FC Montreal was a Canadian professional
soccer team based in
Montreal
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,
Quebec
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, Canada that played in the
USL Championship
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, the third tier of the
United States soccer league system
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. The team served as a reserve team of
Major League Soccer
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(MLS) club,
Montreal Impact. The original
Montreal Impact had previously operated a reserve team called the
Trois-Rivières Attak in the
Canadian Soccer League from 2007 until 2009, followed by the
Academy U21 from 2010 to 2012. The
Montreal Impact U23 played in the
PDL in 2014.
FC Montreal played their home games at
Saputo Stadium
Saputo Stadium (french: link=no, Stade Saputo) is a soccer-specific stadium at Olympic Park in the borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The stadium opened on May 21, 2008, and is the current home of CF Montré ...
and surrounding training fields in their first season, and at
Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard in their second, after undergoing renovations. The games were open to the public, free of charge.
On December 9, 2016, the Montreal Impact signed an affiliation agreement with
Ottawa Fury FC
Ottawa Fury Football Club was a Canadian professional soccer club based in Ottawa, Ontario. The club competed in the North American Soccer League and USL Championship and played its home games at TD Place Stadium.
The Ottawa Fury FC were d ...
, which had recently joined the USL. As a result, FC Montréal was disbanded.
Record
Year by year
References
Soccer clubs in Montreal
CF Montréal
Association football clubs established in 2014
2014 establishments in Quebec
Canadian reserve soccer teams
2016 disestablishments in Quebec
Association football clubs disestablished in 2016
Defunct soccer clubs in Canada
Former USL Championship teams
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