# 2025 Cavalry FC season

The 2025 Cavalry FC season is the seventh season in the history of Cavalry FC. In addition to the Canadian Premier League, the club will compete in the Canadian Championship and in the CONCACAF Champions Cup.
On February 6, Cavalry FC made history by becoming the first Canadian Premier League side to obtain a win in the CONCACAF Champions Cup, after defeating Liga MX team Pumas UNAM.

## Current squad

As of March 8, 2025
| No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Previous club | Notes |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | Marco Carducci | GK | (1996-09-24) September 24, 1996 (age 28) | Calgary Foothills | |
| 31 | Joseph Holliday | GK | (2005-01-18) January 18, 2005 (age 20) | Cavalry FC U21 | U21 |
| | Neven Fewster | GK | | Cavalry FC U21 | DEV |
| Defenders |||||||
| 3 | Callum Montgomery | CB | (1997-05-14) May 14, 1997 (age 27) | Minnesota United | |
| 5 | Bradley Kamdem | LB / CB | (1994-08-18) August 18, 1994 (age 30) | Valletta | |
| 12 | Tom Field | LB | (1997-03-14) March 14, 1997 (age 27) | Calgary Foothills | INT |
| 24 | Eryk Kobza | CB / DM | (2001-11-23) November 23, 2001 (age 23) | Calgary Dinos | |
| 29 | Michael Harms | CB / RB | (2005-12-31) December 31, 2005 (age 19) | Calgary Foothills | U21 |
| 33 | Fraser Aird | RB / RW / ST | (1995-02-02) February 2, 1995 (age 30) | FC Edmonton | |
| | Mihail Gherasimencov | LB | (2005-03-25) March 25, 2005 (age 19) | Whitecaps FC 2 | U21, Loan |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 6 | Charlie Trafford | DM | (1992-05-24) May 24, 1992 (age 32) | Wrexham | |
| 8 | Jesse Daley | CM | (1997-10-16) October 16, 1997 (age 27) | Brisbane Roar | INT |
| 10 | Sergio Camargo | AM | (1994-08-16) August 16, 1994 (age 30) | Calgary Foothills | |
| 11 | Jay Herdman | CM | (2004-08-14) August 14, 2004 (age 20) | Whitecaps FC 2 | U21 |
| 14 | Caniggia Elva | AM | (1996-07-14) July 14, 1996 (age 28) | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | |
| 18 | Maël Henry | CM | (2004-05-26) May 26, 2004 (age 20) | Vancouver FC | U21 |
| 26 | Shamit Shome | AM | (1997-09-05) September 5, 1997 (age 27) | FC Edmonton | |
| 27 | Diego Gutiérrez | RM / RB | (1997-02-18) February 18, 1997 (age 28) | Valour FC | |
| 28 | Niko Myroniuk | CM | (2005-07-21) July 21, 2005 (age 19) | Mount Royal Cougars | U21 |
| | Josh Belbin | CM | | Cavalry FC U21 | DEV |
| | James McGlinchey | MID | | Cavalry FC U21 | DEV |
| Forwards |||||||
| 7 | Ali Musse | ST / AM | (1996-01-01) January 1, 1996 (age 29) | 1. FCA Darmstadt | |
| 16 | Tobias Warschewski | CF / RW | (1998-02-06) February 6, 1998 (age 27) | FC Edmonton | INT |
| 17 | Nicolas Wähling | RW / LW | (1997-08-24) August 24, 1997 (age 27) | TSV Steinbach | INT |
| 23 | Chanan Chanda | CF | September 6, 2006 (age 18) | Cavalry FC U21 | U21, EYT |
| | Myer Bevan | ST | (1997-04-23) April 23, 1997 (age 27) | Auckland City | IL |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | From club | Fee/notes | Date |
| 11 | MF | Jay Herdman | Whitecaps FC 2 | Free | January 14, 2025 |
| | GK | Neven Fewster | Cavalry FC U21 | Signed to a development contract | January 29, 2025 |
| | MF | Josh Belbin | Cavalry FC U21 | Signed to a development contract | January 29, 2025 |
| | MF | James McGlinchey | Cavalry FC U21 | Signed to a development contract | January 29, 2025 |
| | MF | Caniggia Elva | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | Free | February 3, 2025 |

#### Loans in

| No. | Pos. | Player | Loaned from | Fee/notes | Date | Source |
| | DF | Mihail Gherasimencov | Whitecaps FC 2 | Season-long loan | March 8, 2024 | |

#### Draft picks

Cavalry FC selected the following players in the 2025 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 | 8 | FW | Harvey Hughes | England | Cape Breton |
| 2 | 16 | FW | Owen Antoniuk | Canada | Calgary |

### Out
#### Transferred out

| No. | Pos. | Player | To club | Fee/notes | Date |
| 19 | FW | William Akio | Canberra Tigers | Contract terminated by mutual consent | December 6, 2024 |
| 4 | DF | Daan Klomp | La Louvière | Contract expired | December 31, 2024 |
| 11 | MF | Jay Herdman | Whitecaps FC 2 | Loan expired | December 31, 2024 |
| 9 | FW | Malcolm Shaw | | Option declined | December 31, 2024 |
| 80 | FW | Lowell Wright | | Contract terminated by mutual consent | January 29, 2025 |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Canadian Premier League | | | Matchday 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Canadian Championship | | | Preliminary round | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| CONCACAF Champions Cup | February 6 | February 13 | Round one | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 050.00 |
Last updated: February 6, 2025 Source: Competitions

### Canadian Premier League

The Canadian Premier League schedule is expected to be released in early February, 2025.

### Canadian Championship

The draw for the preliminary round and quarterfinals was held on December 12, 2024.

#### Preliminary round
### CONCACAF Champions Cup

The CONCACAF Champions Cup draw was held on December 10, 2024, with Cavalry drawing Liga MX side UNAM in round one. Because of potential weather issues in Calgary in February, the club announced shortly after the draw that their first round match will be played at Pacific FC's Starlight Stadium in Langford, BC.