CF Montréal U23

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| fullname = CF Montréal U23

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| founded = 2014
2020 (re-founded)

| dissolved = September 8, 2024

| stadium = Centre Nutrilait

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| owner = Joey Saputo

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| mgrtitle = Head coach

| manager = Patrick Viollat

| league = Ligue1 Québec

| season = 2024

| position = L1Q, 6th

| current = 2024 Ligue1 Québec season

| website = https://en.cfmontreal.com/academy/

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CF Montréal U23, formerly Montreal Impact U23, was a Canadian soccer team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada that played in Ligue1 Québec. They were the reserve club of Major League Soccer club CF Montréal and represented the highest team of the CF Montréal Academy. Previously known as Montreal Impact U23, in 2014, they played in the Premier Development League, the fourth tier. The team was replaced the following year with FC Montreal in the professional second-tier USL Pro. In 2020, it was announced that the U23 team would be re-started for the 2021 season.

History

From 2010 to 2012, the Montreal Impact Academy fielded their U21 team in the Canadian Soccer League, which was recognized as a tier 3 league in the Canadian soccer league system.{{cite web|url=https://www.cfmontreal.com/en/post/2010/05/04/montreal-impact-academy-unveils-its-2010-calendar-and-roster|title=The Montreal Impact Academy unveils its 2010 calendar and roster|date=4 May 2010|work=Montreal Impact}} However, the team withdrew from the league prior to the 2013 season,{{Cite web|url=https://www.cfmontreal.com/fr/node/9659|title=The Impact U21 will not play in the Canadian Soccer League in 2013|date=28 March 2013|work=Montreal Impact}} as the Canadian Soccer Association de-sanctioned the league as the CSA board of directors adopted a new soccer structure in Canada and also due to allegations of a match-fixing scandal.{{cite web |last=Sabetti |first=Nick |date=24 January 2014 |title=With five new teams, the Montreal Impact academy is now fully formed |url=http://www.goal.com/en-ca/news/4175/major-league-soccer/2014/01/24/4565154/nick-sabetti-with-five-new-teams-the-montreal-impact-academy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305041017/http://www.goal.com/en-ca/news/4175/major-league-soccer/2014/01/24/4565154/nick-sabetti-with-five-new-teams-the-montreal-impact-academy |archivedate=5 March 2016 |work=Goal}}{{Cite web |title=Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada (SDRCC) SDRCC 13-0194 Canadian Soccer League (CSL) (Claimant) and Canadian Soccer Association (CSA) |url=http://www.crdsc-sdrcc.ca/resource_centre/pdf/English/658_SDRCC%2013-0194.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140213012924/http://www.crdsc-sdrcc.ca/resource_centre/pdf/English/658_SDRCC%2013-0194.pdf |archive-date=February 13, 2014 |access-date=December 15, 2017}}{{Cite web |date=October 9, 2016 |title=The Canadian Soccer League is no longer sanctioned by the CSA |url=http://insoccer.ca/2014/02/13/the-canadian-soccer-league-is-no-longer-sanctioned-by-the-csa/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009013052/http://insoccer.ca/2014/02/13/the-canadian-soccer-league-is-no-longer-sanctioned-by-the-csa/ |archive-date=October 9, 2016 |access-date=August 18, 2019 |website=insoccer.ca}}

In 2014, the club decided to re-brand the team as a U23 team and entered the team into the Premier Development League, in the fourth tier of the United States soccer league system.{{cite web|url=https://www.mountroyalsoccer.com/2013/12/3/5170008/montreal-impact-to-field-pdl-team-in-2014|title=Montreal Impact to field PDL team in 2014|date=3 December 2013|first=Sofiane|last=Benzaza|work=Mount Royal Soccer}} They played their first match on 17 May against the Westchester Flames, which they won by a score of 4–0.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cfmontreal.com/fr/node/11700|title=Impact U23 set to kick off inaugural PDL season|date=16 May 2014|first=Natasha|last=Reis|work=Montreal Impact}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cfmontreal.com/fr/node/11715|date=21 May 2014|title=Academy Report: Impact U23 successful in PDL debut|work=Montreal Impact}} They finished the season in fourth place in the Northeast Division.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cfmontreal.com/en/post/2014/11/10/impact-u23s-hold-annual-end-season-awards-ceremony|title=Impact U23s hold annual end of season awards ceremony|date=10 November 2014|first=Joey|last=Strizzi|work=Montreal Impact}}

In 2015, the Impact decided to form a reserve professional team in the second tier USL Pro called FC Montreal. As a result, the PDL team was disbanded with most of the players moving to the new pro reserve team.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cfmontreal.com/en/node/12211|title=A new team in USL Pro|date=4 September 2014|work=Montreal Impact}}

The club announced that they would reform a U23 team for the 2021 season.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mountroyalsoccer.com/2020/9/4/21423119/impact-to-introduce-u23-team-for-2021-season|title=Impact to Introduce U23 Team for 2021 Season|date=4 September 2020|first=Paul|last=Vance|work=Mount Royal Soccer}}{{cite web|url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2020/09/05/montreal-impact-form-u-23-team-part-academy-restructuring|title=Montreal Impact form U-23 team as part of academy restructuring|date=5 September 2020|first=Jonathan|last=Sigal|work=Major League Soccer}} with Patrice Bernier serving as post-formation supervisor, where he will work primarily with the first team players in the U23 team.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cfmontreal.com/en/post/2020/09/04/impact-changes-sporting-structure-its-academy|title=The Impact changes the sporting structure of its Academy|date=September 4, 2020|work=CF Montréal}} Throughout the 2021 season, the U23s played friendlies against the teams in the Première ligue de soccer du Québec.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lapresse.ca/sports/soccer/2021-05-12/cf-montreal/professeur-ibrir.php|trans-title=Professor Ibrir|title=Professeur Ibrir|date=12 May 2021|work=La Presse|first=Frédérick|last=Duchesneau}} They joined the PLSQ as formal members in 2022.{{Cite web|url=http://plsq.ca/actualites/lequipe-reserve-du-cf-montreal-joindra-la-plsq|language=fr|trans-title=The Reserve Team of CF Montreal will join the PLSQ|title=L’équipe réserve du CF Montréal joindra la PLSQ|first=Elom|last=Defly|work=PLSQ|date=January 20, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://en.cfmontreal.com/news/cf-montreal-reserve-team-to-join-the-plsq|title=CF Montréal reserve team to join the PLSQ|date=January 20, 2022|work=CF Montréal}} In July 2024, they announced they would disband the team and depart Ligue1 Quebec (the re-branded name of the PLSQ) at the end of the 2024 season.{{cite web|url=https://en.cfmontreal.com/news/new-age-categories-for-cf-montreal-s-men-s-academy-teams|title=New age categories for CF Montréal's Men's Academy teams|date=July 2, 2024|work=CF Montreal}}

Record

Year by year

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!Year

!Tier

!League

!Record

!Rank

!Playoffs

!League Cup

2014

|Premier Development League

|7–2–5

|4th, Northeast

|Did not qualify

|—

2015-21

|colspan="19" align=center|On hiatus

2022

|Première ligue de soccer du Québec

|12–2–8

|6th

|—

|Did not qualify

2023

|rowspan=2|Ligue1 Québec

|12–4–6

|5th

|—

|First Round

2024

|7–5–8

|6th

|—

|Semi-finals

Players and staff

=Coaching staff=

{{updated|May 1, 2023|{{Cite web|url=https://www.cfmontreal.com/nouvelles/l-equipe-reserve-du-cf-montreal-entame-sa-deuxieme-saison-en-ligue1-quebec |title=L'équipe réserve du CF Montréal entame sa deuxième saison en Ligue1 Québec |trans-title=CF Montreal reserve team begins its second season in Ligue1 Quebec|language=fr |publisher=CF Montréal |website=cfmontreal.com |access-date=March 6, 2024}}}}