2020 Canadian Premier League Final

Football match

2020 Canadian Premier League FinalEvent| 2020 Canadian Premier League season

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| Forge FC | HFX Wanderers FC

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Date| September 19, 2020
Venue| Alumni Field, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Man of the Match| Molham Babouli (Forge FC)
Referee| Juan Márquez
Attendance| 50
Weather| Mostly 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]

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[edit]

Further information: 2020 Forge FC season and 2020 HFX Wanderers FC season

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[edit]

Main article: 2020 Canadian Premier League season

### First stage[edit]

Pos | Team

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* t
* e

| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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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[a]
3  | Forge | 7  | 3  | 3  | 1  | 13  | 9  | +4  | 12[a]
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[b]
7  | Atlético Ottawa | 7  | 2  | 2  | 3  | 7  | 12  | −5  | 8[b]
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.[8]
Notes:

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

### Group stage[edit]

| Pos | Team

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* t
* e

| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  | Forge | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 4  | 1  | +3  | 7  | Advance to final
2  | HFX Wanderers | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 3  | 7  | −4  | 4
3  | Cavalry | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 4  | 4  | 0  | 3  |
4  | Pacific | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 6  | 5  | +1  | 3

Source: CanPL.ca

Forge FC  | Matches  | HFX Wanderers FC
Opponent  | Result  | Opponent  | Result
HFX Wanderers FC | 1–1 | Match 1 | Forge FC | 1–1
Pacific FC | 2–0 | Match 2 | Cavalry FC | 2–1
Cavalry FC | 1–0 | Match 3 | Pacific FC | 0–5

## Match details[edit]

### Summary[edit]

### Details[edit]

September 19

3:00 pm ADT

Forge FC| 2–0| HFX Wanderers

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* Achinioti-Jönsson 60'
* Tissot 90'

| Recap
Report |

Alumni Field, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

Referee: Juan Márquez

Forge

HFX Wanderers

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| Forge FC:

GK | 1 |  Triston Henry
RB | 4 |  Dominic Samuel
CB | 14 |  David Edgar |  65'
CB | 5 |  Daniel Krutzen
LB | 6 |  Kwame Awuah
CM | 24 |  Paolo Sabak |  |  80'
CM | 13 |  Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson
CM | 10 |  Kyle Bekker (c)
RW | 7 |  David Choinière |  |  90'
LW | 2 |  Jonathan Grant |  58' |  67'
CF | 19 |  Molham Babouli |  |  80'
Substitutes:
GK | 31 |  Baj Maan
FW | 9 |  Marcel Zajac
FW | 11 |  Chris Nanco
MF | 15 |  Maxim Tissot |  |  80'
FW | 17 |  Kadell Thomas |  |  67'
FW | 20 |  Gabriel Balbinotti
DF | 21 |  Jordan Dunstan |  |  90'
DF | 22 |  Monti Mohsen
FW | 23 |  Anthony Novak |  |  80'
Manager:
Bobby Smyrniotis
|  | HFX Wanderers:

GK | 50 |  Christian Oxner
RB | 6 |  Chrisnovic N'sa
CB | 2 |  Peter Schaale
CB | 3 |  Jems Geffrard
LB | 14 |  Mateo Restrepo
CM | 17 |  Aboubacar Sissoko
CM | 18 |  Andre Rampersad (c)
RW | 7 |  Alex Marshall
AM | 22 |  João Morelli |  |  81'
LW | 10 |  Alessandro Riggi |  |  71'
CF | 11 |  Akeem Garcia
Substitutes:
GK | 1 |  Jason Beaulieu
MF | 5 |  Louis Béland-Goyette
MF | 8 |  Omar Kreim |  |  81'
FW | 9 |  Ibrahima Sanoh
DF | 13 |  Daniel Kinumbe
MF | 15 |  Scott Firth
DF | 20 |  Jake Ruby
FW | 23 |  Cory Bent |  |  71'
DF | 24 |  Alex De Carolis
Manager:
Stephen Hart

Man of the Match:[10]
Molham Babouli (Forge FC)

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

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Weather History for CYYG". Weather Underground. The Weather Company. September 19, 2020. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
2. ^ Molinaro, John (July 29, 2020). "CPL's 2020 regular season to kick off on Aug. 13 with 'The Island Games' in P.E.I." Canadian Premier League. Archived from the original on 2020-07-31. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
3. ^ Rhodes, Benedict (February 21, 2020). "Canadian Premier League releases 2020 schedule and format". Waking the Red. Archived from the original on 2020-02-26. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
4. ^ Molinaro, John (19 September 2020). "Forge FC beats HFX Wanderers FC in Island Games final to repeat as CPL champions". Canadian Premier League. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
5. ^ "Recap: Forge FC advance to SF, qualify for Concacaf Champions League with resounding Leg 2 win vs. Santos". forgefc.canpl.ca. Forge FC. November 2, 2021. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
6. ^ O'Connor-Clarke, Charlie (June 4, 2022). "HIGHLIGHTS: Toronto FC top Forge FC in thrilling penalty shootout for 2020 Canadian Championship". canpl.ca. Canadian Premier League. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
7. ^ Molinaro, John (18 September 2020). "Forge FC vs. HFX Wanderers FC: North Star Shield on the line in Island Games finale". Canadian Premier League. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
8. ^ Thompson, Marty [@martythompson_] (August 12, 2020). "Confirmed: #CanPL tiebreakers for The Island Games... 1. Head-to-head 2. Goal diff. 3. Goals for 4. Total # of wins 5. *Most U-21 minutes* in round 6. Coin toss or drawing of lots" (Tweet) - via Twitter.
9. ^ Thompson, Marty [@martythompson_] (August 12, 2020). "Confirmed: #CanPL tiebreakers for The Island Games... 1. Head-to-head 2. Goal diff. 3. Goals for 4. Total # of wins 5. *Most U-21 minutes* in round 6. Coin toss or drawing of lots" (Tweet) - via Twitter.
10. ^ @CPLsoccer (September 20, 2020). "As voted for by the fans, @ForgeFCHamilton's Mo Babouli is the last @GatoradeCanada Man of the Match" (Tweet). Retrieved September 21, 2020 - via Twitter.

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