The Montreal Impact have lost Donny Toia in the 2016 MLS expansion draft to new MLS club Atlanta United FC, who was selected him as the 1st pick. Atlanta and Minnesota United are the two new clubs joining the MLS in the 2017 season. Each team has 5 selections and each MLS club can only lose one player at most.
Toia was a great and useful player for the Montreal Impact but due to injury in the 2016 season, it limited him to only 17 appearances and 15 starts. Toia played in 48 regular season games for the Impact and collected only one goal and two assists.