# 2020 Cavalry FC season

The 2020 Cavalry FC season was the second season in the history of Cavalry FC. In the previous season, Cavalry won both the spring and fall seasons but lost in the finals to Forge FC.
On March 20, 2020 the league announced a postponement of the start of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Squad

As of September 9, 2020
| No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Previous club |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 1 | Marco Carducci | GK | (1996-09-24)September 24, 1996 (aged 24) | Calgary Foothills |
| 22 | Niko Giantsopoulos | GK | (1994-06-24)June 24, 1994 (aged 26) | Launceston City |
| Defenders ||||||
| 3 | Nathan Mavila | LB | (1995-10-15)October 15, 1995 (aged 25) | Dulwich Hamlet |
| 4 | Dominick Zator | CB | (1994-09-18)September 18, 1994 (aged 26) | Calgary Foothills |
| 5 | Mason Trafford | CB | (1986-08-21)August 21, 1986 (aged 34) | Miami City |
| 12 | Dean Northover | FB | (1991-09-04)September 4, 1991 (aged 29) | Calgary Foothills |
| 14 | Jonathan Wheeldon | CB | (1989-08-28)August 28, 1989 (aged 31) | Calgary Foothills |
| 21 | Mohamed Farsi | FB | (1999-12-15)December 15, 1999 (aged 21) | AS Blainville |
| 25 | Robert Boskovic | CB | (1998-07-01)July 1, 1998 (aged 22) | Toronto FC II |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 6 | Nik Ledgerwood | DM / RB | (1985-01-16)January 16, 1985 (aged 35) | Calgary Foothills |
| 8 | Elijah Adekugbe | MF | (1996-07-17)July 17, 1996 (aged 24) | Calgary Foothills |
| 10 | Sergio Camargo | AM | (1994-08-16)August 16, 1994 (aged 26) | Calgary Foothills |
| 15 | Elliot Simmons | CM | (1998-02-05)February 5, 1998 (aged 22) | HFX Wanderers |
| 16 | Bruno Zebie | LM | (1995-08-14)August 14, 1995 (aged 25) | FC Edmonton |
| 17 | Nico Pasquotti | RW | (1995-10-18)October 18, 1995 (aged 25) | Calgary Foothills |
| 23 | Tofa Fakunle | AM | (1995-01-11)January 11, 1995 (aged 25) | Calgary Foothills |
| | Richard Luca | LW / RW / AM | (1998-01-06)January 6, 1998 (aged 22) | Aparecidense |
| Forwards ||||||
| 7 | Oliver Minatel | ST / LW / RW | (1992-08-29)August 29, 1992 (aged 28) | South Melbourne |
| 9 | Jordan Brown | ST | (1996-11-10)November 10, 1996 (aged 24) | Znojmo |
| 19 | Jair Córdova | ST | (1996-08-18)August 18, 1996 (aged 24) | Alianza Universidad |
| 20 | José Hernández | ST | (2000-03-19)March 19, 2000 (aged 20) | Pacific FC |
| 24 | Aribim Pepple | ST | (2002-12-25)December 25, 2002 (aged 18) | Calgary Foothills |
| 29 | Marcus Haber | CF | (1989-01-11)January 11, 1989 (aged 31) | Pacific FC |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee/notes | Date |
| 20 | FW | José Hernández | Pacific FC | Free transfer | December 11, 2019 |
| 19 | FW | Jair Córdova | Alianza Universidad | Undisclosed | January 22, 2020 |
| 16 | MF | Bruno Zebie | FC Edmonton | Free Transfer | February 5, 2020 |
| | MF | Richard Luca | UANL | Free Transfer | February 19, 2020 |
| 15 | MF | Elliot Simmons | HFX Wanderers | Free Transfer | February 26, 2020 |
| 21 | DF | Mohamed Farsi | AS Blainville | Free Transfer | April 15, 2020 |
| 29 | FW | Marcus Haber | Pacific FC | Free Transfer | July 31, 2020 |

#### Draft picks

Cavalry selected the following players in the 2019 CPL–U Sports Draft on November 11, 2019. 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 | Position | Nationality | University |
| 1 | 6 | Gabriel Bitar | ST | Canada | Carleton Ravens |
| 2 | 9 | Moe El Gandour | CM | Canada | Mount Royal Cougars |

#### Loans in

| No. | Pos. | Player | Loaned from | Fee/notes | Date | Source |
| 25 | DF | Robert Boskovic | Toronto FC II | Season-long loan | March 11, 2020 | |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee/notes | Date |
| 15 | DF | Joel Waterman | Montreal Impact | Undisclosed | January 14, 2020 |
| 8 | MF | Julian Büscher | TuS Haltern | Contract expired | February 1, 2020 |
| 21 | MF | Malyk Hamilton | Atlético Ottawa | Contract expired | March 6, 2020 |
| 23 | FW | Dominique Malonga | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Contract expired | March 7, 2020 |
| 18 | MF | Mauro Eustáquio | Caldas | Contract expired | July 21, 2020 |
| 2 | DF | Chris Serban | | Contract expired | August 7, 2020 |
| 13 | MF | Victor Loturi | | Contract expired | August 7, 2020 |
| 20 | MF | Carlos Patiño | | Contract expired | August 7, 2020 |

#### 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 | |

## Canadian Premier League

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

### First stage
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Cavalry | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 13 | Advance to group stage |
| 2 | HFX Wanderers | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 12 | Advance to group stage |
| 3 | Forge | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 12 | Advance to group stage |
| 4 | Pacific | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 11 | Advance to group stage |
| 5 | York9 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 10 | |
| 6 | Valour | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 8 | |
| 7 | Atlético Ottawa | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 8 | |
| 8 | FC Edmonton | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 1 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: HFX Wanderers 1, Forge 1. Goal differential: HFX Wanderers +5, Forge +4
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Valour 3, Atlético Ottawa 0.

#### Results by match

| Match | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Result | D | W | W | W | L | L | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |

#### Matches
### Group stage
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Forge | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | Advance to final |
| 2 | HFX Wanderers | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 4 | Advance to final |
| 3 | Cavalry | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Pacific | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 3 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Cavalry 3, Pacific 0.

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Result | W | L | L |
| Position | 1 | 3 | 3 |

#### Matches
## Statistics
### Squad and statistics

As of September 15, 2020
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Canadian Premier League | Canadian Premier League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | CAN | Marco Carducci | 9 | 0 | 9+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | CAN | Dean Northover | 7 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Nathan Mavila | 9 | 3 | 8+1 | 3 |
| 4 | DF | CAN | Dominick Zator | 10 | 1 | 10+0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | CAN | Mason Trafford | 8 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | CAN | Nik Ledgerwood | 7 | 1 | 5+2 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Oliver | 7 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | CAN | Elijah Adekugbe | 9 | 1 | 7+2 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Jordan Brown | 10 | 3 | 7+3 | 3 |
| 10 | MF | CAN | Sergio Camargo | 2 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | ENG | Jonathan Wheeldon | 6 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | CAN | Elliot Simmons | 10 | 0 | 6+4 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | CAN | Bruno Zebie | 10 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | CAN | Nico Pasquotti | 8 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | PER | Jair Córdova | 4 | 1 | 0+4 | 1 |
| 20 | FW | CAN | José Hernández | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | CAN | Mohamed Farsi | 10 | 1 | 7+3 | 1 |
| 22 | GK | CAN | Niko Giantsopoulos | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | CAN | Tofa Fakunle | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | CAN | Aribim Pepple | 6 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | CAN | Robert Boskovic | 6 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | CAN | Marcus Haber | 9 | 2 | 5+4 | 2 |

### Top scorers

| Rank | Nat. | Player | Pos. | Canadian Premier League | TOTAL |
| 1 | | Nathan Mavila | DF | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | | Jordan Brown | FW | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | | Marcus Haber | FW | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | | Sergio Camargo | MF | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | | Dominick Zator | DF | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | | Elijah Adekugbe | MF | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | | Mohamed Farsi | MF | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | | Nik Ledgerwood | MF | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | | Jair Córdova | FW | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 14 | 14 |
Updated to match played September 15, 2020 Source: Canadian Premier League

### Top assists

| Rank | Nat. | Player | Pos. | Canadian Premier League | TOTAL |
| 1 | | Elijah Adekugbe | MF | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | | Mohamed Farsi | MF | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | | Nik Ledgerwood | MF | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | | Oliver | FW | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | | Nathan Mavila | DF | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 5 | 5 |
Updated to match played September 15, 2020 Source: Canadian Premier League

### Clean sheets

| Rank | Nat. | Player | Canadian Premier League | TOTAL |
| 1 | | Marco Carducci | 3 | 3 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 3 | 3 |
Updated to match played September 15, 2020 Source: Canadian Premier League

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Canadian Premier League | Canadian Premier League | TOTAL | TOTAL |
| 1 | GK | | Marco Carducci | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Nathan Mavila | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Nik Ledgerwood | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Elijah Adekugbe | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Sergio Camargo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | | Jonathan Wheeldon | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | | Elliot Simmons | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | | José Hernández | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Mohamed Farsi | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | | Robert Boskovic | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | | Marcus Haber | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 14 | 1 | 14 | 1 |
Updated to match played September 15, 2020 Source: Canadian Premier League