MLS Club de Foot Montreal

Five CF Montréal Academy Players Called up by Canada's U17 Team for World Cup Preparation Camp

Published on October 17, 2023 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
Club de Foot Montreal News Release


MONTREAL - CF Montréal Academy players Jean-Christophe Belzile, Alessandro Biello, Gaël De Montigny, Étienne Godin and Sergei Kozlovskiy have been called up by the Canadian U17 national team for the World Cup pre-camp in Indonesia (November 10 - December 2).

Biello, De Montigny and Godin currently play with CF Montréal's reserve squad in the semi-professional provincial league Ligue1 Québec. Belzile and Kozlovskiy are part of the U17 team playing in MLS NEXT. Biello, De Montigny and Godin took part in the Concacaf U17 Championship in Guatemala last February, where they totaled five, six and three caps respectively. Belzile and Kozlovskiy were called up to the national U15 team in August for the Concacaf U15 Championship in Santo Domingo, with one and four caps respectively.

Biello, 17-year-old midfielder, joined the organization through the CF Montréal Pre-Academy in 2014. De Montigny, a 17-year-old defender who was recently named to the MLS NEXT All-Star Game, joined the CF Montréal Pre-Academy in 2016. Godin, also a 17-year-old defender joined the Academy in 2020 from CS Mont-Royal Outremont. Belzile and Kozlovskiy, 15-year-old goalkeeper and defender respectively, joined the organization in 2022 from CS Saint-Hubert and CS Longueuil.




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