2025 CF Montréal season

CF Montréal
2025 season
Owner	Joey Saputo
Head coach	Laurent Courtois
Stadium	Saputo Stadium
Home colours	Away colours
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The 2025 CF Montréal season will be the club's 32nd season of existence, and their 14th in Major League Soccer, the top tier of the American soccer pyramid.

In addition to competing in MLS, the club is also scheduled to play in the Canadian Championship and the Leagues Cup.

Current squad

As of November 21, 2024^[update]^[1]

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (age at year end)	Previous club
Goalkeepers
1	Sebastian Breza	CAN	GK	(1998-03-15) March 15, 1998 (age 26)	Bologna
40	Jonathan Sirois	CAN	GK	(2001-07-27) July 27, 2001 (age 23)	Montreal Impact Academy
Defenders
4	Fernando Álvarez	COL	CB	(2003-08-24) August 24, 2003 (age 21)	C.F. Pachuca
11	Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty	CAN	RB	(2004-06-16) June 16, 2004 (age 20)	Toronto FC
16	Joel Waterman	CAN	CB	(1996-01-24) January 24, 1996 (age 28)	Cavalry FC
24	George Campbell	USA	CB	(2001-06-22) June 22, 2001 (age 23)	Atlanta United FC
27	Dawid Bugaj	POL	RB	(2004-07-09) July 9, 2004 (age 20)	SPAL
46	Tom Pearce	ENG	LB	(1998-04-12) April 12, 1998 (age 26)	Wigan Athletic F.C.
Midfielders
6	Samuel Piette	CAN	DM	(1994-11-12) November 12, 1994 (age 30)	CD Izarra
8	Dominik Yankov	BUL	AM	(2000-07-28) July 28, 2000 (age 24)	PFC Ludogorets Razgrad
10	Bryce Duke	USA	CM	(2001-02-28) February 28, 2001 (age 23)	Inter Miami CF
19	Nathan-Dylan Saliba	CAN	CM	(2004-02-07) February 7, 2004 (age 20)	Montreal Impact Academy
23	Caden Clark	USA	AM	(2003-05-27) May 27, 2003 (age 21)	Minnesota United FC
38	Alessandro Biello	CAN	CM	(2005-07-20) July 20, 2005 (age 19)	Montreal Impact Academy
Attackers
7	Kwadwo Opoku	GHA	FW	(2001-07-13) July 13, 2001 (age 23)	Los Angeles FC
9	Matías Cóccaro	URU	FW	(1997-11-15) November 15, 1997 (age 27)	Club Atlético Huracán
14	Sunusi Ibrahim	NGA	FW	(2002-10-01) October 1, 2002 (age 22)	Nasarawa United F.C.
28	Jules-Anthony Vilsaint	CAN	FW	(2003-01-06) January 6, 2003 (age 21)	Royal Antwerp F.C.

International roster slots

Montreal currently has six MLS International Roster Slots for use in the 2024 season. In addition, starting in 2022, CF Montreal were allowed to make three international players exempt from status if they have been on the roster for more than one year.

**Montreal Impact International slots**
Slot	Player	Nationality
Exempt	Matías Cóccaro	Uruguay
Exempt	Kwadwo Opoku	Ghana
Exempt	Sunusi Ibrahim	Nigeria
1	Tom Pearce	England
2	Dawid Bugaj	Poland
3	Vacant
4	Vacant
5	Vacant
6	Vacant

**Foreign-Born Players with Domestic Status**
Player	Nationality
Fernando Álvarez	Colombia / USA
Jules-Anthony Vilsaint	Haiti / Canada
Dominik Yankov	Bulgaria / Canada

– Player is Canadian citizen;
– Player is US citizen;
G – Player has US green card;
C – Player has permanent Canadian residency.

Management

As of January 14, 2023^[2]

Joey Saputo – owner
Luca Saputo – managing director, recruitment and sporting methodology
Simone Saputo – managing director, academy strategy and roster management
Gabriel Gervais – president and chief executive officer
Corey Wray – director of soccer
Salvatore Rivera – vice-president and chief financial officer
Amélie Vaillancourt – vice-president and chief human resource officer
Samia Chebeir – vice-president and chief marketing officer

Coaching staff

As of January 15, 2024^[3]

Laurent Courtois – head coach
David Sauvry – assistant coach
Eduardo Sebrango – assistant manager
Stefano Pasquali – assistant fitness Coach
Louan Schlicht – video Analyst

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

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
25	DF	Gabriele Corbo		Option declined	November 21, 2024	^[4]
23	DF	Grayson Doody		Option declined	November 21, 2024	^[4]
44	DF	Raheem Edwards		Option declined	November 21, 2024	^[4]
5	MF	Ilias Iliadis		Option declined	November 21, 2024	^[4]
21	FW	Lassi Lappalainen		Option declined	November 21, 2024	^[4]
17	FW	Josef Martínez		Option declined	November 21, 2024	^[4]
27	MF	Matteo Schiavoni		Option declined	November 21, 2024	^[4]
26	DF	Róbert Orri Þorkelsson		Option declined	November 21, 2024	^[4]
18	MF	Rida Zouhir		Option declined	November 21, 2024	^[4]
3	DF	Joaquín Sosa		End of Loan	November 21, 2024	^[4]
2	MF	Victor Wanyama		Out of Contract	November 21, 2024	^[4]
33	GK	Logan Ketterer	Lexington SC	Out of Contract	November 21, 2024	^[4]

Loans in

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned from	Loan start date	Loan end date	Source

Loans out

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned to	Loan start date	Loan end date	Source

MLS SuperDraft picks

Round	No.	Pos.	Player	College/Club team
1	13	FW	Michael Adedokun	Ohio State Buckeyes
2	44	FW	Arik Duncan	University of California Berkeley
3	50	FW	Caden Grabfelder	Pennsylvania State University
4	73	DF	Arthur Duquenne	Clemson University

Friendlies

Review

Pre-Season

Matches

Win Draw Loss

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Major League Soccer regular season

Tables

Eastern Conference

MLS Eastern Conference table (2025)
Pos	Team v t e	Qualification
6	D.C. United	Qualification for round one
7	Inter Miami CF	Qualification for round one
8	CF Montréal	Qualification for the wild-card round
9	Nashville SC	Qualification for the wild-card round
10	New England Revolution

First match(es) will be played: February 22, 2025. Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)

Overall

Overall MLS standings table
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
13	Inter Miami CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Minnesota United FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	CF Montréal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Nashville SC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	New England Revolution	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: February 22, 2025. Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)

Results summary

Matches

Win Draw Loss

February 22 1	Atlanta United FC	v	CF Montréal	Atlanta, GA
7:30 PM EST				Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium

March 1 2	Minnesota United FC	v	CF Montréal	Saint Paul, MN
8:30 PM EST				Stadium: Allianz Field

March 8 3	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	v	CF Montréal	Vancouver, BC
9:30 PM EST				Stadium: BC Place

March 15 4	D.C. United	v	CF Montréal	Washington, D.C.
7:30 PM EDT				Stadium: Audi Field

March 22 5	Nashville SC	v	CF Montréal	Nashville, TN
8:30 PM EDT				Stadium: Geodis Park

March 29 6	Chicago Fire FC	v	CF Montréal	Chicago, IL
8:30 PM EDT				Stadium: Soldier Field

April 5 7	Columbus Crew	v	CF Montréal	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT				Stadium: Lower.com Field

April 12 8	CF Montréal	v	Charlotte FC	Montreal, QC
7:30 PM EDT				Stadium: Saputo Stadium

April 19 9	CF Montréal	v	Orlando City SC	Montreal, QC
7:30 PM EDT				Stadium: Saputo Stadium

April 26 10	New York Red Bulls	v	CF Montréal	Harrison, NJ
4:30 PM EDT				Stadium: Sports Illustrated Stadium

May 3 11	CF Montréal	v	Philadelphia Union	Montreal, QC
7:30 PM EDT				Stadium: Saputo Stadium

May 10 12	New York City FC	v	CF Montréal	New York, NY
7:30 PM EDT				Stadium: Yankee Stadium

May 14 13	CF Montréal	v	Columbus Crew	Montreal, QC
7:30 PM EDT				Stadium: Saputo Stadium

May 17 14	CF Montréal	v	Toronto FC	Montreal, QC
2:30 PM EDT				Stadium: Saputo Stadium

May 24 15	CF Montréal	v	Los Angeles FC	Montreal, QC
7:30 PM EDT				Stadium: Saputo Stadium

May 28 16	Inter Miami CF	v	CF Montréal	Fort Lauderdale, FL
7:30 PM EDT				Stadium: Chase Stadium

May 31 17	CF Montréal	v	New England Revolution	Montreal, QC
7:30 PM EDT				Stadium: Saputo Stadium

June 14 18	Houston Dynamo FC	v	CF Montréal	Houston, TX
8:30 PM EDT				Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium

June 25 19	CF Montréal	v	FC Cincinnati	Montreal, QC
7:30 PM EDT				Stadium: Saputo Stadium

June 28 20	CF Montréal	v	New York City FC	Montreal, QC
7:30 PM EDT				Stadium: Saputo Stadium

July 5 21	CF Montréal	v	Inter Miami CF	Montreal, QC
7:30 PM EDT				Stadium: Saputo Stadium

July 12 22	Orlando City SC	v	CF Montréal	Orlando, FL
7:30 PM EDT				Stadium: Inter&Co Stadium

July 16 23	Philadelphia Union	v	CF Montréal	Chester, PA
7:30 PM EDT				Stadium: Subaru Park

July 19 24	CF Montréal	v	Chicago Fire FC	Montreal, QC
7:30 PM EDT				Stadium: Saputo Stadium

July 25 25	New England Revolution	v	CF Montréal	Foxborough, MA
7:30 PM EDT				Stadium: Gillette Stadium

August 9 26	CF Montréal	v	Atlanta United FC	Montreal, QC
7:30 PM EDT				Stadium: Saputo Stadium

August 16 27	CF Montréal	v	D.C. United	Montreal, QC
7:30 PM EDT				Stadium: Saputo Stadium

August 23 28	CF Montréal	v	Austin FC	Montreal, QC
7:30 PM EDT				Stadium: Saputo Stadium

August 30 29	Toronto FC	v	CF Montréal	Toronto, ON
7:30 PM EDT				Stadium: BMO Field

September 13 30	CF Montréal	v	St. Louis City SC	Montreal, QC
7:30 PM EDT				Stadium: Saputo Stadium

September 20 31	CF Montréal	v	New York Red Bulls	Montreal, QC
7:30 PM EDT				Stadium: Saputo Stadium

September 27 32	Charlotte FC	v	CF Montréal	Charlotte, NC
7:30 PM EDT				Stadium: Bank of America Stadium

October 4 33	CF Montréal	v	Nashville SC	Montreal, QC
7:30 PM EDT				Stadium: Saputo Stadium

October 18 34	FC Cincinnati	v	CF Montréal	Cincinnati, OH
6:00 PM EDT				Stadium: TQL Stadium

Leagues Cup

Canadian Championship

Preliminary round

Preliminary round	Toronto FC	v	CF Montréal	Toronto, ON
				Stadium: BMO Field

Statistics

Appearances, Minutes Played, and Goals Scored

No.	Nat.	Player	Total			Major League Soccer			Canadian Championship			Leagues Cup			MLS Cup Playoffs			Ref.
No.	Nat.	Player	App.	Min.	Gls	App.	Min.	Gls	App.	Min.	Gls	App.	Min.	Gls	App.	Min.	Gls	Ref.
Goalkeepers
1		Sebastian Breza	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40		Jonathan Sirois	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
4		Fernando Álvarez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11		Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16		Joel Waterman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23		Ousman Jabang	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24		George Campbell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27		Dawid Bugaj	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
46		Tom Pearce	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6		Samuel Piette	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8		Dominik Yankov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10		Bryce Duke	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19		Nathan-Dylan Saliba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23		Caden Clark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38		Alessandro Biello	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7		Kwadwo Opoku	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9		Matías Cóccaro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14		Sunusi Ibrahim	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28		Jules-Anthony Vilsaint	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
No Longer with the Club
Last updated: November 21, 2024

Top scorers

Rank	Nat.	Player	Pos.	MLS	Canadian Championship	Leagues Cup	MLS Cup Playoffs	TOTAL
Totals				0	0	0	0	0

Updated to match played November 21, 2024
Source: [1]
Italic: denotes player left the club during the season.

Top Assists

Rank	Nat.	Player	Pos.	MLS	Canadian Championship	Leagues Cup	MLS Cup Playoffs	TOTAL
Totals				0	0	0	0	0

Updated to match played November 27, 2024
Source: [2]
Italic: denotes player left the club during the season.

Goals Against Average

No.	Nat.	Player	Total			Major League Soccer			Canadian Championship			Leagues Cup			MLS Cup Playoffs
No.	Nat.	Player	MIN	GA	GAA	MIN	GA	GAA	MIN	GA	GAA	MIN	GA	GAA	MIN	GA	GAA
1	CAN	Sebastian Breza	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00
40	CAN	Jonathan Sirois	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00

Updated to match played November 27, 2024
Source: CF Montréal
Italic: denotes player left the club during the season.

Clean sheets

No.	Player	MLS	Canadian Championship	Leagues Cup	MLS Cup Playoffs
1	Sebastian Breza
40	Jonathan Sirois
Totals		0	0	0	0

Updated to match played November 27, 2024
Source: MLSsoccer.com
Italic: denotes player left the club during the season.

Top minutes played

No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	MLS	Canadian Championship	Leagues Cup	MLS Cup Playoffs	TOTAL

Updated to match played November 27, 2024
Source: Montreal Impact
Italic: denotes player left the club during the season.

Yellow and red cards

No.	Player	Total			Major League Soccer			Canadian Championship			Leagues Cup			Ref.
No.	Player													Ref.
1	Sebastian Breza	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Fernando Álvarez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Samuel Piette	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Kwadwo Opoku	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Dominik Yankov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Matías Cóccaro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Bryce Duke	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Sunusi Ibrahim	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Joel Waterman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Nathan-Dylan Saliba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Ousman Jabang	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Caden Clark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	George Campbell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	Dawid Bugaj	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	Jules-Anthony Vilsaint	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	Alessandro Biello	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	Jonathan Sirois	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
46	Tom Pearce	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Last updated: November 27, 2024

Recognition

Notes

References

^ "First Team". CF Montreal. Retrieved December 3, 2024.
^ Montréal, C. F. "CF Montréal". CF Montréal.
^ "Technical Team". cfmontreal.com. CF Montréal. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "CF Montréal exercises options of Nathan Saliba and Jules-Anthony Vilsaint for the 2025 season". cfmontreal.com. December 1, 2023. Retrieved December 1, 2023.

[1] "First Team". CF Montreal. Retrieved December 3, 2024.

[2] Montréal, C. F. "CF Montréal". CF Montréal.

[3] "Technical Team". cfmontreal.com. CF Montréal. Retrieved December 6, 2022.

[CF_Montréal_exercises_options_of_Nathan_Saliba_and_Jules-Anthony_Vilsaint_for_the_2025_season-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "CF Montréal exercises options of Nathan Saliba and Jules-Anthony Vilsaint for the 2025 season". cfmontreal.com. December 1, 2023. Retrieved December 1, 2023.

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