2016 Montreal Impact season

Montreal Impact

2016 season

Owner & President

Joey Saputo

Coach

Mauro Biello

Home colours

Away colours

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The 2016 Montreal Impact season is the club's twenty-fifth season of existence, and their fifth in Major League Soccer, the top tier of the Canadian soccer pyramid.

Outside of MLS regular season play, the club participated in the 2015 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 Soccer Club	Traded for General and Targeted Allocation Money	February 13, 2016	^[3]

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/Notes	Date	Source
13	FW	Kenny Cooper		Option Declined	December 7, 2015	^[4]
21	MF	Justin Mapp	Sporting Kansas City	Free Agent	December 14, 2015	^[5]
5	MF	Dilly Duka		Out of Contract	January 19, 2016	^[6]
14	MF	Nigel Reo-Coker		Released	January 22, 2016	^[7]
3	DF	Eric Miller	Colorado Rapids	Trade for a 2018 1st round MLS SuperDraft pick and Allocation money	February 14, 2016	^[8]

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	^[9]

Loans Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned Too	Loan Start Date	Loan End Date	Source

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	^[1]
2(24)		FW	Michael Salazar	UC Riverside Highlanders		^[1]
2(34)		MF	Eric Verso	Stanford University		^[1]
2(39)		FW	Keegan Smith	University of San Diego	Released from try-out	^[1]
3(55)		DF	Brendan Hines-Ike	University of South Florida	Signed with Örebro SK	^[1]

International caps

Players called for senior international duty during the 2015 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

Pre-Season Friendlies

Win Draw Loss

MD	Date, KO EST	Venue	Opponent	Res. F–A	Att.	Goalscorers and disciplined players		Ref.
MD	Date, KO EST	Venue	Opponent	Res. F–A	Att.	Montreal Impact	Opponent	Ref.
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.	N	New York City FC
4	February 20 4:00 p.m.	N	D.C. United
5	February 24 4:00 p.m.	N	Toronto FC
6	February 27 7:00 p.m.	A	Tampa Bay Rowdies

Major League Soccer

Tables

Eastern Conference

Pos	Team	Qualification
2	Columbus Crew	Conference Semi-finals
3	D.C. United	Knockout round
4	Montreal Impact
5	New England Revolution
6	New York City FC

First match(es) will be played on March 6, 2016. 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	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification^{[lower-alpha 1]}
6	Houston Dynamo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	LA Galaxy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Montreal Impact	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	New England Revolution	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	New York City FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on March 6, 2016. Source: 2016 MLS schedule
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:

↑
CONCACAF Champions League
Selection Procedure
- Four US-based teams qualify for the 2017–18 CONCACAF Champions League:
  1. The winner of the MLS Cup 2016;
  2. The winner of the Supporters' Shield ;
  3. The regular season conference champion that did not win the Supporters Shield ;
  4. The winner of the 2016 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup .
  Each qualifier is placed in Pot 3, along with the four Mexican qualifiers. Should a team qualify through more than one method, or should a team from Canada win the MLS Cup, 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 Canadian Championship
  They are placed in Pot 1, along with the three Caribbean qualifiers, the two qualifiers from El Salvador, and one qualifier each from Belize and Nicaragua.

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
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: December 1, 2015
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.
MD	Date KO EST	Venue	Opponent	Res. F–A	Att.	Montreal Impact	Opponent	Ref.
1	March 6 5:30 p.m.	A	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
2	March 12 4:00 p.m.	H	New York Red Bulls
3	March 19 9:00 p.m.	A	FC Dallas
4	April 2 10:00 p.m.	A	Seattle Sounders FC
5	April 9 4:00 p.m.	H	Columbus Crew SC
6	April 16 5:00 p.m.	A	Chicago Fire
7	April 23 4:00 p.m.	H	Toronto FC
8	April 27 7:00 p.m.	A	New York City FC
9	April 30 4:00 p.m.	H	Colorado Rapids
10	May 7 7:30 p.m.	A	Columbus Crew SC
11	May 14 5:00 p.m.	H	Philadelphia Union
12	May 21 7:30 p.m.	A	Orlando City SC
13	May 29 7:00 p.m.	H	LA Galaxy
14	June 18 7:30 p.m.	A	Columbus Crew SC
15	June 25 7:30 p.m.	H	Sporting Kansas City
16	July 2 5:30 p.m.	H	New England Revolution
17	July 9 10:00 p.m.	A	Real Salt Lake
18	July 13 10:30 p.m.	A	Portland Timbers
19	July 17 5:00 p.m.	H	New York City FC
20	July 23 7:30 p.m.	H	Philadelphia Union
21	July 31 6:00 p.m.	A	D.C. United
22	August 6 7:30 p.m.	H	Houston Dynamo
23	August 13 7:00 p.m.	A	New York Red Bulls
24	August 20 7:30 p.m.	H	Chicago Fire
25	August 24 7:30 p.m.	H	D.C. United
26	August 27 7:30 p.m.	A	Toronto FC
27	September 7 7:30 p.m.	H	Orlando City SC
28	September 10 7:00 p.m.	A	Philadelphia Union
29	September 17 7:30 p.m.	H	New England Revolution
30	September 24 7:00 p.m.	A	New York Red Bulls
31	September 28 7:30 p.m.	H	San Jose Earthquakes
32	October 2 1:00 p.m.	A	Orlando City SC
33	October 16 5:00 p.m.	H	Toronto FC
34	October 23 4:00 p.m.	A	New England Revolution

Canadian championship

Canadian Championship review

Preliminary Round

	FC Edmonton	'
	Ottawa Fury FC	'

Semifinals		Final

1	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
4	TBD


2	Montreal Impact
3	Toronto FC

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.
Leg	Date KO EST	Venue	Opponent	Res. F–A	Agg. score F–A	Att.	Montreal Impact	Opponent	Ref.
Semi–final
FL	June 1 8:00 p.m.	A	Toronto FC		—
SL	June 8 8:00 p.m.	H	Toronto FC

Player information

Squad information

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

Squad and statistics

Appearances, minutes played, and goals scored

No.	Nat.	Player	Total			Major League Soccer			Canadian Championship			Ref.
No.	Nat.	Player	App.	Min.	Gls	App.	Min.	Gls	App.	Min.	Gls	Ref.
Goalkeepers
1		Evan Bush	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22		Eric Kronberg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40		Maxime Crépeau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2		Ambroise Oyongo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5		Wandrille Lefèvre	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6		Hassoun Camara	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23		Laurent Ciman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25		Donny Toia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26		Kyle Fisher	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36		Víctor Cabrera	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
8		Patrice Bernier	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10		Ignacio Piatti	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14		Harry Shipp	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16		Calum Mallace	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18		Kyle Bekker	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27		Johan Venegas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28		Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29		Eric Alexander	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32		Lucas Ontivero	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33		Marco Donadel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
51		Maxim Tissot	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7		Dominic Oduro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11		Didier Drogba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15		Andrés Romero	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17		Romario Williams	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24		Anthony Jackson-Hamel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39		Cameron Porter	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Last updated: February 14, 2016

Top Scorers

No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Major League Soccer	Canadian Championship	TOTAL
Totals				0	0	0

Last updated: December 1, 2015
Source: Montreal Impact
Italic: denotes player left the club during the season.

Top assists

No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Major League Soccer	Canadian Championship	TOTAL
Totals				0	0	0

Last updated: December 1, 2015
Source: Montreal Impact
Italic: denotes player left the club during the season.

Top minutes played

No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Major League Soccer	Canadian Championship	TOTAL

Last updated: December 1, 2015
Source: Montreal Impact
Italic: denotes player left the club during the season.

Goals against average

No.	Nat.	Player	Total			Major League Soccer			Canadian Championship
No.	Nat.	Player	MIN	GA	GAA	MIN	GA	GAA	MIN	GA	GAA
1	USA	Evan Bush	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00
22	USA	Eric Kronberg	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00
40	CAN	Maxime Crépeau	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00

Last updated: December 1, 2015
Source: Montreal Impact
Italic: denotes player left the club during the season.

Clean sheets

No.	Nat.	Player	Major League Soccer	Canadian Championship	TOTAL
Totals			0	0	0

Last updated: December 1, 2015
Source: Montreal Impact

Yellow and red cards

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

International roster slots

Montreal has eight MLS International Roster Slots for use in the 2016 season. Each club in Major League Soccer is allocated eight international roster spots. Montreal has one extra spot from a transaction with the Portland Timbers.

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

**Foreign-Born Players with Domestic Status**
Player	Nationality
Calum Mallace	Scotland^{G^[10]}
Dominic Oduro	Ghana^{G^[10]}
Wandrille Lefèvre	France / Canada ^[11]
Hassoun Camara	France ^{C^[12]}

– Player is Canadian citizen;

– Player is U.S. citizen;

G – Player has U.S. green card;

C – Player has permanent Canadian residency.

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 "Impact improve backline with Clemson's Fisher". tsn.ca. January 14, 2016.
↑ "Defender Victor Cabrera returns in 2016". impactsoccer.com. January 23, 2016.
↑ "Impact acquires midfielder Harry Ship from the Chicago Fire". impactsoccer.com. February 13, 2016.
↑ "Impact exercises 2016 options on 10 players". impactsoccer.com. August 4, 2015.
↑ "Sporting KC signs free agent Justin Mapp". sportingkc.com. December 14, 2015.
↑ "L'Impact fait l'acquisition de Lucas Ontivero". rds.ca. January 19, 2016.
↑ "Reo-Coker won’t be back in 2016". impactsoccer.com. January 22, 2016.
↑ "Impact acquires general allocation money and a 2018 MLS SuperDraft first round pick". impactsoccer.com. February 14, 2016.
↑ "Impact aquires Lucas Ontivero". impactsoccer.com. January 18, 2016.
1 2 "Calum Mallace". montrealimpact.com. April 1, 2013. Retrieved April 2, 2013.
↑ "Wandrille Lefèvre". montrealimpact.com. April 1, 2013. Retrieved April 2, 2013.
↑ "Camara". montrealimpact.com. January 1, 2015. Retrieved January 1, 2015.

Major League Soccer

Future teams

Former teams

Tampa Bay Mutiny (1996–2001)
Miami Fusion (1998–2001)
Chivas USA (2005–2014)

Competition

Associated competitions

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Montreal Impact

Montreal, Quebec

The Club	History All articles

Stadiums	Saputo Stadium Olympic Stadium

Development System	FC Montreal Montreal Impact Academy

Culture	Montreal Impact (MLS) Montreal Impact (USL/NASL) UM02

Rivalries	401 derby Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Key Personnel	Owner Joey Saputo

Major Honours (9)

Canadian Championship (9)	2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2013 2014

Major League Soccer

Seasons (4)	2012 2013 2014 2015

2016 MLS season by team

SuperDraft All-Star Game Playoffs MLS Cup Transfers

Eastern	Chicago Fire Columbus Crew D.C. United Montreal Impact New England Revolution New York City FC New York Red Bulls Orlando City Philadelphia Union Toronto FC

Western	Colorado Rapids FC Dallas Houston Dynamo LA Galaxy Portland Timbers Real Salt Lake San Jose Earthquakes Seattle Sounders FC Sporting Kansas City Vancouver Whitecaps FC

2016 in Canadian soccer

Men's Leagues

Women's Leagues

Cups

Canadian Championship
Inter-Provincial Cup
Challenge Trophy
Jubilee Trophy
MLS Cup (Playoffs)
Soccer Bowl

Other

International

Club competitions

CONCACAF Champions League
- 2016–17

National teams

Men	FIFA World Cup qualification

Women	Olympic qualification

Women U20	FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

Women U17	CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship

Team seasons

Club seasons

MLS	Montreal Impact Toronto FC Vancouver Whitecaps FC

NASL	FC Edmonton Ottawa Fury FC

USL	FC Montreal Toronto FC II Whitecaps FC 2

PDL	Calgary Foothills FC K-W United FC Thunder Bay Chill Victoria Highlanders WSA Winnipeg

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