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Forge FC
2020 season
ChairmanBob Young
Head coachBobby Smyrniotis
StadiumTim Hortons Field
Canadian Premier LeagueTBD
Canadian ChampionshipTBD
CONCACAF LeagueTBD
Top goalscorerAnthony Novak
Kyle Bekker
(1 goal)
← 2019

The 2020 Forge FC season will be the second season in the history of Forge FC. Forge are the defending league champions, having defeated Cavalry FC in the 2019 Canadian Premier League Finals. Before the start of the season, Forge announced that 18 players from last season would be returning in 2020.[1][2]

On March 20, 2020, the league announced a postponement of the start of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

Current squad

As of August 14, 2020[4]

No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (age) Previous club Games played Goals scored
Goalkeepers
1 Triston Henry Canada GK (1993-09-08) September 8, 1993 (age 31) Canada Sigma FC 28 0
31 Baj Maan Canada GK (2000-07-12) July 12, 2000 (age 24) United States NKU Norse 0 0
Defenders
2 Jonathan Grant Canada RB (1993-10-15) October 15, 1993 (age 31) Sweden Nyköpings BIS 17 1
4 Dominic Samuel Canada RB / CB (1994-09-29) September 29, 1994 (age 30) Canada Sigma FC 34 0
5 Daniel Krutzen Belgium CB / LB (1996-09-19) September 19, 1996 (age 28) United States Reading United 35 2
6 Kwame Awuah Canada LB / CM (1995-12-02) December 2, 1995 (age 28) United States New York City FC 33 0
14 David Edgar Canada CB (1987-05-19) May 19, 1987 (age 37) England Hartlepool United 15 1
15 Maxim Tissot Canada LB (1992-04-13) April 13, 1992 (age 32) Canada Ottawa Fury 1 0
16 Klaidi Cela Canada CB (1999-07-16) July 16, 1999 (age 25) Canada Sigma FC 10 1
21 Jordan Dunstan Canada CB (1993-03-21) March 21, 1993 (age 31) United States Chattanooga FC 0 0
22 Monti Mohsen Canada LB (2000-06-13) June 13, 2000 (age 24) Canada Sigma FC 9 1
Midfielders
7 David Choinière Canada LW / RW (1997-02-07) February 7, 1997 (age 27) Canada Montreal Impact 24 4
8 Elimane Oumar Cissé Senegal CM (1995-03-12) March 12, 1995 (age 29) Senegal Diambars FC 27 2
10 Kyle Bekker Canada AM / CM (1990-09-02) September 2, 1990 (age 34) United States North Carolina FC 35 6
13 Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson Sweden DM (1996-04-17) April 17, 1996 (age 28) Sweden IFK Värnamo 30 0
24 Paolo Sabak Belgium AM (1999-02-10) February 10, 1999 (age 25) Netherlands NEC Nijmegen 1 0
Forwards
9 Marcel Zajac Canada ST (1998-04-29) April 29, 1998 (age 26) United States Akron Zips 27 1
11 Chris Nanco Canada ST / RW / LW (1995-02-15) February 15, 1995 (age 29) United States Bethlehem Steel 30 5
17 Kadell Thomas Canada ST / RW / LW (1996-11-26) November 26, 1996 (age 27) Canada Sigma FC 20 3
19 Molham Babouli Canada CF / RW / LW (1993-01-02) January 2, 1993 (age 31) Canada FC Ukraine United 1 0
20 Gabriel Balbinotti Canada ST (1998-04-12) April 12, 1998 (age 26) Canada UQTR Patriotes 0 0
23 Anthony Novak Canada ST (1994-03-27) March 27, 1994 (age 30) Canada Oakville Blue Devils 23 7

Transfers

In

No. Pos. Player Transferred from Fee/notes Date Source
– GK Canada David Monsalve Canada Ottawa Fury Free transfer March 2, 2020 [5]
24 MF Belgium Paolo Sabak Netherlands NEC Nijmegen Free transfer April 23, 2020 [6]
15 DF Canada Maxim Tissot Canada Ottawa Fury Free transfer July 22, 2020 [7]
31 GK Canada Baj Maan United States NKU Norse Free transfer July 31, 2020 [8]
21 DF Canada Jordan Dunstan United States Chattanooga FC Free transfer July 31, 2020 [8]
20 FW Canada Gabriel Balbinotti Canada UQTR Patriotes Selected 7th overall in the 2019 CPL–U Sports Draft July 31, 2020 [8]
19 FW Canada Molham Babouli Unattached Free transfer August 4, 2020 [9]

Draft picks

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

No. Pos. Player Transferred to Fee/Notes Date Source
18 GK Guyana Quillan Roberts Contract expired January 8, 2020 [2]
21 DF Cameroon Bertrand Owundi Contract expired January 8, 2020 [2]
20 MF Canada Justin Stoddart Contract expired January 8, 2020 [2]
19 MF Canada Tristan Borges Belgium OH Leuven Undisclosed January 22, 2020 [10]
8 MF Canada Giuliano Frano Contract terminated by mutual consent July 30, 2020 [11]
GK Canada David Monsalve Guatemala Xelajú MC Undisclosed July 31, 2020 [12]

Canadian Premier League

Main article: 2020 Canadian Premier League

Match times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4).

First stage

Table

Template:2020 Canadian Premier League first stage table

Results by match

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ResultD
Position1
Updated to match(es) played on August 13, 2020. Source: #Matches
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

August 13 1 Forge FC 2–2 Cavalry FC Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
8:00pm
Report
Stadium: Alumni Field
August 16 2 Forge FC v FC Edmonton Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
3:00pm Stadium: Alumni Field
August 19 3 HFX Wanderers FC v Forge FC Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
8:00pm Stadium: Alumni Field
August 22 4 Forge FC v Pacific FC Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
4:00pm Stadium: Alumni Field
August 26 5 York9 FC v Forge FC Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
1:00pm Stadium: Alumni Field
August 30 6 Atlético Ottawa v Forge FC Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
3:00pm Stadium: Alumni Field
September 5 7 Forge FC v Valour FC Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
12:00pm Stadium: Alumni Field

CONCACAF League

Main article: 2020 CONCACAF League

Preliminary round

October PR TBD v Forge FC TBD
Stadium: TBD
Note: Originally scheduled to be a two-leg tie played in July

Statistics

Squad and statistics

As of August 14, 2020

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

Top scorers

Rank Nat. Player Pos. Canadian Premier League CONCACAF League TOTAL
1 Canada Kyle Bekker MF 1 0 1
Canada Anthony Novak FW 1 0 1
Totals 2 0 2

Updated to match played August 14, 2020
Source: Canadian Premier League

Top assists

Rank Nat. Player Pos. Canadian Premier League CONCACAF League TOTAL
1 Canada David Choinière MF 1 0 1
Totals 1 0 1

Updated to match played August 14, 2020
Source: Canadian Premier League

Clean sheets

Rank Nat. Player Canadian Premier League CONCACAF League TOTAL
Totals 0 0 0

Updated to match played August 14, 2020
Source: Canadian Premier League

Disciplinary record

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 1 0 0 0 1 0
4 DF Canada Dominic Samuel 1 0 0 0 1 0
5 DF Belgium Daniel Krutzen 1 0 0 0 1 0
9 FW Canada Marcel Zajac 1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 4 0 0 0 4 0

Updated to match played August 14, 2020
Source: Canadian Premier League

References

  1. ^ Molinaro, John (December 13, 2019). "Borges, Bekker headline list of Forge returnees from championship squad". canpl.ca. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d "Forge FC brings back David Edgar, drops 3 members of title-winning squad". canpl.ca. CPL. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
  3. ^ "Canadian Premier League postpones start of 2020- season due to COVID-19". CTV News. The Canadian Press.
  4. ^ "CPL off-season roster tracker: Who's in and who's out for 2020?". Canadian Premier League. 2019-11-04. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
  5. ^ "Forge FC add Canadian goalkeeper Monsalve". Forge FC. 2020-03-02. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
  6. ^ "Forge FC inks promising Belgian attacker Paolo Sabak". Forge FC. 2020-04-23. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
  7. ^ "Forge FC sign Canadian International defender Tissot". Forge FC. 2020-07-22. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  8. ^ a b c "Forge FC sign trio of Canadians". Forge FC. 2020-07-31. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
  9. ^ "Forge FC sign Canadian forward Babouli". Forge FC. 2020-08-04. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  10. ^ "Borges Transferred to OH Leuven". forgefc.canpl.ca. Forge FC. January 22, 2020. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
  11. ^ Jaques, John (July 30, 2020). "Giuliano Frano Has Left Forge FC". Northern Tribune. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  12. ^ "Monsalve transferred to Xelaju MC". Forge FC. 2020-07-31. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
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