Английская Википедия:Cavalry FC

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Cavalry Football Club, is a Canadian professional soccer club based in the Calgary metropolitan region of Alberta. The club competes at the top of the Canadian soccer league system in the Canadian Premier League, and plays their home matches at ATCO Field on the grounds of Spruce Meadows in Foothills County.

The team is managed by Tommy Wheeldon Jr. and owned by Spruce Meadows Sports & Entertainment.

History

On May 5, 2018, Calgary was one of four cities accepted by the Canadian Soccer Association for professional club membership.

Cavalry FC was announced on May 17, 2018, as the second team to officially join the Canadian Premier League. Spruce Meadows Sports & Entertainment Group CEO Linda Southern-Heathcott and COO Ian Allison were joined by league commissioner David Clanachan and league president Paul Beirne to unveil the team.

The club's name, crest and colours were all revealed at the event at Spruce Meadows, while Tommy Wheeldon Jr. was announced as head coach and general manager. Plans to renovate existing facilities at Spruce Meadows, resulting in a soccer-specific stadium with a capacity of at least 5,000 seats, were also revealed.

On June 26, 2019, Cavalry FC qualified for the 2019 Canadian Premier League Championship by winning the inaugural CPL Spring season. The following month the Cavs became the first CPL club to defeat a Major League Soccer club in the Canadian Championship by upsetting Vancouver Whitecaps FC in 2019 over two-legs.

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A game between Cavalry FC and HFX Wanderers FC during the CPL's inaugural season in 2019.

Goalkeeper Marco Carducci became the first CPL player called up to the Canada men's national soccer team when, on August 28, 2019, he was requested for a pair of Nations League A matches against Cuba.

Colours and crest

The team's crest was designed by Jon Rogers. The crest features a chevron in homage to the Lord Strathcona's Horse armoured regiment, Alberta Foothills and Rocky Mountains, and a football to represent the past and future of Calgary as a sporting city.

The club's colours are green, red and black (branded by the club as "army green," "Calgary red," and "black on black"). These colours symbolize the green of Calgary's nature and Spruce Meadows, and the red and black of other Calgary sports teams and the flag of Lord Strathcona's Horse.

Stadium

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View of ATCO Field from section 203. The field is used by Cavalry FC for home games.

Cavalry FC play at ATCO Field, a 6,000-seat stadium located at Spruce Meadows, at the 'Meadows on the Green' equestrian ring. The stadium is modular to allow for future growth and uses natural grass. In September 2019, Spruce Meadows presented a new area plan to Foothills County, that includes a 12,000 seat soccer-specific stadium on the grounds that would replace ATCO Field over the next 30 years.

Club culture

Supporters

The Foot Soldiers are a group originally formed in 2015 to support USL League Two club Calgary Foothills and the Calgary Foothills UWS team. The supporters group began supporting Cavalary in the lead-up to the first match, with the group's numbers swelling. Fans sitting in sections 108 and 109 have created a group called the Mighty 109 / 108 who sit on the other side of the entrance arch. The Front Line Ultras stand in section 200 and have supported the team since 2019.

Rivalries

Al Classico

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A game between Cavalry and Forge FC

The Al Classico existed with FC Edmonton as a geographical rivalry between the two Alberta-based clubs in the Canadian Premier League. The rivalry is part of a larger sporting rivalry between teams based in Calgary and Edmonton; the two largest cities in the province. The Wildrose Cup was awarded annually to the team that wins the most points from the series in league play (excluding 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic), which Cavalry won each year until FC Edmonton ceased operations in 2022.

Cavalry FC–Forge FC rivalry

The Cavalry FC–Forge FC rivalry developed during the 2019 spring season as the two top clubs in the league. The rivalry bled into the 2019 Canadian Championship in which Cavalry defeated Forge 3–2 over two legs on aggregate. The first leg, which resulted in a 1–1 draw, ended with heated altercations between both sides on the pitch, leading to a disciplinary review by the Canadian Soccer Association.

Honours

• Canadian Premier League championship
  • Runners-up: 2019, 2023
• Canadian Premier League Shield
  • Champions (2): 2019, 2023

Players and staff

Roster

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Staff

Executive
Coaching staff

Head coaches

Coach	Nation	Tenure	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Tommy Wheeldon Jr.	Шаблон:Flagcountry	May 17, 2018 – present

Club captains

Years	Name	Nation
2019–2021	Nikolas Ledgerwood	Шаблон:CAN
2022	Mason Trafford	Шаблон:CAN
2023–present	Marco Carducci	Шаблон:CAN

Record

Year-by-year

Season	League												Playoffs	CC	Continental		Average attendance	Top goalscorer(s)
	Div	League	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Pos.						Name	Goals
2019	1	CPL	28	19	5	4	51	19	+32	62	2.21	1st	RU	SF	Ineligible		3,292	Шаблон:Flagicon Dominique Malonga	13
2020		CPL	10	5	1	4	14	11	+3	16	1.60	Шаблон:N/A	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ		N/A	Шаблон:Flagicon Jordan Brown Шаблон:Flagicon Nathan Mavila	3
2021		CPL	28	14	8	6	34	30	+4	50	1.79	2nd	SF	QF			2,544	Шаблон:Flagicon Joe Mason	8
2022		CPL	28	14	5	9	39	33	+6	47	1.68	3rd	SF	QF			3,492	Шаблон:Flagicon Joe Mason	8
2023		CPL	28	16	7	5	46	27	+19	55	1.96	1st	RU	PR			4,090	Шаблон:Flagicon Myer Bevan	11

1. Average attendance include statistics from league matches only.
2. Top goalscorer(s) includes all goals scored in league season, league playoffs, Canadian Championship, CONCACAF League, and other competitive continental matches.

International competition

Scores and results list Cavalry FC's goal tally first.

Year	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
2024	CONCACAF Champions Cup	Round one	Шаблон:Fbaicon Orlando City SC

Reserve team

Cavalry operates a reserve team, Cavalry FC U21, in League1 Alberta.

External links

• Шаблон:Official website