Djordje Mihailovic named MVP

Midfielder Djordje Mihailovic received CF Montreal’s MVP on Tuesday, while defenseman Rudy Camacho took home the Defensive Player of the Year trophy.

Chosen following a vote by the club’s season subscribers, Mihailovic and Camacho received 80% and 58% of the votes respectively. The ballot was conducted from November 16 to 20.

Mihailovic, who won the Giuseppe-Saputo Trophy, collected 16 assists, just two short of Major League Soccer (MLS) leader in 2021, Carles Gil (18), of the Revolution de la New England.

The American also became the second player in franchise history to play every MLS game this season. In 32 starts, he has totaled 2,805 minutes of play, a team high this season. Mihailovic also scored four goals and completed 118 corner kicks, another CF Montreal record in MLS.

Also, in the season summary, Mihailovic said he greatly appreciated the campaign, even if it ended with an exclusion from the MLS playoffs.

“Obviously I could have done a bit more, but I really enjoyed my game. […] The team here is based on the collective and not the individual, he said in a press briefing. The head coach’s way [Wilfried Nancy] helped me and his philosophy allowed us to build something. ”

Back next year

The 23-year-old athlete admitted: he will not stay in the Quebec metropolis for his entire career. In the short term, however, the fans of the team need not worry.

“I have never been embarrassed to say that my goal is to evolve in Europe,” he said. When the right time and the right situation arise for me and the organization, we will discuss it. But, currently, I am a CF Montreal player and I am concentrating on playing the next season as well as preparing for the CONCACAF Champions League. ”

Rudy Camacho: no return in sight

Named CF Montreal defender par excellence in 2021, Rudy Camacho will not return with the club in 2022, he who completed a fourth season with the organization.

“Camacho, I thanked him again this morning for his season and for giving everything. We made him an offer a few months ago, it was turned down. I wish him to find a situation which pleases him, specified the sporting director Olivier Renard, in remarks reported by the channel TVA Sports.

“He had a great season and I thanked him for giving his 100% all year. Some players did not do it last year for the Champions League, ”added the manager.

For his part, back Kamal Miller underlined the leadership qualities of his future ex-teammate. “I hope he stays. We could come back even stronger, ”he hoped before Renard confirmed the departure of the main concerned.

Camacho had been criticized in the past for mistakes made at the wrong time in some clashes, but in 2021 he upped his game a few notches. In 31 games, all as a starter, the center-back has scored three goals in 2,746 minutes of play. The 30-year-old has totaled 80 Major League Soccer games and started them all except one. single. It was acquired through a transfer from Belgian club Waasland-Beveren on March 22, 2018.

Meanwhile, Renard has said Bologna FC full-back Gabriele Corbo will join the squad. The 21-year-old ended up with Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC, who play in Serie B, Italy’s second division, on loan. He played 14 games with this organization. On his return to Bologna, he did not take part in a single meeting, although he was among the substitutes available to play.

In October, the Italian journalist Luca Pencherle specified that the rear would be loaned to CF Montreal from January 2022.