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2022 Canadian Premier League final

2022 Canadian Premier League Final
TD Place Stadium
Event2022 Canadian Premier League season
Atlético Ottawa Forge FC
0 2
DateOctober 30, 2022
VenueTD Place Stadium, Ottawa, Ontario
Player of the MatchDavid Choinière (Forge FC)
RefereeFilip Dujic
Attendance14,992
WeatherMostly cloudy
13 °C (55 °F)
38% humidity[1]
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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

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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

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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.[2] 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.[3][4]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Atlético Ottawa (S) 28 13 10 5 36 29 +7 49 Advance to playoffs
2 Forge (C) 28 14 5 9 47 25 +22 47
3 Cavalry 28 14 5 9 39 33 +6 47
4 Pacific 28 13 7 8 36 33 +3 46
5 Valour 28 10 7 11 36 34 +2 37
6 York United 28 9 7 12 31 37 −6 34
7 HFX Wanderers 28 8 5 15 24 38 −14 29
8 FC Edmonton 28 4 8 16 31 51 −20 20
Source: CanPL.ca
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) goal differential; 4) goals for; 5) away goals differential; 6) away goals for; 7) home goals differential; 8) home goals for; 9) U-21 minutes; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots.[5]
(C) Champion; (S) Regular season winner

Semifinal results

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

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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

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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

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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

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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.[6] Forge appealed the suspension and were able to get it reduced to two games; however, Bekker remained ineligible for the Final.[7]

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.[8][9][10][11]

Broadcasting

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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.[12]

Match details

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Summary

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First half

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The match was played in front of a crowd of 14,992 fans at TD Place Stadium.[13] Defender Diego Espejo returned to Atlético Ottawa's lineup after serving a suspension in leg 2 of the semifinals.[14][15] Forge stuck with their usual 4–3–3 formation, inserting Noah Jensen into the lineup for the suspended Kyle Bekker.[14]

Forge FC began the match on the offensive with Atlético absorbing pressure and looking to counter-attack.[14] 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.[16][17] 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.[16]

Second half

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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.[14][16]

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.[14]

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).[18] Following the match, the CPL announced that David Choinière was the player of the match.[19][20]

Details

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Atlético Ottawa0–2Forge FC
Recap
Report
TD Place Stadium, Ottawa, Ontario
Attendance: 14,992
Referee: Filip Dujic
Atlético Ottawa
Forge
GK 29 Canada Nathan Ingham
RB 17 Spain Miguel Acosta
CB 4 Spain Diego Espejo
CB 5 Spain Sergio Camus Yellow card 41'
LB 15 Canada Maxim Tissot downward-facing red arrow 82'
DM 20 France Abdoul Sissoko
RW 45 Canada Carl Haworth (c) downward-facing red arrow 74'
CM 10 Northern Ireland Ollie Bassett Yellow card 77' downward-facing red arrow 82'
CM 13 Canada Ballou Tabla
LW 22 Canada Zakaria Bahous downward-facing red arrow 57'
CF 19 Canada Malcolm Shaw
Substitutes:
GK 1 Canada Sean Melvin
DF 2 Canada Drew Beckie
MF 7 Canada Keven Alemán upward-facing green arrow 57'
MF 8 Canada Ben McKendry
FW 9 Canada Brian Wright upward-facing green arrow 74'
DF 16 Canada Zach Verhoven upward-facing green arrow 82'
DF 33 Spain Iván Pérez Yellow card 90+2' upward-facing green arrow 82'
Manager:
Spain Carlos González
GK 1 Canada Triston Henry
RB 24 Albania Rezart Rama Yellow card 18'
CB 13 Sweden Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson
CB 5 Netherlands Daniel Krutzen (c)
LB 3 Canada Ashtone Morgan downward-facing red arrow 78'
CM 33 Mali Aboubacar Sissoko
CM 21 Canada Alessandro Hojabrpour
CM 22 Canada Noah Jensen downward-facing red arrow 71'
RW 7 Canada David Choinière Yellow card 33'
LW 19 Canada Tristan Borges downward-facing red arrow 84'
CF 17 Canada Woobens Pacius downward-facing red arrow 84'
Substitutes:
GK 29 Canada Christopher Kalongo
DF 4 Canada Dominic Samuel upward-facing green arrow 78'
FW 9 Canada Terran Campbell
MF 20 Canada Kwasi Poku
DF 24 Haiti Garven Metusala upward-facing green arrow 71'
FW 77 Canada Jordan Hamilton upward-facing green arrow 84'
DF 81 England Malik Owolabi-Belewu upward-facing green arrow 84'
Manager:
Canada Bobby Smyrniotis

Player of the Match:
David Choinière (Forge FC)[19][20]

Assistant referees:
Gabrielle Lemieux
Peter Pendli
Fourth official:
Alain Ruch

Match rules[21]

  • 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

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Overall[22]
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

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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.[14][20][23][24][25][26]

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.[27][28][29][30]

See also

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References

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