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    "title": "Forge FC defeat Municipal Lime\u00f1o 1:2 to advance to Concacaf League Round of 16",
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    "published_at": "2020-10-23 02:21:00",
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    "subtitle": "Forge FC have earned their second consecutive Concacaf League Round of 16 berth with a 1:2 defeat of Salvadorian club Municipal Lime\u00f1o in San Salvador, El Salvador. Canadian Youth International David Choiniere scored a first half goal, before second half substitute Anthony Novak scored in the 83\u2019 wi\u2026",
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    "body": "<p>Forge FC have earned their second consecutive Concacaf<br>\u200bLeague Round of 16 berth with a 1:2 defeat of Salvadorian club Municipal Lime&ntilde;o<br>\u200bin San Salvador, El Salvador. Canadian Youth International David Choiniere<br>\u200bscored a first half goal, before second half substitute Anthony Novak scored in<br>\u200bthe 83&rsquo; with Forge down to 10 men. Forge now travel to Panama to face Tauro FC<br>\u200bon 3 November.</p><p>Forge FC went down to 10 men midway through the second half<br>\u200bafter Jonathan Grant picked up his second yellow card of the game in the 65&rsquo;.<br>\u200b&nbsp;Despite being outmanned, the Island Games Champions were the aggressors<br>\u200band continued pressuring the Lime&ntilde;o goal eventually leading to the Novak goal.</p><p>After earning a berth in the 2019 Concacaf League as the<br>\u200bleaders in a three-way tournament along with founding Canadian Premier League<br>\u200bclubs FC Edmonton, and Valour FC, Forge FC fell in the Round of 16 to Club<br>\u200bDeportivo Olimpia of Honduras 4:2 on aggregate.</p><p>Forge FC seek to be one of the 6 teams to advance from the<br>\u200b2020 Concacaf League to the 2021 Concacaf Champions League. Forge FC will have<br>\u200banother shot at a Concacaf Champions League spot &nbsp;when they face Toronto<br>\u200bFC in the 2020 Canadian Championship Final at a date to be determined.</p><div class=\"release-content-contact\" id=\"contact-02b6cffa-a70f-44e0-b67b-d489e8283847\">\n    \n    <div class=\"release-content-contact__details\">\n        <strong class=\"release-content-contact__name\">Paulo Senra</strong>\n        <em class=\"release-content-contact__description\">Chief Communications &amp; Content Officer | Chef des communications et du contenu, Canada Soccer</em>\n        <ul class=\"release-content-contact__details-list\"><li class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item\"><a href=\"mailto:psenra@canadasoccer.com\"  class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item-link\" title=\"psenra@canadasoccer.com\"><svg class=\"icon icon-paper-plane release-content-contact__details-list-item-icon\">\n                <use xlink:href=\"#icon-paper-plane\"></use>\n            </svg>psenra@canadasoccer.com</a></li>\n<li class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item\"><a href=\"tel:(416)&nbsp;882-7919\"  class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item-link\" title=\"(416)&nbsp;882-7919\"><svg class=\"icon icon-mobile release-content-contact__details-list-item-icon\">\n                <use xlink:href=\"#icon-mobile\"></use>\n            </svg>(416)&nbsp;882-7919</a></li></ul>\n    </div>\n</div>",
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