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September 13, 2024 CPL York United FC vs Valour FC game report (by Rocket Robin)
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Result and details of the Friday September 13, 2024 Canadian Premier League game between York United FC and Valour FC
played at York Lions Stadium in North York at 8:00pm ET.
York United FC (green socks and shorts, green & blue checkered shirts, white names and numbers)
...............................1 Thomas Vincensini
16 Max Ferrari...4 Oswaldo Leon...62 Nyal Higgins...6 Orlando Botello
......7 Juan Cordova...8 Elijah Adekugbe...12 Santiago Marquez
......20 Jorge Guzman...19 Olusola Jimoh...10 Molham Babouli (cpt)
Subs:...18 Eleias Himaras (gk)...15 Josue Martinez (mid)...17 Markiyan Voytsekhovskyy (mid)...24 Tomas Giraldo (mid)
...27 Lukas Pareja Duque (mid)...33 Matthew Baldisimo (mid)...37 Trivine Esprit (mid)
team officials:...head coach Benjamin Mora...assistant coaches Mauro Eustaquio and Isidro Sanchez...goalkeeper coach Camilo Benzi
physiotherapist Eric Yoo...doctor Jim Niu...kitman Eduardo Rodas
Valour FC (all white uniforms, maroon names and numbers)
..............................50 Jonathan Viscosi
2 Roberto Alarcon...13 Tass Mourdoukoutas...23 Gianfranco Facchineri...30 Themi Antonoglou
17 Jordan Faria...6 Dante Campbell...27 Raphael Ohin (cpt)...20 Diogo Ressurreicao
............10 Shaan Hundal...19 Abdul Binate
1 Darlington Murasiranwa (gk)...3 Jordan Haynes (def)...4 Haris Chatzopoulos (def)...8 Juan Sanchez (mid)
...9 Jordan Swibel (fwd)...25 Loic Kwemi (fwd)...64 Safwane Miah (mid)
team officials:...head coach Phil Dos Santos...assistant coach Jay Bhindi...goalkeeper coach Patrick Di Stefani
...others Evan Fehr, Colin Sabourin, and Daniel Guerreiro
Game officials:...referee Sebastian Noshinravani...referee's assistants Twayne Anderson and Sangmuk Choi
...fourth official Yusri Rudolf...(all black uniforms)...referee asssessor Gord Arrowsmith
First Half:...game starts 8:06pm...York defends south end.
York came out for warmups with only 20 minutes on the countdown clock. Valour was on for the full 30 minutes.
The first five minutes were all played between the 30 yard lines with nothing in either box.
6 min...York Jimoh at 30 yards on right passes forward and York Ferrari shoots low 15 yard shot near end line
that's smothered by goalie.
8 min...Val Mourdoukoutas heads away a cross sent into the box from the right.
10 min...York Botello gets back to make big clearance of centering pass into the York box from the left.
15 min...York Botello at Val 40 yard line on left sideline chips centering ball forward. York Babouli is surrounded
at Val 25 yard line in middle but passes foward to charging York Guzman and he shoots 10 yard roller from left
just wide right of post.
17 min...York Jimoh has shot on right edge of 18 yard box blocked.
18 min...York Olusola Jimoh GOAL...York Orlando Botello recovers hit own pass that Val Raphael Ohin had stopped
at Val 35 yard line on left. He dribbles forward then rolls pass along 25 yard line to York Juan Cordova who lets ball roll
by for York Max Ferrari who runs inside right side of box and from 3 yards rolls centering pass that Jimoh who is even
with right post redirects between two defenders into center of net with goalie Jonathan Viscosi trapped guarding near post.
20 min...York Guzman long throw-in from 30 yards on left has York Babouli get ball in open and has Val defender tips ball
wide left for a cornerkick.
20 min...York players work out short cornerkick from the left and York Guzman's cross into the box is cleared.
22 min...Val Ohin passes up left for Val Antonoglou who runs forward to get to ball at 5 yards. He tries to cut towards goal
but is blocked by York Ferrari. He shoots 12 yarder from far left over net.
24 min...Val Facchineri knees York Ferrari's header bacak to goalie who slides out at 7 yards on right but fumbles the ball.
York Babouli runs over but Facchineri pokes ball over own end line.
25 min...York player's cornerkick from right has York Botello cross high from the left that's over the end of York Guzman.
25 min...York Guzman can't win Penalty kick on 1 v 2 when bumped down just inside the box.
26 min...York Marquez is injured at Val 25 yard line near sideline.
27 min...York Guzman after give and go with York Adekugbe crosses from 15 yards near left end line York Leon in alignment
with right post head 10 yarder over the bar.
28 min...Val goalie is out to edge of box to pick up bouncer.
30 min...Val YELLOW card...Binate earns it for knock down in front of York players' bench.
33 min...York Babouli cross on left side of box is over head of York Ferrari and York Marquez shoots over net from 15 yards
on far right.
34 min...York Guzman cross from left near end line after run is over York players in box.
36 min...York Guzman intercepts Val Mourdoukoutas pass near center line and York Babouli recovers deflection to break in from
Val 45 yard line. Babouli dribbles up middle to 30 yard line and rolls pass forward to York Guzman who chip from 9 yards
and sliding goalie reaches up and bats down ball then defender protects him so he can smother the ball.
37 min...York YELLOW card...Botello earns it for tackle on Val Ohin at York 50 yard line.
39 min...York Jimoh has 25 yard shot on right blocked by defender.
43 min...Valour Shaan Hundal GOAL...Val Diogo Ressurreicao rolls pass from York 30 yard line to charging
Val Jordan Faria on right. Faria runs forward and sends low cross from right along the 10 yard line. Hundal in alignment
with left post charges past defender to get to ball and blast 6 yarder into top of net beyond goalie Thomas Vincensini.
46 min...half ends 8:52pm.
There are mini games with dozens of players from the High Park youth club. For something different, in the center circle they have a juggling showdown with two groups of five playing off and the winners of each group having a final. One guy was so good, I thought he was a 'ringer' from the York Academy. Opon each time he won, the guy did a backflip.
Second Half:...starts 9:08pm.
halftime sub:...Val Swibel replaces Binate.
46 min...Val Alarcon high cross from right end line is caught by goalie.
47 min...Val goalie punches away a cross from the left forward for clearance.
47 min...York Baouli low shot from 20 yard has York Ferrari at 10 yards is partially tipped but goalie smothers on the left post.
49 min...York Guzman low cross form left ia along 7 yard line. York Jimoh slides but he's a step behind getting to ball
at 7 yards up the middle.
50 min...York YELLOW card...Ferrari earns it on a delayed call for tackle on Val Campbell at center line.
52 min...York player sends high cross from the left. York Jimoh pops up header at 10 yards on the right and goalie catches it.
54 min...York Babouli at 35 yards on left turns and finds York Jimoh at 20 yards on rush forward but retreating Val Antonoglou
tips ball away without him getting shot.
54 min...York Jimoh bends 30 yard chip from right that goalie catches overhead on left post.
56 min...Val Ohi long run down right and low cross into box has York Higgins clear away from center of box.
57 min...York Guzman runs dowen left wing and sends low cross from near end line through box. York Jimoh lets cross get
through him and York Ferrari gets to on right but has defender block his 15 yard shot.
57 min...York York Ferrari sends knuckle ball cross from 30 yard on right and goalie knock down and defender clears.
62 min...York Ferrari keeps ball in bouncs on right and cross has goalie bobble cross but hold on.
65 min...Val sub...Miah replaces Alarcon.
68 min...Val Antonoglou 30 yard freekick from right has leaping goalie palm ball through box and defender clears for throw-in.
69 min...York Higgins clears loose ball from 6 yard box that Val Hundal rolls into box from right.
70 min...Val Miah high cornerkick from left has goalie catch and win freekick when bumped.
71 min...York Ferrari crosses from 30 yard line on right into left side of bo where York Guzman rolls ball along 10 yard line
but defender clears.
71 min...York Ferrari tips pass forward on right has York Jimoh shoot 10 yarder from right end line that goalie catches
on near post.
72 min...Val Faria cuts along 20 yard line from right and shoots roller between defenders that goalie dives left to smother.
73 min...York Ferrari roller from right is cleared in Val box.
73 min...York goalie bats away ball cross from right.
75 min...York Guzman cross from left of box is blocked.
75 min...Val Swibel is injured at York 35 yard line and needs triner.
76 min...York Martinez replaces Jimoh.
77 min...play resumes after Swibel injury.
78 min...Val YELLOW card...Ohin earns it for knocking over York Guzman at Val 40 yard line.
79 min...York Botello 25 yard shot from left has goalie dive forward and punch ball away.
81 min...Val Miah knocks down York Marquez on long run into Val end.
82 min...York Babouli 22 yard freekick from left of box has goalie on near post palm over bar.
82 min...York players work out cornerkick from the right earns another cornerkick.
82 min...York players work out cornerkick from left and starting frantic action in the box.
85 min...York Babouli 25 yard freekick from left has defender behind Val player wall clear ball from box.
86 min...York YELLOW card...Leon earns it for sliding tackle on Val Miah at Val 25 yard line that injured him.
86 min...York YELLOW card...Guzman earns it for dissent on last call.
88 min...Val sub...Kwemi replaces Faria.
...........Val sub...Sanchez replaces Ohin.
89 min...York Guzman bends low cross from 30 yards on right wide left for goalkick.
90 min...York sub...Esprit replaces Cordova.
91 min...York Babouli cornerkick from left has York Adekugbe not able to completely turn header at 4 yards on left post
and ball bounces out right side of box. York Marquez chases it and rolls pass up right to York Ferrari who crosses
from 25 yard line just into middle of box but defender heads away.
92 min...York YELLOW card...Head coach Mora earns it for dissent.
95 min...Val Guzman chips ball downfield from Val 50 yard line down middle past retreating goalie at 25 yards but just wide
right of post.
95 min...game ends 9:59pm.
Final Score:...York United FC.........1.............Valour FC...........1......
Attendance wasn't announced but the league web site listed it at 1607. The theme night was "Mexican Independance Day". There were the usual variety of food trucks with deals on food and a marachi band in the south endzone with those trucks. From the main stand, I couldn't hear it because of 'DJ Monsta" spinning house music tunes although focused on Latin and Latino artists. Strange but at the post game press conference, there were none of the usual Spanish language media here.
There was a large contingent of youth teams from the Toronto High Park FC who provided ball kids and the halftime entertainment of mini games. Perhaps because school is back in session and the games are now starting at 8:00pm rather than 7:00pm, there was no post game 'Parents vs Kids' game.
The game started off slow with nothing into either box for the first five minutes and York Max Ferrari getting the first shot on net from near the end line at the 6 minute mark. York gradually took over with 60% ball possession for the game as a whole. 6 to 1 in cornerkicks and 11 to 5 in shots taken. The Valour goal just before halftime was against the run of play but I wonder if currently injured defenders Frank Sturing or Noah Abatneh would have been more aware of the open man in the box. Defender Kadin Marin-Pereux was taken off the roster with a season ending injury. Tonight was the first start for 16 year old Olusola Jimoh. It was his second goal overall after scoring in Calgary but his first at home. He was supposed to have made a Babe Ruth like proclamation that he'd score in this game to his school mates as revealed in the press conference after the game. I expect he got the start because Brian Wright was not in the lineup because of an ankle injury. Wright has been acting as a mentor for Jimoh and he was praised by Jimoh after the game. Jimoh looks so small that he's sort of like ex-TFC Sebastian Giovinco. It wasn't a freekick but a sidefoot shot one-touch from inside the box on the goal that reminded me of the similarities. He had about two more chances that I remember early in the second half. 49 minutes had him run into the box and he was about a yard behind connecting to a cross into the six yard box as he slid towards it. 54 minutes had him break into the box but the retreating defender Themi Antonoglou was able to poke the ball away from him without knocking him over for a sure Penalty kick. Valour had four starters who had played in past years for the Toronto FC II team with forward Jordan Faria, midfielders Dante Campbell and Shaan Hundal, and defender Themi Antonoglou. All but Antonoglou had come to Valour indirectly with either stops in the USA or Finland in between and two with stops on other CPL teams first. "A coincidence" insisted head coach Phil Dos Santos after the game. York's Mo Babouli and Nyal Higgins have spent time on Toronto FC II as well. In pregame news that was posted only at 6:30pm that York forward Austin Ricci has been permanently transferred to Vancouver FC while Vancouver FC midfielder Kembo Kibato is coming to York. Kibato wasn't listed in tonight's lineup. Hmm York's substitutes lineup of seven included one back up goalie and six midfielders but OK. Wonder how he will fit in? York coach Benjamin Mora felt his team 'won' the game as they led in all the offensive categories but for the ball going into the net. Interesting that York almost walked out with nothing as Valour's Diogo Ressurreicao chipped York goalie Thomas Vincensini down the middle from his own side of center that almost went into the net at the 95 minute mark. From our side of the field there was a gasp as the optical illusion from watching from the west stands couldn't see where exactly it landed. Halftime entertainment was a bit different tonight with besides the mini games of youth teams in each end, in the center circle there was a ball juggling contest with two teams of five competing in 'keep ups'. Winner of each group then had a final contest to decide a winner. The winner did a back flip in both his semi-final and final win to great applause from the crowd. I thought he might be a ringer from the team's newly started 'United Football Academy'. On my way out after the press conference I saw that all the signboards had been removed. I expected they'd be there as there is a Toronto FC II game here on Sunday afternoon but instead there were two long poles lying perpendicular to the goal line in the south end. There must be some kind of school sport going to happen tomorrow. I let out a gasp when I was looking through some Wikipedia bios for players and found a very familiar picture of Kembo Kibato with in front of a York United backdrop (he hasn't arrived yet). He was wearing a Vancouver FC uniform. Then I saw the photo credit and saw it was taken by me (at the post game press conference earlier this season). I also saw one for Dante Campbell from the previous Valour post game press conference this season. Also the Wiki of Themi Antonoglou had my picture standing in the team line at the national anthem and taking a Penalty shot last year....wouldn't have thought those shots were sharp enough with the pocket camera I use! I finally got around to answering an e-mail that was lost in my inbox a few months ago and I gave permission to someone who must be a Wikipedia editor who asked for permission and I restated that my Creative Commons Attribution licence that I have on my title page is still valid and now I find all these credits! Wow! The result improves York's record to 10 wins, 6 ties, 7 losses for 36 points. That's good for third place in the standings but as usual from playing first on the weekend, they could be passed by Cavalry FC and may be further behind the teams ahead of them depending on results over the next two days. Valour's record improves to 6 wins, 5 ties, 12 losses for 23 points. That moves them up to a tie for sixth with Pacific but Vancouver FC holds the final playoff spot in fifth with 26 points. Head coach Phil Dos Santos was somewhat pleased because they had just played a home game on Monday (making it a short week for them) against Atletico Ottawa and got a 1-1 tie out of that game. Two ties against two of the top three teams in one week shows they are competitive.Rocket Robin
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York United FC starters
Valour FC starters
Valour Shaan Hundal (10) takes opening kickoff.
Valour Tass Mourdoukoutas (13) carries ball out of own end.
York Molham Babouli (10) and Jorge Guzman (20) line up freekick.
York Molham Babouli (10) takes second half kickoff.
Action at center line.
York Molham Babouli (10) freekick from the left.
York Molham Babouli (10) lines up another freekick.
Game stats (from canpl.ca)
York United FC FC Valour
Possession 59.8% 40.2%
Duels success rate 54.3% 45.7%
Aerial duels won 50.0% 50.0%
Interceptions 12 11
Offsides 0 0
Corners won 6 1
Passes 621 423
Long passes 51 56
Passing accuracy 89.5% 82.7%
Passing acc in opp' half 78.2% 67.3%
Crosses 29 7
Crossing accuracy 24.1% 0.0%
Goals 1 1
Shots 11 5
Shots on target 4 2
Blocked shots 4 1
Shots outside the box 4 3
Shots inside the box 7 2
Shooting accuracy 36.4% 40.0%
Tackles 12 11
Tackles success rate 75.0% 45.5%
Clearances 9 28
Fouls conceded 10 15
Yellow cards 4 2
Red cards 0 0
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