Nathan Ingham

That's awesome.

And then to kind of piggyback off of that, you know, you have worked with guys like Nate Ingham and Carducci over the last couple of years.

Kind of how much do you value getting that time with two guys that have done so well in this league? How much do you value getting to, I guess, learn from them and learn with them each day in training? Yeah.

uh i'll piggyback off my arrogance i'd say they learn a lot from me as well um but uh no yeah it's it's always the it's always a give and take we always help each other and like like you said they're very established in the league um so uh i've gained confidence from that training and competing with them day in and day out over the years um since i came to calves when ducci was there um I was 18, so now 21, quite some time working with him.

Sergey Kozlovsky joining us from Atletico Ottawa, U20 Canada captain as well.

What's the season been like for you and just the group in the sense that you're reigning champions, you lose some key players like Nathan Ingham, as you mentioned, Alberto Zapatero retires, Sam Salter moves on to Sweden, David Rodriguez moves on to Mexico, and then...

Partway through the season, your coach moves to Mexico as well, and Diego Mejia.

So what's that been like just dealing with, you know, some of the transition that's taken place?

Sergey Kozlovsky joining us from Atletico Ottawa, U20 Canada captain as well.

What's the season been like for you and just the group in the sense that you're reigning champions, you lose some key players like Nathan Ingham, as you mentioned, Alberto Zapatero retires, Sam Salter moves on to Sweden, David Rodriguez moves on to Mexico, and then...

Partway through the season, your coach moves to Mexico as well, and Diego Mejia.

So what's that been like just dealing with, you know, some of the transition that's taken place?

I think it indicates that we need to be talking about him as the MVP more loudly.

And I feel bad because my campaigns on behalf of Nate Ingham for Golden Gloves have stung me in the sense of they've failed.

So I want to... get my heart broken again, but for a player of Tabla's quality, for what he's given this club, um, you know, I think, I think we gotta put ourselves out there and, uh, get them in the conversation.

It's been a phenomenal year for Tabla.

But I

also, our friend Nate Ingham is out there enjoying himself again, right? Like one with Ottawa.

goes out, gets kind of poached out to go to Calgary, ends up there doing all the things he wants to do business-wise, football-wise, and now he's in first place again.

So good on you, Nate.

He's got, in some cases, a good turn of pace where he's able to get that separation from defenders.

You saw firsthand his goal in Calgary was exquisite with regards to taking it on one side of his body, shifting it away from the defender and then driving the ball beyond Our old friend Nathan Ingham with regards to the lone Ottawa goal last week against Calgary.

So he'll be looked upon to get the goals, get the assist for this team alongside Balu Tabla.

And someone who the last time you saw him here at home, Cameron Habibullah, had an outstanding game for Ottawa that afternoon.

Um, where we're, we're in an attacking phase.

Nate gets the ball, um, hosts it up to Warczewski, who is just cruising.

No defender's gonna be able to catch him.

Kalango hesitates to come out in order to try and challenge Warczewski.

In this first, what, 20 minutes? Um, but they don't.

They sink it.

Nate gets his assist, and, uh, we're down two-nil.

It just felt like, yeah, this is gonna be a very long game.

Defense is up there with Forge with how good they are defensively.

In goal, Nate Ingham has been a great signing for them.

So I really think that Cavalry, if they want to win this league, which obviously they do, but if they want to win this league, it is theirs, I think, to go on and win.

Playoffs could be a different story because you never know how that's going to shake out.