Calgary’s own Caniggia Elva counted his first goal ever for his home-town soccer side in Canadian Premier League action. Read More
Calgary’s own Caniggia Elva counted his first goal ever for his home-town soccer side in Canadian Premier League action. That was the good Saturday at ATCO Field. The rest, however, was bad for Cavalry FC — a 3-1 loss to visiting Atlético Ottawa in disappointing fashion to keep the local footie heroes winless to start
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Calgary’s own Caniggia Elva counted his first goal ever for his home-town soccer side in Canadian Premier League action.
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That was the good Saturday at ATCO Field.
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The rest, however, was bad for Cavalry FC — a 3-1 loss to visiting Atlético Ottawa in disappointing fashion to keep the local footie heroes winless to start the 2025 CPL season.
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Good, bad and … yeah … a continued ugly opining to the campaign, for sure.
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“It might take a little bit of time,” said frustrated GM/head coach Tommy Wheeldon Jr., when asked to dissect the decision that dropped his Cavalry to 0W-2L-1D.
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“We’re not used to losing at home. That’s only our third loss in three seasons at Spruce Meadows.”
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This one came because of early missed chances that weren’t converted, although give credit to Ottawa goalkeeper Nathan Ingham for an outstanding afternoon.
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So instead of coming away even or up after the first 45 minutes, it remained even at halftime.
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But it didn’t stay that way for long, as in the second half, Cavalry defender Bradley Kamdem Fewo factored into the bottom line — and not in a good way. First, a ball hit by Gabriel Mendes Antinoro glanced off his shoulder to fool Cavalry goalie Marco Carducci in the 59th minute.
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Then Kamdem put an elbow into Atleti foe Sergei Kozlowvkiy and was shown a red card, and shortly after, the visitors notched another goal — Ballou Tabla in the 66th minute on another ball that easily evaded Carducci.
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It was a rough few minutes for Kamdem, for sure.
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And then Atleti put it away with a look-what-I-found ball in the box and subsequent shot through Carducci’s legs by Joaquim Coulanges in the 82nd minute.
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“I think it’s one that got away,” Wheeldon said. “They scored on their chances, and we didn’t score on ours.”
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Until Elva’s finish, of course, in the 87th minute.
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The 28-year-old forward got behind the defence as Ali Musse funnelled a pass into the open field in front of Ingham, and
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Elva jumped on it and sifted the ball through his the Atleti goalie’s legs.