2023 CF Montréal season

CF Montréal
2023 season
Owner	Joey Saputo
Head coach	Hernán Losada
Stadium	Saputo Stadium
Major League Soccer	Conference: 10th; Overall: 20th
CC	Finals
Leagues Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Chinonso Offor (4); All: Chinonso Offor (5)
Highest home attendance	23,352 (March 16 vs. Philadelphia Union)
Lowest home attendance	10,062 (May 24 vs. Forge FC, Canadian Championship)
Average home league attendance	17,552[1]
Biggest win	4–0 (June 10 v. Minnesota United, MLS)
Biggest defeat	5–0 (April 1 v. Vancouver Whitecaps FC, MLS)
Home colours	Away colours

The 2023 CF Montréal season was the club's 30th season of existence, and their 12th in Major League Soccer, the top tier of the American soccer pyramid.

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

Current squad

Source, As of September 18, 2023:[2][3]

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (age at year end)	Previous club
Goalkeepers
1	Logan Ketterer	USA	GK	(1993-11-09) November 9, 1993	El Paso Locomotive FC
40	Jonathan Sirois	CAN	GK	(2001-07-27) July 27, 2001	Montreal Impact Academy
41	James Pantemis	CAN	GK	(1997-02-21) February 21, 1997	Montreal Impact Academy
Defenders
4	Fernando Álvarez	COL	CB	(2003-08-24) August 24, 2003	C.F. Pachuca
15	Zachary Brault-Guillard	CAN	RB	(1998-12-30) December 30, 1998	Lyon
16	Joel Waterman	CAN	CB	(1996-01-24) January 24, 1996	Cavalry FC
22	Aaron Herrera	GUA	WB	(1997-06-06) June 6, 1997	Real Salt Lake
24	George Campbell	USA	CB	(2001-06-22) June 22, 2001	Atlanta United FC
25	Gabriele Corbo	ITA	CB	(2000-01-11) January 11, 2000	Bologna
26	Róbert Thorkelsson	ISL	CB	(2002-04-03) April 3, 2002	Breiðablik
Midfielders
2	Victor Wanyama	KEN	DM	(1991-06-25) June 25, 1991	Tottenham Hotspur
6	Samuel Piette	CAN	DM	(1994-11-12) November 12, 1994	CD Izarra
7	Ahmed Hamdy	EGY	CM	(1998-02-10) February 10, 1998	El Gouna FC
10	Bryce Duke	USA	CM	(2001-02-28) February 28, 2001	Inter Miami CF
19	Nathan-Dylan Saliba	CAN	CM	(2004-02-07) February 7, 2004	Montreal Impact Academy
23	Ousman Jabang	USA	DM	(2001-03-29) March 29, 2001	Mercer Bears
27	Sean Rea	CAN	CM	(2002-05-15) May 15, 2002	Montreal Impact Academy
29	Mathieu Choinière	CAN	AM	(1999-02-07) February 7, 1999	Montreal Impact Academy
Attackers
9	Chinonso Offor	NGA	FW	(2000-05-27) May 27, 2000	Chicago Fire FC
11	Ariel Lassiter	CRC	FW	(1994-09-27) September 27, 1994	Inter Miami CF
13	Mason Toye	USA	FW	(1998-10-16) October 16, 1998	Minnesota United FC
14	Sunusi Ibrahim	NGA	FW	(2002-10-01) October 1, 2002	Nasarawa United F.C.
17	Jojea Kwizera	COD	FW	(1999-01-01) January 1, 1999	Utah Valley Wolverines
21	Lassi Lappalainen	FIN	FW	(1998-08-24) August 24, 1998	Bologna
28	Jules-Anthony Vilsaint	CAN	FW	(2003-01-06) January 6, 2003	Royal Antwerp F.C.
30	Romell Quioto	HON	FW	(1991-08-09) August 9, 1991	Houston Dynamo
90	Kwadwo Opoku	GHA	FW	(2001-07-13) July 13, 2001	Los Angeles FC

International roster slots

Montreal currently has six MLS International Roster Slots for use in the 2023 season. Montreal has eight slots allotted from the league and sold two to St. Louis City SC & Los Angeles FC. In addition, starting in 2022, CF Montreal are 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	Lassi Lappalainen	Finland
Exempt	Victor Wanyama	Kenya
Exempt	Ahmed Hamdy	Egypt
1	Sunusi Ibrahim	Nigeria
2	Róbert Thorkelsson	Iceland
3	Chinonso Offor	Nigeria
4	Gabriele Corbo	Italy
5	Kwadwo Opoku	Ghana
6	Vacant

**Foreign-Born Players with Domestic Status**
Player	Nationality
Romell Quioto	Honduras ^G[4]
Fernando Álvarez	Colombia / USA[4]
Jojea Kwizera	/ USA[4]
Ariel Lassiter	/ USA[4]
Aaron Herrera	/ USA[4]
Zachary Brault-Guillard	Haiti / Canada[4]
Jules-Anthony Vilsaint	Haiti / Canada[4]
Jean-Aniel Assi	Ivory Coast / Canada[4]
Ilias Iliadis	Greece / Canada[4]

– 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[5]

Joey Saputo – Owner
Gabriel Gervais – President and Chief Executive Officer
Olivier Renard – Vice president and Chief Sporting Officer
Salvatore Rivera – Vice-president & Chief Financial Officer
Amélie Vaillancourt – Vice-president & Chief Human Resource Officer
Samia Chebeir – Vice-president and Chief Marketing Officer

Coaching staff

As of January 9, 2023[6]

Hernán Losada – head coach
Laurent Ciman – assistant coach
Sebastián Setti – assistant coach
Eduardo Sebrango – assistant manager
Hervé Diese – assistant manager
Romuald Peiser – goalkeeping coach
Barthélémy Delecroix – fitness Coach
Stefano Pasquali – assistant fitness Coach
Louan Schlicht – video Analyst
Luca Bucci – responsible for the goalkeeping development methodology

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
24	DF	George Campbell	Atlanta United FC	$900,000 GAM	December 13, 2022	[7]
22	DF	Aaron Herrera	Real Salt Lake	$500,000 GAM	December 21, 2022	[8]
5	MF	Ilias Iliadis	Panathinaikos F.C. B	Free Transfer	January 14, 2023	[9]
28	FW	Jules-Anthony Vilsaint	Royal Antwerp FC	Free Transfer	February 11, 2023	[10]
23	MF	Ousman Jabang	Mercer Bears	MLS Super Draft	March 1, 2023	[11]
25	DF	Gabriele Corbo	Bologna F.C. 1909	Transfer	March 20, 2023	[12]
10	MF	Bryce Duke	Inter Miami CF	Traded for Kamal Miller & $1,300,000 GAM	April 12, 2023	[13]
11	FW	Ariel Lassiter	Inter Miami CF	Traded for Kamal Miller & $1,300,000 GAM	April 12, 2023	[13]
90	FW	Kwadwo Opoku	Los Angeles FC	$1,650,000 GAM	July 5, 2023	[14]
4	DF	Fernando Álvarez	C.F. Pachuca	Transfer Fee	July 28, 2023	[15]

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
8	MF	Djordje Mihailovic	AZ Alkmaar	$5,000,000	August 24, 2022	[16]
1	GK	Sebastian Breza	Bologna F.C. 1909	End of Loan	November 17, 2022	[16]
19	DF	Zorhan Bassong	FC Argeș Pitești	Option declined	November 17, 2022	[16]
24	DF	Karifa Yao	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Option declined	November 17, 2022	[16]
33	DF	Keesean Ferdinand	Portland Timbers 2	Option declined	November 17, 2022	[16]
34	MF	Tomas Giraldo	HFX Wanderers	Option declined	November 17, 2022	[16]
9	FW	Bjørn Maars Johnsen	SC Cambuur	Option declined	November 17, 2022	[16]
22	DF	Alistair Johnston	Celtic	$3,000,000	December 3, 2022	[17]
28	MF	Ismaël Koné	Watford F.C.	Transfer Fee	December 5, 2022	[18]
10	FW	Joaquín Torres	Philadelphia Union	$800,000 in GAM	January 26, 2023	[19]
23	FW	Kei Kamara	Chicago Fire FC	$250,000 in GAM	February 24, 2023	[20]
3	DF	Kamal Miller	Inter Miami CF	Traded	April 12, 2023	[21]
4	DF	Rudy Camacho	Columbus Crew	$400,000 in GAM	July 31, 2023	[22]
8	MF	Matko Miljevic		Contract Terminated	September 18, 2023	[23]

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
9	FW	Chinonso Offor	S.V. Zulte Waregem	September 7, 2022	January 31, 2023	[24]
35	FW	Jean-Aniel Assi	Atlético Ottawa	February 15, 2023	December 31, 2023	[25]
18	MF	Rida Zouhir	San Antonio FC	April 25, 2023	December 31, 2023	[26]
5	MF	Ilias Iliadis	Atlético Ottawa	July 28, 2023	December 31, 2023	[27]

MLS SuperDraft picks

Round	No.	Pos.	Player	College/Club team	Transaction	Source
2	54	MF	Milo Garvanian	North Carolina Tar Heels	Released
3	75	DF	Ousman Jabang	Mercer Bears	Signed	[11]
3	83	GK	Nick Christoffersen	Penn Quakers	Signed with Vermont Green FC

Friendlies

Pre-Season

Unless otherwise noted, all times in EST

February 3, 2023 1	CF Montréal	6–1	PLSQ All-Stars	Montreal, QC
17:00	Saliba Miller Kei Kamara Ibrahim Quioto		Kwemi	Stadium: Olympic Stadium

February 8, 2023 2	CF Montréal	3–0	FIU Panthers	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
10:30	Lappalainen 23' Quioto 40' Zouhir 80'			Stadium: Lockhart Stadium

February 11, 2023 3	CF Montréal	2–2	Houston Dynamo FC	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
18:00	Rea Ibrahim			Stadium: Lockhart Stadium

February 15, 2023 4	CF Montréal	2–1	Inter Miami CF	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
19:30	Quioto 3' Saliba 31'		Ulloa 56'	Stadium: Lockhart Stadium

February 18, 2023 5	CF Montréal	1–1	Colorado Rapids 2	St. Petersburg, Florida
12:00				Stadium: Al Lang Stadium

February 18, 2023 6	CF Montréal	2–1	Tampa Bay Rowdies	St. Petersburg, Florida
19:30	Ibrahim Offor			Stadium: Al Lang Stadium

Win Draw Loss

Major League Soccer regular season

Eastern Conference

MLS Eastern Conference table (2023)
Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
8	New York Red Bulls	34	11	13	10	36	39	−3	43	Qualification for the Wild card round
9	Charlotte FC	34	10	11	13	45	52	−7	43	Qualification for the Wild card round
10	CF Montréal	34	12	17	5	36	52	−16	41
11	New York City FC	34	9	11	14	35	39	−4	41
12	D.C. United	34	10	14	10	45	49	−4	40

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	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
18	Portland Timbers	34	11	13	10	46	58	−12	43
19	Charlotte FC	34	10	11	13	45	52	−7	43
20	CF Montréal	34	12	17	5	36	52	−16	41
21	Minnesota United FC	34	10	13	11	46	51	−5	41
22	New York City FC	34	9	11	14	35	39	−4	41

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

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	Pts	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD
34	42	12	16	6	36	52	−16	10	4	3	26	12	+14	2	12	3	10	40	−30

Last updated: October 23, 2023
Source: 2023 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

Matches

Win Draw Loss

February 25 1	Inter Miami CF	2–0	CF Montréal	Fort Lauderdale, FL
7:30 PM EDT	Kryvtsov 41' Borgelin 76'	Report	Herrera 40'	Stadium: DRV PNK Stadium Attendance: 17,655 Referee: Drew Fischer

March 4 2	Austin FC	1–0	CF Montréal	Austin, Texas
8:30 PM EDT	Wolff 22' Urruti 88'	Report	Saliba 8' Piette 57'	Stadium: Q2 Stadium Attendance: 20,738 Referee: Lukasz Szpala

March 11 3	Nashville SC	2–0	CF Montréal	Nashville, TN
8:30 PM EDT	Shaffelburg 37' Washington 67', 89'	Report	Wanyama 34'	Stadium: Geodis Park Attendance: 25,958 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez

March 18 4	CF Montréal	3–2	Philadelphia Union	Montreal, QC
7:30 PM EDT	Quioto 3' (pen.), 90+8', 43' Wanyama 18' Zouhir 43' Offor 90', 90+7'	Report	Glesnes 2' Uhre 46', 60' Carranza 58' 69' Bedoya 90+6'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 23,352 Referee: Nima Saghafi

April 1 5	Vancouver Whitecaps	5–0	CF Montréal	Vancouver, BC
10:30 PM EDT	White 38' Becher 43', 59' Gressel 45' Ahmed 43' Laborda 50'	Report	Camacho 11' 23' Waterman 17' Rea 52'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 16,046 Referee: Timothy Ford

April 8 6	New England Revolution	4–0	CF Montréal	Foxborough, MA
7:30 PM EDT	Borrero 21' Gil 45+4' (pen.) Wood 50' Vrioni 86'	Report	Miller 26' Corbo 45' Wanyama 54' Waterman 68'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 18,021 Referee: Tori Penso

April 15 7	CF Montréal	0–1	D.C. United	Montreal, QC
7:30 PM EDT	Hamdi 25' Iliadis 40' Waterman 45+4'	Report	Pálsson 5' O'Brien 46' 60'	Stadium: Saputo Stadium Attendance: 16,039 Referee: Joseph Dickerson

April 22 8	CF Montréal	2–0	New York Red Bulls	Montreal, QC
7:30 PM EDT	Reyes 25' (OG) Corbo 26' Iliadis 53' 65' Choinière 59' 90+2'	Report	Edelman 2' Duncan 62' Reyes 71'	Stadium: Saputo Stadium Attendance: 14,021 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez

April 29 9	Sporting Kansas City	0–2	CF Montréal	Kansas City, KS
8:30 PM EDT	Rosero 30' Pulido 52' Espinoza 57'	Report	Wanyama 27' Duke 35' Choinière 45+1' 90+6' Waterman 65'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 18,226 Referee: Ramy Touchan

May 6 10	CF Montréal	2–0	Orlando City SC	Montreal, QC
7:30 PM EDT	Jansson 62' (OG) Quioto 66' Camacho 79' Waterman 83'	Report	Smith 23' Halliday 41' Araújo 74' Enrique 76' Felipe 89'	Stadium: Saputo Stadium Attendance: 16,112 Referee: Marcos de Oliveira

May 13 11	CF Montréal	2–0	Toronto FC	Montreal, QC
7:30 PM EDT	Campbell 6' Þorkelsson 24' Herrera 40' Lappalainen 53' Offor 68' Lassiter 88'	Report	Marshall-Rutty 26' 56'	Stadium: Saputo Stadium Attendance: 19,619 Referee: Chris Penso

May 17 12	FC Cincinnati	3–0	CF Montréal	Cincinnati, OH
7:30 PM EDT	Waterman 2' (OG) Acosta 26' Nwobodo 34' Vazquez 65'	Report		Stadium: TQL Stadium Attendance: 23,461 Referee: Mark Allatin

May 20 13	New York Red Bulls	2–1	CF Montréal	Harrison, NJ
7:30 PM EDT	Reyes 23' Burke 38' Cásseres 45+1'	Report	Camacho 16' Waterman 29' Duke 32' Herrera 65'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 13,436 Referee: Drew Fischer

May 27 14	CF Montréal	1–0	Inter Miami CF	Montreal, QC
7:30 PM EDT	Waterman 39' Offor 53' Rea 90+3'	Report	Kryvtsov 74'	Stadium: Saputo Stadium Attendance: 19,619 Referee: Nima Saghafi

May 31 15	D.C. United	2–2	CF Montréal	Washington, DC
7:30 PM EDT	Pines 44' Ku-DiPietro 59' O'Brien 84'	Report	Duke 51' Ibrahim 80' Lassiter 82'	Stadium: Audi Field Attendance: 16,342 Referee: Alex Chilowicz

June 3 16	Philadelphia Union	3–0	CF Montréal	Chester, PA
7:30 PM EDT	Carranza 12', 61' Uhre 36' Martínez 88'	Report	Campbell 31' Thorkelsson 76' Miljevic 88'	Stadium: Subaru Park Attendance: 19,245 Referee: Jon Freemon

June 10 17	CF Montréal	4–0	Minnesota United	Montreal, QC
7:30 PM EDT	Toye 7', 57' Brault-Guillard 13' Saliba 16' Lassiter 69' Camacho 76', 79' Corbo 90+3'	Report	Taylor 47' Boxall 59'	Stadium: Saputo Stadium Attendance: 17,030 Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr.

June 21 18	CF Montréal	1–0	Nashville SC	Montreal, QC
7:30 PM EDT	Corbo 13' Wanyama 20' Duke 27'	Report		Stadium: Saputo Stadium Attendance: 16,247 Referee: Tori Penso

June 24 19	Charlotte FC	0–0	CF Montréal	Charlotte, NC
7:30 PM EDT	Świderski 30' Vargas 50' Copetti 58'	Report		Stadium: Bank of America Stadium Attendance: 18,032 Referee: Mark Allatin

July 1 20	CF Montréal	0–1	New York City FC	Montreal, QC
7:30 PM EDT	Lassiter 30'	Report	Pellegrini 29', 33' Ilenic 64' Rodríguez 85'	Stadium: Saputo Stadium Attendance: 16,038 Referee: Victor Rivas

July 8 21	CF Montréal	0–1	Atlanta United FC	Montreal, QC
7:30 PM EDT	Camacho 53' Kwizera 84' Campbell 88'	Report	Lennon 54' Almada 78' Guzan 90+10'	Stadium: Saputo Stadium Attendance: 19,619 Referee: Ismir Pekmic

July 12 22	Chicago Fire FC	3–0	CF Montréal	Chicago, IL
8:30 PM EDT	Gutiérrez 9' Haile-Selassie 11' Shaqiri 33' Czichos 35' Souquet 56' Pineda 78'	Report	Offor 70'	Stadium: Soldier Field Attendance: 12,496 Referee: Malik Badawi

July 15 23	CF Montréal	2–0	Charlotte FC	Montreal, QC
7:30 PM EDT	Opoku 29' Offor 31'	Report	Agyemang 54' Tuiloma 60' Sobociński 85'	Stadium: Saputo Stadium Attendance: 18,413 Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauziere

August 20 24	Toronto FC	2–3	CF Montréal	Toronto, ON
7:30 PM EDT	Servania 45+5' Bernardeschi 66', 90+4' Petretta 77'	Report	Choinière 18', 79' (pen.) Mabika 25' (o.g.) Campbell 90+3'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 27,518 Referee: Joseph Dickerson

August 26 25	CF Montréal	1–0	New England Revolution	Montreal, QC
7:30 PM EDT	Campbell 86'	Report	Polster 25'	Stadium: Saputo Stadium Attendance: 19,619 Referee: Ted Unkel

August 30 26	New York City FC	2–0	CF Montréal	The Bronx, NY
7:30 PM EDT	Jasson 30' Bakrar 37' Perea 58'	Report	Waterman 45'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 15,273 Referee: Fotis Bazakos

September 2 27	CF Montréal	2–4	Columbus Crew	Montreal, QC
7:30 PM EDT	Jabang 18' Opoku 52' Vilsaint 68' Miljevic 90+5'	Report	Corbo 14' (o.g.) Hernández 22', 43', 65' (pen.) Yeboah 29' Amundsen 46' Schulte 86'	Stadium: Saputo Stadium Attendance: 18,358 Referee: Filip Dujic

September 16 28	CF Montréal	0–0	Chicago Fire FC	Montreal, QC
7:30 PM EDT	Choinière 13' Quioto 86' Corbo 90+3'	Report	Pineda 20' Doumbia 76' Herbers 80'	Stadium: Saputo Stadium Attendance: 19,619 Referee: Mark Allatin

September 20 29	CF Montréal	1–1	FC Cincinnati	Montreal, QC
7:30 PM EDT	Wanyama 34' Opoku 53' Offor 90+2' Sirois 90+5'	Report	Miazga 90' Arias 90+2' Acosta 90+7'	Stadium: Saputo Stadium Attendance: 13,603 Referee: Jon Freemon

September 23 30	Atlanta United FC	4–1	CF Montréal	Atlanta, GA
7:30 PM EDT	Silva 30' Almada 33' Giakoumakis 46' Robinson 65' Mosquera 89', 90+1'	Report	Hamdi 40' Waterman 66' 87' Choinière 79'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium Attendance: 42,569 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez

September 30 31	Orlando City SC	3–0	CF Montréal	Orlando, FL
7:30 PM EDT	Sirois 19' (o.g.) Thórhallsson 50' Torres 54' Enrique 68' Araújo 75'	Report	Campbell 24' Corbo 60' Saliba 69'	Stadium: Exploria Stadium Attendance: 19,637 Referee: Sergii Boiko

October 4 32	CF Montréal	1–1	Houston Dynamo FC	Montreal, QC
7:30 PM EDT	Piette 33' Lappalainen 90+6'	Report	Artur 10' Ibrahim 18' Bartlow 56' Carrasquilla 62' Quiñónes 84' Escobar 90+3' Baird 90+3'	Stadium: Saputo Stadium Attendance: 13,509 Referee: Ramy Touchan

October 7 33	CF Montréal	4–1	Portland Timbers	Montreal, QC
7:30 PM EDT	Ibrahim 28' Opoku 30' Choinière 64' Toye 76'	Report	Acosta 53' Boli 86'	Stadium: Saputo Stadium Attendance: 17,559 Referee: Lukasz Szpala

October 21 34	Columbus Crew	2–1	CF Montréal	Columbus, OH
6:00 PM EDT	Hernández 17' Nagbe 50'	Report	Ibrahim 7' Piette 33'	Stadium: Lower.com Field Attendance: 20,526 Referee: Drew Fischer

Leagues Cup

Group stage

East 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	UNM	DCU	MTL
1	UNAM	2	1	0	1	0	5	2	+3	4	Advance to knockout stage	—	3–0	—
2	D.C. United	2	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	3	Advance to knockout stage	—	—	—
3	CF Montréal	2	0	1	0	1	2	3	−1	2		2–2	0–1	—

Source: Leagues Cup
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

July 22 GS	CF Montréal	2–2 (4–2 p)	UNAM	Montreal, Quebec
19:30 ET	Duke 23' Choinière 43', 59' Saliba 51' Sirois 76'	Report	Huerta 76' Fernández 88' Montejano 90+1' Ruvalcaba 90+2'	Stadium: Saputo Stadium Attendance: 19,619 Referee: Keylor Herrera Villalobos
	Penalties
	Camacho Choinière Corbo Lappalainen		Aldrete Fernández Huerta Ruvalcaba

July 26 GS	CF Montréal	0–1	D.C. United	Montreal, Quebec
19:30 ET	Waterman 63' Piette 65'	Report	Williams 38' Hurtado 70'	Stadium: Saputo Stadium Attendance: 19,619 Referee: Filip Dujic

Canadian Championship

Bracket

Preliminary round
April 18–20

Quarter-finals
May 9–10

Semi-finals
May 24

Final
June 7[28]

Langford, BC

Pacific FC (p)

1 (5)

Langford, BC

Cavalry FC

1 (3)

Pacific FC

2

Burnaby, BC

TSS FC Rovers

0

TSS FC Rovers

3

Langford, BC

Valour FC

1

Pacific FC

0

Toronto (York Lions), ON

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

3

York United FC

1

Toronto (York Lions), ON

Vancouver FC

0

York United FC

1

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

4

Vancouver, BC

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

2

CF Montréal

1

Toronto (BMO), ON

Toronto FC

1

Montreal, QC

CF Montréal

2

CF Montréal

2

Montreal, QC

Vaughan Azzurri

0

CF Montréal

2

Hamilton, ON

Forge FC

0

Forge FC

3

Hamilton, ON

FC Laval

0

Forge FC (p)

1 (3)

Toronto (York Lions), ON

Atlético Ottawa

1 (2)

HFX Wanderers FC

1

Atlético Ottawa

3

Canadian Championship results

April 18 First round	CF Montréal	2–0	Vaughan Azzurri	Montreal, Quebec
7:00 pm ET	Rea 31' Ibrahim 36'	Report	Higgins 37' Di Chiara 76'	Stadium: Saputo Stadium Attendance: 11,069 Referee: Mathieu Souaré

May 9 Quarter-finals	Toronto FC	1–2	CF Montréal	Toronto, Ontario
19:00 ET	Insigne 44' Sapong 47'	Report	Offor 26', 39' Brault-Guillard 35' Sirois 89' Herrera 90+5'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 17,726 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

May 24 Semi-finals	CF Montréal	2–0	Forge FC	Montreal, Quebec
19:00 ET	Lassiter 54' Ibrahim 78'	Report		Stadium: Saputo Stadium Attendance: 10,062 Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauziere

June 7 Final	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2–1	CF Montréal	Vancouver, British Columbia
22:00 ET	White 57' Gauld 66' (pen.) Berhalter 83'	Report	Lassiter 3' Camacho 58' Ibrahim 83'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 20,072 Referee: Filip Dujic

Statistics

Appearances, Minutes Played, and Goals Scored

No.	Nat.	Player	Total			Major League Soccer			Canadian Championship			Leagues Cup			Ref.
No.	Nat.	Player	App.	Min.	Gls	App.	Min.	Gls	App.	Min.	Gls	App.	Min.	Gls	Ref.
Goalkeepers
1		Logan Ketterer	1	90	0	0	0	0	1	90	0	0	0	0
40		Jonathan Sirois	38	3337	0	33	2887	0	3	270	0	2	180	0
41		James Pantemis	2	173	0	2	173	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
4		Fernando Álvarez	4	255	0	4	255	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15		Zachary Brault-Guillard	30	1630	2	24	1308	1	4	224	1	2	98	0
16		Joel Waterman	32	2805	1	28	2375	1	3	270	0	2	180	0
22		Aaron Herrera	23	1592	0	19	1419	0	2	91	0	2	82	0
24		George Campbell	29	1965	1	26	1852	1	3	113	0	0	0	0
25		Gabriele Corbo	34	2818	0	28	2085	0	4	353	0	2	180	0
26		Róbert Thorkelsson	10	312	0	9	222	0	1	90	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
2		Victor Wanyama	28	1959	0	25	1788	0	2	157	0	1	14	0
5		Ilias Iliadis	7	341	0	6	251	0	1	90	0	0	0	0
6		Samuel Piette	17	1175	0	16	1098	0	0	0	0	1	77	0
7		Ahmed Hamdy	16	574	1	13	469	1	2	92	0	1	13	0
10		Bryce Duke	31	1774	3	26	1473	2	3	144	0	2	157	1
19		Nathan-Dylan Saliba	33	1952	0	28	1767	0	3	65	0	2	120	0
23		Ousman Jabang	3	75	0	3	75	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27		Sean Rea	18	908	1	15	734	0	3	174	1	0	0	0
29		Mathieu Choinière	34	2931	6	28	2436	5	4	315	0	2	180	1
Forwards
9		Chinonso Offor	36	1888	5	29	1515	4	4	238	1	2	127	0
11		Ariel Lassiter	31	1956	2	27	1600	1	4	251	1	2	105	0
13		Mason Toye	16	714	3	14	680	3	1	12	0	1	22	0
14		Sunusi Ibrahim	29	1447	6	25	1174	3	3	264	3	1	9	0
17		Jojea Kwizera	4	133	0	4	133	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21		Lassi Lappalainen	25	1181	2	21	1034	2	2	89	0	2	58	0
28		Jules-Anthony Vilsaint	13	445	1	11	408	1	1	6	0	1	31	0
30		Romell Quioto	14	871	3	13	796	3	1	75	0	0	0	0
90		Kwadwo Opoku	13	1104	4	12	937	4	0	0	0	2	167	0
No Longer with the Club
3		Kamal Miller	6	477	0	6	477	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4		Rudy Camacho	26	2130	1	20	1613	1	4	337	0	2	180	0
8		Matko Miljevic	7	184	0	10	124	0	2	60	0	0	0	0
18		Rida Zouhir	6	308	0	5	218	0	1	90	0	0	0	0
Last updated: October 23, 2023

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Pos.	MLS	Canadian Championship	Leagues Cup	TOTAL
1	Mathieu Choinière	MF	5		1	6
1	Sunusi Ibrahim	FW	3	3		6
3	Chinonso Offor	FW	4	1		5
4	Kwadwo Opoku	FW	4			4
5	Romell Quioto	FW	3			3
5	Bryce Duke	MF	2		1	3
5	Mason Toye	FW	3			3
8	Ariel Lassiter	MF	1	1		2
8	Zachary Brault-Guillard	DF	1	1		2
8	Lassi Lappalainen	FW	2			2
11	Jules-Anthony Vilsaint	FW	1			1
11	Sean Rea	MF		1		1
11	Joel Waterman	DF	1			1
11	George Campbell	DF	1			1
11	Ahmed Hamdi	MF	1			1
11	Rudy Camacho	DF	1			1
Totals			33	7	2	42

Updated to match played October 23, 2023
Source:
Italic: denotes player left the club during the season.

Top Assists

Rank	Player	Pos.	MLS	Canadian Championship	Leagues Cup	TOTAL
1	Mathieu Choinière	MF	5	2		7
2	Ariel Lassiter	FW	2	1	1	4
2	Sunusi Ibrahim	FW	3	1		4
4	George Campbell	MF	2	1		3
4	Gabriele Corbo	DF	2	1		3
4	Lassi Lappalainen	FW	3			3
4	Joel Waterman	DF	3			3
8	Sean Rea	MF	2			2
8	Aaron Herrera	DF	2			2
8	Bryce Duke	MF	2			2
11	Victor Wanyama	MF	1			1
11	Mason Toye	FW	1			1
11	Rida Zouhir	MF		1		1
11	Jules-Anthony Vilsaint	FW		1		1
11	Zachary Brault-Guillard	DF		1		1
11	Nathan Saliba	MF		1		1
11	Kwadwo Opoku	FW	1			1
11	Romell Quioto	FW	1			1
11	Matko Miljevic	MF		1		1
Totals			34	7	1	42

Updated to match played October 23, 2023
Source:
Italic: denotes player left the club during the season.

Goals Against Average

No.	Nat.	Player	Total			Major League Soccer			Canadian Championship			Leagues Cup
No.	Nat.	Player	MIN	GA	GAA	MIN	GA	GAA	MIN	GA	GAA	MIN	GA	GAA
1	USA	Logan Ketterer	90	0	0.00	0	0	0.00	90	0	0.00	0	0	0.00
40	CAN	Jonathan Sirois	3337	53	1.43	2887	47	1.47	270	3	1.00	180	3	1.50
41	CAN	James Pantemis	173	5	2.60	173	5	2.60	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00

Updated to match played October 23, 2023
Source: CF Montréal
Italic: denotes player left the club during the season.

Clean sheets

No.	Player	MLS	Canadian Championship	Leagues Cup	TOTAL
1	Logan Ketterer		1		1
40	Jonathan Sirois	11	1		12
41	James Pantemis				0
Totals		11	2	0	13

Updated to match played September 20, 2023
Source: MLSsoccer.com
Italic: denotes player left the club during the season.

Top minutes played

No.	Player	Pos.	MLS	Canadian Championship	Leagues Cup	TOTAL
40	Jonathan Sirois	GK	2887	270	180	3337
29	Mathieu Choinière	MF	2436	315	180	2931
25	Gabriele Corbo	DF	2085	353	180	2818
16	Joel Waterman	DF	2375	270	180	2805
4	Rudy Camacho	DF	1613	337	180	2130
24	George Campbell	DF	1852	113		1965
2	Victor Wanyama	MF	1788	157	14	1959
11	Ariel Lassiter	FW	1600	251	105	1956
10	Nathan Saliba	MF	1767	65	120	1952
9	Chinonso Offor	FW	1515	238	127	1888

Updated to match played October 23, 2023
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	Logan Ketterer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Victor Wanyama	6	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Fernando Álvarez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Ilias Iliadis	2	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Samuel Piette	4	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
7	Ahmed Hamdy	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Chinonso Offor	4	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
10	Bryce Duke	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Ariel Lassiter	4	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
13	Mason Toye	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
15	Zachary Brault-Guillard	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Joel Waterman	9	0	1	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
17	Jojea Kwizera	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Rida Zouhir	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Nathan-Dylan Saliba	4	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
21	Lassi Lappalainen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Aaron Herrera	4	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
23	Ousman Jabang	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	George Campbell	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	Gabriele Corbo	6	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	Róbert Thorkelsson	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	Sean Rea	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	Jules-Anthony Vilsaint	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	Mathieu Choinière	5	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
30	Romell Quioto	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	Jonathan Sirois	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
41	James Pantemis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
90	Kwadwo Opoku	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Kamal Miller	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Rudy Camacho	6	0	1	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
	Matko Miljevic	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		77	1	2	67	1	2	5	0	0	5	0	0
Last updated: October 23, 2023

Recognition

MLS team of the Week

Week	Player	Nation	Position	Report
4	Quioto	Honduras	FW	MLS team of the Week: 4
9	Choinière	Canada	MF	MLS team of the Week: 9
10	Choinière	Canada	MF	MLS team of the Week: 10
11	Herrera	United States	DF	MLS team of the Week: 11
11	Camacho	France	BN	MLS team of the Week: 11
12	Campbell	United States	DF	MLS team of the Week: 12
12	Losada	Argentina	Coach	MLS team of the Week: 12
15	Sirois	Canada	GK	MLS team of the Week: 15
16	Ibrahim	Nigeria	FW	MLS team of the Week: 16
16	Lassiter	Costa Rica	BN	MLS team of the Week: 16
18	Toye	United States	FW	MLS team of the Week: 18
18	Camacho	France	BN	MLS team of the Week: 18
20	Duke	United States	BN	MLS team of the Week: 20
26	Waterman	Canada	DF	MLS team of the Week: 26
27	Choinière	Canada	MF	MLS team of the Week: 27
28	Campbell	United States	DF	MLS team of the Week: 28
36	Lappalainen	Finland	BN	MLS team of the Week: 36
37	Choinière	Canada	MF	MLS team of the Week: 37
37	Opoku	Ghana	BN	MLS team of the Week: 37

Notes

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