2021 Canadian Premier League season

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Canadian Premier League
Season 2021
Champions Pacific FC (1st title)
CONCACAF League Pacific FC
Matches played 112
Goals scored 282 (2.52 per match)
Top goalscorer João Morelli
(14 goals)
Best goalkeeper Jonathan Sirois
(9 clean sheets)
Biggest home win Forge FC 4–0 Atlético Ottawa
(August 25)
Pacific FC 5–1 FC Edmonton
(October 26)
Biggest away win Valour FC 0–3 FC Edmonton
(September 7)
Atlético Ottawa 0–3 Forge FC
(October 3)
Highest scoring 7 goals
FC Edmonton 3–4 Atlético Ottawa
(October 12)
Longest winning run 3 matches
Valour FC
(June 27 – July 3, July 11–18)
Pacific FC
(July 21 – August 4,
August 29 – September 9)
Forge FC
(September 25 – October 6, October 30 – November 9)
Longest unbeaten run 10 matches
HFX Wanderers
(August 22 – October 3)
Longest winless run 8 matches
Atlético Ottawa
(August 18 – September 19)
Valour FC
(August 29 – October 5)
Longest losing run 4 matches
Valour FC
(July 24 – August 12)
Highest attendance 12,064
Atlético Ottawa 2–1 HFX Wanderers
(August 14)
← 2020
2022 →

The 2021 Canadian Premier League season was the third season of the Canadian Premier League, the top level of Canadian soccer. Forge FC were defending champions, after defeating HFX Wanderers FC in the 2020 final.[1]

The season was planned to commence on May 22, the Victoria Day weekend, pending the approval of government authorities and the state of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.[2] However, on May 14, it was announced that the start was to be pushed back to mid-June or early July.[3]

On June 5, the league committed to a full 28-match season, but that the season would begin in a single-site bubble at IG Field in Winnipeg, Manitoba, promoted as "The Kickoff", with each team playing eight matches between June 26 and July 24. All matches were played behind closed doors and in compliance with Manitoba public health orders.[4] On July 30, the CPL began to play matches at home venues.[5]

Teams were required to play Canadian players aged 21 years or younger for a minimum of 1,500 minutes this season, increased from 1,000 minutes.[6]

Pacific FC defeated two-time champions and title holders Forge FC in the final to win their first title.

Team changes

The same eight clubs that participated in the 2020 Canadian Premier League season competed in 2021. York United FC participated under their new name for the first time, having previously been known as York9 FC.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Locations of clubs in the 2021 Canadian Premier League season.
Club Location Stadium Capacity
Atlético Ottawa Ottawa TD Place Stadium 24,000
Cavalry Foothills County ATCO Field 5,288
FC Edmonton Edmonton Clarke Stadium 5,100
Forge Hamilton Tim Hortons Field 10,061
HFX Wanderers Halifax Wanderers Grounds 6,200
Pacific Langford Starlight Stadium 6,200
Valour Winnipeg IG Field 33,234
York United Toronto York Lions Stadium 4,000

Personnel and sponsorship

Team Head coach Captain(s) Shirt sponsor Kit manufacturer
Atlético Ottawa Spain Mista Canada Milovan Kapor ComeOn! Macron
Cavalry England Tommy Wheeldon Jr. Canada Nik Ledgerwood WestJet
FC Edmonton South Africa Alan Koch Swoop
Forge Canada Bobby Smyrniotis Canada Kyle Bekker Tim Hortons
HFX Wanderers Trinidad and Tobago Stephen Hart Trinidad and Tobago Andre Rampersad Volkswagen
Pacific Norway Pa-Modou Kah Canada Jamar Dixon
Valour Canada Phillip Dos Santos Northern Ireland Daryl Fordyce OneSoccer
York United Canada Jimmy Brennan Canada Roger Thompson Macron

Number of teams by province or territory

Rank Province or territory Number Teams
1  Ontario 3 Atlético Ottawa
Forge
York United
2  Alberta 2 Cavalry
FC Edmonton
3  British Columbia 1 Pacific
 Manitoba Valour
 Nova Scotia HFX Wanderers

Coaching changes

Team Outgoing coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming coach Date of appointment
FC Edmonton Canada Jeff Paulus Resigned[7] September 21, 2020 Pre-season South Africa Alan Koch November 24, 2020[8]
Valour FC England Rob Gale Sacked[9] September 23, 2021 5th Canada Phillip Dos Santos September 23, 2021

Regular season

Format

Between June 26 and July 24, teams played their first eight games at IG Field in Winnipeg. Teams from Eastern Canada and Western Canada played two matches against each of the four teams in the opposite region to reduce travel when teams return to home stadiums.[10] For the remainder of the season, teams played 16 games against opponents from their own region and 4 against opponents from the opposite region.[11]

Table

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Results

The Kickoff

Home \ Away
Source: CanPL.ca

Combined

Home \ Away
Source: CanPL.ca

Playoffs

The top-four teams in the regular season qualified for the league playoffs. The first-place team hosted the fourth, and the second-place team hosted the third in a single match round. The winners advanced to the CPL Final, a single match hosted by the higher-seeded team.[11]

If a match was level at the end of normal playing time, extra time would be played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner. If a match reached extra time, each team was allowed to make an additional substitution.[12]

Semi-finals
November 20–21		 Final
December 5
           
1 Forge FC 3
4 York United 1
1 Forge FC 0
3 Pacific FC 1
2 Cavalry FC 1
3 Pacific FC (a.e.t.) 2

Matches

Semi-finals

Final

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Main article: 2021 Canadian Premier League Final

Awards

Canadian Premier League Awards

On December 4, 2021, the Canadian Premier League revealed the nominees for the four individual awards that would be voted on by the media. These four awards plus the Golden Boot award are given based on performance over the whole season including Finals. The awards are Inuit soapstone sculptures designed by artists from Cape Dorset, Nunavut.[13] The winners were announced at a ceremony on December 14.[14]

2021 Canadian Premier League Awards
Award Recipient Finalists[13]
Golden Boot (Hunter) Brazil João Morelli (HFX Wanderers) N/A
Golden Glove (Qimmiq or Canadian Inuit Dog) Canada Jonathan Sirois (Valour FC) Canada Marco Carducci (Cavalry FC)
Canada Triston Henry (Forge FC)
Coach of the Year (Owl) Norway Pa-Modou Kah (Pacific FC) Canada Bobby Smyrniotis (Forge FC)
England Tommy Wheeldon Jr. (Cavalry FC)
Player of the Year (Nikisuittuq) Brazil João Morelli (HFX Wanderers FC) Canada Kyle Bekker (Forge FC)
Canada Terran Cambpell (Pacific FC)
Best Under 21 Canadian Player of the Year (Polar Bear) Canada Alessandro Hojabrpour (Pacific FC) Canada Max Ferrari (York United FC)
Canada Victor Loturi (Cavalry FC)

Team of the Week

The Gatorade Team of the Week is selected by OneSoccer staff.

Statistical leaders

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See also: Canadian Premier League records and statistics § Player records — career

Player transfers

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Main article: List of 2021 Canadian Premier League transfers

U Sports Draft

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Further information: 2021 CPL–U Sports Draft

The 2021 CPL–U Sports Draft was held virtually on January 29. Draftees are invited to team preseason camps, with an opportunity to earn a developmental contract and retain their U Sports men's soccer eligibility. FC Edmonton selected Thomas Gardner with the first overall pick. Two players were selected by each CPL team, with a total of 16 players being drafted including 12 Canadians.[38]

Foreign players

Canadian Premier League teams could sign a maximum of seven international players, out of which only five could be in the starting line-up for each match. Starting this season, teams were required to carry a minimum of four international players, either signed through or approved by the league's scouting partner, 21st Club.[39] The following players were considered foreign players for the 2021 season. This list does not include Canadian citizens who represent other countries at the international level.[40]

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Player 7 Former Players
Atlético Ottawa Spain Viti Martínez England Vashon Neufville Jamaica Tevin Shaw Spain Miguel Acosta Dominican Republic Rafael Núñez Spain Alberto Soto Spain Raúl Uche
Cavalry Honduras José Escalante Brazil Richard Luca Republic of Ireland Tom Field Netherlands Daan Klomp Republic of Ireland Joe Mason
FC Edmonton Cameroon Jeannot Esua Spain Ramón Soria Democratic Republic of the Congo Sharly Mabussi Germany Tobias Warschewski United States Hunter Gorskie United States Roberto Avila United States Azriel Gonzalez Peru Raúl Tito
Forge Sweden Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson Senegal Elimane Cissé Belgium Daniel Krutzen Belgium Paolo Sabak Costa Rica Joshua Navarro Panama Omar Browne
HFX Wanderers Trinidad and Tobago Akeem Garcia Trinidad and Tobago Andre Rampersad Germany Peter Schaale Jamaica Alex Marshall Brazil João Morelli Brazil Eriks Santos England Cory Bent
Pacific Mexico Alejandro Díaz Northern Ireland Ollie Bassett Netherlands Gianni dos Santos
Valour Spain José Galán Republic of the Congo Arnold Bouka Moutou Haiti Andrew Jean-Baptiste Panama Amir Soto New Zealand Moses Dyer Brazil Rafael Galhardo Mexico Rodrigo Reyes
York United Spain Álvaro Rivero Jamaica Nicholas Hamilton Germany Julian Ulbricht Dominican Republic Gerard Lavergne United States Osvaldo Ramírez Colombia Sebastián Gutiérrez

Players in italic denote players new to their respective clubs for the 2021 season, sorted chronologically by their announcement.

References

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