Canada Premier League Awards 2023

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The Canadian Premier League announced the winners for the 2023 CPL Awards, recognizing the best and brightest who call Canada’s top flight home.This year saw regular season champions Cavalry FC absolutely dominate the seven award categories, taking home an incredible five of them – something no club in the history of the league has done before.

Coach Of The Year – Tommy Wheeldon Jr. (Cavalry FC)

Runners-Up: Bobby Smyrniotis (Forge FC), Patrice Gheisar (Halifax Wanderers)

The man who led Cavalry FC to a regular season winning – and by a thirteen point margin, no less – has now been recognized as the Canadian Premier League’s coach of the year. This year saw Tommy Wheeldon Jr. guided Cavalry to absolute league domination: after opening with five straight draws, he and the club found a new gear to eventually finish top of the table with a nine-match unbeaten run, eight of which came as wins.

Player Of The Year: Daan Klomp (Cavalry FC)

Runners-Up: Manny Aparicio (Pacific FC), Kyle Bekker (Forge FC), Lorenzo Callegari (Halifax Wanderers), Ali Musse (Cavalry FC)

That’s right, Daan Klomp did the double at the 2023 CPL Awards: the winning defender of the year will also take home the The Nikisuittuq, recognizing the Cavalry iron man as the league’s best performer of 2023 as voted to by media.

Players’ Player Of The Year: Ali Musse (Cavalry FC)

Runners-Up: Plenty, but you’ll have to click here.

As voted on by the league’s own players, it’s clear that no defenders look forward to squaring up against Cavalry forward Ali Musse: the 27-year-old had himself quite a season up, making an astounding eleven goal contributions split between five goals and six assists.

Golden Boot: Myer Bevan (Cavalry FC) / Ollie Bassett (Atletico Ottawa)

Runner-Up: Woobens Pacius (Forge FC)

For the first time in league history we have a tie for the Golden Boot, which goes to most prolific goalscorer in the regular season. Both Cavalry’s Myer Bevan and Atletico Ottawa’s Ollie Bassett bagged eleven goals apiece, showcasing plenty of individual attacking brilliance through seasons that took very different paths.

Best Canadian U-21 Player: Matteo de Brienne (Valour FC)

Runners-Up: James Cameron (Vancouver FC), Kwasi Poku (Forge FC)

What a season it’s been for 21-year-old Matteo de Brienne: he’s dazzled spectators with his blistering runs up the left flank, working tirelessly to bring some joy to Valour fans who haven’t had too much to smile about. Finishing the season with six goal contributions, the Ottawa native has turned heads both back in the nation’s capital and, apparently, in Major League Soccer circles as well.

Golden Glove: Triston Henry (Forge FC)

Runners-Up: Marco Carducci (Cavalry FC), Rayane Yesli (Valour FC)

Recording a league-leading nine clean sheets, Forge goalkeeper Triston Henry has made several key stops to keep Forge from dropping results as the hammers fought to a second place finish in league standings.

“It never gets old, I really appreciate it,” said Henry on stage, noting that this award meant even more than his Golden Glove win from 2020 given that it came from a full 28-match season.