CF Montréal U23

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CF Montréal U23
Full nameCF Montréal U23
Founded2014
2020 (re-founded)
StadiumCentre Nutrilait
Owner Joey Saputo
Head coach Patrick Viollat
League Ligue1 Québec
2024 L1Q, 6th
Website https://en.cfmontreal.com/academy/
Soccerball current event.svg Current season

CF Montréal U23, formerly Montreal Impact U23, is a Canadian soccer team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada that plays in Ligue1 Québec. They are the reserve club of Major League Soccer club CF Montréal and represent the highest team of the CF Montréal Academy. Previously known as Montreal Impact U23, in 2014, they played in the Premier Development League, the fourth tier. The team was replaced the following year with FC Montreal in the professional second-tier USL Pro. In 2020, it was announced that the U23 team would be re-started for the 2021 season.

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History

From 2010 to 2012, the Montreal Impact Academy fielded their U21 team in the Canadian Soccer League, which was recognized as a tier 3 league in the Canadian soccer league system. [1] However, the team withdrew from the league prior to the 2013 season, [2] as the Canadian Soccer Association de-sanctioned the league as the CSA board of directors adopted a new soccer structure in Canada and also due to allegations of a match-fixing scandal. [3] [4] [5]

In 2014, the club decided to re-brand the team as a U23 team and entered the team into the Premier Development League, in the fourth tier of the United States soccer league system. [6] They played their first match on 17 May against the Westchester Flames, which they won by a score of 4–0. [7] [8] They finished the season in fourth place in the Northeast Division. [9]

In 2015, the Impact decided to form a reserve professional team in the second tier USL Pro called FC Montreal. As a result, the PDL team was disbanded with most of the players moving to the new pro reserve team. [10]

The club announced that they would reform a U23 team for the 2021 season. [11] [12] with Patrice Bernier serving as post-formation supervisor, where he will work primarily with the first team players in the U23 team. [13] Throughout the 2021 season, the U23s played friendlies against the teams in the Première ligue de soccer du Québec. [14] They joined the PLSQ as formal members in 2022. [15] [16] In July 2024, they announced they would disband the team and depart Ligue1 Quebec (the re-branded name of the PLSQ) at the end of the 2024 season. [17]

Record

Year by year

YearTierLeagueRecordRankPlayoffsLeague Cup
2014 4 Premier Development League 7–2–54th, NortheastDid not qualify
2015-21On hiatus
2022 3 Première ligue de soccer du Québec 12–2–86thDid not qualify
2023 3 Ligue1 Québec 12–4–65thFirst Round
2024 37–5–86thSemi-finals

Players and staff

Coaching staff

As of May 1, 2023 [18]

Players with multiple nationalities

  • Flag of Haiti.svg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Judewellin Michel
  • Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Flag of Haiti.svg Jaylen Vilsaint
  • Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Thomas Bouffard
  • Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Flag of Serbia.svg Nikola Markovic
  • Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ismaël Yeo
  • Flag of Algeria.svg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Rayane Tchemmoun
  • Flag of Cameroon.svg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Loïc Sany Kong
  • Flag of Jordan.svg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Abdallah Habush
  • Flag of France.svg Flag of the United States.svg Emilio Rossi-Levin
  • Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Flag of Italy.svg Vasilios Tiniakos
  • Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Flag of Greece.svg Costa Iliadis
  • Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Flag of Algeria.svg Yanis Abaiche
  • Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Flag of France.svg Noah Nseke

Notable former players

The following players have either played at the professional or international level, either before or after playing for the CF Montreal U23 team:

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