2015 Montreal Impact season
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(until August 29)
Mauro Biello (interim)
(from August 29)
Overall: 7th
| 2015 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Owner & President | Joey Saputo | ||
| Coach | Frank Klopas (until August 29) Mauro Biello (interim) (from August 29) | ||
| Major League Soccer | Conference: 3rd Overall: 7th | ||
| MLS Cup Playoffs | Conference Semifinals | ||
| Canadian Championship | Runner-up | ||
| CONCACAF Champions League | Runner-up | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Didier Drogba (11) All: Didier Drogba & Ignacio Piatti (12) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 25,245 (Mar. 28 vs. Orlando) | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 10,035 (Jun. 3 vs. Vancouver) | ||
| Average home league attendance | 17,750 | ||
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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.
Transfers
In
| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee/notes | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | DF | Dispersal Draft | November 19, 2014 | [1] | ||
| 33 | MF | Free transfer | December 1, 2014 | [2] | ||
| 14 | MF | Waiver Draft | December 10, 2014 | [3] | ||
| 22 | GK | Re-Entry Draft Stage 1 | December 12, 2014 | [4] | ||
| 5 | DF | Re-Entry Draft Stage 2 | December 18, 2014 | [5] | ||
| 15 | FW | Transfer Fee | January 5, 2015 | [6] | ||
| 17 | FW | 2015 MLS SuperDraft | January 15, 2015 | [7] | ||
| 23 | DF | Free transfer | January 22, 2015 | [8] | ||
| 2 | DF | Traded for Felipe | January 27, 2015 | [9] | ||
| 29 | MF | Traded for Felipe | January 27, 2015 | [9] | ||
| 7 | FW | Traded for Allocation Money | January 27, 2015 | [10] | ||
| 39 | FW | 2015 MLS SuperDraft | February 7, 2015 | [11] | ||
| 13 | FW | Waivers | April 12, 2015 | [12] | ||
| 30 | GK | Transfer Fee | April 27, 2015 | [13] | ||
| 18 | MF | Traded for Bakary Soumaré | July 16, 2015 | [14] | ||
| 11 | FW | Free Transfer | July 27, 2015 | [15] | ||
| 27 | MF | Transfer Fee | August 3, 2015 | [16] |
Out
| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee/notes | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | FW | Retired | October 2, 2014 | [17] | ||
| 13 | DF | Retired | October 31, 2014 | [18] | ||
| 98 | DF | Option Declined | October 31, 2014 | [18] | ||
| 25 | MF | Option Declined | October 31, 2014 | [18] | ||
| 43 | MF | Option Declined | October 31, 2014 | [18] | ||
| 33 | MF | Option Declined | November 25, 2014 | [19] | ||
| 1 | GK | Option Declined | November 25, 2014 | [19] | ||
| 44 | DF | Expansion Draft | December 10, 2014 | [20] | ||
| 5 | DF | Free agent | December 11, 2014 | [21] | ||
| 17 | MF | Waived | January 16, 2015 | [22] | ||
| 7 | MF | Traded For Alexander & Oyongo | January 27, 2015 | [9] | ||
| 34 | DF | Waived | February 6, 2015 | [23] | ||
| 2 | DF | Waived | February 11, 2015 | [24] | ||
| 49 | MF | Waived | March 26, 2015 | [25] | ||
| 29 | FW | Removed from the roster | April 1, 2015 | [26] | ||
| 30 | GK | Waived | May 4, 2015 | [27] | ||
| 19 | MF | Waived | May 7, 2015 | [28] | ||
| 26 | DF | Free agent | July 1, 2015 | [29] | ||
| 5 | DF | Traded for Kyle Bekker | July 16, 2015 | [30] | ||
| 99 | FW | Traded for a 2nd round pick in the 2016 MLS SuperDraft | August 4, 2015 | [31] | ||
Loans in
| No. | Pos. | Player | Loaned from | Loan start date | Loan end date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | DF | January 8, 2015 | December 31, 2015 | [32] | ||
| 30 | GK | February 5, 2015 | March 19, 2015 | [33] | ||
| 90 | GK | April 4, 2015 | April 28, 2015 | [34] |
Loans out
| No. | Pos. | Player | Loaned to | Loan start date | Loan end date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | MF | October 6, 2015 | December 31, 2015 | [35] |
International caps
Players called for senior international duty during the 2015 season while under contract with the Montreal Impact.
| Nationality | Position | Player | Competition | Date | Opponent | Minutes played | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MF | Patrice Bernier | Friendly | January 16, 2015 | v Iceland | 34' | 1–2 | |
| DF | Karl Ouimette | Friendly | January 16, 2015 | v Iceland | 90' | 1–2 | |
| DF | Maxim Tissot | Friendly | January 16, 2015 | v Iceland | 44' | 1–2 | |
| MF | Patrice Bernier | Friendly | January 19, 2015 | v Iceland | 29' | 1–1 | |
| DF | Karl Ouimette | Friendly | January 19, 2015 | v Iceland | 90' | 1–1 | |
| DF | Maxim Tissot | Friendly | January 19, 2015 | v Iceland | 61' | 1–1 | |
| DF | Ambroise Oyongo | Friendly | March 25, 2015 | v Indonesia | 79' | 1–0 | |
| DF | Maxim Tissot | Friendly | March 27, 2015 | v Guatemala | 54' | 1–0 | |
| DF | Ambroise Oyongo | Friendly | March 30, 2015 | v Thailand | 46' | 3–2 | |
| DF | Maxim Tissot | Friendly | March 30, 2015 | v Puerto Rico | 90' | 3–0 | |
| DF | Maxim Tissot | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification | June 11, 2015 | v Dominica | 16' | 2–0 | |
| DF | Ambroise Oyongo | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | June 14, 2015 | v Mauritania | 90' | 1–0 | |
| DF | Maxim Tissot | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification | June 16, 2015 | v Dominica | 18' | 4–0 | |
| DF | Maxim Tissot | 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup | July 14, 2015 | v Costa Rica | 68' | 0–0 | |
| MF | Johan Venegas | Friendly | September 5, 2015 | v Brazil | 90' | 0–1 | |
| DF | Ambroise Oyongo | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | September 6, 2015 | v Gambia | 90' | 1–0 | |
| MF | Johan Venegas | Friendly | September 8, 2015 | v Uruguay | 70' | 1–0 | |
| MF | Johan Venegas | Friendly | October 8, 2015 | v South Africa | 62' | 0–1 | |
| MF | Johan Venegas | Friendly | October 13, 2015 | v USA | 76' | 1–0 | |
| MF | Maxim Tissot | Friendly | October 13, 2015 | v Ghana | 3' | 1–1 | |
| DF | Wandrille Lefèvre | Friendly | October 13, 2015 | v Ghana | 90' | 1–1 | |
| DF | Ambroise Oyongo | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification | November 13, 2015 | v Niger | 90' | 3–0 | |
| MF | Johan Venegas | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification | November 13, 2015 | v Haiti | 90' | 1–0 | |
| DF | Ambroise Oyongo | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification | November 17, 2015 | v Niger | 90' | 0–0 |
Pre-season friendlies
Win Draw Loss
| MD | Date, KO EST |
Venue | Opponent | Res. F–A |
Att. | Goalscorers and disciplined players | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montreal Impact | Opponent | |||||||
| 1 | February 10, 1:00 p.m. | A | Cruz Azul | 0–1 | McInerney |
Loeschbor Valadéz |
[36] | |
| 2 | February 17, 10:30 a.m. | A | Cruz Azul | 1–0 | Oduro |
[37] | ||
| 3 | February 18, 10:30 a.m. | A | Cuautla FC | 6–0 | McInerney Smith Porter Williams |
[38] | ||
Major League Soccer
Tables
Eastern Conference
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York Red Bulls | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 62 | 43 | +19 | 60 | MLS Cup Conference Semifinals |
| 2 | Columbus Crew | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 58 | 53 | +5 | 53 | |
| 3 | Montreal Impact | 34 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 48 | 44 | +4 | 51 | MLS Cup Knockout Round |
| 4 | D.C. United | 34 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 51 | |
| 5 | New England Revolution | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 48 | 47 | +1 | 50 |
Overall
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Portland Timbers (C) | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 41 | 39 | +2 | 53 | CONCACAF Champions League |
| 6 | Seattle Sounders FC | 34 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 44 | 36 | +8 | 51 | |
| 7 | Montreal Impact | 34 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 48 | 44 | +4 | 51 | |
| 8 | D.C. United | 34 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 51 | |
| 9 | LA Galaxy | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 56 | 46 | +10 | 51 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored
(C) MLS Cup Champion
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | Pts | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD |
| 34 | 51 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 48 | 44 | +4 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 17 | +15 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 27 | −11 |
Last updated: October 25, 2015
Source: 2015 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
Win Draw Loss
| MD | Date KO EST |
Venue | Opponent | Res. F–A |
Att. | Goalscorers and disciplined players | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montreal Impact | Opponent | |||||||
| 1 | March 7 3:00 p.m. |
A | D.C. United | 0–1 | 11,549 | Arrieta |
[39] | |
| 2 | March 21 3:00 p.m. |
A | New England Revolution | 0–0 | 14,189 | Cabrera Camara Mallace McInerney |
Hall |
[40] |
| 3 | March 28 4:00 p.m. |
H | Orlando City SC | 2–2 | 25,245 | Piatti McInerney Oduro Donadel Reo-Coker |
Ribeiro Kaká Collin Turner |
[41] |
| 4 | April 11 8:30 p.m. |
A | Houston Dynamo | 0–3 | 18,924 | Alexander Ciman Reo-Coker |
Barnes Taylor Clark Lovejoy |
[42] |
| 5 | May 9 4:00 p.m. |
H | Portland Timbers | 1–2 | 13,020 | Oduro Piatti |
Borchers Valeri |
[43] |
| 6 | May 16 4:00 p.m. |
H | Real Salt Lake | 4–1 | 12,158 | Donadel Ciman Romero Miller Duka |
Allen Vásquez Sandoval Beltran |
[44] |
| 7 | May 23 8:00 p.m. |
H | FC Dallas | 2–1 | 13,020 | Piatti Soumaré Donadel McInerney Romero Mallace |
Hedges |
[45] |
| 8 | May 30 8:30 p.m. |
A | Chicago Fire | 0–3 | 15,256 | Reo-Coker Donadel Mallace |
Shipp Larentowicz Igboananike |
[46] |
| 9 | June 3 8:00 p.m. |
H | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 2–1 | 10,035 | McInerney Piatti |
Rodríguez Parker Morales Harvey |
[47] |
| 10 | June 6 7:30 p.m. |
A | Columbus Crew SC | 2–1 | 12,265 | Tissot Donadel Romero Toia McInerney |
Higuaín |
[48] |
| 11 | June 13 7:00 p.m. |
A | New York City FC | 1–3 | 24,042 | Lefèvre |
Villa Allen Diskerud Puko |
[49] |
| 12 | June 20 8:00 p.m. |
H | Orlando City SC | 2–0 | 17,820 | Toia Bush Oduro |
Higuita |
[41] |
| 13 | June 24 8:00 p.m. |
A | Toronto FC | 1–3 | 24,895 | Oyongo Soumaré Ciman |
Bradley Altidore Giovinco |
[50] |
| 14 | June 27 7:00 p.m. |
A | Philadelphia Union | 2–2 | 17,531 | Romero Bernier Piatti McInerney Toia |
Ayuk Edu |
[51] |
| 15 | July 4 8:00 p.m. |
H | New York City FC | 1–2 | 18,112 | Ciman Piatti Romero |
Villa Poku Mullins Allen |
[49] |
| 16 | July 11 8:00 p.m. |
H | Columbus Crew SC | 3–0 | 15,304 | Oduro Donadel Duka Oyongo Soumaré |
Saeid Meram |
[48] |
| 17 | July 18 8:30 p.m. |
A | Sporting Kansas City | 1–2 | 19,070 | Piatti Donadel |
Feilhaber Dwyer |
[52] |
| 18 | July 25 8:00 p.m. |
H | Seattle Sounders FC | 1–0 | 17,209 | Ciman Donadel McInerney |
Pineda |
[53] |
| 19 | August 1 2:00 p.m. |
A | New York City FC | 3–2 | 27,645 | Oduro Piatti Donadel Romero |
Calle Mena Hernandez Villa McNamara |
[54] |
| 20 | August 5 8:00 p.m. |
H | New York Red Bulls | 1–1 | 19,213 | Ciman Oduro Alexander Venegas |
Grella Sam S. Wright-Phillips |
[55] |
| 21 | August 8 8:00 p.m. |
H | D.C. United | 0–1 | 18,769 | Piatti Venegas Donadel |
Rolfe Arnaud Franklin |
[39] |
| 22 | August 22 8:00 p.m. |
H | Philadelphia Union | 0–1 | 20,801 | Donadel Oduro |
Fabinho Le Toux |
[51] |
| 23 | August 29 4:00 p.m. |
A | Toronto FC | 1–2 | 30,266 | Ciman Cabrera Oduro |
Warner Bradley Altidore |
[50] |
| 24 | September 5 8:00 p.m. |
H | Chicago Fire | 4–3 | 20,801 | Tissot Drogba Lefèvre Bush |
Larentowicz Gilberto Igboananike |
[46] |
| 25 | September 12 10:30 p.m. |
A | LA Galaxy | 0–0 | 27,000 | Reo-Coker Romero |
[56] | |
| 26 | September 16 10:30 p.m. |
A | San Jose Earthquakes | 1–1 | 18,000 | Oyongo Bekker Kronberg |
Wondolowski Pelosi |
[57] |
| 27 | September 19 8:00 p.m. |
H | New England Revolution | 3–0 | 20,801 | Venegas Drogba Ciman Donadel Duka |
[58] | |
| 28 | September 23 3:00 p.m. |
H | Chicago Fire | 2–1 | 17,832 | Drogba Ciman Romero Cabrera |
Cociș Accam Polster Doody Harden |
[59] |
| 29 | September 26 5:00 p.m. |
H | D.C. United | 2–0 | 20,801 | Drogba Reo-Coker |
DeLeon Birnbaum Doyle |
[60] |
| 30 | October 3 7:30 p.m. |
A | Orlando City SC | 1–2 | 35,421 | Romero Oduro Toia Venegas |
Larin Hall Kaká Boden Hines Shea |
[61] |
| 31 | October 7 7:00 p.m |
A | New York Red Bulls | 1–2 | 14,961 | Oyongo Donadel Toia Drogba Bernier |
Kljestan Sam Zubar Lade Zizzo |
[62] |
| 32 | October 10 9:00 p.m. |
A | Colorado Rapids | 1–0 | 17,427 | Drogba Ciman |
Powers Ramírez |
[63] |
| 33 | October 17 7:30 p.m. |
A | New England Revolution | 1–0 | 42,947 | Venegas Donadel Piatti |
[64] | |
| 34 | October 25 5:00 p.m. |
H | Toronto FC | 2-1 | 20,801 | Drogba Cabrera |
Jackson Altidore |
[65] |
MLS Cup Playoffs
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 29 7:00 p.m. |
H | Toronto FC | — | 3-0 | 18,069 | Bernier Piatti Drogba |
Delgado |
[66] | |||
| Conference Semifinal | |||||||||||
| FL | November 1, 7:00 p.m. | H | Columbus Crew SC | 2-1 | — | 17,655 | Bernier Cabrera Oyongo Venegas Drogba |
Higuaín Sauro Afful |
[67] | ||
| SL | November 8, 5:00 p.m. | A | Columbus Crew SC | 1-3 | 3-4 | 19,026 | Duka Donadel Camara Reo-Coker |
Kamara Sauro Finlay |
[68] | ||
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.[69]
CONCACAF Champions League review
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 5 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
CONCACAF Champions League results
| Leg | Date – KO EST |
Venue | Opponent | Res. F–A |
Agg. score F–A |
Att. | Goalscorers and disciplined player | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montreal Impact | Opponent | ||||||||||
| Quarterfinal | |||||||||||
| FL | February 24, 10:00 p.m. | A | Pachuca |
2–2 | — | 12,000 | Duka Mapp Camara Piatti |
Olvera Nahuelpán Lozano Mosquera |
[70] | ||
| SL | March 3, 8:00 p.m. | H | Pachuca |
1–1 | 3–3 (a) | 38,104 | Mapp Reo-Coker Porter |
Herrera Hernándezr Cano Rojas |
[71] | ||
| Semifinal | |||||||||||
| FL | March 18, 10:00 p.m. | H | Alajuelense |
2–0 | — | 33,675 | Donadel Piatti Cabrera Soumaré |
Gutiérrez López Soto |
[72] | ||
| SL | April 7, 8:00 p.m. | A | Alajuelense |
2–4 | 4 – 4 (a) | 17,895 | Bush McInerney Oduro Romero |
McDonald Gabas Guevara |
[73] | ||
| Final | |||||||||||
| FL | April 22, 8:00 p.m. | A | Club América |
1–1 | — | 56,783 | Piatti Duka Romero |
Martínez Peralta Aguilar |
[74] | ||
| SL | 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 |
[75] | ||
Canadian championship
Canadian Championship review
| Preliminary round | ||||||
| FC Edmonton | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||
| Ottawa Fury FC | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
| 4 | FC Edmonton | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| 1 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
| 3 | Montreal Impact | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| 2 | Toronto FC | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| 3 | Montreal Impact (a) | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
Canadian Championship results
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 | ||||||||||
| Semifinal | |||||||||||
| FL | May 6, 9:00 p.m. | H | Toronto FC | 1–0 | — | 12,518 | Lefèvre McInerney Bernier |
[76] | |||
| SL | May 13, 8:00 p.m. | A | Toronto FC | 2–3 | (a) 3–3 | 21,069 | Oduro Cooper Bernier Kronberg |
Altidore Cheyrou Giovinco |
[77] | ||
| Final | |||||||||||
| FL | August 12, 8:00 p.m. | H | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 2–2 | — | 12,395 | Ciman Jackson-Hamel |
Watson Mattocks Morales Tornaghi |
[78] | ||
| SL | August 26, 10:30 p.m. | A | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 0–2 | 2–4 | 19,616 | Cabrera Ciman Oduro |
Rivero Parker |
[79] | ||