Jonathan Sirois (born June 27, 2001) is a Canadian

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player who plays as a goalkeeper for

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club

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Early life

Born in LaSalle, Quebec, Sirois grew up in

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, where he played youth soccer with

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before moving to the Montreal Impact Academy in 2015, where he played for the U15, U17, and U19 teams. He was invited to the

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International Elite Soccer Program in 2018.

Club career

CF Montréal

After his time in the academy, he signed a first team contract with the Montreal Impact to serve as the team's third goalkeeper on 6 March 2020. He became the 18th academy player to sign a Homegrown Player Contract with the club. On 22 July 2020, Sirois joined the Vancouver Whitecaps FC on a one-day emergency loan, to serve as the team's backup goalkeeper against Chicago Fire FC during the MLS is Back Tournament. Vancouver was left with only third string goalkeeper Thomas Hasal available after the team's other two goalkeepers, Maxime Crepeau and

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, were unavailable due to injury and a family situation, respectively. The team was also not able to add the league's pool goalkeepers to the roster because the transfer window was closed, due to pool goalkeeper

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's International Transfer Certificate being in the US, while the Whitecaps were a Canadian team, while the other pool,

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, whose ITC was in Canada, had already left the

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that the tournament was being hosted in (which is also the reason they could not add an outside keeper). Sirois was able to be added to the roster, due to the Impact being a Canadian team as well, which meant his ITC was already in Canada, as well as already being in the bubble. Upon completion of the 2021 MLS season, CF Montréal would announce that they would exercise the option on Sirois' contract for 2022. In 2021, he was sent on loan to Valour FC of the Canadian Premier League to gain match experience. He made his debut for Valour on June 27 against Forge FC, recording a clean sheet in a 2–0 victory. He began the season with six consecutive clean sheets, setting a league record. On August 17, he was recalled from his loan by Montreal on an emergency basis, and on August 23, he returned to Valour. At the conclusion of the season, Sirois was named the 2021 CPL Goalkeeper of the year. After attending Montreal's pre-season training camp ahead of the 2022 season, he was once again sent to Valour on a new loan deal. On February 25, 2023, Sirois made his competitive debut for Montreal, entering as an injury replacement for

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. After winning the starting goalkeeper role with Montreal, Sirois would sign a 3 year contract extension with the club, with an option for the 2027 season.

Career statistics

International career

In May 2023, Sirois was listed on the Canada preliminary rosters for the

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Notes

References

External links

CF Montréal profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sirois, Jonathan 2001 births Living people Canadian men's soccer players Men's association football defenders People from LaSalle, Quebec Soccer players from Montreal Sportspeople from Longueuil CF Montréal players Vancouver Whitecaps FC players Valour FC players Canadian Premier League players CS St-Hubert players Major League Soccer players French Quebecers Homegrown Players (MLS)