Montreal Impact have changed their logo and their name to CF Montreal or Club de Foot Montreal

Published on January 15th, 2021 at 6:54 AM

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Team president Kevin Gilmore says the push to modernize the name is in part to compete with big-market soccer clubs -- the type of clubs that often have much simpler names.

Montreal is the 10th Major League Soccer team to rebrand since the league began in 1996.

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