Joseph "Joey" Saputo (born September 25, 1964) is a Canadian businessman and sports executive. September 25 is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ...
Founded in 1993 by the Saputo family following the demise of the Montreal Supra and its league (the Canadian Soccer League), the Impact became a dominant club in the American Professional Soccer League (1993–1996) and the A-League (1997–2003), renamed the United Soccer Leagues Division 1 (2004).
The team is building a new soccer-specific stadium, Saputo Stadium, which should be completed by July 2007.
Administered until the end of the season by one of the original pillars, JoeySaputo, the club rose from its ashes in 2002, set up as a non-profit organisation owned by the Quebec government, Hydro-Quebec and Saputo.