2022 Canadian Premier League Final

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2022 Canadian Premier League Final
Event 2022 Canadian Premier League season
Atlético Ottawa Forge FC
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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[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 which 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 semi-final matchups. Pacific FC were the defending champions.

Forge FC defeated Atlético Ottawa 2–0 to claim their 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 man of the match.

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 semi-finals 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]

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Semi-final 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

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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 semi-final 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

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 semi-finals against rivals Cavalry FC, resulting in a suspension.[5] Forge appealed the suspension and were able to get it reduced to two games, however that wasn't enough to make him available for the Final.[6]

On the weekend 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.[7][8][9][10]

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.[11]

Match details

Summary

First half

The match was played in front of a crowd of 14,992 fans at TD Place Stadium.[12] Defender Diego Espejo returned to Atlético Ottawa's lineup after having been suspended in leg 2 of the semi-finals.[13][14] Forge stuck with their usual 4–3–3 formation, inserting Noah Jensen into the lineup for the suspended Kyle Bekker.[13]

Forge FC began the match on the offensive with Atlético absorbing pressure and looking to counter-attack.[13] 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.[15][16] 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.[15]

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.[13][15]

David Choinière scored a second goal for Forge in the 78th minute to make the score 2–0. While both teams many several tactical substitutions in the later stages of the match, neither team scored any additional goals with the resulting ending 2–0 for Forge.[13]

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).[17] Following the match, the CPL announced that David Choinière was the man of the match.[18]

Details

October 30, 2022
6:00 pm ET
Atlético Ottawa 0–2 Forge FC
Recap

Report
TD Place Stadium
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 Booked 41'
LB 15 Canada Maxim Tissot Substituted off 82'
DM 20 France Abdoul Sissoko
RW 45 Canada Carl Haworth (c) Substituted off 74'
CM 10 Northern Ireland Ollie Bassett Booked 77' Substituted off 82'
CM 13 Canada Ballou Tabla
LW 22 Canada Zakaria Bahous Substituted off 57'
CF 19 Canada Malcolm Shaw
Substitutes:
GK 1 Canada Sean Melvin
DF 2 Canada Drew Beckie
MF 7 Canada Keven Alemán Substituted in 57'
MF 8 Canada Ben McKendry
FW 9 Canada Brian Wright Substituted in 74'
DF 16 Canada Zach Verhoven Substituted in 82'
DF 33 Spain Iván Pérez Booked 90+2' Substituted in 82'
Manager:
Spain Carlos González
GK 1 Canada Triston Henry
RB 24 Albania Rezart Rama Booked 18'
CB 13 Sweden Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson
CB 5 Netherlands Daniel Krutzen (c)
LB 3 Canada Ashtone Morgan Substituted off 78'
CM 33 Mali Aboubacar Sissoko
CM 21 Canada Alessandro Hojabrpour
CM 22 Canada Noah Jensen Substituted off 71'
RW 7 Canada David Choinière Booked 33'
LW 19 Canada Tristan Borges Substituted off 84'
CF 17 Canada Woobens Pacius Substituted off 84'
Substitutes:
GK 29 Canada Christopher Kalongo
DF 4 Canada Dominic Samuel Substituted in 78'
FW 9 Canada Terran Campbell
MF 20 Canada Kwasi Poku
DF 24 Haiti Garven Metusala Substituted in 71'
FW 77 Canada Jordan Hamilton Substituted in 84'
DF 81 England Malik Owolabi-Belewu Substituted in 84'
Manager:
Canada Bobby Smyrniotis

Man of the Match:
David Choinière (Forge FC)[18]

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

Match rules[19]

  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
  • Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time

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.[13][20][21]

See also

References

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