In an interview with SoFoot.com this week, Laurent Ciman addressed his transition to Canada, being named MLS Defender of the year, and his place on the Belgian National team.
Ciman was an integral piece to the Impact making it to the finals of CONCACAF. The strategy appeared to be mostly defensive - and with good reason. Team management knew that fighting fire with fire might lead to disappointment. As such, the star centre back was key to Frank Klopas' game plan.
Ciman was also one of the main reasons that the Impact's defensive stats improved so drastically from 2014 to 2015 (not to be forgotten here is Evan Bush).