# 2021 Cavalry FC season

The 2021 Cavalry FC season was the third season in the history of Cavalry FC.

## Current squad

As of August 31, 2021
| No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Previous club |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 1 | Marco Carducci | GK | (1996-09-24)September 24, 1996 (aged 25) | Calgary Foothills |
| 22 | Tyson Farago | GK | (1991-05-01)May 1, 1991 (aged 30) | Valour FC |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | Nicolas Apostol | FB | (1999-01-01)January 1, 1999 (aged 22) | Whitecaps FC 2 |
| 3 | Tom Field | LB | (1997-03-14)March 14, 1997 (aged 24) | Dundee F.C. |
| 4 | Daan Klomp | CB | (1998-08-10)August 10, 1998 (aged 23) | NAC Breda |
| 5 | Mason Trafford | CB | (1986-08-21)August 21, 1986 (aged 35) | Miami City |
| 21 | Mohamed Farsi | FB | (1999-12-15)December 15, 1999 (aged 22) | AS Blainville |
| 25 | Karifa Yao | CB | (2000-09-28)September 28, 2000 (aged 21) | CF Montréal |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 6 | Nik Ledgerwood | DM / RB | (1985-01-16)January 16, 1985 (aged 36) | Calgary Foothills |
| 8 | Elijah Adekugbe | MF | (1996-07-17)July 17, 1996 (aged 25) | Calgary Foothills |
| 10 | Sergio Camargo | AM | (1994-08-16)August 16, 1994 (aged 27) | Calgary Foothills |
| 11 | José Escalante | LW | (1995-05-29)May 29, 1995 (aged 26) | Juticalpa |
| 14 | Joseph Di Chiara | DM / CM | (1992-01-30)January 30, 1992 (aged 29) | York9 FC |
| 15 | Elliot Simmons | CM | (1998-02-05)February 5, 1998 (aged 23) | HFX Wanderers |
| 16 | Victor Loturi | CM | (2001-05-21)May 21, 2001 (aged 20) | Mount Royal Cougars |
| 23 | Richard Luca | LW / RW / AM | (1998-01-06)January 6, 1998 (aged 23) | Aparecidense |
| 24 | David Norman Jr. | MF | (1998-05-31)May 31, 1998 (aged 23) | Inter Miami |
| 17 | Ben Fisk | RW / LW | (1993-02-04)February 4, 1993 (aged 28) | Atlético Ottawa |
| 26 | Max Piepgrass | CM | (2004-04-07)April 7, 2004 (aged 17) | Calgary Foothills |
| Forwards ||||||
| 7 | Oliver Minatel | ST / LW / RW | (1992-08-29)August 29, 1992 (aged 29) | South Melbourne |
| 9 | Anthony Novak | ST | (1994-03-27)March 27, 1994 (aged 27) | Clube Condeixa |
| 13 | Ali Musse | ST / AM | (1996-01-01)January 1, 1996 (aged 25) | 1. FCA Darmstadt |
| 18 | José Hernández | ST | (2000-03-19)March 19, 2000 (aged 21) | Pacific FC |
| 19 | Ahinga Selemani | FW | (1996-03-15)March 15, 1996 (aged 25) | Lincoln Red Imps |
| 20 | Joe Mason | FW | (1991-05-13)May 13, 1991 (aged 30) | Milton Keynes Dons |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | From club | Fee/notes | Date |
| 14 | MF | Joseph Di Chiara | York9 FC | Free | November 20, 2020 |
| 19 | FW | Ahinga Selemani | Lincoln Red Imps | Free | December 10, 2020 |
| 3 | DF | Tom Field | Unattached | Free | December 28, 2020 |
| | FW | Matías Roskopf | Universitatea Cluj | Free | December 30, 2020 |
| 22 | GK | Tyson Farago | Unattached | Free | January 21, 2021 |
| 4 | DF | Daan Klomp | NAC Breda | Free | January 27, 2021 |
| 24 | MF | David Norman Jr. | Inter Miami | Free | March 2, 2021 |
| 9 | FW | Anthony Novak | Clube Condeixa | Free | April 20, 2021 |
| 20 | FW | Joe Mason | Milton Keynes Dons | Free | May 10, 2021 |
| 16 | MF | Victor Loturi | Mount Royal Cougars | Selected 6th overall in the 2021 CPL–U Sports Draft | June 18, 2021 |
| 12 | MF | Daniel Kaiser | UBC Thunderbirds | Signed to a development contract | June 18, 2021 |
| 13 | FW | Ali Musse | 1. FCA Darmstadt | Free | June 21, 2021 |
| 26 | MF | Max Piepgrass | Calgary Foothills | Signed to a development contract | August 2, 2021 |
| 17 | MF | Ben Fisk | Atlético Ottawa | Free | August 3, 2021 |
| 2 | DF | Nicolas Apostol | Unattached | Free | August 31, 2021 |

#### Loans in

| No. | Pos. | Player | Loaned from | Fee/notes | Date | Source |
| 25 | DF | Karifa Yao | CF Montréal | Season-long loan | February 3, 2021 | |

#### Draft picks

Cavalry FC selected the following players in the 2021 CPL–U Sports Draft on January 29, 2021. 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 | 6 | MF | Victor Loturi | Canada | Mount Royal Cougars |
| 2 | 11 | DF | Ethan Keen | Canada | Mount Royal Cougars |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Player | To club | Fee/notes | Date |
| 9 | MF | Jordan Brown | VfR Aalen | Contract expired | October 22, 2020 |
| 19 | FW | Jair Córdova | Alianza Universidad | Contract expired | November 9, 2020 |
| 22 | GK | Niko Giantsopoulos | York United | Contract expired | November 9, 2020 |
| 29 | FW | Marcus Haber | Visakha FC | Contract expired | November 9, 2020 |
| 3 | DF | Nathan Mavila | IK Brage | Contract expired | November 9, 2020 |
| 4 | DF | Dominick Zator | York United | Contract expired | January 26, 2021 |
| 14 | DF | Jonathan Wheeldon | | Contract expired | January 26, 2021 |
| 16 | MF | Bruno Zebie | | Contract expired | January 26, 2021 |
| 12 | DF | Dean Northover | Retired | | January 26, 2021 |
| | FW | Matías Roskopf | | Contract terminated by mutual consent | April 15, 2021 |
| 17 | MF | Nico Pasquotti | | Contract expired | June 24, 2021 |
| 23 | MF | Tofa Fakunle | | Contract expired | June 24, 2021 |
| 24 | FW | Aribim Pepple | Getafe CF | Contract expired | June 24, 2021 |
| 12 | DF | Daniel Kaiser | UBC Thunderbirds | Developmental contract expired | August 31, 2021 |

#### 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 | |

## Competitions
### Canadian Premier League
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Forge (S) | 28 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 39 | 24 | +15 | 50 | Advance to playoffs |
| 2 | Cavalry | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 30 | +4 | 50 | Advance to playoffs |
| 3 | Pacific (C) | 28 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 47 | 34 | +13 | 45 | Advance to playoffs |
| 4 | York United | 28 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 35 | 39 | −4 | 36 | Advance to playoffs |
| 5 | Valour | 28 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 38 | 36 | +2 | 35 | |
| 6 | HFX Wanderers | 28 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 28 | 34 | −6 | 35 | |
| 7 | FC Edmonton | 28 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 34 | 41 | −7 | 28 | |
| 8 | Atlético Ottawa | 28 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 30 | 47 | −17 | 26 | |

#### Results by match

| Match | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
| Result | W | W | D | L | L | D | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | L | D | L | W | D | D | W | D | W | L | W | W |
| Position | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |

#### Playoff matches
### Canadian Championship
## Statistics
### Squad and statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Total | Canadian Premier League | Canadian Premier League | Canadian Premier League | Canadian Championship | Canadian Championship | Canadian Championship |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists |
| 2 | FW | | Nicolas Apostol | 7 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Tom Field | 12 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Daan Klomp | 26 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Mason Trafford | 16 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Nik Ledgerwood | 22 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | Oliver Minatel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Anthony Novak | 27 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Sergio Camargo | 25 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | José Escalante | 28 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | | Daniel Kaiser | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | | Ali Musse | 9 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Joseph Di Chiara | 26 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | | Elliot Simmons | 27 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Victor Loturi | 29 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Ben Fisk | 20 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | José Hernández | 19 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | | Ahinga Selemani | 18 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | | Joe Mason | 16 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Mohamed Farsi | 28 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | FW | | Richard Luca | 18 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | | David Norman Jr. | 26 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | | Karifa Yao | 28 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | | Max Piepgrass | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goalkeepers

| No. | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Total | Canadian Premier League | Canadian Premier League | Canadian Premier League | Canadian Championship | Canadian Championship | Canadian Championship |
| No. | Nat | Player | Apps | Conceded | Shutouts | Apps | Conceded | Shutouts | Apps | Conceded | Shutouts |
| 1 | | Marco Carducci | 26 | 32 | 7 | 25 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | | Tyson Farago | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |