2021 Valour FC season

Valour FC
2021 season
President	Wade Miller
Head coach	Phillip Dos Santos (from Sep 23); Rob Gale (until Sep 23)
Stadium	IG Field
Canadian Premier League	5th
Canadian Championship	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Moses Dyer (9 goals); All: Moses Dyer (9 goals)
Home colours	Away colours

The 2021 Valour FC season was the third season in the club's history, as well as the third season in Canadian Premier League history.

Current squad

As of June 26, 2021.

No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)	Previous club
Goalkeepers
0	Matt Silva	GK	(1991-03-28) March 28, 1991	York9 FC
1	Jonathan Sirois	GK	(2001-06-27) June 27, 2001	CF Montréal
Defenders
4	Tony Mikhael	CB / FB	(2000-03-01) March 1, 2000	Carleton Ravens
5	Amir Soto	CB	(1997-11-04) November 4, 1997	CD Universitario
12	Rocco Romeo	CB	(2000-03-25) March 25, 2000	Toronto FC
29	Arnold Bouka Moutou	LB	(1988-11-28) November 28, 1988	Dijon
35	Andrew Jean-Baptiste	CB	(1992-06-16) June 16, 1992	Umeå FC
82	Andy Baquero	RB / RW	(1994-08-17) August 17, 1994	Delfines del Este
42	Rafael Galhardo	RB	(1991-10-30) October 30, 1991	Vasco da Gama
	Rodrigo Reyes	CB	(2001-02-01) February 1, 2001	C.D. Guadalajara
Midfielders
7	Moses Dyer	CM	(1997-03-21) March 21, 1997	Florø SK
8	Keven Alemán	AM	(1994-03-25) March 25, 1994	FC Edmonton
14	Stefan Cebara	RW / LW	(1991-04-12) April 12, 1991	Vojvodina Novi Sad
17	Brett Levis	MF	(1993-03-29) March 29, 1993	Vancouver Whitecaps
18	Jared Ulloa	RW / LW		Sporting Cristal
21	José Galán	CM	(1986-02-02) February 2, 1986	Al-Jabalain
27	Raphael Ohin	CM	(1995-05-25) May 25, 1995	WSA Winnipeg
77	Federico Peña	MF	(1999-03-30) March 30, 1999	Standard Liège
Forwards
9	Austin Ricci	ST	(1996-04-08) April 8, 1996	York9 FC
10	Masta Kacher	CF / AM	(1995-11-08) November 8, 1995	Saint Louis FC
16	Daryl Fordyce	CF	(1987-01-02) January 2, 1987	Sligo Rovers
19	William Akio	CF		UTRGV Vaqueros
24	Sean Rea	CF / CM	(2002-05-15) May 15, 2002	CF Montréal

Transfers

Transferred in

No.	Pos.	Player	From club	Fee/notes	Date	Source
	FW	Ronny Maza	Trujillanos	Free	January 7, 2021	[1]
	MF	Néstor Monge	Jicaral	Free	February 2, 2021	[2]
8	MF	Keven Alemán	FC Edmonton	Free	February 4, 2021	[3]
19	FW	William Akio	UTRGV Vaqueros	Free	May 5, 2021	[4]
	DF	Rafael Galhardo	Vasco da Gama	Free	June 3, 2021	[5]
4	DF	Tony Mikhael	Carleton Ravens	Selected 14th overall in the 2021 CPL–U Sports Draft	June 11, 2021	[6]
82	DF	Andy Baquero	Delfines del Este	Free	June 26, 2021	[7]

Loans in

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned from	Fee/Notes	Date	Source
18	MF	Jared Ulloa	Sporting Cristal	Season-long loan	January 27, 2021	[8]
1	GK	Jonathan Sirois	CF Montréal	Season-long loan	April 6, 2021	[9]
24	FW	Sean Rea	CF Montréal	Season-long loan	April 6, 2021	[9]
	DF	Rodrigo Reyes	C.D. Guadalajara	Season-long loan	June 10, 2021	[10]
12	DF	Rocco Romeo	Toronto FC	Season-long loan	July 30, 2021	[11]

Draft picks

Valour 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
1	3	GK	Yuba-Rayane Yesli	Algeria	Montreal Carabins
2	14	DF	Tony Mikhael	Lebanon	Carleton Ravens

Transferred out

No.	Pos.	Player	To club	Fee/Notes	Date	Source
10	MF	Dylan Carreiro	Retired	Contract expired	October 17, 2020	[12]
33	MF	Fraser Aird	FC Edmonton	Contract expired	December 24, 2020	[13]
4	DF	Yohan Le Bourhis		Contract expired	January 15, 2021	[14]
3	DF	Chakib Hocine		Contract expired	January 15, 2021	[14]
11	FW	Shaan Hundal	Fort Lauderdale CF	Contract expired	January 15, 2021	[14]
25	MF	Solomon Kojo Antwi		Contract expired	January 15, 2021	[14]
8	MF	Diego Gutiérrez	A.C. Barnechea	Contract expired	March 3, 2021	[15]
	MF	Néstor Monge		Contract terminated by mutual consent	April 29, 2021	[16]
	FW	Ronny Maza		Contract terminated by mutual consent	May 14, 2021	[17]

Loans out

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned to	Fee/Notes	Date	Source
21	MF	José Galán	Villarrobledo	Loaned until March 2021	September 24, 2020	[18][19]
8	MF	Keven Alemán	Guadalupe	Loaned until May 2021	February 4, 2021	[3]

Competitions

Canadian Premier League

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Forge	28	16	2	10	39	24	+15	50	Advance to playoffs
2	Cavalry	28	14	8	6	34	30	+4	50
3	Pacific (C)	28	13	6	9	47	34	+13	45
4	York United	28	8	12	8	35	39	−4	36
5	Valour	28	10	5	13	38	36	+2	35
6	HFX Wanderers	28	8	11	9	28	34	−6	35
7	FC Edmonton	28	6	10	12	34	41	−7	28
8	Atlético Ottawa	28	6	8	14	30	47	−17	26

Source: CanPL.ca
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins.[20]
(C) Champion

Results by match

Match	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Result	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	D	W	L	L	W	W	D
Position	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5

Source: #Matches
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

June 27 1	Forge FC	0–2	Valour FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
1:00pm	Jaković 6' Bekker 31' Nanco 90+2'	Report	Dyer 6' (pen.), 46' Ricci 26' Fordyce 32'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Filip Dujic

June 30 2	Valour FC	2–0	HFX Wanderers FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
6:00pm	Jean-Baptiste 20' Akio 89'	Report	Ruby 48' Marshall 71'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren

July 3 3	Valour FC	2–0	Atlético Ottawa	Winnipeg, Manitoba
9:00pm	Ohin 45' Ricci 70' Dyer 90+2' (pen.)	Report	Acosta 40' Neufville 82'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Ben Hoskins

July 7 4	York United FC	2–1	Valour FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
9:00pm	Wright 14' Zator 48' Mohammed 75'	Report	Jean-Baptiste 5' Alemán 42' Cebara 90+7'	Stadium: IG Field Referee: Yusri Rudolf

July 11 5	Valour FC	1–0	Forge FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
12:30pm	Ricci 56' Peña 87'	Report	Sabak 45+2' Bekker 90' Navarro 90+3'	Stadium: IG Field Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren

July 15 6	Atlético Ottawa	0–1	Valour FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
4:00pm	Rafael Núñez 45+2' Beckie 58'	Report	Ricci 16' Dyer 85' Baquero 90+3' Ulloa 90+5'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla

July 18 7	Valour FC	3–0	York United FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
1:30pm	Cebara 18' Ricci 42', 73' Ohin 54' Dyer 57' Reyes 62'	Report	Wilson 26' Ferrari 72'	Stadium: IG Field Referee: David Barrie

July 24 8	HFX Wanderers FC	1–0	Valour FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
1:00pm	Doner 29' Lamothe 44' 49' Morelli 45+2' Rampersad 54' Bent 90+4'	Report	Cebara 45+2'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Carly Shaw-Maclaren

July 31 9	FC Edmonton	3–1	Valour FC	Edmonton, Alberta
8:00pm	Ongaro 13' Mabussi 25' Warschewski 55' Didic 63'	Report	Alemán 2' Baquero 88'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Referee: David Gantar

August 4 10	Pacific FC	2–1	Valour FC	Langford, British Columbia
8:30 pm	Dixon 4' Hojabrpour 44' Heard 48' MacNaughton 66' Irving 76' Bustos 87'	Report	Ulloa 7' Romeo 41' Akio 46' Romeo 54'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Referee: Mathieu Souaré

August 8 11	Cavalry FC	1–0	Valour FC	Calgary, Alberta
3:00 pm	Escalante 33' Farsi 41' Ledgerwood 56' Farsi 57'	Report	Levis 16' Sirois 45' Ohin 50' Romeo 66'	Stadium: ATCO Field Referee: Mathieu Souaré

August 12 12	FC Edmonton	0–0	Valour FC	Edmonton, Alberta
8:00 pm	Ongaro 30' Gee 38'	Report	Dyer 15' Fordyce 45' Soto 53' Ohin 60' Kacher 90'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium

August 16 13	Valour FC	0–2	Pacific FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
7:00 pm	Peña 27' Ohin 64'	Report	Liceága 29' Aparicio 34' MacNaughton 50' Haynes 66' Campbell 73' Campbell 90+2'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 2,736 Referee: Alain Ruch

August 24 14	Valour FC	3–0	FC Edmonton	Winnipeg, Manitoba
7:00 pm	Akio 2', 52' Galhardo 62' Reyes 75' Bouka Moutou 80' Mikhael 90+2'	Report	Ongaro 37' Didic 41'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 2,480 Referee: Mathieu Souaré

August 29 15	Pacific FC	3–2	Valour FC	Langford, British Columbia
5:30 pm	Díaz 11' Polisi 22' Campbell 35' MacNaughton 43' Aparicio 60' Hojabrpour 86'	Report	Ricci 17' Ohin 61' Romeo 65' Mikhael 74' Alemán 86' (pen.)	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 2,621 Referee: Alain Ruch

September 4 16	Valour FC	0–1	Cavalry FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
6:00 pm	Galhardo 37' Ricci 38' Mikhael 44' Ohin 45+2' Baquero 90' Romeo 90+8'	Report	Camargo 21' Yao 30' Mason 32' Trafford 37' Farsi 38' Ledgerwood 42' Fisk 52' Novak 90+8'	Stadium: IG Field Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren

September 7 17	Valour FC	0–3	FC Edmonton	Winnipeg, Manitoba
7:00 pm	Ohin 90+2'	Report	Gee 33' Warschewski 40' Ongaro 44' Shome 71' Gonzalez 73'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 2,446 Referee: Juan Marquez

September 18 18	Valour FC	1–1	Cavalry FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
3:00 pm	Fordyce 17' Alemán 71' Dyer 81' Galán 84' Reyes 89'	Report	Ledgerwood 54' Farsi 88'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla

September 26 19	York United	2–1	Valour FC	Toronto, Ontario
1:00 pm	Wilson 35' Verhoeven 50' Wright 55' 61'	Report	Fordyce 10' Levis 27' 37'	Stadium: York Lions Stadium Attendance: 1,122 Referee: Scott Bowman

September 29 20	Valour FC	1–3	Pacific FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
6:45 pm	Romeo 2' Dyer 30' 41' Ulloa 79'	Report	Diaz 3' (pen.) 45+2' Samake 57' Blasco 69' dos Santos 86'	Stadium: IG Field

October 2 21	Valour FC	1–1	FC Edmonton	Winnipeg, Manitoba
2:00 pm	Dyer 14' Baquero 50' Alemán 57' Galán 86'	Report	Tboy Fayia 33' Ongaro 67'	Stadium: IG Field Referee: Ben Hoskins

October 5 22	Valour FC	0–0	Cavalry FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
7:00 pm	Ulloa 51' Levis 72'	Report	Norman Jr. 64'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 2,600 Referee: David Barrie

October 11 23	Valour FC	3–1	Forge FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
2:00 pm	Romeo 5' Akio 45' Fordyce 51' Baquero 58' Dyer 59' Galhardo 64' Galán 87'	Report	Metusala 38' Nanco 76' Son 90' Browne 90+2' Borges 90+2'	Stadium: IG Field Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauziere

October 16 24	Pacific FC	3–2	Valour FC	Langford, British Columbia
5:00 pm	Heard 9' Campbell 23' Campbell 49' Samake 74'	Report	Fordyce 14' Cebara 34' Ulloa 55' Akio 49'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 3,214 Referee: Voja Sremcevic

October 20 25	Atletico Ottawa	2–0	Valour FC	Ottawa, Ontario
6:00 pm	Shaw 57' Telfer 64'	Report		Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 2,271 Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla

October 26 26	Valour FC	3–0	HFX Wanderers	Winnipeg, Manitoba
7:30 pm	Akio 38' Galhardo 45' Levis 49' Rea 66'	Report		Stadium: IG Field Referee: Alain Ruch

October 30 27	Cavalry FC	2–4	Valour FC	Calgary, Alberta
2:30 pm	Camargo 14', 63' Mason 38' Yao 60' Loturi 90'	Report	Romeo 8' Dyer 9' Galán 39' Akio 43', 69' Bustos 90+4'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 2,411 Referee: Juan Marquez

November 6 28	FC Edmonton	3–3	Valour FC	Edmonton, Alberta
2:30 pm	Warschewski 4' Didic 16' Gonzalez 48' Temguia 72' Najem 90+3'	Report	Dyer 78' 81' Fordyce 88' Romeo 90+3'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 716 Referee: David Barrie

Canadian Championship

Preliminary Round

August 21	Atlético Ottawa	2–3	Valour FC	Ottawa, Ontario
7:00 PM	Wright 16' Viti 90+2'	Report	Rea 30' Mikhael 37' Ricci 60', 63'	Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 2,881 Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière

Quarter-final

September 15	Forge FC	2–1	Valour FC	Hamilton, Ontario
7:30pm	Choinière 33' Pacius 38' Sabak 90+4'	Report	Ricci 60' Ohin 78' Galhardo 83' 90+7'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Referee: David Barrie

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"Valour FC signs forward William Akio". valourfc.canpl.ca. Valour FC. May 5, 2021. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
"Valour FC signs midfielder Rafael Galhardo". valourfc.canpl.ca. Valour FC. June 3, 2021. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
"Valour FC signs defender Tony Mikhael". valourfc.canpl.ca. Valour FC. June 11, 2021. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
"Valour FC signs midfielder Andy Baquero". valourfc.canpl.ca. Valour FC. June 26, 2021. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
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"Valour FC acquire forward Sean Rea and goalkeeper Jonathan Sirois on loan". valourfc.canpl.ca. Valour FC. April 6, 2021. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
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@CPVillarrobledo (24 September 2020). "Jose Galán, nuevo fichaje del CP Villarrobledo" [Jose Galán, new signing of CP Villarrobledo] (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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External links

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[20] Jacques, John (24 October 2021). "Pacific Procures Back-To-Back Playoff Positions". Northern Tribune. Retrieved 24 October 2021. With the CPL tiebreaker defaulting to the number of wins