The Montreal Impact’s reserve team played its first game of the 2011 season on May 6. However, the players have been training all winter with one objective in mind: continue their development in order to become a professional one day.

Working with each of them daily, U21 Academy head coach Philippe Eullaffroy noticed, in just one year, that many young players have realized that their dream could become reality.

After existing for a few years as

the Trois-Rivières Attak
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trois-Rivi%C3%A8res_Attak),
the team was repatriated to Montreal for the start of the 2010 season. This decision turned out to be a judicious one as the proximity to the big club helped the players realize how close they were to their dream. “The young players become more conscious of the fact that they would be given an opportunity to play with the big club,” said Philippe Eullaffroy. “This idea was reinforced because some of them practiced with the Impact at the start of the season, and some were even added to the game sheet for the team’s first game.” Proof in the pudding: while in Tampa Bay for the team’s season-opener on April 9, Mircea Ilcu made an appearance in the game, while Kevin Luarca, Amine Meftouh and Karl Ouimette were on the bench. Reserve team players regularly practice with the first team with head coach Marc Dos Santos at the helm.

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IMFC Reserve Team (U-21)

Three players are from the 2010 Montreal Impact lineup––forward Reda Agourram, midfielder Pierre-Rudolph Mayard and goalkeeper Andrei Badescu––played for the Academy before joining the first team.
In 2010, goalkeeper Dominique Provost, defender Bonheur Aubey and midfielders Kevin Cossette and Bastien Bourgault were called up for matches with the first team, while several other U-21’s took part in training sessions with the first team.

This is the last rung of the Academy ladder, the final step before signing with the Pros. The U21’s play in the Canadian Soccer League (http://canadiansoccerleague.ca), which is Canada’s only professional league sanctioned by the Canada Soccer Association. In 2010, the league featured 13 clubs, in most part based in the Greater Toronto Area. The top eight teams in the standings advance to the playoffs. The U-21 team plays its home games at Saputo Stadium.

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U21 ACADEMY PLAYS ITS HOME OPENER ON SATURDAY


MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact U21 Academy (2-2-0) will play its second ever home opener on Saturday, May 21, at 5pm.
The team will face Toronto Croatia (0-1-0) at the Marie-Victorin Sports Complex. Tickets for the game are only $2.

The U21 Academy, with one third of the squad made up of new, younger players, is actually in first place in the Canadian Soccer League with 6 points, but with more games played than the other teams.

The team opened the season on May 6 against the Toronto FC Academy, falling by a score of 3-1. Serge Dinkota scored the lone goal for the Academy. Then, on the following day, the team won its first game of the season 2-0 against the Windsor Stars. Forwards Michelot Hyacinthe and Felix Cardin scored the Academy’s two goals, while Dominic Provost earned the shutout.

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TORONTO CROATIA 1
IMFC U21 ACADEMY 1


MONTREAL – The Montreal Impact U21 Academy (2-2-1) and Toronto Croatia (0-1-1) tied 1-1, Saturday afternoon, at Marie-Victorin Sports Complex, in the home opener of the Impact reserve team.

“The result reflects the match,” said U21 Academy head coach Philipppe Eullaffroy. “We played against a strong team, the best we have met so far this season. We played well collectively but we lacked fluidity in our passing game. The players responded well to the physical challenge and I think it’s the greatest satisfaction today.”

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WINDSOR 0
IMPACT U21 5


MONTREAL – The Montreal Impact U21 team (4-2-1) shut out the Windsor Stars (1-6-0) 5-0, Saturday afternoon, at Saputo Stadium.

The Impact U21 will play its next match versus the Capital City FC on Sunday, June 19 at 1pm at the Marie-Victorin Sports Complex.

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CAPITAL CITY 1 IMPACT U21 1

MONTREAL – The Montreal Impact U21 team (4-2-2) and the Capital City FC (4-1-1) tied 1-1, Sunday afternoon, at Complexe sportif Marie-Victorin, in Montreal.

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YORK 1 IMPACT U21 3


MONTREAL – The Montreal Impact U21 team (5-2-2) beat the York region Shooters (5-2-3) 3-1, Saturday afternoon, at Complexe sportif Marie-Victorin, in Montreal.

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TFC ACADEMY 1 IMPACT ACADEMY 3


MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact U21 (6-2-2) won a second consecutive game in as many days this weekend, beating the Toronto FC Academy (2-7-0) 3-1, Sunday afternoon, at Saputo Stadium, in Montreal

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NORTH YORK 2
IMPACT U21 7



MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact U21 (7-2-2) beat the North York Astros (0-6-3) 7-2, Saturday afternoon, at Saputo Stadium, in Montreal. Win this win, the Impact U21 remains first in the overall standings of the Canadian Soccer League (CSL).

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LONDON CITY 0
IMPACT U21 2



MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact U21 (8-2-2) shut out London City (1-5-1) 2-0, Saturday afternoon, at Saputo Stadium, in Montreal.

Win this win, the Impact U21 remains first in the overall standings of the Canadian Soccer League (CSL).

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SERBIAN WHITE EAGLES 0
IMPACT U21 3

PRESS RELEASE: July 23, 2011

MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact U21 (9-3-3) shut out the Serbian White Eagles (5-2-4) 3-0, Saturday afternoon, at Saputo Stadium, in Montreal. The Impact U21 remains in first place in the overall standings of the Canadian Soccer League (CSL).

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