2021 Cavalry FC season

Cavalry FC
2021 season
President	Ian Allison
Coach	Tommy Wheeldon Jr.
Stadium	ATCO Field
Canadian Premier League	2nd
CPL Playoffs	Semi-finals
Canadian Championship	Quarter-finals
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2020 2022 →

The 2021 Cavalry FC season was the third season in the history of Cavalry FC.

Current squad

As of August 31, 2021^[1]

No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Previous club
Goalkeepers
1	Marco Carducci	GK	(1996-09-24)September 24, 1996 (aged 25)	Calgary Foothills
22	Tyson Farago	GK	(1991-05-01)May 1, 1991 (aged 30)	Valour FC
Defenders
2	Nicolas Apostol	FB	(1999-01-01)January 1, 1999 (aged 22)	Whitecaps FC 2
3	Tom Field	LB	(1997-03-14)March 14, 1997 (aged 24)	Dundee F.C.
4	Daan Klomp	CB	(1998-08-10)August 10, 1998 (aged 23)	NAC Breda
5	Mason Trafford	CB	(1986-08-21)August 21, 1986 (aged 35)	Miami City
21	Mohamed Farsi	FB	(1999-12-15)December 15, 1999 (aged 22)	AS Blainville
25	Karifa Yao	CB	(2000-09-28)September 28, 2000 (aged 21)	CF Montréal
Midfielders
6	Nik Ledgerwood	DM / RB	(1985-01-16)January 16, 1985 (aged 36)	Calgary Foothills
8	Elijah Adekugbe	MF	(1996-07-17)July 17, 1996 (aged 25)	Calgary Foothills
10	Sergio Camargo	AM	(1994-08-16)August 16, 1994 (aged 27)	Calgary Foothills
11	José Escalante	LW	(1995-05-29)May 29, 1995 (aged 26)	Juticalpa
14	Joseph Di Chiara	DM / CM	(1992-01-30)January 30, 1992 (aged 29)	York9 FC
15	Elliot Simmons	CM	(1998-02-05)February 5, 1998 (aged 23)	HFX Wanderers
16	Victor Loturi	CM	(2001-05-21)May 21, 2001 (aged 20)	Mount Royal Cougars
23	Richard Luca	LW / RW / AM	(1998-01-06)January 6, 1998 (aged 23)	Aparecidense
24	David Norman Jr.	MF	(1998-05-31)May 31, 1998 (aged 23)	Inter Miami
17	Ben Fisk	RW / LW	(1993-02-04)February 4, 1993 (aged 28)	Atlético Ottawa
26	Max Piepgrass	CM	(2004-04-07)April 7, 2004 (aged 17)	Calgary Foothills
Forwards
7	Oliver Minatel	ST / LW / RW	(1992-08-29)August 29, 1992 (aged 29)	South Melbourne
9	Anthony Novak	ST	(1994-03-27)March 27, 1994 (aged 27)	Clube Condeixa
13	Ali Musse	ST / AM	(1996-01-01)January 1, 1996 (aged 25)	1. FCA Darmstadt
18	José Hernández	ST	(2000-03-19)March 19, 2000 (aged 21)	Pacific FC
19	Ahinga Selemani	FW	(1996-03-15)March 15, 1996 (aged 25)	Lincoln Red Imps
20	Joe Mason	FW	(1991-05-13)May 13, 1991 (aged 30)	Milton Keynes Dons

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	From club	Fee/notes	Date	Source
14	MF	Joseph Di Chiara	York9 FC	Free	November 20, 2020	^[2]
19	FW	Ahinga Selemani	Lincoln Red Imps	Free	December 10, 2020	^[3]
3	DF	Tom Field	Unattached	Free	December 28, 2020	^[4]
	FW	Matías Roskopf	Universitatea Cluj	Free	December 30, 2020	^[5]
22	GK	Tyson Farago	Unattached	Free	January 21, 2021	^[6]
4	DF	Daan Klomp	NAC Breda	Free	January 27, 2021	^[7]
24	MF	David Norman Jr.	Inter Miami	Free	March 2, 2021	^[8]
9	FW	Anthony Novak	Clube Condeixa	Free	April 20, 2021	^[9]
20	FW	Joe Mason	Milton Keynes Dons	Free	May 10, 2021	^[10]
16	MF	Victor Loturi	Mount Royal Cougars	Selected 6th overall in the 2021 CPL–U Sports Draft	June 18, 2021	^[11]
12	MF	Daniel Kaiser	UBC Thunderbirds	Signed to a development contract	June 18, 2021	^[11]
13	FW	Ali Musse	1. FCA Darmstadt	Free	June 21, 2021	^[12]
26	MF	Max Piepgrass	Calgary Foothills	Signed to a development contract	August 2, 2021	^[13]
17	MF	Ben Fisk	Atlético Ottawa	Free	August 3, 2021	^[14]
2	DF	Nicolas Apostol	Unattached	Free	August 31, 2021	^[15]

Loans in

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
25	DF	Karifa Yao	CF Montréal	Season-long loan	February 3, 2021	^[16]

Draft picks

Cavalry FC selected the following players in the 2021 CPL–U Sports Draft on January 29, 2021. 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	MF	Victor Loturi	Canada	Mount Royal Cougars
2	11	DF	Ethan Keen	Canada	Mount Royal Cougars

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	To club	Fee/notes	Date	Source
9	MF	Jordan Brown	VfR Aalen	Contract expired	October 22, 2020	^[17]
19	FW	Jair Córdova	Alianza Universidad	Contract expired	November 9, 2020	^[18]
22	GK	Niko Giantsopoulos	York United	Contract expired	November 9, 2020	^[18]
29	FW	Marcus Haber	Visakha FC	Contract expired	November 9, 2020	^[18]
3	DF	Nathan Mavila	IK Brage	Contract expired	November 9, 2020	^[18]
4	DF	Dominick Zator	York United	Contract expired	January 26, 2021	^[19]
14	DF	Jonathan Wheeldon		Contract expired	January 26, 2021	^[19]
16	MF	Bruno Zebie		Contract expired	January 26, 2021	^[19]
12	DF	Dean Northover	Retired		January 26, 2021	^[19]
	FW	Matías Roskopf		Contract terminated by mutual consent	April 15, 2021	^[20]
17	MF	Nico Pasquotti		Contract expired	June 24, 2021	^[21]
23	MF	Tofa Fakunle		Contract expired	June 24, 2021	^[21]
24	FW	Aribim Pepple	Getafe CF	Contract expired	June 24, 2021	^[21]
12	DF	Daniel Kaiser	UBC Thunderbirds	Developmental contract expired	August 31, 2021	^[15]

Loans out

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
11	MF	José Escalante	C.D.S. Vida	Loaned until January 2021	September 9, 2020	^[22]

Competitions

Canadian Premier League

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Forge (S)	28	16	2	10	39	24	+15	50	Advance to playoffs
2	Cavalry	28	14	8	6	34	30	+4	50
3	Pacific (C)	28	13	6	9	47	34	+13	45
4	York United	28	8	12	8	35	39	−4	36
5	Valour	28	10	5	13	38	36	+2	35
6	HFX Wanderers	28	8	11	9	28	34	−6	35
7	FC Edmonton	28	6	10	12	34	41	−7	28
8	Atlético Ottawa	28	6	8	14	30	47	−17	26

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: CanPL.ca
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins.^[23]
(C) Champions; (S) Regular season winner

Results by match

Match	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Result	W	W	D	L	L	D	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	L	D	L	W	D	D	W	D	W	L	W	W
Position	3	1	2	2	3	4	4	3	4	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	3	2	2

Source: #Matches
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

June 27 1	Cavalry FC	2–1	York United FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
3:00pm	Camargo 32' Escalante 51' Di Chiara 86' Norman Jr. 90+1'	Report	Petrasso 50' Abzi 79'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Juan Marquez

June 30 2	Atlético Ottawa	1–4	Cavalry FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
8:00pm	Acosta 24' McKendry 68' Beckie 75'	Report	Selemani 9', 43' Loturi 75' Simmons 78'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla

July 3 3	Cavalry FC	0–0	HFX Wanderers FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
5:00pm	Ledgerwood 45+4' Kaiser 53' Escalante 85' Simmons 89'	Report	Polisi 67'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 0 Referee: David Barrie

July 8 4	Cavalry FC	0–2	Forge FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
6:00pm	Di Chiara 25' Ledgerwood 90+1'	Report	Bekker 13', 35' Achinioti-Jönsson 69'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Alain Ruch

July 11 5	Cavalry FC	0–2	Atlético Ottawa	Winnipeg, Manitoba
7:00pm	Farsi 26' Novak 90+3'	Report	Acosta 31' Beckie 54' Shaw 75' Coupland 90+7'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

July 14 6	York United FC	0–0	Cavalry FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
5:00pm	Johnston 40'	Report	Norman Jr. 40' Novak 53' Ledgerwood 57' Loturi 76'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Filip Dujic

July 17 7	HFX Wanderers FC	1–2	Cavalry FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
12:00pm	Restrepo 24' Doner 57' Kreim 84' Salter 87'	Report	Novak 45+2' Musse 52' Selemani 55' Escalante 60' Loturi 83' Klomp 90+3'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Alain Ruch

July 22 8	Forge FC	1–2	Cavalry FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
6:00pm	Henry 63' Babouli 86' (pen.)	Report	Norman Jr. 6' Novak 12', 63' Musse 33' Luca 45+4' Escalante 86' Simmons 90+2' Farsi 90+5'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 0 Referee: David Barrie

July 30 9	Pacific FC	2–0	Cavalry FC	Langford, British Columbia
7:30 pm	Bustos 3' Blasco 14' MacNaughton 45' Baldisimo 79' dos Santos 86' Heard 90+3'	Report	Loturi 19' Ledgerwood 24' Novak 66'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren

August 3 10 Wildrose Cup	Cavalry FC	2–1	FC Edmonton	Calgary, Alberta
7:00 pm	Yao 16' Mason 64' Klomp 71'	Report	Mabussi 10' Ongaro 19' Temguia 85'	Stadium: ATCO Field

August 8 11	Cavalry FC	1–0	Valour FC	Calgary, Alberta
2:00 pm	Escalante 33' Farsi 41' Ledgerwood 56' Farsi 57'	Report	Levis 16' Sirois 45' Ohin 50' Romeo 66'	Stadium: ATCO Field Referee: Mathieu Souaré

August 11 12	Cavalry FC	0–0	Pacific FC	Foothills County, Alberta
7:00 pm	Simmons 31' Novak 51'	Report	Dixon 16' Heard 30' dos Santos 90+5'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 2,394 Referee: Juan Marquez

August 20 13	Pacific FC	1–2	Cavalry FC	Langford, British Columbia
7:30 pm	Hojabrpour 79' Campbell 83' (pen.) dos Santos 83' Heard 90+2'	Report	Mason 17', 23', 29' Klomp 70' Escalante 83' Yao 90+2'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 2,740 Referee: David Barrie

August 29 14 Wildrose Cup	Cavalry FC	2–2	FC Edmonton	Calgary, Alberta
2:00 pm	Di Chiara 14', 30' Mason 90' Loturi 90+6'	Report	Gonzalez 7' Aird 36' (pen.) Najem 87'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 3,489 Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla

September 1 15 Wildrose Cup	FC Edmonton	0–1	Cavalry FC	Edmonton, Alberta
7:00 pm	Gorskie 90+2'	Report	Trafford 6' Novak 26' Di Chiara 45'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 470 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

September 4 16	Valour FC	0–1	Cavalry FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
4:30 pm	Galhardo 37' Ricci 38' Mikhael 44' Ohin 45+2' Baquero 90' Romeo 90+8'	Report	Camargo 21' Yao 30' Mason 32' Trafford 37' Farsi 38' Ledgerwood 42' Fisk 52' Novak 90+8'	Stadium: IG Field Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren

September 9 17	Pacific FC	3–1	Cavalry FC	Langford, British Columbia
7:00 pm	Aparicio 40', 89' Campbell 45+1' Bassett 66' Chung 76'	Report	Camargo 32' Mason 60' Escalante 76'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 2,350

September 18 18	Valour FC	1-1	Cavalry FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
2:00 pm	Fordyce 17' Alemán 71' Dyer 81' Galán 84' Reyes 89'	Report	Ledgerwood 54' Farsi 88'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla

September 25 19	Atlético Ottawa	3–1	Cavalry FC	Ottawa, Ontario
2:30 pm	Beckie 2', 59' Shaw 39' (pen.) McKendry 59' Wright 72'	Report	Loturi 18' Carducci 38' Norman 62' Hernández 85'	Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 3,648 Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière

September 29 20 Wildrose Cup	FC Edmonton	2–3	Cavalry FC	Edmonton, Alberta
8:00 pm	Ongaro 47' Didic 70' Esua 84'	Report	Fisk 34' Escalante 35' Selemani 44' Klomp 80' Farsi 90+2'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 991

October 5 21	Valour FC	0–0	Cavalry FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
6:00 pm	Ulloa 51' Levis 72'	Report	Norman Jr. 64'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 2,600 Referee: David Barrie

October 9 22 Wildrose Cup	Cavalry FC	1–1	FC Edmonton	Calgary, Alberta
2:00 pm	Luca 20' Camargo 38' Ledgerwood 64'	Report	Velado-Tsegaye 15' Najem 90+2'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 3,102 Referee: Alain Ruch

October 14 23	Cavalry FC	2–1	York United	Calgary, Alberta
7:00 pm	Camargo 20' Di Chiara 40' 40+3' Escalante 45+3' C. N'sa 80' (o.g.)	Report	Johnston 5' 45+3' Wilson 72' C. N'sa 77'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 1,925 Referee: David Barrie

October 17 24	Cavalry FC	0–0	HFX Wanderers	Calgary, Alberta
2:00 pm	Klomp 73'	Report	Riggi 26' Santos 46'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 2,756 Referee: David Gantar

October 21 25	Cavalry FC	2–1	Pacific FC	Calgary, Alberta
7:00 pm	Klomp 6', 32' Norman Jr. 71'	Report	Díaz 32' Hojabrpour 71' Young 89' MacNaughton 90+3'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 2,082 Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière

October 30 26	Cavalry FC	2–4	Valour FC	Calgary, Alberta
1:30 pm	Camargo 14', 63' Mason 38' Yao 60' Loturi 90'	Report	Romeo 8' Dyer 9' Galán 39' Akio 43', 69' Bustos 90+4'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 2,411 Referee: Juan Marquez

November 7 27	Cavalry FC	1–0	Pacific FC	Calgary, Alberta
1:30 pm	Mason 16' Norman Jr. 42' Trafford 80'	Report	Chung 24' Dada-Luke 26' Dixon 33' Aparicio 36'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 2,408 Referee: David Gantar

November 16 28	Forge FC	0–1	Cavalry FC	Hamilton, Ontario
4:00 pm	Cela 25' Achinioti-Jönsson 32' Bekker 76' Babouli 90+3'	Report	Novak 3' Minatel 28' Apostol 48' Norman Jr. 75'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Attendance: 2,104 Referee: Alain Ruch

Playoff matches

November 20 SF	Cavalry FC	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Pacific FC	Calgary, Alberta
1:00pm	Yao 47' Escalante 90+1'	Report	Campbell 33' Heard 52' Blasco 97' Carducci 105' (o.g.)	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 2,927 Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière

Canadian Championship

August 21 PR	FC Edmonton	0–2	Cavalry FC	Edmonton, Alberta
3:00 PM		Report	Mason 31' Fisk 62'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 1,189 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

September 22 QF	Cavalry FC	0–1	Pacific FC	Calgary, Alberta
8:00pm	Escalante 33'	Report	Campbell 33' Díaz 35' Young 90+2'	Stadium: ATCO Field Referee: Alain Ruch

Statistics

Squad and statistics


No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total			Canadian Premier League			Canadian Championship
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists
2	FW		Nicolas Apostol	7	0	1	7	0	1	0	0	0
3	DF		Tom Field	12	0	1	12	0	1	0	0	0
4	DF		Daan Klomp	26	3	0	24	3	0	2	0	0
5	DF		Mason Trafford	16	0	0	14	0	0	2	0	0
6	MF		Nik Ledgerwood	22	1	0	20	1	0	2	0	0
7	FW		Oliver Minatel	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW		Anthony Novak	27	4	2	25	4	2	2	0	0
10	MF		Sergio Camargo	25	4	2	23	4	2	2	0	0
11	MF		José Escalante	28	1	3	26	1	3	2	0	0
12	DF		Daniel Kaiser	11	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0
13	FW		Ali Musse	9	2	0	9	2	0	0	0	0
14	MF		Joseph Di Chiara	26	1	3	25	1	3	1	0	0
15	MF		Elliot Simmons	27	1	0	25	1	0	2	0	0
16	MF		Victor Loturi	29	2	1	28	2	1	1	0	0
17	MF		Ben Fisk	20	2	5	18	1	5	2	1	0
18	MF		José Hernández	19	0	0	17	0	0	2	0	0
19	FW		Ahinga Selemani	18	3	2	17	3	2	1	0	0
20	FW		Joe Mason	16	8	0	15	7	0	1	1	0
21	DF		Mohamed Farsi	28	1	3	26	1	2	2	0	1
23	FW		Richard Luca	18	1	0	18	1	0	0	0	0
24	MF		David Norman Jr.	26	1	1	24	1	1	2	0	0
25	DF		Karifa Yao	28	1	0	26	1	0	2	0	0
26	MF		Max Piepgrass	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0

Goalkeepers


No.	Nat	Player	Total			Canadian Premier League			Canadian Championship
No.	Nat	Player	Apps	Conceded	Shutouts	Apps	Conceded	Shutouts	Apps	Conceded	Shutouts
1		Marco Carducci	26	32	7	25	31	7	1	1	0
22		Tyson Farago	5	1	4	4	1	3	1	0	1

References

External links

2021 Cavalry FC season at Official Site

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