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Major League Soccer is coming to Calgary.

At least for one night.

Cavalry FC has made that possible, thanks to a second-round Canadian Championship victory over Forge FC, sending Calgary’s professional soccer squad onwards in the Battle of the North to face the MLS Vancouver Whitecaps.

The two-game, total-goal series begins Wednesday, July 10, at Spruce Meadows’ ATCO Field.

The second leg goes Wednesday, July 24, at BC Place, the home of the Whitecaps.

“Hopefully, it’ll be a really unbelievable atmosphere here,” said Cavalry FC star defender Mason Trafford. “It’s exciting.”

Cavalry FC earned the ticket to the third round of the national soccer tournament, which began with 13 teams and will be whittled down to just seven heading into the next set of games, with Tuesday night’s 2-1 victory over visiting Forge FC at ATCO Field.

But it didn’t come easy.

The home team had to rally after going down early in a match during which they owned home-field advantage at the opening whistle, needing a victory or even just a nil-nil result after a 1-1 draw with Forge FC seven days earlier in Hamilton.