Cavalry FC’s Marco Carducci, Forge FC’s Triston Henry and Valour FC’s Rayane Yesli’s are up for the Canadian Premier League's Golden Glove award, honouring the best goalkeeper during the 2023 regular season.
The winner, to be decided in a vote of CPL club technical leadership and media, will be announced Oct. 26 in Hamilton ahead of the Oct. 28 CPL final.
Carducci is after his third Golden Glove award, having won in 2019 and 2022 and nominated in 2021. The 27-year-old from Calgary played all 28 games for Cavalry, who conceded the fewest goals of any CPL team this season (27) en route to finishing atop the standings.
Carducci led the league in total passes among goalkeepers (963) and finished second in the league in shutouts (eight). The Cavalry captain finished in the top five among goalkeepers with saves (63), recoveries (211) and save percentage (70 per cent).
Henry, 30, posted a league-high nine shutouts for Forge and helped the Hamilton-based team post the second-best defence in the CPL and the best on the road.
Henry’s stellar season saw him finish among the league leaders for goalkeepers in many categories including total recoveries (221), passing accuracy (87 per cent) and 24 saves from outside the box.
The 30-year-old from Toronto won the award in 2020 and was also nominated in 2019, 2020 and 2021.
Yesli's 81 saves were second among all CPL goalkeepers in 2023. The 24-year-old Yesli finished among the league leaders in categories in save percentage (69.57), total passes (565) and recoveries (212).
The six-foot-seven 'keeper, who played for the University of Montreal, earns the nomination despite playing for a team at the bottom of the standings with a record of 6-14-8.
Voting for the CPL’s annual awards is based on performances during the regular season, not including Canadian Championship, CONCACAF or playoff action.
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This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 19, 2021
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