Cavalry FC

Cavalry FC
Full nameCavalry Football Club[1]
Short nameCavs[2][3][4]
FoundedMay 5, 2018; 6 years ago (2018-05-05)
Stadium
Capacity6,000
OwnerSpruce Meadows Sports & Entertainment
PresidentIan Allison
CoachTommy Wheeldon Jr.
LeagueCanadian Premier League
2023Canadian Premier League, 1st
Playoffs: Runner-up
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Cavalry Football Club, is a Canadian professional soccer club based in the Calgary metropolitan region of Alberta. The club competes at the top of the Canadian soccer league system in the Canadian Premier League, and plays their home matches at ATCO Field on the grounds of Spruce Meadows in Foothills County.

The team is managed by Tommy Wheeldon Jr. and owned by Spruce Meadows Sports & Entertainment.[5]

The official mascot is a red horse named Charlie.

  1. ^ "Cavalry Football Club Joins Canadian Premier League". Canadian Premier League. May 17, 2018. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  2. ^ Saelhof, Todd (August 28, 2019). "Cavs 'keeper Carducci gets call up to Canadian national team". Montreal Gazette.
  3. ^ "CPL, Canadian soccer reacts to Cavs' historic win". Canadian Premier League. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  4. ^ Adams, J.J. (July 24, 2019). "Whitecaps Game Day: Everything on the line in Canadian Championship showdown with Cavalry". The Province.
  5. ^ "Cavalry FC, Calgary's new professional soccer team, to debut in 2019". Yahoo. May 18, 2018. Retrieved May 19, 2018.