I am very pleased overall with the 2016 season of l’Impact de Montréal. Remaining in the final four of a playoff series against teams that outspent your own is never an easy feat to accomplish. However, I cannot bring myself to admit that this season was without disappointment. Montréal failed to bring home their own trophy, the chalice that bears the name of the original inhabitants of Ville-Marie; the Voyageurs Cup. That was the most disappointing moment of the 2016 season.
I have written previously how important the Voyageurs Cup has become to Montréal soccer lore, and how the cup has spent more than half its existence in Montréal, despite having many teams compete for the same privilege.