# 2022 Cavalry FC season

The 2022 Cavalry FC season was the fourth season in the history of Cavalry FC. In addition to the Canadian Premier League, the club competed in the Canadian Championship.

## Current squad

As of September 2, 2022
| No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Previous club |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 1 | Marco Carducci | GK | (1996-09-24)September 24, 1996 (aged 26) | Calgary Foothills |
| 12 | Julian Roloff | GK | (2001-01-17)January 17, 2001 (aged 21) | FC Köln II |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | Roberto Alarcón | RB | (1998-04-21)April 21, 1998 (aged 24) | Universitatea Cluj |
| 3 | Tom Field | LB | (1997-03-14)March 14, 1997 (aged 25) | Dundee F.C. |
| 4 | Daan Klomp | CB | (1998-08-10)August 10, 1998 (aged 24) | NAC Breda |
| 5 | Mason Trafford | CB | (1986-08-21)August 21, 1986 (aged 36) | Miami City |
| 7 | Fraser Aird | RB / RW / ST | (1995-02-02)February 2, 1995 (aged 27) | FC Edmonton |
| 18 | Bradley Vliet | LB | (1998-03-24)March 24, 1998 (aged 24) | FC Dordrecht |
| 25 | Karifa Yao | CB | (2000-09-28)September 28, 2000 (aged 22) | CF Montréal |
| 29 | Michael Harms | CB | (2005-12-31)December 31, 2005 (aged 17) | Calgary Foothills |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 6 | Charlie Trafford | DM | (1992-05-24)May 24, 1992 (aged 30) | Wrexham |
| 8 | Elijah Adekugbe | MF | (1996-07-17)July 17, 1996 (aged 26) | Calgary Foothills |
| 10 | Sergio Camargo | AM | (1994-08-16)August 16, 1994 (aged 28) | Calgary Foothills |
| 11 | José Escalante | LW | (1995-05-29)May 29, 1995 (aged 27) | Juticalpa |
| 14 | Joseph Di Chiara | DM / CM | (1992-01-30)January 30, 1992 (aged 30) | York9 FC |
| 15 | Elliot Simmons | CM | (1998-02-05)February 5, 1998 (aged 24) | HFX Wanderers |
| 17 | Ben Fisk | RW / LW | (1993-02-04)February 4, 1993 (aged 29) | Atlético Ottawa |
| 21 | Jean-Aniel Assi | RW / LW | (2004-08-12)August 12, 2004 (aged 18) | CF Montréal |
| 22 | Mikaël Cantave | AM / CF | (1996-10-25)October 25, 1996 (aged 26) | Chindia Târgoviște |
| 24 | David Norman Jr. | MF / LB | (1998-05-31)May 31, 1998 (aged 24) | Inter Miami |
| | Niko Myroniuk | CM | (2005-07-21)July 21, 2005 (aged 17) | Cavalry U-20 |
| Forwards ||||||
| 9 | Myer Bevan | ST | (1997-04-23)April 23, 1997 (aged 25) | Auckland City |
| 13 | Ali Musse | ST / AM | (1996-01-01)January 1, 1996 (aged 26) | 1. FCA Darmstadt |
| 19 | Anthony Novak | ST | (1994-03-27)March 27, 1994 (aged 28) | Clube Condeixa |
| 20 | Joe Mason | FW | (1991-05-13)May 13, 1991 (aged 31) | Milton Keynes Dons |
| | Goteh Ntignee | FW / RW / LW | (2002-05-10)May 10, 2002 (aged 20) | FC Grimma |
| | Gareth Smith-Doyle | FW | | Cavalry U-20 |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | From club | Fee/notes | Date |
| 9 | FW | Myer Bevan | Auckland City | Free | January 28, 2022 |
| 7 | FW | Fraser Aird | FC Edmonton | Free | February 9, 2022 |
| 6 | MF | Charlie Trafford | Wrexham | Free | February 17, 2022 |
| 12 | GK | Julian Roloff | FC Köln II | Free | March 18, 2022 |
| 27 | MF | Skyler Rogers | Calgary Foothills | Signed to a development contract | April 8, 2022 |
| 23 | FW | Aribim Pepple | | Free | April 28, 2022 |
| 18 | DF | Bradley Vliet | FC Dordrecht | Free | April 30, 2022 |
| 28 | DF | Markus Kaiser | UBC Thunderbirds | Selected 14th overall in the 2022 CPL–U Sports Draft | May 14, 2022 |
| 2 | DF | Roberto Alarcón | Universitatea Cluj | Free | July 5, 2022 |
| 22 | MF | Mikaël Cantave | Chindia Târgoviște | Free | July 13, 2022 |
| 29 | DF | Michael Harms | Calgary Foothills | Signed to a development contract | July 27, 2022 |
| | FW | Goteh Ntignee | FC Grimma | Free | August 10, 2022 |
| | FW | Gareth Smith-Doyle | Cavalry U-20 | Free | August 18, 2022 |
| | MF | Niko Myroniuk | Cavalry U-20 | Signed to a development contract | September 2, 2022 |

#### Loans in

| No. | Pos. | Player | Loaned from | Fee/notes | Date | Source |
| 25 | DF | Karifa Yao | CF Montréal | Season-long loan | March 18, 2022 | |
| 21 | MF | Jean-Aniel Assi | CF Montréal | Season-long loan | March 18, 2022 | |

#### Draft picks

Cavalry FC will make the following selections in the 2022 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 | 6 | DF | Caden Rogozinski | Canada | Mount Royal |
| 2 | 14 | DF | Markus Kaiser | Canada | UBC |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Player | To club | Fee/notes | Date |
| 21 | DF | Mohamed Farsi | Columbus Crew 2 | Contract expired | November 25, 2021 |
| 18 | FW | José Hernández | Rivers FC | Contract expired | November 25, 2021 |
| 2 | DF | Nicolas Apostol | | Contract expired | November 25, 2021 |
| 19 | FW | Ahinga Selemani | Gudja United | Contract expired | January 9, 2022 |
| 23 | MF | Richard Luca | Atlético Palmaflor | Contract expired | January 14, 2021 |
| 7 | FW | Oliver Minatel | York United | Contract expired | January 25, 2022 |
| 6 | MF | Nik Ledgerwood | N/A | Retired | January 31, 2022 |
| 16 | MF | Victor Loturi | Ross County | Undisclosed fee | June 21, 2022 |
| 23 | FW | Aribim Pepple | Luton Town | Undisclosed fee & sell-on clause | August 2, 2022 |
| 22 | GK | Tyson Farago | N/A | Retired | August 9, 2022 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Cavalry FC made a pre-season trip to Mexico where the club spent ten days training at the IA Sports Facility south of Monterrey and played in friendlies against Correcaminos, the Tigres B team, and a team from the Mexican third division, recording one win, one draw, and one loss.

## Competitions

Matches are listed in Calgary local time: Mountain Daylight Time (UTC−6) until November 5, and Mountain Standard Time (UTC−7) otherwise.

### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Canadian Premier League | April 9 | October 8 | Matchday 1 | | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 23 | +7 | 047.37 |
| Canadian Championship | May 10 | May 25 | Preliminary round | Quarter-finals | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 25 | +8 | 047.62 |
Last updated: August 3, 2022 Source: Competitions

### Canadian Premier League
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Atlético Ottawa (S) | 28 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 36 | 29 | +7 | 49 | Advance to playoffs |
| 2 | Forge (C) | 28 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 47 | 25 | +22 | 47 | Advance to playoffs |
| 3 | Cavalry | 28 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 39 | 33 | +6 | 47 | Advance to playoffs |
| 4 | Pacific | 28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 36 | 33 | +3 | 46 | Advance to playoffs |
| 5 | Valour | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 36 | 34 | +2 | 37 | |
| 6 | York United | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 31 | 37 | −6 | 34 | |
| 7 | HFX Wanderers | 28 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 38 | −14 | 29 | |
| 8 | FC Edmonton | 28 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 31 | 51 | −20 | 20 | |

#### 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 | L | D | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | W | L | W | W |
| Position | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | |

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

As of October 23, 2022
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Canadian Premier League | Canadian Premier League | Canadian Championship | Canadian Championship |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | CAN | Marco Carducci | 28 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | NED | Daan Klomp | 29 | 3 | 24+3 | 3 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | CAN | Mason Trafford | 25 | 1 | 21+2 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | CAN | Charlie Trafford | 26 | 0 | 20+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | CAN | Fraser Aird | 5 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Elijah Adekugbe | 22 | 1 | 10+12 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | NZL | Myer Bevan | 14 | 6 | 5+7 | 3 | 2+0 | 3 |
| 10 | MF | CAN | Sergio Camargo | 15 | 2 | 9+6 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | HON | José Escalante | 28 | 4 | 25+3 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | GER | Julian Roloff | 4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | SOM | Ali Musse | 29 | 7 | 24+5 | 7 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | CAN | Joseph Di Chiara | 18 | 0 | 9+9 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | CAN | Elliot Simmons | 26 | 0 | 20+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | CAN | Victor Loturi | 10 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | CAN | Ben Fisk | 27 | 1 | 14+13 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | IRL | Joe Mason | 22 | 8 | 21+1 | 8 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | CAN | Jean-Aniel Assi | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | CAN | David Norman Jr. | 21 | 0 | 11+10 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | CAN | Karifa Yao | 26 | 1 | 26+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Top scorers

| Rank | Nat. | Player | Pos. | Canadian Premier League | Canadian Championship | TOTAL |
| 1 | | Joe Mason | FW | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | | Ali Musse | FW | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 4 | 0 | 4 |

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Canadian Premier League | Canadian Premier League | Canadian Championship | Canadian Championship | TOTAL | TOTAL |
| 4 | DF | | Daan Klomp | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Mason Trafford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Charlie Trafford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Fraser Aird | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Sergio Camargo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | José Escalante | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Victor Loturi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Ben Fisk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | | Joe Mason | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | | David Norman Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | | Karifa Yao | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |