The 2021 Forge FC season was the third season in the history of
Forge FC
Forge FC is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Hamilton, Ontario, that competes in the Canadian Premier League, the top tier of Canadian soccer. The club plays its home matches at Tim Hortons Field. Forge FC joined the CPL in 2019 as ...
. Forge were the defending league champions, having defeated
HFX Wanderers FC
HFX Wanderers Football Club, commonly known as HFX Wanderers, and spoken as Halifax Wanderers, is a Canadian professional soccer club in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The club competes in the Canadian Premier League at the top of the Canadian soccer lea ...
in the
2020 Canadian Premier League Final. In addition to the
domestic league, the club competed in the
Canadian Championship
The Canadian Championship (french: Championnat canadien) is an annual soccer tournament contested by premier Canadian professional teams. The winner is awarded the Voyageurs Cup and Canada's berth in the CONCACAF Champions League. It is contes ...
and the
CONCACAF League
The CONCACAF League was an annual continental club football competition organized by CONCACAF as its second-tier continental competition. It was announced on 8 May 2017.
The competition uses a knockout cup format with each round having two le ...
.
On November 2, Forge FC defeated
Santos de Guápiles
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People
* Santos (surname)
* Santos (DJ) (born 1971), Italian DJ
*Santos Benavides (1823–1891), Confederate general in the American Civil War
*Santos Balmori Picazo (1899–1992), Spanish-Mexican painter
*Santos (footballer, ...
in the quarter-finals of the CONCACAF League to qualify for the
2022 edition of the
CONCACAF Champions League
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, becoming the first Canadian Premier League club to do so.
The club eventually bowed out of the competition in the semi-finals against
Motagua.
Squad
''As of August 8, 2021''
Transfers
In
Transferred in
Loans in
Draft picks
Forge FC selected the following players in the
2021 CPL–U Sports Draft on January 29, 2021. Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in.
Out
Competitions
Matches are listed in Hamilton local time:
Eastern Daylight Time
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(
UTC−4) until November 6, and Eastern Standard Time (
UTC−5) otherwise.
Overview
Canadian Premier League
Table
Results by match
Matches
Playoff matches
CONCACAF League
Preliminary round
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Canadian Championship
Statistics
Squad and statistics
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, -
Top scorers
Clean sheets
Disciplinary record
Honours
Canadian Premier League Awards
CONCACAF League Awards
References
External links
Official site
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2021
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2021 Canadian Premier League
Canadian soccer clubs 2021 season