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September 20, 2024 CPL York United FC vs Cavalry FC game report (by Rocket Robin)
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Result and details of the Friday September 20, 2024 Canadian Premier League game between York United FC and Cavalry FC
played at York Lions Stadium in North York at 8:00pm ET.
York United FC (white socks and shorts, green & blue checkered shirts, white names and numbers)
...............................1 Thomas Vincensini
16 Max Ferrari...62 Nyal Higgins...4 Oswaldo Leon...6 Orlando Botello
......7 Juan Cordova...8 Elijah Adekugbe...12 Santiago Marquez
......10 Molham Babouli (cpt)...9 Brian Wright...20 Jorge Guzman
Subs:...18 Eleias Himaras (gk)...15 Josue Martinez (mid)...17 Markiyan Voytsekhovskyy (mid)...19 Olusola Jimoh (fwd)
21 Kembo Kibato (mid)...24 Tomas Giraldo (mid)...33 Matthew Baldisimo (mid)
team officials:...head coach Benjamin Mora...assistant coach and Isidro Sanchez...goalkeeper coach Camilo Benzi
physiotherapist Eric Yoo...doctor Jim Niu...kitman Eduardo Rodas
Cavalry FC (red socks and shirts, black shorts, white names and numbers)
.............................1 Marco Carducci (cpt)
29 Michael Harms...3 Callum Montgomery...12 Tom Field...5 Bradley Kamdem Fewo
...........27 Diego Gutierrez...10 Sergio Camargo...26 Shamit Shome
...........7 Ali Musse...9 Tobias Warschewski...17 Nicolas Wahling
Subs:...31 Joe Holliday (gk)...11 Jay Herdman (mid)...23 Chanan Chanda (fwd)...24 Eryk Kobza (mid)
...28 Niko Myroniuk (mid)
team officials:...head coach Tommy Wheeldon Jr...assistant coaches Jay Wheeldon and Nik Ledgerwood
...goalkeeper coach Jake Davis...physical trainer Alex Potts...kitman Lionel Gaspar...athletic trainer Nathan Boyd
Game officials:...referee Scott Bowman...referee's assistants Twayne Anderson and Travis Lefebvre
...fourth official Fabrizio Stasolla...(all black uniforms)...referee asssessor Stephen Cahoon
First Half:...game starts 8:07pm...York defends north end.
40 sec...Cav Musse at 22 yards in middle, pokes pass to left for Cav Wahling who blasts shot from just inside top left edge
of box that goalie palms over bar.
1 min...Cav Musse cornerkick from right has Cav Warschewski head 12 yarder in middle wide left.
2 min...York Leon makes key clearance from box to break up Cav pressure.
2 min...Cav goalie is out to 40 yard line to make clearance.
3 min...York goalie is out of box on left to head ball out of bounds.
3 min...Cav Warshewski throw-in from left is returned to him and he sends cross that deflects to Cav Musse on edge of 6 yard box
but he can't control it and ball tips wide left for goalkick.
5 min...the game so far is all in the York end.
5 min...Cav Wahling run on left bends 35 yard shot from left that's wide right.
6 min...York Ferrari slides to roll cross from right into 6 yard box but ball is cleared.
12 min...York Guzman cornerkick from right is headed away from box. York Botello follows up with a 25 yard shot that bounces
back into box but is cleared at 15 yard line.
14 min...York Guzman rolls ball over end line while jostling with Cav player on right.
15 min...York Ferrari wins freekick when knocked over on getting to short pass.
15 min...York Guzman 22 yard freekick from slight right is shot over center of net.
18 min...York Babouli long run up right and chips cross over head of York Wright in box anad ball is out for goalkick.
19 min...Cavalry Ali Musse GOAL...Cav Tobias Warschewski from 30 yards on right sends low pass for charging
Cav Sergio Camargo on edge of 18 yard box on slight right. Camargo stops then cuts forward around York
Oswaldo Leon and runs to 6 yard line where he passes between Leon's leg to open Warschewski at 7 yards who shoots
past goalie Thomas Vincensini guarding right post at 3 yards but York Elijah Adekugbe sprawls on goal line to stop.
The ball deflects back out to Warshewski who shoots 5 yard roller which again hits prone Adekugbe. The ball deflects
to left and Musse taps in 2 yarder from left post.
21 min...York Botello is injured at Cav 50 yard line.
22 min...Cav Field clears roller into box from left.
23 min...Cav Wahling makes clearance in 6 yard box.
24 min...Cav Musse low 35 yard shot from slight right is wide right for a goalkick although it looked like it changed direction.
28 min...Cav Harms rolls ball over end line when trying to cut around York Botello on right side.
30 min...Cav Montgomery pops up header on right post to make key clearance.
31 min...York Ferrari chips high cross from right has defender head ball away from box.
32 min...York Marquez blasts 22 yard shot over bar but wins cornerkick after York Guzman had cut into box on left end line
and passed it through box.
32 min...York Guzman cornerkick from right is cleared from box.
33 min...Cav Gutierrez cornerkkick from left has Cav Warschewski head 15 yarder from right that goalie catches on near post.
35 min...York players work 30 yard freekick from slight left forward but cleared on block on edge of box.
35 min...York Leon heads 10 yarder from right is wide right on cross from left.
36 min...Cav Wahling is injured at Cav 45 yard line.
38 min...York Guzman cornerkick from right to York Babouli cross to left of box and York Cordova heads it away but play
whistled down for Cav injury.
40 min...Cav Harms run down right and low cross has goalie dive forward to smother at 7 yards in middle.
41 min...York Babouli cornerkick from right to York Guzman cross into left side of box has ball headed downward by York player
and York Cordova trips over ball trying to get 7 yard kick on left.
43 min...York Wright pops 8 yard header down middle over net on York Cordova cross from left.
44 min...Cav Musse low shot from 25 yards on right is wide left. Cav Camargo is injured at York 28 yards earlier in play
and needs trainer.
.........York YELLOW card...Leon earns it for that last play.
46 min...York YELLOW card...Ferrari earns it for knock at York 40 yard line.
47 min...Cav Musse low cross from left is cleared for throw-in by defender.
48 min...half ends 8:56pm.
48 min...Cav YELLOW card...Cav assistant coach Nik Ledgerwood earns it for argueing with referee after halftime whistle.
Halftime: The IFC Academy that had supplied flag bearers and accompanied the players to the field were playing on the south side using tiny nets. There were enough players to field at least four to six teams. In the north end a smaller game with less kids but larger nets was being player by younger kids. In the center circle was balls being kicked into a full sized nets with the Vaughan Soccer Club logos on their jerseys. I believe they were blind by the way they were being led around. I've seen footage of a game that used a noise emitting ball to give the players a sense of direction but I don't think the balls used in this game were special.
Second Half:...starts 9:12pm.
Halftime subs:...York Martinez replaces Marquez.
45 min...Cav Musse is injured at center line holding his elbow.
47 min...York Babouli cross from right is headed away from box.
47 min...York Wright is turned around at Cav 7 yards before he could get away shot.
48 min...York Ferrari chip from right end line lands on top of net.
50 min...York Babouli low cross from right has Cav Field concede cornerkick in 6 yard box on right.
51 min...York Babouli high cornerkick from right is over players in box and out left for goalkick.
52 min...York YELLOW card...Botello earns it for bouncing ball away when Cav are awarded a freekick at the York 50 yard sideline.
53 min...Cav Camargo is called for handball and also has a head injury.
55 min...York Ferrari gets back to beat Cav Wahling to ball at York 30 yard line preventing break-in.
56 min...Cav YELLOW card...Field earns it for pull down of York player at York 35 yard line.
56 min...York sub...Kibato replaces Botello.
57 min...Cav YELLOW card...Warschewski earns it for bumping player at York 40 yard line.
59 min...Cav Camargo wins cornerkick on York Leon check.
59 min...Cav Musse cornerkick from right has Cav Gutierrez pass back then Cav Camargo's cross into box is cleared.
61 min...Cav Sergio Camargo GOAL...Cav Tobias Warschewski from Cav 40 yard line on right sideline sends low pass
forward to charging Camargo at York 45 yard line and he dribbles forward and chips 35 yarder from left catching
retreating goalie off his line and lands in right side of open net.
63 min...York sub...Jimoh replaces Ferrari.
67 min...Cav Kamdem is injured when poking ball away from long chip that found York Jimoh in box.
68 min...York Jimoh chips 30 yarder from right that goalie catches on bounce.
69 min...York Guzman cross into box from 30 yards on left has Cav Kamdem clear for throw-in.
70 min...York Guzman dribbles to left end line and cross into box has ball cleared.
71 min...York Cordova chips cross from right over head of York Babouli and goalie catches.
72 min...York YELLOW card...Cordova earns it for tackle at York 45 yard line.
74 min...York Kibato cross from left has Cav Field head away in crowd in middle of box. York Cordova chips ball
from 28 yards on right into box and it is deflected by defender just wide left of post.
75 min...York Babouli cornerkick from left has goalie punch forward from 7 yards out of box.
75 min...York Cordova blasts 25 yarder down middle over the bar when he received ball tapped back to him from just inside box.
76 min...York YELLOW card...Adekugbe earns it for tackle on Cav Camargo injurying him preventing his break out at Cav 40 yard
line. Camargo needs trainer.
78 min...Cav Warschewski is injured at York 25 yard line jumping for ball but wins freekick.
79 min...Cav Gutierrez 25 yard freekick from left is wide right. Gutierrez jumped on the kick and injures his ankle when landing.
80 min...Cav sub...Herdman replaces Wahling.
80 min...Cav Musse is injured yet again but plays on.
82 min...York sub...Baldisimo replaces Higgins.
...........York sub...Voytsekhovskyy replaces Wright.
85 min...York Jimoh cross from right has defender head ball on left out of box for cornerkick.
86 min...York Guzman cornerkick from left has York Adekugbe pop up header on left.
86 min...Cav YELLOW card...Chanda earns it for throwing ball on field to delay York cornerkick.
Chanda isn't even in the game yet!
86 min...Cav sub...Myroniuk replaces Gutierrez.
...........Cav sub...Kobza replaces Musse.
89 min...Cav Herdman is down at York 33 yard line with head injury.
90 min...Cav YELLOW card...Kamdem earns it for complaining about the last play.
the game is delayed for a long argument.
92 min...Cav Warschewski 33 yard low freekick down middle is wide left.
93 min...Cav Warscheski 60 yard chip with goalie off his line but shot is wide right.
93 min...Cav sub...Chanda replaces Warschewski.
94 min...York Wahling pops 20 yard header up middle is caught by goalie.
99 min...York YELLOW card...Guzman earns it for tackle from behind on Cav Chanda injurying him.
99 min...York RED card...Jorge Guzman earns it for arguing the last call.
100 min...Cav Chanda sends short pass up the middle and Cav Camargo almost chips the goalie at 10 yards but he jumps
up to catch.
101 min...game ends 10:08pm.
Final Score:...York United FC.........0.............Cavalry FC...........2......
Attendance wasn't announced nor did it show up on the league's web site. I thought the crowd was about as big as last Friday's game. The game started tonight after it was already dark. There was a parents vs kids game after the main game which ended just before 11:00pm when the stadium lights cut off. York couldn't score tonight. They've scored one goal or less every game since the home game against Atletico Ottawa when they scored four. The two games that they have won since that time have been by 1-0 scores both on the road. Seven games into tonight. Their stretch is getting to the point where it reminds me of previous seasons when if York gave up the first goal, they wouldn't be able to win. Their recent home record has tailed off. Tonight's stats had them outshot (on target) 6-1 by Cavalry. York's bench was six midfielders, one forward, and a substitute goalie. The 'new' guy, midfielder Kembo Kibato, came in at 57 minutes to replace defender Orlando Botello. Young forward Olusola Jimoh was subbed on at 63 minutes. He scored last week's goal and his first ever when they played in Calgary just over two months ago. Brian Wright had his first game back tonight after an injury and lasted 82 minutes although except for one header just over the bar, I hardly noticed him. Jay Herdman subbed in at 80 minutes for Cavalry. The timing didn't work out that his father, John Herdman, former national coach of Canada's Womens and Mens team and now head coach of MLS Toronto FC could have seen him as he would have been on a plane to Denver for TFC's game against Colorado Rapids tomorrow night. Lots of cards given out tonight with York given seven Yellows which would earn them a $500 fine (for hitting five) so I heard in the press box. Juan Guzman took two Yellows within a minute well into injury time. Timing made it look like that with the second for argueing but it was argued that it was a straight Red because the tackle from behind roll onto Chanan Chanda's legs when he was battling Kembo Kibato for the ball on the sideline. A lot of late injuries for Cavalry which could be a mix of York players hacking down and Cavalry looking for the whistle to slow down play. Both coaches after the game admitted it was a physical game. Cavalry came to town with a bench strength of only four plus a backup goalie. Suspensions and injuries were the reason. In their starters they had 18 year old Michael Harms as a defender getting his first start for the team after playing most if the season with Cavalry U-21s in League1 Alberta--the counterpart to League1 Ontario that York is just getting started with a deal with Alliance United. The loss drops York to fourth in the standings now with a record of 10 wins, 6 ties, 8 losses for 36 points. Again playing the first game of the weekend, they will have to wait to see how much farther they fall behind in the race for the top four. They are fortunate there's a 9 point gap to the fifth place team (which is the last playoff position) and the playoff highway of road game, road game, road game, and road game in the final. That was their path last season. Fourth place only gives you one home game...a midweek game against the fifth place team them three road games. The win for Cavalry flips them over York into third place with a record now of 9 wins, 11 ties, 4 losses for 38 points. They are actually tied with Atletico Ottawa for second in the number of points but are ranked lower because of one less win and one more game played than Ottawa. They were team 'tie too much' early in the season and still lead the league in that category. They lead the league with the fewest losses with only four. A 2-1 win over York here at York Lions Stadium exactly five weeks ago was in the middle of a good run for Cavalry which since York beat them in Calgary 2-1 on July 13th has been 6 wins, 3 ties, 1 loss. They now have a good chance of finishing first like last year. York's record since that home loss to Cavalry on August 16th has been 1 win, 2 ties, and 2 losses and as important, they've burned off three home games in that span. They haven't had a home win since July 26. Next weekend they play away to Forge who will probably still be the first place team. They've had York's number with two 3-0 wins in league play and knocked them out of the Canadian Championship 3-1 although all those games were in the Martin Nash coaching era at the beginning of the season and Benjamin Mora did secure a scoreless tie here on August 23. York now plays the other two 'Top Four' teams their next two games with an away game against Forge FC then a home game against Atletico Ottawa over the next two weeks. I did some more 'marking out' tonight as I found on Wikipedia that Olusola Jimoh now has a picture that I took from the post game press conference at last Friday's game. Also in the week I'd found that the bio of Jim Brennan had his photo changed...that one I remember as him in an early Toronto FC season (when they wore white shorts)...to one of mine at a post game press conference when he was the first coach in the York 9 FC days.Rocket Robin
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York United FC starters
Cavalry FC starters
Cavalry Sergio Camargo (10) takes opening kickoff.
Is this the CFL or NFL? A trick play at the kickoff with Cavalry players overloading the left wing.
York Jorge Guzman (20) takes this freekick.
York players defend throw-in in own end.
Now that's a large halftime game with kids from the IFC Academy...and that's just in one end.
York Mo Babouli (10) takes second half kickoff.
Cavalry Bradley Kamdem (5) jumps ahead of York Mo Babouli (10) cross attempt.
Some late subs by York with Matthew Baldisimo (33) and Markiyan Voytsekhovskyy (17) coming in.
Post game hand shakes.
This was Markiyan Voytsekhovskyy before pregame warm ups.
Game stats (from canpl.ca)
York United FC Cavalry FC
Possession 62.5% 37.5%
Duels success rate 55.1% 44.9%
Aerial duels won 58.3% 41.7%
Interceptions 4 11
Offsides 2 1
Corners won 7 4
Passes 474 299
Long passes 62 64
Passing accuracy 82.1% 75.9%
Passing acc in opp half 74.5% 62.2%
Crosses 37 10
Crossing accuracy 18.9% 30.0%
Goals 0 2
Shots 6 14
Shots on target 1 6
Blocked shots 1 1
Shots outside the box 3 5
Shots inside the box 3 9
Shooting accuracy 16.7% 42.9%
Tackles 23 18
Tackles success rate 78.3% 55.6%
Clearances 11 29
Fouls conceded 14 14
Yellow cards 5 4
Red cards 1 0
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