CPL Forge FC

Bobby Smyrniotis Nominated for Coach of the Year

Published on October 16, 2023 under Canadian Premier League (CPL)
Forge FC News Release


The Canadian Premier League (CPL) announced Monday that Forge FC Sporting Director and Head Coach Bobby Smyrniotis honouring best coach in the league during the 2023 regular season. Smyrniotis is one of three nominees alongside Cavalry FC's Tommy Wheeldon Jr. and HFX Wanderers FC's Patrice Gheisar.

Smyrniotis, 44, earns his fifth Coach of the Year nomination in as many seasons. Under the leadership of Coach Smyrniotis

got off to its best start of any season in club history when the side went undefeated in its first seven games, which earned Smyrniotis CPL Manager of the Month honours for April. Forge FC would go on to finish second in the regular-season standings having a particularly successful on the road this season, tying York United FC for most away wins with seven and conceding the fewest away goals of any club at just 14. Smyrniotis' tactics helped Forge FC to a strong defensive effort on the season leading the league in clean sheets (10) and having the second least amount of goals conceded (32).

The winner will be decided through voting by CPL club technical leadership and selected media members representing local and national outlets who consistently covered the 2023 CPL regular season. The winner will be revealed at an in-person ceremony in Hamilton, Ontario, on Thursday, October 26 as part of the festivities surrounding CPL Final weekend ahead of the league's playoff championship match, to be played on Saturday, October 28 at 6 p.m. ET, at Tim Hortons Field in Hamilton, Ontario.

This year, voting for all the CPL's annual awards will be based on performances during the regular season, not including Canadian Championship, Concacaf or playoff action.

The Coach of the Year award winner will receive a unique piece of Inuit soapstone art, conceptualized by artist Palaya Qiatsuq. The Owl statue symbolizes wisdom, guidance and knowledge, while its heightened vision gives it the ability to see what others cannot. The Coach of the Year requires similar attributes to earn the honour.

The 2023 CPL Awards ceremony will be broadcast live on dedicated soccer channel OneSoccer, available as a linear channel on Optik TV (Ch. 980), the pay-TV service operated by Telus, one of Canada's "big three" telecoms companies, as well as on streaming service fuboTV Canada. OneSoccer is also offered as an affordable streaming service through the OneSoccer.ca website, via Roku, Chromecast and Apple TV devices and with the OneSoccer app for iOS and Android devices.

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