The Montreal Impact made their MLS debut with a game against their Western Canadian rival, the Vancouver Whitecaps, losing 2-0 on March 10th. They would make their home debut a week later, as a record crowd of 58,912 witnessed the Impact play the Chicago Fire to a 1-1 draw at Olympic Stadium, with Davy Arnaud score the Impact's first-ever MLS goal.

The Impact will play at Olympic Stadium, while their regular field, Saputo Stadium is renovated and expanded for the MLS. They are slated to play their first game at Saputo Stadium in June.

They will meanwhile continue to use Olympic Stadium for bigger games in which they expect a larger crowd. At midseason, the Impact acquired 2006 World Cup champion Alesandro Nesta to give a world veteran presence to the club.

A five-game winning streak late in the summer helped the Impact to a respectable 12-16-6 record, which put them in seventh place in the East.