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GALLERY: 10 best photos from CPL’s Spring season

It’s been a memorable 35-match run in the Canadian Premier League. Seven clubs launched a professional soccer league in Canada – six of them playing their first matches in club history.

With history to be made come people set to document every new moment.

From that inaugural game in Hamilton on April 27 to the final matchday on July 1, here are the top photos taken from the opening CPL campaign.


1. Telfer takes his chance

Apr 27, 2019; Hamilton , Ontario, CAN; York 9 forward Simon Adjei Karlsson (12) reacts as forward Ryan Telfer (18) scores the first ever league goal in the first half against Hamilton Forge in the inaugural Canadian Premier League soccer match at Tim Hortons Field. Mandatory Credit: Dan Hamilton-USA TODAY Sports for CPL
Apr 27, 2019; Hamilton , Ontario, CAN; York 9 forward Simon Adjei Karlsson (12) reacts as forward Ryan Telfer (18) scores the first ever league goal in the first half against Hamilton Forge in the inaugural Canadian Premier League soccer match at Tim Hortons Field. Mandatory Credit: Dan Hamilton-USA TODAY Sports for CPL

We start at the very beginning. Three faces, three expressions from the first goal scored in Canadian Premier League history. York9 FC’s Ryan Telfer, middle, is milliseconds away from making said history at Tim Hortons Field on April 27, 2019. Teammate Simon Adjei sees the moment coming. So does Forge FC defender Kwame Awuah…

2. Cavalry cold at Spruce Meadows

Cavalry FC supporters FC during a match at Spruce Meadows. (Sergei Belski-USA TODAY Sports for CPL)
Cavalry FC supporters FC during a match at Spruce Meadows. (Sergei Belski-USA TODAY Sports for CPL)

There’s nothing more Canadian than electing to go outside in terrible weather. Less than a week after Telfer scored that inaugural Canadian Premier League goal, Cavalry FC supporters showed their Canadian pride, cheering for their side against Telfer’s York9 at Spruce Meadows. Albertan Spring weather at its finest.

3. Attardo’s accomplishment

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Valour FC striker Tyler Attardo celebrates scoring his first professional goal. (CPL).

At 17 years, 9 months and 11 days old, Valour FC striker Tyler Attardo became the youngest goalscorer in the CPL (so far) moments before this photo was taken in a match against Pacific FC on June 20th. The Winnipegger scored this first professional goal in front of a home crowd, too, with IG Field erupting in excitement.

4. Pure Pacific passion

Pacific FC's Ben Fisk celebrates an opening win for club and league. (Photo: Pacific FC).
Pacific FC’s Ben Fisk celebrates an opening win for club and league. (Photo: Pacific FC).

What a moment from Pacific FC’s Ben Fisk, playing to a home crowd on Van Isle for the first time. Fisk and PFC were victorious in that inaugural match, taking down HFX Wanderers 1-0 and giving the home crowd a lot to celebrate.

5. Jimmy Brennan’s tie tantrum

York9 FC head coach Jim Brennan. (John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports for CPL).
York9 FC head coach Jim Brennan. (John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports for CPL).

York9 FC head coach Jimmy Brennan: A stand-in for late-20th-century comic strip icon “Dilbert”? Coming to a newspaper near you …

6. Standing on the shoulders of Eddies

FC Edmonton forward Marcus Velado-Tsegaye (17) his held up by his fellow players as they celebrate their win and his birthday with the fans on HFX Wanderers FC at the end of the second half of a Canadian Championship soccer match at Clarke Field. (Photo: Walter Tychnowicz-USA TODAY Sports for CPL).
FC Edmonton forward Marcus Velado-Tsegaye (17) his held up by his fellow players as they celebrate their win and his birthday with the fans on HFX Wanderers FC at the end of the second half of a Canadian Championship soccer match at Clarke Field. (Photo: Walter Tychnowicz-USA TODAY Sports for CPL).

From one youngter to another. Here’s FC Edmonton forward Marcus Velado-Tseguye pictured just a few days ago, on his 18th birthday, celebrating his first professional goal. Eddies supporters and players give the youngster quite the welcome to adulthood.

7. Spring contenders square off

Cavalry FC and Forge FC players prepare for the CanChamp 1st leg in Hamilton. (Photo: Ryan McCullough).
Cavalry FC and Forge FC players prepare for the CanChamp 1st leg in Hamilton. (Photo: Ryan McCullough).

Cavalry FC and Forge FC combined for four hotly-contested tilts over the first two-odd months of their existence. This photo was taken before a particularly tense Canadian Championship first leg at Tim Hortons Field, just as they began to emerge in a race for the Spring title.

8. Home sweet home in HFX

Canadian Premier League - HFX Wanderers FC vs Valour FC - Wanderers Grounds, Halifax, Nova Scotia - June 26, 2019. HFX Wanderers FC celebrate their win over Valour FC. (Trevor MacMillan/CPL)
HFX Wanderers FC celebrate their win over Valour FC. (Trevor MacMillan/CPL).

Wanderers Grounds sure has been something to celebrate in Canadian soccer circles, as Halifax has come out in droves to support HFX Wanderers through their first seven home matches.

9. Bring it in, Bustos!

Valour FC midfielder Marco Bustos celebrates a goal with Valour head coach Rob Gale. (Trevor MacMillan/CPL).
Valour FC midfielder Marco Bustos celebrates a goal with Valour head coach Rob Gale. (Trevor MacMillan/CPL).

Awe! All smiles here from Valour FC’s Marco Bustos as he goes in for a hug with head coach Rob Gale moments after scoring an opening goal in the Canadian Championship first leg tilt at the aforementioned Wanderers Grounds.

10. Sunkissed Pasquotti

Cavalry's Nico Pasquotti in action vs. York9 FC. (Photo: Nora Stankovic).
Cavalry’s Nico Pasquotti in action vs. York9 FC. (Photo: Nora Stankovic).

Golden Cavalry in the golden hour. Cavs standout Nico Pasquotti chases after a ball in his side’s Spring title-clinching win at York Lions Stadium against York9.