The club was founded in 2010 by the original Montreal Impact after Trois-Rivières Attak decided to take a sabbatical for the 2010 season.

Attak owner Tony Iannitto waived his players rights and opened his territory for the benefit of the Impact Academy.

Montreal repatriated all the players and coaching staff from Trois-Rivieres to form the Academy while the Attak decided to sit out the 2010 season for undisclosed reasons.

[4] In their debut season in the CSL, Montreal finished ninth in the standings missing the final postseason berth by two points.

[5] For the 2011 season notable academy graduates were Wandrille Lefèvre, Zakaria Messoudi, Victor N'Diaye, Philippe Lincourt-Joseph, and Jonathan Vallée.

[10][11] In the first round of the playoffs the team faced TFC Academy, and secured a 2-0 victory with both goals coming from Ilcu.