2014 Montreal Impact season

The 2014 Montreal Impact season was the club's third season Major League Soccer, the top flight of both American and Canadian soccer.

For the 2014 season, outside of MLS, the Impact competed in the 2014 Canadian Championship, Canada's domestic cup competition and the CONCACAF Champions League.

Background

Alessandro Nesta retired after last season. Options were declined for Paolo DelPiccolo, Maximiliano Leonel Rodríguez, and Siniša Ubiparipović. Zarek Valentin left on a free transfer to FK Bodø/Glimt. Nelson Rivas became a free agent. Loans ended for Andrés Romero, Daniele Paponi, and Andrea Pisanu. Davy Arnaud was traded for an international roster slot in 2014 and 2015. Marco Schallibaum was fired as head coach. Frank Klopas replaced Schallibaum. Montreal opened pre–season training camp on January 28 and will participate in the Walt Disney World Pro Soccer Classic.

Transfers

In No.Pos.PlayerTransferred fromFee/notesDateSource3 DF Eric Miller Creighton Bluejays 2014 MLS SuperDraft January 16, 2014 29 FW Santiago González Sud América Free Transfer February 14, 2014 44 DF Heath Pearce New York Red Bulls Free March 6, 2014 99 FW Jack McInerney Philadelphia Union Traded for Andrew Wenger April 4, 2014 17 MF Issey Nakajima-Farran Toronto FC Traded for Collen Warner May 16, 2014 98 DF Mamadou Danso Portland Timbers Traded for a 2nd-round pick in 2015 June 2, 2014 22 DF Mechack Jérôme Sporting Kansas City Free Transfer June 6, 2014 33 MF Gorka Larrea CD Numancia Free June 11, 2014 23 DF Krzysztof Król Piast Gliwice Free June 26, 2014 10 MF Ignacio Piatti San Lorenzo de Almagro Free July 2, 2014 28 MF Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé Montreal Impact Academy Graduated from the academy July 3, 2014 11 MF Dilly Duka Chicago Fire Traded for Sanna Nyassi July 29, 2014 24 FW Anthony Jackson-Hamel Montreal Impact Academy Graduated from the academy August 1, 2014 14 DF Gege Soriola Free State Stars F.C. Free August 26, 2014 27 MF Louis Béland-Goyette Montreal Impact Academy Graduated from the academy September 12, 2014 25 MF James Bissue Sekondi Wise Fighters Free Transfer September 18, 2014

Out No.Pos.PlayerTransferred toFee/notesDateSource 14 DF Alessandro Nesta Retired November 7, 2013 27 MF Paolo DelPiccolo New England Revolution Option Declined November 25, 2013 98 MF Maximiliano Rodríguez Argentinos Juniors Option Declined November 25, 2013 28 MF Siniša Ubiparipović Ottawa Fury FC Option Declined December 9, 2013 22 MF Davy Arnaud D.C. United Traded for an international roster slot in 2014 and 2015 December 10, 2013 3 DF Zarek Valentin FK Bodø/Glimt Free Transfer December 19, 2013 35 FW Daniele Paponi Bologna F.C. 1909 Loan Ended December 19, 2013 31 MF Andrea Pisanu A.C. Prato Loan Ended December 19, 2013 33 FW Andrew Wenger Philadelphia Union Traded for Jack McInerney April 4, 2014 18 MF Collen Warner Toronto FC Traded for Issey Nakajima-Farran May 16, 2014 5 DF Jeb Brovsky New York City FC Traded for a second-round pick in 2016 June 12, 2014 2 DF Nelson Rivas Fortaleza F.C. Removed from the roster June 24, 2014 22 DF Mechack Jérôme San Antonio Scorpions Released June 26, 2014 23 MF Hernán Bernardello Cruz Azul Option Declined July 2, 2014 11 MF Sanna Nyassi Chicago Fire Traded for Dilly Duka July 29, 2014

Loans in No.Pos.PlayerLoaned fromLoan Start DateLoan End DateSource15 FW Andrés Romero Tombense February 10, 2014 December 31, 2014

Loans out No. Pos. Player Loaned to Loan Start Date Loan End Date Source43 MF Zakaria Messoudi Ottawa Fury FC March 28, 2014 November 2, 2014 19 MF Blake Smith Indy Eleven May 14, 2014 November 2, 2014 29 FW Santiago González Danubio F.C. August 1, 2014 December 31, 2014

International caps Players called for senior international duty during the 2014 season while under contract with the Montreal Impact.

NationalityPositionPlayerCompetitionDateOpponentMinutes playedScore Canada MF Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé Friendly May 23, 2014 v Bulgaria 22' 1-1 Canada MF Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé Friendly May 27, 2014 v Moldova 90' 1-1 Canada MF Patrice Bernier Friendly September 9, 2014 v Jamaica 45' 3–1 Canada MF Issey Nakajima-Farran Friendly September 9, 2014 v Jamaica 56' 3–1 Canada MF Karl Ouimette Friendly September 9, 2014 v Jamaica 2' 3–1 Canada MF Issey Nakajima-Farran Friendly October 14, 2014 v Colombia 89' 0–1 Canada DF Karl Ouimette Friendly October 14, 2014 v Colombia 13' 0–1 Canada MF Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé Friendly October 14, 2014 v Colombia 22' 0–1 Canada DF Karl Ouimette Friendly November 18, 2014 v Panama 90' 0-0 Canada MF Issey Nakajima-Farran Friendly November 18, 2014 v Panama 62' 0-0 Canada MF Patrice Bernier Friendly November 18, 2014 v Panama 62' 0-0

Competitions

Pre-season matches

Walt Disney World Pro Soccer Classic

Major League Soccer

Review

The Montreal Impact started their season on March 8 against FC Dallas with a 3–2 loss. Sanna Nyassi and Andrew Wenger scored for Montreal and Fabián Castillo, Blas Pérez, and Mauro Díaz scored for Dallas. Marco Di Vaio and Andrés Romero are suspended for the first 3 matches of the season. Montreal went on to face Houston Dynamo on March 2. Houston won 1–0 from a deflected shot by Will Bruin. Patrice Bernier had a 30–yard shot "pushed" over the crossbar and Andrew Wenger had a shot cleared over the crossbar.

Table

Conference

Overall

Results summary

Fixtures & results

EST Venue Opponent Goalscorers and disciplined players Montreal Impact Opponent 1 March 8, 8:30 p.m. A FC Dallas 2–3 18,011 Nyassi Ferrari Wenger Castillo Hernandez Pérez Díaz 2 March 15, 8:30 p.m. A Houston Dynamo 0–1 18,245 Felipe Camara Bernardello Sarkodie Bruin Taylor 3 March 23, 4:00 p.m. H Seattle Sounders FC 0–2 27,207 Camara Perkins Martins 4 March 29, 4:00 p.m. A Philadelphia Union 1–1 15,691 Camara Wenger Di Vaio Nogueira Fabinho 5 April 5, 4:00 p.m. H New York Red Bulls 2–2 24,071 Romero Felipe Steele Luyindula 6 April 12, 4:00 p.m. H Chicago Fire 1–1 19,313 McInerney Camara Nyarko Amarikwa Magee 7 April 19, 8:30 p.m. A Sporting Kansas City 0–4 20,306 Mapp Ferrari Ouimette Mallace Mallace Collin Dwyer Peterson 8 April 26, 4:00 p.m. H Philadelphia Union 1–0 19,075 Felipe Ouimette Camara Brovsky Edu Gaddis 9 May 10, 4:00 p.m. H Sporting Kansas City 0–3 16,529 Warner Bernardello Dom Dwyer Nagamura 10 May 17, 7:00 p.m. A D.C. United 1–1 14,106 McInerney Bernardello Bernier DeLeon Johnson Neal 11 May 24, 9:00 p.m. A Colorado Rapids 1–4 17,616 Lefèvre Romero Powers Hill O'Neill Moor 12 May 31, 7:00 p.m. H New England Revolution 2–0 18.068 Romero McInerney Felipe Dorman Bunbury 13 June 11, 7:30 p.m. H D.C. United 2–4 14,135 McInerney Romero Lefèvre Silva DeLeon Espíndola Arnaud 14 June 25, 10:00 p.m. A Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–0 21,000 Tissot Romero Larrea Mitchell Koffie 15 June 29, 7:30 p.m. H Houston Dynamo 3–0 16,752 Tissot McInerney Di Vaio Cochran Bruin 16 July 5, 10:30 p.m. A Chivas USA 0–1 4,201 Ouimette Torres 17 July 12, 7:30 p.m. H Sporting Kansas City 1–2 17,155 Di Vaio Felipe Romero Król Dwyer Sinovic 18 July 19, 7:30 p.m. A Columbus Crew 1–2 21,112 Di Vaio Camara Anor 19 July 24, 10:00 p.m. A Real Salt Lake 1–3 20,398 Camara Nakajima-Farran Gagnon-Laparé Mulholland Wingert García 20 July 27, 7:30 p.m. H Portland Timbers 2–3 14,715 Romero Camara Bernier Tissot Urruti Johnson Valeri 21 August 2, 5:00 p.m. H Toronto FC 0–2 16,665 Król Ferrari Camara Gilberto Moore 22 August 9, 7:00 p.m. A Philadelphia Union 1–2 18,703 Tissot Le Toux 23 August 16, 6:30 p.m. H Chicago Fire 1–0 17,132 Larrea Di Vaio Ianni 24 August 23, 7:00 p.m. A New York Red Bulls 2–4 17,891 Duka Romero Henry Wright-Phillips 25 August 30, 7:30 p.m. H Columbus Crew 2–0 15,995 Piatti Camara Bush Tchani Trapp Francis 26 September 6, 8:30 p.m. A Houston Dynamo 2–3 18,501 Duka Piatti Felipe Barnes Clark 27 September 10, 7:30 p.m. H Los Angeles Galaxy 2–2 13,916 Di Vaio Piatti Felipe Mallace Gargan Donovan Zardes Gordon 28 September 13, 7:30 p.m. A New England Revolution 1–2 19,665 Mallace Król Lefèvre Farrell Rowe Nguyen Bunbury 29 September 20, 7:30 p.m. H San Jose Earthquakes 2–0 15,800 McInerney Duka 30 September 27, 7:30 p.m. A Columbus Crew 0–2 20,318 Gagnon-Laparé Ferrari Finlay Tchani Higuaín Wahl 31 October 5, 5:00 p.m. A Chicago Fire 0–0 17,915 Camara Segares 32 October 11, 4:00 p.m. H New England Revolution 2–2 14,389 Di Vaio Rowe Jones Nguyen 33 October 18, 2:00 p.m. A Toronto FC 1–1 18,329 Camara Felipe Ferrari Pearce Bush Creavalle Jackson Osorio Bendik De Rosario 34 October 25, 4:00 p.m. H D.C. United 1–1 15,242 Di Vaio Mallace > Espíndola

MLS Reserve league

Reserve fixtures & results

EST Venue Opponent Goalscorers and disciplined players Montreal Impact Opponent 1 March 9 – 11:30 a.m. A FC Dallas 0–2 Romero Ouimette Escobar Keel 2 April 6 – 10:30 a.m. H New York Red Bulls 4–1 Jackson-Hamel Mallace Bernier Lefèvre Brovsky Adjei Bustamante 3 June 7 – 7:30 p.m. A Orlando City Soccer Club 1–2 Carbonneau Tissot Béland-Goyette Span 4 June 20 – 4:00 p.m. H Harrisburg City Islanders 1−0 Felipe Romero Joly López Barril 5 July 6 – 2:00 p.m. A Chivas USA 1–0 Danso Larrea Mallace Dunn Nwiloh 6 July 28 – 10:30 a.m. H Charleston Battery 0–1 Gagnon-Laparé Falvey Cuevas 7 Postponed H Chicago Fire 8 Postponed A New York Red Bulls 9 September 1 – 7:00 p.m. H Charlotte Eagles 1-1 Tissot Herrera 10 October 6 – 11:00 a.m. A Chicago Fire 0–1 Jobe

Canadian championship

Bracket

The three Major League Soccer and two NASL Canadian clubs have been seeded according to their final position in 2013 league play, with both NASL clubs playing in the preliminary round, the winner of which advances to the semifinals.

All rounds of the competition are played via a two leg home and away knock-out format. The higher seeded team has the option of deciding which leg it plays at home, usually the second leg. The team which scores the greater aggregate of goals in the two matches advances. As previous years, the team that comes on top on aggregate for the two matches is declared champion and earns the right to represent Canada in the 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League.

Each round is a two-game aggregate goal series with the away goals rule.

Semifinals

Fixtures and results

Leg EST Venue Opponent Goalscorers and disciplined player Montreal Impact Opponent Semi–final May 7 – 9:30 p.m. A FC Edmonton 1–2 — 1,946 Camara McInerney Pearce Jones Moses Ameobi Nonni May 14 – 7:30 p.m. H FC Edmonton 4–2 5–4 12,826 McInerney McInerney Brovsky Bernier Edward Jonke Jonke Boakai Hlavaty Final May 28 – 7:30 p.m. A Toronto FC 1-1 — 18,269 Mapp Lefèvre Henry Rey June 4 – 7:30 p.m. H Toronto FC 1–0 2–1 13,423 Bernardello Felipe

CONCACAF Champions League

Group stage

EST Venue Opponent Goalscorers and disciplined players Montreal Impact Opponent 1 August 5 – 8:00 p.m. H C.D. FAS 1–0 9,209 Di Vaio Larrea Król Camara Blanco Mendoza 2 August 20 – 10:00 p.m. A C.D. FAS 3–2 Romero Di Vaio Ferrari Felipe Nakajima-Farran Król Morán Teruel 3 September 17 – 8:00 p.m. H New York Red Bulls 1–0 Di Vaio Ferrari Romero Perrinelle Lade 4 October 22 – 8:00 p.m. A New York Red Bulls 1-1 McInerney Gagnon-Laparé Lade

Player information

Squad information