The 2021 Atlético Ottawa season was the second season in the history of Atlético Ottawa. In addition to the Canadian Premier League, the club competed in the Canadian Championship.

Season review

Pre-season

On 29 March 2021 the club announced their pre-season training camp plans in Spain. The training camp began on 1 April 2021 and took place at Los Angeles de San Rafael in Segovia before continuing at Centro Deportivo Wanda Alcalá de Henares in Alcalá de Henares. On June 3, after nine weeks in Spain, the club returned to Canada to begin quarantine before returning to training.

Regular season

The Kickoff

On 7 June 2021 the Canadian Premier League announced that the beginning of the 2021 regular season would occur in a bubble environment in Winnipeg, Manitoba. "The Kickoff", as it was branded, would occur between 26 June and 24 July and all matches would take place at IG Field. The club began training in Winnipeg on 17 June before playing in the season's inaugural match on 26 June, a 1–0 victory over FC Edmonton.

Current squad As of June 22, 2021 No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (age) Previous club Goalkeepers 1 Dylon Powley GK FC Edmonton 13 Teodor Obadal GK FK Lokomotiva Belgrad Defenders 2 Drew Beckie CB El Paso Locomotive 3 Milovan Kapor CB / DM FK Buxoro 4 Brandon John CB Orlando City B 17 Miguel Acosta RB Atlético Baleares 20 Nyal Higgins CB Toronto FC II 21 Myles Cornwall LB Ottawa South United 23 Matthew Arnone CB York United 33 Keesean Ferdinand CB / FB CF Montréal 44 Vashon Neufville LB Newport County Midfielders 5 Viti Martínez CM Gimnàstic 6 Chris Mannella DM / CM York United 7 Ryan Telfer LW York United 8 Ben McKendry CM / AM Nyköpings BIS 10 Alberto Soto AM Atlético Madrid B 11 Antoine Coupland MF Ottawa Fury FC 16 Zach Verhoven RW / LW Pacific FC 18 Tevin Shaw DM Portmore United 22 Rafael Núñez MF / RW Club Atlético de Madrid Juvenil 28 Mamadou Ba MF Futuro Academy 91 Jaeden Mercure AM Ottawa South United Forwards 9 Shawn-Claud Lawson CF Detroit City FC 14 Brian Wright CF Birmingham Legion FC 19 Malcolm Shaw CF Assyriska IK 99 Raúl Uche CF Real Valladolid Promesas

Transfers

In

Transferred in No.Pos.PlayerFrom clubFee/notesDateSource 6 York UnitedFree transfer1 FC EdmontonFree transfer Tampines RoversFree transfer16 Pacific FCFree transfer7 York UnitedFree transfer13 FK Lokomotiva BelgradFree transfer14 Birmingham Legion FCFree transfer9 Detroit City FCFree transfer2 El Paso LocomotiveFree transfer17 Atlético BalearesFree transfer99 Real Valladolid PromesasFree transfer 23 York United FCFree transfer91 Ottawa South UnitedCanadian Development contract21 Ottawa South UnitedFree transfer28 Futuro AcademyCanadian Development Contract

Loans in No.Pos.PlayerLoaned fromFee/notesDateSource33 Keesean Ferdinand CF MontréalSeason-long loan22 Rafael Núñez Club Atlético de Madrid JuvenilSeason-long loan10 Alberto Soto Atlético Madrid BSeason-long loan20 Nyal Higgins Toronto FC IISeason-long loan

Draft picks Atlético Ottawa selected the following players in the 2021 CPL–U Sports Draft on January 29, 2021. 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.PlayerNationalityUniversity12Carleton Ravens215York Lions

Out

Transferred out

No.Pos.PlayerTo clubFee/notesDateSource28 Germania HalberstadtContract expired25Simcoe County Rovers FC Contract expired8 Club NecaxaContract expired23Retired2 North Carolina FCContract expired1 UE Sant JuliàContract expired9Contract expired10 Cavalry FCContract expired12Contract expired14Contract expired30Contract expired42Contract expired13 Pacific FCContract expiredContract terminatedContract terminated

Loans out No.Pos.PlayerLoaned toFee/notesDateSource5 Viti Martínez Deportivo Alavés BLoaned until March 2021

Pre-season friendlies

Competitions

Canadian Premier League

Table

Post-Bubble Results Summary

Results by Match

Matches

Canadian Championship

Statistics

Squad and statistics

! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Goalkeepers

! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Defenders

! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Midfielders

! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Forwards

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|Canadian Premier League !width=80|Canadian Championship !width=80|TOTAL |- |rowspan=1|1|||| Malcolm Shaw || FW || 10 || 0 ||10 |- |rowspan=1|2|||| Brian Wright || FW || 6 || 1 ||7 |- |rowspan=1|3|||| Ryan Telfer || MF || 3 || 0 ||3 |- |rowspan=4|4|||| Miguel Acosta || DF || 2 || 0 ||2 |- ||| Antoine Coupland || MF || 2 || 0 ||2 |- ||| Viti Martínez || MF || 1 || 1 ||2 |- ||| Alberto Soto || MF || 2 || 0 ||2 |- |rowspan=4|8|||| Matthew Arnone || DF || 1 || 0 ||1 |- ||| Drew Beckie || DF || 1 || 0 ||1 |- ||| Ben McKendry || MF || 1 || 0 ||1 |- ||| Zach Verhoven || MF || 1 || 0 ||1 |- |- class="sortbottom" | colspan="4"|Totals||30||2||32

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|Canadian Premier League !width=80|Canadian Championship !width=80|TOTAL |- |rowspan=1|1|||| Zach Verhoven || MF || 6 || 0 ||6 |- |rowspan=3|2|||| Chris Mannella || MF || 2 || 0 ||2 |- ||| Viti Martínez || MF || 2 || 0 ||2 |- ||| Alberto Soto || MF || 2 || 0 ||2 |- |rowspan=7|5|||| Miguel Acosta || DF || 1 || 0 ||1 |- ||| Drew Beckie || DF || 1 || 0 ||1 |- ||| Ben McKendry || MF || 1 || 0 ||1 |- ||| Vashon Neufville || DF || 1 || 0 ||1 |- ||| Malcolm Shaw || FW || 1 || 0 ||1 |- ||| Tevin Shaw || MF || 1 || 0 ||1 |- ||| Brian Wright || FW || 1 || 0 ||1 |- |- class="sortbottom" | colspan="4"|Totals||17||0||17

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|Canadian Premier League !width=80|Canadian Championship !width=80|TOTAL |- |1|||| Dylon Powley || 3 || 0 ||3 |- |- class="sortbottom" | colspan="3"|Totals||3|| 0 ||3

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|Canadian Premier League !colspan="2" width=80|Canadian Championship !colspan="2" width=80|TOTAL |- ! !! !! !! !! !! |- |1||GK|||| Dylon Powley || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||1||0 |- |2||DF|||| Drew Beckie || 6 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||6||0 |- |3||DF|||| Milovan Kapor || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||4||0 |- |5||MF|||| Viti Martínez || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 ||2||1 |- |6||MF|||| Chris Mannella || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||4||0 |- |7||MF|||| Ryan Telfer || 4 || 1 || 0 || 0 ||4||1 |- |8||MF|||| Ben McKendry || 7 || 1 || 0 || 0 ||7||1 |- |9||FW|||| Shawn-Claud Lawson || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||1||0 |- |10||MF|||| Alberto Soto|| 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||3||0 |- |16||MF|||| Zach Verhoven || 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||5||0 |- |17||DF|||| Miguel Acosta || 7 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||7||0 |- |18||MF|||| Tevin Shaw || 7 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||7||0 |- |20||DF|||| Nyal Higgins || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 ||2||1 |- |22||MF|||| Rafael Núñez|| 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||3||0 |- |23||DF|||| Matthew Arnone || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 ||3||0 |- |44||DF|||| Vashon Neufville || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||4||0 |- |- class="sortbottom" | colspan="4"|Totals ||58||5||0||0||58||5

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