Kareem Sow

Kareem Sow progressed through the Ottawa Gloucester Hornets and the Montreal Impact Academy before choosing to play for the Montreal Carabins from 2018 to 2023 while completing a mechanical engineering degree, also turning out for CS Fabrose in the Première Ligue du soccer du Québec during that spell. He won the U SPORTS national championship in 2021 and picked up RSEQ First Team All-Star honours in 2019, 2022 and 2023, followed by a U SPORTS First Team All-Star selection in 2023. HFX Wanderers took him tenth overall in the 2021 CPL-U Sports Draft, and he split his time between developmental contracts and university eligibility, appearing 11 times in 2021 and five in 2022 before returning to Montreal to finish his studies. He returned to Halifax in February 2024 on a full two-year professional deal. Sow played every minute of the campaign and finished as the club's second-highest passer, completing 275 passes. He did put through his own net in a Canadian Championship defeat to Forge FC, but the season carried him into 2026, when he scored his first professional goal in a 2-2 draw with Toronto FC.