Английская Википедия:2023 Forge FC season

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The 2023 Forge FC season was the fifth season in the history of Forge FC and the club's fifth season in the Canadian Premier League (CPL), the top flight in Canadian soccer. Forge were the defending CPL champions, having defeated Atlético Ottawa in the 2022 Canadian Premier League final. The club was managed by Bobby Smyrniotis in his fifth season as head coach and first season as sporting director. This was Forge FC's first season without any matches in international competitions after having failed to qualify for the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League.

Forge FC finished second in the CPL season, qualifying them for the playoffs. On October 21, they qualified for the 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup, returning the club to international competition after a one-year absence. In addition to playing in the league, Forge competed in the Canadian Championship, reaching the semi-finals. On October 28, Forge won a record-extending 4th CPL championship, defeating regular-season champions Cavalry FC 2–1 at home in the 2023 Canadian Premier League final.

Review

Background

Forge FC entered the season as the reigning Canadian Premier League champions after having won the 2022 Canadian Premier League final against Atlético Ottawa. This was the club's third CPL title and fourth finals appearance in four years, leading to the Canadian Premier League and several pundits to declare Forge FC to be a dynasty.

Beginning this season, the top five CPL teams will qualify for the playoffs and both the Canadian Premier League champion and regular season winner will qualify for the newly reorganized and expanded CONCACAF Champions Cup. Along with the Champions Cup spot awarded to the winner of the Canadian Championship, Forge has three qualification paths to the 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup. As a result of the reorganization, the 2022 CPL champions were not given a spot in any CONCACAF competitions, making this the first season in Forge's history not to include any international competitive matches. The club's goal entering the 2023 season was to return to international competition and qualify for the 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup.

Forge retained most of its roster from the previous season; the club's highest profile off-season move was to add Canadian international Manjrekar James to replace outgoing cenre-back Daniël Krutzen in defence. Entering the season, Forge FC were favoured to repeat as Canadian Premier League champions.

April

Шаблон:Football squad on pitch Forge began its season on April 15 at home against rivals Cavalry FC. This was a rematch of the 2022 playoff semifinal where Forge defeated Cavalry 3–2 on aggregate on their way to the championship. Club captain Kyle Bekker served the second game of a two-match suspension following his red card in the second leg of that semifinal, while midfielder Sebastian Castello missed the match due to injury. Manjrekar James made his debut for the club in an entertaining match where Forge came back from 1–0 and 2–1 deficits to secure a 2–2 draw. Forge's first goal came from a Jordan Hamilton penalty in the 41st minute after he was hauled down by Cavalry goalkeeper Marco Carducci. Noah Jensen scored on a volley in the 76th minute to tie the match 2–2, helping to earn himself Player of the Match honours and a spot in the CPL Team of the Week. For the fifth consecutive year, Forge were unable to win on opening day; this draw brought their record in season openers to three draws and two losses.

Three days later, Forge entered the Canadian Championship in the preliminary round with a home match against FC Laval, making this the second year in a row that the Hammers hosted a PLSQ side. Entering the match, Forge coach Bobby Smyrniotis highlighted the importance of this cup tournament for the club, describing it as "a competition that we want" and the Voyageurs Cup as "a trophy that we don’t have in our cabinet." Heavily favoured against their semi-pro opponent, Forge delivered with a 3–0 win. Noah Jensen was the star again, scoring a brace, while Woobens Pacius scored a penalty. The match was Tristan Borges's 100th for Forge in all competitions, making him the fifth player in club history to achieve this milestone. The win advanced Forge to the Canadian Championship quarter-finals where they would face Atlético Ottawa.

On April 22, Forge hosted HFX Wanderers FC for the first time under their new head coach, Patrice Gheisar. Gheisar and Bobby Smyrniotis had previously coached against each other in League1 Ontario where Gheisar coached Vaughan Azzurri and Smyrniotis coached Sigma FC. After the Wanderers took a 1–0 first half lead, Woobens Pacius scored a late 89th minute equaliser to lift the Hammers to a 1–1 draw. He was the beneficiary of a favourable deflection that came off of a shot from Aboubacar Sissoko. Notwithstanding the equalizer, Forge struggled to convert their scoring chances into goals, leading Smyrniotis to comment after the match that the team needed to "be a little more clinical in the final third [of the field]." For midfielder Alessandro Hojabrpour, the match was his 100th in all competitions for CPL clubs, split between Pacific FC and Forge.

In their next match, Forge played away from home at Starlight Stadium against Pacific FC in a battle of the only ever CPL champions. Goalkeeper Christopher Kalongo picked up an injury before the match, joining the still-injured Sebastian Castello as unavailable. Returning from injury was Kyle Bekker who made his season debut in the match. Woobens Pacius headed in an Ashtone Morgan cross in the 17th minute that stood up as the match winner as Forge won 1–0 in Langford. It was Pacius's third goal in three games, tying him with Tristan Borges for first all-time in goals in all competitions for Forge FC. After the match, Bobby Smyrniotis drew attention to Pacius by comparing him and his scoring ability to that of Canadian international Cyle Larin, Smyrniotis's former protégé. Manjrekar James was dominant in defence to help stymie Pacific and secure the clean sheet, earning him Player of the Match. He was joined by Ashtone Morgan and Aboubacar Sissoko in being named to the CPL Team of the Week, and he was honoured as the CPL Player of the Week.

Forge ended April undefeated, tied with Valour FC atop the CPL standings. For the team's success, Bobby Smyrniotis was named the CPL Manager of the Month.

May

Forge continued their winning ways with a 1–0 road win on May 5 against 905 Derby rival York United FC. Terran Campbell scored the match's only goal in the 21st minute in an intense match that included a red card to Ashtone Morgan.Шаблон:Efn-lr Khadim Kane made his professional debut for Forge in the match as a substitute.

On May 9, Forge returned to Canadian Championship action in a quarter-final matchup against Atlético Ottawa in Hamilton. This was the first meeting between these two teams since the 2022 CPL Final. Kyle Bekker scored the game's opening goal in the 76th minute, only to have Atlético's Ollie Bassett score an equalizing penalty in the 87th minute to force the match to a penalty shoot-out. Noah Jensen, Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson, and Aboubacar Sissoko scored for Forge while Triston Henry made two saves to lead Forge to a 3–2 win. This was the Hammers' first ever win in a penalty shoot-out and qualified the team for the Canadian Championship semi-finals.

Returning to CPL play, Forge defeated Valour 3–2 on May 13 for their third consecutive league win. Kwasi Poku broke the deadlock with a 77th-minute winner while Jordan Hamilton scored the 200th goal in Forge's history. Forge then hosted expansion side Vancouver FC on May 19 in the first ever match between the two clubs. Christopher Kalongo secured his first clean sheet for Forge in a 0–0 draw. This was Forge's first ever scoreless draw at home in league play.Шаблон:Efn-lr

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Triston Henry in 2022

Forge then travelled to Montreal's Saputo Stadium to face CF Montréal on May 24 in the semi-final of the Canadian Championship. This was Forge's third consecutive year facing CF Montréal in the tournament after losing to them in penalties following a 0–0 draw in 2021 and losing 3–0 thanks to a Sunusi Ibrahim hat-trick in 2022. Forge held their own for a large stretch of the match before ultimately falling 2–0, eliminating them from the competition. Ariel Lassiter opened the scoring for Montreal in the 53rd minute with a goal that deflected in off of Alessandro Hojabrpour and Sunisi Imbrahim put the match away with a powerful shot from inside the penalty box in the 78th minute.

On May 27, David Choinière scored in second half stoppage time secure a 1–0 road win against Atlético Ottawa at TD Place Stadium. Triston Henry made eight saves to earn a clean sheet as well as a spot in the CPL Team of the Week and CPL Player of the Week honours. At the quarter mark of the season, Forge had four wins and three draws and were off to their best start to a CPL season in club history. The club's undefeated run ended in their very next match back home on May 31 with a 2–1 loss to York United. Terran Campbell scored a 76th equalizer to erase an earlier own goal from Alessandro Hojabrpour, however the match was ultimately decided in York's favour with a Brem Soumaoro stoppage time screamer.

Forge held first place in the CPL table for the duration of the month. At its conclusion, Triston Henry was honoured by the league as its Goalkeeper of the Month for May.

Final squad

No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)	Previous club	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	Triston Henry	Шаблон:Flagicon	GK	Шаблон:Birth date and age2	Шаблон:Flagicon Sigma FC
29	Christopher Kalongo	Шаблон:Flagicon	GK	Шаблон:Birth date and age2	Шаблон:Flagicon Sigma FC	Шаблон:Abbr
42	Emmanuel Marmolejo	Шаблон:Flagicon	GK	Шаблон:Birth date and age2	Шаблон:Flagicon Sigma FC	Шаблон:Abbr, Шаблон:Abbr
Defenders
2	Malcolm Duncan	Шаблон:Flagicon	DF	Шаблон:Birth date and age2	Шаблон:Flagicon Sigma FC
4	Dominic Samuel	Шаблон:Flagicon	CB / RB	Шаблон:Birth date and age2	Шаблон:Flagicon Sigma FC
5	Manjrekar James	Шаблон:Flagicon	CB	Шаблон:Birth date and age2	Шаблон:Flagicon Chornomorets Odesa
23	Garven-Michée Metusala	Шаблон:Flagicon	CB / FB	Шаблон:Birth date and age2	Шаблон:Flagicon A.S. Blainville
24	Rezart Rama	Шаблон:Flagicon	CB	Шаблон:Birth date and age2	Шаблон:Flagicon Nottingham Forest	[[List of foreign CPL players|Шаблон:Abbr]]
81	Malik Owolabi-Belewu	Шаблон:Flagicon	DF	Шаблон:Birth date and age2	Шаблон:Flagicon S.P.A.L.	[[List of foreign CPL players|Шаблон:Abbr]]
	Simon Guardiero	Шаблон:Flagicon	DF	Шаблон:Birth date and age2	Шаблон:Flagicon Sigma FC	Шаблон:Abbr, Шаблон:Abbr
Midfielders
10	Kyle Bekker	Шаблон:Flagicon	AM / CM	Шаблон:Birth date and age2	Шаблон:Flagicon North Carolina FC
12	Sebastian Castello	Шаблон:Flagicon	MF	Шаблон:Birth date and age2	Шаблон:Flagicon Sigma FC	Шаблон:Abbr
13	Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson	Шаблон:Flagicon	DM / CB	Шаблон:Birth date and age2	Шаблон:Flagicon IFK Värnamo	[[List of foreign CPL players|Шаблон:Abbr]]
20	Kwasi Poku	Шаблон:Flagicon	MF	Шаблон:Birth date and age2	Шаблон:Flagicon Toronto FC II	Шаблон:Abbr
21	Alessandro Hojabrpour	Шаблон:Flagicon	DM	Шаблон:Birth date and age2	Шаблон:Flagicon Pacific FC
22	Noah Jensen	Шаблон:Flagicon	MF	Шаблон:Birth date and age2	Шаблон:Flagicon Oakland University
33	Aboubacar Sissoko	Шаблон:Flagicon	MF	Шаблон:Birth date and age2	Шаблон:Flagicon Indy Eleven
64	Khadim Kane	Шаблон:Flagicon	MF	Шаблон:Birth date and age2	Шаблон:Flagicon CF Montréal U23	Шаблон:Abbr, Шаблон:Abbr
Forwards
7	David Choinière	Шаблон:Flagicon	LW / RW	Шаблон:Birth date and age2	Шаблон:Flagicon Montreal Impact
9	Jordan Hamilton	Шаблон:Flagicon	ST	Шаблон:Birth date and age2	Шаблон:Flagicon Sligo Rovers
14	Terran Campbell	Шаблон:Flagicon	ST / LW	Шаблон:Birth date and age2	Шаблон:Flagicon Pacific FC
17	Woobens Pacius	Шаблон:Flagicon	FW	Шаблон:Birth date and age2	Шаблон:Flagicon CF Montréal Academy
19	Tristan Borges	Шаблон:Flagicon	RW / LW / AM	Шаблон:Birth date and age2	Шаблон:Flagicon OH Leuven
37	Kevaughn Tavernier	Шаблон:Flagicon	FW	Шаблон:Birth date and age2	Шаблон:Flagicon Sigma FC	Шаблон:Abbr, Шаблон:Abbr
39	Béni Badibanga	Шаблон:Flagicon	FW	Шаблон:Birth date and age2	Шаблон:Flagicon RAAL La Louvière	[[List of foreign CPL players|Шаблон:Abbr]]

Roster rules

Шаблон:See also As a Canadian Premier League club, Forge FC's roster must conform to the league's roster rules and regulations.

On July 20, the Canadian Premier League introduced a new Exceptional Young Talent (EYT) roster subcategory retroactive to July 14. CPL teams can name a maximum of two domestic U-18 players to this category and they do not count against the club's salary cap or 23-player main roster. On the day that the new roster subcategory was announced, Forge designated 18-year-old midfielder Khadim Kane as an EYT.

Transfers

In

The 2023 transfer windows were open from FebruaryШаблон:Nbsp10 to MayШаблон:Nbsp4 and from JulyШаблон:Nbsp7 to AugustШаблон:Nbsp4. The Canadian Premier League also institutes a roster freeze; after SeptemberШаблон:Nbsp1, clubs may only sign new players in cases of "extreme hardship".

No.	Pos.	Player	From club	Fee/notes	Date	Source
5	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Flagicon Chornomorets Odesa	Free	Шаблон:Dts
64	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Flagicon CF Montréal U23	Free	Шаблон:Dts
2	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Flagicon Sigma FC	Free	Шаблон:Dts
42	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Flagicon Sigma FC	Development contract	Шаблон:Dts
30	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Flagicon Peoria City	Short-term contract	Шаблон:Dts
36	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Flagicon Sigma FC	Development contract	Шаблон:Dts
37	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Flagicon Sigma FC	Development contract	Шаблон:Dts
	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Flagicon Sigma FC	Development contract	Шаблон:Dts
39	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Flagicon RAAL La Louvière	Free	Шаблон:Dts

Draft picks

Forge FC made the following selections in the 2023 CPL–U Sports Draft. Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in.

Round	Selection	Pos.	Player	Nationality	University
1	9	FW	Miles Green	Шаблон:Flagu	McMaster
2	16	DF	Milo Djuricic	Шаблон:Flagu	York

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	To club	Fee/notes	Date	Source
	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Flagicon Cavalry FC	Option declined	Шаблон:Dts
5	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Flagicon Phoenix Rising	Contract expired	Шаблон:Dts
2	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Flagicon York United	Option declined	Шаблон:Dts
16	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Flagicon HFX Wanderers FC	Option declined	Шаблон:Dts
11	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Flagicon Des Moines Menace	Contract expired	Шаблон:Dts
14	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Flagicon Sigma FC	Contract expired	Шаблон:Dts
3	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Retired		Шаблон:Dts
30	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort			Шаблон:Dts

Loans out

Forge FC is affiliated with Sigma FC of League1 Ontario as part of the CPL's Downward Player Movement Pilot Project. The following Forge FC players featured for Sigma FC during the 2023 League1 Ontario season.

No.	Pos.	Player	Games	Notes	Source
2	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	1	First featured for Sigma FC on April 22, 2023.
20	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	1	First featured for Sigma FC on April 29, 2023.
30	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	8	First featured for Sigma FC on May 13, 2023.
64	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	2	First featured for Sigma FC on April 22, 2023.

Club

Staff

Файл:Bobby Smyrniotis Forge FC.jpg

Head coach Bobby Smyrniotis in 2019

Executive
Coaching staff

On April 12, Costa Smyrniotis left the club to join the CPL as Executive Vice President, Soccer. He had been the club's Director of Football and Business since 2018 and had been a key architect of the team's early success, including three CPL championships.

On May 1, Forge announced that it had signed technical director and head coach Bobby Smyrniotis to a four-year contract extension and expanded his role as head coach and sporting director. He had previously been linked to CF Montréal's head coaching vacancy as well as others in MLS and Europe during the preceding off-season. Over the following days, the club also announced the promotions of Jelani Smith to director of soccer operations and Nicole Demers to vice president of business operations.

Club partnerships

On March 31, Forge announced Hamilton United Elite as an official Forge FC Development Club, joining Sigma FC in the club's youth structure. As part of the agreement, Forge will provide technical leadership and guidance to Hamilton United's coaching staff as well as season passes to their youth players. Hamilton United has also changed its logo and colours to match Forge's orange, grey, and white.

On April 13, Forge made another partnership announcement by revealing eight official "Forge FC Youth Partner Clubs": Шаблон:Columns-list

On April 21, the CPL announced a "downward player movement pilot project" to allow its clubs to each have an affiliate club that they can send players to get additional game time. That same day, Forge announced Sigma FC as their affiliate. Forge quickly took advantage of the affiliation by sending Malcolm Duncan and Khadim Kane to Sigma to start in a match the next day.

Community initiatives

On September 9, Forge hosted its second annual Spark Summit, an event aimed at connecting and inspiring professional women in the sports and entertainment industry. Other club initiatives during the season included youth soccer clinics, a high-performance training program, a coaches clinic, an international night, and a food drive in support of Good Shepherd.

Kits

Forge FC unveiled its 2023 primary and alternate kits at a supporters event on March 14 hosted at Tim Hortons Field. Both kits draw inspiration from Hamilton's city flag by featuring a six-link chain that represents the communities of Hamilton, Ancaster, Dundas, Flamborough, Glanbrook, and Stoney Creek. The kits continue to be produced by Macron and sponsored by Tim Hortons for a fifth consecutive season and for the first time feature sponsorship from CIBC on the left sleeve.

Preseason and friendlies

On February 13, Forge took to the field to begin its preseason. The club travelled to Costa Rica on March 16 for two weeks of training in Alajuela where they played friendlies against Primera División sides Cartaginés, LD Alajuelense, and Deportivo Saprissa, as well as the Costa Rica national under-20 football team. The team also played preseason friendlies against League1 Ontario side Sigma FC, NCAA Division I's Syracuse Orange and Akron Zips, U Sports's York Lions, and fellow CPL side and 905 Derby rival York United.

Competitions

Matches are listed in Hamilton local time: Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)

Canadian Premier League

Table

2023 Canadian Premier League season

Results by match

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Matches

Forge FC's opening weekend match against Cavalry FC was announced on January 27, 2023. The rest of the schedule was announced on January 30.

Playoff matches

Шаблон:Main Forge qualified for the CPL playoffs on September 23. As the second-place finishers in the regular season, they opened the playoffs away at regular season winners Cavalry FC on October 14 in the page playoff first semifinal. After defeating Cavalry 2–1 and earning the right to host the final in Hamilton at Tim Hortons Field, the league announced that the final would be played on October 28 at 6:00Шаблон:Nbsppm.

Canadian Championship

Canada Soccer announced the draw procedure for the Canadian Championship on January 17, 2023; the draw was help on January 31. Fixtures were announced on February 7 for the preliminary round, April 21 for the quarter-finals, and May 11 for the semi-finals.

Statistics

Squad and statistics

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Goal scorers

Woobens Pacius and Terran Campbell ended the CPL season with 10 goals each, tied for third in the league's scoring race and one back of joint Golden Boot winners Ollie Bassett and Myer Bevan who each scored 11 goals.

Rank	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Canadian Premier League	CPL Playoffs	Canadian Championship	TOTAL
1	Шаблон:Flagicon	Woobens Pacius	FW	10	0	1	11
2	Шаблон:Flagicon	Terran Campbell	FW	10	0	0	10
3	Шаблон:Flagicon	Kyle Bekker	MF	3	1	1	5
4	Шаблон:Flagicon	Jordan Hamilton	FW	4	0	0	4
5	Шаблон:Flagicon	Béni Badibanga	FW	2	1	0	3
	Шаблон:Flagicon	Noah Jensen	MF	1	0	2	3
6	Шаблон:Flagicon	Tristan Borges	FW	1	1	0	2
	Шаблон:Flagicon	David Choinière	MF	2	0	0	2
	Шаблон:Flagicon	Kwasi Poku	MF	2	0	0	2
	Шаблон:Flagicon	Aboubacar Sissoko	MF	2	0	0	2
10	Шаблон:Flagicon	Alessandro Hojabrpour	MF	0	1	0	1
	Шаблон:Flagicon	Rezart Rama	DF	1	0	0	1
Own goals				1	0	0	1
Totals				39	4	4	47

Clean sheets

Rank	Nat.	Player	Canadian Premier League	CPL Playoffs	Canadian Championship	TOTAL
1	Шаблон:Flagicon	Triston Henry	9	0	1	10
2	Шаблон:Flagicon	Christopher Kalongo	1	0	0	1
Totals			10	0	1	11

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Canadian Premier League		CPL Playoffs		Canadian Championship		TOTAL
				Шаблон:Yel	Шаблон:Sent off	Шаблон:Yel	Шаблон:Sent off	Шаблон:Yel	Шаблон:Sent off	Шаблон:Yel	Шаблон:Sent off
1	GK	Шаблон:Flagicon	Triston Henry	4	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
2	DF	Шаблон:Flagicon	Malcolm Duncan	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3	DF	Шаблон:Flagicon	Ashtone Morgan	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
4	DF	Шаблон:Flagicon	Dominic Samuel	4	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
5	DF	Шаблон:Flagicon	Manjrekar James	3	0	2	0	1	0	6	0
7	FW	Шаблон:Flagicon	David Choinière	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
10	MF	Шаблон:Flagicon	Kyle Bekker	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
13	MF	Шаблон:Flagicon	Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
17	FW	Шаблон:Flagicon	Woobens Pacius	5	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
19	FW	Шаблон:Flagicon	Tristan Borges	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
20	MF	Шаблон:Flagicon	Kwasi Poku	2	1	0	0	1	0	3	1
21	MF	Шаблон:Flagicon	Alessandro Hojabrpour	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
22	MF	Шаблон:Flagicon	Noah Jensen	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
23	DF	Шаблон:Flagicon	Garven Metusala	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
24	DF	Шаблон:Flagicon	Rezart Rama	7	0	1	0	1	0	9	0
33	MF	Шаблон:Flagicon	Aboubacar Sissoko	5	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
39	FW	Шаблон:Flagicon	Béni Badibanga	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
64	MF	Шаблон:Flagicon	Khadim Kane	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
81	DF	Шаблон:Flagicon	Malik Owolabi-Belewu	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Totals				57	1	8	0	4	0	69	1

Hat-tricks

Player	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Sortname	York United FC	4–0 (A)	July 9, 2023
Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Sortname	Vancouver FC	3–0 (A)	September 3, 2023

Honours

Canadian Premier League Awards

The Canadian Premier League Awards took place on October 26 in Hamilton.

Name	Award	Status	Source
Kyle Bekker	Player of the Year	Шаблон:Nom
	Player's Player of the Year	Шаблон:Nom
Terran Campbell	Player's Player of the Year	Шаблон:Nom
Triston Henry	Golden Glove	Шаблон:Won
Manjrekar James	Defender of the Year	Шаблон:Nom
Kwasi Poku	Best Canadian U-21 Player	Шаблон:Nom
Bobby Smyrniotis	Coach of the Year	Шаблон:Nom

Canadian Premier League Best XI

Name	Source
Béni Badibanga Terran Campbell Kyle Bekker Triston Henry Manjrekar James

Monthly Awards

Month	Name	Award	Source
April	Bobby Smyrniotis	Manager of the Month
May	Triston Henry	Goalkeeper of the Month
July	Kyle Bekker	Player of the Month
	Triston Henry	Goalkeeper of the Month
October	Triston Henry	Goalkeeper of the Month
	Bobby Smyrniotis	Manager of the Month

Player of the Week

Week	Name	Source
3	Manjrekar James
7	Triston Henry
13	Terran Campbell
21	Woobens Pacius
24	Kwasi Poku

Team of the Week

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Terran Campbell has been named to four CPL Teams of the Week in 2023.

The Gatorade Team of the Week is usually selected by the CPL's Kristian Jack and OneSoccer's Oliver Platt.

Week	Name	Source
1	Noah Jensen
3	Manjrekar James Ashtone Morgan Aboubacar Sissoko
4	Tristan Borges Terran Campbell Triston Henry
5	Jordan Hamilton
7	Triston Henry (2)
8	Kyle Bekker
11	Terran Campbell (2)
12	Kyle Bekker (2)
13	Kyle Bekker (3) Tristan Borges (2) Terran Campbell (3) Triston Henry (3)
14	Kyle Bekker (4) Terran Campbell (4)
15	Kyle Bekker (5) David Choinière Triston Henry (4) Manjrekar James (2)
16	Kyle Bekker (6) Triston Henry (5) Ashtone Morgan (2)
18	Kyle Bekker (7)
19	Béni Badibanga
20	Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson
21	Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson (2) Woobens Pacius
23	Béni Badibanga (2)
24	Woobens Pacius (2) Kwasi Poku Rezart Rama
25	Rezart Rama (2)

Milestones

Manager

150th game in charge

Bobby Smyrniotis managed his 150th game in charge of Forge FC on September 9, 2023.

Date	Manager	Final score	Opponent	Шаблон:Abbr
September 9	Шаблон:Flagg Bobby Smyrniotis	0–0 (H)	Cavalry FC

Players

Debuts

The following players made their competitive debuts for Forge during the 2023 season.

Date	Шаблон:Abbr	Шаблон:Abbr	Player	Final score	Opponent	Notes	Шаблон:Abbr
April 15	5	DF	Шаблон:Flagg Manjrekar James	2–2 (H)	Cavalry FC
May 5	64	MF	Шаблон:Flagg Khadim Kane	2–1 (A)	York United FC	First professional match
August 4	39	FW	Шаблон:Flagg Béni Badibanga	0–3 (A)	Cavalry FC
September 9	37	FW	Шаблон:Flagg Kevaughn Tavernier	0–0 (H)	Cavalry FC	First professional match

100th appearances

The following players made their 100th appearance for Forge during the 2023 season.

Date	Шаблон:Abbr	Шаблон:Abbr	Player	Final score	Opponent	Шаблон:Abbr
April 18	19	FW	Шаблон:Flagg Tristan Borges	3–0 (H)	FC Laval

First goals

The following players scored their first goals for Forge during the 2023 season.

Date	Шаблон:Abbr	Шаблон:Abbr	Player	Final score	Opponent	Шаблон:Abbr
August 19	39	FW	Шаблон:Flagg Béni Badibanga	1–1 (H)	HFX Wanderers FC
September 23	24	DF	Шаблон:Flagg Rezart Rama	3–1 (H)	Pacific FC

First clean sheets

The following goalkeepers kept their first clean sheets for Forge during the 2023 season.

Date	Шаблон:Abbr	Шаблон:Abbr	Player	Final score	Opponent	Шаблон:Abbr
May 19	29	GK	Шаблон:Flagg Christopher Kalongo	0–0 (H)	Vancouver FC

External links

• Official site