2015 Montreal Impact season

The 2015 Montreal Impact season was the club's 22nd season of existence, and their fourth in Major League Soccer, the top tier of the Canadian soccer pyramid. They advanced to the conference semifinals, where they lost to the Columbus Crew.

Outside of MLS regular season play, the club participated in the 2015 Canadian Championship, as well as the knockout stages of the 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League.

Background

Transfers

In No.Pos.PlayerTransferred fromFee/notesDateSource25 DF Donny Toia Chivas USA Dispersal Draft November 19, 2014 33 MF Marco Donadel Napoli Free transfer December 1, 2014 14 MF Nigel Reo-Coker Chivas USA Waiver Draft December 10, 2014 22 GK Eric Kronberg Sporting Kansas City Re-Entry Draft Stage 1 December 12, 2014 5 DF Bakary Soumaré Chicago Fire Re-Entry Draft Stage 2 December 18, 2014 15 FW Andrés Romero Tombense Transfer Fee January 5, 2015 17 FW Romario Williams UCF Knight's 2015 MLS SuperDraft January 15, 2015 23 DF Laurent Ciman Standard Liège Free transfer January 22, 2015 2 DF Ambroise Oyongo New York Red Bulls Traded for Felipe January 27, 2015 29 MF Eric Alexander New York Red Bulls Traded for Felipe January 27, 2015 7 FW Dominic Oduro Toronto FC Traded for Allocation Money January 27, 2015 39 FW Cameron Porter Princeton Tigers 2015 MLS SuperDraft February 7, 2015 13 FW Kenny Cooper Seattle Sounders FC Waivers April 12, 2015 30 GK Kristian Nicht Indy Eleven Transfer Fee April 27, 2015 18 MF Kyle Bekker FC Dallas Traded for Bakary Soumaré July 16, 2015 11 FW Didier Drogba Chelsea F.C. Free Transfer July 27, 2015 27 MF Johan Venegas Alajuelense Transfer Fee August 3, 2015

Out No.Pos.PlayerTransferred toFee/notesDateSource 9 FW Marco Di Vaio Retired October 2, 2014 13 DF Matteo Ferrari Retired October 31, 2014 98 DF Mamadou Danso Carolina RailHawks Option Declined October 31, 2014 25 MF James Bissue Pittsburgh Riverhounds Option Declined October 31, 2014 43 MF Zakaria Messoudi FC Montreal Option Declined October 31, 2014 33 MF Gorka Larrea Indy Eleven Option Declined November 25, 2014 1 GK Troy Perkins Seattle Sounders FC Option Declined November 25, 2014 44 DF Heath Pearce IFK Göteborg Expansion Draft December 10, 2014 5 DF Gege Soriola Shooting Stars SC Free agent December 11, 2014 17 MF Issey Nakajima-Farran Terengganu FA Waived January 16, 2015 7 MF Felipe New York Red Bulls Traded For Alexander & Oyongo January 27, 2015 34 DF Karl Ouimette New York Red Bulls Waived February 6, 2015 2 DF Krzysztof Król AEL Kalloni F.C. Waived February 11, 2015 49 MF Louis Béland-Goyette FC Montreal Waived March 26, 2015 29 FW Santiago González Sud América Removed from the roster April 1, 2015 30 GK Kristian Nicht Indy Eleven Waived May 4, 2015 19 MF Blake Smith Yverdon Sport FC Waived May 7, 2015 26 DF Adrián López Rodríguez AGF Aarhus Free agent July 1, 2015 5 DF Bakary Soumaré FC Dallas Traded for Kyle Bekker July 16, 2015 99 FW Jack McInerney Columbus Crew SC Traded for a 2nd round pick in the 2016 MLS SuperDraft August 4, 2015

Loans in No.Pos.PlayerLoaned fromLoan start dateLoan end dateSource 36 DF Víctor Cabrera River Plate January 8, 2015 December 31, 2015 30 GK Kristian Nicht Indy Eleven February 5, 2015 March 19, 2015 90 GK John Smits FC Edmonton April 4, 2015 April 28, 2015

Loans out No.Pos.PlayerLoaned toLoan start dateLoan end dateSource 28 MF Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé Ottawa Fury FC October 6, 2015 December 31, 2015

International caps Players called for senior international duty during the 2015 season while under contract with the Montreal Impact.

NationalityPositionPlayerCompetitionDateOpponentMinutes playedScore Canada MF Patrice Bernier Friendly January 16, 2015 v Iceland 34' 1–2 Canada DF Karl Ouimette Friendly January 16, 2015 v Iceland 90' 1–2 Canada DF Maxim Tissot Friendly January 16, 2015 v Iceland 44' 1–2 Canada MF Patrice Bernier Friendly January 19, 2015 v Iceland 29' 1–1 Canada DF Karl Ouimette Friendly January 19, 2015 v Iceland 90' 1–1 Canada DF Maxim Tissot Friendly January 19, 2015 v Iceland 61' 1–1 Cameroon DF Ambroise Oyongo Friendly March 25, 2015 v Indonesia 79' 1–0 Canada DF Maxim Tissot Friendly March 27, 2015 v Guatemala 54' 1–0 Cameroon DF Ambroise Oyongo Friendly March 30, 2015 v Thailand 46' 3–2 Canada DF Maxim Tissot Friendly March 30, 2015 v Puerto Rico 90' 3–0 Canada DF Maxim Tissot 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification June 11, 2015 v Dominica 16' 2–0 Cameroon DF Ambroise Oyongo 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification June 14, 2015 v Mauritania 90' 1–0 Canada DF Maxim Tissot 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification June 16, 2015 v Dominica 18' 4–0 Canada DF Maxim Tissot 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup July 14, 2015 v Costa Rica 68' 0–0 Costa Rica MF Johan Venegas Friendly September 5, 2015 v Brazil 90' 0–1 Cameroon DF Ambroise Oyongo 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification September 6, 2015 v Gambia 90' 1–0 Costa Rica MF Johan Venegas Friendly September 8, 2015 v Uruguay 70' 1–0 Costa Rica MF Johan Venegas Friendly October 8, 2015 v South Africa 62' 0–1 Costa Rica MF Johan Venegas Friendly October 13, 2015 v USA 76' 1–0 Canada MF Maxim Tissot Friendly October 13, 2015 v Ghana 3' 1–1 Canada DF Wandrille Lefèvre Friendly October 13, 2015 v Ghana 90' 1–1 Cameroon DF Ambroise Oyongo 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification November 13, 2015 v Niger 90' 3–0 Costa Rica MF Johan Venegas 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification November 13, 2015 v Haiti 90' 1–0 Cameroon DF Ambroise Oyongo 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification November 17, 2015 v Niger 90' 0–0

Pre-season friendlies

EST Venue Opponent Goalscorers and disciplined players Montreal Impact Opponent 1 February 10, 1:00 p.m. A Cruz Azul 0–1 McInerney Loeschbor Valadéz 2 February 17, 10:30 a.m. A Cruz Azul 1–0 Oduro 3 February 18, 10:30 a.m. A Cuautla FC 6–0 McInerney Smith Porter Williams

Major League Soccer

Tables

Eastern Conference

Overall

Results summary

Fixtures & results

EST Venue Opponent Goalscorers and disciplined players Montreal Impact Opponent 1 March 73:00 p.m. A D.C. United 0–1 11,549 Arrieta 2 March 213:00 p.m. A New England Revolution 0–0 14,189 Cabrera Camara Mallace McInerney Hall 3 March 284:00 p.m. H Orlando City SC 2–2 25,245 Piatti , McInerney Oduro Donadel Reo-Coker Ribeiro Kaká Collin Turner 4 April 118:30 p.m. A Houston Dynamo 0–3 18,924 Alexander Ciman Reo-Coker Barnes Taylor Clark Lovejoy 5 May 94:00 p.m. H Portland Timbers 1–2 13,020 Oduro Piatti Borchers Valeri 6 May 164:00 p.m. H Real Salt Lake 4–1 12,158 Donadel Ciman Romero Miller Duka Allen Vásquez Sandoval Beltran 7 May 238:00 p.m. H FC Dallas 2–1 13,020 Piatti Soumaré Donadel McInerney , Romero Mallace Hedges , 8 May 308:30 p.m. A Chicago Fire 0–3 15,256 Reo-Coker Donadel Mallace Shipp Larentowicz Igboananike 9 June 38:00 p.m. H Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 10,035 McInerney Piatti Rodríguez Parker Morales Harvey 10 June 67:30 p.m. A Columbus Crew SC 2–1 12,265 Tissot Donadel Romero , Toia McInerney Higuaín 11 June 137:00 p.m. A New York City FC 1–3 24,042 Lefèvre Villa Allen Diskerud Puko 12 June 208:00 p.m. H Orlando City SC 2–0 17,820 Toia Bush Oduro , Higuita 13 June 248:00 p.m. A Toronto FC 1–3 24,895 Oyongo Soumaré Ciman Bradley Altidore Giovinco 14 June 277:00 p.m. A Philadelphia Union 2–2 17,531 Romero Bernier Piatti McInerney Toia Ayuk , Edu , 15 July 48:00 p.m. H New York City FC 1–2 18,112 Ciman Piatti Romero Villa Poku Mullins Allen 16 July 118:00 p.m. H Columbus Crew SC 3–0 15,304 Oduro Donadel Duka Oyongo Soumaré Saeid Meram 17 July 188:30 p.m. A Sporting Kansas City 1–2 19,070 Piatti Donadel Feilhaber Dwyer 18 July 258:00 p.m. H Seattle Sounders FC 1–0 17,209 Ciman Donadel McInerney Pineda 19 August 12:00 p.m. A New York City FC 3–2 27,645 Oduro Piatti Donadel Romero Calle Mena Hernandez Villa McNamara 20 August 58:00 p.m. H New York Red Bulls 1–1 19,213 Ciman Oduro Alexander Venegas Grella Sam S. Wright-Phillips 21 August 88:00 p.m. H D.C. United 0–1 18,769 Piatti Venegas Donadel Rolfe Arnaud Franklin 22 August 228:00 p.m. H Philadelphia Union 0–1 20,801 Donadel Oduro Fabinho Le Toux 23 August 294:00 p.m. A Toronto FC 1–2 30,266 Ciman Cabrera Oduro , Warner Bradley Altidore 24 September 58:00 p.m. H Chicago Fire 4–3 20,801 Tissot Drogba Lefèvre Bush Larentowicz Gilberto , Igboananike 25 September 1210:30 p.m. A LA Galaxy 0–0 27,000 Reo-Coker Romero 26 September 1610:30 p.m. A San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 18,000 Oyongo Bekker Kronberg Wondolowski Pelosi 27 September 198:00 p.m. H New England Revolution 3–0 20,801 Venegas Drogba Ciman Donadel Duka 28September 233:00 p.m. H Chicago Fire 2–1 17,832 Drogba Ciman Romero , Cabrera Cociș Accam Polster Doody Harden 29 September 265:00 p.m. H D.C. United 2–0 20,801 Drogba , Reo-Coker DeLeon Birnbaum Doyle 30 October 37:30 p.m. A Orlando City SC 1–2 35,421 Romero Oduro Toia Venegas Larin Hall Kaká Boden Hines Shea 31 October 77:00 p.m A New York Red Bulls 1–2 14,961 Oyongo Donadel Toia Drogba Bernier Kljestan Sam Zubar Lade Zizzo 32 October 109:00 p.m. A Colorado Rapids 1–0 17,427 Drogba Ciman Powers Ramírez 33 October 177:30 p.m. A New England Revolution 1–0 42,947 Venegas Donadel Piatti 34 October 255:00 p.m. H Toronto FC 2-1 20,801 Drogba Cabrera Jackson Altidore

MLS Cup Playoffs

Leg EST Venue Opponent Goalscorers and disciplined player Montreal Impact Opponent Knockout Round October 297:00 p.m. H Toronto FC — 3-0 18,069 Bernier Piatti Drogba Delgado Conference Semifinal November 1, 7:00 p.m. H Columbus Crew SC 2-1 — 17,655 Bernier Cabrera Oyongo Venegas Drogba Higuaín Sauro Afful November 8, 5:00 p.m. A Columbus Crew SC 1-3 3-4 19,026 Duka Donadel Camara Reo-Coker Kamara Sauro Finlay http://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2015-11-08-montreal-impact-vs-columbus-crew-sc/boxscore

CONCACAF Champions League

The 2015 CONCACAF Champions League Finals was the final of the 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League, the 7th edition of the CONCACAF Champions League under its current format, and overall the 50th edition of the premium football club competition organized by CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean.

CONCACAF Champions League review

CONCACAF Champions League results

Leg EST Venue Opponent Goalscorers and disciplined player Montreal Impact Opponent Quarterfinal February 24, 10:00 p.m. A Pachuca 2–2 — 12,000 Duka Mapp Camara Piatti Olvera Nahuelpán Lozano Mosquera March 3, 8:00 p.m. H Pachuca 1–1 3–3 (a) 38,104 Mapp Reo-Coker Porter Herrera Hernándezr Cano Rojas Semifinal March 18, 10:00 p.m. H Alajuelense 2–0 — 33,675 Donadel Piatti Cabrera Soumaré Gutiérrez López Soto April 7, 8:00 p.m. A Alajuelense 2–4 4 – 4 (a) 17,895 Bush McInerney , Oduro Romero McDonald , Gabas , Guevara Final April 22, 8:00 p.m. A Club América 1–1 — 56,783 Piatti , Duka Romero Martínez Peralta Aguilar April 29, 8:00 p.m. H Club América 2–4 3–5 61,004 Romero , Soumaré Ciman Oduro McInerney Guerrero Aguilar Martínez Benedetto , Peralta

Canadian championship

Canadian Championship review

Canadian Championship results

Leg DateEST Venue Opponent Goalscorers and disciplined player Montreal Impact Opponent Semifinal May 6, 9:00 p.m. H Toronto FC 1–0 — 12,518 Lefèvre McInerney Bernier May 13, 8:00 p.m. A Toronto FC 2–3 (a) 3–3 21,069 Oduro , Cooper Bernier Kronberg Altidore Cheyrou Giovinco , Final August 12, 8:00 p.m. H Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–2 — 12,395 Ciman Jackson-Hamel Watson Mattocks Morales Tornaghi August 26, 10:30 p.m. A Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–2 2–4 19,616 Cabrera Ciman Oduro Rivero Parker

Player information

Squad information