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York 9 FC (black socks, shorts, names and numbers, white shirts)
......................29 Nathan Ingham
3 Morey Doner...13 Luca Gasparotto...6 Roger Thompson...20 Diyaeddine Abzi
..............8 Joseph Di Chiara........23 Wataru Murofushi
....18 Ryan Telfer...10 Manuel Aparicio (cpt)...19 Kyle Porter
......................12 Simon Adjei
Subs:...1 Matt Silva (gk)...2 Daniel Gogarty (def)...7 Austin Ricci (fwd)...11 Emilio Estevez (mid)
...22 Rodrigo Gattas (fwd)...14 Emmanuel Zambazis (def)...77 Steven Furlano (def)
team officials:...head coach Jimmy Brennan...assistant coaches Ryan Brennan, Sergio Deluca, and Carmine Isacco
...goalkeeper coach Camilo Benzi...physical trainers Constantine Poulos...doctor Stephen Wong-Shue
...physiotherpist Esteban Clavijo...kitman Luca Forno
FC Edmonton (white socks, shorts, names and numbers, dark blue shirts)
.......................1 Connor James
3 Jeannot Esua...14 James Marcelin...8 Mele Temguia...4 Allan Zebie
17 Marcus Velado-Tsegaye...5 Ramon Soria...23 Ajay Khabra...20 Bruno Zebie
............18 Tomi Ameobi...45 Oumar Diouck
Subs:...13 Dylon Powley (gk)...6 Edem Moriotsi (mid)...10 Phillippe Joseph (mid)...12 Kareem Moses (def)
...19 Easton Ongaro (fwd)
team officials:...head coach Jeff Paulus...assistant coach Sean Fleming...physiotherapist Scott Gilroy
...kitman Vikram Kaushal
Game officials:...referee Scott Bowman...referee's assistants Lyes Arfa and Gabrielle Lemieux
fourth official David Barrie...assessor Steve Mortimer...(teal shirts, black shorts and socks)
First Half:...game starts 3:31pm...York defends south end.
40 sec...FCE Ameobi gets behind York Gasparotto for bouncer on right at 30 yards. York Doner gets back to check him off ball
at 12 yards on slight right.
2 min...FCE Soria 40 yard freekick from right has York Gasparotto head down but FCE Diouck recovers and as falling backwards
rolls 10 yarder from left tha goalie smothers on near post.
5 min...FCE Diouck rolls through ball too far forward from 25 yard line on right and York Thompson shields ball from
FCE Velado-Tsegaye until it rolls over end line.
6 min...FCE Velado-Tsegaye has shot on right blocked and FCE Zebie has shot on left blocked while both just inside box.
7 min...FCE Soria 30 yard freekick on right is headed away in second line of defenders on 6 yard line.
8 min...York Adjei 22 yard shot up middle deflects wide left.
8 min...York Porter cornerkick from left has ball knocked down and defender clears midair at 2 yards.
9 min...York Doner rush down right and low cross from 25 yards near sideline bounces to goalie.
9 min...FCE Khabra shot 18 yards is deflected wide left of net.
10 min...FCE Soria high cornerkick from right bends wide left behind end line for goalkick.
10 min...FCE goalie is out to 20 yards to head ball away in middle before York Adjei can get to high pass.
12 min...York Kyle Porter GOAL...York Simon Adjei eludes sliding defender at 35 yards on right and now on 2 on 1
against James Marcelin rolls pass to Porter who shoots low 15 yarder to left side of net past diving goalie Connor James.
14 min...FCE Esua long throw-in from right has defender head ball away at 8 yards and York Aparicio make mid-air clearance
at 15 yards.
14 min...York goalie out to 12 yards on left to catch high ball sent in from 45 yards on right in crowd of players.
16 min...FCE Velado-Tsegaye cornerkick from left has York Telfer flick header out of box to right end line.
16 min...FCE Soria cornerkick from right has FCE Diouck on left end line pop header to center of box and FCE Esua
climbs defender to head 10 yarder up middle that goalie caqtches but play is whistled down.
19 min...FCE Velado-Tsegaye is checked off ball on run up middle inside the York box by sliding tackle of York Thompson.
20 min...FCE Esua long throw-in from the left has York Gasparotto head ball away in middle of box.
22 min...York Telfer outraces defenders on run up right and near end line cuts centering pass to York Adjei who has
to stop and rolls 12 yarder between defenders wide left.
23 min...FCE Velado-Tsegaye is centered pass and 28 yarder is blasted well over net.
24 min...York Doner run up right and 15 yard shot is smothered by goaolie near post with York Porter a decoy in middle.
25 min...York Abzi rush down left and high cross from 10 yard line near sideline is over box and out right.
27 min...York Aparicio on left runs to 5 yard line then cuts to middle but rolls ball over end line.
29 min...FCE Esua is injured at York 30 yard right sideline. York Aparicio was ready to continue playing but falls over the ball!
31 min...FCE Soria chips pass from 40 yards on right too far for FCE Ameobi and ball bounces over end line.
33 min...FCE Velado-Tsegaye chips pass down left too far for FCE Esua and over end line.
35 min...York YELLOW card...Gasparotto earns it for flattening FCE Diouck on sliding tackle near center line.
40 min...FCE Esua long throw-in from left is partially cleared and FCE player takes 25 yard shot that tips off York Thompson high
and goalie outduels FCE Ameobi to catch when it comes down.
41 min...York Aparicio 10 yard shot on right end line is saved by goalie batting it away.
42 min...FCE YELLOW card...Velado-Tsegaye earns it for tripping up York Telfer dribbling down left to center line.
44 min...FCE Diouck cross from 30 yard line on left sideline bounces through box unplayed.
45 min...half ends 4:16pm.
Second Half:...starts 4:33pm.
halftime subs:...FCE Ongaro replaces Diouck.
.............York Furlano replaces Murofushi.
47 min...FCE Allan Zebie cross from 25 yards on left has York Gasperotto at 13 yards head ball away.
47 min...FCE Allan Zebie eludes York Doner but York Gasparotto clears low cross into box.
48 min...York Doner gets ball off FCE Ameobi knock over without a Penalty call.
52 min...York Porter at 45 yards passes ball to York Telfer who runs to 22 yards and dekes goalie but runs to end line to regain
control and low cross to left is across box unplayed.
54 min...FCE Soria cross into box from 25 yards on left has York Abzi dive forward at 15 yards and head away.
56 min...FCE Ongaro is given pass on left but can never gain complete control on left side of box but wins throw-in.
57 min...FCE Esua cross from 22 yards near left sideline bends around back of net.
58 min...FCE Mortotsi replaces Velado-Tsegaye.
60 min...FCE Mortotsi cross from 20 yards on right has York Thompson head away from middle of box.
63 min...FCE Bruno Zebie cross from 22 yards on left has York Thompson at 10 yards head away.
65 min...York Furlano long chip from 55 yards up middle is too far forward for streaking York Aparicio at 20 yards and out
for goalkick.
66 min...FCE Ramon Soria GOAL...Soria 45 yard freekick from right has ball bounce at 7 yards and hit left post
and bounce in. York goalie Nathan Ingham was watching FCE Mele Temguia on left post raise leg but doesn't
connect with it.
68 min...FCE YELLOW card...Ameobi earns it for knock down of York Di Chiara at York 40 yard line although it was listed
as dissent so it must have been something he said to the referee.
69 min...York Adjei low 30 yard blast up middle is just wide left of post.
70 min...York sub...Gattas replaces Adjei.
70 min...York Aparicio low 33 yard shot from right is wide left.
71 min...York Telfer has FCE goalie out to 25 yards on right to head ball away.
73 min...York Telfer 33 yard freekick from right has defender in crowd of players head away. Telfer gets ball back but
is over right end line.
75 min...FCE Soria 40 yard freekick from slight left has FCE Temguia squeeze behind defenders but can't win Penalty kick.
76 min...York Porter on 1 on 3 on left is just inside box takes 20 yard shot that's smothered by goalie on near post.
76 min....FCE Ongaro has 12 yard shot blocked in middle of box.
77 min...York sub...Estevez replaces Porter.
77 min...FCE Soria skies 33 yard freekick from right well over net.
78 min...FCE goalie out to 25 yards in middle to head away long goalkick by York goalie beating York Telfer to bouncer.
78 min...FCE Ongaro just inside York box taps ball back to FCE Bruno Zebie who shoots from 20 yards up middle that hits
right post and bounces across to left side unplayed.
79 min...York Ryan Telfer GOAL...York Manny Aparicio at York 20 yard lie chips up right and finds Telfer racing
in at FCE 50 yard line. Telfer runs forward and shoots 12 yard tough angle rolling shot just inside left post.
81 min...York Telfer intercepts backpass at 20 yards and runs by fallen defender and goalie and 12 yard shot from far left
is well over net.
81 min...FCE sub...Joseph replaces Khabra.
86 min...FCE Soria cross from 15 yards on far left is between players and York Di Chiara clears out of box.
87 min...York Gasparotto makes sliding poke away save on FCE Ameobi at 12 yards.
88 min...York Telfer low cross from 12 yards on far right has York Gattas tap-in 1 yarder but he's called offside.
88 min...FCE Soria high 20 yard high freekick from far left is over players in box and out right side of box.
90 min...FCE Soria chips 40 yarder down middle that York Gasparotto heads away at 10 yards on left side of box.
91 min...FCE Soria 45 yard freekick has York Doner twist header away just inside box.
93 min...York Telfer centers ball from right and York Gattas shoots 25 yarder up middle well over net.
93 min...game ends 5:21pm.
Final Score:.......York 9 FC.......2.......FC Edmonton........1........
Attendance was not announced but was listed on the FotMob app as 2219. This was about half the attendance from Wednesday in the Canadian Championship game against the MLS Montreal Impact and a special $9.00 ticket offer. Today's weather was perfect with a hot sun from the west for this mid-afternoon game. The east end stand was not open (that's been true except for the season opener). Still this looked to me like the third largest crowd after the Montreal game and the home opener against Forge FC. FC Edmonton had Wednesday off because they were knocked out of the Canadian Championship the last round by....York 9 FC. York played to a grueling 2-2 tie against Montreal so there was a worry with the hot weather today that they would tire out. York advanced that round over Edmonton because of three cornerkick goals giving them a huge lead. Today York had only one cornerkick and that was at the 9 minute mark when Kyle Porter sent one in but that was cleared without incident. Edmonton had won four games in a row dating back to the Spring season and must have been seen as the hottest team until today. They only had five subs on the bench including a back up goalie. York started the same lineup against Montreal (and why not?, it worked!) Brennan answered me at the press conference of the big guys starting and wearing down the other team's center backs. This was the first time that York has scored more than one goal in a HOME game in CPL play. That was mentioned from various sources (although it ignores the Canadian Championship). York had socred no goals in their last three home games so I could sense the frustration of fans. Referee Scott Bowman officiated his first CPL game today. He gave out three Yellow cards (two to FCE) the last one for a knock down but listed as dissent. The first was a delayed call after flattening a player. The second FCE was a professional foul to stop Telfer. Just last month I saw Bowman call the marquee game in League 1 Ontario on June 9th of Vaughan Azzurri vs Woodbridge Strikers. This was a replay of the 2018 final. Vaughan winning the final last Fall got them into the Canadian Championship this year. The standings have been reset for the Fall Season. The Spring Season decided Cavalry FC will play in the championship series at the end of the season. The Spring results won't be discarded because if Cavalry wins the Fall season as well, the Spring and Fall season records will be combined and the next best team will be chosen as the other team in the finals. Cavalry are the only team that's ripped out of the gate with a 2-0-0 record so they might have to use that decider. York evens their Fall record at 1-1-0 the same as FC Edmonton and Forge FC and HFX Wanderers. The Fall Season is 18 games long (as opposed to the 10 of the Spring) but it was still a good idea to not fall too far behind. York's next game is Wednesday night 7:00pm at home against Pacific FC. Rocket Robin robing@eol.ca twitter @RocketRobin01
York 9 FC starters
FC Edmonton starters
York Simon Adjei (12) takes opening kickoff.
FCE Ramon Soria (5) bends in freekick.
action outside FCE box.
York Joseph Di Chiara (8) rushes down middle.
The ball is popped up in York box.
FC Edmonton Ajay Khabra (23) takes second half kickoff.
York Joseph Di Chiara (8) and Morey Doner (3) on short pass play.
FC Edmonton goal on this play as York goalie Nathan Ingham is distracted by FCE Mele Temguia (8) raising his leg
but goal deflects in off the post.
A no whistle knockdown.
York Ryan Telfer (18) takes freekick.
FC Edmonton Ramon Soria (5) freekick is to edge of York box.
FC Edmonton Ramon Soria (5) bends in freekick.
July 14 2019 Canadian Premier League--Post game press conference after York 9 FC vs FC Edmonton game held at York Lions Stadium (by Rocket Robin)FC Edmonton goalie Connor James, head coach Jeff Paulus, and forward Tomi Ameobi answer questions FC Edmonton Jeff Paulus, Tomi Ameobi and Connor James...9 min 58 sec (for Paulus) your thoughts on the game? (for Ameobi) your team's expectations on turning the season around? (for Paulus) your thoughts on your team's goal? What was your message to the team at halftime? (my question answered by James) Your main reason for the turnaround and your winning streak until today? Do you see your side as being able to compete with the best team's in the league? (for Paulus) How does it feel to be coaching some of the same players when they were on your Academy team?
York 9 FC forward Ryan Telfer, head coach Jimmy Brennan, and defender Morey Doner York 9 FC Jimmy Brennan, Ryan Telfer, Morey Doner...9 min 44 sec (for Brennan) your thoughts on this game after Wednesday's game? (for Telfer) how nice is it to see Kyle Porter score his first goal? (for Doner) how important is it to have Telfer and others to cover for you when you go forward and other advice? (for Brennan) Did Edmonton pose a different problem for you today because they were on a winning streak? (my question) were you using the same strategy of using your 'big guys' to start like the last game? (for Doner) How do you prepare for the next bunch of games? Do you get on a roll? (for Brennan) Do you scout the other teams? Has your team figured out its strategy against the other teams?
Match Stats (given out at the game) York 9 FC FC Edmonton 2 Goals 1 11 Total Shots 12 3 Shots on Target 2 6 Shots off Target 3 2 Blocked Shots 7 8 Shots from inside box 3 3 Shots from outside the box 9 0 Headed Shots 0 1 Corners taken 3 15 Fouls conceded 17 5 Open Play crosses 11 1 Offsides 1 56 Duels won 47 54.4% Duels won % 45.6% 489 Total passes 472 82.4% Passing accuracy 81.6% 50.4% Possession 49.6%
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