2019 Cavalry FC season

The 2019 Cavalry FC season was the first season in the club's history, as well as the first season in Canadian Premier League history.

Cavalry FC

2019 season
President	Ian Allison
Head coach	Tommy Wheeldon Jr.
Stadium	ATCO Field
Canadian Premier League	Spring: 1st Fall: 1st Overall: 1st
CPL Finals	Finalists
Canadian Championship	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Dominique Malonga (11 goals) All: Dominique Malonga (13 goals)
Highest home attendance	5,831 (November 2 vs. Forge FC)
Lowest home attendance	1,938 (October 10 vs. Forge FC)
Average home league attendance	League: 3,292 All: 3,668
Home colours Away colours

Overview

On May 17, 2018 Cavalry FC was unveiled as Calgary's team in the new Canadian Premier League, with then Calgary Foothills FC head coach Tommy Wheeldon Jr. chosen to be the first head coach in Cavalry history.[1] On November 29, 2018, Cavalry signed its first ever players: veteran Nik Ledgerwood and young talent Sergio Camargo, both from the Foothills.[2] Overall, 12 of the players on the Cavalry squad came from the Foothills. Cavalry's first ever international signing was Brazilian striker Oliver Minatel.[3] Cavalry signed two of its picks in the 2018 CPL–U Sports Draft, first overall pick Gabriel Bitar and fourteenth overall pick Joel Waterman.[4][5]

On May 3, 2019 Cavalry played their first ever game, at home against York9 FC. Jordan Brown scored the first goal in Cavalry FC history, with Dominick Zator adding a second and Cavalry hanging on for a 2–1 victory.[6] Cavalry went on to win their first seven games, until succumbing to Forge FC in a 1–0 defeat.[7] However, Cavalry rebounded and defeated York9 2–0 in their next game, clinching the spring season title and a berth in the 2019 Canadian Premier League Finals.

In the Canadian Championship, Cavalry faced Pacific FC in the first round and won both legs.[8] Next, they were up against Forge. In the first leg in Hamilton, Forge struck first, but there was late drama when Forge FC goalkeeper Quillan Roberts received a red card in stoppage time, with no substitutions remaining. Cavalry was given a penalty shot, and Dominique Malonga beat midfielder turned goalkeeper Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson to tie the game.[9] Tensions were high after the goal, and Cavalry players accused a member of Forge's coaching staff of making racist remarks.[10] The match ended with a melee between Cavalry and Forge players, establishing a rivalry that would continue to take shape for the rest of the season.[11] In the second leg, Forge opened the scoring again, but goals from Malonga and Camargo meant that it was Cavalry who advanced to the quarterfinals.[12] Cavalry faced MLS club Vancouver Whitecaps FC in the quarterfinals and in the first leg the Cavs held the Whitecaps to a 0–0 draw at home.[13] In the second leg at BC Place in Vancouver, Brown and Zator scored in a 2–1 victory and goalkeeper Marco Carducci, who used to play for the Whitecaps, was praised for his performance. Cavalry became the first CPL team to defeat an MLS team, and advanced to the semifinals, where they were awaited by the Montreal Impact.[14] In the first leg of the semifinals, Ignacio Piatti scored twice for the Impact, but Cavalry was given hope when Camargo scored later in the game. It was not meant to be, however, as Cavalry couldn't get another one and Ledgerwood received a second yellow card, forcing Cavalry to play the last part of the game with 10 men.[15] A 1–0 defeat back in Calgary ended the Cinderella story and the Impact ended up defeating Toronto FC in the finals to become the champions.[16][17]

Although Cavalry was already secured a spot in the CPL finals, they won the fall season as well, causing Forge FC to qualify as the other finalist on the basis of having the next best overall record.[18] In the first leg of the finals in Hamilton, Waterman was given a red card and Forge star and CPL top scorer Tristan Borges was given a penalty kick, but it was stopped by Carducci. However, Borges scored ten minutes later and the game ended at 1–0.[19] Neither team could score in the second leg, until in stoppage time when all of Cavalry's outfield players were pressing in the attacking zone, and Forge managed to break out. David Choinière managed to score on the resulting 2 on 0, securing Cavalry's fate as runners up.[20]

Over the course of the season, Carducci and Zator were called up to the Canada men's national soccer team once each, but neither saw action. Carducci was the first Canadian Premier League player to be called up to the national team.[21][22]

Despite losing in the finals, Cavalry finished first overall in the regular season, and Wheeldon Jr. stated that he would like to bring most of the players back for the next season.[23] Wheeldon Jr. was named coach of the year, and Carducci was named best goalkeeper and Volkswagen Premier Performer, while Malonga was nominated for best player.[24][25][26]

Squad

As of November 2, 2019.

No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club
Goalkeepers
1	Marco Carducci		GK	September 24, 1996 (aged 23)	Calgary Foothills
22	Niko Giantsopoulos		GK	June 24, 1994 (aged 25)	Launceston City
Defenders
2	Chris Serban		RB	November 15, 1995 (aged 24)	Calgary Foothills
3	Nathan Mavila		LB	October 15, 1995 (aged 24)	Dulwich Hamlet
4	Dominick Zator		CB	September 18, 1994 (aged 25)	Calgary Foothills
5	Mason Trafford		CB	August 21, 1986 (aged 33)	Miami FC
12	Dean Northover		FB	September 4, 1991 (aged 28)	Calgary Foothills
14	Jonathan Wheeldon		CB	August 28, 1989 (aged 30)	Calgary Foothills
15	Joel Waterman		CB	January 24, 1996 (aged 23)	Trinity Western Spartans
Midfielders
6	Nik Ledgerwood		DM / RB	January 16, 1985 (aged 34)	Calgary Foothills
8	Julian Büscher		CM	April 22, 1993 (aged 26)	LA Galaxy II
10	Sergio Camargo		AM	August 16, 1994 (aged 25)	Calgary Foothills
11	José Escalante		LW	May 29, 1995 (aged 24)	Juticalpa
13	Victor Loturi		CM	May 21, 2001 (aged 18)	Calgary Northside Soccer
16	Elijah Adekugbe		MF	July 17, 1996 (aged 23)	Calgary Foothills
17	Nico Pasquotti		RW	October 18, 1995 (aged 24)	Calgary Foothills
18	Mauro Eustáquio		CM	February 10, 1993 (aged 26)	Penn FC
20	Carlos Patiño		AM	August 18, 1995 (aged 24)	Calgary Foothills
21	Malyk Hamilton		RW / RB	September 2, 1999 (aged 20)	Toronto FC II
25	Tofa Fakunle		AM	January 11, 1995 (aged 24)	Calgary Foothills
Forwards
7	Oliver Minatel		ST / LW / RW	August 29, 1992 (aged 27)	South Melbourne
9	Jordan Brown		ST	November 10, 1996 (aged 23)	Znojmo
23	Dominique Malonga		ST	January 8, 1989 (aged 30)	Chania
24	Aribim Pepple		ST	December 25, 2002 (aged 16)	Calgary Foothills

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred From	Fee/Notes	Date	Source
6	MF	Nik Ledgerwood	Calgary Foothills	Free Transfer	November 29, 2018	[27]
10	MF	Sergio Camargo	Calgary Foothills	Free Transfer	November 29, 2018	[27]
1	GK	Marco Carducci	Calgary Foothills	Free Transfer	December 12, 2018	[28]
2	DF	Chris Serban	Calgary Foothills	Free Transfer	December 12, 2018	[28]
4	DF	Dominick Zator	Calgary Foothills	Free Transfer	December 12, 2018	[28]
16	MF	Elijah Adekugbe	Calgary Foothills	Free Transfer	December 12, 2018	[28]
7	FW	Oliver Minatel	South Melbourne	Free Transfer	January 16, 2019	[29]
22	GK	Niko Giantsopoulos	Launceston City	Free Transfer	January 23, 2019	[30]
12	DF	Dean Northover	Calgary Foothills	Free Transfer	January 23, 2019	[30]
20	MF	Carlos Patiño	Calgary Foothills	Free Transfer	January 23, 2019	[30]
17	MF	Nico Pasquotti	Calgary Foothills	Free Transfer	January 23, 2019	[30]
9	FW	Jordan Brown	Znojmo	Free Transfer	January 30, 2019	[31]
15	DF	Joel Waterman	Trinity Western Spartans	Selected 14th overall in the 2018 CPL–U Sports Draft	February 6, 2019	[32]
8	MF	Julian Büscher	LA Galaxy II	Free Transfer	February 13, 2019	[33]
3	DF	Nathan Mavila	Dulwich Hamlet	Free Transfer	February 20, 2019	[34]
5	DF	Mason Trafford	Miami FC	Free Transfer	February 27, 2019	[35]
21	MF	Malyk Hamilton	Toronto FC II	Free Transfer	March 6, 2019	[36]
14	DF	Jonathan Wheeldon	Calgary Foothills	Free Transfer	March 13, 2019	[37]
18	MF	Mauro Eustáquio	Penn FC	Free Transfer	March 20, 2019	[38]
23	FW	Dominique Malonga	Chania	Free Transfer	March 27, 2019	[39]
11	MF	José Escalante	Juticalpa	Free Transfer	April 10, 2019	[40]
13	MF	Victor Loturi	Calgary Northside Soccer	Free Transfer	April 17, 2019	[41]
19	FW	Gabriel Bitar	Carleton Ravens	Selected 1st overall in the 2018 CPL–U Sports Draft	April 24, 2019	[42]
24	FW	Aribim Pepple	Calgary Foothills	Free Transfer	August 9, 2019	[43]
25	MF	Tofa Fakunle	Calgary Foothills	Free Transfer	August 28, 2019	[44]

Draft picks

Cavalry FC selected the following players in the 2018 CPL–U Sports Draft on November 12, 2018. 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	Pos.	Nationality	University
1	1	FW	Gabriel Bitar	Canada	Carleton Ravens
2	14	MF	Joel Waterman	Canada	Trinity Western Spartans
3	15	FW	Easton Ongaro	Canada	Alberta Golden Bears

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred To	Fee/Notes	Date	Source
19	FW	Gabriel Bitar	Carleton Ravens	Developmental Contract expired	August 15, 2019	[45]

Competitions

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

Preseason

March 19	Cavalry FC	2–0	Vancouver Whitecaps U-23	Calgary, Alberta
	Deakin Hamilton	Report		Stadium: Foothills Fieldhouse

March 30	Cavalry FC	2–0	FC Edmonton	Calgary, Alberta
	Pasquotti Malonga  pen.'	Report	Yong-chan	Stadium: Southern Alberta Institute of Technology

April 7	Inter RD	0–4	Cavalry FC	Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
		Report	Camargo Brown Bitar Ongaro

April 13	York9 FC	0–1	Cavalry FC	Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
		Report	Bitar

April 27	Cavalry FC	1–0	Calgary Foothills FC	Foothills County, Alberta
	Northover	Report		Stadium: ATCO Field

Canadian Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cavalry	10	8	0	2	16	7	+9	24	2019 Canadian Premier League Finals
2	Forge	10	6	1	3	15	7	+8	19	2019 CONCACAF League preliminary round[lower-alpha 1]
3	FC Edmonton	10	4	2	4	8	9	−1	14
4	HFX Wanderers	10	3	2	5	8	11	−3	11
5	Pacific	10	3	2	5	11	15	−4	11
6	York9	10	2	5	3	9	11	−2	11
7	Valour	10	3	0	7	8	15	−7	9

Source: CanPL.ca
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) goal differential; 4) goals for; 5) away goal differential; 6) away goals for; 7) home goal differential; 8) home goals for; 9) coin toss or drawing of lots.
Notes:

1. As winner of home and away matches between FC Edmonton, Forge FC, and Valour FC

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
10	8	0	2	16	7	+9	24	4	0	1	6	2	+4	4	0	1	10	5	+5

Last updated: July 1, 2019.
Source: canpl.ca

Results by match

Match	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Ground	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A
Result	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	L
Position	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on July 1, 2019. Source: #Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

May 4 1	Cavalry FC	2–1	York9 FC	Foothills County, Alberta
1:30 pm	Brown  26' Northover  31' Wheeldon  56' Zator  78' Oliver  90+3'	Report	Estevez  60' Murofushi  68' Furlano  81' Adjei  83'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 3,486 Referee: Drew Fischer

May 8 2	Cavalry FC	1–0	Valour FC	Foothills County, Alberta
7:00 pm	Büscher  51' Dean Northover  78' Adekugbe  82' Escalante  86'	Report	Murrell  39' Thomas  53' Béland-Goyette  69'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 2,055 Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla

May 12 3	Forge FC	1–2	Cavalry FC	Hamilton, Ontario
11:00 am	Borges  34' Thomas  68'	Report	Ledgerwood  22' Wheeldon  31' Joel Waterman  81' Pasquotti  90+5'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Attendance: 5,912 Referee: Carol Anne Chenard

May 18 4	Cavalry FC	1–0	FC Edmonton	Foothills County, Alberta
4:00 pm	Brown  45+1' Adekugbe  66'	Report	Soria  9'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Alain Ruch

May 25 5	Cavalry FC	2–0	HFX Wanderers FC	Foothills County, Alberta
4:30 pm	Malonga  21', 56' Pasquotti  53'	Report	Gutiérrez  76'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 3,162 Referee: David Barrie

June 15 6	FC Edmonton	0–3	Cavalry FC	Edmonton, Alberta
12:30 pm	Moses  33' Zebie  54'	Report	Camargo  35'  66', 73' Waterman  59' Adekugbe  61' Pasquotti  77'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 3,256 Referee: Juan Marquez

June 19 7	HFX Wanderers FC	1–2	Cavalry FC	Halifax, Nova Scotia
4:00 pm	Iida  26' Arnone  39' Andre Rampersad  50'  71'	Report	Waterman  36' Camargo  39' Bona  41' (o.g.) Wheeldon  57' Büscher  80'	Stadium: Wanderers Grounds Attendance: 6,021 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

June 22 8	Cavalry FC	0–1	Forge FC	Foothills County, Alberta
4:00 pm		Report	Bekker  5'  87' Owundi  38' Samuel  40' Thomas  89'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 4,697 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

June 26 9	York9 FC	0–2	Cavalry FC	Toronto, Ontario
5:00 pm	Aparicio  22' Di Chiara  69'	Report	Malonga  14'  24' Büscher  35' Pasquotti  65'	Stadium: York Lions Stadium Attendance: 1,829 Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière

July 1 10	Pacific FC	3–1	Cavalry FC	Langford, British Columbia
4:00 pm	Alghamdi  48'  49' González  51'  72' Blasco  76' Nakajima-Farran  90+7'	Report	Büscher  37' Eustáquio  51'  90+6' Mavila  56' Loturi  58' Malonga  61' Northover  74'	Stadium: Westhills Stadium Attendance: 2,781 Referee: Juan Marquez

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cavalry	18	11	5	2	35	12	+23	38	2019 Canadian Premier League Finals
2	Forge	18	11	4	3	30	19	+11	37
3	York9	18	7	2	9	30	26	+4	23
4	Pacific	18	5	5	8	24	31	−7	20
5	Valour	18	5	4	9	22	37	−15	19
6	FC Edmonton	18	4	6	8	19	24	−5	18
7	HFX Wanderers	18	3	8	7	13	24	−11	17

Source: CanPL.ca
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) goal differential; 4) goals for; 5) away goal differential; 6) away goals for; 7) home goal differential; 8) home goals for; 9) coin toss or drawing of lots.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
18	11	5	2	35	12	+23	38	7	2	0	20	6	+14	4	3	2	15	6	+9

Last updated: October 19, 2019.
Source: canpl.ca

Results by match

Match	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Ground	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W
Position	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	1

Updated to match(es) played on October 19, 2019. Source: #Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

July 6 1	Pacific FC	2–3	Cavalry FC	Langford, British Columbia
4:00 pm	Baldisimo  58' Fisk  59' Blasco  65' Campbell  83'	Report	Camargo  21', 61' Pasquotti  27' Escalante  37'	Stadium: Westhills Stadium Attendance: 2,399 Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla

July 13 2	HFX Wanderers FC	0–1	Cavalry FC	Halifax, Nova Scotia
1:30 pm	Gutiérrez  59' Bona  88'	Report	Oliver  85'	Stadium: Wanderers Grounds Attendance: 6,177 Referee: Filip Dujic

July 21 3	Cavalry FC	1–0	York9 FC	Foothills County, Alberta
4:00 pm	Gasparotto  10' (o.g.)	Report	Furlano  77'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 3,538 Referee: Filip Dujic

July 27 4	Valour FC	1–1	Cavalry FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
11:00 am	Thomas  45+1' Paolucci  84' Ohin  90+1' Bustos  90+3' (pen.)	Report	Oliver  42' Mavila  90+3'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 5,111 Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla

August 10 5	HFX Wanderers FC	0–0	Cavalry FC	Halifax, Nova Scotia
11:00 am	Simmons  27' Oxner  60'	Report	Wheeldon  38' Trafford  47'	Stadium: Wanderers Grounds Attendance: 6,204 Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin

August 16 6	Cavalry FC	0–0	FC Edmonton	Foothills County, Alberta
7:00 pm	Oliver  34'	Report	Didic  76' Edwini-Bonsu  80'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 3,650 Referee: Juan Marquez

August 21 7	Cavalry FC	3–1	York9 FC	Foothills County, Alberta
7:00 pm	Malonga  5', 51' Büscher  45+1' Adekugbe  59'	Report	Porter  15' Di Chiara  44' Springer  57' Furlano  77'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 3,176 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

August 25 8	Forge FC	1–0	Cavalry FC	Hamilton, Ontario
1:30 pm	Frano  48' Grant  79'  81'	Report	Adekugbe  71'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Attendance: 6,883 Referee: David Barrie

August 28 9	Cavalry FC	1–1	Pacific FC	Foothills County, Alberta
7:00 pm	Oliver  34'	Report	Campbell  7' Chung  82'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 3,064 Referee: Alain Ruch

September 2 10	Valour FC	0–8	Cavalry FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
1:30 pm	Galán  48' Ohin  58' Mitter  78' Carreiro  90'	Report	Ledgerwood  13' (pen.) Brown  18'  88' Pasquotti  39' Mitter  42' (o.g.) Büscher  52', 79' Oliver  60', 87'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 4,566 Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla

September 11 11	FC Edmonton	0–1	Cavalry FC	Edmonton, Alberta
7:00 pm	Marcelin  45+2' Diouck  66' Esua  74'	Report	Ledgerwood  27' (pen.) Pasquotti  43' Brown  79'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 2,790 Referee: David Gantar

September 22 12	Cavalry FC	4–1	Pacific FC	Foothills County, Alberta
1:30 pm	Escalante  12', 87' Carducci  60' Oliver  66' Malonga  75' (pen.)	Report	McCurdy  21'  75' Blasco  36' Norman Jr.  52' Hojabrpour  56' Campbell  61' (pen.)	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 3,968 Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla

September 28 13	York9 FC	1–1	Cavalry FC	Toronto, Ontario
4:00 pm	Di Chiara  43' Telfer  52' Murofushi  90+6'	Report	Eustáquio  63' Escalante  66' Mavila  66'  73' Pasquotti  82'  90+2' Ledgerwood  89'	Stadium: York Lions Stadium Attendance: 2,568 Referee: Filip Dujic

October 2 14	Cavalry FC	4–1	Valour FC	Foothills County, Alberta
7:00 pm	Malonga  53', 87' Waterman  62' Ledgerwood  74' Oliver  85' Büscher  90+1'	Report	Ohin  28' Bustos  77'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 2,570 Referee: Alain Ruch

October 5 15	Cavalry FC	2–0	HFX Wanderers FC	Foothills County, Alberta
4:00 pm	Adekugbe  71' Büscher  83' Waterman  90+1'	Report	Skublak  44' Williams  83' N'sa  90+4'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 3,295 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

October 9 16	Cavalry FC	2–1	Forge FC	Foothills County, Alberta
7:00 pm	Oliver  15' Malonga  63', 84' Pasquotti  88'	Report	Frano  45+1' Novak  47'  78' Owundi  66' Nanco  90+3'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 1,938 Referee: Silviu Petrescu
Note: Originally scheduled for July 30

October 16 17	Forge FC	1–0	Cavalry FC	Hamilton, Ontario
5:00 pm	Choinière  42' Samuel  64'  71'	Report	Hamilton  36' Büscher  74'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Attendance: 3,864 Referee: Juan Marquez

October 19 18	Cavalry FC	3–1	FC Edmonton	Foothills County, Alberta
2:00 pm	Adekugbe  47' Camargo  76' Brown  80' Escalante  86'  86'	Report	Ameobi  75' Diouck  83' Ongaro  90'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 3,492 Referee: David Barrie

CPL Finals

October 26 First leg	Forge FC	1–0	Cavalry FC	Hamilton, Ontario
2:00 pm	Borges  45+1'  69' Awuah  63'	Report	Oliver  24' Joel Waterman  37' Wheeldon  69' Trafford  75' Ledgerwood  88'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Attendance: 10,486 Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière
Note: Borges red card was rescinded by Canada Soccer’s Disciplinary Committee.

November 2 Second leg	Cavalry FC	0–1 (0–2 agg.)	Forge FC	Foothills County, Alberta
1:30 pm	Pasquotti  18' Ledgerwood  51' Escalante  75' Wheeldon  86'	Report	Novak  42' Choinière  73'  90+5' Henry  90+2'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 5,831 Referee: Alain Ruch

Canadian Championship

First qualifying round

May 15 First leg	Pacific FC	0–2	Cavalry FC	Langford, British Columbia
8:30 pm	Nakajima-Farran  70'	Report	Waterman  6' Zator  9' Oliver  16'	Stadium: Westhills Stadium Attendance: 2,294 Referee: Yusri Rudolph

May 22 Second leg	Cavalry FC	2–1 (4–1 agg.)	Pacific FC	Foothills County, Alberta
7:30 pm	Haber  2' (o.g.) Büscher  67' Northover  89'	Report	Haber  73',  88' Verhoven  89' Baldisimo  90+1'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Juan Marquez

Second qualifying round

June 4 First leg	Forge FC	1–1	Cavalry FC	Hamilton, Ontario
5:30 pm	Welshman  48' Achinioti-Jönsson  68' Frano  84' Roberts  90+4'	Report	Mavila  40' Malonga  90+6' (pen.)	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Attendance: 5,174 Referee: David Barrie

June 11 Second leg	Cavalry FC	2–1 (3–2 agg.)	Forge FC	Foothills County, Alberta
7:30 pm	Malonga  41' Camargo  58' Escalante  59' Mavila  60' Giantsopoulos  90+6'	Report	Bekker  13' Krutzen  68'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière

Third qualifying round

July 10 First leg	Cavalry FC	0–0	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Foothills County, Alberta
7:30 pm	Escalante  56' Adekugbe  66' Ledgerwood  71'	Report	Adnan  89'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 5,129 Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière

July 24 Second leg	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	1–2 (1–2 agg.)	Cavalry FC	Vancouver, British Columbia
8:30 pm	Venuto  51' In-beom  67'	Report	Mavila  5' Brown  7' Wheeldon  47' Zator  72'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 16,089 Referee: Alain Ruch

Semi-finals

August 7 First leg	Montreal Impact	2–1	Cavalry FC	Montreal, Quebec
5:30 pm	Piatti  32', 49' Krolicki  34' Okwonkwo  74'	Report	Ledgerwood  56'  71' Camargo  69'	Stadium: Saputo Stadium Attendance: 12,665 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

August 14 Second leg	Cavalry FC	0–1 (1–3 agg.)	Montreal Impact	Foothills County, Alberta
7:30 pm		Report	Jackson-Hamel  13' Corrales  36'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 5,633 Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière

Statistics

Squad and statistics

As of November 2, 2019

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		CPL Spring season		CPL Fall season		CPL Championship		Canadian Championship
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Marco Carducci	29	0	9+0	0	14+0	0	2+0	0	4+0	0
2	DF		Chris Serban	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF		Nathan Mavila	32	0	7+2	0	14+0	0	2+0	0	6+1	0
4	DF		Dominick Zator	37	3	8+1	1	16+2	0	2+0	0	8+0	2
5	DF		Mason Trafford	28	0	4+0	0	15+1	0	2+0	0	6+0	0
6	MF		Nik Ledgerwood	23	3	4+0	1	9+5	2	2+0	0	2+1	0
7	FW		Oliver Minatel	29	8	1+5	0	14+2	7	1+1	0	1+4	1
8	MF		Julian Büscher	33	6	7+1	1	12+3	4	2+0	0	8+0	1
9	FW		Jordan Brown	32	5	5+5	2	9+4	2	1+1	0	4+3	1
10	MF		Sergio Camargo	26	8	7+2	3	7+2	3	1+1	0	5+1	2
11	MF		José Escalante	30	4	6+1	1	11+4	3	1+1	0	5+1	0
12	DF		Dean Northover	13	0	7+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	4+1	0
13	MF		Victor Loturi	4	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+2	0
14	DF		Jonathan Wheeldon	22	0	8+0	0	8+0	0	1+1	0	4+0	0
15	DF		Joel Waterman	25	1	9+1	0	9+2	1	1+0	0	2+1	0
16	MF		Elijah Adekugbe	24	1	8+0	0	9+2	1	0+0	0	4+1	0
17	MF		Nico Pasquotti	33	5	6+2	2	14+1	3	2+0	0	8+0	0
18	MF		Mauro Eustáquio	15	0	0+4	0	5+1	0	0+0	0	3+2	0
20	MF		Carlos Patiño	15	0	1+2	0	2+6	0	0+0	0	3+1	0
21	MF		Malyk Hamilton	20	0	2+2	0	12+2	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
22	GK		Niko Giantsopoulos	9	0	1+0	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	4+0	0
23	FW		Dominique Malonga	30	13	8+1	4	12+2	7	2+0	0	4+1	2
24	FW		Aribim Pepple	9	0	0+0	0	0+7	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
25	MF		Tofa Fakunle	2	0	0+0	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Players who left during the season:
19	FW		Gabriel Bitar	3	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+1	0

Top scorers

Rank	Nat.	Player	Pos.	CPL Spring season	CPL Fall season	CPL Finals	Canadian Championship	TOTAL
1		Dominique Malonga	FW	4	7	0	2	13
2		Sergio Camargo	MF	3	3	0	2	8
		Oliver Minatel	FW	0	7	0	1	8
4		Julian Büscher	MF	1	4	0	1	6
5		Jordan Brown	FW	2	2	0	1	5
		Nico Pasquotti	MF	2	3	0	0	5
7		José Escalante	MF	1	3	0	0	4
8		Nik Ledgerwood	MF	1	2	0	0	3
		Dominick Zator	DF	1	0	0	2	3
10		Elijah Adekugbe	MF	0	1	0	0	1
		Joel Waterman	DF	0	1	0	0	1
Own goals				1	2	0	1	4
Totals				16	35	0	10	61

Updated to match played November 2, 2019
Source: Canadian Premier League

Top assists

Rank	Nat.	Player	Pos.	CPL Spring season	CPL Fall season	CPL Finals	Canadian Championship	TOTAL
1		José Escalante	MF	1	3	0	2	6
		Nico Pasquotti	MF	1	2	0	3	6
3		Elijah Adekugbe	MF	3	1	0	0	4
		Julian Büscher	MF	0	4	0	0	4
5		Sergio Camargo	MF	0	3	0	0	3
		Malyk Hamilton	MF	0	2	0	1	3
		Dominick Zator	DF	0	3	0	0	3
8		Dominique Malonga	FW	1	0	0	1	2
		Joel Waterman	DF	1	1	0	0	2
10		Jordan Brown	FW	0	1	0	0	1
		Nik Ledgerwood	MF	0	0	0	1	1
		Nathan Mavila	DF	0	1	0	0	1
		Oliver Minatel	FW	0	1	0	0	1
		Carlos Patiño	MF	0	1	0	0	1
Totals				7	23	0	8	38

Updated to match played November 2, 2019
Source: Canadian Premier League

Clean sheets

Rank	Nat.	Player	CPL Spring season	CPL Fall season	CPL Finals	Canadian Championship	TOTAL
1		Marco Carducci	5	4	0	1	10
2		Niko Giantsopoulos	0	3	0	1	4
Totals			5	7	0	2	14

Updated to match played November 2, 2019
Source: Canadian Premier League

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	CPL Spring season		CPL Fall season		CPL Finals		Canadian Championship		TOTAL
1	GK		Marco Carducci	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3	DF		Nathan Mavila	1	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	5	1
5	DF		Mason Trafford	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
6	MF		Nik Ledgerwood	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	1	5	1
7	FW		Oliver Minatel	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
8	MF		Julian Büscher	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
9	FW		Jordan Brown	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
10	MF		Sergio Camargo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11	MF		José Escalante	0	0	2	1	1	0	2	0	5	1
12	DF		Dean Northover	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1
13	MF		Victor Loturi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14	DF		Jonathan Wheeldon	3	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	7	0
15	DF		Joel Waterman	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	5	1
16	MF		Elijah Adekugbe	3	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
17	MF		Nico Pasquotti	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
18	MF		Mauro Eustáquio	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
21	MF		Malyk Hamilton	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	GK		Niko Giantsopoulos	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
23	FW		Dominique Malonga	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Totals				22	2	23	2	8	1	11	1	64	6

Updated to match played November 2, 2019
Source: Canadian Premier League

Honours

Award	Recipient(s)	Link
Golden Glove	Marco Carducci	[46]
Coach of the Year	Tommy Wheeldon Jr.	[47]

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External links

• 2019 Cavalry FC season at Official Site