Atletico make themselves at home again at ATCO Field, defeating Cavalry FC 2-0
Atletico Ottawa continued a hot streak at ATCO Field Saturday, defeating Cavalry FC 2-0 at Spruce Meadows.
It was the club's fifth straight win and sixth in their last nine appearances on Calgary's home field -- the most victories by any Canadian Premier League team apart from the Cavalry themselves.
Kevin Dos Santos broke in and fired one under the hand of Marco Carducci a little over eight minutes into the game, giving Atletico a 1-0 lead.
GOAL 🦖
Kevin dos Santos puts @atletiOttawa ahead early in the game 🔥#CanPL | 🔴 Watch LIVE on @onesoccer pic.twitter.com/DA0UKgUbo9 — Canadian Premier League (@CPLsoccer) June 28, 2025
In the second half, Manny Aparicio intercepted a Carducci misstep then quickly advanced the ball to Sam Salter, who deposited it into the Cavalry net.
GOAL 🦖🦖
Sam Salter takes advantage of Marco Carducci's mistake and @atletiOttawa's lead is doubled ⚽️#CanPL | 🔴 Watch LIVE on @onesoccer pic.twitter.com/8vV2CKH67a — Canadian Premier League (@CPLsoccer) June 28, 2025
'What's happened is we've been punished for two errors, and that's it,' Cavalry manager Tommy Wheeldon Jr. said after the game.
'They made the saves and blocks and things like that they needed to do, and they were flawless in that. That's the tale of the game, really.'
Cavalry FC are now off until July 8, when they play a Canadian Championship match against Vancouver FC, so they have a chance to regroup after having a 10 game undefeated streak snapped Saturday.
'Refresh, reset, reload,' Wheeldon Jr. said. 'That's what we've got to look at. I said to the lads, we put a game plan together. A couple of things didn't go our way in a 90-plus minute game. So what we've got to do is just draw a line in the sand, move on, reload, and now we'll go again.'
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