The Montreal Impact won over a lot of fans both domestically and internationally last year.
They just gained two more.
Infoman, a television show on French CBC in Montreal, recently had its end-of-year review show for 2015, and host Jean-Rene Dufort had a neat moment with Syrian refugee Osama Abdul Mohsen and Mohsen's son, Zaid (starting at the 4:50 mark in the video above).
Dufort playfully recalled the infamous moment in which Mohsen, who was carrying his son, was tripped by a camerawoman while attempting to flee from authorities at a Hungarian camp. Fortunately, Mohsen saw the lighter side of being an expert in "kicking." Dufort then presented Mohsen -- who also happens to know a thing or two about soccer, as a coach -- with a customized Impact jersey before suprising Zaid with one as well. Zaid was reluctant to accept, though, because he is a big fan of Real Madrid due to his experience accompanying superstar Cristiano Ronaldo to the field for a game.
Dufort convinced Zaid to take the jersey by telling him that Montreal will sign Ronaldo just like they did Didier Drogba. The host then closed out the segment by telling the Impact that they have some work to do. With Mohsen now working at a Spanish soccer school, maybe he can give the Canadian outfit a few pointers?
Ronaldo making it to Montreal may be a long shot, but the Impact can at least count on two more fans to root them on in 2016 and beyond.
