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August 17, 2019 CPL--York 9 FC vs Pacific FC game report (by Rocket Robin)
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York 9 FC (olive socks and shirts, black shorts, names and numbers)
....................29 Nathan Ingham
3 Morey Doner...13 Luca Gasparotto...2 Daniel Gogarty...20 Diyaeddine Abzi
..........10 Manuel Aparicio (cpt)...23 Wataru Murofushi
......18 Ryan Telfer...8 Joseph Di Chiara...19 Kyle Porter
....................22 Rodrigo Gattas
Subs:...1 Matthew Silva (gk)...5 Justin Springer (def)...7 Austin Ricci (fwd)...12 Simon Karlsson Adjei
...14 Emmauel Zambazis (mid)...17 Cyrus Rollocks (fwd)...77 Steve Furlano (mid)
team officials:...head coach Jimmy Brennan...assistant coaches Ryan Brennan, Sergio Deluca, and Carmine Isacco
...goalkeeper coach Camilo Benzi......doctor Stephen Wong-Shue...physiotherapist Esteban Calvijo
...physical trainer Derek Salvador...kitman Luca Forno
Pacific FC (all purple, white names and numbers)
..................26 Mark Village
20 Emile Legault...6 Lukas MacNaughton...5 Hendrik Starostzik (cpt)...7 Kadin Chung
16 Zachary Verhoven...21 Alessandro Hojabrpour...28 Alexander Gonzalez
...8 Matthew Baldisimo...14 Terran Campbell...23 Victor Blasco
Subs:...1 Nolan Wirth (gk)...9 Marcus Haber (fwd)...10 Ben Fisk (fwd)...11 Issey Nakajima-Farran (fwd)
...15 Jose Hernandez (fwd)
team officials:...head coach Michael Silberbauer...assistant coach James Merriman...physical trainer Jamie Neill
...kitman Renato Caruso
Game officials:...referee Scott Bowman...referee's assistants Andre Pickler and Melissa Snedden
...fourth official David Barrie (all black uniforms)...assessor Amato De Luca
First Half:...game starts 3:31pm...York defends north end on this hot and sunny day with a bright sun in the south-west.
2 min...York Gogarty clears ball off PFC Verhoven at 6 yards as he was trying to beat York Abzi on right for goalkick.
2 min...PFC Campbell receives short pass forward from right at 18 yards in middle and shoots just over bar.
6 min...PFC Verhoven run into top right of box but slips and pass is easily cleared.
7 min...York Abzi cross from 22 yards on left has York Telfer heel up chip at 8 yards and defender pops up header and ball
is cleared.
7 min...York Porter low 22 yarder from right is between players and smothered by goalie.
7 min...PFC Blasco is injured by tackle from behind by York Doner at York 50 yard line.
12 min...York Abzi is injured at PFC 40 yard line on check by PFC Legault.
14 min...York Porter chip into box from 22 yards on right has PFC Starostzik head ball away from 12 yards.
15 min...PFC Campbell is nudged off ball by York Gasparotto on run down right side of York box.
17 min...York Gattas taps ball left to York Abzi and his 12 yard shot from left has goalie get hand to and push
into outside webbing of net.
18 min...York Porter cornerkick from left has York Gattas knock down on right side of box but slip up and 15 yard
shot cleared by defender.
19 min...York Gattas is injured on 30 yard shot up middle maybe by jamming his foot or nudge from behind. Defender
makes stop before ball reaches box.
20 min...York Gasparotto at 8 yards in middle clears PFC Verhoven low cross from 15 yards near right end line.
21 min...PFC Verhoven rush on right has defender poke away ball for cornerkick.
22 min...PFC Verhoven cornerkick from right has York Telfer head ball to clear.
22 min...York Abzi rush down left and cross into box is cleared by defender at 10 yards in crowd of players.
23 min...York Porter low 30 yard shot from right has goalie catch on dive to left.
25 min...York Telfer rescues long ball chip near right end line and cross has York Gattas not able to get away shot
before being checked off ball.
26 min...York Telfer beats PFC Starostzik to weak rolled cross by defender and open 22 yard weak low shot up middle
has goalie smother at 6 yards smother.
29 min...PFC Verhoven run down left then runs across to middle and cuts 25 yard roller wide left.
32 min...PFC Yellow card...Blasco earns it for pushing over Aparicio at PFC 50 yard line.
.........York YELLOW card...Aparicio earns for getting up and pushing away Blasco.
The players take water break while this is being sorted out.
35 min...York Aparicio low 28 yarder from right has sliding PFC MacNaughton deflect 10 yarder behind own net on left.
35 min...York Telfer high cornerkick from left has York Porter at 15 yards on right not able to turn header.
37 min...Pacific Terran Campbell GOAL...PFC Victor Blasco 30 yard freekick from left has Campbell fly forward in front
of York Joseph Di Chiara who's holding him and head 10 yarder up middle into left corner of net with goalie
Nathan Ingham frozen in center of net.
39 min...York goalie catches high 90 yard chip by defender down right on right side of box on bounce with defender
holding off PFC forward.
40 min...York Telfer high cross from 30 yards on right has York Abzi off balance header on left from 10 yards wide left.
42 min...York Abzi beats defender on run down left and whistled down when he pulls PFC Legault out of way at 12 yards
on far left.
45 min...York YELLOW card...Gogarty earns it for flipping over PFC Baldisimo at York 50 yard line.
46 min...PFC player's 55 yard freekick from right has goalie make overhead catch in 6 yard box wide left of goal.
46 min...half ends 4:18pm.
Halftime Entertainment: The band "Arcadia Live!" plays on a stage in the north end endzone.
Second Half:...starts 4:34pm.
Halftime sub:...York Adjei replaces Gattas.
46 min...York Doner cross from 20 yards near right end line drifts behind net.
47 min...York Telfer freekick from 40 yards on right is whistled down in box.
48 min...PFC Campbell makes pass that sends PFC Blasco on breakaway from 35 yards down middle has goalie make point
blank save at 15 yards as York Abzi even with him to jostle him off ball.
49 min...York Abzi rush down left sideline to 20 yard line and low cross is through 6 yard box unplayed by sliding players.
50 min...York Abzi rush down middle and 25 yard shot is over sliding PFC MacNaughton and just wide left of net.
51 min...PFC Campbell low 25 yard shot up middle has goalie catch near left post.
53 min...PFC Hojabrpour makes sliding block to prevent York Adjei receiving ball in clear on edge of box.
53 min...York Porter 25 yard shot between players has goalie bat ball up and away. York Adjei gets to rebound but is called offside.
54 min...PFC sub...Haber replaces Legault.
57 min...PFC Chung cross from 25 yards on left is well wide right.
57 min...PFC YELLOW card...Chung earns it for body check on York Telfer running in from PFC 45 yard line.
58 min...York Telfer 45 yard freekick chip is over players and wide left for goalkick.
59 min...York Telfer has 20 yard shot down middle blocked by sliding PFC Hojabrpour.
62 min...York Telfer 28 yard freekick from slight right is blasted well over net.
63 min...York Abzi 40 yard cross from left between players and bounces wide right for goalkick.
64 min...PFC Starostzik is injured at PFC 30 yard line on crash with York Telfer as they jump for header and needs trainer
for face injury.
68...PFC Verhoven makes key header to clear ball over waiting York Porter at 10 yards and send ball out of box then York Porter
crosses from 20 yards on left has PFC MacNaughton makes key header to clear ball.
68 min...York sub...Furlano replaces Aparicio. Gasparotto becomes captain.
69 min...PFC Campbell cross from 30 yards on right has York Gasparotto flick up header and goalie comes forward to bobble
then smother ball at 15 yards.
69 min...PFC Blasco runs up left side of box and taps centering pass to PFC Campbell whose low 12 yard shot up middle is blocked
by sliding York Abzi at 6 yards.
70 min...PFC goalie makes key catch as PFC Hojabrpour chests ball back from 8 yards preventing York Adjei getting to cross
from right. PFC Hojabropour is injured on play in box.
71 min...PFC sub...Hernandez replaces Blasco.
72 min...PFC goalie clears bad backpass from PFC Starostzik over sliding York Telfer at 5 yards.
72 min...York Doner high cross from 28 yards just outside top right of box is over leaping York Porter at 8 yards on left.
73 min...York Abzi low cross from 22 yards on left has ball stopped and York Di Chiara turns and fires 8 yarder that's blocked
by defender.
74 min...PFC Campbell on 2v2 rush takes 22 yard shot from slight right but bends it wide left of top corner.
75 min...York Di Chiara is tapped pass and sends 22 yarder down middle well over net.
76 min...York Abzi eludes two defenders as runs over from top left of box to middle and blasts 16 yarder up middle that
flying goalie palms over bar from 5 yards.
76 min...York Telfer cornerkick from right has PFC Hojabrpour head away on edge of 6 yard box in crowd of players. Telfer gets
ball passed back to him at 20 yards on right sideline and sends high cross over heads of players waiting on left post.
77 min...PFC Verhoven on run down left has York Doner slide to poke ball away at 15 yards but knocks out for cornerkick.
78 min...PFC sub...Nakajima-Farran replaces Hojabrpour.
.........York sub...Ricci replaces Murofushi.
78 min...PFC Verhoven cornerkick from left is caught by goalie in crowd of players and holds on as he's knocked over at 5 yards.
80 min...York Adjei on right side of box backheels ball and York Furlano across 6 yard box from right but no one has run
in from left.
81 min...York Telfer cross from 20 yards has York Adjei miss turning header and York Doner rescues ball from 12 yards along
right end line is deflected off defender and wins a cornerkick.
81 min...York Telfer cornerkick from right is into crowd of players and defender pops up header for another cornerkick.
81 min...York Telfer works out short cornerkick from right and York Ricci rolls ball through too far forward for Telfer
and out for goalkick.
82 min...York Ricci rush forward between players up middle but is whistled down in box as he's holding off defender in box.
83 min...PFC Verhoven makes important clearance on slide at top of box on right.
84 min...PFC YELLOW card...Merriman the assistant coach on the PFC bench earns it for complaining about PFC Hernandez
being crunched on tackle between two York players.
87 min...PFC Campbell rolls pass through from 25 yards on right to charging PFC Nakajima-Farran at 10 yards who rolls
pass/shot wide left of net for charging PFC Hernandez on left side of box for goalkick.
87 min...York Abzi rush down left sideline and cross into box has defender on edge of box head ball away.
88 min...York Adjei shoots 30 yard roller from right that goalie smothers.
89 min...York Telfer cross from 30 yards on left has off balance York Adjei pop up header at 8 yards in middle and goalie catches.
90 min...York Abzi and York Porter are injured on same play trying to keep ball in play as PFC Campbell slides from behind
to stop Abzi on top right of box, gets up, then slides into Porter who falls over him. York are awarded a freekick.
91 min...Pacific Zachary Verhoven GOAL...York Kyle Porter 30 yard freekick from left is headed away. York goalie
Nathan Ingham at PFC 40 yard line chips ball back in to edge of box. A defender heads ball forward and Verhoven is given
a pass upfield on center line by PFC Alexander Gonzalez. Verhoven charges up left and chips 50 yarder into open net.
94 min...game ends 5:23pm.
Final Score:....York 9 FC.......0......Pacific FC.........2.....
Attendance was not announced but from various on-line sources I've read it was 2748. The stands on the west side did seem busy. There was some of the crowd in the east side stands but maybe only 100. Those stands have only been opened for the season opener for Forge FC travelling fans and then the Canadian Championship match against Montreal Impact to handle the overflow crowd. I'm sure today's fans could have been squeezed into the west stands. It's hard to say whether OneSoccer fans are more upset by the aesthetics of watching completely empty stands or is it worse to see 100 fans in stands that hold 1500? Hey but 'Trumpet Guy' was back in the supporter's section after missing the last game. Pacific's lineup only listed four outfield subs and they were all forwards. The starting position listed six defenders although they didn't all play deep. There were some announcements that Pacific were going to sign (or had already) some new players but they weren't revealed for this game. Pacific earn their first shutout since May 12 in a 0-0 road game against FC Edmonton. Mark Village had to make some good saves to preserve it. He hadn't played since June 23rd. His two saves on Diyaeddine Abzi were his best. PFC never had the insurance goal until time added in the second half. Terran Campbell scored his league leading ninth goal of the season. Zachary Verhoven scored PFC's second goal. It was his first CPL goal and came on his 21st birthday. Ingham allowed his second chipped goal in a row while he's caught 70 yards downfield. At the press conference after the game York head coach Jimmy Brennan put the blame on Ingham for his wandering up field and he should have let one of his teammates take it upfield. Brennan also said his team “...looked sluggish in the beginning, our energy levels were down,...today was off, everything felt difficult, I think the quality of the balls delivered into the box was off, the boys were off today!”. “We had our chances (the finishes) we were just not clinical”. In the pregame notes, (given out for the first time this game) it listed Ingham as making the most saves the CPL at 52. Rodrigo Gattas was listed as attempting the most shots in the league at 39 but only played the first half today and didn't look good. It was York's first loss to Pacific in four meetings this season. At the start of today, York 9 FC would have tied for the lead if they'd won for a few hours until the Forge FC vs Valour game because last night Cavalry FC and FC Edmonton tied 0-0 so neither team pulled much further ahead of York. York once again were playing the last place team at home but again lost 2-0 with the insurance goal scored on an empty net chip. York goes two games in a row without scoring and use up two home games. Quite a let down after setting a league record with six goals in their win against HFX Wanderers. One excuse is the momentum of that win was wasted because they had a two week gap in their schedule. Pacific were tied with most goals given up in the Fall season with 14. York now are away for four road games and won't be back until September 15th when they host Valour FC again. It wouldn't completely surprise me if they are the last place team by then. Their road trip starts Wednesday August 21st against Cavalry FC then Sunday the 25th against FC Edmonton, Wednesday September 8th at Forge FC (rescheduled from August 2nd because of Forge's run in the CONCACAF League qualifying), and finishing Wednesday September 11th at Pacific FC. The home game of Wednesday August 28th against Forge FC has been moved to a later date. The band 'Arcadia Live!' have worked their way inside the stadium from the sidewalk setup outside the ticket booth back for the Montreal Impact game months ago. For that game I passed through the gates so early they were still setting up their equipment and I didn't know they had a female singer. Today they were set up inside the north side entrance and got to play pre-game and at halftime. Strange to hear a woman sing Michael Jackson's 'Billie Jean' and Cee Lo Green's 'Forget You' (keeping it clean!) but the Carrie Underwood cover was more expected. She got most of the lead vocals. Further reading reveals that the company appears they are really a production company and they put the bands together for whatever you want to pay. Maybe there wasn't a female singer last time. This one looked five piece. No they didn't sing 'Election Day' nor 'Goodbye Is Forever' like the Duran Duran spinoff band in the mid 1980s. The York players were ready to leave to go to the KISS concert downtown and would have just enough time to get there as it was supposed to start at 7:30pm. There was what turned out to be a promotion between the league and the band which infuriated the CPL internet community because the concert was held in Toronto and the band wasn't touring any other CPL cities--one stop in Montreal on their farewell tour. I asked a cryptic question at today's post game press conference squeezing in three songs from the band's 1975 breakout album 'KISS Alive!'. I was a poor teenager back in those days--which was another complaint by the CPL community in that the band was past their prime and weren't Canadian. The CPL ads with the rather generic facepaint were sure not infringing on any band copywrites. I talked to today's fourth official David Barrie before today's game. Last week he was the referee. It was Jason Olinsky who was a referee's assistant last week as Sean Hornsby had received a concussion in second half added time the week earlier while officiating a game in Ottawa in USL for the Fury. The OneSoccer broadcast and site didn't notice the change but our game sheets had been amended. By the previous Wednesday there was still some health concerns so the switch was made. I saw the changed listings but was still confused because they are both bald guys! Get well soon Sean! Rocket Robin robing@eol.ca twitter @RocketRobin01
York 9 FC starters
Pacific FC starters
York Rodrigo Gattas (22) takes opening kickoff.
York Dyaeddine Abzi (20) crosses to middle.
The ball is loose in Pacific box.
York Ryan Telfer (18) looking for player to pass to on freekick.
PFC Zachary Verhoven (16) leads rush down wing.
York Kyle Porter (19) has ball deflect high off him.
PFC Victor Blasco (23) sends in freekick.
PFC Terran Campbell (14) takes second half kickoff.
York Kyle Porter (19) leads rush up middle.
York Diyaeddine Abzi (20) battles PFC Emile Legault (20) to get away shot.
York Kyle Porter (19) sends in freekick.
PFC Terran Campbell (14) on edge of York box.
PFC Issey Nakajima-Farran (11) and York Kyle Porter (19) battle for ball.
August 17, 2019 Canadian Premier League--Post game press conference after York 9 FC vs Pacific FC game held at York Lions Stadium (by Rocket Robin) ..............................................................................Pacific FC forward Terran Campbell, head coach Michael Silberbauer, and goalie Mark Village Pacific FC Terran Campbell, Michael Silberbauer, and Mark Village...7 min 1 sec (for Campbell) Did you picture yourself halfway through the season that you'd be the league's leading scorer? Do you see as a goal of playing for the Canadian U-23 side? Have you heard from the CSA? (for Silberbauer) How different is it to have an almost full squad? (for Village) What was it like and how good was it to get a clean sheet? (for Silberbauer) What was the team approach for today? (for Campbell) How is your pairing with Blasco? (for Silberbauer) What difference will it make now that you have your pro coaching licence? (for Village) How much did you learn in your time with the USL and what does the experience bring for you to the CPL? (for Silberbauer) Will the team stay in Ontario to play Forge FC? [I botch this question as I confused their schedule and forgot their home game in between]. (for Silberbauer and Village) How exciting will it be to play your home game with the new stand ready for fans?
York 9 FC forward Ryan Telfer, head coach Jimmy Brennan, and midfielder Luca Gasparotto [photo credit OneSoccer...I forgot to take a picture while I was there so grabbed a screen capture when I got home] York 9 FC Ryan Telfer, Jimmy Brennan, and Luca Gasparotto...12 min 54 sec (for Brennan) How did the game play out? Do you care about the two games in a row of last minute chipped goals against? (for Telfer) What is the feeling in the locker room knowing you were controlling for large portions of the game? (for Brennan) Did you know the strategy of Pacific? (for Gasparotto) How do you guys prepare for the upcoming four road games? (for Brennan) How faint are the margins between the teams in the league? Is the mentality off looking at teams below you on the table? Could you have defended that first goal better? (for Telfer) Rumours of Trinidad & Tobago and/or Canada call up? Brennan also answers this question. (my question for all of them) About tonight, the way you feel after conceding a DEUCE, so is it COLD GIN TIME AGAIN or do you see a BLACK DIAMOND in the rough? Do you know what I'm talking about?* (for Brennan) More about your feelings after losing these games? *Deuce, Cold Gin Time Again, and Black Diamond were all songs on the 'KISS Alive!' album. The team/league has been using social media to promote the KISS concert that is taking place tonight. Some of the team is supposed to attend...starting at 7:30pm which means they better get going as it's 6:00pm as this press conference is wrapping up and they've got to get downtown fast!
Match Stats (given out at the game) York 9 FC Pacific FC 0 Goals 2 19 Total Shots 9 7 Shots on Target 4 8 Shots off Target 4 4 Blocked Shots 1 8 Shots from inside box 5 11 Shots from outside the box 4 2 Headed Shots 1 5 Corners taken 2 16 Fouls conceded 18 19 Open Play crosses 2 1 Offsides 3 60 Duels won 54 52.6% Duels won % 47.4% 584 Total passes 377 85.4% Passing accuracy 78.2% 61.4% Possession 36.6%
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