Tag: Atletico Ottawa
The Canadian Premier League is still in its infancy stages after starting to play for the 2019 season. It started with seven teams, and with a ninth team being added next season, they have seen steady growth having expanded to eight for the past three seasons. Those eight teams have put their mark on the … Continue reading Ranking the CPL Logos
The 2022 Canadian Premier League season has come to a close. With the season starting in April and going until the end of October these seven months of football have flown by. This was the year that Atletico Ottawa stamped out their place in the league going from last place in 2020, and 2021 to … Continue reading Atletico Ottawa Season Review
Credit where credit is due. Ottawa showed up for the finals! Over 14,000 spectators. And that credit goes to a coach named Carlos Gonzales that turned things around (we’ll discuss his technique later), a front office staff that got the word out, a team that played their hearts out, and to me, most importantly a … Continue reading The Final: Forging a Dynasty
The Canadian Premier League had its awards show tonight, where the winners of the six awards were announced. The awards up for grabs are the Best Canadian Under-21 Player, Goalkeeper of the Year, Defender of the Year, Coach of the Year, Player of the Year, Golden Boot, and Players’ Player of the Year. Three players/coaches … Continue reading Canadian Premier League Award Winners
This Sunday will see the 2022 CPL season come to a close as first place Atlético Ottawa host second place Forge. It’s been a welcomed return to normality this season, and this final will be a fitting end to a rather entertaining season. Ottawa and Forge are both in the final on merit, but as … Continue reading 2022 CPL Final Is A Tale Of Contrast
The end of the season is upon us, with one more game to play, the CPL awards season is here and with it comes six awards to give out. Including Players’ Player of the Year which is new for this season. The awards are as follows: Best Canadian Under-21 Player Goalkeeper of the Year Defender … Continue reading CPL Award Nominees
How things have changed for the soccer community in the nation's capital. Atlético Ottawa is in the midst of their first post-season campaign, and after never finishing higher than seventh in the CPL table, they suddenly look likely to play for a championship. The regular season champions ventured to Victoria for the first leg in … Continue reading Pressure Squarely on Atlético Ottawa in Second Leg
The 2022 Canadian Premier League was the first “real” season that the league had with 8 teams, and the first full season since Covid-19 started in 2020. Since then we have had the Island Games in 2020 where no one was in attendance and a half bubble/half-regular season for 2021, where some fans stayed away … Continue reading A Deep Dive Into CPL Attendance
Atletico Ottawa clinch first place in the 2022 Canadian Premier League season. With a game in hand, Ottawa has completed the comeback story of the year. From last place in the 2021 season to first place in 2022 Ottawa has completed the near impossible. During the 2021 season, the only trophy Ottawa walked away with … Continue reading Atletico Ottawa: From Worst to First
I know usually rankings are quickly prefaced with an introduction, maybe some qualifying remarks about how the rankings are tallied, etc. However, I am a little weird, so I am going to do mine a little weirder. I will drop a category. Write a few sentences about how the main winners and losers stack up … Continue reading The Stadiums of the CPL: Ranked by a Guy Who Has Been There and Done That
