Tag: Atletico Ottawa
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
Atlético Ottawa beat HFX Wanders 2-1 on a gorgeous day in Halifax. Saturday marked the fourth time the two teams met, and with the win, Ottawa wrapped up their season-series sweep over the Wanderers, winning all four games. In the series, Atlético outscored HFX 8-3, including a 3-2 win in August on a game-winning goal … Continue reading Atlético Ottawa Sweep Season-Series Against HFX Wanders
Atletico Ottawa is the first team of the 2022 CPL season to qualify for the playoffs, with a strong 3-1 win over Cavalry. This is also the first time in Ottawa’s short history that they have made the playoffs, after finishing at the bottom of the table last season, and then not doing well in … Continue reading Atletico Ottawa Clinch a Playoff Spot With Win Over Cavalry
On August 21st, Valour were held to a 1-1 draw at home to bottom of the table FC Edmonton, leaving their playoff hopes on a knife edge. It was the third time in as many games against the Eddies that they had dropped points to the leagues eighth best team (in an eight team league) … Continue reading And Just Like That, The CPL Playoff Race Is Wide Open
Atlético Ottawa announced yesterday August 31st, 2022 that they had signed 2006-born defender Gabriel Carvalho and 2005-born midfielder Omar Darwish to Canadian Premier League Development Contracts for the remainder of the season. Both players are products of the West Ottawa Soccer Club, that had been identified through the Atlético Madrid Development Program. Both of these … Continue reading Atlético Ottawa Sign Two Players to Development Contracts
We’re officially on the business end. The season is seventy-five percent complete, and the race for playoffs and seeding is only heating up! A lot can happen in seven games, and we’ve seen teams form dramatically collapse, off-the-field moves shaking things up, and teams who are more than happy to play spoiler. So as we … Continue reading CPL Three Quarter-Season Power Ranking
On the bus with a group of fans, some rowdies, some youth, some diehard supporters, some staff members, and even some first-timers. You couldn’t ask for a better mix. This is the first time on the road as one since the first away game at York9. And while York Lions Stadium remains the easiest away … Continue reading Forge Away: An Ottawa Odyssey
