2020 Canadian Premier League final

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2020 Canadian Premier League Final
Event 2020 Canadian Premier League season
Forge FC HFX Wanderers FC
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DateSeptember 19, 2020
VenueAlumni Field, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Man of the Match Molham Babouli (Forge FC)
Referee Juan Márquez
Attendance50
WeatherMostly cloudy
13 °C (55 °F)
44% humidity [1]
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The 2020 Canadian Premier League Final determined the winner of the 2020 Canadian Premier League season. It was played on September 19, 2020, in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, between Forge FC, the defending league champion, and HFX Wanderers FC. Those teams qualified as the winner and runner-up of the group stage of The Island Games tournament. [2]

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The event was to be contested between the top-seeded team after the regular season and the winner of a one-game playoff, [3] but the season format was revised after being impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Forge FC won the match 2–0 to repeat as league champions, earning the club a berth in the 2021 CONCACAF League and the 2020 Canadian Championship Final. [4] Forge ultimately reached the semifinals of the CONCACAF League to qualify for the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League and faced Toronto FC in the Canadian Championship Final where the club lost in a penalty shoot-out following a 1–1 draw. [5] [6]

Background

Forge FC entered the Final as the defending league champions, having defeated Cavalry FC in the 2019 Finals after finishing 2nd in the regular season. HFX Wanderers FC played in their first Final, improving from a last place finish in their inaugural season in 2019.

This was the seventh meeting all-time between the two clubs with each team having recorded one win and four draws against each other. Forge and HFX Wanderers faced off twice during the 2020 season with both matches ending in a 1–1 draw. [7]

Path to the Final

First stage

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Cavalry 7412107+313Advance to group stage
2 HFX Wanderers 7331127+512 [lower-alpha 1]
3 Forge 7331139+412 [lower-alpha 1]
4 Pacific 7322108+211
5 York9 724187+110
6 Valour 722389−18 [lower-alpha 2]
7 Atlético Ottawa 7223712−58 [lower-alpha 2]
8 FC Edmonton 7016514−91
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. [8]
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head points: HFX Wanderers 1, Forge 1. Goal differential: HFX Wanderers +5, Forge +4
  2. 1 2 Head-to-head points: Valour 3, Atlético Ottawa 0.

Group stage

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Forge 321041+37Advance to final
2 HFX Wanderers 311137−44
3 Cavalry 31024403 [lower-alpha 1]
4 Pacific 310265+13 [lower-alpha 1]
Source: CanPL.ca
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head points: Cavalry 3, Pacific 0.
Forge FCMatchesHFX Wanderers FC
OpponentResultOpponentResult
HFX Wanderers FC 1–1Match 1 Forge FC 1–1
Pacific FC 2–0Match 2 Cavalry FC 2–1
Cavalry FC 1–0Match 3 Pacific FC 0–5

Match details

Summary

Details

Forge FC 2–0 HFX Wanderers
Recap
Report
Alumni Field, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Referee: Juan Márquez
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Forge
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HFX Wanderers
Forge FC:
GK1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Triston Henry
RB4 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dominic Samuel
CB14 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg David Edgar Yellow card.svg 65'
CB5 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Daniel Krutzen
LB6 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kwame Awuah
CM24 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Paolo Sabak Sub off.svg 80'
CM13 Flag of Sweden.svg Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson
CM10 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kyle Bekker (c)
RW7 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg David Choinière Sub off.svg 90'
LW2 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jonathan Grant Yellow card.svg 58'Sub off.svg 67'
CF19 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Molham Babouli Sub off.svg 80'
Substitutes:
GK31 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Baj Maan
FW9 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Marcel Zajac
FW11 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Chris Nanco
MF15 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Maxim Tissot Sub on.svg 80'
FW17 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kadell Thomas Sub on.svg 67'
FW20 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Gabriel Balbinotti
DF21 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jordan Dunstan Sub on.svg 90'
DF22 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Monti Mohsen
FW23 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Anthony Novak Sub on.svg 80'
Manager:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bobby Smyrniotis
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HFX Wanderers:
GK50 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Christian Oxner
RB6 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Chrisnovic N'sa
CB2 Flag of Germany.svg Peter Schaale
CB3 Flag of Haiti.svg Jems Geffrard
LB14 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mateo Restrepo
CM17 Flag of Mali.svg Aboubacar Sissoko
CM18 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Andre Rampersad (c)
RW7 Flag of Jamaica.svg Alex Marshall
AM22 Flag of Brazil.svg João Morelli Sub off.svg 81'
LW10 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Alessandro Riggi Sub off.svg 71'
CF11 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Akeem Garcia
Substitutes:
GK1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jason Beaulieu
MF5 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Louis Béland-Goyette
MF8 Flag of Morocco.svg Omar Kreim Sub on.svg 81'
FW9 Flag of Guinea.svg Ibrahima Sanoh
DF13 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Daniel Kinumbe
MF15 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Scott Firth
DF20 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jake Ruby
FW23 Flag of England.svg Cory Bent Sub on.svg 71'
DF24 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Alex De Carolis
Manager:
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Stephen Hart

Man of the Match: [9]
Molham Babouli (Forge FC)

Assistant referees:
Gabrielle Lemieux
Stefan Tanaka-Freundt
Fourth official:
Myriam Marcotte

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