2022 Canadian Premier League final

2022 Canadian Premier League Final

Frank Clair Stadium north stand, Ottawa.JPG TD Place Stadium
Event	2022 Canadian Premier League season
Atlético Ottawa Forge FC 0 2
Date	October 30, 2022
Venue	TD Place Stadium, Ottawa, Ontario
Man of the Match	David Choinière (Forge FC)
Referee	Filip Dujic
Attendance	14,992
Weather	Mostly cloudy 13 °C (55 °F) 38% humidity

The 2022 Canadian Premier League Final was a soccer match that was the 4th edition of the CPL Finals, the post-season championship of the Canadian Premier League, the top level of Canadian soccer. The match determined the winner of the 2022 Canadian Premier League season and was played on October 30, 2022, in Ottawa, Ontario. It was contested by Atlético Ottawa and Forge FC, the winners of the league's two semifinal matchups. Pacific FC were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the semifinals by Atlético Ottawa.

Forge FC defeated Atlético Ottawa 2–0 to claim their record-extending third CPL title. Alessandro Hojabrpour scored the opening goal in the 28th minute, which turned out to be the match winner. David Choinière scored in the 78th minute and was named player of the match.

Teams

Team	City	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Atlético Ottawa	Ottawa, Ontario	None
Forge FC	Hamilton, Ontario	3 (2019, 2020, 2021)

Path to the Final

Main article: 2022 Canadian Premier League season

The 2022 CPL season was contested by eight teams. Each team played four games against each of the seven opponents for a total of 28 matches. The top-four teams from the regular season qualified for the playoffs which began on October 15, 2022. The first round featured two-legged semifinals where the first-place team from the season faced the fourth, and the second-place team played the third. Atlético Ottawa and Forge FC were the winners and advanced to the CPL Final, a single match to be hosted by the higher-seeded team.

Canadian Premier League

Season	2022
Champions	Forge FC (3rd title)
Regular season winners	Atlético Ottawa (1st title)
Matches played	112
Goals scored	280 (2.5 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 – August 6)
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	6,574 Atlético Ottawa 2–1 FC Edmonton (August 7)
Lowest attendance	600 FC Edmonton 1–1 York United (April 15)
Total attendance	355,696
Average attendance	3,176
← 2021 2023 → All statistics correct as of October 9, 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 ran from April 7 to October 9, 2022. Each team played four games against each of the seven opponents for a total of 28 matches. Atlético Ottawa won the regular season championship on October 8, securing the club its first trophy.

The top four teams from the regular season qualified for the playoffs where they competed for the league title. Forge FC defeated Atlético Ottawa in the 2022 Final to win their third title.

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

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	6,000
FC Edmonton	Edmonton	Clarke Stadium	5,100
Forge FC	Hamilton	Tim Hortons Field	23,218
HFX Wanderers FC	Halifax	Wanderers Grounds	6,500
Pacific FC	Langford	Starlight Stadium	6,000
Valour FC	Winnipeg	IG Field	33,000
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	Shamit Shome	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 took 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 were played on weekends.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts

Results

Home \ Away	ATO	CAV	EDM	FOR	HFX	PAC	VAL	YRK
Atlético Ottawa	—
Cavalry		—
FC Edmonton			—
Forge				—
HFX Wanderers					—
Pacific						—
Valour							—
York United								—

Playoffs

The top four teams from the regular season qualified for the playoffs. The first-place team played against the fourth, and the second-place team played against the third in two-leg semifinals on October 15 and 23. The away goals rule was not used in the semifinals. The winners advanced to the CPL Final, a single match hosted by the higher-seeded team on October 30.

Bracket

	Semifinals October 15 & 23					Final October 30
	4	Pacific FC
	1	Atlético Ottawa
						1	Atlético Ottawa	0
						2	Forge FC	2
	3	Cavalry FC
	2	Forge FC

Semifinals

Summary

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Pacific FC	1–3	Atlético Ottawa	0–2	1–1
Cavalry FC	2–3	Forge FC	1–1	1–2

Matches

Pacific FC v Atlético Ottawa

October 15, 2022 4:00 pm PT

Pacific FC	0–2	Atlético Ottawa
	https://canpl.ca/matchcentre/959bt6y5reyrj3d0x03zltfro/stats	Tabla  79' Verhoven  90+5'

Starlight Stadium Attendance: 3,759 Referee: Mathieu Souaré

Atlético Ottawa v Pacific FC

October 23, 2022 2:00 pm ET

Atlético Ottawa	1–1	Pacific FC
Shaw  83'	https://canpl.ca/matchcentre/d8uau6qr0r62vgh6qtvf68pp0/highlights	Meilleur-Giguère  28'

TD Place Stadium Attendance: 8,428 Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière

Atlético Ottawa won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Cavalry FC v Forge FC

October 15, 2022 2:00 pm MT

Cavalry FC	1–1	Forge FC
Klomp  42'	https://canpl.ca/matchcentre/95dbavd8tk0jd4wlt800weyhg/highlights	Pacius  47'

ATCO Field Attendance: 3,179 Referee: Alain Ruch

Forge FC v Cavalry FC

October 23, 2022 5:00 pm ET

Forge FC	2–1	Cavalry FC
Choinière  69' Pacius  75' (pen.)	https://canpl.ca/matchcentre/d8pykd6h39ums4761paeng3ro/highlights	Bevan  78'

Tim Hortons Field Attendance: 7,133 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

Forge FC won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Final

Main article: 2022 Canadian Premier League Final

Atlético Ottawa v Forge FC

October 30, 2022 6:00 pm ET

Atlético Ottawa	0–2	Forge FC
	https://canpl.ca/matchcentre/1x4r24n9o0nzs4559ukidlij8/stats	Hojabrpour  28' Choinière  78'

TD Place Stadium Attendance: 14,992 Referee: Filip Dujic

Awards

Canadian Premier League Awards

Award	Recipient	Finalist
Golden Boot (Hunter)	Alejandro Díaz (Pacific FC)	N/A
Golden Glove (Qimmiq or Canadian Inuit Dog)	Marco Carducci (Cavalry FC)	Nathan Ingham (Atlético Ottawa) Callum Irving (Pacific FC)
Coach of the Year (Owl)	Carlos González (Atlético Ottawa)	James Merriman (Pacific FC) Bobby Smyrniotis (Forge FC)
Player of the Year (Nikisuittuq)	Ollie Bassett (Atlético Ottawa)	Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson (Forge FC) Manny Aparicio (Pacific FC) Ballou Tabla (Atlético Ottawa) Sean Rea (Valour FC)
Best Under 21 Canadian Player of the Year (Polar Bear)	Sean Rea (Valour FC)	Woobens Pacius (Forge FC) Osaze De Rosario (York United FC)
Defender of the Year	Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson (Forge FC)	Amer Đidić (Pacific FC) Dominick Zator (York United FC)
Players' Player of the Year	Ollie Bassett (Atlético Ottawa)	Ballou Tabla (Atlético Ottawa) Alejandro Díaz (Pacific FC)

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) Young (Pacific) Tissot (Ottawa)	Campbell (Forge) Bustos (Pacific) Mwandwe (HFX)
July 27 - August 1	Carducci (Cavalry)	Rama (Forge) Yao (Cavalry) Metusala (Forge) Lawrie-Lattanzio (York)	Sissoko (Forge) Bekker (Forge) Wilson (York)	Diaz (Pacific) Campbell (Forge) De Rosario (York)
August 3-7	Yesli (Valour)	Rama (Forge) Achinioti-Jönsson (Forge) Mekidèche (Valour) Levis (Valour)	Hojabrpour (Forge) Sissoko (Ottawa)	Forbes (Valour) Dyer (Valour) Tabla (Ottawa) Pacius (Forge)
August 12-14	Henry (Forge)	Samake (Pacific) Yao (Cavalry) Vliet (Cavalry)	Warschewski (Edmonton) Omar (HFX) Young (Pacific) Verhoeven (York) Escalante (Cavalry)	Heard (Pacific) Mason (Cavalry)
August 17-21	Himaras (York)	Timoteo (Edmonton) Meilleur-Giguère (Pacific) Beckie (Ottawa) N'sa (York)	Lamothe (HFX) Bassett (Ottawa) Rea (Valour) Alemán (Ottawa) Babouli (York)	De Rosario (York)
August 27-28	Irving (Pacific)	Timoteo (Edmonton) Romeo (Valour) Espejo (Ottawa) Baquero (Valour)	Bassett (Ottawa) Sissoko (Ottawa) Salter (HFX) Escalante (Cavalry) Rea (Valour)	Warschewski (Edmonton)
September 2-5	Carducci (Cavalry)	Zator (York) Campagna (HFX) Espejo (Ottawa)	Levis (Valour) Shome (Edmonton) Rampersad (HFX) Dada-Luke (Pacific)	Babouli (York) De Rosario (York) dos Santos (York)
September 9-11	Baskett (HFX)	Krutzen (Forge) Espejo (Ottawa) Đidić (Pacific) N'sa (York)	Young (Pacific) Babouli (York) Sissoko (Forge)	Salter (HFX) De Rosario (York) Choinière (Forge)
September 16-18	Irving (Pacific)	Krutzen (Forge) Jean-Baptiste (Valour) Campagna (HFX)	Poku (Forge) Hojabrpour (Forge) Bassett (Ottawa) Alarcón (Cavalry)	Borges (Forge) Mason (Cavalry) Rea (Valour)
September 23-27	Murasiranwa (Edmonton)	Mourdoukoutas (York) Espejo (Ottawa) N'sa (York)	dos Santos (Pacific) Bassett (Ottawa) Toussaint (Pacific) Smith (Edmonton) Aparicio (Pacific)	Tabla (Ottawa) Babouli (York)
September 30- October 2	Ingham (Ottawa)	Alarcón (Cavalry) Achinioti-Jönsson (Forge) Owolabi-Belewu (Forge) Tissot (Ottawa)	Bahous (Ottawa) Sissoko (Forge) Aparicio (Pacific) Borges (Forge)	Bustos (Pacific) Musse (Cavalry)

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
July	Bobby Smyrniotis	Forge FC	Woobens Pacius	Forge FC
August	Phillip Dos Santos	Valour FC	Sean Rea	Valour FC
September	Martin Nash	York United FC	Mo Babouli	York United FC
October	Bobby Smyrniotis	Forge FC	David Choinière	Forge FC

Attendance

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	{{fb team HFX Wanderers FC |oc=}}	81,547	6,500	4,332	5,825	n/a†
2	{{fb team Atlético Ottawa |oc=}}	56,961	6,574	2,571	4,069	n/a†
3	{{fb team Cavalry FC |oc=}}	48,883	4,743	2,943	3,492	n/a†
4	{{fb team Forge FC |oc=}}	48,027	5,129	1,187	3,431	n/a†
5	{{fb team Pacific FC |oc=}}	44,459	4,107	2,420	3,176	n/a†
6	{{fb team Valour FC |oc=}}	43,547	5,227	2,395	3,111	n/a†
7	{{fb team York United FC |oc=}}	17,272	1,802	1,002	1,234	n/a†
8	{{fb team FC Edmonton |oc=}}	15,000	1,613	600	1,071	n/a†
	League total	355,696	6,574	600	3,176	n/a†

Source: [1]

Statistical leaders

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

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Alejandro Díaz	Pacific	13
2	Osaze De Rosario	York United	12
	Woobens Pacius	Forge
4	Samuel Salter	HFX Wanderers	11
5	Moses Dyer	Valour	9
6	Ollie Bassett	Atlético Ottawa	8
	Joe Mason	Cavalry
8	Ali Musse	Cavalry	7
	Ballou Tabla	Atlético Ottawa
	Tobias Warschewski	FC Edmonton
	Brian Wright	Atlético Ottawa

Top assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Sean Rea	Valour	9
2	Tristan Borges	Forge	8
3	Kyle Bekker	Forge	6
	Marco Bustos	Pacific
5	Wesley Timoteo	FC Edmonton	5
	José Escalante	Cavalry
7	Terran Campbell	Forge	4
	David Choinière	Forge
	Zachary Fernandez	HFX Wanderers
	Carl Haworth	Atlético Ottawa
	Ballou Tabla	Atlético Ottawa
	Tobias Warschewski	FC Edmonton

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Triston Henry	Forge	11
2	Marco Carducci	Cavalry	10
3	Nathan Ingham	Atlético Ottawa	9
	Callum Irving	Pacific
5	Niko Giantsopoulos	York United	6

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 were 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	Sergio Camus
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	Malik Owolabi-Belewu	Rezart Rama					Omar Browne
HFX Wanderers	Akeem Garcia	Andre Rampersad	Peter Schaale	Alex Marshall	Eriks Santos	Cory Bent	Lifumpa Mwandwe	João Morelli
Pacific	Gianni dos Santos	Djenairo Daniels	Nathan Mavila	Umaro Baldé	Jordan Brown				Alejandro Díaz
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.

References

Semifinal results

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Pacific FC	1–3	Atlético Ottawa	0–2	1–1
Cavalry FC	2–3	Forge FC	1–1	1–2

Atlético Ottawa

Further information: 2022 Atlético Ottawa season

Improving on a last place finish in 2021, Atlético Ottawa finished the 2022 season with 49 points, capturing the league's regular season title. They then defeated fourth-ranked Pacific FC in the semifinal by a score of 3–1 to advance to their first Final.

Forge FC

Further information: 2022 Forge FC season

Forge FC competed in their fourth consecutive Final following wins against Cavalry FC in 2019 and HFX Wanderers FC in 2020, as well as a defeat to Pacific FC in the 2021 Final. Forge finished the regular season in second place, two points behind Atlético Ottawa.

Head-to-head

Ottawa and Forge met four times during the season with each team recording one win, one loss, and two draws. The two teams conceded the fewest goals in the CPL in 2022 with Ottawa allowing 29 goals and Forge, 25 goals.

Pre-match

Forge was without their captain Kyle Bekker in the Final because he received a red card in the second leg of the semifinals against rivals Cavalry FC, resulting in a suspension. Forge appealed the suspension and were able to get it reduced to two games; however, Bekker remained ineligible for the Final.

On the Friday prior to the Final, Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson of Forge FC earned CPL Defender of the Year honours, while Atlético Ottawa's Carlos González was named Coach of the Year and Ollie Bassett was named Player of the Year and Players' Player of the Year.

Broadcasting

The CPL Final was broadcast on OneSoccer in Canada and globally. Internationally, the match was broadcast by Fox Sports in the United States, BT Sport in the United Kingdom and Ireland, Flow Sports in the Caribbean, and Hi! Sports TV in Mexico.

Match details

Summary

First half

The match was played in front of a crowd of 14,992 fans at TD Place Stadium. Defender Diego Espejo returned to Atlético Ottawa's lineup after serving a suspension in leg 2 of the semifinals. Forge stuck with their usual 4–3–3 formation, inserting Noah Jensen into the lineup for the suspended Kyle Bekker.

Forge FC began the match on the offensive with Atlético absorbing pressure and looking to counter-attack. Alessandro Hojabrpour opened the scoring for Forge in the 28th minute on a header from a free kick by Tristan Borges, his second goal in as many finals. Atlético began playing more offensively late in the first half seeking to score an equalizer before half time, but were unable to get a shot on goal.

Second half

Forge came out strong to begin the second half with Borges and Aboubacar Sissoko forcing Atlético goalkeeper Nathan Ingham to make a pair of early big saves. In the 75th minute, Sergio Camus came close to scoring an equalizer for Atlético but was denied by Forge goalkeeper Triston Henry.

David Choinière scored a second goal for Forge in the 78th minute to make the score 2–0. While both teams made several tactical substitutions in the later stages of the match, neither team scored any additional goals, resulting in Forge winning 2–0.

Forge held a larger share of ball possession time in the match (55 per cent to 45 per cent) and completed more passes than Atlético (453 to 377). Following the match, the CPL announced that David Choinière was the player of the match.

Details

Atlético Ottawa v Forge FC

October 30, 2022 6:00 pm ET

Atlético Ottawa	0–2	Forge FC
	Recap Report	Hojabrpour  28' Choinière  78'

TD Place Stadium Attendance: 14,992 Referee: Filip Dujic

Atlético Ottawa

Forge

GK 29 Nathan Ingham RB 17 Miguel Acosta CB 4 Diego Espejo CB 5 Sergio Camus  41' LB 15 Maxim Tissot  82' DM 20 Abdoul Sissoko RW 45 Carl Haworth (c)  74' CM 10 Ollie Bassett  77'  82' CM 13 Ballou Tabla LW 22 Zakaria Bahous  57' CF 19 Malcolm Shaw Substitutes: GK 1 Sean Melvin DF 2 Drew Beckie MF 7 Keven Alemán  57' MF 8 Ben McKendry FW 9 Brian Wright  74' DF 16 Zach Verhoven  82' DF 33 Iván Pérez  90+2'  82' Manager: Carlos González

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GK 1 Triston Henry RB 24 Rezart Rama  18' CB 13 Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson CB 5 Daniel Krutzen (c) LB 3 Ashtone Morgan  78' CM 33 Aboubacar Sissoko CM 21 Alessandro Hojabrpour CM 22 Noah Jensen  71' RW 7 David Choinière  33' LW 19 Tristan Borges  84' CF 17 Woobens Pacius  84' Substitutes: GK 29 Christopher Kalongo DF 4 Dominic Samuel  78' FW 9 Terran Campbell MF 20 Kwasi Poku DF 24 Garven Metusala  71' FW 77 Jordan Hamilton  84' DF 81 Malik Owolabi-Belewu  84' Manager: Bobby Smyrniotis

Player of the Match: David Choinière (Forge FC)
Assistant referees: Gabrielle Lemieux Peter Pendli Fourth official: Alain Ruch	Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if score still level Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time

Statistics

Overall

Statistic	Atlético Ottawa	Forge FC
Goals scored	0	2
Total shots	7	12
Shots on target	3	4
Blocked shots	3	3
Ball possession	45%	55%
Passes	378	454
Corner kicks	3	8
Fouls conceded	14	11
Offsides	0	1
Yellow cards	3	2
Red cards	0	0

Post-match

Having made it to four consecutive CPL Finals and having now won three of them, the Canadian Premier League and members of the media declared Forge FC to be a dynasty.

The CPL later named Bobby Smyrniotis as the Manager of the Month for October and David Choinière as the Player of the Month for October for their roles in leading Forge to the championship.

See also

• Canadian Premier League Finals
• 2022 Canadian Championship Final