The 2021 Atlético Ottawa season was the second season in the history of

Atlético Ottawa Atlético Ottawa is a Canadian professional Association football, soccer club based in Ottawa, Ontario. The club competes in the Canadian Premier League and plays its home games at TD Place Stadium, TD Place. The team was founded in 2020 by Spa ...

. In addition to the

Canadian Premier League The Canadian Premier League (CPL or CanPL; french: Première ligue canadienne, links=no) is a professional men's Association football, soccer league in Canada. At the top of the Canadian soccer league system, it is the country's primary nationa ...

, the club competed in the

Canadian Championship The Canadian Championship (french: Championnat canadien) is an annual soccer tournament contested by premier Canadian professional teams. The winner is awarded the Voyageurs Cup and Canada's berth in the CONCACAF Champions League. It is contest ...

Season review

Pre-season

On 29 March 2021 the club announced their pre-season training camp plans in Spain. The training camp began on 1 April 2021 and took place at Los Angeles de San Rafael in

Segovia Segovia ( , , ) is a city in the autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain. It is the capital and most populated municipality of the Province of Segovia. Segovia is in the Inner Plateau (''Meseta central''), near the northern slopes of th ...

before continuing at Centro Deportivo Wanda Alcalá de Henares in

Alcalá de Henares Alcalá de Henares () is a Spanish city in the Community of Madrid. Straddling the Henares River, it is located to the northeast of the centre of Madrid. , it has a population of 193,751, making it the region's third-most populated Municipalities ...

. On June 3, after nine weeks in Spain, the club returned to Canada to begin quarantine before returning to training.

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 Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America. , Winnipeg had a city population of 749,6 ...

Manitoba Manitoba ( ) is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada at the Centre of Canada, longitudinal centre of the country. It is Canada's Population of Canada by province and territory, fifth-most populous province, with a population o ...

. "The Kickoff", as it was branded, would occur between 26 June and 24 July and all matches would take place at

IG Field IG Field (formerly Investors Group Field) is an outdoor stadium in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The stadium, which opened in 2013, is located on the University of Manitoba campus next to University Stadium. Owned by Triple B Stadium Inc., a consortium ...

. The club began training in Winnipeg on 17 June before playing in the season's inaugural match on 26 June, a 1–0 victory over

FC Edmonton FC Edmonton was a Canadian professional soccer club based in Edmonton, Alberta. The club was founded in 2010 and competed in the North American Soccer League (NASL) from 2011 to 2017. The club went on hiatus when NASL ceased competitive operat ...

Current squad

''As of June 22, 2021''

Transfers

In

Transferred in

Loans in

Draft picks

Atlético Ottawa selected the following players in the

2021 CPL–U Sports Draft The 2021 CPL–U Sports Draft was the third annual CPL–U Sports Draft. Eight Canadian Premier League (CPL) teams selected 16 eligible U Sports athletes in total when the draft was held on January 29, 2021. Format Each CPL team made two selecti ...

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.

Out

Transferred out

Loans out

Pre-season friendlies

Competitions

Canadian Premier League

Table

Post-Bubble Results Summary

Results by Match

Matches

Canadian Championship

Statistics

Squad and statistics

, - ! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center", Goalkeepers , - ! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center", Defenders , - ! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center", Midfielders , - ! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center", Forwards

Top scorers

{, class="wikitable sortable alternance" style="font-size:85%; text-align:center; line-height:14px; width:85%;" , - !width=10, Rank !width=10, Nat. ! scope="col" style="width:275px;", Player !width=10, Pos. !width=80,

!width=80,

!width=80, TOTAL , - , rowspan=1, 1, , , , Malcolm Shaw , , FW , , 10 , , 0 , , 10 , - , rowspan=1, 2, , , , Brian Wright , , FW , , 6 , , 1 , , 7 , - , rowspan=1, 3, , , ,

Ryan Telfer Ryan Telfer (born 4 March 1994) is a Trinidadian professional footballer who plays as a winger for USL Championship club Miami FC and the Trinidad and Tobago national team. Club career Early career Born in Canada, Telfer was raised in Trini ...

, , MF , , 3 , , 0 , , 3 , - , rowspan=4, 4, , , , Miguel Acosta , , DF , , 2 , , 0 , , 2 , - , , ,

Antoine Coupland Antoine Coupland (born December 12, 2003) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Croatian club HNK Rijeka. Club career Early career Before turning pro, Coupland was a member of Ottawa club St. Anthony SC's Futur ...

, , MF , , 2 , , 0 , , 2 , - , , , Viti Martínez , , MF , , 1 , , 1 , , 2 , - , , ,

Alberto Soto Alberto Soto Pacheco (born January 18, 1990) is a football defender currently playing for Santos Laguna, in the Primera División de México. Soto began his career in the Santos Laguna youth teams, until he finally managed to break into the f ...

, , MF , , 2 , , 0 , , 2 , - , rowspan=4, 8, , , , Matthew Arnone , , DF , , 1 , , 0 , , 1 , - , , ,

Drew Beckie Drew D. Beckie (born September 30, 1990) is a Canadian former professional association football, soccer player who currently serves as the team manager for Canadian Premier League club Atlético Ottawa. Early life Beckie was born in Regina, Sas ...

, , DF , , 1 , , 0 , , 1 , - , , ,

Ben McKendry Ben Millar McKendry (born March 25, 1993) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder. Club career Early career McKendry played club soccer for the Vancouver Selects and was also a member of the Vancouver Whitecaps FC Res ...

, , MF , , 1 , , 0 , , 1 , - , , ,

Zach Verhoven Zachary Thomas Verhoven (born August 17, 1998) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Canadian Premier League club Vancouver FC. Early life Verhoven played youth soccer with Surrey United SC from 2003 to 2009. I ...

, , MF , , 1 , , 0 , , 1 , - , - class="sortbottom" , colspan="4", Totals, , 30, , 2, , 32

Top assists

!width=80,

!width=80, TOTAL , - , rowspan=1, 1, , , ,

, , MF , , 6 , , 0 , , 6 , - , rowspan=3, 2, , , ,

Chris Mannella Christopher Mannella (born June 7, 1994) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder. Club career Toronto FC Mannella joined the youth academy of Toronto FC in 2009 to play in the Canadian Soccer League. In 2014, he was a ...

, , MF , , 2 , , 0 , , 2 , - , , , Viti Martínez , , MF , , 2 , , 0 , , 2 , - , , ,

, , MF , , 2 , , 0 , , 2 , - , rowspan=7, 5, , , , Miguel Acosta , , DF , , 1 , , 0 , , 1 , - , , ,

, , DF , , 1 , , 0 , , 1 , - , , ,

, , MF , , 1 , , 0 , , 1 , - , , , Vashon Neufville , , DF , , 1 , , 0 , , 1 , - , , , Malcolm Shaw , , FW , , 1 , , 0 , , 1 , - , , ,

Tevin Shaw Tevin Shaw (born 24 February 1997) is a Jamaican professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for USL League One club Greenville Triumph and the Jamaica national team. Club career Boys' Town Shaw played youth football with National Premie ...

, , MF , , 1 , , 0 , , 1 , - , , , Brian Wright , , FW , , 1 , , 0 , , 1 , - , - class="sortbottom" , colspan="4", Totals, , 17, , 0, , 17

Clean sheets

!width=80,

!width=80, TOTAL , - , 1, , , , Dylon Powley , , 3 , , 0 , , 3 , - , - class="sortbottom" , colspan="3", Totals, , 3, , 0 , , 3

Disciplinary record

{, class="wikitable sortable alternance" style="font-size:85%; text-align:center; line-height:14px; width:85%;" , - !rowspan="2" width=10, No. !rowspan="2" width=10, Pos. !rowspan="2" width=10, Nat. !rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:275px;", Player !colspan="2" width=80,

!colspan="2" width=80,

!colspan="2" width=80, TOTAL , - ! !! !! !! !! !! , - , 1, , GK, , , , Dylon Powley , , 1 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 1, , 0 , - , 2, , DF, , , ,

, , 6 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 6, , 0 , - , 3, , DF, , , ,

Milovan Kapor Milovan Kapor (born 5 August 1991) is a Canadian professional soccer player who last played as a centre-back for RSC Hamsik Academy. Club career In 2012, he played in the USL Premier Development League with Bradenton Academics, and the following ...

, , 4 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 4, , 0 , - , 5, , MF, , , , Viti Martínez , , 2 , , 1 , , 0 , , 0 , , 2, , 1 , - , 6, , MF, , , ,

, , 4 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 4, , 0 , - , 7, , MF, , , ,

, , 4 , , 1 , , 0 , , 0 , , 4, , 1 , - , 8, , MF, , , ,

, , 7 , , 1 , , 0 , , 0 , , 7, , 1 , - , 9, , FW, , , ,

Shawn-Claud Lawson Shawn-Claud Nicholas Lawson (born 13 January 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Simcoe County Rovers in League1 Ontario. Born in Canada, he represented Jamaica at youth international level. Early life Lawson was born ...

, , 1 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 1, , 0 , - , 10, , MF, , , ,

, , 3 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 3, , 0 , - , 16, , MF, , , ,

, , 5 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 5, , 0 , - , 17, , DF, , , , Miguel Acosta , , 7 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 7, , 0 , - , 18, , MF, , , ,

, , 7 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 7, , 0 , - , 20, , DF, , , , Nyal Higgins , , 2 , , 1 , , 0 , , 0 , , 2, , 1 , - , 22, , MF, , , , Rafael Núñez, , 3 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 3, , 0 , - , 23, , DF, , , , Matthew Arnone , , 1 , , 1 , , 0 , , 0 , , 3, , 0 , - , 44, , DF, , , , Vashon Neufville , , 4 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 4, , 0 , - , - class="sortbottom" , colspan="4", Totals , , 58, , 5, , 0, , 0, , 58, , 5

Notes

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:2021 Atletico Ottawa season Atlético Ottawa seasons Atleti Atleti