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Result and details of the Saturday June 22, 2019 CPL league game between York 9 FC and HFX Wanderers FC
played at York Lions Stadium in North York at 3:30pm.
York 9 FC (olive socks, black shorts, names and numbers, white shirts)
...................29 Nathan Ingham
3 Morey Doner...13 Luca Gasparotto...2 Daniel Gogarty...20 Diyaeddine Abzi
...................23 Wataru Murofushi
.......19 Kyle Porter.................10 Manuel Aparicio (cpt)
...................18 Ryan Telfer
........12 Simon Karlsson Adjei...22 Rodrigo Gattas
Subs:...1 Matthew Silva (gk)...6 Roger Thompson (def)...7 Austin Ricci (fwd)...8 Joseph Di Chiara (mid)
...11 Emilio Estevez (mid)...14 Emmanuel Zambazis (mid)...17 Cyrus Rollocks (fwd)
team officials:...head coach Jimmy Brennan...assistant coaches Ryan Brennan, Sergio Deluca, and Carmine Isacco
...goalkeeper coach Camilo Benzi...physical trainers Carlo De Nardo and Constantine Poulos...doctor Stephen Wong-Shue
...kitman Luca Forno
HFX Wanderers (light blue socks and shirts, white shirts, black names and numbers)
...................21 Jan Michael Williams
3 Andre Bona...2 Peter Schaale...23 Matthew Arnone...20 Ndzemdzela Langwa
..............18 Andre Rampersad...8 Elliot Simmons
......11 Akeem Garcia...9 Kodai Iida...25 Zachary Sukunda
....................17 Tomasz Skublak
Subs:...50 Chrisian Oxner (gk)...5 Elton John (mid)...6 Chrisnovic Nsa (def)...13 Kouame Ouattara (mid)
...14 Vincent Lamy (fwd)...15 Scott Firth (mid)...24 Alex De Carolis (def)
team officials:...head coach Stephen Hart...assistant coach Michael Hunter and Derek King...doctor Robert Green
...physiotherapist Alex Marshall...kitman Angelo Cianfaglione
Game officials:...referee Fabrizio Stasolla...referee's assistants Sean Hornsby and Gabrielle Lemieux
fourth official Filip Dujic...assessor Steve Mortimer...(all black uniforms)
First Half:...game starts 3:31pm. York defends north end on this warm afternoon with a bright sun in the west.
50 sec...York Doner checks HFX Sukunda off ball on left side of York box.
1 min...York Gogarty at 10 yards in middle makes big clearance between two attackers of HFX Iida's rolled cross from
left side of box.
2 min...York Adjei bashes up left side of box and rolls cross that goalie smothers preventing tap-in by charging
York Aparicio.
6 min...York Adjei receives intercepted clearance and blasts 20 yarder up middle well high and wide left of net.
7 min...HFX Langwa 30 yard shot from left bounces to goalie.
7 min...York Gattas rush to ball on left end line and crosses behind net as he crashes into end boards.
9 min...York Murofushi injured at HFX 35 yard line but play carries on.
10 min...York Telfer bends 30 yard freekick from right just over top right corner of net.
12 min...HFX Skublak wins cornerkick on third cross attempt on York Gogarty on right end line.
12 min...HFX Simmons cornerkick from right has HFX Iida not able to turn header in center of box ball popped out left side of box.
14 min...HFX YELLOW card...Bona earns it for sideswiping York Telfer running up middle to get to through ball pass 22 yards.
15 min...York Gattas blasts 22 yard freekick from right is off player wall and over net for cornerkick.
15 min...York Telfer cornerkick from right is over players in bo including York Gattas and out for goalkick.
16 min...York Gattas 20 yard shot from right has goalie palm ball over bar.
17 min...York Porter cornerkick from right is over to left but York Telfer can't get away shot just inside box.
18 min...York Abzi long run up left eluding three players and 20 yard shot from far left is wide right.
19 min...HFX Garcia can't elude York Abzi and pushes ball over end line for goalkick.
20 min...York Porter cornerkick from left has York Gogarty head 10 yarder from short left side wide right of net.
21 min...York YELLOW card...Murofushi earns it for knocking over HFX Iida at center line.
25 min...York Telfer is checked off ball in own box but recovers and avoids cornerkick.
28 min...HFX Arnone makes key header in own box to keep cross from reaching open York Adjei at 10 yards in middle.
29 min...York Abzi makes overhead clearance kick in front of charging HFX Skublak when York goalie came out of box
and missed on clearance at 22 yards.
30 min...HFX Simmons blasts 28 yard freekick from right is into two man wall and then passes forward has HFX Garcia
shoots over end line on cross attempt.
32 min...York Gattas is checked off ball on right side of HFX box.
33 min...HFX Arnone is tripped up by York Adjei 2 on 1 rush and wins HFX a freekick at HFX 22 yard line breaking
up York Doner rush down right.
34 min...HFX Simmons cornerkick from right is headed down in box and cleared.
35 min...York Telfer cornerkick from right is well over players in box. He then gets called offside when ball
eventually head flicked into box.
37 min...York Aparicio rushes into box from left and is pushed over by HFX Bona from behind but can't win Penalty kick.
38 min...HFX goalie is out of box to beat York Gattas to ball at 25 yard line in middle.
41 min...York Aparicio rush on right and cross is over players in middle and cleared.
45 min...half ends 4:16pm.
Second Half:...starts 4:31pm.
46 min...HFX Garcia on left shoots 22 yard shot over bar.
47 min....HFX Arnone slides at HFX 20 yard line in middle and sends York Abzi's low cross over own net preventing pass
to open player.
47 min...York Porter cornerkick from left has York Adjei pop header in crowd of players in box at 6 yards well over bar.
Aparicio is injured on play being squashed between Adjei and goalie coming out to try to swat ball away.
50 min...HFX Bona makes two key stops in box. The first was to check York Porter off inside the left side of box before
he could shoot then to keep ball in play on end line. The second was retreating to break up a through ball pass on left
side of box.
51 min...HFX Bona high 70 yard pass from right bounces over end line on left ahead of HFX Garcia.
52 min...York Aparicio chips pass from 25 yards too far forward for York Adjei on right over end line.
53 min...HFX Sukunda bends 20 yard shot from right well wide left.
53 min...HFX goalie makes spraling save on York Gattas's 22 yard shot from left. Big rebound is cleared from 20 yards in middle.
54 min...York sub...Estevez replaces Adjei.
57 min...HFX Langwa throw-in from near left end line is cleared on edge of box.
57 min...York Aparicio wins cornerkick near right post on dangerous clearance by HFX Schaale. HFX Langwa is injured on play.
59 min...York Telfer cornerkick from right has HFX Rampersad head ball away on edge of 6 yard box.
59 min...York Telfer rolls pass through box and charging York Gasparotto overruns ball missing 6 yarder
as sliding HFX Arnone gets back to tip ball through box.
61 min...HFX Langwa 22 yard shot from left is caught by goalie on left side of goal.
61 min...HFX Skublak chips 35 yarder from right that bounces well wide left.
62 min...HFX Garcia passes forward and HFX Skublak is given through ball up middle. His 12 yard shot is saved point blank
by sprawling goalie who is injured on play.
64 min...HFX Bona low cross from right end line is cleared for throw-in.
64 min...HFX Bona long throw-in into box ends with HFX Langwa shooting 22 yarder well over net.
65 min...York Estevez is pulled back by HFX Langwa and he wins freekick near right edge of box.
66 min...York Telfer low 25 yard freekick from right has HFX Arnone boot away for throw-in on right.
66 min...York Telfer short throw-in from right has York Porter turn and fire cross from end line that's blocked by defender
for cornerkick.
66 min...York Telfer cornerkick from right is cleared in box by defender's header.
68 min...York Telfer 40 yard freekick from right is cleared on edge of box.
70 min...HFX Iida run on left and crossed pass has HFX Garcia get first touch too far forward from 12 yards cutting
in front of HFX Langwa ready to blast shot.
72 min...York Doner cross from 30 yards on right has York Gattas fly across in crowd of players and head ball
from 15 yards up middle that goalie fly to save on left post.
73 min...York sub...Ricci replaces Porter.
73 min...York Doner 25 yard cross from right end line has goalie step forward to smother.
75 min...HFX sub...Lamy replaces Sukunda.
76 min...HFX Skublak busts through defenders but York goalie ends up smothering it not letting him get in a shot.
78 min...York Estevez cuts around HFX Bona and 20 yard clear shot on left is well left of net.
79 min...HFX Langwa 28 yard freekick from left has HFX Skublak charge over to head on right endline but not able
to turn it.
80 min...York Doner long cross from right side 10 yard line is well high and over net.
81 min...York Ricci rush on right and cross too far forward for charging York Gattas at 10 yards.
82 min...York sub...Di Chiara replaces Murofushi.
83 min...York Abzi rush up left and dekes one defender but second blocks his path on left end line.
87 min...York Estevez pass forward from 28 yards to York Gattas in middle and quick shot from 18 yards is caught by goalie
on left side of net.
89 min...HFX sub...Nsa replaces Iida.
89 min...York Doner cross from right end line is into box but defenders pop up ball and head away from 10 yards
in center of box.
90 min...York Abzi low cross from left end line but York Gattas slides at 6 yards but a step behind ball. HFX goalie
catches cross follow up sent in from right.
91 min...HFX YELLOW card...Nsa earns it for crunching tackle on York Di Chiara at center line.
93 min...York Telfer 25 yard freekick from left has York Di Chiara jump at 10 yards and flick header across box and ball
fall to Aparacio and bounce off his leg at 4 yards and deflect to goalie on left post.
93 min...game ends 5:19pm.
Final Score:.......York 9 FC.......0.......HFX Wanderers FC........0........
Attendance was not announced but the canpl.ca site ended up listing it as 2101. I certainly would say that's overstated but this was the largest home crowd since the opening game hosting Forge FC which was puffed up by travelling Forge fans. The east side stands were closed again today. That was where the youth clubs were supposed to sit when plans were announced for this stadium. I haven't seen any youth clubs here this season except the few they can rustle up to be ball kids. Speaking about that Forge home game, today they showed on the scoreboard a new caption 'PLEASE EVACUATE THE STADIUM' on a red coloured background in showing new emergency procedures--hopefully that's more clear than what we saw that first day. "ALL CLEAR" on green and "ALL CLEAR THE FIELD" on red which stirred the confusion when they displayed them at the wrong time and sent people home when the game was delayed by lightning. The weather was perfect--warm and sunny and that forecast for today was predicted days ago by the weather and news channels. This was the third game of York's four game home stand. I've run out of excuses to explain the team's poor attendance. Message board estimates put the crowd at 1000. There is certainly no media coverage in Toronto and things are unlikely to change until July 10th when MLS Montreal Impact are here for the next round of the Canadian Championship. Tickets for that game are offered for only $9.00. If either team had won they would have jumped up the standing to third place in the league. York was on a three league game unbeaten streak which started May 29th with a 1-1 tie in Halifax against HFX Wanderers. York is in a three way tie for fourth with HFX Wanderers and Pacific FC at 8 points. Their record of 1 win, 2 losses, and 5 ties mean they are listed as sixth of seven team because they have one less win than those other teams. Their number off ties is three more than any other team. Both York and HFX have only scored 6 goals in 8 games which is second worst to FC Edmonton's 2 in 7 games so it wasn't fair to expect this to be a 4-4 slugfest. Actually no CPL team has scored more than three goals in league nor Canadian Championship games. It's frustrating to watch York's inability to score. They remind me of some years of the Toronto Lynx who were good defensively but couldn't score and if they fell one goal behind, the game was just about over. Two best chances were at 37 minutes when Manny Aparicio was pushed over and didn't win a Penalty kick (wow everyone on OneSoccer agreed on this) and at 59 minutes when Luca Gasparotto looked like he would run himself and the ball into the net from 6 yards but left the ball behind. It turned out HFX were late getting here being held up in traffic. Wow that's not even weeknight rush hour traffic! They also have a lot of players not here because of injury but they did have seven subs on the bench. They also have not scored on the road this season (in league games as I was at Vaughan to watch them win 3-2 in a Canadian Championship game). HFX have four players from Trinidad & Tobago on the team. Goalie Jan Michael Williams, midfielders Akeem Garcia and Andre Rampersad were all starters today. Midfielder Elton John was kept on the bench and didn't make an appearance. Other famous showbiz namesake Emilio Estevez did sub in for York at 55 minutes. By the time I got home the Cavalry FC vs Forge FC game was on and Forge scored early and held on to win 1-0 in Calgary putting an end to Cavalry's perfect record of 7 league wins 4 Canadian Championship wins. I thought they'd keep going until they meet MLS Vancouver Whitecaps in the next round of the Canadian Championships. Today's game was broadcast on CBC Gem (their online site) which means it won't be seen by as many viewers as their over the airwaves service but is free for those who don't have a OneSoccer subscription. Of course today's game was running against the Women's World Cup Round of 16 games as competition. York's next game is Wednesday night against Cavalry FC--certainly the most glamorous team but attendance will be hurt among 'overlapping' fans as Toronto FC are hosting current MLS Championship holders Atlanta United at the same times in downtown Toronto. While at the game we were handed a media release outline the season ending final which will be a two game (away goal rules) series on the weekends of October 26th and 27th and November 2nd and 3rd. Ok that was a huge unanswered question from the start of the season. That final weekend could be very cold in most cities across Canada. MLS playoffs would end exactly one month later in years past but starting this year with one-game and you're out series, their final will be November 10. Rocket Robin robing@eol.ca twitter @RocketRobin01
York 9 FC starters
HFX Wanderers FC starters
York Simon Adjei (12) takes opening kickoff.
York Simon Adjei (12) leads rush up middle.
York Ryan Telfer (18) bends in freekick.
York Rodrigo Gattas (22) spins freekick off the wall and over the net.
HFX Wanderers Tomasz Skublak (17) has just taken second half kickoff.
York Kyle Porter (19) sends in cornerkick.
York Wataru Murofushi (23) is ready to blast partially cleared cornerkick back into box.
York Daniel Gogarty (2) dribbles out of box.
HFX Vincent Lamy (14) on rush looking to pass forward to HFX Kodai Iida (9).
June 22, 2019 Canadian Premier League--Post game press conference after York 9 FC vs HFX Wanderers FC game held at York Lions Stadium (by Rocket Robin)HFX Wanderers FC forward Tomasz Skublak, goalie Jan Michael Williams, and head coach Stephen Hart Halifax Wanderers FC Tomasz Skublak, Jan Michael Williams and Stephen Hart answer questions...9 min 13 sec (for Hart) your thoughts on the game and the result? (for Williams) what have you seen in progress this season? (for Hart) your impressions of your goalie today? (for Skublak) what would you have done differently on your scoring chances? (my question for Skublak) playing Vaughan and York with so many familiar players? (for Hart) how can you get your players to score? Is there a timeline for the return of all those injured players? (for Williams) how do you feel about your defence? (for Skublak) how did it feel to see so many fans of yours? (for Williams) what's it like to play in front of so many fans in Halifax?
York 9 FC defender Morey Doner, head coach Jimmy Brennan, and defender Daniel Gogarty York 9 FC Morey Doner, Jimmy Brennan, and Daniel Gogarty answer questions...8 min 53 sec (for Gogarty) your feelings on being a student and an athlete? (for Brennan) are you satisfied with the one point? do the clean sheets give you something to build on? why you had Ryan Telfer play a more central role? (for Doner) how do you see playing the wing position? what do you see about Gattas's play? (for Gogarty) your play and responsibility at the back? (for Brennan) how do you convert your possession into goals? how is the player's touch off for scoring goals? what about your game on Wednesday against Cavalry FC? (my question) did you feel a boost from today's larger crowd? did you feel it was a Penalty in the first half? Full Time Match Stats (given out at end of game) York 9 FC HFX Wanderers FC 0 Goals 0 12 Total Shots 10 6 Shots on Target 2 5 Shots off Target 5 1 Blocked Shots 3 7 Shots from inside box 4 5 Shots from outside the box 6 3 Headed Shots 1 7 Corners taken 2 14 Fouls conceded 13 20 Open Play crosses 8 3 Offsides 4 48 Duels won 68 41.0% Duels won % 58.6% 576 Total passes 343 80.7% Passing accuracy 67.9% 63.0% Possession 37.0%
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