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Another game, another 3 goals, another 3 points, and another amazing match of football. The 2025 Atlético Ottawa Season continues to deliver phenomenal drama and excitement, and if not always the prettiest football, at least always entertaining. In Week 5 of the season, as we continue to churn through the
Confidence. It’s evident to anyone watching whether you have it or not. It manifests in different ways, whether through the exertion of your will on an opponent, a calm in the face of tremendous pressure, or in the willingness to do the stuff you used to do in your
Ugly. No one who watched Tuesday’s game would confuse Atlético Ottawa’s performance for anything else. It was to be somewhat expected, with a heavily rotated side, and only three days rest after a big win away from home. Even so it still should not have felt as nervy
Opportunity. The best teams take it when it presents itself. Too many times over the past couple of years, this hasn’t been something that Atlético has done. Saturday continued a trend of this team bucking that trend. It was also another instance of the team meeting adversity head-on, absorbing
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It was Noah Abatneh off the cross at the death on Easter Weekend, as ATO rode to new life against York United, claiming all three points. The dub and the 3,337 in attendance on Saturday afternoon were treated to basketball-like soccer as two refreshingly open teams traded blows from
Belief. Every soul that walked into TD Place on Saturday had it coursing through their veins. The first two matches had brought forward the most entertaining football the team has ever played. As such, conceding an early goal didn’t bring down the mood in the stands. A frustrating refereeing
It was easy like a Sunday morning on Sunday afternoon, as Atlético Ottawa played Vancouver FC off the pitch in a 4-1 rout. Diego Mejía’s side showed it was head and shoulders above its opposition from early on in the match, and by the halftime whistle, they were leading
Proof of concept. Any organization, whether it's sporting or not, needs to display a proof of concept when it undergoes fundamental change. Atlético Ottawa gave us glimpses of that in the final 30 minutes of their opening match, and, in their second, showed a full 90 minutes of
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It was a spicy game in the sleet and rain as a new-look ATO opened the CPL season Saturday afternoon. Over 5,000 were in attendance in the Pay-What-You-Can home opener to watch Diego Mejía’s first starting XI of the season return to TD Place against the Halifax Wanderers,
Miserable. Perhaps that’s a bit of an understatement to describe the cold and wet conditions that accompanied the opening of the 2025 CPL season in Ottawa. Equally, it describes the feeling of Atlético Ottawa supporters through the first 55 minutes of the match. The team came out flat, disjointed,
Whether you’ve been taking a much-needed break from social media, sheltering somewhere warm for the winter, or living under a rock, you might have missed key announcements from Atletico Ottawa as they gear up for the 2025 Canadian Premier League season. Don’t fret – that’s why we are
At last, the part you’ve all been waiting for (or not). This is the final article in my series ranking the Atlético Ottawa roster based on how well they performed using my advanced analytics model (detailed here) for the players ranked #5 to #1. Click the following links for
Another short introduction is called for. This series ranks the 2024 Atlético roster by how well they performed according to my advanced analytics model, which is detailed here.anyone Part 1 ranked players #20-16, which can be found here, and Part 2 (players #15-11), which can be found here. On
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Coaching is not what people think it is. It’s more than showing up to the game with a few circles on a board and a vague idea of how to win. It’s waking up at 4:30 am in a cold sweat because you had a nightmare about
I could devote enough words to make Tolstoy blush and still I would fail to capture exactly what Ollie Bassett means to Atletico Ottawa. Yet cast your mind back and you’ll recall his arrival in our city wasn’t one of jubilant fanfare from all corners of support. Much
Let’s make this introduction as short as possible. These are the players ranked #15 to #11 according to my advanced analytics model, detailed here. You can read the article for the players ranked #20 to #16 here, and the overall ranking will be at the bottom. #15: Manny Aparicio