2020 Valour FC season

Valour FC

2020 season
President	Wade Miller
Head coach	Rob Gale
Stadium	IG Field
Canadian Premier League	6th
Canadian Championship	Did not qualify
Top goalscorer	8 players (1 goal each)
Home colours Away colours
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The 2020 Valour FC season was the second season in the club's history, as well as the second season in Canadian Premier League history.

Current squad

As of August 12, 2020.

No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)	Previous club
Goalkeepers
0	Matt Silva		GK	(1991-03-28)March 28, 1991 (aged 29)	York9 FC
1	James Pantemis		GK	(1997-02-21)February 21, 1997 (aged 23)	Montreal Impact
Defenders
2	Raphaël Garcia		RB	(1999-06-05)June 5, 1999 (aged 21)	Montreal Impact Academy
3	Chakib Hocine		CB	(1991-08-08)August 8, 1991 (aged 29)	HFX Wanderers
4	Yohan Le Bourhis		CB	(2000-03-09)March 9, 2000 (aged 20)	A.S. Blainville
5	Julian Dunn		CB	(2000-07-11)July 11, 2000 (aged 20)	Toronto FC
29	Arnold Bouka Moutou		LB	(1988-11-28)November 28, 1988 (aged 32)	Dijon
35	Andrew Jean-Baptiste		CB	(1992-06-16)June 16, 1992 (aged 28)	Umeå FC
48	Dante Campbell		CB / DM	(1999-05-22)May 22, 1999 (aged 21)	Toronto FC II
	Amir Soto [upper-alpha 1]		CB	(1997-11-04)November 4, 1997 (aged 23)	CD Universitario
Midfielders
6	Moses Dyer		CM	(1997-03-21)March 21, 1997 (aged 23)	Florø SK
8	Diego Gutiérrez		RM / RB	(1997-02-18)February 18, 1997 (aged 23)	Palestino
10	Dylan Carreiro		MF	(1995-01-20)January 20, 1995 (aged 25)	Woodbridge Strikers
14	Stefan Cebara		RW / LW	(1991-04-12)April 12, 1991 (aged 29)	Vojvodina Novi Sad
17	Brett Levis		MF	(1993-03-29)March 29, 1993 (aged 27)	Vancouver Whitecaps
21	José Galán		CM	(1986-02-02)February 2, 1986 (aged 34)	Al-Jabalain
25	Solomon Kojo Antwi		MF	(2000-09-25)September 25, 2000 (aged 20)	Glow Lamp Academy
27	Raphael Ohin		CM	(1995-05-25)May 25, 1995 (aged 25)	WSA Winnipeg
33	Fraser Aird		MF	(1995-02-02)February 2, 1995 (aged 25)	Cove Rangers
77	Federico Peña		MF	(1999-03-30)March 30, 1999 (aged 21)	Standard Liège
Forwards
7	Masta Kacher		CF / AM	(1995-11-08)November 8, 1995 (aged 25)	Saint Louis FC
9	Austin Ricci		ST	(1996-04-08)April 8, 1996 (aged 24)	York9 FC
11	Shaan Hundal		CF	(1999-07-14)July 14, 1999 (aged 21)	Toronto FC II
16	Daryl Fordyce		CF	(1987-01-02)January 2, 1987 (aged 33)	Sligo Rovers

Transfers

In

Transferred in

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
25	MF	Solomon Kojo Antwi	Glow Lamp Academy	Free transfer	December 30, 2019	[1]
16	FW	Daryl Fordyce	Sligo Rovers	Free transfer	January 10, 2020	[2]
35	DF	Andrew Jean-Baptiste	Umeå FC	Free transfer	January 14, 2020	[3]
33	MF	Fraser Aird	Cove Rangers	Free transfer	January 24, 2020	[4]
17	MF	Brett Levis	Vancouver Whitecaps	Free transfer	January 30, 2020	[5]
	DF	Amir Soto	CD Universitario	Free transfer	February 7, 2020	[6]
6	MF	Moses Dyer	Florø SK	Free transfer	February 14, 2020	[7]
29	DF	Arnold Bouka Moutou	Dijon	Free transfer	February 28, 2020	[8]
14	MF	Stefan Cebara	Unattached	Free transfer	April 3, 2020	[9]
7	FW	Masta Kacher	Saint Louis FC	Free transfer	April 3, 2020	[9]
00	GK	Matt Silva	York9 FC	Free transfer	June 16, 2020	[10]
9	FW	Austin Ricci	York9 FC	Free transfer	July 10, 2020	[11]
11	FW	Shaan Hundal	Toronto FC II	Free transfer	July 17, 2020	[12]
3	DF	Chakib Hocine	HFX Wanderers	Free transfer	July 20, 2020	[13]

Loans in

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
1	GK	James Pantemis	Montreal Impact	Season-long loan	March 6, 2020	[14]
5	DF	Julian Dunn	Toronto FC	Season-long loan	August 10, 2020	[15]
48	DF	Dante Campbell	Toronto FC II	Season-long loan	August 10, 2020	[15]

Draft picks

Valour FC selected the following players in the 2019 CPL–U Sports Draft on November 11, 2019. 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	Player	Position	Nationality	University
1	2	Marcus Campanile	CAM	Scotland	CBU Capers
2	13	Charlie Waters	ST	England	CBU Capers

Out

Transferred out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
15	DF	Adam Mitter	Persiraja Banda Aceh	Contract expired	November 29, 2019	[16]
20	MF	Josip Golubar	SV Neuberg	Contract expired	November 29, 2019	[16]
11	MF	Glenn Muenkat		Contract expired	November 29, 2019	[16]
5	MF	Louis Béland-Goyette	HFX Wanderers	Contract expired	January 7, 2020	[17]
4	DF	Jordan Murrell	Las Vegas Lights	Released	January 17, 2020	[18]
6	DF	Martín Arguiñarena	Villa Teresa	Contract expired	January 17, 2020	[18]
9	MF	Michael Petrasso	York9 FC	Contract expired	January 24, 2020	[19]
7	MF	Dylan Sacramento	Galway United	Contract expired	January 26, 2020	[20]
22	MF	Marco Bustos	Pacific FC	Contract expired	January 30, 2020	[21]
16	FW	Tyler Attardo	Fernández Vial	Undisclosed Fee	February 20, 2020	[22]
3	DF	Skylar Thomas	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	Contract expired	February 25, 2020	[23]
26	GK	Mathias Janssens		Contract expired	February 26, 2020	[24]
23	FW	Ali Musse	1. FCA Darmstadt	Contract expired	February 26, 2020	[24]
17	FW	Michele Paolucci		Contract expired	April 17, 2020	[25]
1	GK	Tyson Farago		Contract expired	June 16, 2020	[26]
14	MF	Nicolás Galvis		Contract expired	August 10, 2020	[27]

Canadian Premier League

Main article: 2020 Canadian Premier League season

Match times are Central Daylight Time (UTC−5).

First stage

Table

Pos	Team v t e	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 [lower-alpha 1]
3	Forge	7	3	3	1	13	9	+4	12 [lower-alpha 1]
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 [lower-alpha 2]
7	Atlético Ottawa	7	2	2	3	7	12	−5	8 [lower-alpha 2]
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. ^[28]
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: HFX Wanderers 1, Forge 1. Goal differential: HFX Wanderers +5, Forge +4
2. Head-to-head points: Valour 3, Atlético Ottawa 0.

Results by match

Match	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Result	L	W	D	L	W	L	D
Position	7	3	3	7	5	7	6

Source: #Matches
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Valour FC v Cavalry FC

August 161	Valour FC	0–2	Cavalry FC	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
11:00am	Aird  37' Campbell  69'	Report	Camargo  11', 33' (pen.) Haber 29' Adekugbe  46' Boskovic  49'	Stadium: Alumni Field Referee: Juan Marquez

Atlético Ottawa v Valour FC

August 192	Atlético Ottawa	0–4	Valour FC	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
12:00pm	Kapor  8'  64' Martínez  29'	Report	Aird  4', 65' (pen.) Ricci  29' Jean-Baptiste 78' Kacher  81' Carreiro 90' Galán 90+1'	Stadium: Alumni Field Referee: Filip Dujic

York9 FC v Valour FC

August 223	York9 FC	0–0	Valour FC	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
12:00pm	Aparicio  22' Telfer  68'	Report	Ohin  22' Hundal  90+2'	Stadium: Alumni Field Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren

Pacific FC v Valour FC

August 254	Pacific FC	2–0	Valour FC	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
7:00pm	Díaz 4' Dixon  33' Blasco 83'	Report	Ricci  68'	Stadium: Alumni Field Referee: David Barrie

Valour FC v FC Edmonton

August 295	Valour FC	2–1	FC Edmonton	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
11:00am	Fordyce 61' Ricci  68' Cebara  81' Carreiro  83' Kacher 88'	Report	Lee  36' Zetterberg  65' Ongaro 73' Ameobi  81'	Stadium: Alumni Field Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière

Valour FC v HFX Wanderers FC

September 26	Valour FC	0–2	HFX Wanderers FC	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
12:00pm	Galán  35' Levis  73' Peña 88	Report	De Carolis 36' 67' Bent 40' Oxner  90+4'	Stadium: Alumni Field Referee: Filip Dujic

Forge FC v Valour FC

September 57	Forge FC	2–2	Valour FC	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
11:00am	Bekker 8' Achinioti-Jönsson 65'	Report	Le Bourhis 14' Dyer 27' Aird  43' Gutiérrez  59' Galán  71'	Stadium: Alumni Field Referee: David Barrie

Statistics

Squad and statistics

As of September 5,2020 ^[update]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Canadian Premier League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
0	GK	CAN	Matt Silva	0	0	0+0	0
1	GK	CAN	James Pantemis	7	0	7+0	0
2	DF	CAN	Raphaël Garcia	1	0	0+1	0
3	DF	ALG	Chakib Hocine	1	0	0+1	0
4	DF	CAN	Yohan Le Bourhis	1	1	1+0	1
5	DF	CAN	Julian Dunn	7	0	7+0	0
6	MF	NZL	Moses Dyer	6	1	3+3	1
7	FW	ALG	Masta Kacher	6	1	4+2	1
8	MF	CAN	Diego Gutiérrez	7	0	5+2	0
9	FW	CAN	Austin Ricci	6	0	4+2	0
10	MF	CAN	Dylan Carreiro	7	1	3+4	1
11	FW	CAN	Shaan Hundal	6	0	2+4	0
14	MF	CAN	Stefan Cebara	6	0	6+0	0
16	FW	NIR	Daryl Fordyce	5	1	2+3	1
17	MF	CAN	Brett Levis	5	0	5+0	0
21	MF	ESP	José Galán	5	1	3+2	1
25	MF	GHA	Solomon Kojo Antwi	4	0	1+3	0
27	MF	GHA	Raphael Ohin	7	0	6+1	0
29	DF	CGO	Arnold Bouka Moutou	2	0	1+1	0
33	MF	CAN	Fraser Aird	6	1	6+0	1
35	DF	HAI	Andrew Jean-Baptiste	6	1	6+0	1
48	MF	CAN	Dante Campbell	5	0	2+3	0
77	FW	TRI	Federico Peña	6	0	4+2	0

Top scorers

Rank	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Canadian Premier League	TOTAL
1		Fraser Aird	MF	1	1
		Dylan Carreiro	MF	1	1
		Andrew Jean-Baptiste	DF	1	1
		José Galán	MF	1	1
		Masta Kacher	FW	1	1
		Moses Dyer	MF	1	1
		Daryl Fordyce	FW	1	1
		Yohan Le Bourhis	DF	1	1
Totals				8	8

Updated to match played September 7, 2020
Source:  Canadian Premier League

Top assists

Rank	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Canadian Premier League	TOTAL
1		Shaan Hundal	FW	2	2
		Brett Levis	MF	2	2
3		José Galán	MF	1	1
Totals				5	5

Updated to match played September 7, 2020
Source:  Canadian Premier League

Clean sheets

Rank	Nat.	Player	Canadian Premier League	TOTAL
1		James Pantemis	2	2
Totals			2	2

Updated to match played September 7, 2020
Source:  Canadian Premier League

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Canadian Premier League		TOTAL
7	FW		Masta Kacher	1	0	1	0
8	MF		Diego Gutiérrez	1	0	1	0
9	FW		Austin Ricci	3	0	3	0
10	FW		Dylan Carreiro	1	0	1	0
11	FW		Shaan Hundal	1	0	1	0
14	DF		Stefan Cebara	1	0	1	0
17	MF		Brett Levis	1	0	1	0
21	MF		José Galán	2	0	2	0
27	MF		Raphael Ohin	1	0	1	0
33	MF		Fraser Aird	3	0	3	0
48	MF		Dante Campbell	1	0	1	0
Totals				16	0	16	0

Updated to match played September 7, 2020
Source:  Canadian Premier League

Notes

1. Player is signed, but hasn't been added to the 2020 roster because of difficulties getting into Canada due to the COVID-19 pandemic

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External links

• Official site