Montreal Impact Academy
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| Full name | Montreal Impact Academy | |||
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| Nickname(s) | L'Impact | |||
| Founded | 2010 | |||
| Ground | Saputo Stadium Montreal, Quebec |
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| Capacity | 20 341 | |||
| Owner | Joey Saputo | |||
| Head Coach | Philippe Eullaffroy | |||
| League | Canadian Soccer League (2012) Exhibition season (2013) |
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| 2012 | Regular season: 2nd Playoffs: Runners up |
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| Website | Club home page | |||
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Montreal Impact Academy (French: L'Academie De L'Impact De Montreal) is a Canadian professional soccer team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 2010, their U-23 team is currently playing in the USL Premier Development League. They serve as the Academy to their parent club Montreal Impact.
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History
The club was founded in 2010 by Montreal Impact after Trois-Rivières Attak decided to take a sabbatical for the 2010 season. Attak which is owned by 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.[citation needed]
In 2013 their U-21 team left the Canadian Soccer League after numerous match fixing allegations.
In 2013-14 the U-17/18 team played in the US Soccer Academy.[1]
Players
Current U-23 roster
as of February 17, 2014.[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Current U-18 roster
as of October 17, 2012.[4]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Staff
President
Executive Vice President
Vice President
- John Di Terlizzi
Technical Director
Head Coach
Philippe Eullaffroy
Assistant Coach
Nicolas Gagnon
Year-by-Year
Outdoor Team
| Year | Division | League | Reg. Season | Playoffs | Avg. Attendance |
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| 2010 | 1 | Canadian Soccer League | 9th | DNQ | |
| 2011 | 1 | Canadian Soccer League | 6th | Quarter-finals | |
| 2012 | 1 | Canadian Soccer League | 2nd | Runners up |
Stadia
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-)
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