"Henry has signed a two-year deal, with an option for 2022," the Impact wrote on his website. Thierry Henry has therefore chosen to revive in the North American football championship, Major League Soccer (MLS), after a first disastrous experience in France, Monaco. The former 42-year-old former 1998 world champion with the France team knows MLS well for having worn the colors of the New York Red Bulls (2010-2014).
For the young French technician, it's the opportunity to bounce back after a failed start as head coach in Monaco: named with great fanfare in the fall of 2018 on the bench of his training club, Henry was ousted after just 100 days on the Rock and very disappointing results.
Henry has not convinced yet as a coach
And apart from his experience as deputy coach of Belgium, the Spanish Roberto Martinez, the top scorer in the history of the Blues (51 goals) has not yet convinced in his new technician costume. Henry becomes the seventh coach of the Impact. He succeeds Colombian Wilmer Cabrera, who took the interim for two months in Montreal this year after the dismissal in August of French coach Rémi Garde. The former Lyonnais arrived in Montreal in November 2017.
"It's an honor to become Impact Montreal's head coach and return to MLS," said Henry, quoted in the statement. "It's a league I know well where I had a great time," he added. The Impact missed the playoffs in 2019, finishing ninth in the Eastern Conference.