2016 Montreal Impact season explained

Club:	Montreal Impact
Season:	2016
Chrtitle:	Owner and President
Chairman:	Joey Saputo
Mgrtitle:	Coach
League:	Major League Soccer
Cup1:	MLS Cup Playoffs
Cup1 Result:	Conference Finals
Cup2:	Canadian Championship
Cup2 Result:	Semi-finals
League Topscorer:	Ignacio Piatti (17)
Season Topscorer:	Ignacio Piatti (21)
Highest Attendance:	61,004 (November 22 vs. Toronto FC)
Lowest Attendance:	16,318 (September 28 vs. San Jose Earthquakes)
Average Attendance:	20,669
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Prevseason:	2015
Nextseason:	2017

The 2016 Montreal Impact season was the club's 23rd season of existence, and their fifth in Major League Soccer, the top tier of the Canadian soccer pyramid. They advanced all the way to the conference final where they lost to Canadian rival Toronto FC.

Outside of MLS regular season play, the club participated in the 2016 Canadian Championship.

Background

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
26	DF				January 14, 2016	^[1]
36	DF			Purchased after loan spell	January 23, 2016	^[2]
14	MF			Traded for General and Targeted Allocation Money	February 13, 2016	^[3]
19	FW				March 1, 2016	^[4]
17	MF			Signed as a Homegrown Player	June 28, 2016	^[5]
3	DF				July 12, 2016	^[6]
30	MF			Free Transfer	July 24, 2016	^[7]

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
13	FW		Retired		December 7, 2015	^[8]
21	MF			Free Agent	December 14, 2015	^[9]
14	MF			Released	January 22, 2016	^[10]
3	DF			Trade for a 2018 1st round MLS SuperDraft pick and Allocation money	February 14, 2016	^[11]
5	MF			Trade for a 2017 2nd round MLS SuperDraft pick and Allocation and TAM money	June 20, 2016	^[12]
51	MF			Waived	June 28, 2016	^[13]
39	FW				July 12, 2016
29	MF			Traded for Allocation Money	July 22, 2016	^[14]

Loans in

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned from	Loan start date	Loan end date	Source
32	MF			January 18, 2016	December 31, 2016	^[15]
67	DF			June 1, 2016	June 9, 2016	^[16]
21	FW			July 7, 2016	June 30, 2017	^[17]

Draft picks

Round	No.	Pos.	Player	College/Club team	Transaction	Source
1(14)	26	DF			Signed prior to the draft	^[19]
2(24)	19	FW			Signed
2(34)		MF
2(39)		FW	Keegan Smith
3(55)		DF

International caps

Players called for senior international duty during the 2016 season while under contract with the Montreal Impact.

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Costa Rica	MF	Johan Venegas	Friendly	February 2, 2016	v Venezuela	42'	0–1
Canada	GK	Maxime Crépeau	Friendly	February 5, 2016	v USA	90'	0–1
Canada	DF	Wandrille Lefèvre	Friendly	February 5, 2016	v USA	45'	0–1
Canada	MF	Kyle Bekker	Friendly	February 5, 2016	v USA	45'	0–1
Costa Rica	MF	Johan Venegas	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	March 29, 2016	v Jamaica	16'	3–0
Costa Rica	MF	Johan Venegas	Friendly	May 27, 2016	v Venezuela	30'	2–1
Belgium	DF	Laurent Ciman	Friendly	May 28, 2016	v Switzerland	35'	2–1
Cameroon	DF	Ambroise Oyongo	Friendly	May 30, 2016	v France	90'	2–3
Cameroon	DF	Ambroise Oyongo	2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification	June 3, 2016	v Mauritania	90'	1–0
Costa Rica	MF	Johan Venegas	Copa América Centenario	June 4, 2016	v Paraguay	23'	0–0
Belgium	DF	Laurent Ciman	Friendly	June 5, 2016	v Norway	24'	3–2
Costa Rica	MF	Johan Venegas	Copa América Centenario	June 11, 2016	v Colombia	90'	3–2
Belgium	DF	Laurent Ciman	UEFA Euro 2016	June 13, 2016	v Italy	75'	0–2
Costa Rica	MF	Johan Venegas	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	September 2, 2016	v Haiti	35'	1–0
Cameroon	DF	Ambroise Oyongo	2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification	September 3, 2016	v Gambia	90'	2–0
Costa Rica	MF	Johan Venegas	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	September 6, 2016	v Panama	90'	3–1
Cameroon	DF	Ambroise Oyongo	Friendly	September 6, 2016	v Gabon	85'	2–1
Canada	FW	Anthony Jackson-Hamel	Friendly	October 6, 2016	v Mauritania	20'	4–0
Belgium	DF	Laurent Ciman	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	October 7, 2016	v Bosnia and Herzegovina	79'	4–0
Belize	FW	Michael Salazar	Friendly	October 8, 2016	v Honduras	90'	1–2
Costa Rica	MF	Johan Venegas	Friendly	October 9, 2016	v Russia	90'	4–3
Cameroon	DF	Ambroise Oyongo	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	October 9, 2016	v Algeria	90'	1–1
Belgium	DF	Laurent Ciman	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	October 10, 2016	v Gibraltar	90'	6–0
Canada	FW	Anthony Jackson-Hamel	Friendly	October 11, 2016	v Morocco	29'	0–4
Belgium	DF	Laurent Ciman	Friendly	November 9, 2016	v Netherlands	90'	1–1
Costa Rica	MF	Johan Venegas	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	November 11, 2016	v Trinidad and Tobago	12'	2–0
Cameroon	DF	Ambroise Oyongo	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	November 12, 2016	v Zambia	90'	1–1
Belgium	DF	Laurent Ciman	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	November 13, 2016	v Estonia	90'	8–1
Costa Rica	MF	Johan Venegas	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	November 15, 2016	v USA	67'	4–0

Pre-season friendlies

	EST	Venue	Opponent			Goalscorers and disciplined players
	EST	Venue	Opponent			Montreal Impact	Opponent
1	February 4 10:30 a.m.	A	New York Red Bulls	0–5
2	February 13 10:30 a.m.	H	FC Montreal	1–1
3	February 17 7:00 p.m.	A	New York City FC	0–1
4	February 20 4:00 p.m.	A	D.C. United	4–1
5	February 24 4:00 p.m.	A	Toronto FC	1–1
6	February 27 7:00 p.m.	A	Tampa Bay Rowdies	0–0

Major League Soccer

See also: 2016 Major League Soccer season.

Tables

Overall

Fixtures & results

	EST	Venue	Opponent			Goalscorers and disciplined players
	EST	Venue	Opponent			Montreal Impact	Opponent
1	March 6 5:30 p.m.	A	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	3–2	22,120
2	March 12 4:00 p.m.	H	New York Red Bulls	3–0	27,545
3	March 19 9:00 p.m.	A	FC Dallas	0–2	14,502
4	April 2 10:00 p.m.	A	Seattle Sounders FC	0–1	39,705
5	April 9 4:00 p.m.	H	Columbus Crew SC	2–0	22,053
6	April 16 5:00 p.m.	A	Chicago Fire	2–1	14,509
7	April 23 4:00 p.m.	H	Toronto FC	0–2	20,801
8	April 27 7:00 p.m.	A	New York City FC	1–1	23,252
9	April 30 4:00 p.m.	H	Colorado Rapids	2–2	20,801	Drogba Tissot Ciman
10	May 7 7:30 p.m.	A	Columbus Crew SC	4–4	14,095
11	May 14 5:00 p.m.	H	Philadelphia Union	1–1	20,801
12	May 21 7:30 p.m.	A	Orlando City SC	1–2	34,081
13	May 28 8:00 p.m.	H	LA Galaxy	3–2	20,801
14	June 18 7:30 p.m.	A	Columbus Crew SC	0–0	14,814		Ashe Wahl Tchani
15	June 25 7:30 p.m.	H	Sporting Kansas City	2-2	20,032
16	July 2 5:30 p.m.	H	New England Revolution	3-2	20,279
17	July 9 10:00 p.m.	A	Real Salt Lake	1-1	20,086
18	July 13 10:30 p.m.	A	Portland Timbers	1-1	21,144
19	July 17 5:00 p.m.	H	New York City FC	1-3	20,801
20	July 23 7:30 p.m.	H	Philadelphia Union	5-1	20,801
21	July 31 6:00 p.m.	A	D.C. United	1-1	16,728
22	August 6 7:30 p.m.	H	Houston Dynamo	1-0	20,801
23	August 13 7:00 p.m.	A	New York Red Bulls	1-3	23,459
24	August 20 7:30 p.m.	H	Chicago Fire	0-3	20,801
25	August 24 7:30 p.m.	H	D.C. United	1-1	19,740
26	August 27 7:30 p.m.	A	Toronto FC	1-0	28,454
27	September 7 7:30 p.m.	H	Orlando City SC	1-4	17,389
28	September 10 7:00 p.m.	A	Philadelphia Union	1-1	18,500
29	September 17 7:30 p.m.	H	New England Revolution	1-3	20,801
30	September 24 7:00 p.m.	A	New York Red Bulls	0-1	22,209
31	September 28 7:30 p.m.	H	San Jose Earthquakes	3-1	16,318
32	October 2 1:00 p.m.	A	Orlando City SC	1-0	26,041
33	October 16 3:00 p.m.	H	Toronto FC	2-2	20,801
34	October 23 4:00 p.m.	A	New England Revolution	0-3	39,587

MLS Cup Playoffs

See also: 2016 MLS Cup Playoffs.

Leg	EST	Venue	Opponent				Goalscorers and disciplined player
Leg	EST	Venue	Opponent				Montreal Impact	Opponent
Knockout Round
	October 27 7:30 p.m.	A	D.C. United	—	4-2	12,773
Conference Semi-final
	October 30, 3:00 p.m.	H		1-0	—	15,027
	November 6, 4:00 p.m.	A		2-1	3-1	24,314
Conference Final
	November 22, 8:00 p.m.	H		3-2	—	61,004
	November 30, 8:00 p.m.	A		2-5	5-7	36,000

Canadian championship

See also: 2016 Canadian Championship.

Canadian Championship results

Leg	Date EST	Venue	Opponent				Goalscorers and disciplined player
Leg	Date EST	Venue	Opponent				Montreal Impact	Opponent
Semi–final
	June 1 8:00 p.m.	A	Toronto FC	2–4	—	22,143
	June 8 8:00 p.m.	H	Toronto FC	0–0	2–4	18,964

Player information

Squad information

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (age at year end)	Previous club
Goalkeepers
1	Evan Bush		GK	6 March 1986	Montreal Impact (NASL)
22	Eric Kronberg		GK	7 June 1983	Sporting Kansas City
40	Maxime Crépeau		GK	11 May 1994	Montreal Impact Academy
Defenders
2	Ambroise Oyongo	CAM	LB	22 June 1991	New York Red Bulls
3	Amadou Dia		CB	8 June 1993	Sporting Kansas City
5	Wandrille Lefèvre		CB	17 December 1989	Montreal Impact Academy
6	Hassoun Camara		CB\RB	3 February 1984	Montreal Impact (NASL)
23	Laurent Ciman		CB	5 August 1985	Standard Liège
25	Donny Toia		LB	28 May 1992	Chivas USA
26	Kyle Fisher		CB	19 June 1994	Clemson Tigers
36	Víctor Cabrera		CB	7 February 1993	River Plate
Midfielders
8	Patrice Bernier		DM	23 September 1979	Lyngby Boldklub
10	Ignacio Piatti		AM	4 February 1985	San Lorenzo de Almagro
14	Harry Shipp		AM	7 November 1991	Chicago Fire
16	Calum Mallace		DM	1 October 1990	Marquette Golden Eagles
17	David Choinière		LM	7 February 1997	FC Montreal
18	Kyle Bekker		CM	2 September 1990	FC Dallas
27	Johan Venegas		CAM/LW	11 July 1988	Alajuelense
28	Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé		DM	9 March 1995	Montreal Impact Academy
30	Hernán Bernardello		DM	3 August 1986	Deportivo Alavés
32	Lucas Ontivero		LW/RW	9 September 1994	Galatasaray
33	Marco Donadel		DM	21 April 1983	Napoli
Attackers
7	Dominic Oduro		ST	13 August 1985	Toronto FC
11	Didier Drogba	IVC	ST	11 March 1978	Chelsea F.C.
15	Andrés Romero		ST	29 October 1989	Tombense
19	Michael Salazar		ST	15 October 1992	UC Riverside Highlanders
21	Matteo Mancosu		ST	22 December 1984	Bologna F.C. 1909
24	Anthony Jackson-Hamel		ST	3 August 1993	Montreal Impact Academy

Squad and statistics

Appearances, minutes played, and goals scored

		Player	Total
		Player
Goalkeepers
1		Evan Bush	38 <	-- Total appearances -->	3412 <	-- Total minutes played -->	0 <	-- Total goals -->	33	2932	0	0 <	-- Canadian Championship appearances -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship minutes played -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship goals -->	5	480	0
22		Eric Kronberg	4 <	-- Total appearances -->	308 <	-- Total minutes played -->	0 <	-- Total goals -->	2	128	0	2 <	-- Canadian Championship appearances -->	180 <	-- Canadian Championship minutes played -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship goals -->	0	0	0
40		Maxime Crépeau	0 <	-- Total appearances -->	0 <	-- Total minutes played -->	0 <	-- Total goals -->	0	0	0	0 <	-- Canadian Championship appearances -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship minutes played -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship goals -->	0	0	0
Defenders
2		Ambroise Oyongo	33 <	-- Total appearances -->	2883 <	-- Total minutes played -->	1 <	-- Total goals -->	27	2316	0	1 <	-- Canadian Championship appearances -->	87 <	-- Canadian Championship minutes played -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship goals -->	5	480	1
3		Amadou Dia	1 <	-- Total appearances -->	90 <	-- Total minutes played -->	0 <	-- Total goals -->	1	90	0	0 <	-- Canadian Championship appearances -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship minutes played -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship goals -->	0	0	0
5		Wandrille Lefèvre	16 <	-- Total appearances -->	1299 <	-- Total minutes played -->	0 <	-- Total goals -->	13	1113	0	2 <	-- Canadian Championship appearances -->	180 <	-- Canadian Championship minutes played -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship goals -->	1	6	0
6		Hassoun Camara	34 <	-- Total appearances -->	2900 <	-- Total minutes played -->	2 <	-- Total goals -->	27	2249	2	2 <	-- Canadian Championship appearances -->	180 <	-- Canadian Championship minutes played -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship goals -->	5	471	0
23		Laurent Ciman	33 <	-- Total appearances -->	2964 <	-- Total minutes played -->	1 <	-- Total goals -->	28	2484	0	0 <	-- Canadian Championship appearances -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship minutes played -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship goals -->	5	480	1
25		Donny Toia	18 <	-- Total appearances -->	1374 <	-- Total minutes played -->	0 <	-- Total goals -->	17	1365	0	0 <	-- Canadian Championship appearances -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship minutes played -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship goals -->	1	9	0
26		Kyle Fisher	3 <	-- Total appearances -->	270 <	-- Total minutes played -->	0 <	-- Total goals -->	2	180	0	1 <	-- Canadian Championship appearances -->	90 <	-- Canadian Championship minutes played -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship goals -->	0	0	0
36		Víctor Cabrera	29 <	-- Total appearances -->	2496 <	-- Total minutes played -->	0 <	-- Total goals -->	23	1926	0	1 <	-- Canadian Championship appearances -->	90 <	-- Canadian Championship minutes played -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship goals -->	5	480	0
Midfielders
8		Patrice Bernier	26 <	-- Total appearances -->	1645 <	-- Total minutes played -->	0 <	-- Total goals -->	20	1185	0	1 <	-- Canadian Championship appearances -->	45 <	-- Canadian Championship minutes played -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship goals -->	5	415	0
10		Ignacio Piatti	38 <	-- Total appearances -->	3382 <	-- Total minutes played -->	21 <	-- Total goals -->	32	2818	17	1 <	-- Canadian Championship appearances -->	90 <	-- Canadian Championship minutes played -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship goals -->	5	474	4
14		Harry Shipp	30 <	-- Total appearances -->	1670 <	-- Total minutes played -->	2 <	-- Total goals -->	27	1595	2	1 <	-- Canadian Championship appearances -->	57 <	-- Canadian Championship minutes played -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship goals -->	2	18	0
16		Calum Mallace	21 <	-- Total appearances -->	926 <	-- Total minutes played -->	0 <	-- Total goals -->	18	861	0	0 <	-- Canadian Championship appearances -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship minutes played -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship goals -->	3	65	0
17		David Choinière	2 <	-- Total appearances -->	79 <	-- Total minutes played -->	0 <	-- Total goals -->	1	76	0	1 <	-- Canadian Championship appearances -->	3 <	-- Canadian Championship minutes played -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship goals -->	0	0	0
18		Kyle Bekker	120 <	-- Total appearances -->	1296 <	-- Total minutes played -->	1 <	-- Total goals -->	18	1139	1	2 <	-- Canadian Championship appearances -->	157 <	-- Canadian Championship minutes played -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship goals -->	0	0	0
27		Johan Venegas	25 <	-- Total appearances -->	791 <	-- Total minutes played -->	1 <	-- Total goals -->	20	683	1	0 <	-- Canadian Championship appearances -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship minutes played -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship goals -->	5	108	0
28		Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé	1 <	-- Total appearances -->	79 <	-- Total minutes played -->	0 <	-- Total goals -->	0	0	0	1 <	-- Canadian Championship appearances -->	79 <	-- Canadian Championship minutes played -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship goals -->	0	0	0
30		Hernán Bernardello	16 <	-- Total appearances -->	1286 <	-- Total minutes played -->	1 <	-- Total goals -->	12	992	1	0 <	-- Canadian Championship appearances -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship minutes played -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship goals -->	5	382	0
32		Lucas Ontivero	23 <	-- Total appearances -->	1084 <	-- Total minutes played -->	2 <	-- Total goals -->	21	979	2	2 <	-- Canadian Championship appearances -->	105 <	-- Canadian Championship minutes played -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship goals -->	0	0	0
33		Marco Donadel	26 <	-- Total appearances -->	1984 <	-- Total minutes played -->	0 <	-- Total goals -->	21	1516	0	0 <	-- Canadian Championship appearances -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship minutes played -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship goals -->	5	468	0
Forwards
7		Dominic Oduro	38 <	-- Total appearances -->	2592 <	-- Total minutes played -->	8 <	-- Total goals -->	31	2028	6	2 <	-- Canadian Championship appearances -->	100 <	-- Canadian Championship minutes played -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship goals -->	5	464	2
11		Didier Drogba	27 <	-- Total appearances -->	1906 <	-- Total minutes played -->	11 <	-- Total goals -->	22	1650	10	2 <	-- Canadian Championship appearances -->	180 <	-- Canadian Championship minutes played -->	1 <	-- Canadian Championship goals -->	3	76	0
15		Andrés Romero	0 <	-- Total appearances -->	0 <	-- Total minutes played -->	0 <	-- Total goals -->	0	0	0	0 <	-- Canadian Championship appearances -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship minutes played -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship goals -->	0	0	0
19		Michael Salazar	19 <	-- Total appearances -->	824 <	-- Total minutes played -->	3 <	-- Total goals -->	17	711	2	2 <	-- Canadian Championship appearances -->	113 <	-- Canadian Championship minutes played -->	1 <	-- Canadian Championship goals -->	0	0	0
21		Matteo Mancosu	20 <	-- Total appearances -->	1096 <	-- Total minutes played -->	7 <	-- Total goals -->	15	772	3	0 <	-- Canadian Championship appearances -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship minutes played -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship goals -->	5	404	4
24		Anthony Jackson-Hamel	7 <	-- Total appearances -->	171 <	-- Total minutes played -->	1 <	-- Total goals -->	7	171	1	0 <	-- Canadian Championship appearances -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship minutes played -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship goals -->	0	0	0
No Longer with the Club
29		Eric Alexander	14 <	-- Total appearances -->	1182 <	-- Total minutes played -->	0 <	-- Total goals -->	12	1047	0	2 <	-- Canadian Championship appearances -->	135 <	-- Canadian Championship minutes played -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship goals -->	0	0	0
39		Cameron Porter	2 <	-- Total appearances -->	34 <	-- Total minutes played -->	0 <	-- Total goals -->	0	0	0	2 <	-- Canadian Championship appearances -->	34 <	-- Canadian Championship minutes played -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship goals -->	0	0	0
51		Maxim Tissot	8 <	-- Total appearances -->	607 <	-- Total minutes played -->	1 <	-- Total goals -->	7	517	1	1 <	-- Canadian Championship appearances -->	90 <	-- Canadian Championship minutes played -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship goals -->	0	0	0
Last updated: December 1, 2016

Top scorers

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No.

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Nat.

Player

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Pos.

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Major League Soccer

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Canadian Championship

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TOTAL

10

MF

17

4

21

11

FW

10

1

11

7

FW

6

2

8

21

FW

3

4

7

19

Michael Salazar

FW

2

1

3

6

DF

2

2

14

MF

2

2

32

MF

2

2

2

Ambroise Oyongo

DF

1

1

18

MF

1

1

23

DF

1

1

24

Anthony Jackson-Hamel

FW

1

1

27

MF

1

1

30

Hernán Bernardello

MF

1

1

51

Maxim Tissot

MF

1

1

Totals

49

2

12

63 Italic: denotes player left the club during the season.

Top assists

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No.

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Nat.

Player

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Pos.

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Major League Soccer

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Canadian Championship

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TOTAL

7

FW

6

3

9

10

MF

6

2

8

11

FW

6

1

1

8

2

Ambroise Oyongo

DF

5

1

6

21

FW

4

2

6

33

MF

4

2

6

8

Patrice Bernier

MF

1

2

3

14

MF

3

3

6

DF

2

2

25

DF

2

2

27

MF

1

1

2

32

MF

2

2

30

Hernán Bernardello

MF

1

1

29

Eric Alexander

MF

1

1

Totals

44

1

14

59 Italic: denotes player left the club during the season.

Top minutes played

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No.

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Nat.

Player

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Pos.

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Major League Soccer

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Canadian Championship

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TOTAL

1

GK

2932

480

3412

10

MF

2818

90

474

3382

23

DF

2484

480

2964

6

DF

2249

180

471

2900

2

Ambroise Oyongo

DF

2316

87

480

2883

7

FW

2028

100

464

2592

36

DF

1926

90

480

2496

33

MF

1516

468

1984

11

FW

1650

180

76

1906

14

MF

1595

57

18

1670Italic: denotes player left the club during the season.

Multi–goal games

No.	Pos.	Player	Date	Opponent	Number of Goals	Source
10	MF		March 6, 2016		2	^[20]
10	MF		May 7, 2016		2	^[21]
19	FW		July 2, 2016		2	^[22]
11	FW		July 23, 2016		3	^[23]
10	MF		October 16, 2016		2	^[24]
21	FW		October 27, 2016		2	^[25]
10	MF		November 6, 2016		2	^[26]

Goals against average

No.

Nat.

Player

Total

Major League Soccer

Canadian Championship

MIN

GA

GAA

MIN

GA

GAA

MIN

GA

GAA

MIN

GA

GAA

1

3412

60

1.58

2932

50

1.52

0

0

0.00

480

10

1.87

22

308

7

2.05

128

3

2.11

180

4

2.00

0

0

0.00

40

Maxime Crépeau

0

0

0.00

0

0

0.00

0

0

0.00

0

0

0.00Italic: denotes player left the club during the season.

Clean sheets

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No.

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Nat.

Player

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Major League Soccer

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Canadian Championship

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MLS Cup Playoffs

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TOTAL

1

6

1

7

22

1

1

Totals

6

1

1

8

Yellow and red cards

	Player	Total			Major League Soccer			Canadian Championship			MLS Cup Playoffs
	Player
1	Evan Bush	4 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total Yellow–red cards -->	1 <	-- Total red cards -->	3	0	1	0 <	-- Canadian Championship yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship Yellow–red cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship red cards -->	1	0	0
2	Ambroise Oyongo	4 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total Yellow–red cards -->	1 <	-- Total red cards -->	4	0	1	0 <	-- Canadian Championship yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship Yellow–red cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship red cards -->	0	0	0
3	Amadou Dia	0 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total Yellow–red cards -->	0 <	-- Total red cards -->	0	0	0	0 <	-- Canadian Championship yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship Yellow–red cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship red cards -->	0	0	0
5	Wandrille Lefèvre	1 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total Yellow–red cards -->	0 <	-- Total red cards -->	1	0	0	0 <	-- Canadian Championship yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship Yellow–red cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship red cards -->	0	0	0
6	Hassoun Camara	8 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total Yellow–red cards -->	0 <	-- Total red cards -->	6	0	0	0 <	-- Canadian Championship yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship Yellow–red cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship red cards -->	2	0	0
7	Dominic Oduro	2 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total Yellow–red cards -->	0 <	-- Total red cards -->	1	0	0	1 <	-- Canadian Championship yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship Yellow–red cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship red cards -->	0	0	0
8	Patrice Bernier	4 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total Yellow–red cards -->	1 <	-- Total red cards -->	4	0	0	0 <	-- Canadian Championship yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship Yellow–red cards -->	1 <	-- Canadian Championship red cards -->	0	0	0
10	Ignacio Piatti	5 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total Yellow–red cards -->	0 <	-- Total red cards -->	5	0	0	0 <	-- Canadian Championship yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship Yellow–red cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship red cards -->	0	0	0
11	Didier Drogba	6 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total Yellow–red cards -->	1 <	-- Total red cards -->	5	0	1	1 <	-- Canadian Championship yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship Yellow–red cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship red cards -->	0	0	0
14	Harry Shipp	2 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total Yellow–red cards -->	0 <	-- Total red cards -->	2	0	0	0 <	-- Canadian Championship yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship Yellow–red cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship red cards -->	0	0	0
15	Andrés Romero	0 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total Yellow–red cards -->	0 <	-- Total red cards -->	0	0	0	0 <	-- Canadian Championship yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship Yellow–red cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship red cards -->	0	0	0
16	Calum Mallace	3 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total Yellow–red cards -->	1 <	-- Total red cards -->	3	0	1	0 <	-- Canadian Championship yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship Yellow–red cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship red cards -->	0	0	0
17	David Choinière	0 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total Yellow–red cards -->	0 <	-- Total red cards -->	0	0	0	0 <	-- Canadian Championship yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship Yellow–red cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship red cards -->	0	0	0
18	Kyle Bekker	3 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total Yellow–red cards -->	0 <	-- Total red cards -->	3	0	0	0 <	-- Canadian Championship yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship Yellow–red cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship red cards -->	0	0	0
19	Michael Salazar	1 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total Yellow–red cards -->	0 <	-- Total red cards -->	1	0	0	0 <	-- Canadian Championship yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship Yellow–red cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship red cards -->	0	0	0
21	Matteo Mancosu	1 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total Yellow–red cards -->	0 <	-- Total red cards -->	1	0	0	0 <	-- Canadian Championship yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship Yellow–red cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship red cards -->	0	0	0
22	Eric Kronberg	0 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total Yellow–red cards -->	0 <	-- Total red cards -->	0	0	0	0 <	-- Canadian Championship yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship Yellow–red cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship red cards -->	0	0	0
23	Laurent Ciman	5 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total Yellow–red cards -->	0 <	-- Total red cards -->	3	0	0	0 <	-- Canadian Championship yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship Yellow–red cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship red cards -->	2	0	0
24	Anthony Jackson-Hamel	0 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total Yellow–red cards -->	0 <	-- Total red cards -->	0	0	0	0 <	-- Canadian Championship yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship Yellow–red cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship red cards -->	0	0	0
25	Donny Toia	2 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total Yellow–red cards -->	0 <	-- Total red cards -->	2	0	0	0 <	-- Canadian Championship yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship Yellow–red cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship red cards -->	0	0	0
26	Kyle Fisher	1 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total Yellow–red cards -->	0 <	-- Total red cards -->	1	0	0	0 <	-- Canadian Championship yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship Yellow–red cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship red cards -->	0	0	0
27	Johan Venegas	3 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total Yellow–red cards -->	0 <	-- Total red cards -->	2	0	0	0 <	-- Canadian Championship yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship Yellow–red cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship red cards -->	1	0	0
28	Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé	0 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total Yellow–red cards -->	0 <	-- Total red cards -->	0	0	0	0 <	-- Canadian Championship yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship Yellow–red cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship red cards -->	0	0	0
29	Eric Alexander	0 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total Yellow–red cards -->	0 <	-- Total red cards -->	0	0	0	0 <	-- Canadian Championship yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship Yellow–red cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship red cards -->	0	0	0
30	Hernán Bernardello	5 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total Yellow–red cards -->	0 <	-- Total red cards -->	5	0	0	0 <	-- Canadian Championship yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship Yellow–red cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship red cards -->	0	0	0
32	Lucas Ontivero	4 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total Yellow–red cards -->	1 <	-- Total red cards -->	4	0	0	0 <	-- Canadian Championship yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship Yellow–red cards -->	1 <	-- Canadian Championship red cards -->	0	0	0
33	Marco Donadel	4 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total Yellow–red cards -->	0 <	-- Total red cards -->	4	0	0	0 <	-- Canadian Championship yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship Yellow–red cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship red cards -->	0	0	0
36	Víctor Cabrera	6 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total Yellow–red cards -->	0 <	-- Total red cards -->	6	0	0	0 <	-- Canadian Championship yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship Yellow–red cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship red cards -->	0	0	0
39	Cameron Porter	0 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total Yellow–red cards -->	0 <	-- Total red cards -->	0	0	0	0 <	-- Canadian Championship yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship Yellow–red cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship red cards -->	0	0	0
40	Maxime Crépeau	0 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total Yellow–red cards -->	0 <	-- Total red cards -->	0	0	0	0 <	-- Canadian Championship yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship Yellow–red cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship red cards -->	0	0	0
51	Maxim Tissot	0 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total Yellow–red cards -->	0 <	-- Total red cards -->	0	0	0	0 <	-- Canadian Championship yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship Yellow–red cards -->	0 <	-- Canadian Championship red cards -->	0	0	0
Totals		71	0	6	63	0	4	2	0	2	6	0	0
Last updated: December 1, 2016

International roster slots

Montreal has ten MLS International Roster Slots for use in the 2016 season. Each club in Major League Soccer is allocated eight international roster spots. Montreal has two extra spot from transactions with the Portland Timbers and Toronto FC.

Slot! style="background:#00f; color:white; text-align:center;"
Player	Nationality
1	Laurent Ciman	Belgium
2	Didier Drogba	Ivory Coast
3	Marco Donadel	Italy
4	Matteo Mancosu	Italy
5	Ambroise Oyongo	Cameroon
6	Johan Venegas	Costa Rica
7	Ignacio Piatti	Argentina
8	Víctor Cabrera	Argentina
9	Lucas Ontivero	Argentina
10	Hernán Bernardello	Argentina
IR	Andrés Romero	Argentina

Player! style="background:#00f; color:white; text-align:center;"
Nationality
Calum Mallace	Scotland / ^[27]
Dominic Oduro	Ghana^G
Wandrille Lefèvre	France / Canada^[28]
Michael Salazar	Belize ^G
Hassoun Camara	France ^{C^[29]}

Recognition

MLS Team of the Week

Week	Player	Nation	Position	Report
1	Piatti		MF	MLS Team of the Week: 1
2	Piatti		MF	MLS Team of the Week: 2
2	Ciman		DF	MLS Team of the Week: 2
6	Piatti		MF	MLS Team of the Week: 6
6	Ciman		DF	MLS Team of the Week: 6
7	Piatti		MF	MLS Team of the Week: 7
7	Ciman		DF	MLS Team of the Week: 7
9	Drogba		FW	MLS Team of the Week: 9
10	Piatti		MF	MLS Team of the Week: 10
13	Piatti		MF	MLS Team of the Week: 13
13	Drogba		FW	MLS Team of the Week: 13
17	Salazar		FW	MLS Team of the Week: 17
20	Piatti		MF	MLS Team of the Week: 20
	Drogba		FW
	Oyongo		DF
22	Bush		GK	MLS Team of the Week: 22
25	Camara		DF	MLS Team of the Week: 25
30	Bush		GK	MLS Team of the Week: 30
	Ciman		DF
	Oduro		FW
32/33	Piatti		MF	MLS Team of the Week: 32/33

MLS Goal of the Week

Week	Player	Nation	Position	Report
1	Piatti		MF	MLS Goal of the Week: 1
7	Piatti		MF	MLS Goal of the Week: 7
9	Tissot		DF	MLS Goal of the Week: 9
10	Piatti		MF	MLS Goal of the Week: 10
20	Piatti		MF	MLS Goal of the Week: 20
32/33	Piatti		MF	MLS Goal of the Week: 32/33

MLS Save of the Week

References

Notes and References

News: Impact improve backline with Clemson's Fisher. tsn.ca. January 14, 2016.
News: Defender Victor Cabrera returns in 2016. impactsoccer.com. January 23, 2016.
News: Impact acquires midfielder Harry Ship from the Chicago Fire. impactsoccer.com. February 13, 2016.
News: Forward Michael Salazar under contract with the Montreal Impact. impactsoccer.com. March 1, 2016.
News: David Choinière signs MLS contract with Impact. impactsoccer.com. June 28, 2016.
News: Impact acquires French defender Amadou Dia from Sporting Kansas City. impactsoccer.com. July 12, 2016.
News: Argentine midfielder Hernán Bernardello back with Impact. impactsoccer.com. July 24, 2016.
News: Impact exercises 2016 options on 10 players. impactsoccer.com. August 4, 2015.
News: Sporting KC signs free agent Justin Mapp. sportingkc.com. December 14, 2015.
News: Reo-Coker won't be back in 2016. impactsoccer.com. January 22, 2016.
News: Impact acquires general allocation money and a 2018 MLS SuperDraft first round pick. impactsoccer.com. February 14, 2016.
News: L'Impact échange Dilly Duka au Crew. rds.ca. June 20, 2016.
News: Impact waives defender Maxim Tissot. www.impactmontreal.com/en. June 28, 2016.
News: Impact acquires general and targeted allocation money. impactsoccer.com. July 22, 2016.
News: Impact acquires Lucas Ontivero. impactsoccer.com. January 18, 2016.
News: mlssoccer. mlssoccer.com. June 1, 2016.
News: Italian striker Matteo Mancosu joins the Montreal Impact. impactsoccer.com. July 7, 2016.
News: Romario Williams loaned to the Charleston Battery. impactsoccer.com. January 18, 2016.
News: Impact selects Kyle Fisher with its first pick of the 2016 SuperDraft. impactsoccer.com. January 14, 2016.
News: Montreal Impact 3, Vancouver Whitecaps 2 MLS Match Recap . March 7, 2016 . mlssoccer.com . March 7, 2016.
News: Montreal Impact 4, Columbus Crew 4 MLS Match Recap . May 7, 2016 . mlssoccer.com . May 7, 2016.
News: Montreal Impact 3, New England 2 MLS Match Recap . July 2, 2016 . mlssoccer.com . July 2, 2016.
News: Montreal Impact 5, Union 1 MLS Match Recap . July 23, 2016 . mlssoccer.com . July 23, 2016.
News: Montreal Impact 2, Toronto FC 2 MLS Match Recap . October 16, 2016 . mlssoccer.com . October 16, 2016.
News: Montreal Impact 4, DC United 2 MLS Match Recap . October 28, 2016 . mlssoccer.com . October 28, 2016.
News: Montreal Impact 2, New York Red bulls 1 MLS Match Recap . November 6, 2016 . mlssoccer.com . November 6, 2016.
Web site: Calum Mallace . montrealimpact.com . April 1, 2013 . April 2, 2013.
Web site: Wandrille Lefèvre . montrealimpact.com . April 1, 2013 . April 2, 2013.
Web site: Camara . montrealimpact.com . January 1, 2015 . January 1, 2015.