Pacific FC head coach Pa-Modou Kah and young midfielder Alessandro Hojabrpour both won in their respective categories at the Canadian Premier League end of seasonB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s awards in Toronto.
Kah won the coach of the year award, beating out his Forge FC counterpart Bobby Smyrniotis, nominated for the third year in the row, and Cavalry FCB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s head coach Tommy Wheeldon Jr., who won the award in 2019.
The PFC coach won after leading the Langford-based club to its first-ever CPL championship title and finals appearance.
Hojabrpour, the goal-scoring hero in the CPL final, was named under-21 player of the year. Having earned his stripes at the Vancouver Whitecaps academy before playing in Bulgaria for a short stint, he beat out Max Ferrari of York United FC, and Victor Loturi, who plays for Cavalry FC.
PFCB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s other award nominee was the teamB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s top scorer Terran Campbell, who lost out for league most valuable player to the Halifax FC WanderersB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™ Joao Morelli, who was also the CPLB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s top goal scorer.
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