MATCH #25

 

ATLÉTICO OTTAWA (5-6-14) vs VALOUR  FC (8-4-12)

When: Wednesday, October 20, 6 p.m. CDT

Where: The Stadium at TD Place, Ottawa, Ont.

How to watch: OneSoccer is broadcasting all CPL games live https://onesoccer.ca/

MATCH PREVIEW:

Valour has four matches remaining and still some ground to make up if the squad wants to qualify for the Canadian Premier League playoffs. That makes Wednesday’s match in Ottawa virtually a must-win.

Valour is in sixth place in the standings and five points back of HFX Wanderers, who currently hold the fourth and final playoff spot. Sandwiched in between the two clubs is York United FC, with 32 points.

Valour has one win, two draws and three defeats since Philip Dos Santos became the new GM and head coach and is coming off a 3-2 loss to league-leading Pacific FC in Victoria on the weekend.

Of Valour’s four remaining matches, three are on the road – Wednesday in Ottawa, next Tuesday at home to the Wanderers and then October 30^th in Calgary against Cavalry FC and November 6 in northern Alberta against FC Edmonton.

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3 VALOUR FC PLAYERS TO WATCH

#19 William Akio, FW: Akio has scored spectacular goals in consecutive games now and is tied with the injured Austin Ricci for second on the club with five goals – one behind Moses Dyer.

#8 Keven Alemán: Valour struggled for stretches in the first half against Pacific to create anything on the attack. Alemán can help on that front with his offensive flair and his ability to distribute.

#77 Federico Pena, D: Played all 90 minutes in the loss to Pacific. His speed is critical in tracking down attackers, but also with the ball on his foot moving forward.

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INJURED

-Valour has been without dominant centre back Andrew Jean-Baptiste for most of the season after he suffered a torn ACL in the Kickoff bubble at the start of the season. Jean-Baptiste did sign a contract extension this week to remain with the club next season https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/i-wanted-to-commit-to-them-we-want-to-achieve-big-things-here-andrew-jean-baptiste-returns-for-2022-season

-Forward and leading scorer Austin Ricci is also unavailable for the rest of the year due to a knee injury suffered in the Canadian Championship quarterfinal loss to Forge FC.

-Midfielder Brett Levis was injured in the first half of the loss to Pacific and did not return. His status for Wednesday is questionable.

-Masta Kacher suffered an injury and will be unavailable for the rest of the season.

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Valour FC vs. Atlético Ottawa

Overall (win-draw-loss): 4-0-0

August 19, 2020: Island Games, PEI: Atlético Ottawa 0 Valour FC 4

July 3, 2021: ‘The Kickoff’ at IG Field: Valour FC 2 Atlético Ottawa 0

July 15, 2021: IG Field: Valour FC 1 Atlético Ottawa 0

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Canadian Championship

August 21, 2021: The Stadium at TD Place: Atlético Ottawa 2 Valour FC 3

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TO DATE

Match 1: Sunday, June 27 — Forge FC 0 Valour FC 2

Recap: https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/we-know-we-have-a-strong-supporting-cast-it-didnt-really-matter-about-the-outside-noise-we-had-a-gameplan-and-it-worked-well-valour-fc-2-forge-fc-0

Match 2: Wednesday, June 30 – Valour FC 2 HFX Wanderers FC 0

Recap: https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/10553

Match 3: Saturday, July 3 – Valour FC 2 Atlético Ottawa 0

Recap: https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/it-was-very-emotional-its-special-valour-fc-2-atletico-ottawa-0

Match 4: Wednesday, July 7 — York United FC 2 Valour FC 1

Recap: https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/like-ive-said-many-times-before-its-a-reward-for-the-manitoba-people-valour-fc-1-york-united-fc-2

Match 5: Sunday, July 11 – Valour FC 1 Forge FC 0

Recap: https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/we-know-player-for-player-ill-take-us-against-anyone-in-the-league-and-i-think-were-showing-that-after-five-games-so-far-valour-fc-1-forge-fc-0

Match 6: Thursday, July 15 — Atlético Ottawa 0 Valour FC 1

Recap: https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/10764

Match 7: Sunday, July 18  — Valour FC 3 York United FC 0

Recap: https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/weve-got-a-room-full-of-leaders-it-doesnt-matter-who-takes-the-arm-band-valour-fc-3-york-united-0

Match 8: Saturday, July 24 — HFX Wanderers 1 Valour FC 0

Recap: https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/hes-a-top-class-goalie-hes-been-the-best-goalkeeper-in-the-league-valour-fc-0-hfx-wanderers-fc-1

Match 9: Saturday, July 31 – FC Edmonton 3 Valour FC 1

Recap: https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/10901

Match 10: Wednesday, August 4 – Pacific FC 2 Valour FC 1

Recap: https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/10938

Match 11: Sunday, August 8 – Cavalry FC 1 Valour FC 0

Recap: https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/10956

Match 12: Thursday, August 12 – FC Edmonton 0 Valour FC 0

Recap:  https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/it-takes-the-right-type-of-people-in-the-locker-room-to-go-out-and-get-road-performances-valour-fc-0-fc-edmonton-0

Match 13: Monday, August 16 – Valour FC 0 Pacific FC 2

https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/weve-got-to-find-ourselves-out-of-it-the-boys-are-working-very-hard-in-the-very-limited-training-sessions-that-we-have-valour-fc-0-pacific-fc-2

Canadian Championship: Saturday, August 21 – Atlético Ottawa 2 Valour FC 3

Recap: https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/match-analysis-atletico-ottawa-2-3-valour-fc-canadian-championship

Match 14: Tuesday, August 24 – Valour FC 3 FC Edmonton 0

Recap: https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/we-felt-confident-going-into-ottawa-and-we-continued-where-we-left-off-on-the-front-foot-valour-3-fc-edmonton-0

Match 15: Sunday, August 29 – Pacific FC 3 Valour FC 2

Recap: https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/match-analysis-pacific-fc-3-2-valour-fc

Match 16: Saturday, September 4 – Valour FC 0 Cavalry FC 1

Recap: https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/match-analysis-valour-fc-0-1-cavalry-fc

Match 17: Tuesday, September 7 – Valour FC 0 FC Edmonton 3

Recap: https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/match-recap-valour-fc-0-fc-edmonton-3

Canadian Championship Quarterfinal: Wednesday, September 15 – Forge FC 2 Valour FC 1

Recap: https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/we-live-and-we-learn-and-we-move-on-to-the-league-play-and-hopefully-bring-that-second-half-confidence-into-our-next-league-game

Match 18: Saturday, September 18 – Valour FC 1 Cavalry FC 1

Recap: https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/match-analysis-valour-fc-1-1-cavalry-fc

Match 19: Sunday, September 26 – York United FC 2 Valour FC 1

Recap: https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/i-told-them-to-go-out-there-and-just-play-their-game-my-first-assessment-from-the-bench-is-theres-quality-valour-fc-1-york-united-fc-2

Match 20: Wednesday, September 29 – Valour FC 1 Pacific FC 3

Recap: https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/theres-a-lot-to-work-with-i-think-the-guys-played-a-good-game-a-solid-game-yes-at-times-we-lacked-a-bit-of-solutions-when-we-were-on-the-ball-post-match-report

Match 21: Saturday, October 2 – Valour FC 1 FC Edmonton 1

Recap: https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/overall-im-quite-happy-with-the-performance-the-team-put-out-today-post-match-report-valour-fc-1-fc-edmonton-1

Match 22: Tuesday, October 5 – Valour FC 0 Cavalry FC 0

Recap: https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/i-see-a-team-that-is-ambitious-i-see-a-team-that-is-committed-to-what-they-are-asked-i-see-a-team-that-wants-to-win-its-not-by-lack-of-desire-valour-fc-0-cavalry-fc-0

Match 23: Monday, October 11 – Valour FC 3 Forge FC 1

Recap: https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/11743

Match 24: Saturday, October 16 – Pacific FC 3 Valour FC 2

Recap: https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/11814