CF Montréal is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Montréal. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) in the Eastern Conference. Founded in 2010 as the Montreal Impact, they began playing in the MLS in 2012 as the league's nineteenth franchise and third Canadian club.
Montreal Impact pre-game lineup photo, 2013
The Impact played the 2015 CONCACAF Champions League final before of a record 61,004
Banner for Ultras Montreal's 10th anniversary at Saputo Stadium before game between Montreal Impact and Columbus Crew on July 8, 2012
The North Star at the Olympic Stadium for the Montreal Impact's 2016 home opener
In Canada, soccer is the most popular sport in terms of participation rate; according to FIFA's Big Count, almost 2.7 million people played in Canada in 2006. Professional soccer in Canada is played in the Canadian Premier League and Major League Soccer. Canada also has many semi-professional and amateur soccer leagues. Canada's men's and women's national soccer teams are ranked 33rd and 6th respectively in the FIFA World Rankings as of February 10, 2022.
BC Place in Vancouver hosted the final of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
Illustration of a Hamilton vs. Toronto "football" match by Frederic M. Bell-Smith in 1874
The 1928 Westminster Royals, winners of their first Connaught Cup
Place Soccer Canada in Downtown Ottawa is the headquarters of the Canadian Soccer Association
