OTTAWA — Atletico Ottawa will have some holes to fill next season, starting up front.

The Canadian Premier League champion released its end-of-season roster update Wednesday, showing just 11 players under contract for 2026 as of now.

Ottawa announced in August that star striker Sam Salter is headed to Sweden first-tier side GAIS on Jan. 1, following the expiry of his CPL contract. The 25-year-old from Laval, Que., was named the CPL’s Player of the Year, the Players’ Player of the Year and Golden Boot winner after leading the league with 20 goals in 30 games.

David Rodriguez, who scored both goals in Ottawa’s 2-1 win over Cavalry FC in the Nov. 9 CPL championship game, is returning to Atletico San Luis, his Mexican club, now that his loan spell is over. Rodriguez scored 11 goals for Otta

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