CF Montréal Academy

CF Montréal Academy (French: L’Académie du CF Montréal, formerly Montreal Impact Academy) is a soccer academy based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are the academy of Major League Soccer club CF Montréal. Founded in 2010, they operated a team in the Canadian Soccer League from 2010 to 2012. Their U-23 team played in the USL Premier Development League in 2014.

CF Montréal Academy

Full name	L’Académie du CF Montréal
Founded	2010
Stadium	Centre Nutrilait Montreal, Quebec
Owner	Joey Saputo
League	Canadian Soccer League (2012) Exhibition season (2013)
Website	Club website

History

The club was founded in 2010 by the original Montreal Impact after Trois-Rivières Attak 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.^[1] Head Coach Philippe Eullaffroy recruited several promising players like Karl Ouimette, Maxim Tissot, Maxime Crépeau, Alessandro Riggi, Valentin Radevich, Kevin Cossette, Kevin Luarca, Mircea Ilcu, and Anthony Jackson-Hamel.^[2][3] 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.^[4] In their debut season in the CSL, Montreal finished ninth in the standings missing the final postseason berth by two points.^[5] For the 2011 season notable academy graduates were Wandrille Lefèvre, Zakaria Messoudi, Victor N'Diaye, Philippe Lincourt-Joseph, and Jonathan Vallée.^[6] 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 Capital City F.C., where in the first match the Impact tied Ottawa to a 1-1 draw with a goal from Lefèvre.^[7] 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.^[8]

In 2012, Yacine Ait-Slimane, Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé, and Stefan Vukovic were some of the notable alumni that played with Montreal.^[9] 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.^[10][11] In the first round of the playoffs the team faced TFC Academy, and secured a 2-0 victory with both goals coming from Ilcu.^[12] 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.^[13] Their opponents in the finals were Toronto Croatia, but unfortunately Montreal fell short by a 1-0 defeat.^[14][15][16] At the CSL awards ceremony Tissot received the CSL Defender of the Year award.^[17][18]

In 2013, head coach Eullaffroy was promoted to the senior team as an assistant coach. After the De-sanctioning of the CSL by the CSA the club left the league.^[19] In 2013-14 the U-17/18 team played in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy.^[20] In 2014, the Academy joined the USL Premier Development League.^[21]

Staff

Executive
President	Joey Saputo
Executive vice president	Richard Legendre
Vice president	John Di Terlizzi
Technical director	Nick De Santis
Coaching staff
Head coach	Philippe Eullaffroy
Assistant coach	Nicolas Gagnon

Year-by-year

Outdoor team

Year	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs	Avg. Attendance
2010^[22]	Canadian Soccer League	9th	DNQ
2011^[23]	Canadian Soccer League	6th	Quarter-finals
2012^[24]	Canadian Soccer League	2nd	Runners up

U17/18 team

Year	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs	Avg. Attendance
2013-14^[25]	U.S. Soccer Development Academy

U23 Team

Main article: Montreal Impact U23

Year	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs	Avg. Attendance
2014	PDL	Northeast Division, 4th	DNQ

Stadium

The Academy currently plays its home games at Saputo Stadium, a soccer-specific stadium 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 Olympic Stadium 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 Yacine Ait-Slimane (2012-14) Tarik Agday (2011-12) Jason Beaulieu (2010-12) Louis Béland-Goyette (2011-14) Nazim Belguendouz (2014) Janouk Charbonneau (2012-14) Kevin Cossette (2010-14) Maxime Crépeau (2010-13) John Dinkota (2010-14) Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé (2011-14) Jems Geffrard (2011-15) Chakib Hocine (2014) Emad Houache (2012-15) Anthony Jackson-Hamel (2010-14) Charles Joly (2012-14) Mastanabal Kacher (2012-15) Frédéric Lajoie-Gravelle 2013-14 Wandrille Lefèvre (2011-13 Philippe Lincourt-Joseph (2012-14) Kevin Luarca (2011-13) Zakaria Messoudi (2010-13) Aron Mkungilwa (2012-13) Victor N'Diaye (2011-14) Karl Ouimette (2010-12)

David Paulmin (2012-15) Zachary Sukunda (2012-15) Marco Terminesi (2008) Maxim Tissot (2009-13) Jonathan Vallée (2012-14) Stefan Vukovic (2012) Belarus Valentin Radevich (2010-13) Germany Mélé Temguia (2012-15) Romania Mircea Ilcu (2010)

References

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External links

• Impact Soccer fan site