2022 Canadian Premier League season

Canadian Premier League

Season	2022
Dates	April 7 – October 9 (regular season)
Matches played	73
Goals scored	195 (2.67 per match)
Top goalscorer	Alejandro Díaz (13 goals)
Biggest home win	Forge 5–1 FC Edmonton (July 19)
Biggest away win	Atlético Ottawa 1–6 Valour (April 24)
Highest scoring	Atlético Ottawa 1–6 Valour (April 24) FC Edmonton 3–4 Forge (May 31)
Longest winning run	6 matches Forge (July 8 – present)
Longest unbeaten run	11 matches Cavalry (May 1 – July 14)
Longest winless run	11 matches FC Edmonton (April 10 – June 14)
Longest losing run	5 matches FC Edmonton (April 30 – May 31)
Highest attendance	6,500 HFX Wanderers 0–2 Atlético Ottawa (June 30)
Lowest attendance	600 FC Edmonton 1–1 York United (April 15)
Total attendance	192,895
Average attendance	2,879
← 2021 2023 → All statistics correct as of August 7, 2022.

The 2022 Canadian Premier League season is the fourth season of the Canadian Premier League, the top level of Canadian soccer. Pacific FC are the defending champions, having beaten Forge FC in the 2021 final.

The regular season is scheduled to run from April 7 to October 9, 2022. Each team will play four games against each of the seven opponents for a total of 28 matches.

Team changes

The eight teams that competed in the 2021 Canadian Premier League season returned for the 2022 season. This is expected to be the last season with eight teams as an expansion team in Greater Vancouver is scheduled to debut in 2023.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

See also: List of soccer stadiums in Canada

Atlético Ottawa

Forge

Cavalry

Pacific

HFX Wanderers

York United

Valour

Edmonton

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Locations of clubs in the 2022 Canadian Premier League season.

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

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head coach	Captain	Shirt sponsor	Kit manufacturer
Atlético Ottawa	Carlos González	Drew Beckie	ComeOn!	Macron
Cavalry	Tommy Wheeldon Jr.	Mason Trafford	WestJet
FC Edmonton	Alan Koch		Swoop
Forge	Bobby Smyrniotis	Kyle Bekker	Tim Hortons
HFX Wanderers	Stephen Hart	Andre Rampersad	Volkswagen
Pacific	James Merriman	Jamar Dixon
Valour	Phillip Dos Santos	Daryl Fordyce	OneSoccer
York United	Martin Nash	Roger Thompson	Greenpark Group

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	1	Valour
	Nova Scotia	1	HFX Wanderers

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming coach	Date of appointment
York United	Jimmy Brennan	End of contract	November 23, 2021	Pre-season	Martin Nash	December 21, 2021
Atlético Ottawa	Mista		December 28, 2021		Carlos González	February 24, 2022
Pacific	Pa-Modou Kah	Signed by North Texas SC	January 21, 2022		James Merriman	January 21, 2022

Regular season

Format

The regular season will take place from April 7 to October 9. The schedule format is a quadruple round robin with each team playing two matches at home and two matches away against each of the seven opponents for a total of 28 games. The majority of matches will be played on weekends.

Results

Home \ Away	ATO	CAV	EDM	FOR	HFX	PAC	VAL	YRK
Atlético Ottawa		1–0	2–1	0–4	1–0	0–1	1–6	0–0
	1–1	Sep 2	Aug 27	Aug 17	2–1	1–1	Oct 9
Cavalry	Aug 21		3–1	1–2	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–1
Sep 24		2–0	Aug 12	3–0	Oct 8	Oct 2	Aug 27
FC Edmonton	1–2	0–3		3–4	1–2	0–0	1–1	1–1
1–0	Sep 17		Sep 25	Aug 28	2–3	Oct 8	3–0
Forge	1–1	2–2	3–0		1–0	3–0	0–1	Aug 20
0–1	Sep 10	5–1		Oct 9	Aug 16	3–1	Oct 1
HFX Wanderers	0–2	2–2	3–1	0–4		Aug 20	Aug 13	1–0
Oct 1	Sep 5	1–1	0–3		Sep 24	Sep 10	2–4
Pacific	Aug 13	3–3	2–1	2–1	2–1		3–2	0–0
Sep 11	3–0	Sep 30	Sep 18	0–3		2–2	Sep 3
Valour	0–1	2–4	1–1	Aug 31	0–0	1–2		1–0
Sep 18	2–0	Aug 21	Sep 4	1–0	Aug 28		2–0
York United	2–2	2–0	Sep 9	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–3
0–3	0–1	Aug 14	0–2	Sep 16	2–4	Sep 23

Updated to match(es) played on August 7, 2022. Source: CanPL.ca
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

The top-four teams from the regular season will qualify for the playoffs, to be played from October 15 to 29. The first-place team will face the fourth, and the second-place will play the third in a two-leg semifinal. The winners will advance to the CPL Final, a single match hosted by the higher-seeded team.

Bracket

	Semifinals October 15 & 22							Final October 29
	4
	1
	3
	2

Awards

Team of the Week

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

Team of the Week
Dates	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards	Ref
April 7–10	Oxner (HFX)	Fernandez (HFX) Yao (Cavalry) Đidić (Pacific) Mavila (Pacific)	Bassett (Ottawa) Aparicio (Pacific) Warschewski (Edmonton) Morelli (HFX) Gonzalez (Edmonton)	Díaz (Pacific)
April 15–17	Ingham (Ottawa)	N'sa (York) Espejo (Ottawa) Singh (Edmonton) Acosta (Ottawa)	Bustos (Pacific) Bassett (Ottawa) Gagnon-Laparé (HFX) Musse (Cavalry)	Shaw (Ottawa) Mason (Cavalry)
April 22–24	Giantsopoulos (York)	Romeo (Valour) Zator (York) Samuel (Forge)	Akio (Valour) Rampersad (HFX) Aparicio (Pacific) Levis (Valour)	Dyer (Valour) Campbell (Forge) Riggi (Valour)
April 27–May 1	Carducci (Cavalry)	Fernandez (HFX) Niba (Ottawa) Yao (Cavalry)	Tabla (Ottawa) Lamothe (HFX) McKendry (Ottawa) Bent (HFX)	Salter (HFX) Mason (Cavalry) De Rosario (York)
May 6–7	Irving (Pacific)	Dada-Luke (Pacific) Zator (York) M. Trafford (Cavalry) Đidić (Pacific)	Aparicio (Pacific) Johnston (York) Rampersad (HFX)	Gutiérrez (York) Musse (Cavalry) Tabla (Ottawa)
May 14–15	Sirois (Valour)	Sissoko (Forge) Klomp (Cavalry) Achinioti-Jönsson (Forge) Abzi (York)	Bassett (Ottawa) Dixon (Pacific) Aparicio (Pacific)	Rea (Valour) Salter (HFX) Diaz (Pacific)
May 20–22	Vaikla (Edmonton)	N'sa (York) Đidić (Pacific) Achinioti-Jönsson (Forge) Vliet (Cavalry)	Hojabrpour (Forge) Bekker (Forge) Bassett (Ottawa)	Fisk (Cavalry) Wright (Ottawa) Choinière (Forge)
May 28–June 1	Carducci (Cavalry)	Beckie (Ottawa) Yao (Cavalry) M. Trafford (Cavalry) Sissoko (Forge) Verhoven (Ottawa)	Haworth (Ottawa) Camargo (Cavalry) Rea (Valour) Borges (Forge)	dos Santos (Pacific)
June 4–5	Vaikla (Edmonton)	Acosta (Ottawa) Espejo (Ottawa) Restrepo (HFX) Levis (Valour)	Hernández (York) Bassett (Ottawa) Rampersad (HFX) Bitar (Edmonton)	Tabla (Ottawa) Garcia (HFX)
June 11-15	Ingham (Ottawa)	Loturi (Cavalry) Yao (Cavalry) M. Trafford (Cavalry) Morgan (Forge)	Sissoko (Forge) Hojabrpour (Forge) Borges (Forge) Camargo (Cavalry) Salter (HFX)	Pepple (Cavalry)
June 18-19	Vaikla (Edmonton)	Meilleur-Giguère (Pacific) Bissainthe (Edmonton) Wilson (York)	Abzi (York) Bekker (Forge) Jensen (Forge) Rama (Forge)	Gonzalez (Edmonton) Pacius (Forge) Choinière (Forge)
June 25-26	Oxner (HFX)	Klomp (Cavalry) Jean-Baptiste (Valour) Gander (HFX)	Riggi (Valour) Polisi (HFX) Bitar (Edmonton) Escalante (Cavalry)	Rea (Valour) Pepple (Cavalry) Daniels (HFX)
June 29- July 3	Sirois (Valour)	Beckie (Ottawa) Jean-Baptiste (Valour) Acosta (Ottawa)	Timoteo (Edmonton) Bassett (Ottawa) Bitar (Edmonton) Escalante (Cavalry)	dos Santos (Pacific) Camara (Edmonton) Akio (Valour)
July 8-10	Henry (Forge)	Rama (Forge) Yao (Cavalry) Owolabi-Belewu (Forge Levis (Valour))	C. Trafford (Cavalry) Sissoko (Forge) Tabla (Ottawa) dos Santos (Pacific) Daniels (Pacific)	Dyer (Valour)
July 14-20	Giantsopoulos (York)	Dada-Luke (Pacific) Achinioti-Jönsson (Forge) Zator (York) Vliet (Cavalry)	Musse (Cavalry) Bekker (Forge) Johnston (York) dos Santos (Pacific)	Diaz (Pacific) Pacius (Forge)
July 22-24	Irving (Pacific)	Acosta (Ottawa) Đidić (Pacific) Beckie (Ottawa)	Rama (Forge) Bekker (Forge) Sean Young (Pacific) Tissot (Ottawa)	Campbell (Forge) Bustos (Pacific) Mwandwe (HFX)

Monthly Awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month		References
	Manager	Club	Player	Club
April	James Merriman	Pacific FC	Marco Bustos	Pacific FC
May	Tommy Wheeldon Jr.	Cavalry FC	Ollie Bassett	Atlético Ottawa
June	Carlos González	Atlético Ottawa	Aribim Pepple	Cavalry FC

Attendance

As of July 30, 2022

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	HFX Wanderers	41,995	6,500	5,244	5,999	n/a†
2	Atlético Ottawa	28,791	4,176	2,571	3,599	n/a†
3	Cavalry FC	27,323	4,743	2,943	3,415	n/a†
4	Forge FC	25,084	4,127	1,187	3,135	n/a†
5	Pacific FC	28,014	4,038	2,420	3,113	n/a†
6	Valour FC	20,230	3,607	2,395	2,890	n/a†
7	York United	11,757	1,802	1,002	1,176	n/a†
8	FC Edmonton	9,701	1,356	600	970	n/a†
	League total	192,895	6,500	600	2,879	n/a†

Source: [1]

Statistical leaders

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

As of August 7, 2022

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Alejandro Díaz	Pacific	13
2	Woobens Pacius	Forge	10
3	Moses Dyer	Valour	9
4	Osaze De Rosario	York United	8
5	Tristan Borges	Forge	6
	Terran Campbell	Forge
	Aribim Pepple	Cavalry
	Samuel Salter	HFX Wanderers
9	4 players tied		5

Top assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Marco Bustos	Pacific	6
	Sean Rea	Valour
3	Wesley Timoteo	FC Edmonton	5
4	Tristan Borges	Forge	4
	Terran Campbell	Forge
	David Choinière	Forge
7	6 players tied		3

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Triston Henry	Forge	7
	Nathan Ingham	Atlético Ottawa
3	Marco Carducci	Cavalry	6
	Niko Giantsopoulos	York United
5	Callum Irving	Pacific	5

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Tristan Borges	Forge	FC Edmonton	4–3 (A)	May 31
Alejandro Díaz	Pacific	York United	4–2 (A)	July 15
Woobens Pacius	Forge	FC Edmonton	5–1 (H)	July 19

Player transfers

Main article: List of Canadian Premier League transfers 2022

U Sports Draft

The 2022 CPL–U Sports Draft was held on January 20, 2022, with Atletico Ottawa selecting José da Cunha of Cape Breton University first overall. Each team made two picks in the draft, for a total of 16 selections.

Foreign players

Main article: List of foreign CPL players

Canadian Premier League teams can sign a maximum of seven international players, out of which only five can be in the starting line-up for each match. Teams are required to carry a minimum of four international players, either signed through or approved by the league's scouting partner, 21st Club. The following players are considered foreign players for the 2022 season. This list does not include Canadian citizens who represent other countries at the international level.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7	Injured Players	Former Players
Atlético Ottawa	Miguel Acosta	Ollie Bassett	Diego Espejo	Vladimir Moragrega	Abdoul Sissoko	Iván Pérez
Cavalry	José Escalante	Tom Field	Daan Klomp	Joe Mason	Julian Roloff	Bradley Vliet	Roberto Alarcón
FC Edmonton	Tobias Warschewski	Azriel Gonzalez	Bicou Bissainthe						Julian Ulbricht
Forge	Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson	Daniel Krutzen	Omar Browne	Rezart Rama
HFX Wanderers	Akeem Garcia	Andre Rampersad	Peter Schaale	Alex Marshall	Eriks Santos	Cory Bent	Lifumpa Mwandwe	João Morelli
Pacific	Alejandro Díaz	Gianni dos Santos	Djenairo Daniels	Nathan Mavila	Umaro Baldé
Valour	Andrew Jean-Baptiste	Moses Dyer	Walter Ponce	Jonathan Esparza	Daniel Ascanio	Kevin Rendón	Billy Forbes
York United	Sebastián Gutiérrez	Mateo Hernández	Lisandro Cabrera	Eduardo Jesus	Tass Mourdoukoutas	Luis Lawrie-Lattanzio	Kevin Dos Santos	Martin Graiciar William Wallace	Daniel Obbekjær

Players in italic denote players new to their respective clubs for the 2022 season, sorted chronologically by their announcement.

Notes

References