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Let them entertain you.

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By all accounts, Cavalry FC will do precisely that, particularly on the house subject at Spruce Meadows this soccer season.

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The Cavs have the offence for it.

They have the gameplan to make it occur.

And — above all — they’ve the intent, starting with their Canadian Premier League residence opener Sunday at ATCO Field (3 p.m.).

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“I’m a fan myself,” stated Cavalry GM/head coach Tommy Wheeldon Jr. “So I want to make sure that all my ideas are released in the way that Cavalry play. And I think if people are spending their hard-earned money and their entertainment dollar, let’s entertain them. And entertainment is how we attack that.

“Even how we defend (and block shots) is entertaining. But the the way we press and the way we transition is entertaining. It’s entertaining value that you’re providing for the fans.”

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Always has been with Calgary’s skilled footie facet.

In reality, it’s been a mandate of types for the membership.

But this yr — greater than any of the 4 earlier than — the unbeaten Cavs (0-2-0) seem to have an outfit that’s oh-so entertaining heading into the primary residence date in opposition to in opposition to top-of-table Valour FC (1-1-0)

Get used to the names Ali Musse, Myer Bevan and Joe Mason. They are strikers and offensive wonders up entrance that followers have already come to depend on in chunks of time.

Add in Fraser Aird, Shamit Shome and Mikael Cantave, who’ve all proven efficiency of their quick home windows on the sector.

And then there’s Sergio Camargo, arguably on the prime of the CPL by way of expertise when he’s totally match.

All informed, it’s fairly the cache of weapons for the Cavalry assault.

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“Absolutely, I would say that,” stated Wheeldon, who insists on throwing Goteh Ntignee — a teen nonetheless getting his toes moist — into the arsenal. “What we’re working on is a bit more continuity in the attack. What we’ve seen really is they’ve all have been involved in goals in all our games so far, which is great. So we’ve just got to keep trusting in them, because chemistry takes time. You know … it doesn’t happen overnight. And what we’ve said as a coaching staff is we’ve got to lean into this and and give them the opportunity to keep building that chemistry because the more that happens, the more goals will happen.

“But yeah … we’ve got a lot of creators and a lot of goal-threats this year.

“We have the depth.”

To boot, his fees know that.

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“We have a different sort of tactical elegance to our game,” stated star midfielder Aird. “I think the Cavs DNA will still stay the same, being what we want to be — front foot, pressing, keeping the ball, trying to move the football when we can and scoring goals. We want to go out and kind of play a style where we impress the fans and play good football, and it doesn’t come down to a 90-minute win or whatever. If it has to, it does, but we want to go out and play as much attacking football as we possibly can. All of our coaching staff implement that every single day at training, and we want to play that way.

“We have the players in the locker room to play that kind of football, and I think that’s what the fans want to see. I think we have enough firepower in our change room to go and score two, three, four goals at home every time we play.”

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And it’s not simply the assault, both.

Across the board, the Cavs embark on a marketing campaign with arguably extra fireplace than ever earlier than.

“We’re more dynamic,” declared Wheeldon. “We’re younger, across the front to back. We’ve only got two players in their 30s — Charlie Trafford and Joe Mason. So we’ve got young blood. What was good with these last three games in eight days is we were allowed to blood in the youngsters of Goteh Ntignee and Udoka Chima and Eryk Kobza and Niko Myroniuk. So it’s been good to blood them in, because now they’ve got skin in the game. So they’re in this with us, and we’re excited about them.”

Two robust showings in league away video games already performed and drawn with fellow CPL powerhouses — 2-2 with Forge FC and 1-1 with Pacific FC — give motive to consider in Cavalry.

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But it’s actually the promise of objectives that actually kicks the joy into overdrive.

“I think when our front attackers are on fire, we’re as exciting as anyone,” added Wheeldon. “To go away to Forge and score two goals and scoring in back-to-back games (including a 2-1 Canadian Championship loss) against Pacific, that’s not easy to do. But we able to do that — it shows we can do it.

“So you can see that we’ve got that.”

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The Cavs are hoping for a hefty residence crowd Sunday afternoon to kick off the marketing campaign at ATCO Field. And why not, given the climate forecast? “Twenty-six degrees,” Wheeldon stated. “You better bring a cap.” … The residence facet can be with out midfielders Shome (foot) and Ben Fisk (sciatica) for choice Sunday. Otherwise, the workforce is pretty match … Tickets for the house opener can be found at http://www.cavalryfc.ca/tickets.

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