CF Montréal Academy (french: L’Académie du CF Montréal, formerly Montreal Impact Academy) is a

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academy based in

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, Canada. They are the academy of

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club

CF Montréal CF Montréal is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Montréal, Québec, Canada. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) in the Eastern Conference. Founded in 1992 as the Montreal Impact (french: Impact de Montréal, links=no), ...

. Founded in 2010, they operated a team in the

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from 2010 to 2012. Their U-23 team played in the

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in 2014.

History

The club was founded in 2010 by the original Montreal Impact after

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decided to take a sabbatical for the 2010 season. Attak owner Tony Iannitto waived his players rights and opened his territory for the benefit of the Impact Academy. Montreal repatriated all the players and coaching staff from Trois-Rivieres to form the Academy while the Attak decided to sit out the 2010 season for undisclosed reasons. Head Coach

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recruited several promising players like Karl Ouimette,

Maxim Tissot Maxim Tissot (born April 13, 1992) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a left-back for Atlético Ottawa. Club career Montreal Impact Born in Gatineau, Quebec and a product of the Montreal Impact Academy in the Canadian Soccer ...

, Maxime Crépeau,

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, Valentin Radevich,

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, Kevin Luarca, Mircea Ilcu, and

Anthony Jackson-Hamel Anthony Jackson-Hamel (born August 3, 1993) is a Canadian soccer player who most recently played as a forward for the Montreal Impact in Major League Soccer. Professional Club Montreal Impact Jackson-Hamel began playing in 2010 with the Montre ...

. Saputo Stadium served as their first home venue. The club made its debut on May 15, 2010 in a match against Milltown F.C. which ended in a 0-0 draw. In their debut season in the CSL, Montreal finished ninth in the standings missing the final postseason berth by two points. For the 2011 season notable academy graduates were

Wandrille Lefèvre Wandrille Lefèvre (born December 17, 1989) is a Canadian soccer player who plays as a centre back for FC Laval. Career Amateur Lefèvre played with the youth teams of OC Perpignan, a satellite club of Montpellier HSC. In 2003, he moved to M ...

, Zakaria Messoudi, Victor N'Diaye,

Philippe Lincourt-Joseph Philippe Lincourt-Joseph (born November 1, 1994) is a Canadian professional soccer player who played as a midfielder. Early life Lincourt-Joseph was born in Laval, Canada, a suburb of Montreal. At the youth level, he played for Montreal-area cl ...

, and Jonathan Vallée. In their second season Montreal clinch their first postseason berth by finishing sixth in the standings, and finished with the fourth best offensive record within the league. Their opponents in the quarterfinals were

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, where in the first match the Impact tied Ottawa to a 1-1 draw with a goal from Lefèvre. In the second leg of the series Montreal suffered a 2-1 defeat with Luarca recording the lone Montreal goal, which eliminated Montreal from playoffs by a score of 3-2 on goals on aggregate. In 2012,

Yacine Ait-Slimane Yacine Ait-Slimane (born May 30, 1995) is a Canadian soccer player who plays as a forward. Club career Montreal Impact Ait-Slimane played with the Montreal Impact Academy in the Canadian Soccer League from 2012 to 2015. He also played in the Pre ...

Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé (born March 9, 1995) is a Canadian professional soccer player who currently plays for HFX Wanderers. Club career Early career Gagnon-Laparé joined the Montreal Impact youth academy in 2011. In 2012, he would play wi ...

, and Stefan Vukovic were some of the notable alumni that played with Montreal. During the season Montreal achieved a nine-game undefeated streak, and recorded a franchise milestone by finishing as runners up in the standings with the second best offensive and third best defensive record. In the first round of the playoffs the team faced

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, and secured a 2-0 victory with both goals coming from Ilcu. In the next round the Impact faced the York Region Shooters, and advanced to the CSL Championship finals by defeating York Region by a score of 3-1 with Lefevre, and Ait-Slimane contributing the goals. Their opponents in the finals were Toronto Croatia, but unfortunately Montreal fell short by a 1-0 defeat. At the CSL awards ceremony Tissot received the CSL Defender of the Year award. In 2013, head coach Eullaffroy was promoted to the senior team as an assistant coach. After the De-sanctioning of the

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by the CSA the club left the league. In 2013-14 the U-17/18 team played in the

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. In 2014, the Academy joined the

Staff

Year-by-year

Outdoor team

U17/18 team

U23 Team

Stadium

The Academy currently plays its home games at Saputo Stadium, a

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which opened in May 2008. As the name suggests, the stadium was funded privately (mainly by the Saputo family). Seating 20,341 supporters, Saputo Stadium is located just east of

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in the city's east end. Currently the seating is restricted just to the north grand stand. *CS St Jean De Vianney (2012-)

Notable players

Canada *

* Tarik Agday *

Jason Beaulieu Jason Beaulieu (born 12 February 1994) is a Canadian former professional soccer player who played as a goalkeeper. Early life Beaulieu was born in Montreal, Quebec, and grew up in the off-island suburb of Boisbriand. He played youth soccer for F ...

Louis Béland-Goyette Louis Béland-Goyette (born September 15, 1995) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder. Club career Montreal Impact Béland-Goyette began 2014 with USL PDL club Montreal Impact U23, where he made 8 appearances. He ...

* Nazim Belguendouz * Janouk Charbonneau *

* Maxime Crépeau * John Dinkota *

* Jems Geffrard *

Chakib Hocine Chakib Nazim Hocine (born 8 August 1991) is an Algerian footballer who plays as a centre-back. Early life Hocine was born in Algeria and moved to Canada with his parents as a baby. Playing career Brossard Hocine made his senior debut in 2012 wi ...

* Emad Houache *

* Charles Joly * Mastanabal Kacher * Frédéric Lajoie-Gravelle *

* Kevin Luarca * Zakaria Messoudi * Aron Mkungilwa * Victor N'Diaye * Karl Ouimette *

David Paulmin David Paulmin (born January 24, 1996) is a Canadian soccer goalkeeper who plays for Norwegian club Stjørdals-Blink. Club career FC Montreal After spending four years with the Montreal Impact Academy, Paulmin joined USL club FC Montreal for the ...

Zachary Sukunda Zachary Joseph Eli Sukunda (born June 24, 1995) is a Canadian soccer player who plays for Valour FC in the Canadian Premier League. Early life Sukunda was born in Ottawa, Ontario. He began playing youth soccer with Brockville SC, before moving on ...

* Marco Terminesi *

* Jonathan Vallée * Stefan Vukovic Belarus * Valentin Radevich Germany *

Mélé Temguia Ngoufack Mélé Temguia (born 1 August 1995) is a German footballer who plays as a centre-back for Forward Madison FC in USL League One. Early life Temguia was born in Darmstadt, Germany before moving to Montreal, Quebec as a child. He played yo ...

Romania * Mircea Ilcu

References

External links

Official websiteImpact Soccer fan site
{{PDL NE Canadian Soccer League (1998–present) teams

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