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2024 Canadian Premier League final

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The 2024 Canadian Premier League final was the sixth edition of the CPL Finals, the post-season championship of the Canadian Premier League, the top level of Canadian soccer, which determined the winner of the 2024 Canadian Premier League season. It was played on November 9, 2024 at ATCO Field in Foothills County, Alberta between Cavalry FC and Forge FC. The 2024 final was a rematch of the 2023 final which was hosted and won by Forge FC.[2]

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Cavalry defeated Forge 2–1 to win their first CPL title. Tobias Warschewski and Sergio Camargo scored first half goals to give Cavalry a 2–0 half-time lead; Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson responded for Forge in the second half. Following the match, Warschewski was named the inaugural CPL Final MVP. Cavalry was awarded the North Star Cup as CPL champion and earned a spot in the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup.[3]

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Path to the final

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The 2024 CPL season was contested by eight teams. Each team played four games against each of the seven opponents for a total of 28 matches. The top-five teams from the regular season qualified for the playoffs which begin on October 23. The playoffs featured a Page playoff format where teams entered in different rounds depending on their finishing position. All matches in the playoffs were played as single legs. The finals were contested by the winner of the playoffs' first semifinal and the winner of the second semifinal.[4][5]

Regular season standings

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Source: CanPL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Total number of wins; 3) Head-to-head; 4) Goal differential; 5) Goals for; 6) Away goals differential; 7) Away goals for; 8) Home goals differential; 9) Home goals for; 10) Fewest disciplinary points;[a] 11) Most under-21 domestic player minutes; 12) Coin toss (tie between two (2) clubs) or drawing of lots (tie between three (3) or more clubs).[4]
(C) Champion (qualified to Champions Cup Round one); (S) CPL Shield winner (qualified to Champions Cup Round one)

Notes

  1. Yellow cards count for one point and red cards (direct or accumulation of two yellow cards) count as three points.[4]

Playoff bracket

Play-in roundFirst semifinalSecond semifinalFinal
October 27November 9
1Forge FC02Cavalry FC2
2Cavalry FC1November 21Forge FC1
1Forge FC1
Quarterfinal3Atlético Ottawa0
October 27
October 233Atlético Ottawa (p)2 (5)
4York United24York United2 (4)
5Pacific FC0
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Cavalry FC

Cavalry reached the CPL final for third time in six seasons.

Forge FC

Forge qualified for the CPL playoffs on September 21[6] and clinched first place and the top seed in the playoffs on October 6.[7]

Following a 1–0 win against Atlético Ottawa on November 2, Forge FC qualified for a record-extending sixth consecutive CPL final. Forge attempted to win their fifth CPL championship and tried to become the first CPL team to win the double by winning the CPL Shield and the North Star Cup in the same season.

Head-to-head

The 2024 CPL final was the sixth meeting of the season between these two teams and the twenty-sixth overall. Forge had the advantage in the 2024 regular season against Cavalry, leading the head-to-head with two wins, one draw, and one loss and finishing two points ahead in the standings. This was the second consecutive CPL final between Cavalry and Forge and the third overall. The previous occurrences in 2019 and 2023 were both won by Forge FC.

As the top-two teams in regular season, Forge hosted Cavalry in the first semifinal which was a non-elimination game. Cavalry won the game and earned the right to host the CPL final while Forge qualified to the second semifinal as losers. The match was the 29th of 31 games between the teams that was decided by one goal or fewer.[8]

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Venue

ATCO Field in Foothills County, Alberta, home of Cavalry FC, was the host stadium for the final.[9] This was determined by the outcome of the playoffs' first semifinal on October 27 between regular season winner Forge FC and second seed Cavalry FC;[4][5] Cavalry won the match 1–0.[9] ATCO Field has previously hosted the second leg of the 2019 Canadian Premier League finals.

Broadcasting

The CPL final continued to be broadcast on OneSoccer. On October 9, the CPL and CBC jointly announced that the CBC would also broadcast the final for the first time since 2020 on its platforms CBC TV, CBC Gem, and cbcsports.ca.[10][11]

Pre-match

As part of its broadcasting announcement, the CPL announced that the final would be played on November 9 at 3:00 pm ET.[10][11] The CPL confirmed the date and time following Cavalry's win in the first semifinal.[9]

Associated with the final, the annual Canadian Premier League Awards took place on November 7 in Calgary.[9][12] Matchday will feature a "FanFest" headlined by singer Lu Kala.[9][12]

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Match

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More information Cavalry FC, 2–1 ...
Attendance: 7,052
Referee: Renzo Villanueva
Cavalry
Forge
GK1Canada Marco Carducci (c)
RB33Canada Fraser Airddownward-facing red arrow 82'
CB4Netherlands Daan KlompYellow card 90+4'
CB3Canada Callum Montgomery
LB5France Bradley Kamdem
CM26Canada Shamit Shome
CM27Canada Diego GutiérrezYellow card 51'
RW7Somalia Ali Musse
AM10Canada Sergio Camargodownward-facing red arrow 58'
LW11New Zealand Jay Herdmandownward-facing red arrow 71'
CF9Germany Tobias WarschewskiYellow card 40'downward-facing red arrow 82'
Substitutes:
GK31Canada Joseph Holliday
MF6Canada Charlie Traffordupward-facing green arrow 71'
DF12Republic of Ireland Tom Field
FW14Trinidad and Tobago Malcolm ShawYellow card 74'upward-facing green arrow 58'
FW17Germany Nicolas Wähling
MF24Canada Eryk Kobzaupward-facing green arrow 82'
FW80Canada Lowell Wrightupward-facing green arrow 82'
Manager:
England Tommy Wheeldon Jr.
GK16Czech Republic Jassem Koleilat
RB2Canada Malcolm Duncandownward-facing red arrow 81'
CB13Sweden Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson
CB4Canada Dominic Samuel
LB81England Malik Owolabi-Belewu
CM10Canada Kyle Bekker (c)
CM21Canada Alessandro Hojabrpour
RM7Canada David Choinière
AM22Canada Noah Jensendownward-facing red arrow 69'
LM11Ghana Nana Ampomahdownward-facing red arrow 30'
CF39Belgium Béni BadibangaYellow card 47'
Substitutes:
GK29Canada Christopher Kalongo
FW9Canada Jordan Hamilton
FW14Canada Terran Campbellupward-facing green arrow 81'
DF17Mexico Daniel Parraupward-facing green arrow 69'
FW19Canada Tristan BorgesYellow card 88'upward-facing green arrow 30'
MF26Cuba Orlendis Benítez
MF64Canada Khadim Kane
Manager:
Canada Bobby Smyrniotis

CPL Final MVP:
Tobias Warschewski (Cavalry FC)[13]

Assistant referees:
Marie-Han Gagnon-Chretien
Graham Forsyth
Fourth official:
Yusri Rudolf

Match rules

  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary
  • Penalty shoot-out if score still level
  • Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time
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Post-match

Following the match, Cavalry was awarded the North Star Cup and crowned CPL champions, while striker Tobias Warschewski was named the CPL Final MVP.[13][14] Although the CPL champion team is awarded a spot in the next year's CONCACAF Champions Cup,[4][10] Cavalry had already qualified for the 2025 edition as a result of both them and Forge qualifying for the final.[15][a] Cavalry and Forge faced Pumas UNAM and Monterrey respectively in round one of the Champions Cup; neither club advanced to the competition's round of 16.[17][18]

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Notes

  1. Forge had previously qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup as CPL Shield winners.[16]

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