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CF Montréal's Reserve Team Kicks off Its Second Season in Ligue1 Québec

May 3, 2023 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
Club de Foot Montreal News Release


MONTREAL - The CF Montréal reserve team will play its second season in Ligue1 Québec (ex-PLSQ) in 2023. The 22-game regular season will start this weekend and end on September 30.

The 11 home games will be played at Centre Nutrilait and will be open to the public free of charge. Following the first game of the season in St-Hubert this Sunday, the team will play its home opener in Montreal on Saturday, May 13, at 2:30pm against the Celtix du Haut-Richelieu.

With a group of 26 players aged between 17 and 20, head coach Patrick Viollat and his assistant Sylvain Hascoët will rely on key players such as defender Loïc Cloutier and midfielder Abdel-Malick Daouda, both of whom were called up this winter during the first team's training camp.

12 new players were added to the roster, while 14 players will play their second season in the Quebec league. Also, among a group with 13 different nationalities, 15 of them are from Quebec, including nine players from Montreal. Two new players, Costa Iliadis and Jaylen Vilsaint, have their brothers, Ilias Iliadis and Jules-Anthony Vilsaint, playing in the senior squad.

"The Academy's primary goal is to promote players to the first team," said head coach Patrick Viollat. "We have a good relationship with the pros and more and more of our players are exposed to the professional level by regularly participating in training sessions with the first team. The group faced very good teams during our long preseason. We made have great progress already, so this bodes well for the beginning of the championship. It is a high-performance league conducive to young player development and I am really looking forward to facing the best experienced players in the province."

The reserve team's preparation began in January and included matches against university teams, MLS NEXT PRO teams (New England Revolution 2, New York Red Bulls 2 and Toronto FC 2) and Canadian Premier League teams (Atletico Ottawa and York United).

"We are very excited to start this second season among the elite of Quebec soccer," said Academy Director Marinos Papageorgopoulos. "We have a group of young players with a lot of potential and we are eager to see them develop during this competition which is the best in the province. The experience they gain will be essential in their journeys towards professional careers and ultimately to join the first team."

Ligue1 Québec is the province's semi-professional league, equivalent to the third division at the national level. In 2022, CF Montréal finished sixth in the standings, just shy of a playoff spot with a 12-8-2 record.

2023 CF MONTRÉAL RESERVE ROSTER

Position Number Last name First name Year of birth Place of birth Place of residence Nationality Club in 2022

Goalkeeper 13 Hébert Matisse 2004 Saint-Eustache Saint-Jérôme Canadian CF Montréal U23

Goalkeeper 22 Michel Judewellin 2004 Port-au-Prince (Haiti) Montréal Canadian and Haitian CS St-Laurent

Goalkeeper 43 Martin Alexis 2006 Laval Laval Canadian AS Laval

Defender 4 Cloutier Loïc 2004 Quebec City L'Île Perrot Canadian CF Montréal U23

Defender 16 Volcy Charles-Étienne 2004 Montreal Blainville Canadian CF Montréal U23

Defender 18 Vilsaint Jaylen 2005 Montreal Laval Canadian and Haitian CS Saint-Hubert

Defender 21 Bouffard Thomas 2005 Montreal Saint-Lambert Canadian and Swiss CF Montréal U23

Defender 26 Markovic Nikola 2004 Gatineau Gatineau Canadian and Serbian Club de soccer des Collines

Defender 29 Yeo Ismaël 2005 Abidjan (Ivory Coast) Montreal Canadian and Ivorian CS St-Laurent

Midfielder 5 Tchemmoun Rayane 2004 Oran (Algeria) Montreal Canadian and Algerian FC Laval

Midfielder 6 Daouda Abdel-Malick 2004 Montreal Montreal Canadian CF Montréal U23

Midfielder 8 Rodrigue Adam 2005 Greenfield Park Varennes Canadian CF Montréal U23

Midfielder 17 Sany Kong Loïc 2005 Yaounde (Cameroon) Quebec City Canadian and Cameroonian CF Montréal U23

Midfielder 19 Habush Abdallah 2003 Dubai (United Arab Emirates) Ottawa Canadian and Jordanian AC Fiorentina

Midfielder 24 Rossi-Levin Emilio 2003 Paris (France) Montreal French and American McGill University

Midfielder 30 Tiniakos Vasilios 2003 Montreal Montreal Canadian and Italian CF Montréal U23

Winger 2 Mavakala David 2006 Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of Congo) Moncton Congolese CF Montréal U23

Winger 3 Caron Renaud 2004 Montreal Longueuil Canadian CF Montréal U23

Winger 10 Iliadis Costa 2005 Toronto Toronto Canadian and Greek GC Ilioupoli FC

Winger 11 Alexandre Medgy 2004 Miami (United States) Montreal American CF Montréal U23

Winger 14 Haynes Benjamin 2004 Montreal Saint-Lazare Canadian CS St-Lazare Hudson

Winger 27 Abaiche Yanis 2004 Montreal Longueuil Canadian and Algerian CS Longueuil

Striker 7 Alexandre Guesly 2005 New York City (United States) Montreal American CF Montréal U23

Striker 9 Ngongang Farrel 2005 Douala (Cameroon) Montreal Canadian CF Montréal U23

Striker 23 Jones Ishmael 2004 Montreal Les Coteaux Canadian CF Montréal U23

Striker 28 Nseke Noah 2003 Montreal Montreal Canadian and French CS Mont-Royal Outremont

COACHING STAFF

Patrick VIOLLAT- Head Coach

Sylvain HASCOËT - Assistant Coach

Michael PALOMO - Goalkeeper Coach

Pierre BÉZY - Physical Trainer

Vanessa CONTENTA - Head Therapist

Jennifer PATEL - Therapist

2023 CF MONTRÉAL RESERVE SCHEDULE

5/7 - 4:00pm : CS Saint-Hubert - CF Montréal (Parc Rosanne-Lafamme)

5/13 - 2:30pm : CF Montréal - Celtix du Haut-Richelieu (Centre Nutrilait)

5/21 - 6:30pm : CS Mont-Royal Outremont - CF Montréal (TMR Rec)

5/28 - 5:00pm : FC Laval - CF Montréal (Parc Roseval)

6/3 - 2:30pm : CF Montréal - St-Laurent (Centre Nutrilait)

6/10 - 7:00pm : AS Blainville - CF Montréal (Parc Blainville)

6/17 - 2:30pm : CF Montréal - Ottawa South United (Centre Nutrilait)

6/25 - 4:30pm : Lanaudière-Nord - CF Montréal (Barthélemy Joliette)

7/2 - 2:30 pm : CF Montréal - Royal Sélect Beauport (Centre Nutrilait)

7/8 - 6:30 pm : CS Longueuil - CF Montréal (Parc Laurier)

7/16 - 2:30pm : CF Montréal - AS Laval (Centre Nutrilait)

7/23 - 2:30 pm : CF Montréal - CS Saint-Hubert (Centre Nutrilait)

7/29 - 6:00 pm : Celtix du Haut-Richelieu - CF Montréal (Pierre-Benoît)

8/3 - 6:30 pm : CF Montréal - CS Mont-Royal Outremont (Centre Nutrilait)

8/12 - 12:00pm : CF Montréal - FC Laval (Centre Nutrilait)

8/20 - 4:30pm : St-Laurent - CF Montréal (Cégep Vanier College)

8/27 - 2:30pm : CF Montréal - AS Blainville (Centre Nutrilait)

9/2 - 5:00pm : Ottawa South United - CF Montréal (TAAG Park)

9/9 - 12:00pm : CF Montréal - Lanaudière-Nord (Centre Nutrilait)

9/16 - 3:30pm : Royal Sélect Beauport - CF Montréal (Stade Beauport)

9/23 - 2:30pm : CF Montréal - CS Longueuil (Centre Nutrilait)

9/30 - 6:00pm : AS Laval - CF Montréal (Parc de Lausanne)

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