April 21, 2024 CPL York United FC vs Vancouver FC game report (by Rocket Robin)

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Result and details of the Friday April 26, 2024 Canadian Premier League game between York United FC
and Vancouver FC played at York Lions Stadium in North York at 7:00pm ET.

York United FC (blue socks and shorts, green & blue checkered shirts, white names and numbers)

...............................1 Thomas Vincensini
16 Max Ferrari...23 Noah Abatneh...32 Brem Soumaoro...6 Orlando Botello Linares
......................5 Frank Sturing...8 Elijah Adekugbe
.............7 Juan Cordova...10 Molham Babouli (cpt)...22 Austin Ricci
...............................9 Brian Wright

Subs:...18 Eleias Himaras (gk)...11 Dennis Salanovic (mid)...12 Clement Bayiha (mid)...15 Josue Martinez (mid)
...21 Christian Zeppieri (mid)...30 Kadim Martin-Pereux (mid)...62 Nyal Higgins (def)
team officials:...head coach Martin Nash...assistant coach Mauro Eustaquio...goalkeeper coach Camilo Benzi
physiotherapist Eric Yoo...doctor Jim Niu...kitman John Townsend...athletic trainer Furkan Demir

Vancouver FC (pink socks and shirts, white shorts, black names and numbers)

....................1 Callum Irving (cpt)
25 James Cameron...3 Rocco Romeo...13 David Norman...23 Paris Gee
21 Kambo Kibato...26 TJ Tajid...6 Vasco Fry...10 Gabriel Bitar
...........18 Moses Dyer...9 Alejandro Diaz

Subs:...28 Niko Giantsopoulos (gk)...7 Ben Fisk (fwd)...8 Renan Garcia (mid)...11 Mikael Cantave (mid)
...12 Tyler Crawford (def)...19 Jose Navarro (mid)
team officials:...head coaach Afshin Ghotbi...assistant coach Cossa...goalkeeper coach Mark Village
...other Cortlin Tonn...athletic trainer Amelia Ng

Game officials:...referee Renzo Villanueva...referee's assistants Peter Pendli and Vasyl Dzikh
...fourth official Scott Bowman...(all black uniforms)...referee asssessor Alexis Vaughan

First Half:...game starts 7:06pm...York defends north end on this cool night with a hazy sun setting in the northwest.
1 min...York Botello low cross from left end line is cleared by defender on edge of 6 yard box.
5 min...Van player at 22 yards rolls ball too far forward and it rolls wide right for goalie to step over and pick it up.
6 min...York Babouli chips low pass up middle from 30 yards has York Ferrari kick 8 yard shot from right well over net.
7 min...York Adekugbe smashes into Van Fry injurying him. York Babouli gets to loose ball and blasts 30 yard shot low
and well wide left.
9 min...Van YELLOW card...Fry earns it for stepping on ankle of York Sturing who had gone down on a tackle at the Van 35 yard line.
There's a dust up of players after the knock down.
12 min...York Babouli 40 yard freekick is over player wall but bounces wide right of net for goalie to catch.
12 min...York goalie is out to left edge of box to beat Van Diaz to through ball bouncer.
16 min...York Abatneh makes two successive clearances from York box on crosses sent in.
18 min...York Ricci shoots 40 yard roller up middle that's picked up by goalie.
19 min...York Abatneh keeps Van Dyer from getting to high bouncer into York box so goalie can grab it at 8 yards.
20 min...Van Dyer rolls ball first touch too far forward and York goalie out to 15 yards on slight left to make a clearance.
22 min...York Ferrari gets to high chipped pass at 22 yards but Van Gee heads ball back to goalie.
23 min...Van Dyer has ball bounce over his head at 3 yards along left end line for goalkick.
26 min...York Babouli and York Botello give and go into left side of box wins cornerkick on deflection.
26 min...York Babouli cornerkick from left but goalie bobbles catch pushing to York Botello who takes midair kick
at 10 yards into the chest of goalie and defenders on right side of box knock it for cornerkick.
27 min...York Babouli from right has defender head away at 15 yards in center of box.
27 min...Van YELLOW card...Kibato earns it for sliding tackle on York Babouli at Van 25 yard line.
28 min...York Botella 28 yard low freekick from right has Van Gee at 12 yards in center of box give up cornerkick.
29 min...York Babouli cornerkick from right has Van Diaz head ball from right edge of 6 yard box out for throw-in on the right.
31 min...York Ferrari beats Van Gee trying to clear ball through ball pass on right edge of 18 yard box and centers ball
to York Ricci who rolls weak 15 yarder between players for goalie to pick up.
32 min...York Wright blasts 22 yard shot down middle well over net into souvenir shot tent.
33 min...Van Dyer low cross just inside right side of box has York Sturing block for cornerkick.
34 min...York Botello high cornerkick from right is eventually whistled down in box.
35 min...York Botello rolls pass forward centered to York Ricci who turns and shoots low and wide right from 12 yards.
37 min...Van Fry cornerkick from right is into center of box but York players make quick break out.
39 min...York Wright rolls ball from 25 yards on right to York Cordova on run. Cordova has Van Gee back to deflect ball for cornerkick.
39 min...York Babouli low cornerkick from right and nearest defender on right clears ball.
41 min...Van Bitar 40 yard freekick from left has goalie step in front of charging Van Romeo to catch at 10 yards on right
in crowd of players.
42 min...Van Gee low centering cross from near left end line has defender clear.
44 min...York defenders break up Van rush on edge of 18 yard box.
44 min...Van Gee cross from 35 yards has Van Dyer head 6 yarder from right bounces off top of net on left.
46 min...half ends 7:52pm.

Halftime Entertainment:
Tonight they put the children's mini game in the south end and the Soccer Challenge in the center circle. The rules were tweeked in that if you scored on your first shot you'd win $500 and the second shot was worth $36000. (hey that's up $1000 more than the last game). That is somewhat different as you had to risk your $500 to go for the second shot. This time the fan shot an almost rolling shot wide of the net (certainly not top left corner as required). Consolation prize (this game there was one) was a team scarf. Also there were two other contestants. The second guy put one of his shots over the net and the third but two rollers wide.

Second Half:...starts 8:08pm.
Halftime subs:...Van Garcia replaces Tahid.
....................Van Crawford replaces Cameron.
46 min...York Botello has collision with Van Gee, injurying him at York 30 yard line on right.
47 min...Van Fry bends 35 yard freekick from right that goalie catches on bounce on left post.
49 min...York goalie is out to 12 yards to dive on ball as defender was shielding it.
51 min...Van Dyer turns and fires 20 yard roller to goalie.
53 min...York has two players miss clearing cross from left into box and charging Van Gee connects on low shot from 15 yards
on right deflects off defender for cornerkick.
53 min...Van Fry takes low cornerkick from right has Van Garcia flick footer in crowd in box and goalie picks up loose ball
as Van Garcia can't connect either.
54 min...York Babouli cornerkick from right is high over box. York Botello cross from left has defender from inside 6 yard
box head ball for cornerkick.
55 min...York Babouli cornerkick from left has has defenders clear out right side of box.
55 min...York Wright wins cornerkick as defender boots ball away at 25 yards to stop break in.
56 min...York Babouli cornerkick from left has ball cleared from box.
57 min...York Botello cross from left has York Ferrari in middle lean back to connect on header from 6 yards that hits defender
on deflects wide right for cornerkick.
57 min...York Babouli cornerkick from right has defender and right side of box make clearance.
58 min...Van Dyer dekes back and forth but York Wright sticks with him and eventually blocks his shot on edge of 18 yard box.
59 min...Van Crawford cross from 15 yards near end line has Van Diaz head 7 yarder down middle just wide right.
60 min...The referee talks to Van Fry downfield who injured York Balbouli upfield. Fry was on a Yellow card.
61 min...York Ricci 15 yard blast along 3 yard line on right has goalie deflect ball up with palms and ball lands on left side
of box where defender makes clearance.
62 min...York Botello makes big header to clear ball on right side of York box.
63 min...Van Bitar intercepts ball in Van end and long rush up middle then passes to right for Van Dyer and he passes quickly
for Bitar but defender stops it and clears at 15 yard line.
64 min...York Ferrari rush on right and cross into box has retreating Van Norman slide at 8 yards and deflect ball behind end line.
64 min...York Babouli cornerkick from right has ball popped up on header. York Botello blasts low 18 yarder past defender
on left that goalie smothers on short side of net.
65 min...York sub...Martinez replaces Adekugbe.
............York sub...Salanovic replaces Ricci.
67 min...York Ferrari gets pass on long run up right drops pass to York Salanovic who blasts 25 yarder from right well over net.
68 min...York Ferrari gets to throw-in down right line behind defenders and sends in low centering cross from 10 yard line
but defender clears.
69 min...York Brian Wright GOAL...York Max Ferrari at 22 yards on slight right sends low pass forward to charging
York Juan Cordova who rushes to 3 yard line and sends low centering pass over goalie Callum Irving diving forward
and Wright boots in 4 yarder to center of net.
70 min...Van sub...Navarro replaces Diaz.
.............Van sub...Cantave replaces Crawford (after only 25 minutes).
73 min...Van YELLOW card...Garcia earns it for pushing over York Babouli at Van 45 yard line.
74 min...Van Fry receives centered pass from left and lofts 22 yarder well over net.
75 min...Van Canatave blasts tapped pass just wide left of net on shot from 25 yards on left.
76 min...Van sub...Fisk replaces Fry.
77 min...York Wright is injured near center line on trip by Van Garcia.
78 min...York Botello makes interception on left at 28 yard line. He centers pass finding York Wright at 15 yards slightly left of post.
Wright turns and shoots low 12 yarder that Van Romeo partially blocks and it tips onto outside of right post.
79 min...York Babouli cornerkick from right has Van Navarro head away on right side of box and is starts a fast breakout.
80 min...Van Dyer low cross from left side of box is stopped by defender. Van Cantave recovers ball just outside left side of box
and cuts towards middle along edge of 18 yard box and blasts shot from slight left that goalie catches just under bar. York Abatneh
is injured on the play and needs trainer.
82 min...York sub...Higgins replaces injured Abatneh.
82 min...York Dennis Salanovic GOAL...York goalie Thomas Vincensini blasts ball from edge of his 18 yard box downfield
and ball bounces behind Van David Norman trying to clear it. York Wright is behind him and runs in from 25 yard line
on right to end line and cuts past retreating Norman and centers pass to Salanovic charging forward at 7 yard line
to one-touch shot from alignment with right post into top center of net.
84 min...York sub...Bayiha replaces Cordova.
84 min...York YELLOW card...Ferrari earns it for tripping up Van player on left edge of box.
85 min...Van Bitar 20 yard freekick from left has Van Garcia knock down ball at 4 yards in center of box but not able to get away shot.
86 min...York YELLOW card...Salanovic earns it for knocking over Van Norman at Van 45 yard line as he got away clearance.
88 min...York Bayiha has sliding defender block his rolled cross on right side of box.
88 min...Van Fisk crosses ball off York Botello on right is over end line for cornerkick.
89 min...Van Fisk low cornerkick from right wins cornerkick on near post on tip from York Babouli.
89 min...Van Fisk cornerkick from right has defender head ball away on near post.
90 min...Van throw-in from right is worked into box but cleared.
92 min...York Brian Wright GOAL...York Clement Bayiha intercepts pass at York 35 yard line on left and he runs downfield
cutting over to middle. At Van 40 yard line he rolls pass forward for Wright who runs behind defender to get to ball
at 25 yard line and he pokes ball past sliding goalie at 20 yard line and recovers it to coral at 13 yards and having
retreating defender Van Rocco Romeo and shoot into empty net.
93 min...York Babouli is knocked over at 50 yards in Van end getting away a shot and is injured.
95 min...game ends 8:58pm.

Final Score:...York United.........3..........Vancouver FC..........0..........

Attendance was not announced but I'd say there were less than half of the fans here as compared to Sunday's season opener. [The CPL site posted the attendance as 843]. York has always had trouble getting people out for night games. Daytime temperatures are moderate at this time of year but the nighttime still has them down near the freezing point. Also the city is just coming to the end of its rush hour this north in the city. [Actually seeing the attendance means they had closer to one third as many fans as their home opener]. Next home game is Friday May 10th at 7:00pm against Valour FC. The weather should be better but I haven't seen a word about the team in mainstream media coverage--unchanged since last season.

York absolutely needed to win this game. An opening to the season of three straight losses would have certainly deflated the fan base. "Same old, same old". Now the team has to claw back those fans lost after the home opener.

Rocket Robin
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York United FC starters

Forge FC starters

Vancouver Moses Dyer (18) takes opening kickoff.

York Orlando Botello (6) takes throw-in.

A first half dust-up.

York Molham Babouli (10) takes freekick.

Vancouver Paris Gee (23) looks to pass upfield.

York Molham Babouli (10) and Orlando Botello (6) look to take freekick.

Vancouver Vasco Fry (6) sends in cornerkick.

The near impossible halftime contest.

York Austin Ricci (22) takes second half kickoff.

Vancouver Vasco Fry (6) sends in freekick.

Vancouver Gabriel Bitar (10) lines up freekick.

Game stats (from canpl.ca)
 
                      York United FC   Vancouver FC  
Possession                     52.3%          47.7%
Duels success rate             53.4%          46.6%
Aerial duels won               42.3%          57.7%
Interceptions                  13              3
Offsides                        4              1
Corners won                    10              5
Passes                        464            429
Long passes                    67             66
Passing accuracy               83.8%          78.8%
Passing acc in opp' half (%)   70.4%          66.2%
Crosses                        21             15
Crossing accuracy              14.3%          46.7%
Goals                           3              0
Shots                          16             10
Shots on target                 6              2
Blocked shots                   3              3
Shots outside the box           5              5
Shots inside the box           11              5
Shooting accuracy              37.5%          20.0%
Tackles                        15             17
Tackles success rate           33.3%          64.7%
Clearances                     12             21
Fouls conceded                  7             12
Yellow cards                    2              3
Red cards                       0              0

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