Kevin Gilmore is stepping down as president and chief govt officer of Main League Soccer crew CF Montreal.
A crew launch Thursday mentioned the transfer is efficient instantly and known as it “a mutual choice amongst all events concerned.”
CF Montreal says Gilmore will stay with the membership as a marketing consultant till the top of this season.
Gilmore mentioned in a launch that the previous 18 months have been troublesome on “each the pandemic entrance and the membership entrance.”
The transfer comes with CF Montreal within the hunt for an Jap Convention playoff spot. Montreal is three factors behind the New York Purple Bulls for the seventh and last post-season berth heading into its residence recreation Wednesday towards Houston, although D.C. United and Columbus additionally stand between Montreal and New York.
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Gilmore was named president and CEO of the crew (then known as the Montreal Impression) and Stade Saputo on Jan. 22, 2019. He took over the place from crew proprietor Joey Saputo.
He introduced aboard former Belgium worldwide Olivier Renard as sporting director in September 2019. The crew made a splash two months later when it introduced former Arsenal and France star striker Thierry Henry as head coach.
Nevertheless, Henry left the crew in February, simply earlier than the beginning of coaching camp. Montreal had been although a pandemic-interrupted 2020 season that noticed it play the top of the marketing campaign away from residence at Purple Bull Enviornment in Harrison, N.J., as a result of COVID-19 restrictions.
Gilmore mentioned on the time the prospect of beginning the 2021 season based mostly within the U.S. as restrictions remained contributed to Henry’s choice.
“Final 12 months was very troublesome on this membership throughout the board,” Gilmore mentioned on the time. “However particularly with people who needed to spend the final 4 months of the season outdoors of Montreal. And the prospect of beginning a season like that once more may be very troublesome.”
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