2019 Forge FC season

The 2019 Forge FC season was the first season in the club's history, as well as first season in Canadian Premier League history. On April 27, 2019, Forge FC hosted York9 FC in the inaugural CPL match at Tim Hortons Field. During the season, Forge also participated in the Canadian Championship, CONCACAF League, and the Canadian Premier League Finals.

On November 2, 2019, Forge FC defeated Cavalry FC 2–0 on aggregate in the CPL Finals and became the first ever champions of the Canadian Premier League. As champions, they qualified for the 2020 CONCACAF League.

Squad As of November 2, 2019.

No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (age) Previous club Goalkeepers 1 Triston Henry GK Sigma FC 18 Quillan Roberts GK Los Angeles FC Defenders 2 Jonathan Grant RB Nyköpings BIS 4 Dominic Samuel RB / CB Sigma FC 5 Daniel Krutzen CB / LB Reading United 6 Kwame Awuah LB / CM New York City FC 15 Oluwaseun Oyegunle DF Sigma FC 16 Klaidi Cela CB Sigma FC 21 Bertrand Owundi CB Minnesota United 22 Monti Mohsen LB Sigma FC 30 David Edgar CB Hartlepool United Midfielders 3 Elimane Oumar Cissé CM Diambars FC 7 David Choinière LW / RW Montreal Impact 8 Giuliano Frano CM / RB Sigma FC 10 Kyle Bekker AM / CM North Carolina FC 13 Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson DM IFK Värnamo 19 Tristan Borges RW / LW / AM SC Heerenveen 20 Justin Stoddart MF Sigma FC Forwards 9 Marcel Zajac ST Akron Zips 11 Chris Nanco ST / RW / LW Bethlehem Steel 17 Kadell Thomas ST / RW / LW Sigma FC 23 Anthony Novak ST Oakville Blue Devils

Transfers

In

Transferred in No.Pos.PlayerTransferred fromFee/notesDateSource10 North Carolina FCFree transferNovember 29, 201811 Bethlehem SteelFree transferNovember 29, 20189 Akron ZipsFree transferJanuary 8, 201919 SC HeerenveenFree transfer21 Minnesota UnitedFree transfer6 New York City FCFree transfer13 IFK VärnamoFree transfer8 Sigma FCFree transfer4 Sigma FCFree transfer1 Sigma FCFree transfer2 Nyköpings BISFree transfer3 Diambars FCFree transfer18 Los Angeles FCFree transfer22 Sigma FCFree transfer5 Reading UnitedFree transfer17 Sigma FCFree transfer7 Montreal ImpactFree transfer16 Sigma FCFree transfer23 Oakville Blue DevilsFree transfer12 Guelph Gryphons2018 CPL–U Sports Draft30 Hartlepool UnitedFree transfer20 Sigma FCFree transfer15 Sigma FCSigned to a Developmental Contract

Loaned in No.Pos.PlayerTransferred fromFee/notesDateSource14 Emery Welshman FC CincinnatiRecalled from loan on August 231 Sigma FCSigned to a Developmental Contract31 Sigma FCSigned to a Developmental Contract

Draft picks Forge FC selected the following players in the 2018 CPL–U Sports Draft on November 12, 2018. Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in. RoundSelectionPos.PlayerNationalityUniversity13Guelph Gryphons212Montreal Carabins317Toronto Varsity Blues

Out

Transferred out No.Pos.PlayerTransferred toFee/notesDateSource12 Guelph GryphonsDevelopmental Contract expired15Developmental Contract expired

Club

Kits On September 28, 2018, the Canadian Premier League announced that Canadian Soccer Business had signed a "long-term" deal on behalf of the league with Italian sporting apparel company Macron to be the official league kit provider, supplying the league's clubs with bespoke playing kits and training gear.

On April 5, 2019, Forge FC's home and away kits were unveiled alongside those of the CPL's other teams. The club later unveiled a black and gold third kit on May 30 to commemorate the sporting history of Hamilton.

Supplier: Macron / Sponsor: Tim Hortons

Pre-season

Matches

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

Overview

Canadian Premier League

Spring season

League table

2019 CONCACAF League qualification table

Results summary

Results by match

Matches

Fall season

League table

Results summary

Results by match

Matches

CPL finals

Forge qualified for the CPL finals on September 28. The CPL announced the match schedule on September 30.

Canadian Championship

The Canadian Soccer Association announced the format of the 2019 Canadian Championship on January 10; the draw results were announced on February 12. Forge entered the competition in the second round.

CONCACAF League

CONCACAF conducted the CONCACAF League draw on May 30, before Forge had qualified for the competition.

Preliminary round The preliminary round schedule was announced on June 10.

Round of 16 The round of 16 schedule was announced on August 9.

Statistics

Squad and statistics

! colspan="16" | Player(s) transferred out during this season

Top scorers {| class="wikitable sortable alternance" style="font-size:85%; text-align:center; line-height:14px; width:85%" |- !width=10|Rank !width=10|Nat. ! scope="col" style="width:275px;"|Player !width=10|Pos. !width=80|CPL Spring season !width=80|CPL Fall season !width=80|CPL Finals !width=80|Canadian Championship !width=80|CONCACAF League !width=80|Total |- |1|||| Tristan Borges || MF || 4 || 8 || 1 || 0 || 0 ||13 |- |2|||| Anthony Novak || FW || 2 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||6 |- |rowspan=2|3|||| Kyle Bekker || MF || 1 || 3 || 0 || 1 || 0 ||5 |- ||| Chris Nanco || FW || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 1 ||5 |- |rowspan=2|5|||| David Choinière || MF || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 2 ||4 |- ||| Emery Welshman || FW || 1 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 0 ||4 |- |7|||| Kadell Thomas || FW || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||3 |- |rowspan=3|8|||| Elimane Oumar Cissé || MF || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||2 |- ||| Jace Kotsopoulos || FW || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||2 |- ||| Daniel Krutzen || DF || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 ||2 |- |rowspan=6|11|||| Klaidi Cela || DF || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||1 |- ||| David Edgar || DF || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||1 |- ||| Giuliano Frano || MF || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||1 |- ||| Jonathan Grant || DF || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||1 |- ||| Monti Mohsen || DF || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||1 |- ||| Marcel Zajac || FW || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||1 |- |colspan="4"|Own goals || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||1 |- |- class="sortbottom" | colspan="4"|Totals||15||30||2||2||4||54

Top assists {| class="wikitable sortable alternance" style="font-size:85%; text-align:center; line-height:14px; width:85%" |- !width=10|Rank !width=10|Nat. ! scope="col" style="width:275px;"|Player !width=10|Pos. !width=80|CPL Spring season !width=80|CPL Fall season !width=80|CPL Finals !width=80|Canadian Championship !width=80|CONCACAF League !width=80|Total |- |1|||| Kwame Awuah || DF || 2 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 1 ||6 |- |rowspan=2|2|||| Kyle Bekker || MF || 3 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||5 |- ||| Tristan Borges || MF || 1 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||5 |- |rowspan=2|4|||| David Choinière || MF || 1 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 ||4 |- ||| Anthony Novak || FW || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 1 ||4 |- |6|||| Marcel Zajac || FW || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||3 |- |rowspan=5|7|||| Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson || MF || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||2 |- ||| Elimane Oumar Cissé || MF || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 ||2 |- ||| Daniel Krutzen || DF || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||2 |- ||| Chris Nanco || FW || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 ||2 |- ||| Emery Welshman || FW || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||2 |- |rowspan=5|12|||| Klaidi Cela || DF || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||1 |- ||| Giuliano Frano || MF || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 ||1 |- ||| Jonathan Grant || DF || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||1 |- ||| Dominic Samuel || DF || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||1 |- ||| Kadell Thomas || FW || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||1 |- |- class="sortbottom" | colspan="4"|Totals||13||22||2||2||3||43

Clean sheets {| class="wikitable sortable alternance" style="font-size:85%; text-align:center; line-height:14px; width:85%" |- !width=10|Rank !width=10|Nat. ! scope="col" style="width:275px;"|Player !width=80|CPL Spring season !width=80|CPL Fall season !width=80|CPL Finals !width=80|Canadian Championship !width=80|CONCACAF League !width=80|Total |- |1|||| Triston Henry || 4 || 3 || 2 || 0 || 2 ||11 |- |2|||| Quillan Roberts || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||4 |- |- class="sortbottom" | colspan="3"|Totals||5||6||2||0||2||15

Disciplinary record {| class="wikitable sortable alternance" style="font-size:85%; text-align:center; line-height:14px; width:85%" |- !rowspan="2" width=10|No. !rowspan="2" width=10|Pos. !rowspan="2" width=10|Nat. !rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:275px;"|Player !colspan="2" width=80|CPL Spring season !colspan="2" width=80|CPL Fall season !colspan="2" width=80|CPL Finals !colspan="2" width=80|Canadian Championship !colspan="2" width=80|CONCACAF League !colspan="2" width=80|Total |- ! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! |- |1||GK|||| Triston Henry ||0||0||2||0||1||0||0||0||2||0||5||0 |- |2||DF|||| Jonathan Grant ||0||0||2||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||2||0 |- |4||DF|||| Dominic Samuel ||4||0||1||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||5||1 |- |5||DF|||| Daniel Krutzen ||0||0||0||0||0||0||1||0||0||0||1||0 |- |6||DF|||| Kwame Awuah ||0||0||3||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||4||0 |- |7||MF|||| David Choinière ||0||0||0||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||1||0 |- |8||MF|||| Giuliano Frano ||1||0||4||0||0||0||1||0||1||0||7||0 |- |9||FW|||| Marcel Zajac ||1||0||2||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||3||0 |- |10||MF|||| Kyle Bekker ||2||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||2||0 |- |11||FW|||| Chris Nanco ||0||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||1||0 |- |13||MF|||| Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson ||0||0||0||0||0||0||1||0||0||0||1||0 |- |14||FW|||| Emery Welshman ||0||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||1||0 |- |17||FW|||| Kadell Thomas ||3||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||4||0 |- |18||GK|||| Quillan Roberts ||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||1||0||0||0||1 |- |19||MF|||| Tristan Borges ||0||0||2||0||0||1||0||0||1||0||3||1 |- |21||DF|||| Bertrand Owundi ||2||0||2||0||0||0||0||0||1||0||5||0 |- |22||DF|||| Monti Mohsen ||0||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||1||0 |- |23||FW|||| Anthony Novak ||1||0||2||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||4||0 |- |30||DF|||| David Edgar ||0||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||1||0 |- |- class="sortbottom" | colspan="4"|Totals||14||0||25||1||4||1||3||1||5||0||51||3

Honours

Canadian Premier League Awards NameAwardStatusSourceTristan BorgesGolden BootUnder 21 Canadian Player of the YearPlayer of the YearKyle BekkerBobby SmyrniotisCoach of the Year

References

Sources

External links 2019 Forge FC season at Official Site