Club: | Forge FC |
Season: | 2021 |
Stadium: | Tim Hortons Field |
Chrtitle: | Chairman |
Chairman: | Bob Young |
Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
Manager: | Bobby Smyrniotis |
League: | Canadian Premier League |
League Result: | 1st |
Cup1: | CPL Playoffs |
Cup1 Result: | Runner-up |
Cup2: | Canadian Championship |
Cup2 Result: | Semi-finals |
Cup3: | CONCACAF League |
Cup3 Result: | Semi-finals |
League Topscorer: | Molham Babouli Woobens Pacius (7 goals each) |
Season Topscorer: | Molham Babouli (10 goals) |
Prevseason: | 2020 |
Nextseason: | 2022 |
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The 2021 Forge FC season was the third season in the history of Forge FC. Forge were the defending league champions, having defeated HFX Wanderers FC in the 2020 Canadian Premier League Final. In addition to the domestic league, the club competed in the Canadian Championship and the CONCACAF League.
On November 2, Forge FC defeated Santos de Guápiles in the quarter-finals of the CONCACAF League to qualify for the 2022 edition of the CONCACAF Champions League, becoming the first Canadian Premier League club to do so.[1] The club eventually bowed out of the competition in the semi-finals against Motagua.[2]
On November 9, Forge defeated York United to clinch first place in the Canadian Premier League regular season.[3] This secured Forge the CPL Shield, an honour that the league announced it will recognize retroactively.[4]
As of August 8, 2021[5]
No. | Name | Nationality | Position(s) | Date of birth (age) | Previous club | |||
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Goalkeepers | ||||||||
1 | Triston Henry | GK | December 31, 2021 | Sigma FC | ||||
29 | Christopher Kalongo | GK | December 31, 2021 | Sigma FC | ||||
31 | Baj Maan | GK | December 31, 2021 | NKU Norse | ||||
Defenders | ||||||||
2 | Jonathan Grant | RB | December 31, 2021 | Nyköpings BIS | ||||
3 | Dejan Jakovic | CB | December 31, 2021 | Los Angeles FC | ||||
4 | Dominic Samuel | RB / CB | December 31, 2021 | Sigma FC | ||||
5 | Daniel Krutzen | CB / LB | December 31, 2021 | Reading United | ||||
6 | Kwame Awuah | LB / CM | December 31, 2021 | New York City FC | ||||
15 | Maxim Tissot | LB / DM | December 31, 2021 | Ottawa Fury | ||||
22 | Monti Mohsen | LB | December 31, 2021 | Sigma FC | ||||
23 | Garven-Michée Metusala | DM / CB | December 31, 2021 | AS Blainville | ||||
26 | Santiago Frias | CB | December 31, 2021 | Sigma FC | ||||
Midfielders | ||||||||
8 | Elimane Oumar Cissé | December 31, 2021 | Diambars FC | |||||
10 | Kyle Bekker | AM / CM | December 31, 2021 | North Carolina FC | ||||
12 | Sebastian Castello | MF | December 31, 2021 | Sigma FC | ||||
13 | Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson | December 31, 2021 | IFK Värnamo | |||||
19 | Tristan Borges | RW / LW / AM | December 31, 2021 | OH Leuven | ||||
24 | Paolo Sabak | December 31, 2021 | NEC Nijmegen | |||||
27 | Johnny Son | CM | December 31, 2021 | Sigma FC | ||||
Forwards | ||||||||
7 | David Choinière | LW / RW | December 31, 2021 | Montreal Impact | ||||
9 | Kosi Nwafornso | CF | December 31, 2021 | Colorado Pride Switchbacks | ||||
11 | Chris Nanco | ST / RW / LW | December 31, 2021 | Bethlehem Steel | ||||
14 | Emery Welshman | ST | December 31, 2021 | Hapoel Ra'anana A.F.C. | ||||
17 | Woobens Pacius | FW | December 31, 2021 | CF Montréal Academy | ||||
18 | Molham Babouli | CF / RW / LW | December 31, 2021 | FC Ukraine United | ||||
21 | Marcus Caldeira | FW | December 31, 2021 | Sigma FC | ||||
25 | Joshua Navarro | CF | December 31, 2021 | Pérez Zeledón | ||||
28 | Robbie Cleary | CF | December 31, 2021 | Sigma FC | ||||
99 | Omar Browne | CF / RW / LW | December 31, 2021 | Independiente | ||||
No. | Pos. | Player | From club | Fee/notes | Date | Source | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | Los Angeles FC | Free | [6] | ||||
9 | Colorado Pride Switchbacks | Free | June 23, 2021 | ||||
23 | Concordia Stingers | Selected 8th overall in the 2021 CPL–U Sports Draft | June 23, 2021 | [7] | |||
26 | Sigma FC | Signed to a development contract | June 24, 2021 | ||||
27 | Sigma FC | Free | June 24, 2021 | [8] | |||
28 | Sigma FC | Signed to a development contract | June 24, 2021 | ||||
12 | Sigma FC | Signed to a development contract | July 30, 2021 | [9] | |||
21 | Sigma FC | Signed to a development contract | July 30, 2021 | ||||
17 | CF Montréal Academy | Free | August 8, 2021 | [10] | |||
29 | Sigma FC | Signed to a development contract | September 11, 2021 | [11] | |||
14 | Hapoel Ra'anana A.F.C. | Free | September 14, 2021 | [12] | |||
16 | Sigma FC | Free | [13] |
No. | Pos. | Player | Loaned from | Fee/notes | Date | Source | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
19 | OH Leuven | Season-long loan | [14] | ||||
25 | Pérez Zeledón | Season-long loan | [15] | ||||
99 | Independiente | Season-long loan | [16] | ||||
16 | Sigma FC | Short term replacement player | [17] | ||||
33 | Sigma FC | Short term replacement player | [18] |
Forge FC 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.
Round | Selection | Pos. | Player | Nationality | University |
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1 | 8 | Concordia Stingers | |||
2 | 9 | CBU Capers | |||
No. | Pos. | Player | To club | Fee/notes | Date | Source | |
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14 | Retired | [19] | |||||
23 | Clube Condeixa | Contract expired | [20] | ||||
9 | Watra Białka Tatrzańska | Contract expired | [21] | ||||
16 | Sigma FC | Contract expired | [22] | ||||
17 | Sigma FC | Contract expired | |||||
20 | FC Lanaudière | Contract expired | |||||
21 | Contract expired |
Matches are listed in Hamilton local time: Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4) until November 6, and Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5) otherwise.
See main article: 2021 Canadian Premier League season.
See main article: article and 2021 CONCACAF League.
See main article: article and 2021 Canadian Championship.
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width=10 | Rank | width=10 | Nat. | Player | width=10 | Pos. | width=80 | Canadian Premier League | width=80 | CPL Playoffs | width=80 | Canadian Championship | width=80 | CONCACAF League | width=80 | TOTAL |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | FW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | ||||||||||
2 | FW | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
3 | FW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
FW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||
5 | MF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||
6 | MF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||
7 | FW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
DF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||
9 | FW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
DF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
12 | DF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
Own goals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
Totals | 39 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 57 |
width=10 | Rank | width=10 | Nat. | Player | width=80 | Canadian Premier League | width=80 | CPL Playoffs | width=80 | Canadian Championship | width=80 | CONCACAF League | width=80 | TOTAL |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 13 | |||||||||
2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
Totals | 11 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 16 |
No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Canadian Premier League | CPL Playoffs | Canadian Championship | CONCACAF League | TOTAL | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | GK | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
2 | DF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
3 | DF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
4 | DF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
5 | DF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
6 | DF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
8 | MF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
10 | MF | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||
11 | FW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
13 | MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
14 | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
15 | DF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
16 | DF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
17 | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
18 | FW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |||
19 | MF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
23 | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
24 | MF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
25 | FW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
27 | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
31 | GK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
99 | FW | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
Totals | 67 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 89 | 1 |
Name | Award | Status | Source | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Kyle Bekker | Player of the Year | [23] [24] | ||
Triston Henry | Golden Glove | |||
Bobby Smyrniotis | Coach of the Year |