MONTREAL – Starting Saturday, CF Montreal's U15, U16, and U18 men's teams kick off their 2025-2026 season in MLS NEXT, the sixth in the Club's Academy history.
The regular season will include nearly 25 games from September to May. Seventeen will be played at Centre Nutrilait and open to the public free of charge. All three teams will play their season opener in Montreal this Saturday against the Rochester NY FC private academy (starting at 9:00 a.m.).
The Academy will also participate in major MLS NEXT tournaments including MLS NEXT Fest (U16 and U18), the Generation adidas Cup (U15 and U16) and MLS NEXT Flex (U15, U16 and U18) with the aim to qualify for the MLS NEXT Cup playoffs at the end of the season.
Last season, the U16 team clinched a playoff spot. The U15 team also finished first in its Northeast regional division during the regular season.
“The quality of play of our teams was recognized at the MLS NEXT level last season,” said Academy Director Marinos Papageorgopoulos. “Our U15 and U16 teams finished fourth and ninth respectively in their categories among 138 teams. This rewards the hard work of the staff and highlights the development of our players, who are sought after by the national team and courted by American universities. "
Of the 72 players registered this season, 18 were selected this year for the Canadian national team in the U15, U16, U17, and U18 categories.
2025-2026 Regular season schedule
9/6: CF Montréal – Rochester NY FC (Centre Nutrilait)
9/7: CF Montréal – Oakwood SC (Centre Nutrilait)
9/13: CF Montréal – New York City FC (Centre Nutrilait)
9/14: CF Montréal – Intercontinental FA (Centre Nutrilait)
9/20: CF Montréal – New York Red Bulls (Centre Nutrilait)
9/21: CF Montréal – Seacoast United (Centre Nutrilait)
9/27: CF Montréal - Beachside of Connecticut (Centre Nutrilait)
9/28: CF Montréal – Valeo Futbol Club (Centre Nutrilait)
10/4: New England Revolution - CF Montréal
10/18: Toronto FC – CF Montréal
10/25: CF Montréal – Philadelphia Union (Centre Nutrilait)
10/26: CF Montréal – Bayside FC (Centre Nutrilait)
11/1: CF Montréal – Connecticut United FC (Centre Nutrilait)
11/2: CF Montréal – FC Greater Boston Bolts (Centre Nutrilait)
11/8: CF Montréal – DC United (Centre Nutrilait)
11/9: CF Montréal – NEFC (Centre Nutrilait)
11/15: New York Red Bulls – CF Montréal
11/22: New York City FC – CF Montréal
2/28: New York Red Bulls – CF Montréal
3/7: Philadelphia Union – CF Montréal
3/14: New England Revolution – CF Montréal
3/2: DC United – CF Montréal
4/18: CF Montréal – Toronto FC (Centre Nutrilait)
5/2: CF Montréal – New York City FC (Centre Nutrilait)
5/9: CF Montréal – New England Revolution (Centre Nutrilait)
Position | Number | Last name | First name | Year of birth | Birthplace | Place of residence | Nationality | Previous club |
Goalkeeper | 78 | Souani | Khalil | 2011 | Tunis (Tunisia) | Île-Perrot | Canada - Tunisia | Lakeshore SC |
Goalkeeper | 79 | Guluarte Murcia | Steven | 2011 | Montréal | Laval | Canada - Mexico - Colombia | CF Montréal U14 |
Defender | 60 | Jean-Baptiste | Neidy | 2011 | Port-au-Prince (Haiti) | Laval | Canada - Haiti | CF Montréal U14 |
Defender | 63 | Germain | Kevin | 2011 | Montréal | Terrebonne | Canada - Haiti | CF Montréal U14 |
Defender | 64 | Fechete | Lucas | 2011 | Montréal | Blainville | Canada - Romania | CF Montréal U14 |
Defender | 65 | Chekabab | Reda | 2011 | Longueuil | Saint-Hubert | Canada | CS Saint-Hubert |
Defender | 67 | Roberts | Benjamin | 2011 | Montréal | Montréal | Canada | CF Montréal U14 |
Defender | 72 | He | Cyrus | 2011 | Ottawa | Ottawa | Canada | Ottawa South United |
Defender | 73 | Karagiannis | John | 2011 | Greenfield Park | La Prairie | Canada | CF Montréal U14 |
Defender | 74 | Muhi | Gerard | 2011 | Montréal | Montréal | Canada - Philippines | CF Montréal U14 |
Defender | 75 | Murgante | Michael | 2011 | Montréal | Montréal | Canada | CF Montréal U14 |
Defender | 77 | Couto | Shawn | 2011 | Montréal | Montréal | Canada - Portugal | CF Montréal U14 |
Defender | 80 | Simon | Viktor | 2010 | Montréal | Montréal | Canada | CF Montréal U15 |
Midfielder | 61 | Junco Giraldo | Samuel | 2011 | Bogota (Colombia) | Brossard | Canada - Colombia | CF Montréal U14 |
Midfielder | 66 | Lespérance | Xavier | 2011 | Brossard | Sainte-Julie | Canada | CS Saint-Hubert |
Midfielder | 68 | Lachhab | Ilyes | 2011 | Montréal | Brossard | Canada - Morocco | CF Montréal U15 |
Midfielder | 70 | Yahiaoui | Mohamed | 2011 | Maghnia (Algeria) | Montréal | Algeria | CF Montréal U14 |
Midfielder | 71 | Laguerre | Nathan | 2011 | Montréal | Laval | Canada - Haiti | CF Montréal U14 |
Midfielder | 76 | Nazarnia | Kamran | 2011 | Montréal | Brossard | Canada - Iran | CF Montréal U14 |
Forward | 62 | Doumbouya | Mohamed | 2011 | Conakry (Guinea) | Quebec City | Canada - Guinea | CS Trident |
Forward | 84 | Seka | David | 2011 | Montréal | Blainville | Canada – Ivory Coast | CF Montréal U14 |
Forward | 85 | Loua | Alexandre | 2011 | Saint-Hubert | Brossard | Canada - Senegal - Guinea | CF Montréal U14 |
Coaching staff
Sylvain HASCOET – Head coach
Michael PALOMO – Goalkeeper coach
Anthony HOSTALIER – Physical trainer
Léa CHOUINARD – Head therapist
Joon PARK – Therapist
Kyla RHODES – Therapist
Position | Number | Last name | First name | Year of birth | Birthplace | Place of residence | Nationality | Previous club |
Goalkeeper | 41 | Merlin | Clément | 2010 | Montréal | Laval | Canada - France | CF Montréal U15 |
Goalkeeper | 42 | Gallo | Juliano | 2010 | Montréal | Montréal | Canada | CF Montréal U15 |
Defender | 32 | Grosu | Gabriel | 2010 | Montréal | Notre-Dame-de-l’Île-Perrot | Canada - Romania | CF Montréal U15 |
Defender | 34 | Fortier | Maxence | 2010 | Montréal | Montréal | Canada | CF Montréal U15 |
Defender | 35 | Similien | François Gérald | 2010 | Montréal | Montréal | Canada | CF Montréal U15 |
Defender | 36 | Gauthier | Noah | 2010 | Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu | Mont-Saint-Grégoire | Canada | CF Montréal U15 |
Defender | 38 | Zenasni | Zacaria | 2010 | Montréal | Laval | Canada | CF Montréal U15 |
Defender | 43 | Emou | Kouassi Joel Israel | 2010 | Abidjan (Ivory Coast) | Montréal | Canada – Ivory Coast | CF Montréal U15 |
Defender | 46 | Karras | William | 2010 | Montréal | Laval | Canada | CF Montréal U15 |
Defender | 52 | Provost | Loïc | 2010 | Terrebonne | Mascouche | Canada | AS Blainville |
Defender | 53 | Lambert | Maxime | 2010 | Montréal | Blainville | Canada | AS Blainville |
Defender | 56 | Onomo | Izaiyah | 2010 | Ottawa | Ottawa | Canada | Ottawa TFC |
Midfielder | 33 | Ramirez Pineda | Luis Felipe | 2010 | Laval | Laval | Canada - Colombia | CF Montréal U15 |
Midfielder | 37 | Sangaré | Ousmane | 2010 | Thiès (Senegal) | Montréal | Canada - Senegal | CF Montréal U15 |
Midfielder | 44 | Hamitouche | Sam | 2010 | Saint-Eustache | Saint-Eustache | Canada - Algeria | CF Montréal U15 |
Midfielder | 48 | Piquel Pineda | Andres Alejandro | 2010 | Terrebonne | Terrebonne | Canada - Venezuela | CF Montréal U15 |
Midfielder | 49 | Messali | Yani | 2010 | Montréal | Terrebonne | Canada | CF Montréal U15 |
Midfielder | 50 | Barbieri | Juliano | 2010 | Montréal | Montréal | Canada | CF Montréal U15 |
Forward | 39 | Alexis | John Dimitry | 2010 | Montréal | Terrebonne | Canada | CF Montréal U15 |
Forward | 45 | Leshob | Imad | 2010 | Montréal | Montréal | Canada - Algeria | CF Montréal U15 |
Forward | 47 | Mabika | Grevice Kabeya | 2010 | Lubumbashi (Congo DR) | Montréal | Congo DR | CF Montréal U15 |
Forward | 51 | Kouamé | Rafael | 2010 | Gatineau | Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville | Canada | CF Montréal U15 |
Coaching staff
Eduardo SEBRANGO – Head coach
Michael PALOMO – Goalkeeper coach
Anthony HOSTALIER – Physical trainer
Léa CHOUINARD – Head therapist
Joon PARK – Therapist
Kyla RHODES – Therapist
Position | Number | Last name | First name | Year of birth | Place of birth | Place of residence | Nationality | Previous Club |
Goalkeeper | 1 | Keita | Samsy | 2009 | Montréal | Chambly | Canada | CF Montréal U16 |
Goalkeeper | 13 | Hoffmeister Pandolfo | Gabriel | 2009 | Sao Leopoldo (Brazil) | Saint-Basile-le-Grand | Brazil - Canada | CF Montréal U16 |
Goalkeeper | 22 | St-Pierre | Luca | 2009 | Rimouski | Saint-Hyacinthe | Canada | CF Montréal U16 |
Defender | 2 | Tsokos | Zachary | 2009 | Laval | Laval | Canada | CF Montréal U16 |
Defender | 3 | Samson | Félix | 2007 | Connecticut (United States) | Montréal | Canada | CF Montréal U18 |
Defender | 4 | Zamble | Ulrich | 2009 | Abidjan (Ivory Coast) | Saint-Jérôme | Canada | CF Montréal U16 |
Defender | 5 | Nteziryayo | Josh-Duc | 2008 | Mascouche | Mascouche | Canada | CF Montréal U18 |
Defender | 6 | Tchouta | Joseph Ylan | 2009 | Québec | Québec | Canada | CF Montréal U16 |
Defender | 11 | Germain-Aubrey | Eliott | 2008 | Florida (United States) | Montréal | United States - France | CF Montréal U18 |
Defender | 15 | Arkhurst | Léon Alphonse Adieba | 2009 | Montréal | Montréal | Canada | CF Montréal U16 |
Defender | 16 | Rheault | Lucas Antoine | 2009 | Calgary | Edmonton | Canada | CF Montréal U16 |
Defender | 19 | Loukili | El Moukhtar | 2009 | Rabat (Morocco) | Québec | Canada - Morocco | CF Montréal U16 |
Defender | 20 | Njikam | Georges Landry | 2008 | Neuilly-sur-Seine (France) | Montréal | Canada | CF Montréal U18 |
Defender | 25 | Doré-Belair | Nataniel | 2008 | Saint-Jérôme | Saint-Jérôme | Canada | CF Montréal U18 |
Defender | 28 | Savadogo | Wendyam Jordy Ashraf | 2009 | Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) | Saint-Rémi | Canada | CF Montréal U16 |
Midfielder | 8 | Bitté Essoukan | Oliver Shad | 2009 | Douala (Cameroon) | Longueuil | Canada | CF Montréal U16 |
Midfielder | 10 | Arnaud | Tim | 2007 | Tours (France) | Saint-Eustache | France | CF Montréal U18 |
Midfielder | 12 | Pascal | Raphaël | 2009 | Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu | Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu | Canada | CF Montréal U16 |
Midfielder | 17 | Arana Véliz | Patrick Karim | 2009 | Montréal | Montréal | Canada - Guatemala | CF Montréal U16 |
Midfielder | 18 | Peres | Michael | 2008 | Ottawa | Ottawa | Canada | CF Montréal U18 |
Midfielder | 21 | Breton | Éloi | 2009 | Montréal | Montréal | Canada | CF Montréal U16 |
Midfielder | 23 | McFall | Alistair George Will | 2008 | Ottawa | Ottawa | Canada | CF Montréal U18 |
Midfielder | 29 | Kiede | Guillaume Prince Messi | 2009 | Abidjan (Ivory Coast) | Montréal | Ivory Coast | CF Montréal U16 |
Midfielder | 30 | Sadek | Aghilas Abdelmalek | 2008 | El-Harrach (Algeria) | Longueuil | Canada | CF Montréal U18 |
Forward | 7 | Lachhab | Zaky | 2009 | Montréal | Brossard | Canada - Morocco | CF Montréal U16 |
Forward | 9 | Knelsen | Myles Barrett Levi | 2009 | Ottawa | Ottawa | Canada | CF Montréal U16 |
Forward | 24 | Casimir | Caed-Vladimir | 2008 | New York (United States) | Repentigny | United States - Haiti | CF Montréal U18 |
Forward | 26 | Castellanos Leal | Juan Fernando | 2009 | Cucuta (Colombia) | Brossard | Colombia | CF Montréal U16 |
Coaching staff
Fabrice LASSONDE – Head coach
Michael PALOMO – Goalkeeper coach
Florian MASCLET – Physical trainer
Léa CHOUINARD – Head therapist
Joon PARK – Therapist
Kyla RHODES – Therapist