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2019 Canadian Premier League final
Event2019 Canadian Premier League season
Forge FC Cavalry FC
2 0
on aggregate
First leg
Forge FC Cavalry FC
1 0
DateOctober 26, 2019
VenueTim Hortons Field, Hamilton, Ontario
Man of the MatchTristan Borges (Forge FC)[citation needed]
RefereePierre-Luc Lauzière
Attendance10,486
WeatherCloudy
9 °C (48 °F)
76% humidity[1]
Second leg
Cavalry FC Forge FC
0 1
DateNovember 2, 2019
VenueATCO Field, Foothills County, Alberta
Man of the MatchDaniel Krutzen (Forge FC)[citation needed]
RefereeAlain Ruch
Attendance5,831
WeatherMostly cloudy
7 °C (45 °F)
57% humidity[2]
2020 →

The 2019 Canadian Premier League finals determined the winner of the Canadian Premier League's inaugural 2019 season. It featured Cavalry FC of Calgary, Alberta, and Forge FC of Hamilton, Ontario, and was the culmination of a rivalry that had developed between those teams.

It was contested over two legs between the winners of the spring and fall seasons, with the fall season winners choosing which leg to host.[3] Since Cavalry won both split seasons, the team with the second-best overall season record, Forge, also competed in the Championship.[4]

Forge won the inaugural Canadian Premier League title 2–0 on aggregate following a pair of 1–0 victories.[5][6] This earned the club the right to compete in the 2020 CONCACAF League where they ultimately reached the quarter-finals.[7]

Path to the finals

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Main article: 2019 Canadian Premier League season
Further information: 2019 Cavalry FC season and 2019 Forge FC season

The 2019 Canadian Premier League season used a split season format where each team played 10 games in an opening spring season and 18 games in a closing fall season. At the end of the full season, the spring season winner would face the fall season winner in a two-legged tie for the league title. If one team won both the spring and the fall seasons, that team would face the team with the highest cumulative points total across both seasons for the title.[8]

On June 26, 2019, Cavalry won the spring season and qualified for the championship.[9] On September 28, 2019, Forge secured the second best overall season record, and thus clinched the second spot in the finals.[10]

Cavalry FC

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Cavalry started the inaugural 2019 Canadian Premier League season as one of six newly-formed teams competing in the league. They started their spring campaign with a 2–1 win over York9 FC on May 4.[11] They went on to win the first seven games of the ten game spring season before suffering a 1–0 to Forge FC.[12] Their 2–0 victory in their next game against York9 on June 26 clinched the spring title and a berth in the finals.[13]

Cavalry finished the spring season with a 8–0–2 record. They also won the fall competition by one point with a 11–5–2 record, giving the finals berth for that season to the second-placed overall record.[14]

Forge FC

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Forge was another one of the newly-formed teams for the inaugural season. They finished the spring season in second place with a 6–1–3 record. In the fall season, Cavalry and Forge cemented themselves as the top two teams in the standings.[15] Forge was able to clinch the finals berth after a 3–0 victory over Pacific FC on September 28, 2019.[16]

Despite not clinching the fall title, Cavalry and Forge's dominance ensured that no other team could catch them in either the fall or overall standings. Forge would go on to finish second in the fall season by one point, winning the finals berth not as the fall title winner but the second-placed overall finisher.[14]

Head-to-head

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Going into the finals, Cavalry and Forge had played each other seven times in 2019; winning three matches each, with one draw, and scoring seven goals apiece. In June, Cavalry defeated Forge 3–2 on aggregate in the second qualifying round of the Canadian Championship.[17]

In the final week of the regular season, Forge and Cavalry faced-off in Hamilton. With both teams having clinched their positions in the overall table, each side rested key players in advance of the finals.[18] Forge won the game 1–0 but defender Dominic Samuel picked up two yellow cards and was automatically suspended for the first leg of the finals.[18]

Venues

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Forge's home of Tim Hortons Field in Hamilton, with a reduced seating capacity of 10,016 hosted the first leg. Opened in 2014, the multi-purpose stadium is shared with the Canadian Football League's Hamilton Tiger-Cats. The second leg was held in Cavalry's home of ATCO Field in Foothills County. It is a 5,288 capacity stadium part of the Spruce Meadows equestrian facility.

Tim Hortons Field in Hamilton hosted the first leg
ATCO Field in Foothills County hosted the second leg

Match details

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See also: Cavalry FC–Forge FC rivalry

First leg

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Summary

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The first leg of the finals was played on October 26 at Tim Hortons Field in Hamilton, Ontario. Forge FC entered the game without defenders Dominic Samuel and Bertrand Owundi who were serving suspensions.[5] Forge had the first close chance when captain Kyle Bekker's long shot hit the crossbar in the 35th minute.[19] Minutes later, Cavalry defender Joel Waterman handled the ball in his own penalty area while sliding to prevent a scoring chance. Waterman was sent off and Forge was awarded a penalty kick. CPL-leading scorer Tristan Borges took the penalty kick but it was stopped by Marco Carducci to keep the game scoreless. Late into first half stoppage time, Borges would beat Carducci with a left-footed strike to give Forge the lead going into halftime.[20] Early in the second half, Forge controlled possession with the man-advantage. In the 69th minute, a challenge between Borges and Jay Wheeldon of Cavalry sent both players to the ground. As a result of the play, Borges was shown a red card and both teams finished the match with 10 players.[5]

After the match, Cavalry and Forge appealed their respective red cards to the Canadian Soccer Association.[21] The governing body's disciplinary committee upheld the red card to Cavalry's Joel Waterman for denying an obvious goal scoring opportunity, and confirmed he would be suspended for the second leg of the finals. The red card and suspension to Tristan Borges was overturned, with the committee citing that his actions "did not meet the threshold of a violent conduct offence."[22]

Details

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Forge FC1–0Cavalry FC
Borges 45+1' Recap
Report
Attendance: 10,486
Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière
Forge
Cavalry
Forge FC:
GK 1 Canada Triston Henry
RB 8 Canada Giuliano Frano
CB 30 Canada David Edgar
CB 5 Belgium Daniel Krutzen
LB 6 Canada Kwame Awuah Yellow card 63'
CM 13 Sweden Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson
CM 10 Canada Kyle Bekker (c)
RW 3 Senegal Elimane Cissé downward-facing red arrow 77'
AM 19 Canada Tristan Borges Red card 69'
LW 11 Canada Chris Nanco downward-facing red arrow 90+3'
CF 23 Canada Anthony Novak downward-facing red arrow 75'
Substitutes:
GK 18 Guyana Quillan Roberts
MF 7 Canada David Choinière upward-facing green arrow 77'
FW 9 Canada Marcel Zajac upward-facing green arrow 75'
DF 16 Canada Klaidi Cela
FW 17 Canada Kadell Thomas upward-facing green arrow 90+3'
MF 20 Canada Justin Stoddart
DF 22 Canada Monti Mohsen
Manager:
Canada Bobby Smyrniotis
Cavalry FC:
GK 1 Canada Marco Carducci
RB 4 Canada Dominick Zator
CB 15 Canada Joel Waterman Red card 37'
CB 5 Canada Mason Trafford Yellow card 75'
LB 3 England Nathan Mavila
CM 8 Germany Julian Büscher downward-facing red arrow 85'
CM 6 Canada Nik Ledgerwood (c) Yellow card 88'
RW 17 Canada Nico Pasquotti
AM 7 Brazil Oliver Yellow card 24' downward-facing red arrow 46'
LW 11 Honduras José Escalante
CF 23 Republic of the Congo Dominique Malonga downward-facing red arrow 61'
Substitutes:
GK 22 Canada Niko Giantsopoulos
FW 9 England Jordan Brown upward-facing green arrow 61'
MF 10 Canada Sergio Camargo upward-facing green arrow 85'
DF 14 England Jay Wheeldon Yellow card 69' upward-facing green arrow 46'
MF 16 England Elijah Adekugbe
MF 20 Colombia Carlos Patiño
DF 21 Canada Malyk Hamilton
Manager:
England Tommy Wheeldon Jr.

Man of the Match:
Tristan Borges (Forge FC)[citation needed]

Assistant referees:
Lyes Arfa
Peter Manastrysky
Fourth official:
Yusri Rudolf

Second leg

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Cavalry FC0–1Forge FC
Recap
Report
Attendance: 5,831
Referee: Alain Ruch
Cavalry
Forge
Cavalry FC:
GK 1 Canada Marco Carducci
RB 4 Canada Dominick Zator
CB 14 England Jay Wheeldon Yellow card 86'
CB 5 Canada Mason Trafford
LB 3 England Nathan Mavila downward-facing red arrow 69'
CM 8 Germany Julian Büscher
CM 6 Canada Nik Ledgerwood (c) Yellow card 51'
RW 17 Canada Nico Pasquotti Yellow card 18'
AM 10 Canada Sergio Camargo downward-facing red arrow 90'
LW 9 England Jordan Brown downward-facing red arrow 73'
CF 23 Republic of the Congo Dominique Malonga
Substitutes:
GK 22 Canada Niko Giantsopoulos
FW 7 Brazil Oliver upward-facing green arrow 73'
MF 11 Honduras José Escalante Yellow card 75' upward-facing green arrow 69'
MF 16 England Elijah Adekugbe
MF 20 Colombia Carlos Patiño
DF 21 Canada Malyk Hamilton
FW 24 Canada Aribim Pepple upward-facing green arrow 90'
Manager:
England Tommy Wheeldon Jr.
Forge FC:
GK 1 Canada Triston Henry Yellow card 90+2'
RB 4 Canada Dominic Samuel
CB 30 Canada David Edgar
CB 5 Belgium Daniel Krutzen
LB 6 Canada Kwame Awuah
CM 13 Sweden Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson
CM 10 Canada Kyle Bekker (c)
RW 2 Canada Jonathan Grant downward-facing red arrow 60'
AM 19 Canada Tristan Borges
LW 11 Canada Chris Nanco downward-facing red arrow 67'
CF 23 Canada Anthony Novak Yellow card 42' downward-facing red arrow 86'
Substitutes:
GK 18 Guyana Quillan Roberts
MF 3 Senegal Elimane Cissé upward-facing green arrow 60'
MF 7 Canada David Choinière Yellow card 73' upward-facing green arrow 67'
MF 8 Canada Giuliano Frano upward-facing green arrow 86'
FW 9 Canada Marcel Zajac
FW 17 Canada Kadell Thomas
DF 21 Cameroon Bertrand Owundi
Manager:
Canada Bobby Smyrniotis

Man of the Match:
Daniel Krutzen (Forge FC)[citation needed]

Assistant referees:
Peter Pendli
Stefan Tanaka-Freundt
Fourth official:
Juan Marquez

Broadcasting

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First leg[23]

Second leg

  • OneSoccer

See also

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References

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  23. ^ "News: The 1st Leg of the CanPL Finals will be broadcast live on @onesoccer, with pre and post game coverage, and on @cbcsports". Twitter. @CanPL. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
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