The Montreal Impact and MLS unveiled Thursday the full schedule for the 2020 season presented by BMO, which will start on February 29 and finish on October 4. It will be Montreal’s ninth season in MLS and its 27th in club history. The Impact will once again play 34 regular season games, 17 at home and 17 away. All games will be broadcast on TVA Sports.
After its MLS season opener at home, the Impact will play its next four games away from Montreal, with Dallas, Minnesota, Orlando, and Philadelphia as hosts. The first game of the season at Stade Saputo will be on Saturday, April 18, at 1pm EDT, against Houston Dynamo.
The Impact will play a total of 26 games on Saturdays, four games on Wednesdays, two games on Fridays and two games on Sundays.
Seven of the last 11 regular season games for the Montreal club will be at home, including the ultimate game of the season, against FC Cincinnati, on Sunday, October 4 at 4:30pm EDT, at Stade Saputo, during MLS Decision Day.
For the first time since it joined MLS, the Impact will not face every other club in the league. Montreal won’t play against LA Galaxy, the Portland Timbers and Nashville SC, one of two expansion clubs, in the 2020 MLS regular season.
The first rivalry game of the season against Toronto FC is scheduled for Saturday, June 13 at 7:30pm at BMO Field, in Toronto. TFC will then visit Stade Saputo on Saturday, August 22 at 8pm EDT within the MLS Rivalry Week.
The Impact will play twice against expansion club Inter Miami CF, on Wednesday, June 17 at 7pm at Stade Saputo and on Saturday, September 19 at 8pm in Fort Lauderdale.
The 2019 MLS Cup champions, the Seattle Sounders FC, will host the Impact in Washington state on Wednesday, May 27 at 10:30pm EDT.
Season tickets for 2020 are available at www.impactmontreal.com or by dialing 514-328-3668. All 2020 Members get a free ticket for the Impact’s Champions League first home game. A 3-game ticket pack for the 2020 season is also currently available starting at $79, which includes the following games:
- Second leg of the Concacaf Champions League Round of 16;
- MLS home opener on February 29;
- Home opener at Stade Saputo in April.
For any question related to ticket purchases, please visit www.impactmontreal.com.
Individual tickets for the first games of our season will be on sale in January 2020.
The Montreal Impact will start its upcoming training camp, presented by Allstate, on Tuesday, January 14 at Complexe Marie-Victorin. The team will then fly to Florida on Thursday, January 16, to train in Orlando until January 29. Players and coaches will be back in Montreal for a few days before leaving once again for the Sunshine State on February 3, setting camp in St. Petersburg for the fifth year running.
Finally, the Impact will kick off its Canadian Championship title defense in the quarterfinal stage, between July 7 and 16, 2020. The club will face the winner of the first qualifying round, between AS Blanville, from Première ligue de soccer du Québec, and Halifax Wanderers, from the Canadian Premier League.
