The Montreal Impact have dismissed coach Mauro Biello after two and a half seasons in charge, the MLS side announced Monday.
A Montreal native, the 45-year-old played for various incarnations of the Impact from 1993 to 2009 before serving as an assistant coach as the club entered MLS in 2012.
Biello took over as interim coach in August 2015 following the firing of Frank Klopas and was hired on a full-time basis after guiding the club to the Eastern Conference semifinals that fall. Biello then led Montreal to the 2016 conference final, but the Impact missed the playoffs this season while finishing ninth in the East at 11-17-6.