Welcome to part three of a five-part series breaking down the 2025 Atlético Ottawa roster! In parts one and two, the first eight players were ranked in descending order based on their WPA, an all-encompassing metric designed to quantify a player’s on-field impact. The methodology for that is broken
Welcome back to part two of the five-part series in which the 2025 ATO roster is broken down analytically! Following the first part, wherein some comically low sample sizes were analyzed (available to read here), this next edition dives into the mushy “meh” part of the roster, with a few
Welcome to this year’s edition of the article series that bums everyone out because their favourite player doesn’t have enough blue boxes! To be completely honest, I delayed finishing up all the stats work I had lined up because I wanted to coast on the high of the
“It’s never an upset if the so-called underdog has all along considered itself the better team.” – Woody Hayes Call it arrogance, but we’ve earned it. No team in the CPL has achieved what Atlético Ottawa has this year, and now we’re reaping the reward – hosting the CPL
Welcome to the Forward Press, which recaps the pre- and post-match press conferences every week! This edition follows the last regular season match of the year for ATO, in which they played and beat Halifax 1-0. Coach Diego Mejía and midfielder David Rodriguez joined the media this week, discussing the
Welcome to this week’s Forward Press, where Diego Mejía and Brett Levis joined the media before and after that disappointing and flat 0-0 draw vs Vancouver, which saw Ottleti’s title hopes slip once more after being given a lifeline in the race for the Shield. Bearingin mind the
Every year, the Capital City Supporters Group enjoys a wealth of talented people who contribute in meaningful ways to growing the game in Ottawa. It would take far more than a single article to elucidate all the many people who make this group so special, but we would like to
Patience is a virtue that is all too lacking in the wider world, but it’s hard to think of another industry that lacks it quite so openly than professional sports: a manager can win a championship, be feted, and then follow it up with a losing season and be
North American sports have their fair share of oddities and traditions, and when that mixes with soccer, it can create some mixed opinions. Off-season draft? I love it and want to see it expanded. Playoffs? I get why we have them. Theme days? I've come around. But my
Welcome to what will be a short and only half-sweet Forward Press, this week for that 3-all draw against Valour at the weekend. With not many questions, the answers have been provided in full to make up the content, with Diego Mejía and Manny Aparicio featuring in front of the
They say you should never fall in love with loan players. Fool me twice, shame on me. From the moment David Rodríguez first took to the pitch at TD Place on a cold and rainy April afternoon against the Halifax Wanderers, you knew he was going to be something special.
Welcome to this week's Forward Press, where we’ll dive into the two conferences bracketing that 3-0 win over Cavalry at the weekend! In what was a quieter affair than last week’s, Diego Mejia and Ballou Tabla joined the media to talk about the run-in, individual performances,
Welcome to The Forward Press for last weekend’s 1-1 draw vs Forge! Coach Diego Mejia and Winger Gabriel Antinoro joined the media this week, and both had some comments to make about officiating, scheduling, and Forge’s disrespectful conduct during and after the match. In a heated post-match session,
Welcome back to The Forward Press, CCSG’s recap of each match’s pair of press conferences! This edition covers ATO’s 2-2 draw vs York, as Coach Diego Mejía, and Striker Samuel Salter joined the scrums this time around. They cover preparing for fixture congestion, as well as a
Welcome back to The Forward Press, your source for all the quotes from this week’s set of press conferences bracketing that 2-0 win against Pacific! I apologize for missing last week’s edition, so hopefully some long form answers will make up for that! With that taken care of,
After a grueling week on the road that took the team across three cities and time zones in just seven days – culminating in back-to-back losses, including a deflating defeat to Vancouver FC in the first leg of the Canadian Championship – Atlético Ottawa returned to TD Place on August 23rd eager