2022 Valour FC season

Valour FC
2022 season
PresidentWade Miller
Head coachPhillip Dos Santos
StadiumIG Field
Canadian Premier League5th
Canadian ChampionshipPreliminary round
Top goalscorerMoses Dyer (9)
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The 2022 Valour FC season was the fourth season in the history of Valour FC. In addition to the Canadian Premier League, the club competed in the Canadian Championship.

Current squad

As of September 6, 2022.

No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (age) Previous club
Goalkeepers
1 Jonathan Sirois Canada GK (2001-06-27)June 27, 2001 (aged 21) Canada CF Montréal
99 Rayane Yesli Algeria GK (1999-10-12)October 12, 1999 (aged 23) Canada Blainville
Defenders
2 Andy Baquero Cuba RB / RW (1994-08-17)August 17, 1994 (aged 28) Dominican Republic Delfines del Este
3 Rocco Romeo Canada CB (2000-03-25)March 25, 2000 (aged 22) Canada Toronto FC
4 Tony Mikhael Lebanon CB / FB (2000-03-01)March 1, 2000 (aged 22) Canada Carleton Ravens
5 Nassim Mekideche Algeria CB (2000-04-30)April 30, 2000 (aged 22) Tunisia CS Hammam-Lif
12 Jonathan Esparza United States CB (1999-07-09)July 9, 1999 (aged 23) United States Chattanooga Red Wolves
14 Stefan Cebara Canada RB / RW / CB (1991-04-12)April 12, 1991 (aged 31) Serbia Vojvodina Novi Sad
22 Matteo de Brienne Canada LB (2002-05-22)May 22, 2002 (aged 20) Canada Carleton University
35 Andrew Jean-Baptiste Haiti CB (1992-06-16)June 16, 1992 (aged 30) Sweden Umeå FC
Midfielders
6 Jacob Carlos Canada CM (2001-07-12)July 12, 2001 (aged 21) Canada Ryerson Rams
8 Diego Gutiérrez Canada RM / RB (1997-02-18)February 18, 1997 (aged 25) Chile Barnechea
10 Kevin Rendón Colombia AM (1993-01-08)January 8, 1993 (aged 29) Colombia Deportivo Pasto
11 Alessandro Riggi Canada LW / RW (1993-11-30)November 30, 1993 (aged 29) Canada HFX Wanderers
17 Brett Levis Canada MF (1993-03-29)March 29, 1993 (aged 29) Canada Vancouver Whitecaps
27 Raphael Ohin Ghana CM (1995-05-25)May 25, 1995 (aged 27) Canada WSA Winnipeg
70 Matthew Catavolo Canada CM (2003-02-13)February 13, 2003 (aged 19) Canada CF Montréal Academy
77 Federico Peña Trinidad and Tobago MF (1999-03-30)March 30, 1999 (aged 23) Belgium Standard Liège
Forwards
7 Moses Dyer New Zealand CF / CM (1997-03-21)March 21, 1997 (aged 25) Norway Florø SK
9 Walter Ponce Chile CF (1998-03-04)March 4, 1998 (aged 24) Chile Barnechea
13 Billy Forbes Turks and Caicos Islands ST / LW / RW (1990-12-13)December 13, 1990 (aged 32) United States Detroit City
16 Daryl Fordyce Northern Ireland CF (1987-01-02)January 2, 1987 (aged 35) Republic of Ireland Sligo Rovers
24 Sean Rea Canada CF / CM (2002-05-15)May 15, 2002 (aged 20) Canada CF Montréal

Transfers

In

Transferred in

No. Pos. Player From club Fee/notes Date Source
8 MF Canada Diego Gutiérrez Chile Barnechea Free December 21, 2021 [1]
9 MF Chile Walter Ponce Chile Barnechea Free January 13, 2022 [2]
22 DF Canada Matteo de Brienne Canada Carleton University Free January 18, 2022 [3]
12 DF United States Jonathan Esparza United States Chattanooga Red Wolves Free January 21, 2022 [4]
99 GK Algeria Rayane Yesli Canada Blainville Free January 28, 2022 [5]
3 DF Canada Rocco Romeo Canada Toronto FC Free February 4, 2022 [6]
11 MF Canada Alessandro Riggi Canada HFX Wanderers Free February 9, 2022 [7]
70 MF Canada Matthew Catavolo Canada CF Montréal Academy Free February 16, 2022 [8]
6 MF Canada Jacob Carlos Canada Ryerson Rams Selected 12th overall in the 2022 CPL–U Sports Draft April 1, 2022 [9]
GK Canada Evan Barker Canada FC Manitoba Free May 9, 2022 [10]
10 MF Colombia Kevin Rendón Colombia Deportivo Pasto Free May 31, 2022 [11]
5 DF Algeria Nassim Mekideche Tunisia CS Hammam-Lif Free July 8, 2022 [12]

Loans in

No. Pos. Player Loaned from Fee/notes Date Source
20 MF Colombia Daniel Ascanio Colombia Real Santander Season-long loan; recalled on September 14, 2022 January 28, 2022 [13]
1 GK Canada Jonathan Sirois Canada CF Montréal Season-long loan March 11, 2022 [14]
24 FW Canada Sean Rea Canada CF Montréal Season-long loan March 11, 2022 [14]
13 FW Turks and Caicos Islands Billy Forbes United States Detroit City Season-long loan July 21, 2022 [15]

Draft picks

Valour 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 4 MF Raine Lyn  Canada Cape Breton
2 12 MF Jacob Carlos  Canada Ryerson

Out

Transferred out

No. Pos. Player To club Fee/notes Date Source
18 MF Peru Jared Ulloa Peru Sporting Cristal Loan expired December 31, 2021
DF Mexico Rodrigo Reyes Mexico C.D. Guadalajara Loan expired December 31, 2021
12 DF Canada Rocco Romeo Canada Toronto FC Loan expired December 31, 2021
8 MF Canada Keven Alemán Canada Atlético Ottawa Contract expired January 26, 2022 [16]
0 GK Canada Matt Silva Philippines United City Contract expired January 29, 2022 [17]
5 DF Panama Amir Soto Contract expired January 29, 2022 [17]
10 FW Algeria Masta Kacher Canada FC Edmonton Contract expired January 29, 2022 [17]
21 MF Spain José Galán Gibraltar Bruno's Magpies Contract expired January 29, 2022 [17]
19 FW South Sudan William Akio Scotland Ross County Undisclosed fee July 17, 2022 [18]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

March 15 Friendly Valour FC 4–0 York United FC Langford, British Columbia
 Stadium: Starlight Stadium
March 18 Friendly Whitecaps FC 2 2–3 Valour FC Langford, British Columbia
3:00pm
  • Herdman 42'
  • Rakic 82'
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Competitions

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

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Canadian Premier League April 10 October 8 — 5th 28 10 7 11 36 34 +2 035.71
Canadian Championship May 11 May 11 Preliminary round Preliminary round 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 000.00
Total 29 10 7 12 36 36 +0 034.48

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.[19]
(C) Champion; (S) Regular season winner

Results by match

Match12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728
ResultDLWDWLDLDLWWWDLLWWLDWWWLDLLL
Position4536264566665555555555444555
Updated to match(es) played on September 4, 2022. Source: #Matches
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

April 10 1 FC Edmonton 1–1 Valour FC Edmonton, Alberta
3:00pm
Report
Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 670
Referee: Filip Dujic
April 17 2 Pacific FC 3–2 Valour FC Langford, British Columbia
3:00pm
Report
Stadium: Starlight Stadium
Attendance: 2,420
Referee: Alain Ruch
April 24 3 Atlético Ottawa 1–6 Valour FC Ottawa, Ontario
2:00pm Sirois 40' (o.g.)
McKendry Yellow card 72'		 Report Romeo Yellow card 8', 45'
Dyer 14' (pen.), 50'
Riggi 27', 45+2'
Levis 69'
Catavolo Yellow card 74'		 Stadium: TD Place Stadium
Attendance: 2,601
Referee: Scott Bowman
May 7 4 Valour FC 0–0 HFX Wanderers FC Winnipeg, Manitoba
2:00pm
Report
Stadium: IG Field
Attendance: 3,277
Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin
May 15 5 Valour FC 1–0 York United FC Winnipeg, Manitoba
4:00pm
Report
Stadium: IG Field
Attendance: 2,416
Referee: David Barrie
May 21 6 Cavalry FC 2–1 Valour FC Foothills County, Alberta
2:30pm
Report
Stadium: ATCO Field
Attendance: 2,945
Referee: Yusri Rudolf
May 28 7 Pacific FC 2–2 Valour FC Langford, British Columbia
6:00pm
Report
Stadium: Starlight Stadium
Attendance: 2,925
Referee: Alain Ruch
June 1 8 Valour FC 0–1 Atlético Ottawa Winnipeg, Manitoba
7:00pm
Report
Stadium: IG Field
Attendance: 2,699
Referee: Filip Dujic
June 5 9 Valour FC 1–1 FC Edmonton Winnipeg, Manitoba
3:00pm
Report
Stadium: IG Field
Attendance: 2,727
Referee: Renzo Villanueva
June 15 10 Valour FC 2–4 Cavalry FC Winnipeg, Manitoba
7:00pm
Report
Stadium: IG Field
Attendance: 2,395
Referee: Alain Ruch
June 26 11 York United FC 1–3 Valour FC Toronto, Ontario
11:00am
Report
Stadium: York Lions Stadium
Attendance: 1,002
Referee: Scott Bowman
June 29 12 Forge FC 0–1 Valour FC Hamilton, Ontario
6:00pm
Report
Stadium: Tim Hortons Field
Attendance: 3,558
Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla
July 10 13 Valour FC 1–0 HFX Wanderers FC Winnipeg, Manitoba
2:00pm
Report
Stadium: IG Field
Attendance: 3,607
Referee: Michael Venne
July 20 14 Atlético Ottawa 1–1 Valour FC Ottawa, Ontario
6:00pm
Report
Stadium: TD Place Stadium
Referee: Filip Dujic
Note: This match was originally scheduled for July 17, but was postponed due to League Covid Protocols and rescheduled to July 20.[20]
July 23 15 Forge FC 3–1 Valour FC Hamilton, Ontario
3:30pm
Report
Stadium: Tim Hortons Field
Attendance: 1,187
Referee: Mathieu Souaré
July 30 16 Valour FC 1–2 Pacific FC Winnipeg, Manitoba
2:00pm
Report
Stadium: IG Field
Attendance: 3,109
Referee: David Barrie
August 3 17 Valour FC 2–0 Cavalry FC Winnipeg, Manitoba
7:00pm
Report
Stadium: IG Field
Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Ben Hoskins
August 7 18 Valour FC 2–0 York United FC Winnipeg, Manitoba
4:00pm
Report Stadium: IG Field
Attendance: 2,907
August 13 19 HFX Wanderers FC 1–0 Valour FC Halifax, Nova Scotia
1:00pm
Report
Stadium: Wanderers Grounds
Attendance: 5,652
Referee: Ben Hoskins
August 21 20 Valour FC 1–1 FC Edmonton Winnipeg, Manitoba
1:30pm
Report
Stadium: IG Field
Attendance: 2,845
Referee: Scott Bowman
August 28 21 Valour FC 1–0 Pacific FC Winnipeg, Manitoba
2:00pm
Report
Stadium: IG Field
Attendance: 2,908
Referee: Myriam Marcotte
August 31 22 Valour FC 1–0 Forge FC Winnipeg, Manitoba
7:00pm
Report
Stadium: IG Field
Attendance: 3,384
Referee: Yusri Rudolf
Note: This match was originally scheduled for May 1, but was postponed due to League Covid Protocols.[21] It was rescheduled to August 31.[22]
September 4 23 Valour FC 1–0 Forge FC Winnipeg, Manitoba
1:00pm
Report
Stadium: IG Field
Attendance: 2,846
Referee: Alain Ruch
September 10 24 HFX Wanderers FC 1–0 Valour FC Halifax, Nova Scotia
1:00pm
Report Stadium: Wanderers Grounds
Attendance: 6,058
Referee: Renzo Villanueva
September 18 25 Valour FC 1–1 Atlético Ottawa Winnipeg, Manitoba
4:00pm
Report
Stadium: IG Field
Attendance: 5,227
Referee: Michael Venne
September 23 26 York United FC 3–1 Valour FC Toronto, Ontario
6:30pm
Report
Stadium: York Lions Stadium
Attendance: 1,402
Referee: Yusri Rudolf
October 2 27 Cavalry FC 2–1 Valour FC Foothills County, Alberta
2:30pm
Report
Stadium: ATCO Field
Attendance: 2,662
Referee: Alain Ruch
October 8 28 FC Edmonton 3–1 Valour FC Edmonton, Alberta
2:00pm
Report
Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 1,197
Referee: Mathieu Souaré

Canadian Championship

Main article: 2022 Canadian Championship
May 11 PR Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–0 Valour FC Vancouver, British Columbia
9:00pm
Report
Stadium: BC Place
Attendance: 7,809
Referee: Alain Ruch

Statistics

Squad and statistics

As of April 10, 2022

No. Pos Nat Player Total Canadian Premier League Canadian Championship
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Canada CAN Jonathan Sirois 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF Cuba CUB Andy Baquero 1 1 1+0 1 0+0 0
3 DF Canada CAN Rocco Romeo 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
6 MF Canada CAN Jacob Carlos 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
7 MF New Zealand NZL Moses Dyer 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF Canada CAN Diego Gutiérrez 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
11 FW Canada CAN Alessandro Riggi 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
12 DF United States USA Jonathan Esparza 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
14 DF Canada CAN Stefan Cebara 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
16 FW Northern Ireland NIR Daryl Fordyce 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
19 FW South Sudan SSD William Akio 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
22 DF Canada CAN Matteo de Brienne 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
24 MF Canada CAN Sean Rea 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
70 MF Canada CAN Matthew Catavolo 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
77 DF Trinidad and Tobago TRI Federico Peña 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
99 GK Algeria ALG Rayane Yesli 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Top scorers

Rank Nat. Player Pos. Canadian Premier League Canadian Championship TOTAL
1 Cuba Andy Baquero DF 1 0 1
Totals 1 0 1

Disciplinary record

No. Pos. Nat. Player Canadian Premier League Canadian Championship TOTAL
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
7 MF New Zealand Moses Dyer 1 0 0 0 1 0
19 FW South Sudan William Akio 1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 2 0 0 0 2 0

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