Montreal Impact Academy

Montreal Impact Academy (French: L'Academie De L'Impact De Montreal) was a Canadian professional soccer team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 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. They served as the Academy to their parent club Montreal Impact, now known as Club de Foot Montreal.

History

The club was founded in 2010 by the original Montreal Impact after Trois-Rivieres 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. Head Coach Philippe Eullaffroy recruited several promising players like Karl Ouimette, Maxim Tissot, Maxime Crepeau, Alessandro Riggi, Valentin Radevich, Kevin Cossette, Kevin Luarca, Mircea Ilcu, and Anthony Jackson-Hamel.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 Lefevre, Zakaria Messoudi, Victor N'Diaye, Philippe Lincourt-Joseph, and Jonathan Vallee. 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 Lefevre. 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.

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