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Cavalry FC II

Cavalry FC II
Full nameCavalry Football Club II
Founded2023
StadiumShouldice Athletic Park
OwnerCavalry FC
Head coachFrancesco Bartolillo
LeagueLeague1 Alberta
2025L1AB, 7th
Websitehttps://cavalryfc.canpl.ca/u21-team
Current season

Cavalry FC II is a Canadian soccer team based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada that plays in League1 Alberta. They are the academy and reserve club of Canadian Premier League club Cavalry FC.

History

In March 2019, Cavalry FC created a U20 side to participate in the amateur Alberta Major Soccer League, which was the top amateur league in the province of Alberta.[1][2]

In May 2023, Cavalry FC announced the formation of a U21 side that would compete in the new semi-professional League1 Alberta that was launching that year.[3][4] The club would also feature players from the first team squad playing via the Canadian Premier League's downward player movement project.[5][6]

In September 2025, Cavalry FC announced that it would be rebranding the reserve side from Cavalry FC U21 to Cavalry FC II, along with the announcement of a new full-time academy for the club. It was also announced the acamemy was fully funded and there would be no cost to the players.[7]

Players and Staff

Roster

As of September 3, 2025

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK Canada CAN Cristiano De Sousa
GK Canada CAN Blake Morrison
DF Canada CAN Ben Zimola
DF Canada CAN Max Gwynne
DF Canada CAN Daniel Pribytov
DF Canada CAN Robson Massey
DF Canada CAN Xavier Chahal
MF Canada CAN Thomas Stuber
MF Canada CAN Beckham Loyer Beswick
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Canada CAN Zario Reyes
MF Canada CAN Micah Hyatt
MF Canada CAN Ben Lam-Petryk
FW Canada CAN Azariah Abebe
FW Canada CAN Ethan Darpoh
FW Canada CAN Luka Kaiser
Canada CAN Tomas Rojas
Canada CAN Kacper Plocinski
Canada CAN Jax Wheeldon

Staff

As of September 3, 2025[7]

Coaching staff
Head Coach & Head of Youth Development Canada Francesco Bartolillo

Year-by-year

Season League Teams Record Rank Playoffs Top scorer Ref
2023 League1 Alberta Exhibition Series 5 2–2–4 4th did not qualify Canada Kimia Kassanda 3
2024 League1 Alberta 7 4–3–5 5th did not qualify Canada Chanan Chanda 7
2025 9 5–3–8 7th Canada Owen Antoniuk 7

Notable former players

The following players have either played at the professional or international level, either before or after playing for the academy or League1 Alberta team:[8]

References

  1. ^ Strasser, Scott (March 14, 2019). "Cavalry FC's 'Path 2 Pro' extended, with U20 development squad to play in AMSL". Away from the Numbers.
  2. ^ "CPL U20 Development Teams to join Alberta Major Soccer League". Alberta Soccer Association. March 13, 2019.
  3. ^ "Cavalry FC Announces Cavalry FC U21". Cavalry FC. May 5, 2023.
  4. ^ Saelhof, Todd (May 12, 2023). "Cavalry, soccer scene boosted by arrival of under-21 squad". Calgary Sun.
  5. ^ "Canadian Premier League announces downward player movement pilot project". Canadian Premier League. April 21, 2023.
  6. ^ "Cavalry FC U21 Announces 2023 Roster". Cavalry FC. May 11, 2023.
  7. ^ a b "Cavalry FC Launches Full-Time Academy". Cavalry FC. September 3, 2025. Retrieved September 3, 2025.
  8. ^ "Cavalry FC Academy". Cavalry FC. Retrieved September 3, 2025.
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