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Result and details of the Wednesday June 26, 2019 CPL league game between York 9 FC and Cavalry FC
played at York Lions Stadium in North York at 7:00pm.
York 9 FC (olive socks, white shorts and shirts, black names and numbers)
...................29 Nathan Ingham
3 Morey Doner...13 Luca Gasparotto...2 Daniel Gogarty...20 Diyaeddine Abzi
...................23 Wataru Murofushi
..............8 Joseph Di Chiara...10 Manuel Aparicio (cpt)
...................18 Ryan Telfer
.............17 Cyrus Rollocks...22 Rodrigo Gattas
Subs:...1 Matthew Silva (gk)...6 Roger Thompson (def)...7 Austin Ricci (fwd)...11 Eilio Estevez (mid)
...12 Simon Karlsson Adjei (fwd)...19 Kyule Porter (mid)...Michael Cox (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
Cavalry FC (black socks and shorts, red shirts, white names and numbers)
......................1 Marco Carducci
.......4 Jonathan Wheeldon...14 Jonathan Wheeldon...5 Mason Trafford (cpt)
17 Nico Pasquotti...8 Jordan Brown...16 Elijah Adekugbe...11 Jose Escalante
......................10 Sergio Camargo
..................9 Jordan Brown...23 Dominique Malonga
Subs:...22 Niko Giantsopoulos (gk)...3 Nathan Mavila (def)...7 Oliver Minatel (fwd)...12 Dean Northover (def)
...15 Joel Waterman (def)...18 Mauro Eustaquio (mid)...19 Gabriel Bitar (fwd)
team officials:...head coach Tommy Wheeldon Jr...assistant coach Martin Nash...goalkeeper coach Jordan Santiago
...physiotherapist Chris Rusling...operations Rob Jenkins
Game officials:...referee Pierre-Luc Lauzier...referee's assistants Melissa Snedden and Gabrielle Lemieux
...fourth official Carly Shaw-MacLaren...assessor Amato De Luca...(teal shirts, black shorts and socks)
First Half:...game starts 7:01pm...York defends south end on this warm evening with a bright sun in the north west.
3 min...Cav Escalante cornerkick from right is short and cleared for throw-in.
3 min...Cav Pasquotti long throw-in from the right is caught overhead by goalie in crowd of players on left side of net.
5 min...York Gasparotto heads Cav Camargo cross from 20 yards on left over own net at 6 yards.
6 min...Cav Buscher cornerkick from left is headed away by York Gattas in crowd of players in box.
7 min...Cav Pasquotti long throw-in from right has Cav Malonga head ball well over net from 13 yards.
9 min...York Murofushi runs up left and cuts toward net and 10 yard chip has defender head ball down and out
over end line near left post.
9 min...York Telfer cornerkick from left has Cav Buscher flick header from 8 yards out of box.
11 min...York Abzi is injured in collision with Cav Buscher at York 40 yard line.
13 min...Cav YELLOW card...Malonga earns it for picking up ball and slamming it down after York were awarded
a freekick at York 45 yard line.
14 min...Cav Pasquotti cross after run down right is over players in box.
17 min...Cav goalie sends long ball upfield that Cav Camargo at 40 yards in middle passes right for Cav Malonga
who runs up wing and 10 yard shot spins off sliding goalie at 7 yards and into webbing of net.
18 min...Cav Escalante cornerkick from right is caught by goalie stepping forward to 6 yards between crowd of players in box.
18 min...Cav Brown is touched back pass and his 10 yard shgot is blocked by York Gogarty.
19 min...York Rollocks long run up left and cross from end line is over players in box.
19 min...York Telfer low cross from just inside left side of box has Cav Wheeldon clear in center.
20 min...York Rollocks is tapped pass and his 20 yard shot on slight left is over bar.
20 min...Cav Di Chiara is centered ball and 22 yard shot up the middle is well over net.
21 min...York YELLOW card...Aparicio earns for yapping at referee at center line while waiting for Cav goal kick.
23 min...Cavalry Dominique Malonga GOAL...Cav Sergio Camargo with back to net at 28 yards on right and with
York Luca Gasparotto pushing on him taps centering pass for Malonga who slides as he slips and sends 22 yarder
up middle into top left corner over flying goalie Nathan Ingham.
24 min...York Telfer low 25 yard shot from slight left is smothered by goalie on left post.
25 min...Cav Pasquotti cross from near right end line is caught by goalie chest high on near post.
28 min...Cav Pasquotti holds off York Abzi to cross from right and Cav Brown knocks ball down in box but ball is cleared.
28 min...York Rollocks rush down middle on 1 on 2 and takes 22 yard shot just high and left of net.
31 min...Cav Brown cross from 25 yards on right is deflected by York Gogarty for cornerkick.
31 min...Cav Escalante cornerkick from right wins cornerkick on deflection of York Abzi near right post.
32 min...Cav Escalante low cornerkick from right has Cav Camargo spin to redirect shot from 6 yards into outside webbing of net.
33 min...Can Julian Buscher GOAL...Cav Jose Escalante taps freekick over to Cav Elijah Adekugbe who tees it up for
Buscher who blasts low 28 yard shot to left side of net with diving goalie pushing it further into corner.
35 min...York Gattas low 30 yard shot up middle is smothered by diving goalie.
37 min...York Abzi low cross from left has Cav Zator slide and concede cornerkick.
38 min...York Telfer cornerkick from left has York player pop header back across box and another head 8 yarder that
flying Cav defender clears at 3 yards. Telfer can't win Penalty kick when he runs into Cav Malonga and falls in box to get
to loose ball.
39 min...York Rollocks passes through ball from 45 yards to open York Telfer on left and his 18 yard shot rolls wide right of net.
40 min...Cav Brown is checked off ball from behind as he lines up 18 yard shot. York Doner was injured back at the center line
and needs trainer.
42 min...Cav Escalante 50 yard shot from left sideline is wide right.
43 min...York goalie makes long clearance. York Rollocks flicks header at 40 yards forward and York Gattas blasts low 25 yard shot
from left that bends but goalie dives to push ball wide right of net for throw-in.
44 min...Cav Zator makes key headed clearance in box of York Telfer's cross from 25 yards on right keeping it from
three York players running into box.
44 min...Cav Gattas cross from 28 yards on left has York Rollocks at 15 yards in center of box squeezed by two defenders
and can't get away bicycle kick.
45 min...York Doner can't win Penalty kick call on run into right side of box.
46 min...Can Pasquotti crosses from far right that deflects off York defender and drifts over net .
46 min...Cav Buscher cornerkick from right has leaping Cav Brown in crowd of players on right flick header over to open
Cav Escalante on left side of box and he chips 18 yarder into center of box that goalie catches stepping forward to 4 yards
between crowd of players.
46 min...half ends 7:47pm.
Second Half:...starts 8:05pm. The sprinklers come start up on the field first with the set in the south end but soon the middle
then the north end. (well I guess a worse time is if the second half had already started!)
Halftime sub:...York Thompson replaces Gogarty.
45 min...York Gattas rescues ball on right end line with one-touch cross. York Telfer on left centers and ball deflects off
York Rollocks and bounces wide left of net.
47 min...Cav Trafford chests ball back to own goalie from York Abzi's long chip from left wing.
50 min...York Telfer shoots mid-air 10 yarder from left that goalie pushes up at 2 yards as he flies over and defender heads away
at 5 yards.
50 min...York Abzi cross in from 30 yard line on left sideline and Cav goalie flies forward to 7 yards to punch away in front
of York Gattas charging forward to right post.
53 min...Cav Escalante pokes ball over end line off York Doner on right side of box for cornerkick.
53 min...York Telfer cornerkick from right is cleared from box by Cav Escalante header in crowd of players.
54 min...Cav Camargo intercepts short pass on top right corner of York box and runs to end line and slides to roll ball
into 6 yard box but defenders are able to stop and clear.
55 min...Cav sub...Mavila replaces Malonga.
56 min...York Telfer dekes three guys and passes forward to York Rollocks and 7 yard shot from right is wide right of post
and he tumbles over sliding goalie.
58 min...York Abzi low blast from 35 yards on left is between players and goalie stops and defender clears big rebound.
61 min...York Telfer 40 yard freekick from slight right has York Gasparotto on left end line heads into center of box
and defender clears.
62 min...York Rollocks cross from 22 yards on far left is caught by goalie.
64 min...Cav YELLOW card...Pasquotti earns it for tripping York Telfer at Cav 45 yards running up left.
65 min...Can Camargo's shot between defenders from 30 yards up middle is smothered by goalie.
66 min...York sub...Cox replaces Rollocks.
67 min...York Telfer scoops 25 yarder down left but ball is over end line as no one runs for it.
68 min...York YELLOW card...Di Chiara earns it for sliding tackle on Cav Pasquotti at Cav 45 yard line.
70 min...Cav Camargo on run passes up middle to Cav Brown at 15 yards who shoots 12 yard but ball deflects off sliding
defender and pops up. Brown then gets to ball and pops up header over another defender but the defender heads away
and another player boots it out of box.
71 min...York sub...Estevez replaces Di Chiara.
74 min...Cav sub...Waterman replaces Escalante as Cav Buscher receives treatment for injury.
76 min...York Estevez is injured at Cav 40 yard line and needs trainer.
78 min...York Gattas on run to long ball up to left edge of box and pushed over by retreating Mavila but
can't win call.
79 min...York Gasparotto 75 yard kick from right too far for charging York Abzi on left and out for goalkick.
82 min...Cav Buscher is injured at York 40 yard line on sliding tackle by York Aparicio.
83 min...Cav Zator run to right end line and short centering pass to Cav Brown in middle and his kick as he's
almost behind ball at 4 yards is tipped to goalie who makes a point blank save.
83 min...York Abzi cross from 30 yards on left is over players in box and over right end line.
85 min...Cav player's cornerkick from right is short and passed around and wins another cornerkick.
86 min...Cav Buscher cornerkick from right has York Gasparotto head away out left side of box.
87 min....Cav sub...Minatel replaces Buscher.
88 min...York players kick attempts are blocked in the Cav box.
89 min...York goalie 65 yard pass from right is over to York Gattas at 15 yard line on left edge of box
and he heads through box that's unplayed.
91 min...York Murofushi cornerkick from left drops into box and is cleared. York Abzi chips 50 yarder
from right is over players in box and wide left for goalkick.
93 min...York Gattas blasts low 35 yarder from slight left is between players and goalie smothers.
94 min...game ends 8:54pm.
Final Score:.......York 9 FC.......0......Cavalry FC........2........
Attendance was not announced but the league site eventually listed it as 1829. It was probably the largest midweek crowd so early season fudging made this night appear in the books as their lowest. It was a perfect night for soccer with a warm evening with the sun still out in the north west. Attendance would have been affected by the MLS game happening downtown with Toronto FC hosting D.C. United which means the circus of Wayne Rooney who had scored the lone goal on a 70 yard chip against Orlando City a few nights earlier. Reporters were at a minimum and the CPL's Armen Bedakian took the lead in asking most of the questions. Cavalry wins the Spring season title with their win tonight and didn't need to worry what Forge FC did later in their visit to FC Edmonton (they lost 1-0 so Cavalry would have won tonight). Cavalry had lost their first game of the season on Saturday against Forge to keep the title in doubt for a few more days. I hadn't put Cavalry as being favourites to win the Spring season. I had chosen Forge because of having eight guys coming over from Leageue 1 Ontario's Sigma FC along with their coach then York 9 FC who had brought guys from Vaughan Azzurri and Aurora FC also from L1O. Since other teams picked up L1O guys too I saw the Ontario teams as being the strongest. I'd heard Cavalry had brought guys from the PDL team Calgary Foothills (eight in fact including goalie Marco Carducci who was named 2018 PDL goalie of the year). I just jumped to the conclusion that they were like PDL Thunder Bay Chill and just had a bunch of Americans coming up for the summer to play. A deeper read reveals that York 9 FC goalie Nathan Ingham was the back up goalie for Foothills last season and played one game for them on June 3rd and helped them win 1-0 against Sounders FC U23s. There is no trophy given out for this championship. Some league officials in the press room said they were downplaying the Spring results. Cavs head coach Tommy Wheeldon Jr and his players at the press conference asked if their trophy was downstairs waiting for them as the cameras were being turned off but were laughing about it so they must have been in on the news. York haven't scored in their last three games. Tonight ended a four game home stand and they only won the first game in that time with a 1-0 win from an own goal against Pacific FC. They did have a three game shutout streak going into tonight's game but I sensed trouble as Cavalry scored their first goal as I wondered how York would score against the league's best team. I wondered if Cavalry would try for a record as no CPL team has scored more than three goals in any competition this year but instead Cavalry went conservative in the second half even replacing forward and goalscorer Dominique Malonga with defender Nathan Mavila at 55 minutes to better hold off any late York offensive pressure. Wheeldon Jr admitted at the press conference that the defensive move was deliberate. This made sense as it was a road game for them so they didn't need to entertain us. Cavalry has won all their road games this season. York brought in Roger Thompson at cornerback at halftime and forward Michael Cox at 66 minutes as both had been injured for most of the season. York finish the Spring season on Canada Day as the 'early game' away in Winnipeg to play Valour FC. The schedulers shuffled these games as they were all supposed to start at the same time like the English Premier League's final day. They were spread out to create a triple header for their OneSoccer app. Valour is the only team York hasn't played this season. After tonight's results (including the late game) York are listed as 'last' with 8 points. That's actually the same as Valour FC and Pacific FC but York are listed behind them as they only have 1 win. They've only lost three games which is only behind Cavalry and tied with Forge but it's their five ties while no other team has more than two that knocks York down for that stat. Rocket Robin robing@eol.ca twitter @RocketRobin01
York 9 FC starters
Cavalry FC starters
York Manuel Aparicio (10) takes opening kickoff.
Cavalry Jose Escalante (11) tries to cut into box.
Action in York end.
Cavalry goalie Marco Carducci passes to Cavalry Dominick Zator (4) to start break out.
York Daniel Gogarty (2) holds back Cavalry Jordan Brown (9).
Cavalry Jose Escalante (11) cornerkick is into near side of box.
Cavalry Elijah Adekugbe (16) taps freekick to Cavalry Julien Buscher (8) to blast in their second goal.
The start of the second half will start after they can stop the sprinklers that suddenly start.
Cavalry Jose Escalante (11) and Sergio Camargo (10) look for a way into York box.
York Ryan Telfer (18) leaps to knock ball down.
York Ryan Telfer (18) takes freekick.
The ball is crossed along the Cavalry 6 yard box.
June 26, 2019 Canadian Premier League--Post game press conference after York 9 FC vs Cavalry FC game held at York Lions Stadium (by Rocket Robin)Cavalry FC forward Dominique Malonga, head coach Tommy Wheeldon Jr and cornerback/captain Mason Trafford. Cavalry FC Dominique Malonga, Tommy Wheeldon Jr and Mason Trafford...8 min 30 sec (for Wheeldon Jr) how does it feel to wrap up the Spring championship tonight? how proud are you to rebound from Saturday's game? (for Trafford) what are the next goals for the team? (for Malonga) take us through the goal you scored tonight? (for Trafford and Wheeldon Jr) what does it mean to be Canadian for your game on Monday Canada Day? (my question for Wheeldon Jr) decision to go defensive in the second half? (for Wheeldon Jr) does winning bring more pressure or will you experiment? (for Wheeldon) playing in the Concacaf league...next year? (my question) your thoughts on the announcement of the fall series being a two game format? I must have missed taking a picture of head coach Jimmy Brennan and cornerback Luca Gasparotto tonight. York 9 FC Jimmy Brennan and Luca Gasparotto answer questions...7 min 22 sec (for Brennan) your thoughts on the game? your chance to reset for the Fall season? (my question for Brennan) how did you feel about the play of returning injured players? (for Gasparotto) have you noticed improvements in the way you and your teammates play together? what's it been like to look back on the Spring season? (for Brennan) what about playing against Montreal Impact? how is progess going on the transfer of *Jose Pina? *Jose Pina, an attacking midfielder from Venezuela, was announced at the beginning of the season but because of visa issues has never played for the team.
Full Time Match Stats (given out at end of game)
York 9 FC Cavalry FC
0 Goals 2
15 Total Shots 10
5 Shots on Target 5
7 Shots off Target 3
3 Blocked Shots 2
8 Shots from inside box 6
7 Shots from outside the box 4
0 Headed Shots 2
4 Corners taken 6
18 Fouls conceded 18
11 Open Play crosses 7
2 Offsides 2
58 Duels won 52
52.7% Duels won % 47.3%
448 Total passes 301
80.1% Passing accuracy 73.1%
59.5% Possession 40.5%
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