2024 Canadian Premier League season

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Canadian Premier League
Season	2024
Dates	April 13 – October 19 (regular season) October 23 – November 9 (playoffs)
Champions	Cavalry FC
CPL Shield	Forge FC
CONCACAF Champions Cup	Cavalry FC Forge FC
Matches played	112
Goals scored	285 (2.54 per match)
Best Player	Tristan Borges
Top goalscorer	Tobias Warschewski (12 goals)
Biggest home win	Vancouver 4–1 Valour (April 14) York United 3–0 Vancouver (April 26) Atlético Ottawa 3–0 Forge (May 25) Forge 3–0 York United (June 1) York United 4–1 Atlético Ottawa (July 26) Forge 3–0 HFX Wanderers (July 27) Forge 3–0 Atlético Ottawa (August 10) Pacific 3–0 HFX Wanderers (September 7) HFX Wanderers 3–0 Forge (September 14) Pacific 3–0 Vancouver (September 14)
Biggest away win	Vancouver 0–4 HFX Wanderers (June 23)
Highest scoring	Atlético Ottawa 4–3 Forge (June 28)
Longest winning run	5 matches Cavalry (July 26 – August 24)
Longest unbeaten run	10 matches Cavalry (April 20 – June 21)
Longest winless run	9 matches HFX Wanderers (April 13 – June 15)
Longest losing run	5 matches Valour (April 14 – May 10)
Highest attendance	7,395 Forge 2–1 Cavalry (April 13)
Lowest attendance	843 York United 3–0 Vancouver (April 26)
Total attendance	445,891
Average attendance	3,981
← 2023 2025 → All statistics correct as of October 19, 2024.

The 2024 Canadian Premier League season was the sixth season of the Canadian Premier League, the top level of Canadian soccer. Forge FC were the defending champions, having beaten Cavalry FC, the CPL Shield winners, in the 2023 final.

Forge won the CPL Shield as regular season champions, their second CPL shield and sixth league trophy. In the 2024 CPL final, Cavalry won their first league title by defeating Forge 2–1 to claim the North Star Cup, their third league trophy.

Team and rule changes

The same eight teams that competed in the 2023 season are competing in the 2024 season. The CPL's total player compensation budget was increased by $87,500 to a total of $1,112,500 (or $1,212,500 for teams maximizing the U21 salary incentive).

York United was bought by a new ownership group from Mexico, Game Plan Sports Group.

Teams

Ottawa Location of the 2024 Canadian Premier League teams

Club	Results	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Atlético Ottawa	details	Ottawa, Ontario	TD Place Stadium	24,000
Cavalry FC	details	Foothills County, Alberta	ATCO Field	6,000
Forge FC	details	Hamilton, Ontario	Tim Hortons Field	23,218
HFX Wanderers FC	details	Halifax, Nova Scotia	Wanderers Grounds	6,500
Pacific FC	details	Langford, British Columbia	Starlight Stadium	6,000
Valour FC	details	Winnipeg, Manitoba	Princess Auto Stadium	32,343
Vancouver FC	details	Langley, British Columbia	Willoughby Community Park	6,560
York United FC	details	Toronto, Ontario	York Lions Stadium	4,000

Personnel and sponsorship


Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor (chest)	Shirt sponsor (sleeve)
Atlético Ottawa	Carlos González	Maxim Tissot	Macron	Maple Lodge Farms	CIBC
Cavalry	Tommy Wheeldon Jr.	Marco Carducci		WestJet
Forge	Bobby Smyrniotis	Kyle Bekker		Tim Hortons
HFX Wanderers	Patrice Gheisar	Andre Rampersad		Volkswagen
Pacific	James Merriman	Josh Heard		Telus
Valour	Phillip Dos Santos	Raphael Ohin		OneSoccer
Vancouver	Afshin Ghotbi	Callum Irving		CIBC	Carlsberg 0.0%
York United	Benjamín Mora	Mo Babouli		Carlsberg 0.0%	CIBC

Number of teams by province or territory


Rank	Province or territory	Number	Teams
1	Ontario	3	Atlético Ottawa Forge York United
2	British Columbia	2	Pacific Vancouver FC
3	Alberta	1	Cavalry
	Manitoba	1	Valour
	Nova Scotia	1	HFX Wanderers

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming coach	Date of appointment
York United	Martin Nash	Fired	May 21, 2024	5th	Benjamín Mora	June 4, 2024

Regular season

Format

The regular season was played as a quadruple round-robin, with each team playing the other seven teams twice at home and twice away between April and October. The regular season winner (the team ranked first after all 28 games) qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup and the top five teams qualifed for the playoffs; the top two got byes to the semifinals.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Playoff qualification
1	Forge (S)	28	15	5	8	45	31	+14	50	First semifinal
2	Cavalry (C)	28	12	12	4	39	27	+12	48	First semifinal
3	Atlético Ottawa	28	11	11	6	42	31	+11	44	Quarterfinal
4	York United	28	11	6	11	35	36	−1	39	Play-in round
5	Pacific	28	9	7	12	27	32	−5	34	Play-in round
6	HFX Wanderers	28	7	9	12	37	43	−6	30
7	Vancouver	28	7	9	12	29	43	−14	30
8	Valour	28	7	7	14	31	42	−11	28

Source: CanPL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Total number of wins; 3) Head-to-head; 4) Goal differential; 5) Goals for; 6) Away goals differential; 7) Away goals for; 8) Home goals differential; 9) Home goals for; 10) Fewest disciplinary points; 11) Most under-21 domestic player minutes; 12) Coin toss (tie between two (2) clubs) or drawing of lots (tie between three (3) or more clubs).
(C) Champion (qualified to Champions Cup Round one); (S) CPL Shield winner (qualified to Champions Cup Round one)
Notes:

^ Tie resolved by head-to-head points; HFX Wanderers: 7, Vancouver: 4
Yellow cards count for one point and red cards (direct or accumulation of two yellow cards) count as three points.

Notes

Results

Home \ Away	ATO	CAV	FOR	HFX	PAC	VAL	VFC	YRK
Atlético Ottawa		1–1	3–0	2–2	0–1	2–0	1–0	2–1
	1–2	4–3	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–0	1–2
Cavalry	1–1		1–0	3–2	0–0	1–1	3–1	2–2
2–2		1–1	2–1	1–0	2–2	0–0	1–2
Forge	3–0	2–1		3–0	2–1	2–1	1–2	3–0
0–2	2–1		2–0	2–0	2–1	3–3	2–0
HFX Wanderers	1–3	1–1	2–2		0–0	1–2	3–2	2–1
1–1	1–0	3–0		2–2	3–1	1–1	2–1
Pacific	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–0		2–0	1–2	2–0
0–3	1–4	1–0	3–0		0–3	3–0	1–1
Valour	0–2	0–1	2–1	2–1	2–3		2–0	1–0
1–1	1–2	0–1	1–1	1–0		1–2	0–1
Vancouver	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–0	2–1	4–1		1–1
0–3	0–1	1–3	0–4	1–0	1–1		0–1
York United	4–1	1–2	0–3	2–1	2–0	3–1	3–0
1–0	0–2	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	2–2

Source: CanPL.ca
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by matchweek

Team ╲ Week	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
Team ╲ Week
Atlético Ottawa	3	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3
Cavalry	5	5	6	5	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	2	2	2
Forge	2	2	1	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	2	3	5	5	3	3	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
HFX Wanderers	7	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	6
Pacific	4	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	4	2	4	5	4	4	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	6	5	5
Valour	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	7	7	8	7	7	7	8
Vancouver	1	1	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	3	5	2	3	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	6	7
York United	6	7	5	6	5	5	5	5	6	5	3	4	2	2	2	2	2	1	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4

Source: CanPL As It Stands articles, CanPL standings
= Playoffs first semifinal; = Quarterfinal; = Play-in round

Playoffs

The 2024 season used the Page playoff system. The team who finished first in the regular-season table played the team who finished second, with the winner hosting the final. The fourth- and fifth-placed teams played in a play-in round, and the winner then played the third-placed team in a quarter-final. The quarter-final winner then played the loser of the game between the first and second-placed teams for the other spot in the final.

In playoffs, if the scores were equal when normal playing time expires, extra time would be played for two periods of 15 minutes each. This would then be followed, if required, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winners.

Forge FC and Atlético Ottawa were the first teams to qualify for the playoffs, doing so on September 21 and 22 respectively. After some initial confusion over Cavalry FC's qualification status and a "review of the league's playoff clinch scenarios," Cavalry officially qualified on September 28. York United FC became the fourth qualifier on October 1. With two matchweeks left in the season, all remaining teams were still able to qualify for the fifth playoff spot. This changed on October 12 when HFX Wanderers FC became the first team eliminated from playoff contention following a loss in the club's penultimate match. Pacific FC clinched the fifth and final playoff spot on the final day of the season.

On October 6, Forge clinched the CPL regular season title, winning the CPL Shield and securing the top playoff seed.

Bracket


Play-in round			First semifinal			Second semifinal			Final

			October 27						November 9

			1	Forge FC	0				2	Cavalry FC	2

			2	Cavalry FC	1	November 2			1	Forge FC	1

						1	Forge FC	1

			Quarterfinal			3	Atlético Ottawa	0

			October 27

October 23			3	Atlético Ottawa (p)	2 (5)

4	York United	2	4	York United	2 (4)

5	Pacific FC	0

Matches

Play-in round

October 237:30 pm EDT (UTC−4)

York United	2–0	Pacific FC
León 47' Babouli 90+2'	Report

York Lions Stadium, TorontoAttendance: 2,203Referee: Mathieu Souaré

Quarterfinal

October 271:00 pm EDT (UTC−4)

Atlético Ottawa	2–2 (a.e.t.)	York United
Bassett 47' del Campo 92' (pen.)	Report	Jimoh 90+4' Babouli 94'
Penalties
Didić Tissot del Campo Zapater Iliadis	5–4	Córdova Babouli Wright Botello Martínez

TD Place Stadium, OttawaAttendance: 4,630Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin

First semifinal

See also: Cavalry FC–Forge FC rivalry October 274:00 pm EDT (UTC−4)

Forge FC	0–1	Cavalry FC
	Report	Warschewski 27'

Tim Hortons Field, HamiltonAttendance: 6,521Referee: Yusri Rudolf

Second semifinal

November 24:00 pm EDT (UTC−4)

Forge FC	1–0	Atlético Ottawa
Owolabi-Belewu 53'	Report

Tim Hortons Field, HamiltonAttendance: 6,315Referee: Michael Venne

Final

Main article: 2024 Canadian Premier League final See also: Cavalry FC–Forge FC rivalry November 91:00 pm MST (UTC−7)

Cavalry FC	2–1	Forge FC
Warschewski 32' (pen.) Camargo 38'	Report	Achinioti-Jönsson 52'

ATCO Field, Foothills CountyAttendance: 7,052Referee: Renzo Villanueva

Statistical leaders

As of October 27, 2024

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Tobias Warschewski	Cavalry	13
2	Rubén del Campo	Atlético Ottawa	12
3	Alejandro Díaz	Vancouver	10
4	Brian Wright	York United	9
5	Tristan Borges	Forge	8
	Moses Dyer	Vancouver / Pacific
	Daniel Nimick	HFX Wanderers
	Kwasi Poku	Forge
9	Mo Babouli	York United	7
	Shaan Hundal	Valour
	Jordan Swibel	Valour

Top assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Themi Antonoglou	Valour	7
2	Kyle Bekker	Forge	6
	Tristan Borges	Forge
	Dani Morer	Atlético Ottawa
	Brian Wright	York United
6	David Choinière	Forge	5
	Jordan Faria	Valour
	Jorge Guzmán	York United
9	Fraser Aird	Cavalry	4
	Ollie Bassett	Atlético Ottawa
	Clément Bayiha	York United / HFX Wanderers
	Sergio Camargo	Cavalry
	Paris Gee	Vancouver
	Ali Musse	Cavalry
	Ballou Tabla	Atlético Ottawa

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Marco Carducci	Cavalry	9
2	Emil Gazdov	Pacific	7
	Nathan Ingham	Atlético Ottawa
	Jassem Koleilat	Forge
	Thomas Vincensini	York United

Attendance

As of October 19, 2024

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	HFX Wanderers	84,812	6,500	5,384	6,058	+3.5%
2	Atlético Ottawa	76,764	7,091	3,886	5,483	+10.6%
3	Forge FC	73,899	7,395	3,051	5,279	−0.7%
4	Cavalry FC	59,120	5,043	2,876	4,223	+3.3%
5	Vancouver FC	44,255	6,281	2,109	3,161	+13.4%
6	Valour FC	43,481	4,750	2,242	3,106	−3.5%
7	Pacific FC	42,574	4,367	2,161	3,041	−6.2%
8	York United	20,986	2,654	843	1,499	+20.7%
	League total	445,891	7,395	843	3,981	+3.7%

Source: CanPL, LeonardFC

Awards

Canadian Premier League Awards

The 2024 Canadian Premier League Awards were held in Calgary, Alberta, on November 7, 2024.

Award	Recipient	Finalist
Golden Boot	Tobias Warschewski (Cavalry FC)	N/A
Golden Glove	Emil Gazdov (Pacific FC)	Callum Irving (Vancouver FC) Thomas Vincensini (York United FC)
Coach of the Year	Bobby Smyrniotis (Forge FC)	Benjamín Mora (York United FC) Tommy Wheeldon Jr. (Cavalry FC)
Player of the Year	Tristan Borges (Forge FC)	Kyle Bekker (Forge FC) Alessandro Hojabrpour (Forge FC) Tobias Warschewski (Cavalry FC) Brian Wright (York United FC)
Best Under 21 Canadian Player of the Year	Kwasi Poku (Forge FC)	Emil Gazdov (Pacific FC) Noah Abatneh (York United FC)
Defender of the Year	Daan Klomp (Cavalry FC)	Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson (Forge FC) Themi Antonoglou (Valour FC)
Players' Player of the Year	Brian Wright (York United FC)	N/A

Canadian Premier League Best XI


Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards	Ref
Gazdov (Pacific)	Antonoglou (Valour) Klomp (Cavalry) Achinioti-Jönsson (Forge) Aird (Cavalry)	Bekker (Forge) Hojabrpour (Forge) Borges (Forge)	Warschewski (Cavalry) Wright (York) Musse (Cavalry)

Team of the Week

The Gatorade Team of the Week was selected by the CPL's Kristian Jack and OneSoccer's Oliver Platt.

Team of the Week
Week	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards	Ref
1	Gazdov (Pacific)	Gee (Vancouver) Owolabi-Belewu (Forge) Meilleur-Giguère (Pacific) Twardek (Ottawa)	Borges (Forge) Aparicio (Ottawa) Badibanga (Forge) Bitar (Vancouver) Sellouf (Pacific)	Díaz (Vancouver)
2	Kalongo (Forge)	Parra (Forge) Romeo (Vancouver) Didić (Ottawa) Twardek (Ottawa)	Borges (Forge) Garcia (Vancouver) Young (Pacific) Choinière (Forge)	Dyer (Vancouver) Moore (Pacific)
3	Kalongo (Forge)	Parra (Forge) Sturing (York) Córdova (York)	Antonoglou (Valour) Aparicio (Ottawa) Toussaint (Pacific) Tabla (Ottawa)	Borges (Forge) Wright (York) Bassett (Ottawa)
4	Ingham (Ottawa)	Kamdem (Cavalry) Ndom (Pacific) Didić (Ottawa) Aird (Cavalry)	Trafford (Cavalry) Toussaint (Pacific) Yeates (Pacific)	del Campo (Ottawa) Moore (Pacific) Warschewski (Cavalry)
5	Irving (Vancouver)	Parra (Forge) Achinioti-Jönsson (Forge) Nimick (HFX) Chung (Vancouver)	Soumaoro (York) Hojabrpour (Forge) Campbell (Valour)	Babouli (York) del Campo (Ottawa) Dias (Cavalry)
6	Vincensini (York)	Antonoglou (Valour) Enyou (Vancouver) Romeo (Vancouver) Aird (Cavalry)	Fry (Vancouver) Ressurreição (Valour) Aparicio (Ottawa)	del Campo (Ottawa) Shaw (Cavalry) Ricci (York)
7	Yesli (Ottawa)	Gee (Vancouver) Abatneh (York) Didić (Ottawa) Aird (Cavalry)	Aparicio (Ottawa) Fry (Vancouver) Sánchez (Valour)	del Campo (Ottawa) Dyer (Vancouver) Ricci (York)
8	Viscosi (Valour)	Parra (Forge) Quintana (Pacific) Mourdoukoutas (Valour) Fernandez (HFX)	Borges (Forge) Yeates (Pacific) Zapater (Ottawa) Ferrazzo (HFX)	Poku (Forge) Swibel (Valour)
9	Carducci (Cavalry)	Owolabi-Belewu (Forge) Meilleur-Giguère (Pacific) Klomp (Cavalry)	de Brienne (Ottawa) Adekugbe (York) Bassett (Ottawa) Aird (Cavalry)	Voytsekhovskyy (York) Warschewski (Cavalry) Dyer (Vancouver)
10	Vincensini (York)	Lajeunesse (Pacific) Sturing (York) Klomp (Cavalry) Chung (Vancouver)	Ferrin (HFX) Badibanga (Forge) Bayiha (HFX) Yeates (Pacific) Young (Pacific)	Wright (York)
11	Fillion (HFX)	Field (Cavalry) Adekugbe (York) Nimick (HFX)	Martínez (York) Bekker (Forge) Callegari (HFX) Zapater (Ottawa)	Poku (Forge) Wright (York) Telfer (HFX)
12	Irving (Vancouver)	Facchineri (Valour) Didić (Ottawa) Romeo (Vancouver)	Antonoglou (Valour) Callegari (HFX) Sissoko (Ottawa) Ferrazzo (HFX)	Ressurreição (Valour) Telfer (HFX) Morer (Ottawa)
13	Gazdov (Pacific)	Mukumbilwa (Pacific) Kobza (Cavalry) Quintana (Pacific) Aird (Cavalry)	Córdova (York) Bahous (Pacific) Voytsekhovskyy (York) Bitar (Vancouver) Choinière (Forge)	Warschewski (Cavalry)
14	Ingham (Ottawa)	Parra (Forge) León (York) Walker (Ottawa)	Jimoh (York) Hojabrpour (Forge) Bassett (Ottawa) Borges (Forge)	Tabla (Ottawa) Poku (Forge) Babouli (York)
15	Kalongo (Forge)	Antonoglou (Valour) Klomp (Cavalry) Nimick (HFX) Ferrari (York)	Mlah (Valour) Callegari (HFX) Bekker (Forge)	McDonnell (Vancouver) del Campo (Ottawa) Camargo (Cavalry)
16	Koleilat (Forge)	Antonoglou (Valour) Field (Cavalry) Achinioti-Jönsson (Forge)	Henry (Cavalry) Gutiérrez (Cavalry) Córdova (York) Adekugbe (York) Bekker (Forge)	Hundal (Valour) Poku (Forge)
17	Viscosi (Valour)	Timoteo (HFX) Klomp (Cavalry) Facchineri (Valour) Dada-Luke (Pacific)	Guzmán (York) Musse (Cavalry) Faria (Valour) Rampersad (HFX) Gutiérrez (Cavalry)	Swibel (Valour)
18	Vincensini (York)	Cameron (Vancouver) Klomp (Cavalry) Abatneh (York) Aird (Cavalry)	Bekker (Forge) Hojabrpour (Forge) Martínez (York)	Borges (Forge) Díaz (Vancouver) Musse (Cavalry)
19	Koleilat (Forge)	Iliadis (Ottawa) Klomp (Cavalry) Didić (Ottawa)	Antonoglou (Valour) Mlah (Valour) Henry (Cavalry) Aird (Cavalry) Hojabrpour (Forge)	Hamilton (Forge) Swibel (Valour)
20	Gazdov (Pacific)	Kamdem (Cavalry) Klomp (Cavalry) Nimick (HFX) Campbell (Valour)	Córdova (York) Hojabrpour (Forge) Gutiérrez (Cavalry) Sellouf (Vancouver)	Bitar (Vancouver) Salter (Ottawa)
21	Kalongo (Forge)	Antonoglou (Valour) Iliadis (Ottawa) Samuel (Forge) Morer (Ottawa)	Ohin (Valour) Rampersad (HFX) Gutiérrez (Cavalry) Jensen (Forge)	Ferrin (HFX) Telfer (HFX)
22	Koleilat (Forge)	Iliadis (Ottawa) Higgins (York) Achinioti-Jönsson (Forge) Dada-Luke (Pacific)	Borges (Forge) Adekugbe (York) Ohin (Valour) Zanatta (Pacific)	Dyer (Pacific) Hundal (Valour)
23	Viscosi (Valour)	Fernandez (HFX) Meilleur-Giguère (Pacific) Klomp (Cavalry) Bayiha (HFX)	Tîrcoveanu (Pacific) Adekugbe (York) Aparicio (Ottawa)	Probo (HFX) Zanatta (Pacific) Musse (Cavalry)
24	Viscosi (Valour)	Fernandez (HFX) Mekidèche (HFX) Meilleur-Giguère (Pacific) Cissé (Forge)	Badibanga (Forge) Camargo (Cavalry) Callegari (HFX) Choinière (Forge)	Warschewski (Cavalry) Dyer (Pacific)
25	Irving (Vancouver)	Antonoglou (Valour) Didić (Ottawa) Mourdoukoutas (Valour) Achinioti-Jönsson (Forge) Cameron (Vancouver)	Jensen (Forge) Callegari (HFX) Bekker (Forge)	Telfer (HFX) Badibanga (Forge)
26	Irving (Vancouver)	Field (Cavalry) Norman (Vancouver) Metusala (Forge) Ferrari (York)	Herdman (Cavalry) Dias (HFX) Jimoh (York) Bekker (Forge) Jensen (Forge)	Warschewski (Cavalry)
27	Melvin (Pacific)	de Brienne (Ottawa) Montgomery (Cavalry) Didić (Ottawa) Dada-Luke (Pacific)	Warschewski (Cavalry) Salter (Ottawa) Musse (Cavalry) Bassett (Ottawa) Aparicio (Ottawa)	Moore (Pacific)
28	Rushenas (HFX)	Meilleur-Giguère (Pacific) Quintana (Pacific) Klomp (Cavalry)	Zanatta (Pacific) Fry (Vancouver) Young (Pacific) Ferrin (HFX)	Warschewski (Cavalry) Coimbra (HFX) Musse (Cavalry)

Monthly Awards


Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month		Goalkeeper of the Month		References
Month	Manager	Club	Player	Club	Goalkeeper	Club	References
April	Bobby Smyrniotis	Forge FC	Tristan Borges	Forge FC	Christopher Kalongo	Forge FC
May	Carlos González	Atlético Ottawa	Rubén del Campo	Atlético Ottawa	Callum Irving	Vancouver FC
June	Patrice Gheisar	HFX Wanderers FC	Kwasi Poku	Forge FC	Thomas Vincensini	York United FC
July	Benjamín Mora	York United FC	Mo Babouli	York United FC	Marco Carducci	Cavalry FC
August	Tommy Wheeldon Jr.	Cavalry FC	Daan Klomp	Cavalry FC	Thomas Vincensini	York United FC
September	Bobby Smyrniotis	Forge FC	Moses Dyer	Pacific FC	Jonathan Viscosi	Valour FC
October	Tommy Wheeldon Jr.	Cavalry FC	Tobias Warschewski	Cavalry FC	Nathan Ingham	Atlético Ottawa

Player transfers

Main article: List of Canadian Premier League transfers 2024

According to FIFA's worldwide registration periods calendar, the Canadian Soccer Association's (CSA's) 2024 pre-season transfer window opened on January 31 and closed on April 23; the mid-season transfer window would open on July 18 and close on August 14. However, the CPL later announced that its mid-season transfer window would instead open on July 5 and close on August 2, contradicting FIFA's published dates. This discrepancy was resolved on July 11 when the CSA announced that the mid-season transfer window would open on July 12 and close on August 8 as a compromise between the CPL's and Major League Soccer's interests.

CPL clubs were required to be fully roster compliant by April 1 at 5:00 pm ET; rosters were frozen on September 13 at 4:00 pm ET.

U Sports Draft

The 2024 CPL–U Sports Draft took place on December 14, 2023. Each team made two picks in the draft, for a total of 16 selections.

Foreign players

Main article: List of foreign CPL players

Canadian Premier League teams can sign a maximum of seven international players, out of which only five can be in the starting line-up for each match.

The following international players were signed for the 2024 season. Note that players may be considered domestic for CPL purposes (Canadian citizens, permanent residents, or refugees) while still representing other countries in international competitions.


Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7	Inactive players	Former players
Atlético Ottawa	Ollie Bassett	Alberto Zapater	Rubén del Campo	Liberman Torres	Kévin dos Santos	Dani Morer	Jesús del Amo		Aboubakary Sacko
Cavalry	Daan Klomp	Jesse Daley	Tom Field	Tobias Warschewski	Nicolas Wähling				Jack Barrett Lleyton Brooks
Forge	Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson	Malik Owolabi-Belewu	Béni Badibanga	Elimane Cissé	Nana Opoku Ampomah	Daniel Parra	Victor Klonaridis
HFX Wanderers	Andre Rampersad	Lorenzo Callegari	Vitor Dias	Giorgio Probo					Christian Volesky
Pacific	Reon Moore	Andrei Tîrcoveanu	Juan Quintana	Kevin Ceceri	Moses Dyer			Aly Ndom	Ayman Sellouf
Valour	Roberto Alarcón	Tass Mourdoukoutas	Jordan Swibel	Charalampos Chantzopoulos	Diogo Ressurreição			Kian Williams
Vancouver	Alejandro Díaz	Renan Garcia	José Navarro	Allan Enyou	Olivier Rommens	Ayman Sellouf			Moses Dyer
York United	Dennis Salanović	Oswaldo León	Orlando Botello	Josué Martínez	Thomas Vincensini	Jorge Guzmán	Santiago Márquez		Brem Soumaoro

Players in italic denote players who were new to their respective clubs for the 2024 season, sorted chronologically by their announcement. Players in Bold indicate players who have represented their national teams at the senior level.

Notes

Players who remain under contract but have suffered season-ending injury and may not return to play. They do not count towards roster or cap restrictions and as such can be replaced by another foreign player.

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2024 U Sports Draft 2024 transfers 2024 Final

2024 in Canadian soccer

« 2023 2025 »

Men's leagues	CPL Final MLS Playoffs L1C L1AB L1BC L1O L1Q MLS Next Pro USL2 CSL
Women's leagues	UWS L1C L1AB L1BC L1O L1Q
Cups	Canadian Championship Final Challenge Trophy
Other	CPL transfers CPL–U Sports Draft MLS transfers MLS All-Star Game U Sports Men's Championship MLS referee lockout Canada Soccer drone spying scandal

International

Club competitions

Men	CONCACAF Champions Cup Leagues Cup Group stage Knockout stage
Women	CONCACAF W Champions Cup

National teams

Men	CONCACAF Nations League 2023–24 2024–25 Copa América qualifying play-offs Group A knockout stage
Women	CONCACAF W Gold Cup Summer Olympics Group A Knockout stage

Team seasons

Club seasons

CPL	Atlético Ottawa Cavalry FC Forge FC HFX Wanderers Pacific FC Valour FC Vancouver FC York United FC
MLS	CF Montréal Toronto FC Vancouver Whitecaps FC
MLS Next Pro	Toronto FC II Whitecaps FC 2

Canadian Premier League

Seasons

Clubs

2024	Atlético Ottawa Cavalry FC Forge FC HFX Wanderers FC Pacific FC Valour FC Vancouver FC York United FC
Former	FC Edmonton

Awards

Team

Individual

Rivalries

905 Derby (Forge–York United); Cavalry–Forge; Pacific–Vancouver
Former: Cavalry–Edmonton

Key personnel

Commissioner: Mark Noonan
VP, soccer operations: James Easton

Associated competitions

v t e 2023–24 in North and Central America and Caribbean association football (CONCACAF)
« 2022–23 2024–25 »
Domestic leagues	Anguilla '23 '24 Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados '23 '24 Belize Bermuda Bonaire British Virgin Islands Canada '23 '24 Cayman Islands Costa Rica Cuba Curaçao Dominica '23 '24 Dominican Republic '23 '24 El Salvador French Guiana Greenland '23 '24 Grenada '23 '24 Guadeloupe Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Martinique Mexico Montserrat Nicaragua Panama '23 '24 Puerto Rico Saint-Barthelemy '23 '24 Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia '23 '24 Saint-Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon '23 '24 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sint Maarten Suriname Trinidad and Tobago '23 '23–'24 Turks and Caicos Islands United States '23 '24 U.S. Virgin Islands
Domestic cups	Anguilla '23 '24 Aruba Barbados '23 '24 Bermuda British Virgin Islands Canada '23 '24 Cayman Islands Costa Rica El Salvador French Guiana Guadeloupe '23 '24 Guatemala Honduras '23 Martinique '23 '24 Nicaragua Panama Puerto Rico '23 '24 Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia '23 '24 Suriname Trinidad and Tobago United States '23 '24
League cups	Canada–Mexico–United States group stage knockout stage Final
Super cups	Campeones
CONCACAF competitions	National Nations League Finals Final Club Caribbean Cup Caribbean Shield Central American Cup Champions Cup Final
International competitions	National 2024 Copa América (Qualifying play-offs) Club FIFA Club World Cup

Canadian Soccer – Division 1 seasons (CSA & USSF)

Canadian Professional Soccer League

1983

Canadian Soccer League

Canadian Premier League

USSF (U.S. based leagues)

United Soccer Association	1967
North American Soccer League	1968 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
Major League Soccer	2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

Note: there is no clear information from CSA about tier of U.S. based leagues which have Canadian clubs. In terms of historical information, they have been deployed as tier 1 league as USSF have done.

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