Cavalry FC

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Not to be confused with Virginia Cavalry FC.
Cavalry FC
File:Cavalry FC logo.svg
Full name Cavalry Football Club[1]
Short name Cavs[2][3][4]
Founded May 5, 2018; 6 years ago (2018-05-05)
Stadium
Stadium
capacity		 6,000
Owner Spruce Meadows Sports & Entertainment
President Ian Allison
Coach Tommy Wheeldon Jr.
League Canadian Premier League
2022 Canadian Premier League, 3rd
Playoffs: semifinals
Website Club home page
Current season

Cavalry Football Club, is a Canadian professional soccer club based in the Calgary metropolitan region of Alberta. The club competes at the top of the Canadian soccer league system in the Canadian Premier League, and plays their home matches at ATCO Field on the grounds of Spruce Meadows in Foothills County.

The team is managed by Tommy Wheeldon Jr. and owned by Spruce Meadows Sports & Entertainment.[5]

History

On May 5, 2018, Calgary was one of four cities accepted by the Canadian Soccer Association for professional club membership.[6]

Cavalry FC was announced on May 17, 2018, as the second team to officially join the Canadian Premier League.[7] Spruce Meadows Sports & Entertainment Group CEO Linda Southern-Heathcott and COO Ian Allison were joined by league commissioner David Clanachan and league president Paul Beirne to unveil the team.[8]

The club's name, crest and colours were all revealed at the event at Spruce Meadows, while Tommy Wheeldon Jr. was announced as head coach and general manager.[9][10] Plans to renovate existing facilities at Spruce Meadows, resulting in a soccer-specific stadium with a capacity of at least 5,000 seats, were also revealed.[11][12]

On June 26, 2019, Cavalry FC qualified for the 2019 Canadian Premier League Championship by winning the inaugural CPL Spring season.[13] The following month the Cavs became the first CPL club to defeat a Major League Soccer club in the Canadian Championship by upsetting Vancouver Whitecaps FC in 2019 over two-legs.[14]

File:HFX Wanderers FC vs. Cavalry FC (48174115731).jpg
A game between Cavalry FC and HFX Wanderers FC during the CPL's inaugural season in 2019.

Goalkeeper Marco Carducci became the first CPL player called up to the Canada men's national soccer team when, on August 28, 2019, he was requested for a pair of Nations League A matches against Cuba.[15]

Colours and crest

The team's crest was designed by Jon Rogers. The crest features a chevron in homage to the Lord Strathcona's Horse armoured regiment, Alberta Foothills and Rocky Mountains, and a football to represent the past and future of Calgary as a sporting city.[12]

The club's colours are green, red and black (branded by the club as "army green," "Calgary red," and "black on black"). These colours symbolize the green of Calgary's nature and Spruce Meadows, and the red and black of other Calgary sports teams and the flag of Lord Strathcona's Horse.[16]

Stadium

File:Section 203 ATCO Field.jpg
View of ATCO Field from section 203. The field is used by Cavalry FC for home games.

Cavalry FC play at ATCO Field, a 6,000-seat stadium[17] located at Spruce Meadows, at the 'Meadows on the Green' equestrian ring.[18][19] The stadium is modular to allow for future growth and uses natural grass. Free shuttles bring fans to the stadium from the Somerset–Bridlewood CTrain station.[20] In September 2019, Spruce Meadows presented a new area plan to Foothills County, that includes a 12,000 seat soccer-specific stadium on the grounds that would replace ATCO Field over the next 30 years.[21][22]

Club culture

Supporters

Cavalry FC are supported by the Foot Soldiers, a supporters group that originally formed in 2015 to support USL League Two club Calgary Foothills and the Calgary Foothills UWS team. [23]

Rivalries

Al Classico

File:Forge FC vs Cavalry FC.jpg
A game between Cavalry and Forge FC

The Al Classico exists with FC Edmonton as a geographical rivalry between the two Alberta-based clubs in the Canadian Premier League. The rivalry is part of a larger sporting rivalry between teams based in Calgary and Edmonton; the two largest cities in the province.[24] The Wildrose Cup is awarded annually to the team that wins the most points from the series in league play, which Cavalry won the first year.[25]

Cavalry FC–Forge FC rivalry

The Cavalry FC–Forge FC rivalry developed during the 2019 spring season as the two top clubs in the league.[26] The rivalry bled into the 2019 Canadian Championship in which Cavalry defeated Forge 3–2 over two legs on aggregate. The first leg, which resulted in a 1–1 draw, ended with heated altercations between both sides on the pitch, leading to a disciplinary review by the Canadian Soccer Association.[27]

Honours

Canadian Premier League playoffs

Canadian Premier League regular season

  • Champions (1): 2019

Players and staff

Roster

As of February 10, 2023 [28]
No. Position Player Nation
1 Goalkeeper Marco Carducci      Canada
2 Defender Roberto Alarcón      Spain
4 Defender Daan Klomp      Netherlands
6 Midfielder Charlie Trafford      Canada
7 Midfielder Fraser Aird      Canada
9 Forward Myer Bevan      New Zealand
10 Midfielder Sergio Camargo      Canada
11 Midfielder José Escalante      Honduras
13 Forward Ali Musse      Somalia
17 Midfielder Ben Fisk      Canada
20 Forward Joe Mason      Ireland
22 Midfielder Mikaël Cantave      Haiti
23 Midfielder Gareth Smith-Doyle      Canada
30 Midfielder Goteh Ntignee      Benin
— Midfielder Jesse Daley      Australia
— Forward Ethan Beckford      England
— Midfielder Shamit Shome      Canada
— Defender Callum Montgomery      Canada

Staff

As of February 8, 2023[29]
Executive
Owner, chairman, and CEO Canada Linda Southern-Heathcott
President and COO Canada Ian Alisson
General manager England Tommy Wheeldon Jr.
Assistant general manager Canada Tofa Fakunle
Coaching staff
Head coach England Tommy Wheeldon Jr.
Technical director and assistant coach England Leon Hapgood
Assistant coach Canada Nik Ledgerwood
Goalkeeper coach Canada Jordan Santiago

Head coaches

As of October 23, 2022
Coach Nation Tenure Record
G W D L Win %
Tommy Wheeldon Jr.  England May 17, 2018 – present 111 58 22 31 52.25

Club captains

Years Name Nation
2019–2021[30] Nikolas Ledgerwood  Canada
2022[31] Mason Trafford  Canada

Record

Year-by-year

Season League Playoffs CC Continental Average
attendance		 Top goalscorer(s)
Div League Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts PPG Pos. Name Goals
2019 1 CPL 28 19 5 4 51 19 +32 62 2.21 1st RU SF Ineligible 3,292 Republic of the Congo Dominique Malonga 13
2020 CPL 10 5 1 4 14 11 +3 16 1.60 – DNQ DNQ DNQ N/A England Jordan Brown
England Nathan Mavila		 3
2021 CPL 28 14 8 6 34 30 +4 50 1.79 2nd SF QF 2,544 Republic of Ireland Joe Mason 8
2022 CPL 28 14 5 9 39 33 +6 47 1.68 3rd SF QF Republic of Ireland Joe Mason 8

1. Average attendance include statistics from league matches only.
2. Top goalscorer(s) includes all goals scored in league season, league playoffs, Canadian Championship, CONCACAF League, and other competitive continental matches.

References

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