Tag: Forge FC
I don't know, dear readers, if you are a "good news first", or a "get the bad news out of the way" kind of crowd. So, I'll just guess that you have enough negativity in your lives and jump to the good stuff. The CPL has announced some impressive increases in player compensation. According to … Continue reading Opinion: CPL Announces Pay Hikes, Hooray! But Let Me Be That Guy
One way to gauge how interesting/entertaining a league is to see how many goals are scored during the regular season. For the most part, the more goals that are scored, the more entertaining a game is, at least for many fans (sorry, lovers of defence). This can also be said that the more goals per … Continue reading Which Stadium Is Easiest To Win At
Prologue Let’s get the obvious stuff out of the way: I am an optimistic and friendly neighbourhood writer most days, and I am as happy-go-lucky as the next human. So, I want to get most of the cynicism and snark out of the way off the top. Imagine you were running, footloose and fancy-free, down … Continue reading Forge Season in Review
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
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
Here we go again. It is Coach of the Year time. Or as those of us in Hamilton know it, Smyrniotis Snub Season. So, this year the front runner is Carlos Gonzales of Atletico Ottawa, or CarGo to the hip kids in Ottawa. He took the league's bottom feeders from last to first with only … Continue reading The Argument for Bobby: A Totally Unbiased Report from Forgeland
Sorry it took this one so long to come out, but there was so much for me to break down tactically. Just kidding. I don't do that, but what I did notice was more of the same. Two teams pretty evenly matched, and another healthy round of the Rivalry. It could have been very different. … Continue reading The Rivalry – Semis-Edition: Leg One
