Canadian midfielder Shamit Shome signs multiyear deal with Cavalry FC
CALGARY — Canadian Premier League membership Cavalry FC has signed Canadian worldwide midfielder Shamit Shome to a multiyear contract.
The 25-year-old spent final season in his hometown on mortgage to FC Edmonton from Forge FC, which signed him in April.
Montreal chosen Shome within the second spherical (forty first general) of the 2017 MLS SuperDraft after he signed a Generation Adidas contract with the league.
Shome made 52 appearances for Montreal earlier than the membership declined his contract possibility in November 2020. The midfielder returned to Edmonton, the place he had come up via its youth academy, making 51 appearances for the membership.
“Shamit is a very intelligent midfielder, with a great engine and precise passing ability,” Tommy Wheeldon Jr., Cavalry’s head coach and GM, stated in a press release. “For a participant that’s nonetheless comparatively younger, he has plenty of expertise in leagues throughout North America and inside the Canadian nationwide group program.
“With his ability, experience, and character, I am confident he will fit in seamlessly at our club and give our midfield a different look.”
Shome has gained two senior caps for Canada, each in 2020 in opposition to Barbados.
He performed for the University of Alberta Golden Bears in 2015 earlier than making his debut in 2016 for FC Edmonton, then enjoying within the North American Soccer League.
FC Edmonton folded in November. The CPL had taken over the franchise in December 2021 whereas on the lookout for new possession that by no means got here.
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