2018 Montreal Impact season
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Overall: 15th
| 2018 season | |||
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| Owner and President | Joey Saputo | ||
| Coach | Rémi Garde | ||
| Major League Soccer | Conference: 7th Overall: 15th | ||
| MLS Cup Playoffs | Did not qualify | ||
| Canadian Championship | Semi-finals | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Ignacio Piatti (16) All: Ignacio Piatti (16) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 26,005 (March 17 vs. Toronto FC) | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 15,485 (July 14 vs. San Jose Earthquakes) | ||
| Average home league attendance | 18,574 | ||
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The 2018 Montreal Impact season was the club's 25th season of existence, and their seventh in Major League Soccer, the top tier of the Canadian soccer pyramid.
International roster slots
- As of August 13, 2018[1][failed verification]
Montreal has Nine MLS International Roster Slots for use in the 2018 season. They have the eight allotted from the league and three from trades with Orlando City SC, Portland Timbers and San Jose Earthquakes.
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Player movement
In
Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee/notes | Date | Source |
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| 15 | DF | Signed as a Homegrown Player | November 13, 2017 | [3] | ||
| 41 | GK | Signed as a Homegrown Player | November 13, 2017 | [3] | ||
| 14 | DF | Traded for Laurent Ciman | December 12, 2017 | [4] | ||
| 22 | DF | Traded for Laurent Ciman | December 12, 2017 | [4] | ||
| 23 | GK | MLS Waiver Draft | December 13, 2017 | [5] | ||
| 40 | GK | Signed as a Homegrown Player | January 9, 2018 | [6] | ||
| 24 | DF | Free Transfer | January 18, 2018 | [7] | ||
| 5 | DF | Free Transfer | January 20, 2018 | [8] | ||
| 16 | MF | Free Transfer | January 22, 2018 | [9] | ||
| 13 | MF | MLS Superdraft | February 28, 2018 | [10] | ||
| 15 | DF | Free Transfer | March 5, 2018 | [11] | ||
| 9 | MF | Transfer Fee | March 19, 2018 | [12] | ||
| 4 | DF | Transfer Fee | March 22, 2018 | [13] | ||
| 29 | MF | Signed as a Homegrown Player | July 17, 2018 | [14] | ||
| 30 | FW | Traded for Dominic Oduro | August 8, 2018 | [15] | ||
| 32 | MF | Traded for 4th round MLS SuperDraft pick in 2020 | August 8, 2018 | [16] | ||
| 33 | DF | Free Transfer | August 8, 2018 | [17] | ||
Out
| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee/notes | Date | Source |
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| 8 | MF | Retired | October 24, 2017 | [18] | ||
| 6 | DF | Retired | November 16, 2017 | [19] | ||
| 30 | MF | Option Declined | November 16, 2017 | [20] | ||
| 2 | DF | Free Agent | November 16, 2017 | [20] | ||
| 22 | GK | Retired | November 16, 2017 | [20] | ||
| 14 | DF | Option Declined | November 16, 2017 | [20] | ||
| 15 | FW | Retired | November 16, 2017 | [20] | ||
| 23 | DF | Traded for Raheem Edwards and Jukka Raitala | December 12, 2017 | [4] | ||
| 5 | DF | Retired | January 18, 2018 | [21] | ||
| 35 | DF | Waived | January 18, 2018 | [21] | ||
| 31 | MF | Loan Ended | January 20, 2018 | [22] | ||
| 13 | MF | Undisclosed fee | January 25, 2018 | [23] | ||
| 33 | MF | Retired | June 22, 2018 | [24] | ||
| 14 | MF | Transferred for $400,000 TAM | July 17, 2018 | [25] | ||
| 7 | FW | Traded for Quincy Amarikwa | August 8, 2018 | [15] | ||
| 27 | FW | Waived | August 16, 2018 | [26] | ||
Loans in
| No. | Pos. | Player | Loaned from | Loan start date | Loan end date | Source |
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| 8 | MF | January 22, 2018 | December 31, 2019 | [27] | ||
| 30 | MF | July 24, 2018 | July 26, 2018 | [28] | ||
Loans out
| No. | Pos. | Player | Loaned to | Loan start date | Loan end date | Source |
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| 40 | GK | January 21, 2018 | December 31, 2018 | [29] | ||
| 27 | FW | January 31, 2018 | April 30, 2018 | [30] | ||
| 19 | FW | March 1, 2018 | June 7, 2018 | [31] | ||
| 15 | DF | March 1, 2018 | December 31, 2018 | [31] | ||
| 28 | MF | March 20, 2018 | April 5, 2018 | [32] | ||
| 24 | DF | August 31, 2018 | December 31, 2018 | [33] | ||
Draft picks
| Round | No. | Pos. | Player | College/Club team | Transaction | Source |
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| 1(4) | Traded for $200,000 in General Allocation Money | [34] | ||||
| 1(7) | Traded for $150,000 in Targeted Allocation Money | [34] | ||||
| 3(53) | 13 | MF | Signed | [35] | ||
| 3(60) | Passed | |||||
| 4(76) | Passed | |||||
International caps
Players called for senior international duty during the 2018 season while under contract with the Montreal Impact.
Friendlies
Pre-season
Win Draw Loss
| MD | Date, KO EST |
Venue | Opponent | Res. F–A |
Att. | Goalscorers and disciplined players | Ref. | |
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| Montreal Impact | Opponent | |||||||
| 1 | February 10 11:00 p.m. |
A | Las Vegas Lights FC | 2-0 | 9,334 | Mancosu Lovitz Salazar Ferriño Choinière |
Huiqui Mendoza Ferriño |
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| 2 | February 14 7:00 p.m. |
A | Chicago Fire | 2-1 | Piatti Mancosu Krolicki Lovitz |
Vincent Lillard McCarty Dean Castro |
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| 3 | February 17 7:30 p.m. |
A | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 2-1 | Edwards Taïder Petrasso Piatti |
Hristov Graf |
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| 4 | February 21 7:30 p.m. |
A | Philadelphia Union | 0-5 | Donadel |
Sapong Accam Trusty Simpson |
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| 5 | February 24 11:00 p.m. |
A | New York City FC | 2-2 | Taïder Piatti Mancosu Krolicki Cabrera |
Villa Medina Callens Tinnerholm |
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Mid-season
Win Draw Loss
| MD | Date, KO EST |
Venue | Opponent | Res. F–A |
Att. | Goalscorers and disciplined players | Ref. | |
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| Montreal Impact | Opponent | |||||||
| 1 | September 7 7:00 p.m. |
A | Ottawa Fury FC | 1-0 | Bayiha Choinière |
Manesio |
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Major League Soccer
Tables
Eastern Conference
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 5 | Columbus Crew | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 51 | MLS Cup Knockout Round |
| 6 | Philadelphia Union | 34 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 49 | 50 | −1 | 50 | |
| 7 | Montreal Impact | 34 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 47 | 53 | −6 | 46 | |
| 8 | New England Revolution | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 49 | 55 | −6 | 41 | |
| 9 | Toronto FC | 34 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 59 | 64 | −5 | 36 |
Overall
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 13 | LA Galaxy | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 66 | 64 | +2 | 48 | |
| 14 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 54 | 67 | −13 | 47 | |
| 15 | Montreal Impact | 34 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 47 | 53 | −6 | 46 | |
| 16 | New England Revolution | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 49 | 55 | −6 | 41 | |
| 17 | Houston Dynamo | 34 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 58 | 58 | 0 | 38 | CONCACAF Champions League |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goals scored; 7) away goal differential; 8) coin toss or drawing of lots
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | Pts | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD |
| 34 | 46 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 47 | 53 | −6 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 16 | +15 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 37 | −21 |
Last updated: October 29, 2018
Source: 2018 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. | |
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| Montreal Impact | Opponent | |||||||
| 1 | March 4 6:00 p.m. |
A | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 1-2 | 27,837 | Cabrera Mancosu |
Juárez Watson Kamara Davies |
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| 2 | March 10 1:00 p.m. |
A | Columbus Crew SC | 2-3 | 11,098 | Krolicki Piatti Edwards |
Higuaín Zardes Steffen |
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| 3 | March 17 3:00 p.m. |
H | Toronto FC | 1-0 | 26,005 | Piette Krolicki Vargas Cabrera Donadel |
Bradley |
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| 4 | March 31 10:00 a.m. |
A | Seattle Sounders FC | 1-0 | 39,469 | Lovitz Krolicki Vargas Piette |
Leerdam Torres |
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| 5 | April 6 7:30 p.m. |
A | New England Revolution | 0-4 | 10,908 | Taïder Raitala |
Bunbury Farrell Fagundez Zahibo Caicedo |
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| 6 | April 14 1:00 p.m. |
A | New York Red Bulls | 1-3 | 15,017 | Vargas |
Wright-Phillips Gamarra Murillo |
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| 7 | April 21 1:00 p.m. |
H | Los Angeles FC | 3-5 | 20,302 | Piatti Cabrera Silva |
Miller Ciman Feilhaber Raitala Vela Blessing |
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| 8 | April 28 1:00 p.m. |
A | Atlanta United FC | 1-4 | 45,039 | Taïder Piette Bush Duvall |
Pírez Garza Almirón Kratz |
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| 9 | May 5 1:00 p.m. |
H | New England Revolution | 4-2 | 15,622 | Duvall Jackson-Hamel Edwards Piatti |
Caicedo Zahibo Fagúndez |
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| 10 | May 9 8:30 p.m. |
A | Chicago Fire | 0-1 | 10,067 | Petrasso |
Vincent Adams Ellis |
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| 11 | May 12 3:00 p.m. |
H | Philadelphia Union | 0-2 | 17,140 | Silva Lovitz Piette |
Burke McKenzie Medunjanin |
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| 12 | May 21 3:00 p.m. |
H | LA Galaxy | 0-1 | 20,801 | Petrasso Donadel Raitala |
Lletget Kitchen Ibrahimović Kamara Bingham |
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| 13 | May 26 8:00 p.m. |
A | Minnesota United FC | 0-2 | 21,331 | Edwards |
Gómez Calvo Ramirez Ibarra |
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| 14 | June 2 7:30 p.m. |
H | Houston Dynamo | 1-0 | 17,512 | Vargas Edwards |
Elis Gil Lundqvist Martínez |
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| 15 | June 9 8:00 p.m. |
A | FC Dallas | 0-2 | 13,506 | Duvall Camacho Lovitz |
Mancosu Díaz Gruezo González |
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| 16 | June 13 7:30 p.m. |
H | Orlando City SC | 3-0 | 15,621 | Piatti Tarek |
Dwyer Higuita Rosell |
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| 17 | June 23 7:30 p.m. |
A | Orlando City SC | 2-0 | 24,398 | Sané Piatti |
Kljestan |
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| 18 | June 30 7:00 p.m. |
H | Sporting Kansas City | 2-0 | 16,142 | Krolicki Duvall Piatti Silva |
Croizet Opara |
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| 19 | July 7 7:30 p.m. |
H | Colorado Rapids | 2-1 | 16,030 | Taïder |
Badji Wilson |
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| 20 | July 11 7:00 p.m. |
A | New York City FC | 0-3 | 18,706 | Edwards |
McNamara Tinnerholm Medina Matarrita Lewis |
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| 21 | July 14 7:30 p.m. |
H | San Jose Earthquakes | 2-0 | 15,485 | Taïder Krolicki Piatti Silva |
Godoy Lima Wondolowski |
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| 22 | July 21 11:00 p.m. |
A | Portland Timbers | 2-2 | 21,144 | Piette Taïder Mancosu |
Armenteros Valeri |
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| 23 | July 28 7:00 p.m. |
H | Atlanta United FC | 1-2 | 19,064 | Piatti |
Escobar Martínez Parkhurst |
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| 24 | August 4 7:30 p.m. |
H | D.C. United | 1-1 | 19,152 | Piatti Mancosu |
Asad Canouse Birnbaum |
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| 25 | August 11 10:00 p.m. |
A | Real Salt Lake | 1-1 | 18,901 | Raitala Lovitz |
Plata Baird |
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| 26 | August 18 7:30 p.m. |
H | Chicago Fire | 2-1 | 18,831 | Piatti Camacho Sagna Lovitz |
Corrales Nikolić McCarty |
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| 27 | August 25 8:00 p.m. |
A | Toronto FC | 1-3 | 27,294 | Silva Sagna |
Giovinco Osorio |
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| 28 | September 1 7:30 p.m. |
H | New York Red Bulls | 3-0 | 18,458 | Fanni Sagna Piatti |
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| 29 | September 15 7:30 p.m. |
A | Philadelphia Union | 4-1 | 18,024 | Silva Taider Piatti |
Trusty Elliott Burke |
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| 30 | September 22 7:30 p.m. |
H | New York City FC | 1-1 | 20,801 | Azira Taïder |
Camacho Callens Chanot Matarrita |
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| 31 | September 29 7:00 p.m. |
A | D.C. United | 0-5 | 20,573 | Acosta Rooney Arriola |
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| 32 | October 6 7:30 p.m. |
H | Columbus Crew SC | 3-0 | 19,015 | Taïder Silva Piatti Azira |
Santos Mensah |
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| 33 | October 21 3:00 p.m. |
H | Toronto FC | 2-0 | 19,684 | Sagna Piatti |
Osorio |
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| 34 | October 28 4:30 p.m. |
A | New England Revolution | 0-1 | 28,832 | Taïder |
Rowe Fagúndez Farrell Zahibo |
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Canadian Championship
Tournament bracket
| First Qualifying Round June 6–13 | Second Qualifying Round June 20–27 | Semifinals July 18–25 | Final August 8–15 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Toronto FC | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Ottawa Fury | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Ottawa Fury | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| A.S. Blainville | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Oakville Blue Devils | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| A.S. Blainville | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Toronto FC | 2 | 5 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Montreal Impact | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
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. | |||
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| Montreal Impact | Opponent | ||||||||||
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| FL | July 18 | H | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 1-0 | — | Silva |
Norman Jr. Shea |
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| SL | July 25 | A | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 0-2 | 1-2 | 19,267 | Silva Piette |
Reyna Watson Henry Kamara |
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