2021 Cavalry FC season

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

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
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Current squad

As of August 31, 2021^[1]

No.	Name	Nationality	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

Main article: 2021 Canadian Premier League season

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

Cavalry FC v York United FC

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

Atlético Ottawa v Cavalry FC

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

Cavalry FC v HFX Wanderers FC

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

Cavalry FC v Forge FC

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

Cavalry FC v Atlético Ottawa

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

York United FC v Cavalry FC

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

HFX Wanderers FC v Cavalry FC

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

Forge FC v Cavalry FC

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

Pacific FC v Cavalry FC

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

Cavalry FC v FC Edmonton

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

Cavalry FC v Valour FC

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

Cavalry FC v Pacific FC

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

Pacific FC v Cavalry FC

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

Cavalry FC v FC Edmonton

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

FC Edmonton v Cavalry FC

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

Valour FC v Cavalry FC

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

Pacific FC v Cavalry FC

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

Valour FC v Cavalry FC

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

Atlético Ottawa v Cavalry FC

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

FC Edmonton v Cavalry FC

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

Valour FC v Cavalry FC

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

Cavalry FC v FC Edmonton

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

Cavalry FC v York United

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

Cavalry FC v HFX Wanderers

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

Cavalry FC v Pacific FC

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

Cavalry FC v Valour FC

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

Cavalry FC v Pacific FC

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

Forge FC v Cavalry FC

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

Cavalry FC v Pacific FC

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

Main article: 2021 Canadian Championship

FC Edmonton v Cavalry FC

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

Cavalry FC v Pacific FC

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
				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
			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