Day 1 of the Canadian Premier League’s #GotGame Open Trials in Alberta has come to an end, with former Canadian international striker Alex Bunbury leading the tryouts while data analytics company Kinduct gathered crucial stats on each of the participants.

Now, only 63 of the more than 220 trialists will be invited back for Day 2 in Calgary, to play in full-fielded 11-v-11 matches.

Cavalry FC head coach Tommy Wheeldon Jr. played gracious host to the rest of the league’s head coaches, including that of rival outfit FC Edmonton, Jeff Paulus. The two were on scene taking in the latest crop of local talents, having previously seen some of Alberta’s prospective professionals in exhibition “Al Classico” matches.

Wheeldon Jr. was impressed, as usual, with the quality on offer, and said he expects he and his peers will consider piecing in trialists in early 2019, telling CanPL.ca: “We all know that we’re going to need some room on there to have some quality local players that are going to start their journey, so I think that’s when we’ll get it – in the beginning of the new year I imagine, once all the other pieces have come together, that’s when the Got Game and the U SPORTS players can start to feature.”

For now, the remaining 63 trialists will need to make a lasting impression as they return on Day 2 of the Open Trials in Alberta – who might those trialists be? Here’s the first cut list:

The CPL’s #GotGame trials continue in Calgary on Friday before making one final stop on Vancouver Island (Nov. 5-6).