2022 Cavalry FC season

The 2022 Cavalry FC season was the fourth season in the history of Cavalry FC. In addition to the Canadian Premier League, the club competed in the Canadian Championship.

Cavalry FC

2022 season
President	Ian Allison
Coach	Tommy Wheeldon Jr.
Stadium	ATCO Field
Canadian Premier League	TBD
Canadian Championship	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	Aribim Pepple (6)
← 2021 2023 →

Current squad

As of September 2, 2022^[1]

No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Previous club
Goalkeepers
1	Marco Carducci		GK	(1996-09-24)September 24, 1996 (aged 26)	Calgary Foothills
12	Julian Roloff		GK	(2001-01-17)January 17, 2001 (aged 21)	FC Köln II
Defenders
2	Roberto Alarcón		RB	(1998-04-21)April 21, 1998 (aged 24)	Universitatea Cluj
3	Tom Field		LB	(1997-03-14)March 14, 1997 (aged 25)	Dundee F.C.
4	Daan Klomp		CB	(1998-08-10)August 10, 1998 (aged 24)	NAC Breda
5	Mason Trafford		CB	(1986-08-21)August 21, 1986 (aged 36)	Miami City
7	Fraser Aird		RB / RW / ST	(1995-02-02)February 2, 1995 (aged 27)	FC Edmonton
18	Bradley Vliet		LB	(1998-03-24)March 24, 1998 (aged 24)	FC Dordrecht
25	Karifa Yao		CB	(2000-09-28)September 28, 2000 (aged 22)	CF Montréal
29	Michael Harms		CB	(2005-12-31)December 31, 2005 (aged 17)	Calgary Foothills
Midfielders
6	Charlie Trafford		DM	(1992-05-24)May 24, 1992 (aged 30)	Wrexham
8	Elijah Adekugbe		MF	(1996-07-17)July 17, 1996 (aged 26)	Calgary Foothills
10	Sergio Camargo		AM	(1994-08-16)August 16, 1994 (aged 28)	Calgary Foothills
11	José Escalante		LW	(1995-05-29)May 29, 1995 (aged 27)	Juticalpa
14	Joseph Di Chiara		DM / CM	(1992-01-30)January 30, 1992 (aged 30)	York9 FC
15	Elliot Simmons		CM	(1998-02-05)February 5, 1998 (aged 24)	HFX Wanderers
17	Ben Fisk		RW / LW	(1993-02-04)February 4, 1993 (aged 29)	Atlético Ottawa
21	Jean-Aniel Assi		RW / LW	(2004-08-12)August 12, 2004 (aged 18)	CF Montréal
22	Mikaël Cantave		AM / CF	(1996-10-25)October 25, 1996 (aged 26)	Chindia Târgoviște
24	David Norman Jr.		MF / LB	(1998-05-31)May 31, 1998 (aged 24)	Inter Miami
	Niko Myroniuk		CM	(2005-07-21)July 21, 2005 (aged 17)	Cavalry U-20
Forwards
9	Myer Bevan		ST	(1997-04-23)April 23, 1997 (aged 25)	Auckland City
13	Ali Musse		ST / AM	(1996-01-01)January 1, 1996 (aged 26)	1. FCA Darmstadt
19	Anthony Novak		ST	(1994-03-27)March 27, 1994 (aged 28)	Clube Condeixa
20	Joe Mason		FW	(1991-05-13)May 13, 1991 (aged 31)	Milton Keynes Dons
	Goteh Ntignee		FW / RW / LW	(2002-05-10)May 10, 2002 (aged 20)	FC Grimma
	Gareth Smith-Doyle		FW		Cavalry U-20

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	From club	Fee/notes	Date	Source
9	FW	Myer Bevan	Auckland City	Free	January 28, 2022	[2]
7	FW	Fraser Aird	FC Edmonton	Free	February 9, 2022	[3]
6	MF	Charlie Trafford	Wrexham	Free	February 17, 2022	[4]
12	GK	Julian Roloff	FC Köln II	Free	March 18, 2022	[5]
27	MF	Skyler Rogers	Calgary Foothills	Signed to a development contract	April 8, 2022	[6]
23	FW	Aribim Pepple		Free	April 28, 2022	[7]
18	DF	Bradley Vliet	FC Dordrecht	Free	April 30, 2022	[8]
28	DF	Markus Kaiser	UBC Thunderbirds	Selected 14th overall in the 2022 CPL–U Sports Draft	May 14, 2022	[9]
2	DF	Roberto Alarcón	Universitatea Cluj	Free	July 5, 2022	[10]
22	MF	Mikaël Cantave	Chindia Târgoviște	Free	July 13, 2022	[11]
29	DF	Michael Harms	Calgary Foothills	Signed to a development contract	July 27, 2022	[12]
	FW	Goteh Ntignee	FC Grimma	Free	August 10, 2022	[13]
	FW	Gareth Smith-Doyle	Cavalry U-20	Free	August 18, 2022	[14]
	MF	Niko Myroniuk	Cavalry U-20	Signed to a development contract	September 2, 2022	[15]

Loans in

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
25	DF	Karifa Yao	CF Montréal	Season-long loan	March 18, 2022	[16]
21	MF	Jean-Aniel Assi	CF Montréal	Season-long loan	March 18, 2022	[16]

Draft picks

Cavalry 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	6	DF	Caden Rogozinski	Canada	Mount Royal
2	14	DF	Markus Kaiser	Canada	UBC

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	To club	Fee/notes	Date	Source
21	DF	Mohamed Farsi	Columbus Crew 2	Contract expired	November 25, 2021	[17]
18	FW	José Hernández	Rivers FC	Contract expired	November 25, 2021	[17]
2	DF	Nicolas Apostol		Contract expired	November 25, 2021	[17]
19	FW	Ahinga Selemani	Gudja United	Contract expired	January 9, 2022	[18]
23	MF	Richard Luca	Atlético Palmaflor	Contract expired	January 14, 2021	[19]
7	FW	Oliver Minatel	York United	Contract expired	January 25, 2022	[20]
6	MF	Nik Ledgerwood	N/A	Retired	January 31, 2022	[21]
16	MF	Victor Loturi	Ross County	Undisclosed fee	June 21, 2022	[22]
23	FW	Aribim Pepple	Luton Town	Undisclosed fee & sell-on clause	August 2, 2022	[23]
22	GK	Tyson Farago	N/A	Retired	August 9, 2022	[24]

Pre-season and friendlies

Cavalry FC made a pre-season trip to Mexico where the club spent ten days training at the IA Sports Facility south of Monterrey and played in friendlies against Correcaminos, the Tigres B team, and a team from the Mexican third division, recording one win, one draw, and one loss.^[25][26]

Competitions

Matches are listed in Calgary local time: Mountain Daylight Time (UTC−6) until November 5, and Mountain Standard Time (UTC−7) otherwise.

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Canadian Premier League	April 9	October 8	Matchday 1		19	9	4	6	30	23	+7	047.37
Canadian Championship	May 10	May 25	Preliminary round	Quarter-finals	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	050.00
Total					21	10	5	6	33	25	+8	047.62

Last updated: August 3, 2022
Source: Competitions

Canadian Premier League

Main article: 2022 Canadian Premier League season

Table

Pos	Team v t e	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.^[27]
(C) Champion; (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	L	D	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	W	W
Position	8	7	8	7	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	4	3	3	2	4	2

Updated to match(es) played on March 25, 2023. Source: #Matches
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Atlético Ottawa v Cavalry FC

April 9 1	Atlético Ottawa	1–0	Cavalry FC	Ottawa, Ontario
1:00pm	Espejo  16' Wright 81' (pen.) Beckie  85'	Report	Camargo  19' Fisk  32' Klomp  36' Escalante  81'	Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 4,172 Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla

Forge FC v Cavalry FC

April 16 2	Forge FC	2–2	Cavalry FC	Hamilton, Ontario
2:00pm	Hojabrpour 3' Metusala  72' Choinière 90'	Report	Klomp  5' Mason 31' Yao  32' Musse 39' Loturi  43' Escalante  80'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Attendance: 3,688 Referee: Filip Dujic

York United FC v Cavalry FC

April 22 3	York United FC	2–0	Cavalry FC	Toronto, Ontario
5:30pm	Minatel 35' Wilson  61' De Rosario 73'  89' N'sa  90+2'	Report	Klomp  32' M. Trafford  38' C. Trafford  72' Yao  76' Escalante  89'	Stadium: York Lions Stadium Attendance: 1,004 Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren

Cavalry FC v Pacific FC

May 1 4	Cavalry FC	2–0	Pacific FC	Foothills County, Alberta
3:30pm	Musse 2' Aird  24' Mason 37',  45+3' Norman Jr.  60'	Report	Mavila  52' Young  86'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 4,206 Referee: Alain Ruch

FC Edmonton v Cavalry FC

May 6 5 Wildrose Cup	FC Edmonton	0–3	Cavalry FC	Edmonton, Alberta
8:00pm	Timoteo  83'	Report	Vliet  4' Mason 30' Musse 34' Carducci  65' Simmons  69' Yao  69' Loturi  76' Loughrey 88' (o.g.)	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 1,044 Referee: David Barrie

HFX Wanderers FC v Cavalry FC

May 15 6	HFX Wanderers FC	2–2	Cavalry FC	Halifax, Nova Scotia
12:00pm	Garcia 37' Santos  49' Salter 61' Fernandez  76' Oxner  90+2' Gander  90+4'	Report	Loturi  2' Bevan 20' Simmons  80' C. Trafford  87' Klomp 90+4'	Stadium: Wanderers Grounds Attendance: 5,244 Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin

Cavalry FC v Valour FC

May 21 7	Cavalry FC	2–1	Valour FC	Foothills County, Alberta
1:30pm	Vliet  45' Bevan 85' Adekugbe 90+2'	Report	Fordyce  69' Romeo  84' Baquero  87' Ponce  87' Cebara 89'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 2,945 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

York United FC v Cavalry FC

May 29 8	York United FC	0–1	Cavalry FC	Toronto, Ontario
12:00pm	Toussaint  7' Johnston  45+3' N'sa  61'  83' Abzi  79' Cabrera  83'	Report	Musse  37' Adekugbe  63' Pepple 73' M. Trafford  89' Klomp  90+1'	Stadium: York Lions Stadium Attendance: 1,267 Referee: Ben Hoskins

Cavalry FC v HFX Wanderers FC

June 11 9	Cavalry FC	1–0	HFX Wanderers FC	Foothills County, Alberta
1:30pm	Pepple 47' C. Trafford  54' Yao  69' M. Trafford  70' Camargo  90+2'	Report	Rampersad  65' Restrepo  85'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 3,045 Referee: Juan Marquez

Valour FC v Cavalry FC

June 15 10	Valour FC	2–4	Cavalry FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
6:00pm	Carlos  38' Cebara  51' Ponce 56' Peña  79' de Brienne 90+3'	Report	Cebara 4' (o.g.) Camargo 15',  45' M. Trafford 60' Pepple 64'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 2,395 Referee: Alain Ruch

Cavalry FC v FC Edmonton

June 26 11 Wildrose Cup	Cavalry FC	3–1	FC Edmonton	Foothills County, Alberta
5:00pm	M. Trafford  10' Pepple 26', 48' (pen.),  58' Higgins 29' (o.g.) Adekugbe  51'	Report	Triantafillou  11' Bitar 45' Gonzalez  53' Singh  67'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 4,743 Referee: David Barrie

Pacific FC v Cavalry FC

June 30 12	Pacific FC	3–3	Cavalry FC	Langford, British Columbia
7:30pm	Daniels 6' Aparicio  29' dos Santos 43' Dada-Luke  49' Díaz 74'	Report	Norman Jr.  29' Klomp 45+4' Escalante 50',  53' Pepple 56'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 3,017 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

Atlético Ottawa v Cavalry FC

July 9 13	Atlético Ottawa	1–1	Cavalry FC	Ottawa, Ontario
5:00pm	Tabla 47' Acosta  75'	Report	Escalante 20' M. Trafford  84'	Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 3,900 Referee: Renzo Villanueva

Cavalry FC v HFX Wanderers FC

July 14 14	Cavalry FC	3–0	HFX Wanderers FC	Foothills County, Alberta
6:30pm	Alarcón  25' Di Chiara  27' Musse 52', 56' Camargo 60'	Report	Gagnon-Laparé  27'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 3,006 Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren

Cavalry FC v York United FC

July 19 15	Cavalry FC	0–1	York United FC	Foothills County, Alberta
7:30pm	Di Chiara  50'	Report	De Rosario 29' Wilson  30'  51' Giantsopoulos  75' Johnston  90+5'	Stadium: ATCO Field Referee: Scott Bowman

Pacific FC v Cavalry FC

July 22 16	Pacific FC	3–0	Cavalry FC	Langford, British Columbia
8:00pm	Bustos 24',  25' Aparicio  32' Escalante 50' (o.g.) Díaz 68'	Report	Norman Jr.  15' Klomp  26' Trafford  32' Escalante  43'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 3,238 Referee: Alain Ruch

Cavalry FC v Forge FC

July 27 17	Cavalry FC	1–2	Forge FC	Foothills County, Alberta
7:00pm	Mason 1' Musse  12' Di Chiara  54' C. Trafford  70' Alarcón  79'	Report	Pacius 37' Bekker 49' Borges  53' Henry  67'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 2,989 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

Cavalry FC v FC Edmonton

July 30 18 Wildrose Cup	Cavalry FC	2–0	FC Edmonton	Foothills County, Alberta
4:00pm	Mason 28' Yao 43' Alarcón  52' Klomp  84' Norman Jr.  90+6'	Report	Smith  38' Gonzalez  79'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 3,446 Referee: Filip Dujic

Valour FC v Cavalry FC

August 3 19	Valour FC	2–0	Cavalry FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
6:00pm	Dyer 7', 72' Mekidèche  20' Baquero  67'	Report	Simmons  90'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Ben Hoskins

Cavalry FC v Forge FC

August 12 20	Cavalry FC	2–1	Forge FC	Foothills County, Alberta
7:00pm	Mason 7',  48' Trafford  43' Klomp  75' Cantave 90',  90+1'		Henry  41' Rama  49' Hamilton 82'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 3,945 Referee: Alain Ruch

Cavalry FC v Atlético Ottawa

August 21 21	Cavalry FC	0–3	Atlético Ottawa	Calgary, Alberta
3:30pm	Trafford  9' Escalante  66'		Alemán 45+2' Beckie  64' Alemán  75' Wright 79' Bassett 89'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 3,723

Cavalry FC v York United FC

August 27 22	Cavalry FC	1-0	York United FC	Foothills County, Alberta
1:30pm	Cantave  33' Norman Jr.  37' Escalante 55' Simmons  59' Assi  87'		Lawrie-Lattanzio  63'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 3,401 Referee: Renzo Villanueva

HFX Wanderers FC v Cavalry FC

September 5 23	HFX Wanderers FC	0-0	Cavalry FC	Halifax, Nova Scotia
12:00pm	Escobar  51' Lamothe  74'		Cantave  33' Trafford  76' Di Chiara  83'	Stadium: Wanderers Grounds Attendance: 6,088 Referee: Filip Dujic

Forge FC v Cavalry FC

September 10 24	Forge FC	2-1	Cavalry FC	Hamilton, Ontario
3:00pm	Choinière 10' Rama  38' Sissoko 52' Pacius  69' Bekker  70' Borges  72'		Escalante  45' Musse 63' Di Chiara  86' Cantave  72'  90+5'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Attendance: 4,992 Referee: Mathieu Souaré

FC Edmonton v Cavalry FC

September 17 25 Wildrose Cup	FC Edmonton	0-1	Cavalry FC	Edmonton, Alberta
2:00pm	Smith  61' Warschewski  69' Singh  70'		Mason 57'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 1,505 Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin

Cavalry FC v Atlético Ottawa

September 24 26	Cavalry FC	1-3	Atlético Ottawa	Foothills County, Alberta
3:30pm	Escalante 79' (pen.) Trafford  34' Alarcón  75'		Tabla 4'  79' Sissoko  17' Espejo  30' Wright 54' Shaw 86'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 4,424 Referee: Filip Dujic

Cavalry FC v Valour FC

October 2 27	Cavalry FC	2-1	Valour FC	Foothills County, Alberta
1:30pm	Mason 39' Musse 81'		Mekideche  22' Forbes 48' de Brienne  74' Cebara  77'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 2,662 Referee: Alain Ruch

Cavalry FC v Pacific FC

October 8 28	Cavalry FC	1-0	Pacific FC	Foothills County, Alberta
4:00pm	Alarcón  40' Musse  70' M. Trafford  75' Fisk 89' Smith-Doyle  90+2'		Haynes  61' Mukumbilwa  66' Toussaint  75'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 3,401 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

Playoff matches

Cavalry FC v Forge FC

October 15 SF leg 1	Cavalry FC	1–1	Forge FC	Foothills County, Alberta
2:00 pm	Klomp 42' Musse  53' Alarcón  63' M. Trafford  90'	Report	Owolabi-Belewu  39' Hojabrpour  45+2' Pacius 47' Bekker  90'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 3,179 Referee: Alain Ruch

Forge FC v Cavalry FC

October 23 SF leg 2	Forge FC	2–1 (3–2 agg.)	Cavalry FC	Hamilton, Ontario
3:00 pm	Bekker  43' Choinière 69' Pacius 75' (pen.) Rama  79'	Report	Norman  25'  45+3' Bevan 78',  81'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Attendance: 7,133 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

Canadian Championship

Main article: 2022 Canadian Championship

Cavalry FC v FC Edmonton

May 10 Preliminary round	Cavalry FC	2–1	FC Edmonton	Foothills County, Alberta
7:30pm	Bevan 17', 36' (pen.) Klomp  46' C. Trafford  90+4'	Report	Higgins  11' Simmons  45' Loughrey  47' Warschewski 55' (pen.)	Stadium: ATCO Field Referee: Juan Marquez

Cavalry FC v Vancouver Whitecaps FC

May 25 Quarter-finals	Cavalry FC	1–1 (3–5 p)	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Foothills County, Alberta
7:00pm	C. Trafford  47' Bevan 72'	Report	Baldisimo  40' Brown  63' Berhalter  70' Klomp 85' (o.g.) Veselinović  90+6'	Stadium: ATCO Field Referee: Yusri Rudolf
	Penalties
	Bevan Escalante Simmons Musse		Cavallini Caicedo Dájome Owusu Gutiérrez

Statistics

Squad and statistics

As of October 23, 2022^[update]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Canadian Premier League		Canadian Championship
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	CAN	Marco Carducci	28	0	26	0	2	0
4	DF	NED	Daan Klomp	29	3	24+3	3	2+0	0
5	DF	CAN	Mason Trafford	25	1	21+2	1	2+0	0
6	MF	CAN	Charlie Trafford	26	0	20+4	0	1+1	0
7	MF	CAN	Fraser Aird	5	0	5+0	0	0+0	0
8	MF	ENG	Elijah Adekugbe	22	1	10+12	1	0+0	0
9	FW	NZL	Myer Bevan	14	6	5+7	3	2+0	3
10	MF	CAN	Sergio Camargo	15	2	9+6	2	0+0	0
11	MF	HON	José Escalante	28	4	25+3	4	0+0	0
12	GK	GER	Julian Roloff	4	0	4+0	0	0+0	0
13	FW	SOM	Ali Musse	29	7	24+5	7	0+0	0
14	MF	CAN	Joseph Di Chiara	18	0	9+9	0	0+0	0
15	MF	CAN	Elliot Simmons	26	0	20+6	0	0+0	0
16	MF	CAN	Victor Loturi	10	0	9+1	0	0+0	0
17	MF	CAN	Ben Fisk	27	1	14+13	1	0+0	0
20	FW	IRL	Joe Mason	22	8	21+1	8	0+0	0
21	FW	CAN	Jean-Aniel Assi	4	0	2+2	0	0+0	0
24	MF	CAN	David Norman Jr.	21	0	11+10	0	0+0	0
25	DF	CAN	Karifa Yao	26	1	26+0	1	0+0	0

Top scorers

Rank	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Canadian Premier League	Canadian Championship	TOTAL
1		Joe Mason	FW	2	0	2
		Ali Musse	FW	2	0
Totals				4	0	4

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Canadian Premier League		Canadian Championship		TOTAL
4	DF		Daan Klomp	3	0	0	0	3	0
5	DF		Mason Trafford	1	0	0	0	1	0
6	MF		Charlie Trafford	1	0	0	0	1	0
7	MF		Fraser Aird	1	0	0	0	1	0
10	MF		Sergio Camargo	1	0	0	0	1	0
11	MF		José Escalante	3	0	0	0	3	0
16	MF		Victor Loturi	1	0	0	0	1	0
17	MF		Ben Fisk	1	0	0	0	1	0
20	FW		Joe Mason	1	0	0	0	1	0
24	MF		David Norman Jr.	1	0	0	0	1	0
25	DF		Karifa Yao	2	0	0	0	2	0
Totals				16	0	0	0	16	0