The Montreal Impact appear to have looked to their own pitch to make a change on the sidelines. According to an online Sports Illustrated report, the Impact are set to name defender Alessandro Nesta as their next head coach. The club is yet to make a formal announcement on the fate of current head coach Marco Schallibaum, but his days at Stade Saputo appear to be numbered after a scrappy 3-0 loss to the Houston Dynamo in Thursdays MLS Cup Knockout Round match-up. The Impact saw three players sent off during the match, including a pair – Marco di Vaio and Andres Romero – as a result of an altercation in the 89th minute of an already out-of-reach match. Major League Soccer fined the Impact $25,000 and Schallibaum $2,500 on Friday for their parts in the melee. The punishment prompted the following response by MLS insider Ives Galarcep: “Wonder if Schallibaum pays fine if hes no longer Montreals coach[?]” Galarcep, who is the editor in chief of soccer site soccerbyives.net tweeted on Friday night. “Getting sense he wont be around to pay it. Maybe Alessandro Nesta can.” Galarcep followed that tweet very shortly with another, more informative statement. “By the way, when I mentioned Nesta before, it wasnt to say hell be playing. Hearing growing rumblings Nesta could wind up Montreals coach.” Both di Vaio and Romero have been suspended for the first three games of the 2014 season for Thursday nights actions. Should the change occur it would mark the third full-time coach the Impact have employed since entering MLS in 2012. The club made its debut in the league under Jesse Marsch, who parted ways with the club after leading the Impact to a respectable 12-16-6 mark. Schallibaum would take over from Marsch in January of 2013 and would enjoy early success, guiding the Impact to the top of the MLS Eastern Conference for much of the first half of the 2013 season. However, the Impact would register just one win over their last eight matches and fall all the way to fifth, forcing a do-or-die, one-game playoff on the road in Houston. Nesta, 37, appeared in 31 games with the Impact over the past two seasons after being acquired in July of 2012. The former Serie A standout has been capped 78 times for the Italian national team including appearances in the 2000 and 2004 European Championships as well as the 1998, 2002 and 2006 World Cups. He was a member of Italys World Championship 2006 squad, although injuries forced him out of the knock-out matches matches at that tournament, forcing him to celebrate his countrys first Jules Rimet Trophy in 24 years from the sidelines. Jaime Barria Jersey . On Wednesday, Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas hit back. 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The Gamecocks senior was named the games MVP after picking apart the Badgers defence, completing 22 of 25 passes for 312 yards. Shaw also had scores rushing and receiving. South Carolina (11-2) won its third straight bowl game to cap its third straight 11-win season. After untimely injuries and losses culminated in the Gamecocks missing a spot in the BCS, Shaw said this performance offered some redemption. "I told the team before the game that weve faced every possible scenario we could possible face this season and that Wisconsin would be no different," Shaw said. "Im so glad the way we battled throughout the game and our defence came and played. "I couldnt be more proud." The game also turned out to be the final college contest for Jadeveon Clowney, who said afterward that he would forgo his senior season and enter the NFL draft. "Before we even put the pads on, I thought weve only got 60 minutes and its over with. Im going to be sad about it. ... Im excited to move forward with my life though." Bruce Ellington caught six passes for 140 yards and two touchdowns. Shaw Roland also hauled in six catches for 112 yards. "The guys, we came together as a team today and Connor did a great job of leading us," Ellington said. "We just came out and played." Shaws receivers caught balls in traffic and in the open field, gashing a Wisconsin defence that surrendered 438 yards for the game. The Badgers also allowed two fourth-down conversions, one which set up a 22-yard touchdown pass from Shaw to Ellington that put the Gamecocks up for good late in the third quarter. Wisconsin (9-4) lost its fourth straight bowl game, failing to capitalize on 100-yard rushing games from both Melvin Gordon and James White, and struggling after quarterback Joel Stave left in the third quarter with a shoulder injury. Backup Curt Phillips was intercepted twice. While the Gamecocks couldnt contain the Badgers rushing attack for most of the game, Shaw and his receivers did plenty to keep South Carolina productive on offence. Trailing 17-13 in the third quarter, Ellington reeled in a juggling receptiion near the sideline on a fourth-and-7 play.dddddddddddd Two plays later Shaw found Ellington for the 22-yard touchdown strike to put the Gamecocks up by three. The Badgers lost Stave on the next series, and with Phillips taking over were stopped short on a fourth-down run inside the Gamecocks 30. South Carolina took advantage, and needed just six plays for Shaw to find Jerrell Adams for a 3-yard touchdown that made it 27-17 with 11:05 to play in the game. "You kind of walk a fine line between being aggressive, getting after the quarterback and containing him," Badgers coach Gary Andersen said. "Our plan was to be aggressive. At times we didnt get the pressure we should have and at times he was able to extend plays." Wisconsin wasnt done. Kenzel Doe took the ensuing kickoff and ran it back 91 yards for a score to get the Badgers back within a field goal. But Shaw went back to work. Pinned inside his own 15 to start the drive, he used a combination of runs and passes to set up his 1-yard touchdown plunge to cap a nine-play, 81-yard drive that made it 34-24. Wisconsin appeared to be done after Phillips was intercepted by Kaiwan Lewis with less than five minutes to play, but the Gamecocks gave it right back on Brandon Wilds fumble on the next series. The Badgers picked up a few first downs, but then Phillips was intercepted again by Skai Moore with 3:14 left to end the threat. "We were very good defensively in the fourth quarter. It was a fourth-quarter game," South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier said. Clowney had four tackles in the first half, including one for a loss. But he was mostly a non-factor early as the Badgers alternated White and Gordon in the backfield. Wisconsin rushed for 293 yards in the game, but had no rushing touchdowns. The badgers hadnt lost by double digits since October 2010 (also 34-24 to Michigan State). Since then, theyd lost 13 times, all by seven points or less. Gamecocks defensive end Victor Hampton, whose hit knocked Stave out of the game, confirmed afterward that he would skip his senior season and enter the NFL draft. He said he thought South Carolinas defence displayed its true personality when it had to. "That was a knock-down, drag out fight," Hampton said. "Everybody was saying we couldnt stop the run, but we showed them different. They got some yards on us in the first half and (Melvin Gordon) was really impressive, but in the second half, it was all over. We shut them down." ' ' '