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Category: Sports

Soccer

Ottawa jumps to fast lead — then chaos ensues in thrilling 4-3 loss to Forge FC

Ahead of a key match on Sunday between the Canadian Premier League’s top two teams of the 2022 season, Atlético Ottawa head coach Carlos González said his club couldn’t allow Forge FC —  which has lost four of their last five games —  to get their mojo back with a win against his side. Unfortunately for Atlético, it happened. Forge...
Basketball

BlackJacks fall 93-82 to River Lions, end three-game home winning streak

The Ottawa BlackJacks competed with grit until the final buzzer, but were unable to maintain their perfect 3-0 home record in the Canadian Elite Basketball League after losing 93-82 against the Niagara River Lions on Saturday, June 17. Another loss on the road three days later — an 85-83 cliffhanger against the Scarborough Shooting Stars — dropped the BlackJacks to...
Soccer

Atlético on a roll: Ottawa tops Vancouver 1-0, earns back-to-back wins at home

Atlético Ottawa secured their second consecutive home win and third of the season on Saturday, defeating expansion side Vancouver FC 1-0 on a cloudy afternoon at TD Place. They Ottawa club has climbed to a win-draw-loss record of 3-2-5 (11 points), good for seventh place and just a point ahead of last-place Vancouver in the eight-team Canadian Premier League. Atlético...
Soccer

Despite second-half surge, Atlético fall to Forge FC — and land in CPL basement

It took a brilliant, stoppage-time strike by Forge FC forward David Choinière to defeat Atlético Ottawa 1-0 on Saturday at TD Place, a devastating loss to Hamilton after one of the home club’s best games of a frustrating 2023 Canadian Premier League season. Choinière’s shot from the near post inside the six-yard box found the back of the net in...
Soccer

Atlético thrash Vancouver FC for first win of ’23, jump to 4th spot in CPL

Atlético Ottawa finally found themselves on the winning side of the scoresheet on Saturday with an emphatic 5-0 victory over Vancouver FC. Ottawa’s win over the expansion club from B.C. catapulted Atlético from eighth to fourth in the Canadian Premier League standings and improved the team’s win-draw-loss record to 1-2-2 for five points. Atlético achieved multiple firsts in their impressive...