CF Montreal

CF Montreal is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) in the Eastern Conference. Founded in 1993 as the Impact de Montreal, the team began play in MLS in 2012 as an expansion team, the league's nineteenth franchise and third Canadian club, and replaced the North American Soccer League Impact de Montreal. The club rebranded to Club de Foot Montreal in 2021 however amidst continued discontent and pressure from supporters and local media to the rebrand, the club introduced a revised logo for the 2023 season, with the club being known simply as CF Montreal.

In 2015, the Impact became the second MLS club, and first Canadian club, to advance to the final of the CONCACAF Champions League losing to Club America. CF Montreal/Impact de Montreal have won the Voyageurs Cup, the domestic trophy for professional club soccer in Canada, a total of 11 times.

The club plays its home matches at Saputo Stadium and Wilfried Nancy is the current head coach.

History

Background and foundation

Toward the end of 2007, much speculation had been made about a possible franchise move for the lower division Impact to Major League Soccer (MLS). The construction of the expandable Saputo Stadium further suggested an interest on the part of the group to move up to the top-level North American league. Although Toronto FC held a three-year Canadian exclusivity deal that did not expire until 2009, they stated in March 2008 that they would gladly welcome the Impact into MLS.

Chairman Joey Saputo held talks with George Gillett (former co-owner of Liverpool F.C. and former owner of the Montreal Canadiens) regarding possible joint ownership of a franchise. On July 24, 2008, MLS announced they were seeking to add two expansion teams for the 2011 season, of which Montreal was listed as a potential candidate.

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