The 2021 Canadian Premier League Final was a soccer match which determined the winner of the 2021 Canadian Premier League season. It was played on December 5, 2021, in

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, between

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and

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. Those teams qualified as the winners of their first round playoff matches. Forge FC were the defending champions. If the match was level at the end of normal playing time, extra time would have been be played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winners. If the match went into extra time, each team would have been be allowed to make an additional substitution. Pacific FC defeated Forge FC 1–0 to claim their first CPL title and qualify for the 2022 CONCACAF League.

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scored the game's only goal in the 59th minute and was named man of the match.

Path to the Final

Forge FC

Forge FC entered the Final as the two-time defending league champions, having defeated

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in the 2019 Finals and

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in the 2020 Final. On October 26, Forge clinched a playoff berth while inactive and then secured 1st place in the regular season following a win on November 9. Forge advanced to the finals by defeating 4th ranked

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at home in the semi-finals.

Pacific FC

This was Pacific FC's first Final, improving from a fourth place finish in 2020. On October 24, they became the 2nd team to qualify for the playoffs by virtue of a York United draw against

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. Pacific finished 3rd in the regular season and advanced to the finals by defeating 2nd ranked Cavalry FC on the road in the semi-finals.

Head-to-head

This was the fourth meeting of the year between the two clubs with Forge having won all of the previous three games. Forge had the advantage in the all-time series with 8 wins, 1 draw, and 0 losses. Forge earned the right to host the Final by having the better overall record in the regular season. Pacific entered the match on two weeks of rest since their previous match in the CPL semi-final. Forge had played two

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matches following the semi-final, including an away match in

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four days before the CPL Final.

Match details

Summary

Details

References

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