September 6, 2024 – Major League Soccer (MLS)
Club de Foot Montreal News Release
MONTREAL – Starting this Saturday, CF Montréal’s U15, U16 and U18 men’s teams will kick off their 2024-2025 season in MLS NEXT, the fifth in the Club’s Academy history.
The regular season will include nearly 30 matches from September to June. Ten will be played at Centre Nutrilait and open to the public free of charge. After their opening match at New England FC this Saturday, September 7, the three teams will play their first match of the season in Montreal on Saturday, September 21, against the New York Soccer Club private academy.
The Academy’s U16 and U18 teams will also take part in MLS NEXT’s major tournaments, including MLS NEXT Fest (December 2024) and the Generation adidas Cup (April 2025). Additionally, the three Academy teams will compete in MLS NEXT Flex in May 2025, with the aim to qualify all three squads for the MLS NEXT Cup playoffs at the end of the season.
Last season, the U17 team clinched a playoff spot. In 2022-2023, the U15 team was a finalist in the MLS NEXT Cup, a season-ending tournament in Dallas, Texas. It was the first final in the Academy’s history.
“Having three teams playing in MLS NEXT this season is very positive,” said Academy Director Marinos Papageorgopoulos. “Starting at U15, players will be able to benefit from four to five years of exceptional exposure and develop in the best soccer competitive platform in North America.”
The Women’s Program, cofounded by BMO, finalists this season in Ligue1 Québec, will return to training on Monday and the season will resume in spring.
CF Montréal U15
Position N* Last Name First Name Birthyear Place of birth Place of residence Nationality Previous Club
Goalkeeper 79 Gallo Juliano 2010 Montréal Montréal Canada AS Saint-Léonard
Goalkeeper 81 Merlin Clément 2010 Montréal Laval Canada and France FC Laval
Defender 63 Fortier Maxence 2010 Montréal Rivière-des-Prairies Canada CF Montréal U14
Defender 64 Sangaré Ousmane 2010 Thiès (Senegal) Montréal Canada and Senegal CF Montréal U14
Defender 66 Gauthier Noah 2010 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Mont-Saint-Grégoire Canada CF Montréal U14
Defender 70 Emou Israel 2010 Abidjan (Ivory Coast) Montréal Canada and Ivory Coast Dragons de Drummondville
Defender 74 Similien François 2010 Montréal Rivière-des-Prairies Canada CS Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
Defender 80 Simon Viktor 2010 Repentigny Montréal Canada CF Montréal U14
Midfielder 60 Ramirez Pineda Luis 2010 Laval Laval…
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