2022 Cavalry FC season

Cavalry FC
2022 season
PresidentIan Allison
CoachTommy Wheeldon Jr.
StadiumATCO Field
Canadian Premier LeagueTBD
Canadian ChampionshipQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerAribim Pepple (6)
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The 2022 Cavalry FC season was the fourth season in the history of Cavalry FC. In addition to the Canadian Premier League, the club competed in the Canadian Championship.

Current squad

As of September 2, 2022[1]

No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (Age) Previous club
Goalkeepers
1 Marco Carducci Canada GK (1996-09-24)September 24, 1996 (aged 26) Canada Calgary Foothills
12 Julian Roloff Germany GK (2001-01-17)January 17, 2001 (aged 21) Germany FC Köln II
Defenders
2 Roberto Alarcón Spain RB (1998-04-21)April 21, 1998 (aged 24) Romania Universitatea Cluj
3 Tom Field Republic of Ireland LB (1997-03-14)March 14, 1997 (aged 25) Scotland Dundee F.C.
4 Daan Klomp Netherlands CB (1998-08-10)August 10, 1998 (aged 24) Netherlands NAC Breda
5 Mason Trafford Canada CB (1986-08-21)August 21, 1986 (aged 36) United States Miami City
7 Fraser Aird Canada RB / RW / ST (1995-02-02)February 2, 1995 (aged 27) Canada FC Edmonton
18 Bradley Vliet Netherlands LB (1998-03-24)March 24, 1998 (aged 24) Netherlands FC Dordrecht
25 Karifa Yao Canada CB (2000-09-28)September 28, 2000 (aged 22) Canada CF Montréal
29 Michael Harms Canada CB (2005-12-31)December 31, 2005 (aged 17) Canada Calgary Foothills
Midfielders
6 Charlie Trafford Canada DM (1992-05-24)May 24, 1992 (aged 30) Wales Wrexham
8 Elijah Adekugbe Canada MF (1996-07-17)July 17, 1996 (aged 26) Canada Calgary Foothills
10 Sergio Camargo Canada AM (1994-08-16)August 16, 1994 (aged 28) Canada Calgary Foothills
11 José Escalante Honduras LW (1995-05-29)May 29, 1995 (aged 27) Honduras Juticalpa
14 Joseph Di Chiara Canada DM / CM (1992-01-30)January 30, 1992 (aged 30) Canada York9 FC
15 Elliot Simmons Canada CM (1998-02-05)February 5, 1998 (aged 24) Canada HFX Wanderers
17 Ben Fisk Canada RW / LW (1993-02-04)February 4, 1993 (aged 29) Canada Atlético Ottawa
21 Jean-Aniel Assi Canada RW / LW (2004-08-12)August 12, 2004 (aged 18) Canada CF Montréal
22 Mikaël Cantave Haiti AM / CF (1996-10-25)October 25, 1996 (aged 26) Romania Chindia Târgoviște
24 David Norman Jr. Canada MF / LB (1998-05-31)May 31, 1998 (aged 24) United States Inter Miami
Niko Myroniuk Canada CM (2005-07-21)July 21, 2005 (aged 17) Canada Cavalry U-20
Forwards
9 Myer Bevan New Zealand ST (1997-04-23)April 23, 1997 (aged 25) New Zealand Auckland City
13 Ali Musse Somalia ST / AM (1996-01-01)January 1, 1996 (aged 26) Germany 1. FCA Darmstadt
19 Anthony Novak Canada ST (1994-03-27)March 27, 1994 (aged 28) Portugal Clube Condeixa
20 Joe Mason Republic of Ireland FW (1991-05-13)May 13, 1991 (aged 31) England Milton Keynes Dons
Goteh Ntignee Canada FW / RW / LW (2002-05-10)May 10, 2002 (aged 20) Germany FC Grimma
Gareth Smith-Doyle Canada FW Canada Cavalry U-20

Transfers

In

No. Pos. Player From club Fee/notes Date Source
9 FW New Zealand Myer Bevan New Zealand Auckland City Free January 28, 2022 [2]
7 FW Canada Fraser Aird Canada FC Edmonton Free February 9, 2022 [3]
6 MF Canada Charlie Trafford Wales Wrexham Free February 17, 2022 [4]
12 GK Germany Julian Roloff Germany FC Köln II Free March 18, 2022 [5]
27 MF Canada Skyler Rogers Germany Calgary Foothills Signed to a development contract April 8, 2022 [6]
23 FW Canada Aribim Pepple Free April 28, 2022 [7]
18 DF Netherlands Bradley Vliet Netherlands FC Dordrecht Free April 30, 2022 [8]
28 DF Canada Markus Kaiser Canada UBC Thunderbirds Selected 14th overall in the 2022 CPL–U Sports Draft May 14, 2022 [9]
2 DF Spain Roberto Alarcón Romania Universitatea Cluj Free July 5, 2022 [10]
22 MF Haiti Mikaël Cantave Romania Chindia Târgoviște Free July 13, 2022 [11]
29 DF Canada Michael Harms Canada Calgary Foothills Signed to a development contract July 27, 2022 [12]
FW Canada Goteh Ntignee Germany FC Grimma Free August 10, 2022 [13]
FW Canada Gareth Smith-Doyle Canada Cavalry U-20 Free August 18, 2022 [14]
MF Canada Niko Myroniuk Canada Cavalry U-20 Signed to a development contract September 2, 2022 [15]

Loans in

No. Pos. Player Loaned from Fee/notes Date Source
25 DF Canada Karifa Yao Canada CF Montréal Season-long loan March 18, 2022 [16]
21 MF Canada Jean-Aniel Assi Canada CF Montréal Season-long loan March 18, 2022 [16]

Draft picks

Cavalry FC will make the following selections in the 2022 CPL–U Sports Draft. Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in.

Round Selection Pos. Player Nationality University
1 6 DF Caden Rogozinski  Canada Mount Royal
2 14 DF Markus Kaiser  Canada UBC

Out

No. Pos. Player To club Fee/notes Date Source
21 DF Canada Mohamed Farsi United States Columbus Crew 2 Contract expired November 25, 2021 [17]
18 FW Canada José Hernández Canada Rivers FC Contract expired November 25, 2021 [17]
2 DF Canada Nicolas Apostol Contract expired November 25, 2021 [17]
19 FW United States Ahinga Selemani Malta Gudja United Contract expired January 9, 2022 [18]
23 MF Brazil Richard Luca Bolivia Atlético Palmaflor Contract expired January 14, 2021 [19]
7 FW Brazil Oliver Minatel Canada York United Contract expired January 25, 2022 [20]
6 MF Canada Nik Ledgerwood N/A Retired January 31, 2022 [21]
16 MF Canada Victor Loturi Scotland Ross County Undisclosed fee June 21, 2022 [22]
23 FW Canada Aribim Pepple England Luton Town Undisclosed fee & sell-on clause August 2, 2022 [23]
22 GK Canada Tyson Farago N/A Retired August 9, 2022 [24]

Pre-season and friendlies

Cavalry FC made a pre-season trip to Mexico where the club spent ten days training at the IA Sports Facility south of Monterrey and played in friendlies against Correcaminos, the Tigres B team, and a team from the Mexican third division, recording one win, one draw, and one loss.[25][26]

Competitions

Matches are listed in Calgary local time: Mountain Daylight Time (UTC−6) until November 5, and Mountain Standard Time (UTC−7) otherwise.

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Canadian Premier League April 9 October 8 Matchday 1 19 9 4 6 30 23 +7 047.37
Canadian Championship May 10 May 25 Preliminary round Quarter-finals 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 050.00
Total 21 10 5 6 33 25 +8 047.62

Last updated: August 3, 2022
Source: Competitions

Canadian Premier League

Main article: 2022 Canadian Premier League season

Table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Atlético Ottawa (S) 28 13 10 5 36 29 +7 49 Advance to playoffs
2 Forge (C) 28 14 5 9 47 25 +22 47
3 Cavalry 28 14 5 9 39 33 +6 47
4 Pacific 28 13 7 8 36 33 +3 46
5 Valour 28 10 7 11 36 34 +2 37
6 York United 28 9 7 12 31 37 −6 34
7 HFX Wanderers 28 8 5 15 24 38 −14 29
8 FC Edmonton 28 4 8 16 31 51 −20 20
Source: CanPL.ca
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) goal differential; 4) goals for; 5) away goals differential; 6) away goals for; 7) home goals differential; 8) home goals for; 9) U-21 minutes; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots.[27]
(C) Champion; (S) Regular season winner

Results by match

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ResultLDLWWDWWWWWDDWLLLWLWLWDLWLWW
Position8787332221111112433242
Updated to match(es) played on March 25, 2023. Source: #Matches
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

April 9 1 Atlético Ottawa 1–0 Cavalry FC Ottawa, Ontario
1:00pm
Report
Stadium: TD Place Stadium
Attendance: 4,172
Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla
April 16 2 Forge FC 2–2 Cavalry FC Hamilton, Ontario
2:00pm
Report
Stadium: Tim Hortons Field
Attendance: 3,688
Referee: Filip Dujic
April 22 3 York United FC 2–0 Cavalry FC Toronto, Ontario
5:30pm
Report
Stadium: York Lions Stadium
Attendance: 1,004
Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren
May 1 4 Cavalry FC 2–0 Pacific FC Foothills County, Alberta
3:30pm
Report
Stadium: ATCO Field
Attendance: 4,206
Referee: Alain Ruch
May 6 5 Wildrose Cup FC Edmonton 0–3 Cavalry FC Edmonton, Alberta
8:00pm
Report
Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 1,044
Referee: David Barrie
May 15 6 HFX Wanderers FC 2–2 Cavalry FC Halifax, Nova Scotia
12:00pm
Report
Stadium: Wanderers Grounds
Attendance: 5,244
Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin
May 21 7 Cavalry FC 2–1 Valour FC Foothills County, Alberta
1:30pm
Report
Stadium: ATCO Field
Attendance: 2,945
Referee: Yusri Rudolf
May 29 8 York United FC 0–1 Cavalry FC Toronto, Ontario
12:00pm
Report
Stadium: York Lions Stadium
Attendance: 1,267
Referee: Ben Hoskins
June 11 9 Cavalry FC 1–0 HFX Wanderers FC Foothills County, Alberta
1:30pm
Report
Stadium: ATCO Field
Attendance: 3,045
Referee: Juan Marquez
June 15 10 Valour FC 2–4 Cavalry FC Winnipeg, Manitoba
6:00pm
Report
Stadium: IG Field
Attendance: 2,395
Referee: Alain Ruch
June 26 11 Wildrose Cup Cavalry FC 3–1 FC Edmonton Foothills County, Alberta
5:00pm
Report
Stadium: ATCO Field
Attendance: 4,743
Referee: David Barrie
June 30 12 Pacific FC 3–3 Cavalry FC Langford, British Columbia
7:30pm
Report
Stadium: Starlight Stadium
Attendance: 3,017
Referee: Yusri Rudolf
July 9 13 Atlético Ottawa 1–1 Cavalry FC Ottawa, Ontario
5:00pm
Report
Stadium: TD Place Stadium
Attendance: 3,900
Referee: Renzo Villanueva
July 14 14 Cavalry FC 3–0 HFX Wanderers FC Foothills County, Alberta
6:30pm
Report
Stadium: ATCO Field
Attendance: 3,006
Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren
July 19 15 Cavalry FC 0–1 York United FC Foothills County, Alberta
7:30pm
Report
Stadium: ATCO Field
Referee: Scott Bowman
July 22 16 Pacific FC 3–0 Cavalry FC Langford, British Columbia
8:00pm
Report
Stadium: Starlight Stadium
Attendance: 3,238
Referee: Alain Ruch
July 27 17 Cavalry FC 1–2 Forge FC Foothills County, Alberta
7:00pm
Report
Stadium: ATCO Field
Attendance: 2,989
Referee: Yusri Rudolf
July 30 18 Wildrose Cup Cavalry FC 2–0 FC Edmonton Foothills County, Alberta
4:00pm
Report
Stadium: ATCO Field
Attendance: 3,446
Referee: Filip Dujic
August 3 19 Valour FC 2–0 Cavalry FC Winnipeg, Manitoba
6:00pm
Report
Stadium: IG Field
Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Ben Hoskins
August 12 20 Cavalry FC 2–1 Forge FC Foothills County, Alberta
7:00pm
Stadium: ATCO Field
Attendance: 3,945
Referee: Alain Ruch
August 21 21 Cavalry FC 0–3 Atlético Ottawa Calgary, Alberta
3:30pm
Stadium: ATCO Field
Attendance: 3,723
August 27 22 Cavalry FC 1-0 York United FC Foothills County, Alberta
1:30pm
Stadium: ATCO Field
Attendance: 3,401
Referee: Renzo Villanueva
September 5 23 HFX Wanderers FC 0-0 Cavalry FC Halifax, Nova Scotia
12:00pm
Stadium: Wanderers Grounds
Attendance: 6,088
Referee: Filip Dujic
September 10 24 Forge FC 2-1 Cavalry FC Hamilton, Ontario
3:00pm
Stadium: Tim Hortons Field
Attendance: 4,992
Referee: Mathieu Souaré
September 17 25 Wildrose Cup FC Edmonton 0-1 Cavalry FC Edmonton, Alberta
2:00pm
Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 1,505
Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin
September 24 26 Cavalry FC 1-3 Atlético Ottawa Foothills County, Alberta
3:30pm
Stadium: ATCO Field
Attendance: 4,424
Referee: Filip Dujic
October 2 27 Cavalry FC 2-1 Valour FC Foothills County, Alberta
1:30pm
Stadium: ATCO Field
Attendance: 2,662
Referee: Alain Ruch
October 8 28 Cavalry FC 1-0 Pacific FC Foothills County, Alberta
4:00pm
Stadium: ATCO Field
Attendance: 3,401
Referee: Yusri Rudolf

Playoff matches

October 15 SF leg 1 Cavalry FC 1–1 Forge FC Foothills County, Alberta
2:00 pm
Report
Stadium: ATCO Field
Attendance: 3,179
Referee: Alain Ruch
October 23 SF leg 2 Forge FC 2–1
(3–2 agg.)		 Cavalry FC Hamilton, Ontario
3:00 pm
Report
Stadium: Tim Hortons Field
Attendance: 7,133
Referee: Yusri Rudolf

Canadian Championship

Main article: 2022 Canadian Championship
May 10 Preliminary round Cavalry FC 2–1 FC Edmonton Foothills County, Alberta
7:30pm
Report
Stadium: ATCO Field
Referee: Juan Marquez
May 25 Quarter-finals Cavalry FC 1–1
(3–5 p)		 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Foothills County, Alberta
7:00pm
Report
Stadium: ATCO Field
Referee: Yusri Rudolf
Penalties

Statistics

Squad and statistics

As of October 23, 2022

No. Pos Nat Player Total Canadian Premier League Canadian Championship
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Canada CAN Marco Carducci 28 0 26 0 2 0
4 DF Netherlands NED Daan Klomp 29 3 24+3 3 2+0 0
5 DF Canada CAN Mason Trafford 25 1 21+2 1 2+0 0
6 MF Canada CAN Charlie Trafford 26 0 20+4 0 1+1 0
7 MF Canada CAN Fraser Aird 5 0 5+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF England ENG Elijah Adekugbe 22 1 10+12 1 0+0 0
9 FW New Zealand NZL Myer Bevan 14 6 5+7 3 2+0 3
10 MF Canada CAN Sergio Camargo 15 2 9+6 2 0+0 0
11 MF Honduras HON José Escalante 28 4 25+3 4 0+0 0
12 GK Germany GER Julian Roloff 4 0 4+0 0 0+0 0
13 FW Somalia SOM Ali Musse 29 7 24+5 7 0+0 0
14 MF Canada CAN Joseph Di Chiara 18 0 9+9 0 0+0 0
15 MF Canada CAN Elliot Simmons 26 0 20+6 0 0+0 0
16 MF Canada CAN Victor Loturi 10 0 9+1 0 0+0 0
17 MF Canada CAN Ben Fisk 27 1 14+13 1 0+0 0
20 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Joe Mason 22 8 21+1 8 0+0 0
21 FW Canada CAN Jean-Aniel Assi 4 0 2+2 0 0+0 0
24 MF Canada CAN David Norman Jr. 21 0 11+10 0 0+0 0
25 DF Canada CAN Karifa Yao 26 1 26+0 1 0+0 0

Top scorers

Rank Nat. Player Pos. Canadian Premier League Canadian Championship TOTAL
1 Republic of Ireland Joe Mason FW 2 0 2
Somalia Ali Musse FW 2 0
Totals 4 0 4

Disciplinary record

No. Pos. Nat. Player Canadian Premier League Canadian Championship TOTAL
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
4 DF Netherlands Daan Klomp 3 0 0 0 3 0
5 DF Canada Mason Trafford 1 0 0 0 1 0
6 MF Canada Charlie Trafford 1 0 0 0 1 0
7 MF Canada Fraser Aird 1 0 0 0 1 0
10 MF Canada Sergio Camargo 1 0 0 0 1 0
11 MF Honduras José Escalante 3 0 0 0 3 0
16 MF Canada Victor Loturi 1 0 0 0 1 0
17 MF Canada Ben Fisk 1 0 0 0 1 0
20 FW Republic of Ireland Joe Mason 1 0 0 0 1 0
24 MF Canada David Norman Jr. 1 0 0 0 1 0
25 DF Canada Karifa Yao 2 0 0 0 2 0
Totals 16 0 0 0 16 0

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