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At this point in the Canadian Premier League’s inaugural season, every team in the league understands its own identity.

For Cavalry FC, though, that’s never really changed.

On Sunday afternoon at Spruce Meadows’ ATCO Field, Cavalry did what it’s been doing since it began the 2019 campaign. It’s what got the Cavs the CPL’s spring season title, after all.

The Calgary crew took the field and played a well-organized, disciplined 90 minutes of soccer and got another brilliant performance from goalkeeper Marco Carducci to outlast York9 FC and earn a 1-0 victory.

Winning one-goal games has been something of a calling card for the Cavs, as 10 of the 18 games they’ve played in their inaugural season have finished in one-goal victories.

“We just seem to be masters of the one-goal game,” said Cavalry FC manager Tommy Wheeldon Jr. “That’s the difference … Everybody’s starting to find out who they are. Edmonton have gone from trying to be a silky football team to being a resilient defensive team. York9 are a very intelligent football team that can attack you in different ways but also have a physicality to them.