#15  -  Patrick Leduc Return to: TEAM PAGE | TEAM ROSTER

Last Club: Impact

 Bio:
CAREER
In 2004, helped the Impact play 12 straight games without a loss (8-0-4), a club record, and go on to win the championship title... Helped the Impact finish first in overall standings in 2003, tied with the Milwaukee Wave United... In 2002, helped the team finish first in the Northeast Division, tied with the Rochester Raging Rhinos... Made his debut with the Impact in 2000... Started to earn a regular spot in the line-up in 2001, with 12 games, 11 starts and 948 minutes played... Played for the Twin Cities Tornado in the Premier Development League (PDL) in 1998... Originally from St. Lambert on Montreal’s South Shore...

INTERNATIONAL
In 2001, helped the Impact win the Montreal Cup, a six-team international tournament played at Claude Robillard Stadium... Montreal beat Italian club Cosenza in the final... Was invited to a national team’s training camp for the first time in January 2005… With the beach soccer national team, took part in World Cup qualifications, in Brazil, in March 2005…

2002 SEASON
Spent 1,000 minutes on the field for the first time of his career with the Impact... Picked up three assists in a 3-1 win against the Pittsburgh Riverhounds, June 9 in Montreal... Therefore tied the team record for most assists in a game... Was picked on the Team of the Week for the 8th week of activity... Set up Nevio Pizzolitto’s goal on a corner kick at the 49th minute, allowed Patrice Bernier to break away at the 59th, and Zé Roberto to make a run in the penalty area at the 61st... Also allowed the Impact to collect its first win ever against the Riverhounds... In the first playoff round, scored one of the Impact’s six goals in the shootout that followed the home-and-home series against the Charlotte Eagles... Montreal won the shootout 6-5 and moved on to the second round...

2003 SEASON
In his fourth season, scored his first two career goals with the Impact, both on penalty kicks... Scored his first August 3 in Pittburgh against the Riverhounds, an insurance goal in a 2-0 victory... Scored the winner, at the 5th minute of play, August 31 in Montreal in a 2-0 win against Calgary... That victory allowed the Impact to keep the Voyageurs Cup, awarded to league’s top Canadian team, to finish on top of Eastern Conference standings and to tie the Milwaukee Wave United for first place overall... Also scored, again on a penalty kick, in the Can-Am Cup final, July 30 against the Rochester Rhinos... His insurance goal was the team’s fourth in a 4-2 win... The Impact kept its Can-Am Cup championship title.. Helped the Impact post the best road record in the league (10-3-1)... Was one of 11 Impact players to finish the season with over 1,500 minutes played...

2004 SEASON
Along with Sandro Grande, replaced Nick DeSantis at the position of defensive midfielder… Started 22 of the 26 games he played for a total of 2,074 minutes of play… Was one of five players to play more than 2,000 minutes during the season… Was once again the Impact specialist for penalty kicks, with three goals in such circumstances… The first one was scored in Puerto Rico on April 25…. The second one, a game-winning goal, was scored on June 13 in a 2-0 win in Calgary… His third penalty kick goal, another winner, was scored on July 24 in a 1-0 victory over the Atlanta Silverbacks… Added four assists for a total of 10 points, good for third place among Impact scorers… Had a two-assist game on May 28 in a 4-1 win over the Toronto Lynx, setting up goals by Nevio Pizzolitto and Joel Bailey… Also scored on a penalty kick in the playoffs in the second game against the Syracuse Salty Dogs… Started all five playoffs games for 449 minutes of play, on minute less than the maximum possible of 450 minutes... Was called off the field during the last minute of the final… Was on the starting eleven for the championship final, which the Impact won 2-0, against the Seattle Sounders on Sept. 18…

2005 SEASON
Into the second year of a three-year deal…Will start the season with six career goals in the USL, all scored on penalty kicks… Will be looking for his first goal during the flow of play… Will be in charge of the Réno-Dépot Impact’s soccer schools along with Darko Kolic...





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