CPL Forge FC

Kyle Bekker Nominated for Player of the Year

Published on October 20, 2023 under Canadian Premier League (CPL)
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The Canadian Premier League (CPL) announced Friday that Kyle Bekker has been nominated for the Player of the Year award, honouring the best player during the 2023 regular season. Bekker is one of five nominees alongside Pacific FC's Manny Aparicio, Halifax Wanderers FC's Lorenzo Callegari and Cavalry FC's Daan Klomp and Ali Musse.

Bekker, 33, has solidified himself as one of the best players in the history of the CPL. The native of Oakville, Ontario, has once again received a Player of the Year nomination, making it his fourth nomination for the award in five seasons. The 2020 CPL Player of the Year finished the season tied for first in the league with 51 chances created registering three goals and a team-leading seven assists which ranked second in the league. The Forge FC Captain played in 26 of 28 regular season matches for Forge totalling 2,121 minutes played, earning Player of the Month honours in July 2023 - a month in which Forge went undefeated and he picked up three assists and created 14 chances - and was included in the Gatorade CPL Team of the Week on seven occasions.

The winner will be decided through voting by CPL club technical leadership and select 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 CPL Final weekend festivities. Voting for all the CPL's annual awards will this year be based on performances during the regular season, not including Canadian Championship, Concacaf or playoff action.

The winner of the Player of the Year award will receive a unique piece of Inuit soapstone art, carved by artist Pitseolak Qimirpik. The Nikisuittuq statue is a type of inukshuk, a stone landmark built to lead a traveller home. Its top stone points toward the North Star, making it an important landmark in navigation.

The 2023 CPL Awards ceremony will be broadcast live on the 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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