in 1999, the owners had a conflict with the league and withdrew the team from competition, but did play indoor soccer that year in the national professional soccer league. after resurfacing in 2000, the club went bankrupt during the 2001 season when the then-owners were ionian. administered until the end of the season by one of the original pillars, joey saputo, the club rose from its ashes in 2002, set up as a non-profit organization owned by the quebec government, hydro-québec and saputo. it also attracted many big-time sponsors such as the national bank of canada, bell canada and coca-cola, among others. the team's mandate is to develop local talent and to serve as a representative of montreal for tourism. since the impact's renaissance in 2002, quebec-born players have played a much more central role in the canadian national team, after many years of non-selection. for the 2005 gold cup, players gabriel gervais, sandro grande, patrick leduc, adam braz and ali gerba, as well as former player patrice bernier and quebec-born olivier occean were all called to the national team and did well by most accounts. the visibility helped grande and ali, who both transferred to scandinavia shortly after the tournament. on july 15, 2006 the team won the 200th victory in its history.