2016 Montreal Impact season

Montreal Impact

2016 season
Owner and President	Joey Saputo
Coach	Mauro Biello
MLS Cup Playoffs	Conference Finals
Canadian Championship	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Ignacio Piatti (17) All: Ignacio Piatti (21)
Highest home attendance	61,004 (November 22 vs. Toronto FC)
Lowest home attendance	16,318 (September 28 vs. San Jose Earthquakes)
Average home league attendance	20,669
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The 2016 Montreal Impact season was the club's 23rd season of existence, and their fifth in Major League Soccer, the top tier of the Canadian soccer pyramid. They advanced all the way to the conference final where they lost to Canadian rival Toronto FC.

Outside of MLS regular season play, the club participated in the 2016 Canadian Championship.

Background

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
26	DF	Kyle Fisher	Clemson Tigers	2016 MLS SuperDraft	January 14, 2016	[1]
36	DF	Víctor Cabrera	Club Atlético River Plate	Purchased after loan spell	January 23, 2016	[2]
14	MF	Harry Shipp	Chicago Fire	Traded for General and Targeted Allocation Money	February 13, 2016	[3]
19	FW	Michael Salazar	UC Riverside Highlanders	2016 MLS SuperDraft	March 1, 2016	[4]
17	MF	David Choinière	FC Montreal	Signed as a Homegrown Player	June 28, 2016	[5]
3	DF	Amadou Dia	Sporting Kansas City	Traded for Cameron Porter	July 12, 2016	[6]
30	MF	Hernán Bernardello	Deportivo Alavés	Free Transfer	July 24, 2016	[7]

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
13	FW	Kenny Cooper	Retired		December 7, 2015	[8]
21	MF	Justin Mapp	Sporting Kansas City	Free Agent	December 14, 2015	[9]
14	MF	Nigel Reo-Coker	IK Start	Released	January 22, 2016	[10]
3	DF	Eric Miller	Colorado Rapids	Trade for a 2018 1st round MLS SuperDraft pick and Allocation money	February 14, 2016	[11]
5	MF	Dilly Duka	Columbus Crew SC	Trade for a 2017 2nd round MLS SuperDraft pick and Allocation and TAM money	June 20, 2016	[12]
51	MF	Maxim Tissot	Ottawa Fury	Waived	June 28, 2016	[13]
39	FW	Cameron Porter	Sporting Kansas City	Traded for Amadou Dia	July 12, 2016	[6]
29	MF	Eric Alexander	Houston Dynamo	Traded for Allocation Money	July 22, 2016	[14]

Loans in

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned from	Loan start date	Loan end date	Source
32	MF	Lucas Ontivero	Galatasaray	January 18, 2016	December 31, 2016	[15]
67	DF	David Choinière	FC Montreal	June 1, 2016	June 9, 2016	[16]
21	FW	Matteo Mancosu	Bologna	July 7, 2016	June 30, 2017	[17]

Loans out

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned to	Loan start date	Loan end date	Source
17	FW	Romario Williams	Charleston Battery	March 1, 2016	December 31, 2016	[18]

Draft picks

Round	No.	Pos.	Player	College/Club team	Transaction	Source
1(14)	26	DF	Kyle Fisher	Clemson Tigers men's soccer	Signed prior to the draft	[19]
2(24)	19	FW	Michael Salazar	UC Riverside Highlanders	Signed	[19]
2(34)		MF	Eric Verso	Stanford University	Released from try-out, Signed with Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	[19]
2(39)		FW	Keegan Smith	University of San Diego	Released from try-out, Signed with Orlando City B	[19]
3(55)		DF	Brendan Hines-Ike	University of South Florida	Signed with Örebro SK	[19]

International caps

Players called for senior international duty during the 2016 season while under contract with the Montreal Impact.

Nationality	Position	Player	Competition	Date	Opponent	Minutes played	Score
Costa Rica	MF	Johan Venegas	Friendly	February 2, 2016	v Venezuela	42'	0–1
Canada	GK	Maxime Crépeau	Friendly	February 5, 2016	v USA	90'	0–1
Canada	DF	Wandrille Lefèvre	Friendly	February 5, 2016	v USA	45'	0–1
Canada	MF	Kyle Bekker	Friendly	February 5, 2016	v USA	45'	0–1
Costa Rica	MF	Johan Venegas	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	March 29, 2016	v Jamaica	16'	3–0
Costa Rica	MF	Johan Venegas	Friendly	May 27, 2016	v Venezuela	30'	2–1
Belgium	DF	Laurent Ciman	Friendly	May 28, 2016	v Switzerland	35'	2–1
Cameroon	DF	Ambroise Oyongo	Friendly	May 30, 2016	v France	90'	2–3
Cameroon	DF	Ambroise Oyongo	2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification	June 3, 2016	v Mauritania	90'	1–0
Costa Rica	MF	Johan Venegas	Copa América Centenario	June 4, 2016	v Paraguay	23'	0–0
Belgium	DF	Laurent Ciman	Friendly	June 5, 2016	v Norway	24'	3–2
Costa Rica	MF	Johan Venegas	Copa América Centenario	June 11, 2016	v Colombia	90'	3–2
Belgium	DF	Laurent Ciman	UEFA Euro 2016	June 13, 2016	v Italy	75'	0–2
Costa Rica	MF	Johan Venegas	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	September 2, 2016	v Haiti	35'	1–0
Cameroon	DF	Ambroise Oyongo	2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification	September 3, 2016	v Gambia	90'	2–0
Costa Rica	MF	Johan Venegas	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	September 6, 2016	v Panama	90'	3–1
Cameroon	DF	Ambroise Oyongo	Friendly	September 6, 2016	v Gabon	85'	2–1
Canada	FW	Anthony Jackson-Hamel	Friendly	October 6, 2016	v Mauritania	20'	4–0
Belgium	DF	Laurent Ciman	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	October 7, 2016	v Bosnia and Herzegovina	79'	4–0
Belize	FW	Michael Salazar	Friendly	October 8, 2016	v Honduras	90'	1–2
Costa Rica	MF	Johan Venegas	Friendly	October 9, 2016	v Russia	90'	4–3
Cameroon	DF	Ambroise Oyongo	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	October 9, 2016	v Algeria	90'	1–1
Belgium	DF	Laurent Ciman	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	October 10, 2016	v Gibraltar	90'	6–0
Canada	FW	Anthony Jackson-Hamel	Friendly	October 11, 2016	v Morocco	29'	0–4
Belgium	DF	Laurent Ciman	Friendly	November 9, 2016	v Netherlands	90'	1–1
Costa Rica	MF	Johan Venegas	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	November 11, 2016	v Trinidad and Tobago	12'	2–0
Cameroon	DF	Ambroise Oyongo	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	November 12, 2016	v Zambia	90'	1–1
Belgium	DF	Laurent Ciman	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	November 13, 2016	v Estonia	90'	8–1
Costa Rica	MF	Johan Venegas	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	November 15, 2016	v USA	67'	4–0

Pre-season friendlies

  Win  Draw  Loss

MD	Date, KO EST	Venue	Opponent	Res. F–A	Att.	Goalscorers and disciplined players		Ref.
						Montreal Impact	Opponent
1	February 4 10:30 a.m.	A	New York Red Bulls	0–5			B. Wright-Phillips 31', 34' Bezecourt 51' Kljestan 54' Allen 117'
2	February 13 10:30 a.m.	H	FC Montreal	1–1		Williams 80'	Sanon 92'
3	February 17 7:00 p.m.	A	New York City FC	0–1			Mullins 75'
4	February 20 4:00 p.m.	A	D.C. United	4–1		Oduro 5', 31' Salazar 18' Williams 86'	Saborío 36'
5	February 24 4:00 p.m.	A	Toronto FC	1–1		Oduro 20'	Hamilton 79'
6	February 27 7:00 p.m.	A	Tampa Bay Rowdies	0–0

Regular season friendlies

  Win  Draw  Loss

MD	Date, KO EST	Venue	Opponent	Res. F–A	Att.	Goalscorers and disciplined players		Ref.
						Montreal Impact	Opponent
1	August 3 7:30 p.m.	H	A.S. Roma	0–2	20,801		Džeko 6' Nainggolan 21'

Major League Soccer

See also: 2016 Major League Soccer season

Tables

Eastern Conference

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
3	Toronto FC	34	14	9	11	51	39	+12	53	Knockout round
4	D.C. United	34	11	10	13	53	47	+6	46
5	Montreal Impact	34	11	11	12	49	53	−4	45
6	Philadelphia Union	34	11	14	9	52	55	−3	42
7	New England Revolution	34	11	14	9	44	54	−10	42

Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goals scored; 7) away goal differential; 8) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots.

Overall

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification [lower-alpha 1]
9	Real Salt Lake	34	12	12	10	44	46	−2	46
10	D.C. United	34	11	10	13	53	47	+6	46
11	Montreal Impact	34	11	11	12	49	53	−4	45
12	Portland Timbers	34	12	14	8	48	53	−5	44
13	Philadelphia Union	34	11	14	9	52	55	−3	42

Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goals scored; 7) away goal differential; 8) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots
Notes:

1. CONCACAF Champions League
   Selection Procedure

   • Four US-based teams qualify for the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League:
     1. The winner of the MLS Cup 2016 (Seattle Sounders FC);
        
     2. The winner of the Supporters' Shield (FC Dallas);
        
     3. The regular season conference champion that did not win the Supporters Shield (New York Red Bulls);
        
     4. The winner of the 2016 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (FC Dallas; already qualified, so berth passes to Colorado Rapids)
        
     Should a team qualify through more than one method, or should a team from Canada occupy any MLS qualifying place, the next best US team in the overall table would take its place.
     One Canada-based team qualifies for the Champions League (NOTE: Canadian teams cannot qualify through MLS):
     1. The winner of the 2016 and 2017 Canadian Championship (Toronto FC)

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	Pts	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD
34	45	11	11	12	49	53	−4	7	5	5	31	29	+2	4	6	7	18	24	−6

Last updated: October 25, 2016
Source: 2016 Major League Soccer season
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

Fixtures & results

  Win  Draw  Loss

MD	Date KO EST	Venue	Opponent	Res. F–A	Att.	Goalscorers and disciplined players		Ref.
						Montreal Impact	Opponent
1	March 6 5:30 p.m.	A	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	3–2	22,120	Piatti 19', 88' Oduro 42' Oyongo  45'	Harvey 45' Bolaños  62' Aird  77' Waston 90+3'
2	March 12 4:00 p.m.	H	New York Red Bulls	3–0	27,545	Cabrera  52' Oduro 58' Piatti 71' Jackson-Hamel 90+4'	McCarty  36'
3	March 19 9:00 p.m.	A	FC Dallas	0–2	14,502	Toia  43'	Zimmerman  34' Figueroa  72' Díaz 79' Urruti 87'
4	April 2 10:00 p.m.	A	Seattle Sounders FC	0–1	39,705	Camara  64' Ontivero  75' Toia  78'	Ivanschitz  68' Dempsey 79'
5	April 9 4:00 p.m.	H	Columbus Crew SC	2–0	22,053	Camara 48' Bekker 86' 87' Piatti  53'
6	April 16 5:00 p.m.	A	Chicago Fire	2–1	14,509	Drogba 56' Piatti 90+1'	Igboananike 29'
7	April 23 4:00 p.m.	H	Toronto FC	0–2	20,801		Morrow  27' Giovinco 40', 81'
8	April 27 7:00 p.m.	A	New York City FC	1–1	23,252	Piatti  43' Donadel  65' Bernier  79' Lefevre  89' Oduro 90+1'	Lopez  29' Bravo  35' Allen 51' White  78'
9	April 30 4:00 p.m.	H	Colorado Rapids	2–2	20,801	Drogba 9' Tissot 50' Ciman  66'	Hairston  45' Gashi 47' 78' Sjöberg  61' Burling 73'
10	May 7 7:30 p.m.	A	Columbus Crew SC	4–4	14,095	Piatti 26', 58' Drogba 57' (pen.) Ontivero  82' Oduro 90+3'	Kamara 16', 45+1' Higuaín 48', 53' (pen.) Francis  82'
11	May 14 5:00 p.m.	H	Philadelphia Union	1–1	20,801	Drogba 3' Piatti  36' Donadel  50' Oyongo  80'	Sapong 34' Gaddis  81'
12	May 21 7:30 p.m.	A	Orlando City SC	1–2	34,081	Piatti 4' Bush  45+1'	Winter  13' Shea  41' Larin 43', 87' Rivas  45+2' Higuita  53' Alston  66'
13	May 28 8:00 p.m.	H	LA Galaxy	3–2	20,801	Piatti 26' Ontivero 56' Bernier  68' Drogba 90+4' 90+5'	Santos 8' Magee 58' Gordon  90+2' Steres  90+4'
14	June 18 7:30 p.m.	A	Columbus Crew SC	0–0	14,814	Drogba  59' Camara  90+2'	Ashe  14' Wahl  68' Tchani  68'
15	June 25 7:30 p.m.	H	Sporting Kansas City	2-2	20,032	Ontivero 16' 24' Piatti 39' (pen.) Oyongo  43' Drogba  55'	Dwyer 21'59' Medranda  38'
16	July 2 5:30 p.m.	H	New England Revolution	3-2	20,279	Salazar 40'48' Piatti 54' (pen.)	Kamara 18'33' Knighton  53' Caldwell  55'
17	July 9 10:00 p.m.	A	Real Salt Lake	1-1	20,086	Shipp 8' Cabrera  16'	Wingert  62' Glad  70' Beckerman  76' Movsisyan 79' (pen.)
18	July 13 10:30 p.m.	A	Portland Timbers	1-1	21,144	Piatti  18'44' Shipp  68' Camara  70'	McInerney 14' Adi  70'
19	July 17 5:00 p.m.	H	New York City FC	1-3	20,801	Camara  50' Shipp 55' Ontivero  61' Cabrera  74'	Villa 35' Harrison 45+2' Lopez  72' Lampard 85' Saunders  88'
20	July 23 7:30 p.m.	H	Philadelphia Union	5-1	20,801	Drogba 19'42'52' Salazar  26' Mallace  50' Bernier  83' Piatti 87' Mancosu 90+1'	Barnetta  27' Pontius 72' Gaddis  76'
21	July 31 6:00 p.m.	A	D.C. United	1-1	16,728	Bekker  54' Drogba  81' Bernardello 86' 90+2'	Mullins 20' 77' Sarvas  25'
22	August 6 7:30 p.m.	H	Houston Dynamo	1-0	20,801	Mancosu 76' Bernardello  86'	Horst  41' Williams  61'
23	August 13 7:00 p.m.	A	New York Red Bulls	1-3	23,459	Piatti 21' Oyongo  48' Bernardello  50' Mallace  69'	Collin  14' Wright-Phillips 22'41' Davis 46' Muyl  87'
24	August 20 7:30 p.m.	H	Chicago Fire	0-3	20,801	Ciman  44' Drogba  71'	Solignac 15' 31' Accam 73' Polster 89'
25	August 24 7:30 p.m.	H	D.C. United	1-1	19,740	Bush  36' Camara 77'	Birnbaum  8' Neagle 39' (pen.) Sarvas  63' Igboananike  67' Opare  89'
26	August 27 7:30 p.m.	A	Toronto FC	1-0	28,454	Mallace  43' Piatti 73' Bush  73' Mancosu  81' Bekker  90+1'	Delgado  44' Zavaleta  46' Osorio  70'
27	September 7 7:30 p.m.	H	Orlando City SC	1-4	17,389	Drogba 2' Bernier  51' Bush  51' Bernardello  84'	Shea 4' 45' Kaká 36'54' (pen.) Carrasco  55' Rivas 77' 89'
28	September 10 7:00 p.m.	A	Philadelphia Union	1-1	18,500	Ciman  48' Camara  60' Mancosu 88'	Pontius  34' Barnetta 45' Sapong  54'
29	September 17 7:30 p.m.	H	New England Revolution	1-3	20,801	Shipp  41' Drogba 50' (pen.) Cabrera  54'	Kamara 1' Rowe 27'59' Gonçalves  39' Gonçalves  39'
30	September 24 7:00 p.m.	A	New York Red Bulls	0-1	22,209	Cabrera  22' Oyongo  45+3' Bernardello  56' Donadel  81'	Kljestan  56' Royer 60'
31	September 28 7:30 p.m.	H	San Jose Earthquakes	3-1	16,318	Oduro 22' Piatti 32' 86' Camara  50' Cabrera  56' Venegas  86'90+2' Drogba  90+1'	Francis  12' Wondolowski 62'
32	October 2 1:00 p.m.	A	Orlando City SC	1-0	26,041	Oduro 56' Fisher  65'	Boden  77'
33	October 16 3:00 p.m.	H	Toronto FC	2-2	20,801	Piatti 19'55' (pen.) Donadel  59'	Bradley  25' Beitashour  45+1' Altidore 51' Giovinco  68' Moor  78' Ricketts 86'
34	October 23 4:00 p.m.	A	New England Revolution	0-3	39,587	Mallace  55' Oduro  64' Venegas  83'	Fagúndez 13' Agudelo  56'60' Kamara 71' 72'

MLS Cup Playoffs

See also: 2016 MLS Cup Playoffs

  Win  Draw  Loss

Leg	Date – KO EST	Venue	Opponent	Res. F–A	Agg. score F–A	Att.	Goalscorers and disciplined player		Ref.
							Montreal Impact	Opponent
Knockout Round
	October 27 7:30 p.m.	A	D.C. United	—	4-2	12,773	Ciman 4' Mancosu 43'58' Piatti 83'	Neagle 89' Kemp 90+4'
Conference Semi-final
FL	October 30, 3:00 p.m.	H	New York Red Bulls	1-0	—	15,027	Camara  13' Mancosu 61'	Felipe  13' Damari  90+3'
SL	November 6, 4:00 p.m.	A	New York Red Bulls	2-1	3-1	24,314	Piatti 51'85' Bush  56' Ciman  63' Venegas  90+2'	Felipe  19' McCarty  74' Wright-Phillips 77' Kljestan  89'
Conference Final
FL	November 22, 8:00 p.m.	H	Toronto FC	3-2	—	61,004	Oduro 10' Mancosu 12' Oyongo 63'	Altidore 68' Bradley 73'
SL	November 30, 8:00 p.m.	A	Toronto FC	2-5	5-7	36,000

Canadian championship

See also: 2016 Canadian Championship

Canadian Championship review

	Preliminary round
		FC Edmonton	0	2	2
		Ottawa Fury FC	3	0	3

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	0	3	3
	4	Ottawa Fury FC	2	0	2
								1	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	0	2	2
								3	Toronto FC (a)	1	1	2
	2	Montreal Impact	2	0	2
	3	Toronto FC	4	0	4

Canadian Championship results

  Win  Draw  Loss

Leg	Date KO EST	Venue	Opponent	Res. F–A	Agg. score F–A	Att.	Goalscorers and disciplined player		Ref.
							Montreal Impact	Opponent
Semi–final
FL	June 1 8:00 p.m.	A	Toronto FC	2–4	—	22,143	Bernier  45+2' Salazar 86' Drogba 90+1'	Osorio 13'34' Hamilton 60'80' Irwin  90+2'
SL	June 8 8:00 p.m.	H	Toronto FC	0–0	2–4	18,964	Drogba  50' Ontivero  60' Oduro  88'	Zavaleta  45'

Player information

Squad information

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (age at year end)	Previous club
Goalkeepers
1	Evan Bush	US	GK	(1986-03-06) March 6, 1986 (age 37)	Montreal Impact (NASL)
22	Eric Kronberg	US	GK	(1983-06-07) June 7, 1983 (age 40)	Sporting Kansas City
40	Maxime Crépeau	CAN	GK	(1994-05-11) May 11, 1994 (age 29)	Montreal Impact Academy
Defenders
2	Ambroise Oyongo	CAM	LB	(1991-06-22) June 22, 1991 (age 32)	New York Red Bulls
3	Amadou Dia	US	CB	(1993-06-08) June 8, 1993 (age 30)	Sporting Kansas City
5	Wandrille Lefèvre	CAN	CB	(1989-12-17) December 17, 1989 (age 34)	Montreal Impact Academy
6	Hassoun Camara	FRA	CB\RB	(1984-02-03) February 3, 1984 (age 40)	Montreal Impact (NASL)
23	Laurent Ciman	BEL	CB	(1985-08-05) August 5, 1985 (age 38)	Standard Liège
25	Donny Toia	US	LB	(1992-05-28) May 28, 1992 (age 31)	Chivas USA
26	Kyle Fisher	US	CB	(1994-06-19) June 19, 1994 (age 29)	Clemson Tigers
36	Víctor Cabrera	ARG	CB	(1993-02-07) February 7, 1993 (age 30)	River Plate
Midfielders
8	Patrice Bernier	CAN	DM	(1979-09-23) September 23, 1979 (age 44)	Lyngby Boldklub
10	Ignacio Piatti	ARG	AM	(1985-02-04) February 4, 1985 (age 38)	San Lorenzo de Almagro
14	Harry Shipp	US	AM	(1991-11-07) November 7, 1991 (age 32)	Chicago Fire
16	Calum Mallace	SCO	DM	(1990-10-01) October 1, 1990 (age 33)	Marquette Golden Eagles
17	David Choinière	CAN	LM	(1997-02-07) February 7, 1997 (age 26)	FC Montreal
18	Kyle Bekker	CAN	CM	(1990-09-02) September 2, 1990 (age 33)	FC Dallas
27	Johan Venegas	CRC	CAM/LW	(1988-07-11) July 11, 1988 (age 35)	Alajuelense
28	Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé	CAN	DM	(1995-03-09) March 9, 1995 (age 28)	Montreal Impact Academy
30	Hernán Bernardello	ARG	DM	(1986-08-03) August 3, 1986 (age 37)	Deportivo Alavés
32	Lucas Ontivero	ARG	LW/RW	(1994-09-09) September 9, 1994 (age 29)	Galatasaray
33	Marco Donadel	ITA	DM	(1983-04-21) April 21, 1983 (age 40)	Napoli
Attackers
7	Dominic Oduro	GHA	ST	(1985-08-13) August 13, 1985 (age 38)	Toronto FC
11	Didier Drogba	IVC	ST	(1978-03-11) March 11, 1978 (age 45)	Chelsea F.C.
15	Andrés Romero	ARG	ST	(1989-10-29) October 29, 1989 (age 34)	Tombense
19	Michael Salazar	BLZ	ST	(1992-10-15) October 15, 1992 (age 31)	UC Riverside Highlanders
21	Matteo Mancosu	ITA	ST	(1984-12-22) December 22, 1984 (age 39)	Bologna F.C. 1909
24	Anthony Jackson-Hamel	CAN	ST	(1993-08-03) August 3, 1993 (age 30)	Montreal Impact Academy

Squad and statistics

Appearances, minutes played, and goals scored

No.	Nat.	Player	Total			Major League Soccer			Canadian Championship			MLS Playoffs			Ref.
			App.	Min.	Gls	App.	Min.	Gls	App.	Min.	Gls	App.	Min.	Gls
Goalkeepers
1		Evan Bush	38	3412	0	33	2932	0	0	0	0	5	480	0
22		Eric Kronberg	4	308	0	2	128	0	2	180	0	0	0	0
40		Maxime Crépeau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2		Ambroise Oyongo	33	2883	1	27	2316	0	1	87	0	5	480	1
3		Amadou Dia	1	90	0	1	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5		Wandrille Lefèvre	16	1299	0	13	1113	0	2	180	0	1	6	0
6		Hassoun Camara	34	2900	2	27	2249	2	2	180	0	5	471	0
23		Laurent Ciman	33	2964	1	28	2484	0	0	0	0	5	480	1
25		Donny Toia	18	1374	0	17	1365	0	0	0	0	1	9	0
26		Kyle Fisher	3	270	0	2	180	0	1	90	0	0	0	0
36		Víctor Cabrera	29	2496	0	23	1926	0	1	90	0	5	480	0
Midfielders
8		Patrice Bernier	26	1645	0	20	1185	0	1	45	0	5	415	0
10		Ignacio Piatti	38	3382	21	32	2818	17	1	90	0	5	474	4
14		Harry Shipp	30	1670	2	27	1595	2	1	57	0	2	18	0
16		Calum Mallace	21	926	0	18	861	0	0	0	0	3	65	0
17		David Choinière	2	79	0	1	76	0	1	3	0	0	0	0
18		Kyle Bekker	120	1296	1	18	1139	1	2	157	0	0	0	0
27		Johan Venegas	25	791	1	20	683	1	0	0	0	5	108	0
28		Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé	1	79	0	0	0	0	1	79	0	0	0	0
30		Hernán Bernardello	16	1286	1	12	992	1	0	0	0	5	382	0
32		Lucas Ontivero	23	1084	2	21	979	2	2	105	0	0	0	0
33		Marco Donadel	26	1984	0	21	1516	0	0	0	0	5	468	0
Forwards
7		Dominic Oduro	38	2592	8	31	2028	6	2	100	0	5	464	2
11		Didier Drogba	27	1906	11	22	1650	10	2	180	1	3	76	0
15		Andrés Romero	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19		Michael Salazar	19	824	3	17	711	2	2	113	1	0	0	0
21		Matteo Mancosu	20	1096	7	15	772	3	0	0	0	5	404	4
24		Anthony Jackson-Hamel	7	171	1	7	171	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
No Longer with the Club
29		Eric Alexander	14	1182	0	12	1047	0	2	135	0	0	0	0
39		Cameron Porter	2	34	0	0	0	0	2	34	0	0	0	0
51		Maxim Tissot	8	607	1	7	517	1	1	90	0	0	0	0
Last updated: December 1, 2016

Top scorers

No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Major League Soccer	Canadian Championship	MLS Playoffs	TOTAL
10		Ignacio Piatti	MF	17		4	21
11		Didier Drogba	FW	10	1		11
7		Dominic Oduro	FW	6		2	8
21		Matteo Mancosu	FW	3		4	7
19		Michael Salazar	FW	2	1		3
6		Hassoun Camara	DF	2			2
14		Harry Shipp	MF	2			2
32		Lucas Ontivero	MF	2			2
2		Ambroise Oyongo	DF			1	1
18		Kyle Bekker	MF	1			1
23		Laurent Ciman	DF			1	1
24		Anthony Jackson-Hamel	FW	1			1
27		Johan Venegas	MF	1			1
30		Hernán Bernardello	MF	1			1
51		Maxim Tissot	MF	1			1
Totals				49	2	12	63

Updated to match played December 1, 2016
Source:  Montreal Impact
Italic: denotes player left the club during the season.

Top assists

No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Major League Soccer	Canadian Championship	MLS Playoffs	TOTAL
7		Dominic Oduro	FW	6		3	9
10		Ignacio Piatti	MF	6		2	8
11		Didier Drogba	FW	6	1	1	8
2		Ambroise Oyongo	DF	5		1	6
21		Matteo Mancosu	FW	4		2	6
33		Marco Donadel	MF	4		2	6
8		Patrice Bernier	MF	1		2	3
14		Harry Shipp	MF	3			3
6		Hassoun Camara	DF	2			2
25		Donny Toia	DF	2			2
27		Johan Venegas	MF	1		1	2
32		Lucas Ontivero	MF	2			2
30		Hernán Bernardello	MF	1			1
29		Eric Alexander	MF	1			1
Totals				44	1	14	59

Updated to match played December 1, 2016
Source:  Montreal Impact
Italic: denotes player left the club during the season.

Top minutes played

No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Major League Soccer	Canadian Championship	MLS Playoffs	TOTAL
1		Evan Bush	GK	2932		480	3412
10		Ignacio Piatti	MF	2818	90	474	3382
23		Laurent Ciman	DF	2484		480	2964
6		Hassoun Camara	DF	2249	180	471	2900
2		Ambroise Oyongo	DF	2316	87	480	2883
7		Dominic Oduro	FW	2028	100	464	2592
36		Víctor Cabrera	DF	1926	90	480	2496
33		Marco Donadel	MF	1516		468	1984
11		Didier Drogba	FW	1650	180	76	1906
14		Harry Shipp	MF	1595	57	18	1670

Updated to match played December 1, 2016
Source:  Montreal Impact
Italic: denotes player left the club during the season.

Multi–goal games

No.	Pos.	Player	Date	Opponent	Number of Goals	Source
10	MF	Ignacio Piatti	March 6, 2016	vs Vancouver Whitecaps	2	[20]
10	MF	Ignacio Piatti	May 7, 2016	vs Columbus Crew SC	2	[21]
19	FW	Michael Salazar	July 2, 2016	vs New England Revolution	2	[22]
11	FW	Didier Drogba	July 23, 2016	vs Philadelphia Union	3	[23]
10	MF	Ignacio Piatti	October 16, 2016	vs Toronto FC	2	[24]
21	FW	Matteo Mancosu	October 27, 2016	vs D.C. United	2	[25]
10	MF	Ignacio Piatti	November 6, 2016	vs New York Red Bulls	2	[26]

Goals against average

No.	Nat.	Player	Total			Major League Soccer			Canadian Championship			MLS Playoffs
			MIN	GA	GAA	MIN	GA	GAA	MIN	GA	GAA	MIN	GA	GAA
1	US	Evan Bush	3412	60	1.58	2932	50	1.52	0	0	0.00	480	10	1.87
22	US	Eric Kronberg	308	7	2.05	128	3	2.11	180	4	2.00	0	0	0.00
40	CAN	Maxime Crépeau	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00

Updated to match played December 1, 2016
Source:  Montreal Impact
Italic: denotes player left the club during the season.

Clean sheets

No.	Nat.	Player	Major League Soccer	Canadian Championship	MLS Cup Playoffs	TOTAL
1		Evan Bush	6		1	7
22		Eric Kronberg		1		1
Totals			6	1	1	8

Updated to match played October 31, 2016
Source:  Montreal Impact

Yellow and red cards

No.	Player	Total			Major League Soccer			Canadian Championship			MLS Cup Playoffs			Ref.
1	Evan Bush	4	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	Ambroise Oyongo	4	0	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Amadou Dia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Wandrille Lefèvre	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Hassoun Camara	8	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
7	Dominic Oduro	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
8	Patrice Bernier	4	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
10	Ignacio Piatti	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Didier Drogba	6	0	1	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
14	Harry Shipp	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Andrés Romero	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Calum Mallace	3	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	David Choinière	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Kyle Bekker	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Michael Salazar	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Matteo Mancosu	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Eric Kronberg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Laurent Ciman	5	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
24	Anthony Jackson-Hamel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	Donny Toia	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	Kyle Fisher	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	Johan Venegas	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
28	Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	Eric Alexander	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	Hernán Bernardello	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	Lucas Ontivero	4	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
33	Marco Donadel	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	Víctor Cabrera	6	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	Cameron Porter	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	Maxime Crépeau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
51	Maxim Tissot	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		71	0	6	63	0	4	2	0	2	6	0	0
Last updated: December 1, 2016

International roster slots

Montreal has ten MLS International Roster Slots for use in the 2016 season. Each club in Major League Soccer is allocated eight international roster spots. Montreal has two extra spot from transactions with the Portland Timbers and Toronto FC.

Montreal Impact International slots Slot Player Nationality 1 Laurent Ciman Belgium 2 Didier Drogba Ivory Coast 3 Marco Donadel Italy 4 Matteo Mancosu Italy 5 Ambroise Oyongo Cameroon 6 Johan Venegas Costa Rica 7 Ignacio Piatti Argentina 8 Víctor Cabrera Argentina 9 Lucas Ontivero Argentina 10 Hernán Bernardello Argentina IR Andrés Romero Argentina

Foreign-Born Players with Domestic Status Player Nationality Calum Mallace Scotland / [27] Dominic Oduro Ghana G [27] Wandrille Lefèvre France / Canada [28] Michael Salazar Belize G [28] Hassoun Camara France C [29] – Player is a Canadian citizen; – Player is a US citizen; G – Player has a US green card; C – Player has permanent Canadian residency.

Recognition

MLS Best XI

Player	Nation	Position	Report
Piatti	Argentina	MF	MLS Best XI

MLS Player of the Week

Week	Player	Nation	Position	Report
10	Piatti	Argentina	MF	MLS Player of the Week: 10

MLS Team of the Week

Week	Player	Nation	Position	Report
1	Piatti	Argentina	MF	MLS Team of the Week: 1
2	Piatti	Argentina	MF	MLS Team of the Week: 2
	Ciman	Belgium	DF
6	Piatti	Argentina	MF	MLS Team of the Week: 6
	Ciman	Belgium	DF
7	Piatti	Argentina	MF	MLS Team of the Week: 7
	Ciman	Belgium	DF
9	Drogba	Ivory Coast	FW	MLS Team of the Week: 9
10	Piatti	Argentina	MF	MLS Team of the Week: 10
13	Piatti	Argentina	MF	MLS Team of the Week: 13
	Drogba	Ivory Coast	FW
17	Salazar	Belize	FW	MLS Team of the Week: 17
20	Piatti	Argentina	MF	MLS Team of the Week: 20
	Drogba	Ivory Coast	FW
	Oyongo	Cameroon	DF
22	Bush	United States	GK	MLS Team of the Week: 22
25	Camara	France	DF	MLS Team of the Week: 25
30	Bush	United States	GK	MLS Team of the Week: 30
	Ciman	Belgium	DF
	Oduro	Ghana	FW
32/33	Piatti	Argentina	MF	MLS Team of the Week: 32/33

MLS Goal of the Week

Week	Player	Nation	Position	Report
1	Piatti	Argentina	MF	MLS Goal of the Week: 1
7	Piatti	Argentina	MF	MLS Goal of the Week: 7
9	Tissot	Canada	DF	MLS Goal of the Week: 9
10	Piatti	Argentina	MF	MLS Goal of the Week: 10
20	Piatti	Argentina	MF	MLS Goal of the Week: 20
32/33	Piatti	Argentina	MF	MLS Goal of the Week: 32/33

MLS Save of the Week

Week	Player	Nation	Position	Report
1	Bush	United States	GK	MLS Save of the Week: 1

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