2021 Atlético Ottawa season

Atlético Ottawa

2021 season
CEO	Fernando Lopez
Head coach	Mista
Stadium	TD Place Stadium Ottawa, Ontario IG Field Winnipeg, Manitoba (June 26-July 24)
Canadian Premier League	TBD
Canadian Championship	Preliminary Round
Top goalscorer	Malcolm Shaw (4)
Highest home attendance	League/All: 12,064 (August 14 vs. HFX Wanderers FC)
Lowest home attendance	League/All: 2,456 (August 29 vs. HFX Wanderers FC)
Average home league attendance	5,769
Biggest win	2–0 vs. Cavalry FC (July 11)
Biggest defeat	4–1 vs. Cavalry FC (June 30)
Home colours Away colours
← 2020

The 2021 Atlético Ottawa season is the second season in club history.

Season Review[]

Pre-season[]

On 29 March 2021 the club announced their pre-season training camp plans in Spain.^[1] 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 3rd, after nine weeks in Spain, the club returned to Canada to begin quarantine before returning to training.^[2]

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.^[3] The club began training in Winnipeg on 17 June^[4] before playing in the season's innaugural match on 26 June, a 1–0 victory over FC Edmonton.^[5]

Current squad[]

As of June 22, 2021

No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Previous club
Goalkeepers
1	Dylon Powley		GK	(1996-09-05) September 5, 1996 (age 24)	FC Edmonton
13	Teodor Obadal		GK	(2001-09-08) September 8, 2001 (age 19)	FK Lokomotiva Belgrad
Defenders
2	Drew Beckie		CB	(1990-09-30) September 30, 1990 (age 30)	El Paso Locomotive
3	Milovan Kapor		CB / DM	(1991-08-05) August 5, 1991 (age 30)	FK Buxoro
4	Brandon John		CB	(1995-01-05) January 5, 1995 (age 26)	Orlando City B
17	Miguel Acosta		RB	(1998-03-16) March 16, 1998 (age 23)	Atlético Baleares
20	Nyal Higgins		CB	(1998-01-19) January 19, 1998 (age 23)	Toronto FC II
21	Myles Cornwall		LB	(1998-09-12) September 12, 1998 (age 22)	Ottawa South United
23	Matthew Arnone		CB	(1994-02-28) February 28, 1994 (age 27)	York United
33	Keesean Ferdinand		CB / FB	(2003-08-17) August 17, 2003 (age 18)	CF Montréal
44	Vashon Neufville		LB	(1999-07-18) July 18, 1999 (age 22)	Newport County
Midfielders
5	Viti Martínez		CM	(1997-05-25) May 25, 1997 (age 24)	Gimnàstic
6	Chris Mannella		DM / CM	(1994-06-07) June 7, 1994 (age 27)	York United
7	Ryan Telfer		LW	(1994-03-04) March 4, 1994 (age 27)	York United
8	Ben McKendry		CM / AM	(1993-03-25) March 25, 1993 (age 28)	Nyköpings BIS
10	Alberto Soto		AM	(2001-03-17) March 17, 2001 (age 20)	Atlético Madrid B
11	Antoine Coupland		MF	(2003-12-12) December 12, 2003 (age 17)	Ottawa Fury FC
16	Zach Verhoven		RW / LW	(1998-08-17) August 17, 1998 (age 23)	Pacific FC
18	Tevin Shaw		DM	(1997-02-24) February 24, 1997 (age 24)	Portmore United
22	Rafael Núñez		MF / RW	(2002-01-25) January 25, 2002 (age 19)	Club Atlético de Madrid Juvenil
91	Jaeden Mercure		AM	(2003-03-14) March 14, 2003 (age 18)	Ottawa South United
Forwards
9	Shawn-Claud Lawson		CF	(1994-01-13) January 13, 1994 (age 27)	Detroit City FC
14	Brian Wright		CF	(1995-03-24) March 24, 1995 (age 26)	Birmingham Legion FC
19	Malcolm Shaw		CF	(1995-07-27) July 27, 1995 (age 26)	Assyriska IK
99	Raúl Uche		CF	(1997-10-08) October 8, 1997 (age 23)	Real Valladolid Promesas

Transfers[]

In[]

Transferred in[]

No.	Pos.	Player	From club	Fee/Notes	Date	Source
6	MF	Chris Mannella	York United	Free transfer	April 6, 2021	[6]
1	GK	Dylon Powley	FC Edmonton	Free transfer	April 8, 2021	[7]
	FW	Jordan Webb	Tampines Rovers	Free transfer	April 13, 2021	[8]
16	MF	Zach Verhoven	Pacific FC	Free transfer	April 15, 2021	[9]
7	MF	Ryan Telfer	York United	Free transfer	April 20, 2021	[10]
13	GK	Teodor Obadal	FK Lokomotiva Belgrad	Free transfer	April 22, 2021	[11]
14	FW	Brian Wright	Birmingham Legion FC	Free transfer	April 27, 2021	[12]
9	FW	Shawn-Claud Lawson	Detroit City FC	Free transfer	April 29, 2021	[13]
2	DF	Drew Beckie	El Paso Locomotive	Free transfer	May 4, 2021	[14]
17	DF	Miguel Acosta	Atlético Baleares	Free transfer	May 20, 2021	[15]
99	FW	Raúl Uche	Real Valladolid Promesas	Free transfer	July 28, 2021	[16]
23	DF	Matthew Arnone	York United FC	Free transfer	August 7, 2021	[17]
91	MF	Jaeden Mercure	Ottawa South United	Canadian Development contract	August 10, 2021	[18]
21	DF	Myles Cornwall	Ottawa South United	Free transfer	August 28, 2021	[19]

Loans in[]

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned from	Fee/Notes	Date	Source
33	DF	Keesean Ferdinand	CF Montréal	Season-long loan	February 3, 2021	[20]
22	MF	Rafael Núñez	Club Atlético de Madrid Juvenil	Season-long loan	June 10, 2021	[21]
10	MF	Alberto Soto	Atlético Madrid B	Season-long loan	June 22, 2021	[22]
20	DF	Nyal Higgins	Toronto FC II	Season-long loan	August 7, 2021	[23]

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.

Round	Selection	Pos.	Player	Nationality	University
1	2	DF	Cristopher Malekos	Canada	Carleton Ravens
2	15	DF	Reggie Laryea	Canada	York Lions

Out[]

Transferred out[]

No.	Pos.	Player	To club	Fee/notes	Date	Source
28	FW	Maksym Kowal	Germania Halberstadt	Contract expired	October 28, 2020	[24]
25	GK	Ricky Gomes		Contract expired	November 27, 2020	[25]
8	MF	Francisco Acuña	Club Necaxa	Contract expired	January 5, 2021	[26]
23	MF	Ajay Khabra	Retired		February 20, 2021	[27]
2	DF	Malyk Hamilton	North Carolina FC	Contract expired	February 22, 2021	[28]
1	GK	Nacho Zabal	UE Sant Julià	Contract expired	February 26, 2021	[29]
9	MF	Mohamed Kourouma		Contract expired	February 26, 2021	[29]
10	MF	Ben Fisk	Cavalry FC	Contract expired	February 26, 2021	[29]
12	DF	Michel Djaozandry		Contract expired	February 26, 2021	[29]
14	DF	Jarred Phillips		Contract expired	February 26, 2021	[29]
30	GK	Horace Sobze Zemo		Contract expired	February 26, 2021	[29]
42	MF	Matteo de Brienne		Contract expired	February 26, 2021	[29]
13	DF	Kunle Dada-Luke	Pacific FC	Contract expired	March 11, 2021	[30]
	MF	Bernardinho		Contract terminated	June 23, 2021	[31]
	MF	Jordan Webb		Contract terminated	July 27, 2021	[32]

Loans out[]

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned to	Fee/Notes	Date	Source
5	MF	Viti Martínez	Deportivo Alavés B	Loaned until March 2021	October 7, 2020	[33]

Pre-season friendlies[]

Competitions[]

Canadian Premier League[]

Match times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4).

Table[]

Pos	Team v	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pacific	15	8	4	3	25	16	+9	28	Advance to playoffs
2	Forge	14	8	1	5	20	11	+9	25
3	Cavalry	14	7	4	3	17	14	+3	25
4	Valour	15	7	1	7	19	14	+5	22
5	York United	14	4	5	5	14	20	−6	17
6	FC Edmonton	14	3	5	6	14	17	−3	14
7	HFX Wanderers	14	3	5	6	13	18	−5	14
8	Atlético Ottawa	14	3	3	8	13	25	−12	12

Results by match[]

Matches[]

Canadian Championship[]

Preliminary Round[]

Statistics[]

Squad and statistics[]

As of August 29, 2021

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Canadian Premier League		Canadian Championship
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Dylon Powley	13	0	13	0	0	0
13	GK		Teodor Obadal	2	0	1	0	1	0
Defenders
2	DF		Drew Beckie	12	0	11	0	0+1	0
3	DF		Milovan Kapor	14	0	12+1	0	1	0
4	DF		Brandon John	5	0	2+3	0	0	0
17	DF		Miguel Acosta	15	1	14	1	1	0
20	DF		Nyal Higgins	2	0	1+1	0	0	0
21	DF		Myles Cornwall	1	0	1	0	0	0
23	DF		Matthew Arnone	6	0	4+1	0	1	0
33	DF		Keesean Ferdinand	11	0	6+4	0	1	0
44	DF		Vashon Neufville	8	0	5+3	0	0	0
Midfielders
5	MF		Viti Martínez	11	2	9+1	1	1	1
6	MF		Chris Mannella	9	0	7+2	0	0	0
7	MF		Ryan Telfer	8	1	7	1	1	0
8	MF		Ben McKendry	12	0	12	0	0	0
10	MF		Alberto Soto	8	1	7	1	1	0
11	MF		Antoine Coupland	7	1	0+6	1	1	0
16	MF		Zach Verhoven	13	1	6+6	1	0+1	0
18	MF		Tevin Shaw	12	0	3+8	0	0+1	0
22	MF		Rafael Núñez	15	0	13+1	0	1	0
Forwards
9	FW		Shawn-Claud Lawson	5	0	1+4	0	0	0
14	FW		Brian Wright	12	3	4+7	2	1	1
19	FW		Malcolm Shaw	13	5	10+3	5	0	0
99	FW		Raúl Uche	6	0	5	0	0+1	0

Top scorers[]

Rank	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Canadian Premier League	Canadian Championship	TOTAL
1		Malcolm Shaw	FW	5	0	5
2		Brian Wright	FW	2	1	2
3		Viti Martínez	MF	1	1	2
4		Miguel Acosta	DF	1	0	1
		Antoine Coupland	MF	1	0	1
		Alberto Soto	MF	1	0	1
		Ryan Telfer	MF	1	0	1
		Zach Verhoven	MF	1	0	1
Totals				13	2	15

Updated to match played August 29, 2021
Source: Canadian Premier League

Top assists[]

Rank	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Canadian Premier League	Canadian Championship	TOTAL
1		Zach Verhoven	MF	2	0	2
2		Drew Beckie	DF	1	0	1
		Chris Mannella	MF	1	0	1
		Viti Martínez	MF	1	0	1
		Malcolm Shaw	FW	1	0	1
		Tevin Shaw	MF	1	0	1
		Alberto Soto	MF	1	0	1
		Brian Wright	FW	1	0	1
Totals				9	0	9

Updated to match played August 29, 2021
Source: Canadian Premier League

Clean sheets[]

Rank	Nat.	Player	Canadian Premier League	Canadian Championship	TOTAL
1		Dylon Powley	2	0	2
Totals			2	0	2

Updated to match played August 29, 2021
Source: Canadian Premier League

Disciplinary record[]

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Canadian Premier League		Canadian Championship		TOTAL
2	DF		Drew Beckie	3	0	0	0	3	0
3	DF		Milovan Kapor	2	0	0	0	2	0
5	MF		Viti Martínez	2	1	0	0	2	1
6	MF		Chris Mannella	2	0	0	0	2	0
7	MF		Ryan Telfer	3	1	0	0	3	1
8	MF		Ben McKendry	3	1	0	0	3	1
9	FW		Shawn-Claud Lawson	1	0	0	0	1	0
10	MF		Alberto Soto	2	0	0	0	2	0
16	MF		Zach Verhoven	2	0	0	0	2	0
17	DF		Miguel Acosta	3	0	0	0	3	0
18	MF		Tevin Shaw	4	0	0	0	4	0
22	MF		Rafael Núñez	1	0	0	0	1	0
44	DF		Vashon Neufville	1	0	0	0	1	0
Totals				29	3	0	0	29	3

Updated to match played August 29, 2021
Source: Canadian Premier League

Notes[]

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