{"id":7095,"date":"2026-02-15T05:04:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T05:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/7095\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T05:04:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T05:04:24","slug":"lafc-acquires-midfielder-mathieu-choiniere-on-loan-from-grasshopper-club-zurich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/7095\/","title":{"rendered":"LAFC Acquires Midfielder Mathieu Choini\u00e8re On Loan From Grasshopper Club Z\u00fcrich"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAFC has acquired midfielder Mathieu Choini\u00e8re on loan from Grasshopper Club Z\u00fcrich of the Swiss Super League through December 31, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Choini\u00e8re, a native of Montreal and member of the Canadian national team, came up through CF Montreal\u2019s youth system after joining their academy in 2011 and signed with the Canadian club&#8217;s first team in 2018. He logged 120 MLS appearances in Montreal (including 89 starts), notching 11 goals and three assists while earning consecutive MLS All-Star team nods in 2023 and 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMathieu is a proven performer in our league whose experience, intelligence, and versatility in midfield will be a tremendous asset to our group,\u201d said LAFC Co-President &amp; General Manager John Thorrington. \u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to welcome him to LAFC as we strengthen our roster in pursuit of more trophies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old has 17 caps with the Canadian National Team including four appearances and three starts during this summer\u2019s recently completed Concacaf Gold Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Name: Mathieu Choini\u00e8re<br \/>Position: Midfielder<br \/>Age: 26<br \/>Height: 5\u20199\u201d<br \/>Birthplace: Montreal, QC, Canada<br \/>Last Club: Grasshopper Club Z\u00fcrich (Swiss Super League)<\/p>\n<p>TRANSACTION: LAFC acquires midfielder Mathieu Choini\u00e8re on loan from Grasshopper Club Z\u00fcrich of the Swiss Super League through December 31, 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LAFC has acquired midfielder Mathieu Choini\u00e8re on loan from Grasshopper Club Z\u00fcrich of the Swiss Super League through&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7096,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[5642,1202,5641,3509,51],"class_list":{"0":"post-7095","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-zurich","8":"tag-mathieu-choiniere","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-press-release","11":"tag-transactions","12":"tag-zurich"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}