. "Obviously, not good," Stars coach Lindy Ruff said. "(Haula) went in hard, (Lehtonen) hit the crossbar hard. Likelihood, its a concussion on just a dirty play. He should be suspended. "Fourth-liner takes out our goaltender." The newly acquired Thomas stopped all six shots he faced for the win in his Stars debut in relief. The Stars acquired the 39-year-old goalie from the Florida Panthers at Wednesdays trade deadline, giving them another seasoned goalie. "For me, Tim looked calm in there," Ruff said. "He made some plays that maybe younger goaltenders wouldnt make. That was vintage Tim Thomas. Hes lived it and he knows how to play." With the game tied at 3, Cole picked up a loose puck at centre ice and Wild goalie Darcy Kuemper came out to stop him, but Coles shot went past Kuemper and into the upper left corner. Cole also assisted on Seguins tying goal. "We fought hard all game long and kept battling back and were able to grab the lead," Minnesota coach Mike Yeo said. "And then all of sudden you take a 5-minute major and another mistake after that and you find yourself down, so its tough." Wild defenceman Keith Ballard had the turnover that led to Coles goal. "Bad read on my part," Ballard said. "I dont know if I telegraphed it a little bit or I just kind of misjudged how high he was playing in the D zone. Obviously, the guy picked it off." Both the tying and winning goals were scored under a banner raised before the game to honour Mike Modano, the franchises all-time scoring leader. Seguin also had two assists, giving him four goals and four assists in two games. Jamie Benn and Alex Chiasson also scored forr Dallas. Cheap Mookie Wilson Jersey. Haula scored in the first period and Charlie Coyle in the second. Kyle Brodziak gave the Wild their only lead in the third. The Stars, eighth in the Western Conference, moved within three points of the seventh-place Wild. Minnesota had won five in a row. Dallas also increased the lead over No. 9 Phoenix to three points. "With the 5-minute power play right off the bat," Thomas said, "it kind of allowed me to settle in and adjust and think the rest of it through to be like, Man, this would be a very important win to us." Before the game, the Stars retired Modanos No. 9 in front of a Dallas-record crowd of 19,109. The Stars then scored just 31 seconds into the game. Rich Peverley dropped a pass to Jamie Benn in the right circle for a wrist shot into the right side of the net. "Its I think one of the biggest days in franchise history when you put a guy like that up in the rafters and then you cap it off with that type of game," Ruff said. "I think they were pumped by watching some of the video, some of the Mike stuff. I know I was because theres some dynamic goals there you get to watch." Added Seguin: "I think if anything that motivated me, thats a true character guy, a big leader, an incredible hockey player and now a legend. Watching his jersey go up and seeing that (1999) Stanley Cup again, I think the only thing it did was make me more motivated and I think the guys felt the same." The Wild tied it on Haulas short-handed goal at 16:32. But the Stars regained the lead 4 seconds into a power play at 1:55 of the second period. That snapped a streak of 20 successful penalty kills by the Wild over eight games. Kuemper, who was making his 16th consecutive start, had 34 saves. Lehtonen made 26 saves. NOTES: Seguin raised his team-leading totals to 29 goals and 37 assists. ... Benn has three goals and seven assists in six games. ... Forwards Matt Moulson and Cody McCormick made their Wild debuts after being traded Wednesday from Buffalo. ... The previous attendance record was 19,099 on March 16, 2012. It was only the fourth sellout in 34 Stars home games this season. ... The home team won every game in the season series. Minnesota was 2-2 and Dallas 2-1-1. The Wild are 1-14-5 in Dallas. 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