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.
Pre-season friendlies
EST Venue Opponent Goalscorers and disciplined players Montreal Impact Opponent 1 February 410:30 a.m. A New York Red Bulls 0–5 B. Wright-Phillips Bezecourt Kljestan Allen 2 February 1310:30 a.m. H FC Montreal 1–1 Williams Sanon 3 February 177:00 p.m. A New York City FC 0–1Mullins 4 February 204:00 p.m. A D.C. United 4–1 Oduro Salazar Williams Saborío 5 February 244:00 p.m. A Toronto FC 1–1 Oduro Hamilton 6 February 277:00 p.m. A Tampa Bay Rowdies 0–0
Regular season friendlies
EST Venue Opponent Goalscorers and disciplined players Montreal Impact Opponent 1 August 37:30 p.m. H A.S. Roma 0–2 20,801 Džeko Nainggolan
Major League Soccer
Tables
Eastern Conference
Overall
Results summary
Fixtures & results
EST Venue Opponent Goalscorers and disciplined players Montreal Impact Opponent 1 March 65:30 p.m. A Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–2 22,120 Piatti Oduro Oyongo Harvey Bolaños Aird Waston 2 March 124:00 p.m. H New York Red Bulls 3–0 27,545 Cabrera Oduro Piatti Jackson-Hamel McCarty 3 March 199:00 p.m. A FC Dallas 0–2 14,502 Toia Zimmerman Figueroa Díaz Urruti 4 April 210:00 p.m. A Seattle Sounders FC 0–1 39,705 Camara Ontivero Toia Ivanschitz Dempsey 5 April 94:00 p.m. H Columbus Crew SC 2–0 22,053 Camara Bekker Piatti 6 April 165:00 p.m. A Chicago Fire 2–1 14,509 Drogba Piatti Igboananike 7 April 234:00 p.m. H Toronto FC 0–2 20,801 Morrow Giovinco 8 April 277:00 p.m. A New York City FC 1–1 23,252 Piatti Donadel Bernier LefevreOduro Lopez Bravo Allen White 9 April 304:00 p.m. H Colorado Rapids 2–220,801 Drogba Tissot Ciman Hairston Gashi Sjöberg Burling 10 May 77:30 p.m. A Columbus Crew SC 4–4 14,095 Piatti Drogba Ontivero Oduro Kamara Higuaín Francis 11 May 145:00 p.m. H Philadelphia Union 1–1 20,801 Drogba Piatti Donadel Oyongo Sapong Gaddis 12 May 217:30 p.m. A Orlando City SC 1–2 34,081 Piatti Bush Winter Shea Larin Rivas Higuita Alston 13 May 288:00 p.m. H LA Galaxy 3–2 20,801 Piatti Ontivero BernierDrogba Santos Magee Gordon Steres 14 June 187:30 p.m. A Columbus Crew SC 0–0 14,814 Drogba Camara Ashe Wahl Tchani 15 June 257:30 p.m. H Sporting Kansas City 2-2 20,032 Ontivero Piatti Oyongo Drogba Dwyer Medranda 16 July 25:30 p.m. H New England Revolution 3-2 20,279 Salazar Piatti Kamara Knighton Caldwell 17 July 910:00 p.m. A Real Salt Lake 1-1 20,086 Shipp Cabrera Wingert Glad Beckerman Movsisyan 18 July 1310:30 p.m. A Portland Timbers 1-1 21,144 Piatti Shipp Camara McInerney Adi 19 July 175:00 p.m. H New York City FC 1-3 20,801 Camara Shipp Ontivero Cabrera Villa Harrison Lopez Lampard Saunders 20 July 237:30 p.m. H Philadelphia Union 5-1 20,801 Drogba Salazar Mallace Bernier Piatti Mancosu Barnetta Pontius Gaddis 21 July 316:00 p.m. A D.C. United 1-1 16,728 Bekker Drogba Bernardello Mullins Sarvas 22 August 67:30 p.m. H Houston Dynamo 1-0 20,801 Mancosu Bernardello Horst Williams 23 August 137:00 p.m. A New York Red Bulls 1-3 23,459 Piatti Oyongo Bernardello Mallace Collin Wright-Phillips Davis Muyl 24 August 207:30 p.m. H Chicago Fire 0-3 20,801 Ciman Drogba Solignac Accam Polster 25 August 247:30 p.m. H D.C. United 1-1 19,740 Bush Camara Birnbaum Neagle Sarvas Igboananike Opare 26 August 277:30 p.m. A Toronto FC 1-0 28,454 Mallace Piatti Bush Mancosu Bekker Delgado Zavaleta Osorio 27 September 77:30 p.m. H Orlando City SC 1-4 17,389 Drogba Bernier Bush Bernardello Shea Kaká Carrasco Rivas 28 September 107:00 p.m. A Philadelphia Union 1-1 18,500 Ciman Camara Mancosu Pontius Barnetta Sapong 29 September 177:30 p.m. H New England Revolution 1-3 20,801 Shipp Drogba Cabrera Kamara Rowe Gonçalves Gonçalves 30 September 247:00 p.m. A New York Red Bulls 0-1 22,209 Cabrera Oyongo Bernardello Donadel Kljestan Royer 31 September 287:30 p.m. H San Jose Earthquakes 3-1 16,318 Oduro Piatti Camara Cabrera Venegas Drogba Francis Wondolowski 32 October 21:00 p.m. A Orlando City SC 1-0 26,041 Oduro Fisher Boden 33 October 163:00 p.m. H Toronto FC 2-2 20,801 Piatti Donadel Bradley Beitashour Altidore Giovinco Moor Ricketts 34 October 234:00 p.m. A New England Revolution 0-3 39,587 Mallace Oduro Venegas Fagúndez Agudelo Kamara
MLS Cup Playoffs
Leg EST Venue Opponent Goalscorers and disciplined player Montreal Impact Opponent Knockout Round October 277:30 p.m. A D.C. United — 4-2 12,773 Ciman Mancosu Piatti Neagle Kemp Conference Semi-final October 30, 3:00 p.m. H New York Red Bulls 1-0 — 15,027 Camara Mancosu Felipe Damari November 6, 4:00 p.m. A New York Red Bulls 2-1 3-1 24,314 Piatti Bush Ciman Venegas Felipe McCarty Wright-Phillips Kljestan Conference Final November 22, 8:00 p.m. H Toronto FC 3-2 — 61,004 Oduro Mancosu Oyongo Altidore Bradley November 30, 8:00 p.m. A Toronto FC 2-5 5-7 36,000
Canadian Championship
Canadian Championship review
Canadian Championship results
Leg DateEST Venue Opponent Goalscorers and disciplined player Montreal Impact Opponent Semi–final June 18:00 p.m. A Toronto FC 2–4 — 22,143 Bernier Salazar Drogba Osorio Hamilton Irwin June 88:00 p.m. H Toronto FC 0–0 2–4 18,964 Drogba Ontivero Oduro Zavaleta
Player information
Squad information No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (age at year end) Previous club Goalkeepers 1 Evan Bush GK Montreal Impact (NASL) 22 Eric Kronberg GK Sporting Kansas City 40 Maxime Crépeau GK Montreal Impact Academy Defenders 2 Ambroise Oyongo CAM LB New York Red Bulls 3 Amadou Dia CB Sporting Kansas City 5 Wandrille Lefèvre CB Montreal Impact Academy 6 Hassoun Camara CB\RB Montreal Impact (NASL) 23 Laurent Ciman CB Standard Liège 25 Donny Toia LB Chivas USA 26 Kyle Fisher CB Clemson Tigers 36 Víctor Cabrera CB River Plate Midfielders 8 Patrice Bernier DM Lyngby Boldklub 10 Ignacio Piatti AM San Lorenzo de Almagro 14 Harry Shipp AM Chicago Fire 16 Calum Mallace DM Marquette Golden Eagles 17 David Choinière LM FC Montreal 18 Kyle Bekker CM FC Dallas 27 Johan Venegas CAM/LW Alajuelense 28 Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé DM Montreal Impact Academy 30 Hernán Bernardello DM Deportivo Alavés 32 Lucas Ontivero LW/RW Galatasaray 33 Marco Donadel DM Napoli Attackers 7 Dominic Oduro ST Toronto FC 11 Didier Drogba IVC ST Chelsea F.C. 15 Andrés Romero ST Tombense 19 Michael Salazar ST UC Riverside Highlanders 21 Matteo Mancosu ST Bologna F.C. 1909 24 Anthony Jackson-Hamel ST Montreal Impact Academy
Squad and statistics
Appearances, minutes played, and goals scored Player Total Major League Soccer Canadian Championship MLS Playoffs 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
{| class="wikitable sortable alternance" style="font-size:85%; text-align:center; line-height:14px; width:60%;" |- !width=10|No. !width=10|Nat. ! scope="col" style="width:275px;"|Player !width=10|Pos. !width=80|Major League Soccer !width=80|Canadian Championship !width=80|MLS Playoffs !width=80|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 |- class="sortbottom" | colspan="4"|Totals|| 49 || 2 ||12 ||63
Italic: denotes player left the club during the season.
Top assists
{| class="wikitable sortable alternance" style="font-size:85%; text-align:center; line-height:14px; width:60%;" |- !width=10|No. !width=10|Nat. ! scope="col" style="width:275px;"|Player !width=10|Pos. !width=80|Major League Soccer !width=80|Canadian Championship !width=80|MLS Playoffs !width=80|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 |- class="sortbottom" | colspan="4"|Totals|| 44 || 1 ||14 ||59
Italic: denotes player left the club during the season.
Top minutes played
{| class="wikitable sortable alternance" style="font-size:85%; text-align:center; line-height:14px; width:60%;" |- !width=10|No. !width=10|Nat. !scope="col" style="width:275px;"|Player !width=10|Pos. !width=80|Major League Soccer !width=80|Canadian Championship !width=80|MLS Playoffs !width=80|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
Italic: denotes player left the club during the season.
Multi–goal games