EbeneInfo – CA – Montreal MLS team changes nickname to Club De Foot Montreal

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Montreal Impact celebrates the team’s winning goal against the DC. United in the second half at Audi Field on 8 November 2020 in Washington, DC.

The Montreal Impact is renamed and the Major League Soccer Club’s nickname is changed to Club De Foot Montreal – or CF Montreal

Team owner Joey Saputo said the Impact name must be withdrawn in order to make an impact It needs to be replaced with a new name that tells a story about the city of Montreal

More than 2000 soccer fans have already registered their displeasure with the rebranding and signed an online petition demanding that the Impact keep its name

The petition says the change will create a « rift » between the team and its fan base

The club has been known as the Impact since joining the American Professional Soccer League in 1992 following the breakup of its predecessor, the Montreal Supra,

Saputo chose the name because he wanted the franchise to have an impact on the city and the local football community

Montreal made its MLS debut in 2012. In 2015, the team finished top third in the Eastern Division before being ousted from the playoffs in the quarterfinals by the Columbus Crew

Last season, the club finished ninth in the east with an 8-13-2 record after border restrictions for COVID-19 forced all three Canadian MLS teams to move south of the border in mid-September

MLS commissioner Don Garber said the league is aiming for the 2021 campaign to start in mid-March

Bob Foose, head of the MLS Players Association, said Wednesday that the « best solution » for Canadian teams would be to delay the start of the season since the Canada U S Border remains closed

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