Ahead of their big game in Kelowna Sunday, members of the Vancouver Football Club and the Calgary Cavalry of the Canadian Premier League met with the media to discuss this highly anticipated game and the expansion opportunities that come with it. Vancouver FC head coach Afshin Ghotbi was the first to take questions, voicing his excitement to be in Kelowna and to be a part of potential Canadian soccer history. “I was fortunate enough to visit this community and this city of Kelowna and I was so impressed with its beauty and hospitality.
For me, I am humbled by the reception and the good will I felt from the Mayor and everyone in the city,” said Vancouver FC head coach Afshin Ghotbi. “We are excited to be a part of something special to help grow the game in Canada..
. It’s a really important moment for football and soccer in Canada and for us to be a part of it, we will remember it, I think, forever and ever.” The Cavalry come into Sunday’s game riding an eight-game undefeated streak, and they look to keep that going on Sunday with a win over Vancouver FC.
"For us it’s the same preparation. We’re definitely a unit and that doesn’t just mean the goalkeeper and the defenders, it means the whole team, we attack together and we defend together," said Calgary captain and goalkeeper Marco Carducci. "We’re still relatively early into the season and getting into that stride, and for us we take a lot of pride in that, defending and not conceding goals, and we’ll try.
