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Forge FC
2020 season
ChairmanBob Young
Head coachBobby Smyrniotis
Canadian Premier LeagueChampions
CONCACAF LeagueQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Kyle Bekker
Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson
(3 goals each)
All: Daniel Krutzen (4 goals)
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The 2020 Forge FC season was the second season in the history of Forge FC. Forge were the defending league champions, having defeated Cavalry FC in the 2019 Canadian Premier League Finals. In addition to the domestic league, the club competed in the CONCACAF League, advancing to the quarter-finals for the first time.

On September 19, Forge defeated HFX Wanderers FC 2–0 in the 2020 Canadian Premier League Final to win their second consecutive league title. As champions, they qualified for the 2020 Canadian Championship Final and the 2021 CONCACAF League.

Review[edit]

On January 22, Forge FC announced they had transferred reigning CPL golden boot winner and player of the year Tristan Borges to Belgian First Division B side Oud-Heverlee Leuven for a fee reported to be close to $300,000.[1][2] Before the start of the new season, the club supplemented their roster with several new signings including K.R.C. Genk academy product Paolo Sabak, former Montreal Impact and Canada men's national soccer team fullback Maxim Tissot, and former Toronto FC attacker Molham Babouli.[3][4][5]

Canadian Premier League: The Island Games[edit]

The Canadian Premier League originally announced its schedule on February 21. The season would have begun on April 11 and concluded on October 4 with a balanced, 28-match schedule.[6] In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the CPL paused all pre-season training on March 13 before later postponing the start of the season on March 20.[7][8]

On July 29, the CPL announced a revised, shortened season format to be played exclusively at the University of Prince Edward Island from August 13 to September 19 in a bio-secure bubble. Dubbed The Island Games, the season would begin with a round-robin preliminary round. The top four teams would qualify for a round-robin group stage; the top two teams from the group stage would qualify for a single match final.[9][10]

Forge FC's opening day starting lineup against Cavalry FC

Forge opened their season on August 13 with a 2–2 draw against rival club Cavalry FC in the opening match of The Island Games.[11] Over the following weeks, Forge completed the CPL's preliminary round, ending with 2–2 draw against Valour FC to qualify for the second round group stage with a record of 3 wins, 3 draws, and 1 loss.[12][13]

In the group stage, Forge opened with a 1–1 draw against HFX Wanderers FC before defeating Pacific FC 2–0 to put them on the verge of qualifying for the final.[14][15] Needing just a draw in their final group stage match,[16] Forge defeated Cavalry FC 1–0 to qualify for their second consecutive CPL final.[17][18]

Forge faced HFX Wanderers FC in the 2020 Canadian Premier League final. This was the third match between the two clubs at The Island Games with both previous matches ending in 1–1 draws.[19] Forge won the final 2–0 to repeat as CPL champions and qualify the club for the 2021 CONCACAF League and the 2020 Canadian Championship Final.[20]

Following the season, captain Kyle Bekker was named the CPL's Player of the Year and goalkeeper Triston Henry was awarded the Golden Glove.[21]

CONCACAF League[edit]

Forge qualified for the 2020 CONCACAF League by winning the 2019 Canadian Premier League finals to become CPL champions. This was their second consecutive season in the CONCACAF League after making it to the round of 16 in 2019.[22]

The competition was originally scheduled to begin on July 28, but this was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On August 7, CONCACAF announced they had rescheduled the tournament to begin play on October 20 and conclude on January 28, 2021.[23]

CONCACAF conducted the tournament draw on September 21.[24] Due to travel restrictions introduced in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, all rounds of the tournament were played as single leg ties hosted by the higher seeded team.[25] As the lowest seeded team, this guaranteed that Forge would not play any home games.[26]

Forge opened its CONCACAF League run in the preliminary round away at Salvadoran club C.D. Municipal Limeño on October 22. David Choinière struck first for the Hammers, opening the scoring in the 21st minute before the Salvadorans tied the game later in the first half.[27] Overcoming a 64th minute red card to Jonathan Grant, Forge won 2–1 to advance to the round of 16 thanks to an 83rd minute goal by Anthony Novak.[27] After the match, Forge travelled directly to Panama City to prepare for their next match.[27]

In the round of 16, Forge faced Panamanian side Tauro F.C. on November 3. Forge took an early lead once again, this time from a goal by Molham Babouli, before Tauro equalized in the 18th minute.[28] Late in the second half, Novak drew a penalty for Forge which Daniël Krutzen converted in stoppage time to secure another 2–1 win for Forge.[28] The win propelled Forge into the quarter-finals, a new best result for a CPL team.[29]

Following a break when the team was able to return home,[30] Forge returned to action on December 1 for a quarter-final matchup against Haitian club Arcahaie FC with a chance to qualify for the 2021 CONCACAF Champions League. The match was played in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic as Arcahaie did not have a suitable venue.[31][32] David Choinière drew a penalty just before halftime which Daniel Krutzen scored to give Forge the lead, however Arcahaie capitalized on a Triston Henry error in the 57th minute to tie the game.[33] Despite outplaying their opponents, the game ended tied 1–1 and headed straight to penalties.[33][34] Arcahaie's goalkeeper made two saves while their penalty takers converted all of their kicks to defeat Forge 4–2, knocking the Hammers out of the CONCACAF League.[34][35]

Despite their elimination, Forge then travelled to Tegucigalpa, Honduras to face C.D. Marathón in a play-in match to qualify for one of the CONCACAF League's final two spots in the CONCACAF Champions League.[36] This was centre-back David Edgar's final professional match as he had announced that he would retire at the end of the year.[37][38] Marathón took the lead 18th minute from a header off of a free kick which proved to be the only goal in a 1–0 final, qualifying the Hondurans for the Champions League at Forge's expense.[38] The match was "ill-tempered" with four yellow cards shown to Forge, three to Marathón, and both Kyle Bekker and coach Bobby Smyrniotis sent off late in the match.[38]

Squad[edit]

As of December 8, 2020[39]
No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (age) Previous club
Goalkeepers
1 Triston Henry Canada GK (1993-09-08)September 8, 1993 (aged 27) Canada Sigma FC
31 Baj Maan Canada GK (2000-07-12)July 12, 2000 (aged 20) United States NKU Norse
Defenders
2 Jonathan Grant Canada DF (1993-10-15)October 15, 1993 (aged 27) Sweden Nyköpings BIS
4 Dominic Samuel Canada DF (1994-09-29)September 29, 1994 (aged 26) Canada Sigma FC
5 Daniel Krutzen Belgium DF (1996-09-19)September 19, 1996 (aged 24) United States Reading United
6 Kwame Awuah Canada DF (1995-12-02)December 2, 1995 (aged 25) United States New York City FC
14 David Edgar Canada DF (1987-05-19)May 19, 1987 (aged 33) England Hartlepool United
15 Maxim Tissot Canada DF (1992-04-13)April 13, 1992 (aged 28) Canada Ottawa Fury
16 Klaidi Cela Canada DF (1999-07-16)July 16, 1999 (aged 21) Canada Sigma FC
21 Jordan Dunstan Canada DF (1993-03-21)March 21, 1993 (aged 27) United States Chattanooga FC
22 Monti Mohsen Canada DF (2000-06-13)June 13, 2000 (aged 20) Canada Sigma FC
Midfielders
8 Elimane Oumar Cissé Senegal MF (1995-03-12)March 12, 1995 (aged 25) Senegal Diambars FC
10 Kyle Bekker Canada MF (1990-09-02)September 2, 1990 (aged 30) United States North Carolina FC
13 Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson Sweden MF (1996-04-17)April 17, 1996 (aged 24) Sweden IFK Värnamo
Forwards
7 David Choinière Canada FW (1997-02-07)February 7, 1997 (aged 23) Canada Montreal Impact
9 Marcel Zajac Canada FW (1998-04-29)April 29, 1998 (aged 22) United States Akron Zips
11 Chris Nanco Canada FW (1995-02-15)February 15, 1995 (aged 25) United States Bethlehem Steel
17 Kadell Thomas Canada FW (1996-11-26)November 26, 1996 (aged 24) Canada Sigma FC
19 Molham Babouli Canada FW (1993-01-02)January 2, 1993 (aged 27) Canada FC Ukraine United
20 Gabriel Balbinotti Canada FW (1998-04-12)April 12, 1998 (aged 22) Canada UQTR Patriotes
23 Anthony Novak Canada FW (1994-03-27)March 27, 1994 (aged 26) Canada Oakville Blue Devils
24 Paolo Sabak Belgium FW (1999-02-10)February 10, 1999 (aged 21) Netherlands NEC Nijmegen

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

No. Pos. Player Transferred from Fee/notes Date Source
– GK Canada David Monsalve Canada Ottawa Fury Free transfer March 2, 2020 [40]
24 MF Belgium Paolo Sabak Netherlands NEC Nijmegen Free transfer April 23, 2020 [41]
15 DF Canada Maxim Tissot Canada Ottawa Fury Free transfer July 22, 2020 [42]
31 GK Canada Baj Maan United States NKU Norse Free transfer July 31, 2020 [43]
21 DF Canada Jordan Dunstan United States Chattanooga FC Free transfer July 31, 2020 [43]
20 FW Canada Gabriel Balbinotti Canada UQTR Patriotes Selected 7th overall in the 2019 CPL–U Sports Draft July 31, 2020 [43]
19 FW Canada Molham Babouli Unattached Free transfer August 4, 2020 [44]

Draft picks[edit]

Forge FC selected the following players in the 2019 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 7 FW Gabriel Balbinotti  Canada UQTR Patriotes
2 8 MF Alex Zis  Canada Guelph Gryphons

Out[edit]

No. Pos. Player Transferred to Fee/notes Date Source
18 GK Guyana Quillan Roberts Contract expired January 8, 2020 [45]
21 DF Cameroon Bertrand Owundi Contract expired January 8, 2020 [45]
20 MF Canada Justin Stoddart Contract expired January 8, 2020 [45]
19 MF Canada Tristan Borges Belgium OH Leuven Undisclosed January 22, 2020 [46]
8 MF Canada Giuliano Frano Contract terminated by mutual consent July 30, 2020 [47]
– GK Canada David Monsalve Guatemala Xelajú MC Undisclosed July 31, 2020 [48]

Club[edit]

Kits[edit]

Forge FC unveiled its 2020 primary kit on February 27 at an event hosted at Tim Hortons Field.[49] The kit was inspired by Hamilton's six regional municipalities and featured a gold patch signifying Forge's status as defending champions.[50]

The CPL unveiled all of its clubs' alternate kits on July 30.[51] These "City Edition" kits incorporated unique symbolism for each club, with Forge's kit drawing from the image of Hamilton's Gore Park fountain.[51][52] Like the home kit, the alternate kit featured a gold champion patch.[52]

The kits continued to be produced by Macron and sponsored by Tim Hortons for a second consecutive season.[49][52]

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Competitions[edit]

Matches are listed in Hamilton local time: Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4) from April to October and Eastern Standard Time (UTC-5) otherwise.

Overview[edit]

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Canadian Premier League August 13 September 19 First stage Winners 11 6 4 1 19 10 +9 054.55
CONCACAF League October 22 December 8 Preliminary round Quarterfinals 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 050.00
Total 15 8 5 2 24 14 +10 053.33

Last updated: December 8, 2020
Source: Competitions

Canadian Premier League[edit]

Main article: 2020 Canadian Premier League season

First stage[edit]

Table[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Cavalry 7 4 1 2 10 7 +3 13 Advance to group stage
2 HFX Wanderers 7 3 3 1 12 7 +5 12[a]
3 Forge 7 3 3 1 13 9 +4 12[a]
4 Pacific 7 3 2 2 10 8 +2 11
5 York9 7 2 4 1 8 7 +1 10
6 Valour 7 2 2 3 8 9 −1 8[b]
7 Atlético Ottawa 7 2 2 3 7 12 −5 8[b]
8 FC Edmonton 7 0 1 6 5 14 −9 1
Source: CanPL.ca
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) goal differential; 4) goals for; 5) total wins; 6) U-21 minutes; 7) coin toss or drawing of lots.[53]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: HFX Wanderers 1, Forge 1. Goal differential: HFX Wanderers +5, Forge +4
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Valour 3, Atlético Ottawa 0.
Results by match[edit]
Match1234567
ResultDWDWLWD
Position1111212
Source: #Matches
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches[edit]

Forge FC's opening match against Cavalry FC was announced on July 29.[9] The rest of the first stage schedule was announced on August 10.[54][55]

August 13 1 Forge FC 2–2 Cavalry FC Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
8:00pm
Report
Stadium: Alumni Field
Referee: Yusri Rudolf
August 16 2 Forge FC 2–0 FC Edmonton Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
3:00pm
Report Stadium: Alumni Field
Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren
August 19 3 HFX Wanderers FC 1–1 Forge FC Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
8:00pm
Report
Stadium: Alumni Field
Referee: David Barrie
August 22 4 Forge FC 2–1 Pacific FC Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
4:00pm
Report
Stadium: Alumni Field
Referee: Matthew Souaré
August 26 5 York9 FC 3–2 Forge FC Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
1:00pm
Report
Stadium: Alumni Field
Referee: Juan Marquez
August 30 6 Atlético Ottawa 0–2 Forge FC Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
3:00pm
Report
Stadium: Alumni Field
Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren
September 5 7 Forge FC 2–2 Valour FC Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
12:00pm
Report
Stadium: Alumni Field
Referee: David Barrie

Group stage[edit]

Table[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Forge 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7 Advance to final
2 HFX Wanderers 3 1 1 1 3 7 −4 4
3 Cavalry 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 3[a]
4 Pacific 3 1 0 2 6 5 +1 3[a]
Source: CanPL.ca
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) goal differential; 4) goals for; 5) total wins; 6) U-21 minutes; 7) coin toss or drawing of lots.[56]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Cavalry 3, Pacific 0.
Results by round[edit]
Round123
ResultDWW
Position211
Source: #Matches
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches[edit]

The group stage schedule was announced on September 6.[57]

September 9 1 HFX Wanderers FC 1–1 Forge FC Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
1:00pm
Report
Stadium: Alumni Field
Referee: Myriam Marcotte
September 12 2 Forge FC 2–0 Pacific FC Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
12:00pm
Report
Stadium: Alumni Field
Referee: Juan Marquez
September 15 3 Cavalry FC 0–1 Forge FC Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
1:00pm Hernández Yellow card 90+2' Report
Stadium: Alumni Field
Referee: Filip Dujic

Final[edit]

September 19 2020 CPL Final Forge FC 2–0 HFX Wanderers FC Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
3:00pm
Report Stadium: Alumni Field
Referee: Juan Marquez

CONCACAF League[edit]

Main article: 2020 CONCACAF League

CONCACAF conducted the CONCACAF League draw on September 21.[24]

Preliminary round[edit]

The preliminary round schedule was announced on September 29.[58]

Round of 16[edit]

The round of 16 schedule was announced on October 27.[59]

November 3 Tauro Panama 1–2 Canada Forge FC Panama City, Panama
8:00 pm
Report
Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández
Referee: Nima Saghafi (United States)

Quarterfinals[edit]

The quarterfinals schedule was announced on November 5.[60]

Play-in round[edit]

The play-in round schedule was announced on December 4.[61]

December 8 Marathón Honduras 1–0 Canada Forge FC Tegucigalpa, Honduras
10:00 pm
Report
Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Referee: Bryan López (Guatemala)

Canadian Championship[edit]

Main article: 2020 Canadian Championship

The 2020 Canadian Championship was played as a one-game final between Forge as the CPL Champions and Toronto FC as the winner of a head-to-head series between Canadian teams from Major League Soccer. It was delayed until June 2022 due to scheduling difficulties related to the COVID-19 pandemic.[62] Forge ultimately lost the final in a penalty shoot-out following a 1–1 draw.[63]

Statistics[edit]

Squad and statistics[edit]

As of December 10, 2020

No. Pos Nat Player Total Canadian Premier League CONCACAF League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Canada CAN Triston Henry 14 0 10+0 0 4+0 0
2 DF Canada CAN Jonathan Grant 7 0 4+0 0 3+0 0
4 DF Canada CAN Dominic Samuel 14 0 8+2 0 3+1 0
5 DF Belgium BEL Daniel Krutzen 15 4 11+0 2 4+0 2
6 DF Canada CAN Kwame Awuah 14 1 9+2 1 3+0 0
7 MF Canada CAN David Choinière 15 2 6+5 1 4+0 1
8 MF Senegal SEN Elimane Oumar Cissé 10 0 6+2 0 1+1 0
9 FW Canada CAN Marcel Zajac 4 0 4+0 0 0+0 0
10 MF Canada CAN Kyle Bekker 15 3 11+0 3 4+0 0
11 FW Canada CAN Chris Nanco 7 2 5+0 2 0+2 0
13 MF Sweden SWE Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson 15 3 9+2 3 4+0 0
14 DF Canada CAN David Edgar 14 0 10+0 0 4+0 0
15 DF Canada CAN Maxim Tissot 14 1 3+8 1 1+2 0
16 DF Canada CAN Klaidi Cela 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
17 FW Canada CAN Kadell Thomas 13 0 1+8 0 3+1 0
19 FW Canada CAN Molham Babouli 14 2 4+6 1 4+0 1
20 FW Canada CAN Gabriel Balbinotti 6 0 3+3 0 0+0 0
21 DF Canada CAN Jordan Dunstan 9 0 2+4 0 0+3 0
22 DF Canada CAN Monti Mohsen 4 0 3+0 0 0+1 0
23 FW Canada CAN Anthony Novak 12 3 4+5 2 0+3 1
24 MF Belgium BEL Paolo Sabak 15 2 8+3 2 2+2 0
31 GK Canada CAN Baj Maan 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0

Top scorers[edit]

Rank Nat. Player Pos. Canadian Premier League CONCACAF League TOTAL
1 Belgium Daniel Krutzen DF 2 2 4
2 Canada Kyle Bekker MF 3 0 3
Sweden Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson MF 3 0 3
Canada Anthony Novak FW 2 1 3
5 Canada Chris Nanco FW 2 0 2
Belgium Paolo Sabak MF 2 0 2
Canada David Choinière FW 1 1 2
Canada Molham Babouli FW 1 1 2
9 Canada Kwame Awuah DF 1 0 1
Canada Maxim Tissot MF 1 0 1
Own goals 1 0 1
Totals 19 5 24

Updated to match played December 8, 2020
Source: Canadian Premier League

Top assists[edit]

Rank Nat. Player Pos. Canadian Premier League CONCACAF League TOTAL
1 Canada Molham Babouli FW 2 1 3
2 Belgium Paolo Sabak MF 2 0 2
Canada Maxim Tissot DF 2 0 2
4 Canada David Choinière MF 1 0 1
Canada Kadell Thomas FW 1 0 1
Canada Kyle Bekker MF 1 0 1
Canada Dominic Samuel DF 0 1 1
Totals 9 2 11

Updated to match played December 8, 2020
Source: Canadian Premier League

Clean sheets[edit]

Rank Nat. Player Canadian Premier League CONCACAF League TOTAL
1 Canada Triston Henry 5 0 5
Totals 5 0 5

Updated to match played December 8, 2020
Source: Canadian Premier League

Disciplinary record[edit]

No. Pos. Nat. Player Canadian Premier League CONCACAF League TOTAL
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
2 DF Canada Jonathan Grant 2 0 1 1 3 1
4 DF Canada Dominic Samuel 2 0 1 0 3 0
5 DF Belgium Daniel Krutzen 1 0 0 0 1 0
6 DF Canada Kwame Awuah 1 0 0 0 1 0
9 FW Canada Marcel Zajac 2 0 0 0 2 0
10 MF Canada Kyle Bekker 1 0 1 1 2 1
11 FW Canada Chris Nanco 0 0 1 0 1 0
13 MF Sweden Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson 1 0 0 0 1 0
14 DF Canada David Edgar 5 0 1 0 6 0
15 DF Canada Maxim Tissot 1 0 1 0 2 0
16 DF Canada Klaidi Cela 1 0 0 0 1 0
17 FW Canada Kadell Thomas 1 0 0 0 1 0
19 FW Canada Molham Babouli 0 0 1 0 1 0
20 FW Canada Gabriel Balbinotti 1 0 0 0 1 0
24 MF Belgium Paolo Sabak 1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 20 0 7 2 27 2

Updated to match played December 8, 2020
Source: Canadian Premier League

Honours[edit]

Canadian Premier League Awards[edit]

Name Award Status Source
Kyle Bekker Player of the Year Won [64][21]
Triston Henry Golden Glove Won [64][21]
Bobby Smyrniotis Coach of the Year Nominated [64][21]

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