2023 CPL Roster Tracker

With all eight Canadian Premier League teams rapidly trying to flesh out their rosters ahead of the 2023 CPL season, we thought it might be nice to list all the current rosters in one spot.

On each team list you’ll find each club’s confirmed roster to date, and below that is a list of players awaiting contract updates, and confirmed departures. You can click their status to find the relevant articles.

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Latest Update: April 17, 2023

York United Adds Noah Abatneh

Atletico Ottawa

Position	Player	Status	2023	2024	2025
GK	Nathan Ingham	No change	Domestic
GK	Sean Melvin	Re-signed	Domestic
DF	Aboubakary Sacko	Free Transfer From Le Havre	International	International
DF	Diego Espejo	Loan renewed	International
DF	Karl Ouimette	Free transfer from Indy Eleven	Domestic	Domestic
DF	Luke Singh	Loan from Toronto FC	Domestic (loan)
DF	MacDonald Niba	No change	Domestic
DF	Maxim Tissot	Re-signed	Domestic
DF	Miguel Acosta	No change	International	Club option
DF	Zachary Roy	No change	Domestic	Club option
MF	Carl Haworth	No change	Domestic
MF	Gabriel Antinoro	Free transfer from CF Montreal	Domestic	Domestic
MF	Jean-Aniel Assi	Loan from CF Montreal	Domestic (loan)
MF	Noah Verhoeven	Free transfer from York United	Domestic	Domestic
MF	Ollie Bassett	No change	International	Club option
MF	Zach Verhoven	No change	Domestic	Club option
MF	Zakaria Bahous	No change	Domestic	Club Option
FW	Gianni Dos Santos	Free transfer from Pacific FC	International	International
FW	Malcolm Shaw	No change	Domestic	Club option
FW	Samuel Salter	Transfer from Halifax	Domestic	Domestic	Club option
	The Players below this marker have no public contract updates thus far.
MF	Junior Agyekum	Draft selection
FW	Mohamed Bouzidi	Draft selection
	The players below this marker have left the club.
DF	Drew Beckie	Retired
DF	Sergio Camus	Loan ended
DF	Ivan Perez	Free transfer to Mar Menor FC
MF	Abdoul Sissoko	Free transfer to Qadsia SC
MF	Ben McKendry	Announced departure
MF	Chris Mannella	Announced departure
MF	Keven Aleman	Announced departure
MF	Owen Antoniuk	Loan ended
FW	Ballou Tabla	Transfer to Manisa FK
FW	Brian Wright	Free transfer to York United
FW	Vladimir Moragrega	Loan ended

Roster Size: 20/23
Domestic U-21 Requirement: 2/3 (Gabriel Antinoro, Jean-Aniel Assi, Zachary Roy)
Internationals: 5/7 (Aboubakary Sacko, Diego Espejo, Gianni Dos Santos, Miguel Acosta, Ollie Bassett)
Active Rumours: None.

Cavalry FC

Position	Player	Status	2024	2025	2026
GK	Marco Carducci	Re-Signed	Domestic	Domestic
DF	Michael Harms	No change	Domestic	Club Option	Club Option
DF	Bradley Kamdem	No change	Domestic (unclear length)
DF	Eryk Kobza	Draft selection	Domestic (unclear length)
DF	Daan Klomp	No change	International
MF	Jesse Daley	No change	International	Club Option
MF	Jose Escalante	On loan to FC Motagua	International
MF	Sergio Camargo	Re-signed	Domestic
MF	Mael Henry	No change	Domestic (unclear length)
MF	Shamit Shome	Free transfer from FC Edmonton	Domestic	Club option
FW	Ethan Beckford	Option Taken	International
FW	Ali Musse	Re-signed	Domestic	Club option
FW	William Akio	No change	Domesic	Domestic
FW	Myer Bevan	Re-signed	Domesic	Club option
	The Players below this marker have no public contract updates thus far.
DF	Fraser Aird	Pending option decision	Club option
DF	Callum Montgomery	Out-of-contract
DF	Tom Field	Pending option decision
MF	Ben Fisk	Pending option decision	Club option
MF	Charlie Trafford	Out-of-contract
	The players below this marker have left the club.
GK	Sterling Kerr	Out-of-contract
DF	Roberto Alarcon	Option declined
DF	Udoka Chima	Mutual termination
FW	Joe Mason	Out-of-contract
FW	Gareth Smith-Doyle	Option declined

Roster Size: 18/23
Domestic U-21 Requirement: 3/3 (Goteh Ntignee, Gareth Smith-Doyle, Joseph Holliday)
Internationals: 6/7 (Daan Klomp, Joe Mason, Roberto Alarcon, Jesse Daley, Jose Escalante, Udoka Chima)
Active Rumours: None.

Halifax Wanderers

Position	Player	Status	2023	2024	2025
GK	Aiden Rushenas	U SPORTS Draft Signing	Domestic (U SPORTS)
GK	Yann Fillion	Free transfer from IFK Mariehamn	Domestic	Domestic
DF	Cale Loughrey	Free transfer from Forge FC	Domestic	Club option	Club option
DF	Cristian Campagna	No change	Domestic	Club option
DF	Daniel Nimick	Free transfer	Domestic	Club option
DF	Jake Ruby	Re-Signed	Domestic	Club option	Club option
DF	Mohamed Omar	Re-Signed	Domestic
DF	Riley Ferrazzo	Free transfer from Vaughan Azzurri	Domestic	Club option	Club option
DF	Ryan James	Free transfer from Birmingham Legion	Domestic	Club option
DF	Zachary Fernandez	Re-Signed	Domestic	Domestic
MF	Aidan Daniels	Re-Signed	Domestic	Club option	Club option
MF	Andre Rempersad	Re-Signed	International	International	Club option
MF	Armaan Wilson	Free transfer From Woodbridge Strikers	Domestic	Club option
MF	Callum Watson	Free transfer	International	Club option
MF	Fumpa Mwandwe	No change	International	Club option
MF	Joao Morelli	No change	International
MF	Tomas Giraldo	Free transfer from CF Montreal	Domestic	Club option	Club option
MF	Lorenzo Callegari	Free transfer from FC Chambly	International	Club option
MF	Wesley Timoteo	Re-Signed	Domestic	Domestic	Club option
FW	Kosi Nwafornso	Free transfer from Vaughan Azzurri	International	Club option	Club option
FW	Ludwig Kojo Amla	No change	Domestic	Club option
FW	Massimo Ferrin	Free transfer from Vaughan Azzurri	Domestic	Domestic	Club option
FW	Theo Collomb	Free transfer from WFC2	International	Club option
FW	Tiago Coimbra	Free transfer from Palmeiras	Domestic	Domestic	Club Option
	The Players below this marker have no public contract updates thus far.
DF	Anthony Stolar	Draft selection
DF	Gabriel Escobar	No change	Club option
MF	CJ Smith	Unknown
MF	Ryan Robinson	No change	Club option
	The players below this marker have left the club.
GK	Christian Oxner	Announced departure
GK	Keiran Baskett	Free transfer to Pacific FC
DF	Colin Gander	Announced departure
DF	Kareem Sow	Draft rights retained.
DF	Peter Schaale	Announced departure
DF	Mateo Restrepo	Retired
DF	Obeng Tabi	Announced departure
DF	Ousman Maheshe	Confirmed departure
DF	Eriks Santos	Announced departure
MF	Cory Bent	Announced departure
MF	Jeremy Gagnon-Lapare	Free transfer to York United
MF	Marcello Polisi	Free transfer to Valour
MF	Pierre Lamothe	Free transfer to Pacific
FW	Akeem Garcia	Retired
FW	Alex Marshall	Announced departure
FW	Mour Samb	Announced departure
FW	Samuel Salter	Transfer to Atletico Ottawa

Roster Size: 23/23
Domestic U-21 Requirement: 4/3 (Aiden Rushenas, Armaan Wilson, Tiago Coimbra, Tomas Giraldo)
Internationals: 5/7 (Andre Rampersad, Callum Watson, Fumpa Mwandwe, Joao Morelli, Lorenzo Callegari, Theo Collomb)
Active Rumours: None.

Pacific FC

Position	Player	Status	2024	2025	2026
GK	Emil Gazdov	No change	Domestic	Domestic
DF	Bradley Vliet	Free transfer from Cavalry	International	Club option
	The Players below this marker have no public contract updates thus far.
DF	Amer Didic	Re-Signed
DF	Georges Mukumbilwa	Re-Signed
DF	Kunle Dada-Luke	Re-signed	Club option
DF	Thomas Meilleur-Giguere	Re-Signed
DF	Paul Amedume	Re-Signed
MF	Cedric Toussaint	Re-Signed
MF	Pierre Lamothe	On loan to Quan Nam
MF	Manny Aparicio	Re-signed
MF	Sean Young	Re-Signed	?Option
MF	Steffen Yeates	Free transfer from TFC2	?unclear
FW	Adonijah Reid	Free transfer from Miami FC	Domestic (unclear length)
FW	Ayman Sellouf	Free transfer from FC Utrecht	International (unclear length)
FW	Djenairo Daniels	Re-Signed
FW	Easton Ongaro	Free transfer from WFC2
FW	Kekutah Manneh	Free transfer
FW	Josh Heard	Re-Signed
	The players below this marker have left the club.
GK	Kieran Baskett	Released
FW	David Brazao	Released
DF	Jalen Watson	Loan ended
FW	Abdul Binate	Released

Roster Size: 20/23
Domestic U-21 Requirement: 3/3 (Emil Gazdov, Paul Amedume, Abdul Binate)
Internationals: 3/7 (Ayman Sellouf, Bradley Vliet, Djenairo Daniels)
Active Rumours: None.

Forge FC

Position	Player	Status	2023	2024	2025
GK	Christopher Kalongo	Re-signed	Domestic
GK	Triston Henry	Re-signed	Domestic - unclear multi-year contract length.
DF	Abdulmalik Owolabi-Belewu	No change	Domestic - unclear contract length.
DF	Ashone Morgan	Re-Signed	Domestic - unclear contract length.
DF	Dominic Samuel	No change	Domestic - unclear contract length.
DF	Garven Metusala	No change	Domestic - unclear contract length.
DF	Malcolm Duncan	Free transfer	Domestic - unclear contract length
DF	Manjrekar James	Free transfer from Chornomorets Odesa	Domestic (unclear contract length)
DF	Rezart Rama	No change	International - unclear contract length.
MF	Aboubacar Sissoko	No change	Domestic - unclear contract length.
MF	Alessandro Hojabrpour	No change	Domestic - unclear contract length.
MF	Alexander Achinioti-Jonsson	No change	International - unclear contract length.
MF	Khadim Kane	Free transfer	Domestic - unclear contract length.
MF	Kwasi Poku	No change	Domestic - unclear contract length.
MF	Kyle Bekker	Re-signed	Domestic	Domestic
MF	Noah Jensen	No change	Domestic - unclear contract length.
MF	Sebastian Castello	No change	Domestic - unclear contract length.
FW	David Choiniere	Re-signed	Domestic - unclear contract length.
FW	Jordan Hamilton	No change	Domestic - unclear contract length.
FW	Tristan Borges	No change	Domestic - unclear contract length.
FW	Terran Campbell	No change	Domestic - unclear contract length.
FW	Woobens Pacius	Re-signed	Domestic - unclear contract length.
	The Players below this marker have no public contract updates thus far.
GK	Dino Bontis	Out-of-contract
DF	Milo Djuricic	Draft selection
FW	Emery Welshman	Out-of-contract
FW	Chris Nanco	Out-of-contract
FW	Miles Green	Draft selection
	The players below this marker have left the club.
DF	Cale Loughrey	Free transfer to Halifax Wanderers
DF	Daniel Krutzen	Player announced departure
DF	Jonathan Grant	Free transfer to York United
MF	Shamit Shome	Free transfer to Cavalry FC
FW	Omar Browne	Loan cancelled

Roster Size: 22/23
Domestic U-21 Requirement: 3/3 (Khadim Kane, Kwasi Poku, Sebastian Castello)
Internationals: 1/7 (Rezart Rama)
Active Rumours: Welshman Stews Future Move, Kwasi Poku Trialing With BK Hacken

York United

Position	Player	Status	2024	2025	2026
DF	Clement Bayiha	No change	Domestic
MF	Jeremy Gagnon-Lapare	No change	Domestic
MF	Markiyan Voytsekhovskyy	No change	Domestic	Club option
MF	Max Ferrari	No change	Domestic
MF	Molham Babouli	No change	Domestic
FW	Brian Wright	No change	Domestic
FW	Osaze De Rosario	No change	Domestic
FW	Theo Afework	No change	Domestic	Club option
	The Players below this marker have no public contract updates thus far.
GK	Niko Giantsopoulos	Out-of-contract
GK	Eleias Himaras	Pending option decision	Club option
DF	Kadin Martin-Pereux	Pending option decision	Club option
DF	Brem Soumaoro	Pending option decision	Club option	Club option
DF	Jonathan Grant	Out-of-contract
DF	Noah Abatneh	Pending option decision	Club option
DF	Paris Gee	Pending optin decision	Club option
DF	Roger Thompson	Pending option decision	Club option
MF	Elijah Adekugbe	Pending option decision	Club Option
MF	Matthew Baldisimo	Pending option decision	Club option
MF	Carson Buschman-Dormund	Pending option decision	Club option
MF	Michael Petrasso	On Loan To Maidstone United
FW	Kevin Dos Santos	Out-of-contract
FW	Austin Ricci	Pending option decision	Club option
	The players below this marker have left the club.
DF	Tass Mourdoukoutas	Contract ended

Roster Size: 24/23 (one less if accounting for Ronan Kratt being out on loan)
Domestic U-21 Requirement: 4/3 (Eleias Himaras, Markiyan Voytsekhovskyy, Noah Abatneh, Theo Afework)
Internationals: 5/7 (Brem Soumaoro, Kevin Dos Santos, Lassana Faye, Oussama Alou, Tass Mourdoukoutas)
Active Rumours: Warschewski To Rot-Weiss Eissen

Valour FC

Position	Player	Status	2024	2025	2026
GK	Rayane Yesli	Re-Signed	Domestic
GK	Darlington Murasiranwa	Re-Signed	Domestic
DF	Jordan Haynes	No change	Domestic
MF	Dante Campbell	Re-signed	Domestic
MF	Juan Pablo Sanchez	Re-signed	Domestic
MF	Zachary Sukunda	Free transfer from IF Gnistan	Domestic (multi-year, details unknown)
MF	Marcello Polisi	Re-signed	Domestic
FW	Shaan Hundal	Free transfer from Vancouver FC	Domestic (multi-year, details unknown)
FW	Kian Williams	No change	International
	The Players below this marker have no public contract updates thus far.
DF	Abdou Samake	Option under consideration
DF	Andrew Jean-Baptiste	Out-of-contract
DF	Andy Baquero	Option under consideration
DF	Guillaume Pianelli	Out-of-contract
DF	Klaidi Cela	Option under consideration
MF	Diego Gutierrez	Out-of-contract
MF	Raphael Ohin	Option under consideration
FW	Matteo de Brienne	Out-of-contract
FW	Pacifique Niyongabire	Option under consideration
FW	Walter Ponce	Out-of-contract
	The players below this marker have left the club.
GK	Jordan Tisseur	U SPORTS Player
DF	Matthew Chandler	Option declined
DF	Eskander Mzoughi	Option declined
MF	Kevin Rendon	Released
FW	Anthony Novak	Option declined
FW	Ahinga Selemani	Option declined
FW	Jaime Siaj	Option Declined
FW	Jared Ulloa	Option declined

Roster Size: 21/23*
Domestic U-21 Requirement: 4/3 (Eskander Mzoughi, Jared Ulloa, Juan Pablo Sanchez, Matteo de Brienne)
Internationals: 6/7 (Andrew Jean-Baptiste, Jaime Siaj, Kevin Rendon, Kian Williams, Pacifique Niyongabire, Walter Ponce)
Active Rumours: None
*two U SPORTS athletes

Vancouver FC

Position	Player	Status	2024	2025	2026
GK	Callum Irving	Free transfer from Pacific FC	Domestic
DF	James Cameron	No change	Domestic (EYT, unknown length)
MF	TJ Tahid	No change	Domestic (EYT, unknown length)
DF	Anthony White	No change	Domestic	Club option
FW	Gabriel Bitar	No change	Domestic
	The Players below this marker have no public contract updates thus far.
MF	Vasco Fry	Active negotiations
DF	Ibrahim Bakare	Unknown
DF	Kadin Chung	Unknown
DF	Tyler Crawford	Unknown
DF	Rocco Romeo	Unknown
MF	Renan Garcia	Active negotations
MF	Min-jae Kwak	Active negotations
MF	Ivan Mejia	Active negotiations
MF	Elliot Simmons	Unknown
MF	Nima Moazeni Zadeh	Active negotation
FW	Mamadou Kane	Unknown
FW	Ameer Kinani	Active negotations
	The players below this marker have left the club.
GK	Jeremy Zielinksi	Released
MF	Nicky Gyimah	Released
FW	Nathaniel St. Louis	Released
FW	Shaan Hundal	Free transfer to Valour FC

Roster Size: 21/23
Domestic U-21 Requirement: 3/3 (Anthony White, Mamadou Kane, Tyler Crawford)
Internationals: 6/7 (Cristian Mares, Eugene ‘Pele’ Martinez, Gael Sandoval, Ibrahim Bakare, Min-jae Kwak, Nicky Gyimah)
Active Rumours: None

FC Edmonton

Position	Player	Status	2023	2024	2025
	The players below this marker have left the club.
GK	Andreas Vaikla	Loan ended, out-of-contract with Toronto FC II
GK	Darlington Murasiranwa	Free agent
GK	Joseph Holliday	Free agent
DF	Bicou Bissainthe	Free transfer to Haiphong FC
DF	Felix N'sa	Loan ended, released by York United
DF	Kelsey Egwu	Free agent
DF	Luke Singh	New loan to Atletico Ottawa
DF	Malik Sylvester	Free agent
DF	Nekhi Wright	Free agent
DF	Nyal Higgins	Free agent
DF	Terique Mohammed	Free transfer to Lexington SC
DF	T-Boy Fayia	Free agent
DF	Wesley Timoteo	Loan ended, re-signed with Halifax Wanderers
MF	Cale Loughrey	Loan ended, free transfer to Halifax Wanderers
MF	CJ Smith	Loan ended, unclear if option picked up by Halifax
MF	Masta Kacher	Free agent
MF	Simon Triantafillou	Loan ended, unclear if option picked up by Pacific
MF	Shamit Shome	Free transfer to Cavalry FC
FW	Azriel Gonzalez	Free transfer to Las Vegas Lights
FW	Mamadi Camara	Free agent
FW	Marcus Simmons	Free transfer to Vancouver FC
FW	Tobias Warschewski	Loan ended, option declined by York United
MF	Ousman Maheshe	Returned to university
FW	Gabriel Bitar	Free transfer to Vancouver FC
FW	Julian Ulbricht	Loan ended, York United transferred to Phonix Lubeck
FW	Mamadou Kane	Loan ended, York United transferred to Vancouver FC

With FC Edmonton now folded, we wanted to track the club’s final roster to see where they land.

The 2023 Canadian Premier League season will be the league’s fifth, with an increased salary cap taking effect. Roster regulations can be found here.