2020 Cavalry FC season

Cavalry FC
2020 season
PresidentIan Allison
CoachTommy Wheeldon Jr.
StadiumATCO Field
Canadian Premier League3rd
Canadian ChampionshipDid not qualify
Top goalscorerJordan Brown
Nathan Mavila
(3 goals each)
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The 2020 Cavalry FC season was the second season in the history of Cavalry FC. In the previous season, Cavalry won both the spring and fall seasons but lost in the finals to Forge FC.[1]

On March 20, 2020 the league announced a postponement of the start of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

Squad

As of September 9, 2020[3]

No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (Age) Previous club
Goalkeepers
1 Marco Carducci Canada GK (1996-09-24)September 24, 1996 (aged 24) Canada Calgary Foothills
22 Niko Giantsopoulos Canada GK (1994-06-24)June 24, 1994 (aged 26) Australia Launceston City
Defenders
3 Nathan Mavila England LB (1995-10-15)October 15, 1995 (aged 25) England Dulwich Hamlet
4 Dominick Zator Canada CB (1994-09-18)September 18, 1994 (aged 26) Canada Calgary Foothills
5 Mason Trafford Canada CB (1986-08-21)August 21, 1986 (aged 34) United States Miami City
12 Dean Northover Canada FB (1991-09-04)September 4, 1991 (aged 29) Canada Calgary Foothills
14 Jonathan Wheeldon England CB (1989-08-28)August 28, 1989 (aged 31) Canada Calgary Foothills
21 Mohamed Farsi Canada FB (1999-12-15)December 15, 1999 (aged 21) Canada AS Blainville
25 Robert Boskovic Canada CB (1998-07-01)July 1, 1998 (aged 22) Canada Toronto FC II
Midfielders
6 Nik Ledgerwood Canada DM / RB (1985-01-16)January 16, 1985 (aged 35) Canada Calgary Foothills
8 Elijah Adekugbe Canada MF (1996-07-17)July 17, 1996 (aged 24) Canada Calgary Foothills
10 Sergio Camargo Canada AM (1994-08-16)August 16, 1994 (aged 26) Canada Calgary Foothills
15 Elliot Simmons Canada CM (1998-02-05)February 5, 1998 (aged 22) Canada HFX Wanderers
16 Bruno Zebie Canada LM (1995-08-14)August 14, 1995 (aged 25) Canada FC Edmonton
17 Nico Pasquotti Canada RW (1995-10-18)October 18, 1995 (aged 25) Canada Calgary Foothills
23 Tofa Fakunle Canada AM (1995-01-11)January 11, 1995 (aged 25) Canada Calgary Foothills
Richard Luca[A] Brazil LW / RW / AM (1998-01-06)January 6, 1998 (aged 22) Brazil Aparecidense
Forwards
7 Oliver Minatel Brazil ST / LW / RW (1992-08-29)August 29, 1992 (aged 28) Australia South Melbourne
9 Jordan Brown England ST (1996-11-10)November 10, 1996 (aged 24) Czech Republic Znojmo
19 Jair Córdova Peru ST (1996-08-18)August 18, 1996 (aged 24) Peru Alianza Universidad
20 José Hernández Canada ST (2000-03-19)March 19, 2000 (aged 20) Canada Pacific FC
24 Aribim Pepple Canada ST (2002-12-25)December 25, 2002 (aged 18) Canada Calgary Foothills
29 Marcus Haber Canada CF (1989-01-11)January 11, 1989 (aged 31) Canada Pacific FC

Transfers

In

No. Pos. Player Transferred from Fee/notes Date Source
20 FW Canada José Hernández Canada Pacific FC Free transfer December 11, 2019 [4]
19 FW Peru Jair Córdova Peru Alianza Universidad Undisclosed January 22, 2020 [5]
16 MF Canada Bruno Zebie Canada FC Edmonton Free Transfer February 5, 2020 [6]
MF Brazil Richard Luca Mexico UANL Free Transfer February 19, 2020 [7]
15 MF Canada Elliot Simmons Canada HFX Wanderers Free Transfer February 26, 2020 [8]
21 DF Canada Mohamed Farsi Canada AS Blainville Free Transfer April 15, 2020 [9]
29 FW Canada Marcus Haber Canada Pacific FC Free Transfer July 31, 2020 [10]

Draft picks

Cavalry selected the following players in the 2019 CPL–U Sports Draft on November 11, 2019.[11] 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 Player Position Nationality University
1 6 Gabriel Bitar ST  Canada Carleton Ravens
2 9 Moe El Gandour CM  Canada Mount Royal Cougars

Loans in

No. Pos. Player Loaned from Fee/notes Date Source
25 DF Canada Robert Boskovic Canada Toronto FC II Season-long loan March 11, 2020 [12]

Out

No. Pos. Player Transferred to Fee/notes Date Source
15 DF Canada Joel Waterman Canada Montreal Impact Undisclosed January 14, 2020 [13]
8 MF Germany Julian Büscher Germany TuS Haltern Contract expired February 1, 2020 [14]
21 MF Canada Malyk Hamilton Canada Atlético Ottawa Contract expired March 6, 2020 [15]
23 FW Republic of the Congo Dominique Malonga Bulgaria Lokomotiv Plovdiv Contract expired March 7, 2020 [16]
18 MF Canada Mauro Eustáquio Portugal Caldas Contract expired July 21, 2020 [17]
2 DF Canada Chris Serban Contract expired August 7, 2020 [18]
13 MF Canada Victor Loturi Contract expired August 7, 2020 [18]
20 MF Colombia Carlos Patiño Contract expired August 7, 2020 [18]

Loans out

No. Pos. Player Loaned to Fee/notes Date Source
11 MF Honduras José Escalante Honduras C.D.S. Vida Loaned until January 2021 September 9, 2020 [19]

Canadian Premier League

Main article: 2020 Canadian Premier League season

Match times are Mountain Daylight Time (UTC−6).

First stage

Table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Cavalry 7 4 1 2 10 7 +3 13 Advance to group stage
2 HFX Wanderers 7 3 3 1 12 7 +5 12[a]
3 Forge 7 3 3 1 13 9 +4 12[a]
4 Pacific 7 3 2 2 10 8 +2 11
5 York9 7 2 4 1 8 7 +1 10
6 Valour 7 2 2 3 8 9 −1 8[b]
7 Atlético Ottawa 7 2 2 3 7 12 −5 8[b]
8 FC Edmonton 7 0 1 6 5 14 −9 1
Source: CanPL.ca
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) goal differential; 4) goals for; 5) total wins; 6) U-21 minutes; 7) coin toss or drawing of lots.[20]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: HFX Wanderers 1, Forge 1. Goal differential: HFX Wanderers +5, Forge +4
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Valour 3, Atlético Ottawa 0.

Results by match

Match1234567
ResultDWWWLLW
Position1111221
Updated to match(es) played on September 6, 2020. Source: #Matches
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

August 13 1 Forge FC 2–2 Cavalry FC Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
6:00pm
Report
Stadium: Alumni Field
Referee: Yusri Rudolf
August 16 2 Valour FC 0–2 Cavalry FC Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
10:00am
Report
Stadium: Alumni Field
Referee: Juan Marquez
August 20 3 FC Edmonton 0–2 Cavalry FC Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
6:00pm
Report
Stadium: Alumni Field
Referee: Yusri Rudolf
August 23 4 Cavalry FC 2–1 HFX Wanderers FC Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
6:00pm
Report
Stadium: Alumni Field
Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière
August 27 5 Atlético Ottawa 2–0 Cavalry FC Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
1:00pm
Report Stadium: Alumni Field
Referee: Myriam Marcotte
August 30 6 Cavalry FC 1–2 Pacific FC Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
10:00am
Report
Stadium: Alumni Field
Referee: Juan Marquez
September 5 7 Cavalry FC 1–0 York9 FC Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
1:00pm
Report
Stadium: Alumni Field
Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière

Group stage

Table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Forge 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7 Advance to final
2 HFX Wanderers 3 1 1 1 3 7 −4 4
3 Cavalry 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 3[a]
4 Pacific 3 1 0 2 6 5 +1 3[a]
Source: CanPL.ca
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) goal differential; 4) goals for; 5) total wins; 6) U-21 minutes; 7) coin toss or drawing of lots.[21]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Cavalry 3, Pacific 0.

Results by round

Round123
ResultWLL
Position133
Updated to match(es) played on September 15, 2020. Source: #Matches
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

September 9 1 Cavalry FC 3–1 Pacific FC Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
6:00pm
Report
Stadium: Alumni Field
Referee: David Barrie
September 12 2 Cavalry FC 1–2 HFX Wanderers FC Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
1:00pm
Report
Stadium: Alumni Field
Referee: Mathieu Souaré
September 15 3 Cavalry FC 0–1 Forge FC Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
11:00am Hernández Yellow card 90+2' Report
Stadium: Alumni Field
Referee: Filip Dujic

Statistics

Squad and statistics

As of September 15, 2020

No. Pos Nat Player Total Canadian Premier League
Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Canada CAN Marco Carducci 9 0 9+0 0
2 DF Canada CAN Dean Northover 7 0 4+3 0
3 DF England ENG Nathan Mavila 9 3 8+1 3
4 DF Canada CAN Dominick Zator 10 1 10+0 1
5 DF Canada CAN Mason Trafford 8 0 8+0 0
6 MF Canada CAN Nik Ledgerwood 7 1 5+2 1
7 FW Brazil BRA Oliver 7 0 6+1 0
8 MF Canada CAN Elijah Adekugbe 9 1 7+2 1
9 FW England ENG Jordan Brown 10 3 7+3 3
10 MF Canada CAN Sergio Camargo 2 1 2+0 1
14 DF England ENG Jonathan Wheeldon 6 0 6+0 0
15 MF Canada CAN Elliot Simmons 10 0 6+4 0
16 MF Canada CAN Bruno Zebie 10 0 5+5 0
17 FW Canada CAN Nico Pasquotti 8 0 7+1 0
19 FW Peru PER Jair Córdova 4 1 0+4 1
20 FW Canada CAN José Hernández 3 0 1+2 0
21 DF Canada CAN Mohamed Farsi 10 1 7+3 1
22 GK Canada CAN Niko Giantsopoulos 1 0 1+0 0
23 MF Canada CAN Tofa Fakunle 1 0 0+1 0
24 FW Canada CAN Aribim Pepple 6 0 0+6 0
25 DF Canada CAN Robert Boskovic 6 0 6+0 0
29 FW Canada CAN Marcus Haber 9 2 5+4 2

Top scorers

Rank Nat. Player Pos. Canadian Premier League TOTAL
1 England Nathan Mavila DF 3 3
England Jordan Brown FW 3 3
3 Canada Marcus Haber FW 2 2
4 Canada Sergio Camargo MF 1 1
Canada Dominick Zator DF 1 1
Canada Elijah Adekugbe MF 1 1
Canada Mohamed Farsi MF 1 1
Canada Nik Ledgerwood MF 1 1
Peru Jair Córdova FW 1 1
Totals 14 14

Updated to match played September 15, 2020
Source: Canadian Premier League

Top assists

Rank Nat. Player Pos. Canadian Premier League TOTAL
1 Canada Elijah Adekugbe MF 1 1
Canada Mohamed Farsi MF 1 1
Canada Nik Ledgerwood MF 1 1
Brazil Oliver FW 1 1
England Nathan Mavila DF 1 1
Totals 5 5

Updated to match played September 15, 2020
Source: Canadian Premier League

Clean sheets

Rank Nat. Player Canadian Premier League TOTAL
1 Canada Marco Carducci 3 3
Totals 3 3

Updated to match played September 15, 2020
Source: Canadian Premier League

Disciplinary record

No. Pos. Nat. Player Canadian Premier League TOTAL
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1 GK Canada Marco Carducci 1 0 1 0
3 DF Canada Nathan Mavila 1 0 1 0
6 DF Canada Nik Ledgerwood 1 0 1 0
8 MF Canada Elijah Adekugbe 2 0 2 0
10 MF Canada Sergio Camargo 1 0 1 0
14 DF Canada Jonathan Wheeldon 1 1 1 1
15 MF Canada Elliot Simmons 1 0 1 0
20 FW Canada José Hernández 1 0 1 0
21 DF Canada Mohamed Farsi 2 0 2 0
25 DF Canada Robert Boskovic 2 0 2 0
29 FW Canada Marcus Haber 1 0 1 0
Totals 14 1 14 1

Updated to match played September 15, 2020
Source: Canadian Premier League

Notes

  1. ^ Player is signed, but hasn't been added to the 2020 roster because of difficulties getting into Canada due to the COVID-19 pandemic

References

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