2020 Cavalry FC season

Cavalry FC
2020 season
President	Ian Allison
Coach	Tommy Wheeldon Jr.
Stadium	ATCO Field
Canadian Premier League	3rd
Canadian Championship	Did not qualify
Top goalscorer	Jordan Brown; Nathan Mavila; (3 goals each)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2019 2021 →

The 2020 Cavalry FC season was the second season in the history of Cavalry FC. In the previous season, Cavalry won both the spring and fall seasons but lost in the finals to Forge FC.^[1]

On March 20, 2020 the league announced a postponement of the start of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2]

Squad

As of September 9, 2020^[3]

No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Previous club
Goalkeepers
1	Marco Carducci	GK	(1996-09-24)September 24, 1996 (aged 24)	Calgary Foothills
22	Niko Giantsopoulos	GK	(1994-06-24)June 24, 1994 (aged 26)	Launceston City
Defenders
3	Nathan Mavila	LB	(1995-10-15)October 15, 1995 (aged 25)	Dulwich Hamlet
4	Dominick Zator	CB	(1994-09-18)September 18, 1994 (aged 26)	Calgary Foothills
5	Mason Trafford	CB	(1986-08-21)August 21, 1986 (aged 34)	Miami City
12	Dean Northover	FB	(1991-09-04)September 4, 1991 (aged 29)	Calgary Foothills
14	Jonathan Wheeldon	CB	(1989-08-28)August 28, 1989 (aged 31)	Calgary Foothills
21	Mohamed Farsi	FB	(1999-12-15)December 15, 1999 (aged 21)	AS Blainville
25	Robert Boskovic	CB	(1998-07-01)July 1, 1998 (aged 22)	Toronto FC II
Midfielders
6	Nik Ledgerwood	DM / RB	(1985-01-16)January 16, 1985 (aged 35)	Calgary Foothills
8	Elijah Adekugbe	MF	(1996-07-17)July 17, 1996 (aged 24)	Calgary Foothills
10	Sergio Camargo	AM	(1994-08-16)August 16, 1994 (aged 26)	Calgary Foothills
15	Elliot Simmons	CM	(1998-02-05)February 5, 1998 (aged 22)	HFX Wanderers
16	Bruno Zebie	LM	(1995-08-14)August 14, 1995 (aged 25)	FC Edmonton
17	Nico Pasquotti	RW	(1995-10-18)October 18, 1995 (aged 25)	Calgary Foothills
23	Tofa Fakunle	AM	(1995-01-11)January 11, 1995 (aged 25)	Calgary Foothills
	Richard Luca^[A]	LW / RW / AM	(1998-01-06)January 6, 1998 (aged 22)	Aparecidense
Forwards
7	Oliver Minatel	ST / LW / RW	(1992-08-29)August 29, 1992 (aged 28)	South Melbourne
9	Jordan Brown	ST	(1996-11-10)November 10, 1996 (aged 24)	Znojmo
19	Jair Córdova	ST	(1996-08-18)August 18, 1996 (aged 24)	Alianza Universidad
20	José Hernández	ST	(2000-03-19)March 19, 2000 (aged 20)	Pacific FC
24	Aribim Pepple	ST	(2002-12-25)December 25, 2002 (aged 18)	Calgary Foothills
29	Marcus Haber	CF	(1989-01-11)January 11, 1989 (aged 31)	Pacific FC

Transfers

In


No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
20	FW	José Hernández	Pacific FC	Free transfer	December 11, 2019	^[4]
19	FW	Jair Córdova	Alianza Universidad	Undisclosed	January 22, 2020	^[5]
16	MF	Bruno Zebie	FC Edmonton	Free Transfer	February 5, 2020	^[6]
	MF	Richard Luca	UANL	Free Transfer	February 19, 2020	^[7]
15	MF	Elliot Simmons	HFX Wanderers	Free Transfer	February 26, 2020	^[8]
21	DF	Mohamed Farsi	AS Blainville	Free Transfer	April 15, 2020	^[9]
29	FW	Marcus Haber	Pacific FC	Free Transfer	July 31, 2020	^[10]

Draft picks

Cavalry selected the following players in the 2019 CPL–U Sports Draft on November 11, 2019.^[11] 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	Player	Position	Nationality	University
1	6	Gabriel Bitar	ST	Canada	Carleton Ravens
2	9	Moe El Gandour	CM	Canada	Mount Royal Cougars

Loans in

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
25	DF	Robert Boskovic	Toronto FC II	Season-long loan	March 11, 2020	^[12]

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
15	DF	Joel Waterman	Montreal Impact	Undisclosed	January 14, 2020	^[13]
8	MF	Julian Büscher	TuS Haltern	Contract expired	February 1, 2020	^[14]
21	MF	Malyk Hamilton	Atlético Ottawa	Contract expired	March 6, 2020	^[15]
23	FW	Dominique Malonga	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Contract expired	March 7, 2020	^[16]
18	MF	Mauro Eustáquio	Caldas	Contract expired	July 21, 2020	^[17]
2	DF	Chris Serban		Contract expired	August 7, 2020	^[18]
13	MF	Victor Loturi		Contract expired	August 7, 2020	^[18]
20	MF	Carlos Patiño		Contract expired	August 7, 2020	^[18]

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	^[19]

Canadian Premier League

Match times are Mountain Daylight Time (UTC−6).

First stage

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cavalry	7	4	1	2	10	7	+3	13	Advance to group stage
2	HFX Wanderers	7	3	3	1	12	7	+5	12^[a]
3	Forge	7	3	3	1	13	9	+4	12^[a]
4	Pacific	7	3	2	2	10	8	+2	11
5	York9	7	2	4	1	8	7	+1	10
6	Valour	7	2	2	3	8	9	−1	8^[b]
7	Atlético Ottawa	7	2	2	3	7	12	−5	8^[b]
8	FC Edmonton	7	0	1	6	5	14	−9	1

Source: CanPL.ca
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) goal differential; 4) goals for; 5) total wins; 6) U-21 minutes; 7) coin toss or drawing of lots.^[20]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: HFX Wanderers 1, Forge 1. Goal differential: HFX Wanderers +5, Forge +4
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Valour 3, Atlético Ottawa 0.

Results by match

Match	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Result	D	W	W	W	L	L	W
Position	1	1	1	1	2	2	1

Updated to match(es) played on September 6, 2020. Source: #Matches
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

August 13 1	Forge FC	2–2	Cavalry FC	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
6:00pm	Zajac 15' Novak 26' Krutzen 58' Bekker 71' Grant 75' Samuel 90+3'	Report	Adekugbe 6' Zator 11' Mavila 90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Alumni Field Referee: Yusri Rudolf

August 16 2	Valour FC	0–2	Cavalry FC	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
10:00am	Aird 37' Campbell 69'	Report	Camargo 11' 33' (pen.) Haber 29' Adekugbe 46' Boskovic 49'	Stadium: Alumni Field Referee: Juan Marquez

August 20 3	FC Edmonton	0–2	Cavalry FC	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
6:00pm	Ameobi 31' Mohammed 49'	Report	Brown 44', 90+5' (pen.)	Stadium: Alumni Field Referee: Yusri Rudolf

August 23 4	Cavalry FC	2–1	HFX Wanderers FC	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
6:00pm	Mavila 29' Brown 90' Wheeldon 90+2'	Report	Restrepo 72' Schaale 85' Garcia 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Alumni Field Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière

August 27 5	Atlético Ottawa	2–0	Cavalry FC	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
1:00pm	John 32' Acuña 45+3' Fisk 61' Shaw 64'	Report		Stadium: Alumni Field Referee: Myriam Marcotte

August 30 6	Cavalry FC	1–2	Pacific FC	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
10:00am	Haber 20' Mavila 55' (pen.) Boskovic 72' Farsi 90+5'	Report	Bustos 22' Díaz 26' Haynes 55'	Stadium: Alumni Field Referee: Juan Marquez

September 5 7	Cavalry FC	1–0	York9 FC	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
1:00pm	Haber 69' Ledgerwood 89'	Report	Gasparotto 46' Di Chiara 81' Telfer 87'	Stadium: Alumni Field Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière

Group stage

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Forge	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7	Advance to final
2	HFX Wanderers	3	1	1	1	3	7	−4	4	Advance to final
3	Cavalry	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3^[a]
4	Pacific	3	1	0	2	6	5	+1	3^[a]

Source: CanPL.ca
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) goal differential; 4) goals for; 5) total wins; 6) U-21 minutes; 7) coin toss or drawing of lots.^[21]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Cavalry 3, Pacific 0.

Results by round

Round	1	2	3
Result	W	L	L
Position	1	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on September 15, 2020. Source: #Matches
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

September 9 1	Cavalry FC	3–1	Pacific FC	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
6:00pm	Nikolas Ledgerwood 15' Adekugbe 49' Farsi 66' 75' Simmons 70'	Report	Zator 53' (o.g.) Heard 64'	Stadium: Alumni Field Referee: David Barrie

September 12 2	Cavalry FC	1–2	HFX Wanderers FC	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
1:00pm	Wheeldon 2' 11' Carducci 40' Córdova 80' Mavila 83'	Report	Garcia 12' Rampersad 30' Morelli 41' Oxner 90+4'	Stadium: Alumni Field Referee: Mathieu Souaré

September 15 3	Cavalry FC	0–1	Forge FC	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
11:00am	Hernández 90+2'	Report	Babouli 27' Bekker 35' Edgar 69'	Stadium: Alumni Field Referee: Filip Dujic

Statistics

Squad and statistics

As of September 15, 2020^[update]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Canadian Premier League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	CAN	Marco Carducci	9	0	9+0	0
2	DF	CAN	Dean Northover	7	0	4+3	0
3	DF	ENG	Nathan Mavila	9	3	8+1	3
4	DF	CAN	Dominick Zator	10	1	10+0	1
5	DF	CAN	Mason Trafford	8	0	8+0	0
6	MF	CAN	Nik Ledgerwood	7	1	5+2	1
7	FW	BRA	Oliver	7	0	6+1	0
8	MF	CAN	Elijah Adekugbe	9	1	7+2	1
9	FW	ENG	Jordan Brown	10	3	7+3	3
10	MF	CAN	Sergio Camargo	2	1	2+0	1
14	DF	ENG	Jonathan Wheeldon	6	0	6+0	0
15	MF	CAN	Elliot Simmons	10	0	6+4	0
16	MF	CAN	Bruno Zebie	10	0	5+5	0
17	FW	CAN	Nico Pasquotti	8	0	7+1	0
19	FW	PER	Jair Córdova	4	1	0+4	1
20	FW	CAN	José Hernández	3	0	1+2	0
21	DF	CAN	Mohamed Farsi	10	1	7+3	1
22	GK	CAN	Niko Giantsopoulos	1	0	1+0	0
23	MF	CAN	Tofa Fakunle	1	0	0+1	0
24	FW	CAN	Aribim Pepple	6	0	0+6	0
25	DF	CAN	Robert Boskovic	6	0	6+0	0
29	FW	CAN	Marcus Haber	9	2	5+4	2

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Pos.	Canadian Premier League	TOTAL
1	Nathan Mavila	DF	3	3
1	Jordan Brown	FW	3	3
3	Marcus Haber	FW	2	2
4	Sergio Camargo	MF	1	1
	Dominick Zator	DF	1	1
	Elijah Adekugbe	MF	1	1
	Mohamed Farsi	MF	1	1
	Nik Ledgerwood	MF	1	1
	Jair Córdova	FW	1	1
Totals			14	14

Updated to match played September 15, 2020
Source: Canadian Premier League

Top assists

Rank	Player	Pos.	Canadian Premier League	TOTAL
1	Elijah Adekugbe	MF	1	1
	Mohamed Farsi	MF	1	1
	Nik Ledgerwood	MF	1	1
	Oliver	FW	1	1
	Nathan Mavila	DF	1	1
Totals			5	5

Updated to match played September 15, 2020
Source: Canadian Premier League

Clean sheets

Rank	Nat.	Player	Canadian Premier League	TOTAL
1		Marco Carducci	3	3
Totals			3	3

Updated to match played September 15, 2020
Source: Canadian Premier League

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Canadian Premier League		TOTAL
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player
1	GK		Marco Carducci	1	0	1	0
3	DF		Nathan Mavila	1	0	1	0
6	DF		Nik Ledgerwood	1	0	1	0
8	MF		Elijah Adekugbe	2	0	2	0
10	MF		Sergio Camargo	1	0	1	0
14	DF		Jonathan Wheeldon	1	1	1	1
15	MF		Elliot Simmons	1	0	1	0
20	FW		José Hernández	1	0	1	0
21	DF		Mohamed Farsi	2	0	2	0
25	DF		Robert Boskovic	2	0	2	0
29	FW		Marcus Haber	1	0	1	0
Totals				14	1	14	1

Updated to match played September 15, 2020
Source: Canadian Premier League

Notes

^ Player is signed, but hasn't been added to the 2020 roster because of difficulties getting into Canada due to the COVID-19 pandemic

References

^ "Forge FC defeat Cavalry FC to win first Canadian Premier League title - Sportsnet.ca". www.sportsnet.ca. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
^ "Canadian Premier League postpones start of 2020- season due to COVID-19". CTV News. The Canadian Press. 20 March 2020.
^ "CPL off-season roster tracker: Who's in and who's out for 2020?". Canadian Premier League. 2019-11-04. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
^ "Jose Hernandez makes history in Pacific-Cavalry switch". Canadian Premier League. 2019-12-11. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
^ "Cavalry FC adds scoring punch with Peruvian forward Jair Córdova". Canadian Premier League. 2020-01-22. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
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^ "Cavalry FC sign Canadian International striker Marcus Haber". cavalryfc.canpl.ca. Cavalry FC. July 31, 2020. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
^ "Canadian Premier League Announces Club Draft Selections". Cavalryfc.canpl.ca. Cavalry FC. Archived from the original on November 16, 2019. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
^ "Cavalry lands Robert Boskovic on loan from TFC II for 2020 season". cavalryfc.canpl.ca. Cavalry FC. March 11, 2020. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
^ "Joel Waterman is MLS Bound". cavalryfc.canpl.ca. Cavalry FC. January 8, 2020. Archived from the original on January 14, 2020. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
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^ "Atlético Ottawa signs former Cavalry player Malyk Hamilton". canpl.ca. CPL. March 6, 2020. Retrieved March 6, 2020.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "ЛОКОМОТИВ ПОДПИСА ДОГОВОР С ДОМИНИК МАЛОНГА" [Lokomotiv signs contract with Dominique Malonga]. lokomovitpd.com. Lokomotiv Plovdiv. March 7, 2020. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
^ Rafael Raimundo (21 July 2020). "Futebol: Nazareno Mauro Eustáquio é reforço do Caldas". regiaodecister.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 July 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c @CPLCavalryFC (August 11, 2020). "Cavalry FC 2020 roster" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ @cdsvida (9 September 2020). "Bienvenido José Escalante!" [Welcome José Escalante!] (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ Thompson, Marty [@martythompson_] (August 12, 2020). "Confirmed: #CanPL tiebreakers for The Island Games... 1. Head-to-head 2. Goal diff. 3. Goals for 4. Total # of wins 5. *Most U-21 minutes* in round 6. Coin toss or drawing of lots" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ Thompson, Marty [@martythompson_] (August 12, 2020). "Confirmed: #CanPL tiebreakers for The Island Games... 1. Head-to-head 2. Goal diff. 3. Goals for 4. Total # of wins 5. *Most U-21 minutes* in round 6. Coin toss or drawing of lots" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

External links

Official site

[table_hth_HFX0.28871066742051-21] Head-to-head points: HFX Wanderers 1, Forge 1. Goal differential: HFX Wanderers +5, Forge +4

[table_hth_VAL0.28871066742051-22] Head-to-head points: Valour 3, Atlético Ottawa 0.

[table_hth_CAV0.37143759539883-24] Head-to-head points: Cavalry 3, Pacific 0.

[spring-4] Player is signed, but hasn't been added to the 2020 roster because of difficulties getting into Canada due to the COVID-19 pandemic

[1] "Forge FC defeat Cavalry FC to win first Canadian Premier League title - Sportsnet.ca". www.sportsnet.ca. Retrieved 2019-12-11.

[2] "Canadian Premier League postpones start of 2020- season due to COVID-19". CTV News. The Canadian Press. 20 March 2020.

[3] "CPL off-season roster tracker: Who's in and who's out for 2020?". Canadian Premier League. 2019-11-04. Retrieved 2019-12-11.

[5] "Jose Hernandez makes history in Pacific-Cavalry switch". Canadian Premier League. 2019-12-11. Retrieved 2019-12-11.

[6] "Cavalry FC adds scoring punch with Peruvian forward Jair Córdova". Canadian Premier League. 2020-01-22. Retrieved 2020-01-22.

[7] "Bruno Zebie joins Cavalry FC for the 2020 Season". Cavalry FC. 2020-02-05. Retrieved 2020-02-05.

[8] "Richard Luca signs with Cavalry FC". Cavalry FC. 2020-02-19. Archived from the original on 2020-02-19. Retrieved 2020-02-19.

[9] "Elliot Simmons makes his way to Cavalry FC". Cavalry FC. 2020-02-26. Archived from the original on 2020-02-26. Retrieved 2020-02-26.

[10] "Cavalry FC Welcomes Mohamed Farsi to the Roster". Cavalry FC. 2020-04-15. Retrieved 2020-04-15.

[11] "Cavalry FC sign Canadian International striker Marcus Haber". cavalryfc.canpl.ca. Cavalry FC. July 31, 2020. Retrieved July 31, 2020.

[Draft-12] "Canadian Premier League Announces Club Draft Selections". Cavalryfc.canpl.ca. Cavalry FC. Archived from the original on November 16, 2019. Retrieved January 14, 2020.

[13] "Cavalry lands Robert Boskovic on loan from TFC II for 2020 season". cavalryfc.canpl.ca. Cavalry FC. March 11, 2020. Retrieved March 11, 2020.

[14] "Joel Waterman is MLS Bound". cavalryfc.canpl.ca. Cavalry FC. January 8, 2020. Archived from the original on January 14, 2020. Retrieved January 14, 2020.

[15] "TuS Haltern am See verpflichtet Ex-MLS-Spieler Julian Büscher" [TuS Haltern has signed ex-MLS player Julian Büscher]. TuS Haltern. 1 February 2020. Archived from the original on 1 February 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.

[16] "Atlético Ottawa signs former Cavalry player Malyk Hamilton". canpl.ca. CPL. March 6, 2020. Retrieved March 6, 2020.^{[permanent dead link]}

[17] "ЛОКОМОТИВ ПОДПИСА ДОГОВОР С ДОМИНИК МАЛОНГА" [Lokomotiv signs contract with Dominique Malonga]. lokomovitpd.com. Lokomotiv Plovdiv. March 7, 2020. Retrieved March 7, 2020.

[18] Rafael Raimundo (21 July 2020). "Futebol: Nazareno Mauro Eustáquio é reforço do Caldas". regiaodecister.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 July 2020.

[island-games-roster-19] @CPLCavalryFC (August 11, 2020). "Cavalry FC 2020 roster" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[20] @cdsvida (9 September 2020). "Bienvenido José Escalante!" [Welcome José Escalante!] (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[23] Thompson, Marty [@martythompson_] (August 12, 2020). "Confirmed: #CanPL tiebreakers for The Island Games... 1. Head-to-head 2. Goal diff. 3. Goals for 4. Total # of wins 5. *Most U-21 minutes* in round 6. Coin toss or drawing of lots" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[25] Thompson, Marty [@martythompson_] (August 12, 2020). "Confirmed: #CanPL tiebreakers for The Island Games... 1. Head-to-head 2. Goal diff. 3. Goals for 4. Total # of wins 5. *Most U-21 minutes* in round 6. Coin toss or drawing of lots" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

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