Cavalry FC's offence electric in six-game unbeaten soccer run
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Cavalry FC is pushing through the 2025 soccer season with both feet forward these days.
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The proof of that is in the stats.
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After Sunday's 4-0 shut down of visiting Valour FC, Cavalry is running hot on a six-game undefeated streak and outscoring its opposition 20-2 in those matches.
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Electric stuff.
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'It's about energy,' agreed Cavalry gaffer Tommy Wheeldon Jr. of the productivity surging through his charges. 'I think that's how we play as a team. We've just got that amount of energy.
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'You've got to share it, you know? Energy is transferable.'
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The run began April 29 with a 6-0 knock-out of Edmonton Scottish United SC in the first round of the Canadian Championship.
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Then it was domination in three straight Canadian Premier League matches — a 2-1 win over host York United FC on May 2, a 3-0 blitz of host HFX Wanderers FC on May 10 and a 4-0 skunk of visiting Pacific FC on May 17.
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On May 21, the Cavs drew 1-1 with Vancouver FC — for their only blemish in the unbeaten string — to open the second round of the Canadian Championship.
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And then it was a return to their winning — and scoring ways — in Sunday's matinee at ATCO Field.
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'Different scorers, too,' Wheeldon said. 'I think against Scottish — six goals, six different scorers. Pacific — four goals, four different scorers. Today — four goals, four different scorers.'
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Levi Laing scored the Cavs' first goal 14 minutes into Sunday's affair.
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Sergio Camargo extended the lead by two in the 50th minute.
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Just 10 minutes later, it was Toby Warschewski with another Cavs goal — a highlight-reel one.
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And teammate Ali Musse rounded out scoring with a strike in the 72nd minute.
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'We're sharing the spoils,' said Cavalry GM/head coach Tommy Wheeldon Jr. 'I think we've got to look at the back to the front … The guys are giving us the strength at the back.
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'We're making blocks and interceptions, forcing the other team to shoot from range and weren't allowing them into our box. Then that allows our front line now to have a go at them with the gaps they were leaving — and we could exploit them.'
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Warschewski has converted in every game during the run, while Musse has five goals in the six such matches.
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Even more impressive is it's 15 goals in the last 16 games for Warschewski.
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'He's enjoying his football,' said Wheeldon, of last year's CPL Golden Boot award winner as the league's leading scorer. 'I think we often complicate things as coaches — we can give them principles about how we want to play with and without the ball. At the end of day, there's still a kid inside that just wants to play football, and we've brought that player out in him.
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