2026 Cavalry FC and CPL thread

[Howie_16]

Originally Posted by MegaErtz

I'm watching the Ottawa/Nashville match. I get that it is cold as heck in Ottawa, but the stadium looks Winnipeg empty. This is by far the biggest match Ottawa will have this year, and there are only a few dozen people there to watch.

Isn't the game being played in Hamilton?

[Bill Bumface]

Yes, the field in Ottawa is ripped up for utility work for the arena construction happening next door.

Ottawa should have scored at least one. I guess that's what happens when 30+ goals leave your roster in the offseason.

[M*A*S*H 4077]

Habibulah needed to bury that chance in the 90th minute.

Huge news for Cavalry and McGlinchey. If he's getting a U-20 callup I would think he's going to be in line for some good minutes this year in the midfield

[MegaErtz]

Originally Posted by Howie_16

Isn't the game being played in Hamilton?

Well, that explains why nobody was there!

[M*A*S*H 4077]

I've gone through the depth chart and tried writing out some possible formations and ways the Cavs could line up this year.

https://open.substack.com/pub/canadi...meOnShare=true

Any way I look at it I think they need at least one more attacker and a right sided FB

[ditty]

In ex-Cavs news, Nicolas Wähling has signed in the German Regionalliga Nordost (the 4th tier) with Carl-Zeiss Jena. They're a bigger club for that level; bigger than the club he left to join Cavalry. Anyway, I chatted with him a few times when he was here and found him to be a lovely guy.

[shermanator]

Former Cav Aribim Pepple has scored in 4 straight games and has 8 goals in his last 11 games for Plymouth Argyle. Looks like he's really found his form after a rough few years in England.

[M*A*S*H 4077]

Ottawa got badly smacked by a heavily rotated Nashville side 5-0 (7-0) on aggregate. That fifth goal last night was so disrespectful I love it

[MillerTime GFG]

Not sure if you guys saw it on socials, but Cavs 1st team (though not all starters) had a friendly vs Cavs Academy, winning 3-1. The lone goal for the academy scored by Tommy's son Jax.


The Jax watch is on...

[shermanator]

If he progresses in APL, I imagine at some point in the next year Jax will sign a first team deal. And that will not go over well with some.

[Howie_16]

Originally Posted by shermanator

If he progresses in APL, I imagine at some point in the next year Jax will sign a first team deal. And that will not go over well with some.

I wouldn't have a problem with it if he played well in a Cavs kit. Can you provide any context beyond the standard nepotism angle?

[shermanator]

Originally Posted by Howie_16

I wouldn't have a problem with it if he played well in a Cavs kit. Can you provide any context beyond the standard nepotism angle?

No it would just be the nepotism angle. I don't have an issue if he signs but some will.

[shermanator]

Just watched McGlinchey make a 20 minute cameo for the U20 national team in a 14-0 win over the US Virgin Islands. Not much to say but he did dribble the ball into a defender so I think we have our Ali Musse replacement.

Seems more of a holding mid with a decent enough passing range. Couple nice diagonals