MONTREAL 鈥� CF Montr茅al has signed goalkeeper James Pantemis to a new contract for the 2023 Major League Soccer season, with option years in 2024 and 2025.
The 25-year-old Montreal native has played 36 games in all competitions with his hometown MLS club since making his professional debut on July 24, 2019, in a 1-0 Canadian Championship win over York United FC.
He has a 17-11-8 record with Montreal with nine clean sheets.
Pantemis has yet to win a cap with Canada's senior men's team, though he was on the squad's roster for the World Cup in Qatar. He has represented Canada at the under-20, U21 and U23 levels.
鈥淲e initially decided not to exercise James鈥� contract option as only one option year remained,鈥� CF Montr茅al vice president and chief sporting officer Olivier Renard said in a release. 鈥淲e wanted to make sure to keep him with us for several years and we鈥檙e very happy that he has agreed to continue to be part of our project.鈥�
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 16, 2022.
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