2016 Montreal Impact season

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.

Montreal Impact
2016 season
Owner and PresidentJoey Saputo
CoachMauro Biello
MLS Cup PlayoffsConference Finals
Canadian ChampionshipSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Ignacio Piatti (17)
All: Ignacio Piatti (21)
Highest home attendance61,004 (November 22 vs. Toronto FC)
Lowest home attendance16,318 (September 28 vs. San Jose Earthquakes)
Average home league attendance20,669
← 2015
2017 →

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

Background

edit

Transfers

edit
No. Pos. Player Transferred from Fee/notes Date Source
26 DF   Kyle Fisher   Clemson Tigers 2016 MLS SuperDraft January 14, 2016 [1]
36 DF   Víctor Cabrera   Club Atlético River Plate Purchased after loan spell January 23, 2016 [2]
14 MF   Harry Shipp   Chicago Fire Traded for General and Targeted Allocation Money February 13, 2016 [3]
19 FW   Michael Salazar   UC Riverside Highlanders 2016 MLS SuperDraft March 1, 2016 [4]
17 MF   David Choinière   FC Montreal Signed as a Homegrown Player June 28, 2016 [5]
3 DF   Amadou Dia   Sporting Kansas City Traded for Cameron Porter July 12, 2016 [6]
30 MF   Hernán Bernardello   Deportivo Alavés Free Transfer July 24, 2016 [7]
No. Pos. Player Transferred to Fee/notes Date Source
13 FW   Kenny Cooper Retired December 7, 2015 [8]
21 MF   Justin Mapp   Sporting Kansas City Free Agent December 14, 2015 [9]
14 MF   Nigel Reo-Coker   IK Start Released January 22, 2016 [10]
3 DF   Eric Miller   Colorado Rapids Trade for a 2018 1st round MLS SuperDraft pick and Allocation money February 14, 2016 [11]
5 MF   Dilly Duka   Columbus Crew SC Trade for a 2017 2nd round MLS SuperDraft pick and Allocation and TAM money June 20, 2016 [12]
51 MF   Maxim Tissot   Ottawa Fury Waived June 28, 2016 [13]
39 FW   Cameron Porter   Sporting Kansas City Traded for Amadou Dia July 12, 2016 [6]
29 MF   Eric Alexander   Houston Dynamo Traded for Allocation Money July 22, 2016 [14]

Loans in

edit
No. Pos. Player Loaned from Loan start date Loan end date Source
32 MF   Lucas Ontivero   Galatasaray January 18, 2016 December 31, 2016 [15]
67 DF   David Choinière   FC Montreal June 1, 2016 June 9, 2016 [16]
21 FW   Matteo Mancosu   Bologna July 7, 2016 June 30, 2017 [17]

Loans out

edit
No. Pos. Player Loaned to Loan start date Loan end date Source
17 FW   Romario Williams   Charleston Battery March 1, 2016 December 31, 2016 [18]

Draft picks

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

International caps

edit

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

Nationality Position Player Competition Date Opponent Minutes played Score
  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

edit

  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

Regular season friendlies

edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

MD Date, KO
EST
Venue Opponent Res.
F–A
Att. Goalscorers and disciplined players Ref.
Montreal Impact Opponent
1 August 3
7:30 p.m.
H A.S. Roma 0–2 20,801 Džeko   6'
Nainggolan   21'

Major League Soccer

edit

Review

edit

Tables

edit

Eastern Conference

edit
Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
3 Toronto FC 34 14 9 11 51 39 +12 53 MLS Cup Knockout Round
4 D.C. United 34 11 10 13 53 47 +6 46
5 Montreal Impact 34 11 11 12 49 53 −4 45
6 Philadelphia Union 34 11 14 9 52 55 −3 42
7 New England Revolution 34 11 14 9 44 54 −10 42
Source: MLS

Overall

edit
Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts
9 Real Salt Lake 34 12 12 10 44 46 −2 46
10 D.C. United 34 11 10 13 53 47 +6 46
11 Montreal Impact 34 11 11 12 49 53 −4 45
12 Portland Timbers 34 12 14 8 48 53 −5 44
13 Philadelphia Union 34 11 14 9 52 55 −3 42
Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored;

Results summary

edit
Overall Home Away
Pld Pts W L D GF GA GD W L D GF GA GD W L D GF GA GD
34 45 11 11 12 49 53  −4 7 5 5 31 29  +2 4 6 7 18 24  −6

Last updated: October 25, 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

edit

  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'
Waston   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 4–4 14,095 Piatti   26', 58'
Drogba   57' (pen.)
Ontivero   82'
Oduro   90+3'
Kamara   16', 45+1'
Higuaín   48', 53' (pen.)
Francis   82'
11 May 14
5:00 p.m.
H Philadelphia Union 1–1 20,801 Drogba   3'
Piatti   36'
Donadel   50'
Oyongo   80'
Sapong   34'
Gaddis   81'
12 May 21
7:30 p.m.
A Orlando City SC 1–2 34,081 Piatti   4'
Bush   45+1'
Winter   13'
Shea   41'
Larin   43', 87'
Rivas   45+2'
Higuita   53'
Alston   66'
13 May 28
8:00 p.m.
H LA Galaxy 3–2 20,801 Piatti   26'
Ontivero   56'
Bernier  68'
Drogba   90+4'   90+5'
Santos   8'
Magee   58'
Gordon   90+2'
Steres   90+4'
14 June 18
7:30 p.m.
A Columbus Crew SC 0–0 14,814 Drogba   59'
Camara   90+2'
Ashe   14'
Wahl   68'
Tchani  68'
15 June 25
7:30 p.m.
H Sporting Kansas City 2-2 20,032 Ontivero   16'  24'
Piatti   39' (pen.)
Oyongo   43'
Drogba   55'
Dwyer   21'  59'
Medranda   38'
16 July 2
5:30 p.m.
H New England Revolution 3-2 20,279 Salazar   40'  48'
Piatti   54' (pen.)
Kamara   18'  33'
Knighton   53'
Caldwell   55'
17 July 9
10:00 p.m.
A Real Salt Lake 1-1 20,086 Shipp   8'
Cabrera   16'
Wingert   62'
Glad   70'
Beckerman   76'
Movsisyan   79' (pen.)
18 July 13
10:30 p.m.
A Portland Timbers 1-1 21,144 Piatti   18'  44'
Shipp   68'
Camara   70'
McInerney   14'
Adi   70'
19 July 17
5:00 p.m.
H New York City FC 1-3 20,801 Camara   50'
Shipp   55'
Ontivero   61'
Cabrera   74'
Villa   35'
Harrison   45+2'
Lopez   72'
Lampard   85'
Saunders   88'
20 July 23
7:30 p.m.
H Philadelphia Union 5-1 20,801 Drogba   19'  42'  52'
Salazar   26'
Mallace   50'
Bernier   83'
Piatti   87'
Mancosu   90+1'
Barnetta   27'
Pontius   72'
Gaddis   76'
21 July 31
6:00 p.m.
A D.C. United 1-1 16,728 Bekker   54'
Drogba   81'
Bernardello   86'  90+2'
Mullins   20'  77'
Sarvas   25'
22 August 6
7:30 p.m.
H Houston Dynamo 1-0 20,801 Mancosu   76'
Bernardello   86'
Horst   41'
Williams   61'
23 August 13
7:00 p.m.
A New York Red Bulls 1-3 23,459 Piatti   21'
Oyongo   48'
Bernardello   50'
Mallace   69'
Collin   14'
Wright-Phillips   22'  41'
Davis   46'
Muyl   87'
24 August 20
7:30 p.m.
H Chicago Fire 0-3 20,801 Ciman   44'
Drogba   71'
Solignac   15'  31'
Accam   73'
Polster   89'
25 August 24
7:30 p.m.
H D.C. United 1-1 19,740 Bush   36'
Camara   77'
Birnbaum   8'
Neagle   39' (pen.)
Sarvas   63'
Igboananike   67'
Opare   89'
26 August 27
7:30 p.m.
A Toronto FC 1-0 28,454 Mallace   43'
Piatti   73'
Bush   73'
Mancosu   81'
Bekker   90+1'
Delgado   44'
Zavaleta   46'
Osorio   70'
27 September 7
7:30 p.m.
H Orlando City SC 1-4 17,389 Drogba   2'
Bernier   51'
Bush   51'
Bernardello   84'
Shea   4'  45'
Kaká   36'  54' (pen.)
Carrasco   55'
Rivas   77'  89'
28 September 10
7:00 p.m.
A Philadelphia Union 1-1 18,500 Ciman   48'
Camara   60'
Mancosu   88'
Pontius   34'
Barnetta   45'
Sapong   54'
29 September 17
7:30 p.m.
H New England Revolution 1-3 20,801 Shipp   41'
Drogba   50' (pen.)
Cabrera   54'
Kamara   1'
Rowe   27'  59'
Gonçalves   39'
Gonçalves   39'
30 September 24
7:00 p.m.
A New York Red Bulls 0-1 22,209 Cabrera   22'
Oyongo   45+3'
Bernardello   56'
Donadel   81'
Kljestan   56'
Royer   60'
31 September 28
7:30 p.m.
H San Jose Earthquakes 3-1 16,318 Oduro   22'
Piatti   32'  86'
Camara   50'
Cabrera   56'
Venegas   86'  90+2'
Drogba   90+1'
Francis   12'
Wondolowski   62'
32 October 2
1:00 p.m.
A Orlando City SC 1-0 26,041 Oduro   56'
Fisher   65'
Boden   77'
33 October 16
3:00 p.m.
H Toronto FC 2-2 20,801 Piatti   19'  55' (pen.)
Donadel   59'
Bradley   25'
Beitashour   45+1'
Altidore   51'
Giovinco   68'
Moor   78'
Ricketts   86'
34 October 23
4:00 p.m.
A New England Revolution 0-3 39,587 Mallace   55'
Oduro   64'
Venegas   83'
Fagúndez   13'
Agudelo   56'  60'
Kamara   71'  72'

MLS Cup Playoffs

edit

  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
Knockout Round
October 27
7:30 p.m.
A D.C. United 4-2 12,773 Ciman   4'
Mancosu   43'  58'
Piatti   83'
Neagle   89'
Kemp   90+4'
Conference Semi-final
FL October 30, 3:00 p.m. H New York Red Bulls 1-0 15,027 Camara   13'
Mancosu   61'
Felipe   13'
Damari   90+3'
SL November 6, 4:00 p.m. A New York Red Bulls 2-1 3-1 24,314 Piatti   51'  85'
Bush   56'
Ciman   63'
Venegas   90+2'
Felipe   19'
McCarty   74'
Wright-Phillips   77'
Kljestan   89'
Conference Final
FL November 22, 8:00 p.m. H Toronto FC 3-2 61,004 Oduro   10'
Mancosu   12'
Oyongo   63'
Altidore   68'
Bradley   73'
SL November 30, 8:00 p.m. A Toronto FC 2-5 5-7 36,000

Canadian championship

edit

Canadian Championship review

edit
Preliminary round
     
  FC Edmonton 0 2 2
  Ottawa Fury FC 3 0 3
Semifinals Final
          
1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0 3 3
4 Ottawa Fury FC 2 0 2
1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0 2 2
3 Toronto FC (a) 1 1 2
2 Montreal Impact 2 0 2
3 Toronto FC 4 0 4

Canadian Championship results

edit

  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 2–4 22,143 Bernier   45+2'
Salazar   86'
Drogba   90+1'
Osorio   13'  34'
Hamilton   60'  80'
Irwin   90+2'
SL June 8
8:00 p.m.
H Toronto FC 0–0 2–4 18,964 Drogba   50'
Ontivero   60'
Oduro   88'
Zavaleta   45'

Player information

edit

Squad information

edit
No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (age at year end) Previous club
Goalkeepers
1 Evan Bush   US GK (1986-03-06) March 6, 1986 (age 38)   Montreal Impact (NASL)
22 Eric Kronberg   US GK (1983-06-07) June 7, 1983 (age 41)   Sporting Kansas City
40 Maxime Crépeau   CAN GK (1994-05-11) May 11, 1994 (age 30)   Montreal Impact Academy
Defenders
2 Ambroise Oyongo   CAM LB (1991-06-22) June 22, 1991 (age 33)   New York Red Bulls
3 Amadou Dia   US CB (1993-06-08) June 8, 1993 (age 31)   Sporting Kansas City
5 Wandrille Lefèvre   CAN CB (1989-12-17) December 17, 1989 (age 34)   Montreal Impact Academy
6 Hassoun Camara   FRA CB\RB (1984-02-03) February 3, 1984 (age 40)   Montreal Impact (NASL)
23 Laurent Ciman   BEL CB (1985-08-05) August 5, 1985 (age 39)   Standard Liège
25 Donny Toia   US LB (1992-05-28) May 28, 1992 (age 32)   Chivas USA
26 Kyle Fisher   US CB (1994-06-19) June 19, 1994 (age 30)   Clemson Tigers
36 Víctor Cabrera   ARG CB (1993-02-07) February 7, 1993 (age 31)   River Plate
Midfielders
8 Patrice Bernier   CAN DM (1979-09-23) September 23, 1979 (age 45)   Lyngby Boldklub
10 Ignacio Piatti   ARG AM (1985-02-04) February 4, 1985 (age 39)   San Lorenzo de Almagro
14 Harry Shipp   US AM (1991-11-07) November 7, 1991 (age 33)   Chicago Fire
16 Calum Mallace   SCO DM (1990-10-01) October 1, 1990 (age 34)   Marquette Golden Eagles
17 David Choinière   CAN LM (1997-02-07) February 7, 1997 (age 27)   FC Montreal
18 Kyle Bekker   CAN CM (1990-09-02) September 2, 1990 (age 34)   FC Dallas
27 Johan Venegas   CRC CAM/LW (1988-07-11) July 11, 1988 (age 36)   Alajuelense
28 Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé   CAN DM (1995-03-09) March 9, 1995 (age 29)   Montreal Impact Academy
30 Hernán Bernardello   ARG DM (1986-08-03) August 3, 1986 (age 38)   Deportivo Alavés
32 Lucas Ontivero   ARG LW/RW (1994-09-09) September 9, 1994 (age 30)   Galatasaray
33 Marco Donadel   ITA DM (1983-04-21) April 21, 1983 (age 41)   Napoli
Attackers
7 Dominic Oduro   GHA ST (1985-08-13) August 13, 1985 (age 39)   Toronto FC
11 Didier Drogba   IVC ST (1978-03-11) March 11, 1978 (age 46)   Chelsea F.C.
15 Andrés Romero   ARG ST (1989-10-29) October 29, 1989 (age 35)   Tombense
19 Michael Salazar   BLZ ST (1992-10-15) October 15, 1992 (age 32)   UC Riverside Highlanders
21 Matteo Mancosu   ITA ST (1984-12-22) December 22, 1984 (age 39)   Bologna F.C. 1909
24 Anthony Jackson-Hamel   CAN ST (1993-08-03) August 3, 1993 (age 31)   Montreal Impact Academy

Squad and statistics

edit

Appearances, minutes played, and goals scored

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

Top scorers

edit
No. Nat. Player Pos. Major League Soccer Canadian Championship MLS Playoffs TOTAL
10   Ignacio Piatti MF 17 4 21
11   Didier Drogba FW 10 1 11
7   Dominic Oduro FW 6 2 8
21   Matteo Mancosu FW 3 4 7
19   Michael Salazar FW 2 1 3
6   Hassoun Camara DF 2 2
14   Harry Shipp MF 2 2
32   Lucas Ontivero MF 2 2
2   Ambroise Oyongo DF 1 1
18   Kyle Bekker MF 1 1
23   Laurent Ciman DF 1 1
24   Anthony Jackson-Hamel FW 1 1
27   Johan Venegas MF 1 1
30   Hernán Bernardello MF 1 1
51   Maxim Tissot MF 1 1
Totals 49 2 12 63

Updated to match played December 1, 2016
Source: Montreal Impact
Italic: denotes player left the club during the season.

Top assists

edit
No. Nat. Player Pos. Major League Soccer Canadian Championship MLS Playoffs TOTAL
7   Dominic Oduro FW 6 3 9
10   Ignacio Piatti MF 6 2 8
11   Didier Drogba FW 6 1 1 8
2   Ambroise Oyongo DF 5 1 6
21   Matteo Mancosu FW 4 2 6
33   Marco Donadel MF 4 2 6
8   Patrice Bernier MF 1 2 3
14   Harry Shipp MF 3 3
6   Hassoun Camara DF 2 2
25   Donny Toia DF 2 2
27   Johan Venegas MF 1 1 2
32   Lucas Ontivero MF 2 2
30   Hernán Bernardello MF 1 1
29   Eric Alexander MF 1 1
Totals 44 1 14 59

Updated to match played December 1, 2016
Source: Montreal Impact
Italic: denotes player left the club during the season.

Top minutes played

edit
No. Nat. Player Pos. Major League Soccer Canadian Championship MLS Playoffs TOTAL
1   Evan Bush GK 2932 480 3412
10   Ignacio Piatti MF 2818 90 474 3382
23   Laurent Ciman DF 2484 480 2964
6   Hassoun Camara DF 2249 180 471 2900
2   Ambroise Oyongo DF 2316 87 480 2883
7   Dominic Oduro FW 2028 100 464 2592
36   Víctor Cabrera DF 1926 90 480 2496
33   Marco Donadel MF 1516 468 1984
11   Didier Drogba FW 1650 180 76 1906
14   Harry Shipp MF 1595 57 18 1670

Updated to match played December 1, 2016
Source: Montreal Impact
Italic: denotes player left the club during the season.

Multi–goal games

edit
No. Pos. Player Date Opponent Number of Goals Source
10 MF   Ignacio Piatti March 6, 2016 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 [20]
10 MF   Ignacio Piatti May 7, 2016 vs Columbus Crew SC 2 [21]
19 FW   Michael Salazar July 2, 2016 vs New England Revolution 2 [22]
11 FW   Didier Drogba July 23, 2016 vs Philadelphia Union 3 [23]
10 MF   Ignacio Piatti October 16, 2016 vs Toronto FC 2 [24]
21 FW   Matteo Mancosu October 27, 2016 vs D.C. United 2 [25]
10 MF   Ignacio Piatti November 6, 2016 vs New York Red Bulls 2 [26]

Goals against average

edit
No. Nat. Player Total Major League Soccer Canadian Championship MLS Playoffs
MIN GA GAA MIN GA GAA MIN GA GAA MIN GA GAA
1   US Evan Bush 3412 60 1.58 2932 50 1.52 0 0 0.00 480 10 1.87
22   US Eric Kronberg 308 7 2.05 128 3 2.11 180 4 2.00 0 0 0.00
40   CAN Maxime Crépeau 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00

Updated to match played December 1, 2016
Source: Montreal Impact
Italic: denotes player left the club during the season.

Clean sheets

edit
No. Nat. Player Major League Soccer Canadian Championship MLS Cup Playoffs TOTAL
1   Evan Bush 6 1 7
22   Eric Kronberg 1 1
Totals 6 1 1 8

Updated to match played October 31, 2016
Source: Montreal Impact

Yellow and red cards

edit
No. Player Total Major League Soccer Canadian Championship MLS Cup Playoffs Ref.
                               
1 Evan Bush 4 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
2 Ambroise Oyongo 4 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Amadou Dia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Wandrille Lefèvre 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Hassoun Camara 8 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
7 Dominic Oduro 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
8 Patrice Bernier 4 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
10 Ignacio Piatti 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Didier Drogba 6 0 1 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
14 Harry Shipp 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Andrés Romero 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Calum Mallace 3 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 David Choinière 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Kyle Bekker 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Michael Salazar 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Matteo Mancosu 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Eric Kronberg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Laurent Ciman 5 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
24 Anthony Jackson-Hamel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Donny Toia 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Kyle Fisher 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Johan Venegas 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
28 Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 Eric Alexander 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Hernán Bernardello 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 Lucas Ontivero 4 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
33 Marco Donadel 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 Víctor Cabrera 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 Cameron Porter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 Maxime Crépeau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
51 Maxim Tissot 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 71 0 6 63 0 4 2 0 2 6 0 0
Last updated: December 1, 2016

International roster slots

edit

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.

Recognition

edit

MLS Best XI

edit
Player Nation Position Report
Piatti   Argentina MF MLS Best XI

MLS Player of the Week

edit
Week Player Nation Position Report
10 Piatti   Argentina MF MLS Player of the Week: 10

MLS Team of the Week

edit
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
6 Piatti   Argentina MF MLS Team of the Week: 6
Ciman   Belgium DF
7 Piatti   Argentina MF MLS Team of the Week: 7
Ciman   Belgium DF
9 Drogba   Ivory Coast FW MLS Team of the Week: 9
10 Piatti   Argentina MF MLS Team of the Week: 10
13 Piatti   Argentina MF MLS Team of the Week: 13
Drogba   Ivory Coast FW
17 Salazar   Belize FW MLS Team of the Week: 17
20 Piatti   Argentina MF MLS Team of the Week: 20
Drogba   Ivory Coast FW
Oyongo   Cameroon DF
22 Bush   United States GK MLS Team of the Week: 22
25 Camara   France DF MLS Team of the Week: 25
30 Bush   United States GK MLS Team of the Week: 30
Ciman   Belgium DF
Oduro   Ghana FW
32/33 Piatti   Argentina MF MLS Team of the Week: 32/33

MLS Goal of the Week

edit
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
10 Piatti   Argentina MF MLS Goal of the Week: 10
20 Piatti   Argentina MF MLS Goal of the Week: 20
32/33 Piatti   Argentina MF MLS Goal of the Week: 32/33

MLS Save of the Week

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

References

edit
  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. ^ "David Choinière signs MLS contract with Impact". impactsoccer.com. June 28, 2016.
  6. ^ a b "Impact acquires French defender Amadou Dia from Sporting Kansas City". impactsoccer.com. July 12, 2016.
  7. ^ "Argentine midfielder Hernán Bernardello back with Impact". impactsoccer.com. July 24, 2016.
  8. ^ "Impact exercises 2016 options on 10 players". impactsoccer.com. August 4, 2015.
  9. ^ "Sporting KC signs free agent Justin Mapp". sportingkc.com. December 14, 2015.
  10. ^ "Reo-Coker won't be back in 2016". impactsoccer.com. January 22, 2016.
  11. ^ "Impact acquires general allocation money and a 2018 MLS SuperDraft first round pick". impactsoccer.com. February 14, 2016.
  12. ^ "L'Impact échange Dilly Duka au Crew". rds.ca. June 20, 2016.
  13. ^ "Impact waives defender Maxim Tissot". www.impactmontreal.com/en. June 28, 2016.
  14. ^ "Impact acquires general and targeted allocation money". impactsoccer.com. July 22, 2016.
  15. ^ "Impact acquires Lucas Ontivero". impactsoccer.com. January 18, 2016.
  16. ^ "mlssoccer". mlssoccer.com. June 1, 2016.
  17. ^ "Italian striker Matteo Mancosu joins the Montreal Impact". impactsoccer.com. July 7, 2016.
  18. ^ "Romario Williams loaned to the Charleston Battery". impactsoccer.com. January 18, 2016.
  19. ^ a b c d e "Impact selects Kyle Fisher with its first pick of the 2016 SuperDraft". impactsoccer.com. January 14, 2016.
  20. ^ "Montreal Impact 3, Vancouver Whitecaps 2 | MLS Match Recap". mlssoccer.com. March 7, 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  21. ^ "Montreal Impact 4, Columbus Crew 4 | MLS Match Recap". mlssoccer.com. May 7, 2016. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
  22. ^ "Montreal Impact 3, New England 2 | MLS Match Recap". mlssoccer.com. July 2, 2016. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
  23. ^ "Montreal Impact 5, Union 1 | MLS Match Recap". mlssoccer.com. July 23, 2016. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
  24. ^ "Montreal Impact 2, Toronto FC 2 | MLS Match Recap". mlssoccer.com. October 16, 2016. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
  25. ^ "Montreal Impact 4, DC United 2 | MLS Match Recap". mlssoccer.com. October 28, 2016. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
  26. ^ "Montreal Impact 2, New York Red bulls 1 | MLS Match Recap". mlssoccer.com. November 6, 2016. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  27. ^ a b "Calum Mallace". montrealimpact.com. April 1, 2013. Retrieved April 2, 2013.
  28. ^ a b "Wandrille Lefèvre". montrealimpact.com. April 1, 2013. Retrieved April 2, 2013.
  29. ^ "Camara". montrealimpact.com. January 1, 2015. Retrieved January 1, 2015.