2016 Montreal Impact season

Montreal Impact
2016 season
Owner & President Joey Saputo
Coach Mauro Biello
Top goalscorer League: Ignacio Piatti (4)
All: Ignacio Piatti (4)
Highest home attendance 27 545 (Mar. 12 vs. New York Red Bulls)
Lowest home attendance 20 801 (Apr. 23 vs. Toronto FC)
Average home league attendance 22 800
Home colours
Away colours

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 United States Kyle Fisher United States Clemson Tigers 2016 MLS SuperDraft January 14, 2016 [1]
36 DF Argentina Víctor Cabrera Argentina Club Atlético River Plate Purchased after loan spell January 23, 2016[2]
14 MF United States Harry Shipp United States Chicago Fire Traded for General and Targeted Allocation Money February 13, 2016[3]
19 FW Belize Michael Salazar United States UC Riverside Highlanders 2016 MLS SuperDraft March 1, 2016[4]

Out

No. Pos. Player Transferred to Fee/Notes Date Source
13 FW United States Kenny Cooper Option Declined December 7, 2015[5]
21 MF United States Justin Mapp United States Sporting Kansas City Free Agent December 14, 2015 [6]
5 MF United States Dilly Duka Out of Contract January 19, 2016 [7]
14 MF England Nigel Reo-Coker Released January 22, 2016 [8]
3 DF United States Eric Miller United States Colorado Rapids Trade for a 2018 1st round MLS SuperDraft pick and Allocation money February 14, 2016 [9]

Loans In

No. Pos. Player Loaned From Loan Start Date Loan End Date Source
32 MF Argentina Lucas Ontivero Turkey Galatasaray January 18, 2016 December 31, 2016[10]

Loans Out

No. Pos. Player Loaned Too Loan Start Date Loan End Date Source
17 FW Jamaica Romario Williams United States Charleston Battery March 1, 2016 December 31, 2016[11]

Draft Picks

Round No. Pos. Player College/Club Team Transaction Source
1(14)26 DF United States Kyle Fisher United States Clemson Tigers men's soccer Signed prior to the draft [12]
2(24) 19 FW Belize Michael Salazar United States UC Riverside Highlanders Signed [12]
2(34) MF United States Eric Verso United States Stanford University Released from try-out [12]
2(39) FW United States Keegan Smith United States University of San Diego Released from try-out, Signed with United States Orlando City B [12]
3(55) DF United States Brendan Hines-Ike United States University of South Florida Signed with Sweden Örebro SK [12]

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 Costa Rica MF Johan Venegas Friendly February 2, 2016 v Venezuela 42' 0–1
Canada Canada GK Maxime Crépeau Friendly February 5, 2016 v USA 90' 0–1
Canada Canada DF Wandrille Lefèvre Friendly February 5, 2016 v USA 45' 0–1
Canada Canada MF Kyle Bekker Friendly February 5, 2016 v USA 45' 0–1
Costa Rica Costa Rica MF Johan Venegas 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification March 29, 2016 v Jamaica 16' 3–0

Pre-Season Friendlies

      Win       Draw       Loss

MD Date, KO
EST
Venue Opponent Res.
F–A
Att. Goalscorers and disciplined players Ref.
Montreal Impact Opponent
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.
A New York City FC 0-1 Mullins  75'
4 February 20
4:00 p.m.
A D.C. United 4-1 Oduro  5', 31'
Salazar  18'
Williams  86'
Saborío  36'
5 February 24
4:00 p.m.
A Toronto FC 1-1 Oduro  20' Hamilton  79'
6 February 27
7:00 p.m.
A Tampa Bay Rowdies 0-0

Major League Soccer

Tables

Eastern Conference

Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Montreal Impact 9 4 3 2 13 11 +2 14 Conference Semi-finals[lower-alpha 1]
2 Philadelphia Union 8 4 3 1 11 8 +3 13
3 Toronto FC 8 3 3 2 9 7 +2 11 Knockout round
4 Orlando City SC 9 2 2 5 16 14 +2 11
5 New York Red Bulls 10 3 6 1 13 18 5 10
Updated to match(es) played on May 2, 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
Notes:
  1. Since Montreal Impact is a Canadian team, the 2017–18 CONCACAF Champions League berth given to the Eastern Conference team with the best record would instead pass to the next best American team regardless of conference (in this case, Real Salt Lake).

Overall

Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification[lower-alpha 1]
4 LA Galaxy 8 4 1 3 18 8 +10 15
5 San Jose Earthquakes 9 4 2 3 12 11 +1 15
6 Montreal Impact 9 4 3 2 13 11 +2 14
7 Sporting Kansas City 10 4 4 2 11 10 +1 14
8 Philadelphia Union 8 4 3 1 11 8 +3 13
Updated to match(es) played on May 2, 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:

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldPtsWL DGFGAGDWL DGFGAGDWL DGFGAGD
9 14 4 3 2 13 11  +2 2 1 1 7 4  +3 2 2 1 6 7  −1

Last updated: April 30, 2016
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.
Montreal Impact Opponent
1 March 6
5:30 p.m.
A Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–2 22,120 Piatti  19', 88'
Oduro  42'
Oyongo  45'
Harvey  45'
Bolaños  62'
Aird  77'
Watson  90+3'
2 March 12
4:00 p.m.
H New York Red Bulls 3–0 27,545 Cabrera  52'
Oduro  58'
Piatti  71'
Jackson-Hamel  90+4'
McCarty  36'
3 March 19
9:00 p.m.
A FC Dallas 0-2 14,502 Toia  43' Zimmerman  34'
Figueroa  72'
Díaz  79'
Urruti  87'
4 April 2
10:00 p.m.
A Seattle Sounders FC 0-1 39,705 Camara  64'
Ontivero  75'
Toia  78'
Ivanschitz  68'
Dempsey  79'
5 April 9
4:00 p.m.
H Columbus Crew SC 2-0 22,053 Camara  48'
Bekker  86' 87'
Piatti  53'
6 April 16
5:00 p.m.
A Chicago Fire 2-1 14,509 Drogba  56'
Piatti  90+1'
Igboananike  29'
7 April 23
4:00 p.m.
H Toronto FC 0-2 20,801 Morrow  27'
Giovinco  40', 81'
8 April 27
7:00 p.m.
A New York City FC 1-1 23,252 Piatti  43'
Donadel  65'
Bernier  79'
Lefevre 89'
Oduro  90+1'
Lopez  29'
Bravo  35'
Allen  51'
White  78'
9 April 30
4:00 p.m.
H Colorado Rapids 2-2 20,801 Drogba  9'
Tissot  50'
Ciman  66'
Hairston  45'
Gashi  47'  78'
Sjöberg  61'
Burling  73'
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 28
8:00 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.
Montreal Impact Opponent
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 United States USA GK March 6, 1986 Canada Montreal Impact (NASL)
22 Eric Kronberg United States USA GK June 7, 1983 United States Sporting Kansas City
40 Maxime Crépeau Canada CAN GK May 11, 1994 Canada Montreal Impact Academy
Defenders
2 Ambroise Oyongo Cameroon CAM LB June 22, 1991 United States New York Red Bulls
5 Wandrille Lefèvre Canada CAN CB December 17, 1989 Canada Montreal Impact Academy
6 Hassoun Camara France FRA CB\RB February 3, 1984 Canada Montreal Impact (NASL)
23 Laurent Ciman Belgium BEL CB August 5, 1985 Belgium Standard Liège
25 Donny Toia United States USA LB May 28, 1992 United States Chivas USA
26 Kyle Fisher United States USA CB June 19, 1994 United States Clemson Tigers
36 Víctor Cabrera Argentina ARG CB February 7, 1993 Argentina River Plate
Midfielders
8 Patrice Bernier Canada CAN DM September 23, 1979 Denmark Lyngby Boldklub
10 Ignacio Piatti Argentina ARG AM February 4, 1985 Argentina San Lorenzo de Almagro
14 Harry Shipp United States USA AM November 7, 1991 United States Chicago Fire
16 Calum Mallace Scotland SCO DM October 1, 1990 United States Marquette Golden Eagles
18 Kyle Bekker Canada CAN CM September 2, 1990 United States FC Dallas
27 Johan Venegas Costa Rica CRC CAM/LW July 11, 1988 Costa Rica Alajuelense
28 Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé Canada CAN DM March 9, 1995 Canada Montreal Impact Academy
29 Eric Alexander United States USA CM April 14, 1988 United States New York Red Bulls
32 Lucas Ontivero Argentina ARG LW/RW September 9, 1994 Turkey Galatasaray
33 Marco Donadel Italy ITA DM April 21, 1983 Italy Napoli
51 Maxim Tissot Canada CAN LW/LB April 13, 1992 Canada Montreal Impact Academy
Attackers
7 Dominic Oduro Ghana GHA ST August 13, 1985 Canada Toronto FC
11 Didier Drogba Ivory Coast IVC ST March 11, 1978 England Chelsea F.C.
15 Andrés Romero Argentina ARG ST October 29, 1989 Brazil Tombense
19 Michael Salazar Belize BLZ ST October 15, 1992 United States UC Riverside Highlanders
24 Anthony Jackson-Hamel Canada CAN ST August 3, 1993 Canada Montreal Impact Academy
39 Cameron Porter United States USA ST May 23, 1993 United States Princeton Tigers

Squad and statistics

Appearances, minutes played, and goals scored

No. Nat. Player Total Major League Soccer Canadian Championship Ref.
App. Min. Gls App. Min. Gls App. Min. Gls
Goalkeepers
1 United States Evan Bush 9 810 0 9 810 0 0 0 0
22 United States Eric Kronberg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 Canada Maxime Crépeau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 Cameroon Ambroise Oyongo 6 468 0 6 468 0 0 0 0
5 Canada Wandrille Lefèvre 3 225 0 3 225 0 0 0 0
6 France Hassoun Camara 6 363 1 6 363 1 0 0 0
23 Belgium Laurent Ciman 9 810 0 9 810 0 0 0 0
25 United States Donny Toia 6 540 0 6 540 0 0 0 0
26 United States Kyle Fisher 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 Argentina Víctor Cabrera 7 585 0 7 585 0 0 0 0
51 Canada Maxim Tissot 3 250 1 3 250 1 0 0 0
Midfielders
8 Canada Patrice Bernier 4 221 0 4 221 0 0 0 0
10 Argentina Ignacio Piatti 9 809 4 9 809 4 0 0 0
14 United States Harry Shipp 9 681 0 9 681 0 0 0 0
16 Scotland Calum Mallace 4 223 0 4 223 0 0 0 0
18 Canada Kyle Bekker 6 414 1 6 414 1 0 0 0
27 Costa Rica Johan Venegas 7 207 0 7 207 0 0 0 0
28 Canada Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 United States Eric Alexander 7 597 0 7 597 0 0 0 0
32 Argentina Lucas Ontivero 7 344 0 7 344 0 0 0 0
33 Italy Marco Donadel 5 255 0 5 255 0 0 0 0
Forwards
7 Ghana Dominic Oduro 9 710 3 9 710 3 0 0 0
11 Ivory Coast Didier Drogba 5 330 2 5 330 2 0 0 0
15 Argentina Andrés Romero 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Belize Michael Salazar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Canada Anthony Jackson-Hamel 4 68 1 4 68 1 0 0 0
39 United States Cameron Porter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last updated: May 1, 2016

Top Scorers

No. Nat. Player Pos. Major League Soccer Canadian Championship TOTAL
10 Argentina Ignacio Piatti MF 4 4
7 Ghana Dominic Oduro FW 3 3
11 Ivory Coast Didier Drogba FW 2 2
6 France Hassoun Camara DF 1 1
18 Canada Kyle Bekker MF 1 1
24 Canada Anthony Jackson-Hamel FW 1 1
51 Canada Maxim Tissot MF 1 1
Totals 13 0 13

Last updated: April 30, 2016
Source: Montreal Impact
Italic: denotes player left the club during the season.

Top assists

No. Nat. Player Pos. Major League Soccer Canadian Championship TOTAL
7 Ghana Dominic Oduro FW 3 3
14 United States Harry Shipp MF 3 3
10 Argentina Ignacio Piatti MF 2 2
2 Cameroon Ambroise Oyongo DF 1 1
11 Ivory Coast Didier Drogba FW 1 1
25 United States Donny Toia DF 1 1
27 Costa Rica Johan Venegas MF 1 1
29 United States Eric Alexander MF 1 1
32 Argentina Lucas Ontivero MF 1 1
Totals 14 0 14

Last updated: April 30, 2016
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
1 United States Evan Bush GK 810 810
23 Belgium Laurent Ciman DF 810 810
10 Argentina Ignacio Piatti MF 809 809
7 Ghana Dominic Oduro FW 710 710
14 United States Harry Shipp MF 681 681
29 United States Eric Alexander MF 597 597
36 Argentina Víctor Cabrera DF 585 585
25 United States Donny Toia DF 540 540
2 Cameroon Ambroise Oyongo DF 468 468
18 Canada Kyle Bekker MF 414 414

Last updated: May 1, 2016
Source: Montreal Impact
Italic: denotes player left the club during the season.

Multi–goal games

No. Pos. Player Date Opponent Number of Goals Source
10 MF Argentina Ignacio Piatti March 6, 2016 vs Vancouver Whitecaps 2 [13]

Goals against average

No. Nat. Player Total Major League Soccer Canadian Championship
MIN GA GAA MIN GA GAA MIN GA GAA
1  USA Evan Bush 810 11 1.22 810 11 1.22 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: May 1, 2016
Source: Montreal Impact
Italic: denotes player left the club during the season.

Clean sheets

No. Nat. Player Major League Soccer Canadian Championship TOTAL
1 United States Evan Bush 2 2
Totals 2 0 2

Last updated: April 9, 2016
Source: Montreal Impact

Yellow and red cards

No. Player Total Major League Soccer Canadian Championship Ref.
Yellow cardRed card Red card Yellow cardRed card Red card Yellow cardRed card Red card
1 Evan Bush 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Ambroise Oyongo 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
5 Wandrille Lefèvre 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
6 Hassoun Camara 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
7 Dominic Oduro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Patrice Bernier 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
10 Ignacio Piatti 2 0 0 2 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
18 Kyle Bekker 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
19 Michael Salazar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Eric Kronberg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Laurent Ciman 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
24 Anthony Jackson-Hamel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Donny Toia 2 0 0 2 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 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
33 Marco Donadel 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
36 Víctor Cabrera 1 0 0 1 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 13 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0
Last updated: April 30, 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 Belgium
2 Marco Donadel Italy Italy
3 Ignacio Piatti Argentina Argentina
4 Víctor Cabrera Argentina Argentina
5 Ambroise Oyongo Cameroon Cameroon
6 Didier Drogba Ivory Coast Ivory Coast
7 Johan Venegas Costa Rica Costa Rica
8 Lucas Ontivero Argentina Argentina
9 Andrés Romero Argentina Argentina

Foreign-Born Players with Domestic Status
Player Nationality
Calum Mallace Scotland Scotland / United States[14]
Dominic Oduro Ghana GhanaG[14]
Wandrille Lefèvre France France / Canada Canada [15]
Michael Salazar Belize Belize G [15]
Hassoun Camara France France C[16]
  • Canada – Player is Canadian citizen;
  • United States – Player is U.S. citizen;
  • G – Player has U.S. green card;
  • C – Player has permanent Canadian residency.

Recognition

MLS Team of the Week

Week Player Nation Position Report
1 Piatti  Argentina MF MLS Team of the Week: 1
2 Piatti  Argentina MF MLS Team of the Week: 2
Ciman  Belgium DF MLS Team of the Week: 2
6 Piatti  Argentina MF MLS Team of the Week: 6
Ciman  Belgium DF MLS Team of the Week: 6
7 Piatti  Argentina MF MLS Team of the Week: 7
Ciman  Belgium DF MLS Team of the Week: 7
9 Drogba  Ivory Coast FW MLS Team of the Week: 9

MLS Goal of the Week

Week Player Nation Position Report
1 Piatti  Argentina MF MLS Goal of the Week: 1
7 Piatti  Argentina MF MLS Goal of the Week: 7
9 Tissot  Canada DF MLS Goal of the Week: 9

MLS Save of the Week

Week Player Nation Position Report
1 Bush  United States GK MLS Save of the Week: 1

References

  1. "Impact improve backline with Clemson's Fisher". tsn.ca. January 14, 2016.
  2. "Defender Victor Cabrera returns in 2016". impactsoccer.com. January 23, 2016.
  3. "Impact acquires midfielder Harry Ship from the Chicago Fire". impactsoccer.com. February 13, 2016.
  4. "Forward Michael Salazar under contract with the Montreal Impact". impactsoccer.com. March 1, 2016.
  5. "Impact exercises 2016 options on 10 players". impactsoccer.com. August 4, 2015.
  6. "Sporting KC signs free agent Justin Mapp". sportingkc.com. December 14, 2015.
  7. "L'Impact fait l'acquisition de Lucas Ontivero". rds.ca. January 19, 2016.
  8. "Reo-Coker won’t be back in 2016". impactsoccer.com. January 22, 2016.
  9. "Impact acquires general allocation money and a 2018 MLS SuperDraft first round pick". impactsoccer.com. February 14, 2016.
  10. "Impact aquires Lucas Ontivero". impactsoccer.com. January 18, 2016.
  11. "Romario Williams loaned to the Charleston Battery". impactsoccer.com. January 18, 2016.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 "Impact selects Kyle Fisher with its first pick of the 2016 SuperDraft". impactsoccer.com. January 14, 2016.
  13. "Montreal Impact 3, Vancouver Whitecaps 2 | MLS Match Recap". mlssoccer.com. March 7, 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  14. 1 2 "Calum Mallace". montrealimpact.com. April 1, 2013. Retrieved April 2, 2013.
  15. 1 2 "Wandrille Lefèvre". montrealimpact.com. April 1, 2013. Retrieved April 2, 2013.
  16. "Camara". montrealimpact.com. January 1, 2015. Retrieved January 1, 2015.
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