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October 10, 2024 CPL York United FC vs Pacific FC game report (by Rocket Robin)
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Result and details of the Thursday October 10, 2024 Canadian Premier League game between York United FC and Pacific 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
.........33 Matthew Baldisimo......8 Elijah Adekugbe...15 Josue Martinez
.......20 Jorge Guzman...9 Brian Wright (cpt)...19 Olusola Jimoh
Subs:...18 Eleias Himaras (gk)...12 Santiago Marquez (mid)...16 Max Ferrari (mid)...17 Markiyan Voytsekhovskyy (mid)
...26 Joshua Lopez (fwd)...27 Lukas Pareja Duque...37 Trivine Esprit (mid)
team officials:...head coach Benjamin Mora...assistant coach Mauro Eustaquio...goalkeeper coach Camilo Benzi
physiotherapist Eric Yoo...kitman Eduardo Rodas...athletic trainer Furkan Demir
Pacific FC (all white uniforms, purple names and numbers, purple and torquoise details on jerseys)
...............................55 Sean Melvin
13 Kunle Dada-Luke...5 Juan Quintana...26 Thomas Meilleur-Giguere (cpt)...15 Christian Greco-Taylor
..........7 Steffen Yeates...8 Pierre Lamothe...20 Sean Young
.........23 Moses Dyer...34 Sam Marvasti...9 Dario Zanatta
Subs:...27 Daniel Zadravec (gk)...2 Georges Mukumbilwa (def)...10 Adonijah Reid (fwd)...12 Reon Moore (mid)
...17 Devin O'Hea (fwd)...88 Andrei Tircoveanu (fwd)
...head coach James Merriman...assistant coaches Armando Sa and Victor Da Costa Ferreira
...kitman Cliff Glendale...athletic trainer Leo Ilzuka
Game officials:...referee Ben Hoskins...referee's assistants Twayne Anderson and Paulin Junior Vanie
...fourth official Sebastian Noshinravani...(all black uniforms)
First Half:...game starts 8:04pm...York defends south end. It's already dark on this chilly night. It starts 10C then drops 1 degree
per hour. There is no wind.
5 min...York Baldisimo low cross from 25 yards on right is smothered by goalie diving forward at 8 yards.
7 min...Pac Quintana crosss from 25 yards from left and has Pac Zanatta not able to redirect.
9 min...Pac Yeates low cornerkick from right has Pac player at 5 yards on near post flick ball up into box. Pac Dyer from 6 yards
in middle head ball over bar.
9 min...Pac Yeates low cornerkick from right has ball deflect off defender wide right for cornerkick.
10 min...Pac Yeates short cornerkick from right is crossed but defender clears.
11 min...Pac Yeates cornerkick from right is has defender tip wide right for another cornerkick.
11 min...Pac Yeates cornerkick from right has Pac Quintana turn back to hook ball from 12 yards wide left.
12 min...Pac Yeates cornerkick from left drops in box and York player clears behind right end.
13 min...Pac Yeates cornerkick from right has ball deflected into box and ball cleared.
14 min...York Higgins bumps Pac Yeates for freekick on left at 20 yards.
15 min...Pac Dyer 20 yard freekick from slight left is chipped over bar.
20 min...York Wright is called offside at 8 yards on left. York Guzman shoots into net.
21 min...Pac Zanatta cross from left cornerkick is caught by goalie.
23 min...York YELLOW card...Goalie Vincensini earns it for complaining about freekick being awarded.
24 min...York Wright clears away with head on Pac Yeates cornerkick from left.
26 min...York Leon sliding tackle on Pac Dyer on right sideline but no card is given.
27 min...Pac Greco-Taylor 35 yard freekick from right sideline is caught by goalie in 6 yard box.
27 min...York Jimoh cross/chip from 25 yards on left has York Guzman deflect ball off himself to goalie.
28 min...York Botello chips 25 yard pass from slight left. York Wright flicks 10 yarder wide left on header.
31 min...Pac Zanatta 28 yard roller deflects off defender at 12 yards for cornerkick.
32 min...Pac Greco-Taylor cornerkick from right is cleared from box.
33 min...Pac Yeates cornerkick from left has Pac Zanatta blast low 25 yarder forward and wide left.
35 min...York Guzman cross from 22 yards on right has goalie bat down at 8 yards on left and pick up in front of York players.
40 min...Pac Dade-Luke cross from 28 yards on right has retreating York Leon head from 7 yards out right side of box.
41 min...Pac Yeates blasts 20 yard shot off Pac Dyer's face and Pac then win cornerkick.
41 min...Pac Yeates low cornerkick from left has Pac Young flick 10 yarder with foot from left that goalie catches on near post.
42 min...York Jimoh low cross near left end line. Retreating Pac Young deflects wide left with boot.
43 min...York Oswaldo Leon GOAL...York Juan Cordova short cornerkick from left iss tapped to York Josue Martinez who
rolls ball upfield to York Jorge Guzman at 20 yards. Guzman runs down left and crossses from 25 yards near left end line.
The ball is over first set of players in box and Leon stepping forward between defender one-touch shoots 8 yarder forward
into right side of net beyond diving goalie Sean Melvin.
46 min...Pac Young chips 28 yarder from slight left that York Leon pops up header at 8 yards and another defender with another
header clears out of box.
46 min...half ends 8:50pm.
Halftime entertainment: There are mini games with kids from Spartacus FC and Prime FC in the north and south end. In the center there were many contestants from the crowd to play soccer golf where they took turns kicking a soccer ball closest to the middle of the center circle marked with a cornerflag. The closest ball was always left on the field and the winner banked his off the ball up against the flag like a game of bocche ball. Halftime finished with a t-shirt toss for fans in the stands.
Secord Half:...starts 9:07pm.
Halftime sub:...York Marquez replaces Higgins.
45 min...York Botello chips pass from 30 yards on left has York Wright checked off ball before he can get control at 10 yards in box.
46 min...York Cordova rush on right and 40 yard cross is over head of charging York Marquez at 8 yards and York Jimoh
further over charging to end line can't rescue ball before it goes out.
48 min...Pac YELLOW card...Yeates earns it for two consecutive hand to face of York Cordova and York Adekugbe.
...........Pac YELLOW card...Greco-Taylor earns it for complaining about this call at the Pac 50 yard line.
51 min...Pac Zanatta low cross from left along the 12 yard line has York Leon clear ball from box.
52 min...York Marttinez is injured on the left sideline at the Pac 45 yard line on check by Pac Young.
52 min...York Botello freekick down left has good give and go play with York Martinez and Marquez but are checked off ball
on left side of box.
53 min...Pac Quintana makes sliding clearance on left side of box preventing York Wright from getting to ball in box.
54 min...York Cordova cornerkick from left is short and passed around. York Guzman then misses getting to ball and it rolls over
end line.
55 min...York Cordova low 20 yard shot from slight right has goalie smother.
57 min...York Cordova checks Pac Dyer off ball on left edge of box who falls over but can't draw Penalty kick then beats another
Pac player to ball on end line who bumps Cordova over but he gets up and dribbles upfield.
58 min...Pac Greco-Taylor sends low cross from 25 yards after run to left end line and ball tips off Pac Zanatta at 3 yards
on near post and stopped by goalie guarding near post and defender clears.
59 min...Pac Yeates 30 yard freekick has Pac Young not able to foot flick and York Adekugbe then makes chest block on 15 yard
blast from Pac Marvasti which Pac can't win hand ball in box. (replay shows Adekugbe's arm was sticking out).
60 min...York Guzman bends 15 yard shot from right has ball fly wide left.
61 min...York YELLOW card...Marquez earns it for kicking ball away after whistle.
61 min...Pac Yeates 45 yard freekick from slight right has goalie out to catch at 15 yard line in crowd of players.
62 min...York Guzman is injured at Pac 50 yard line and needs trainer on push from Pac Meilleur-Giguere.
64 min...play resumes.
64 min...York Leon is injured at York 30 yard line and wins freekick on pushover by Pac Dyer.
66 min...York YELLOW card...Baldisimo earns it for sliding tackle on Pac Marvasti at Pac 45 yard line.
66 min...Pac sub...Moore replaces Lamothe.
67 min...Pac Moore pass from left at 25 yard line. Pac Dyer in open shoots 20 yarder from slight right is high and wide left.
68 min...Pac YELLOW card...Quintana earns it for plowing into York Wright at Pac 50 yard line injurying him. Wright needs trainer.
70 min...play resumes.
71 min...York Jimoh wins cornerkick off deflection off Pac Dada-Luke on roller from left edge of 18 yard box.
71 min...York Cordova short cornerkick has York Guzman send low cross from left that's deflected off York Baldisimo on short side
for goalkick.
72 min...York Jimoh wins cornerkick on deflection.
73 min...York Cordova cornerkick from left is short and York player crosses high and Pac player in 6 yard box heads away.
74 min...Pac Dada-Luke runs to right end line and crosses into box. Pac Zanatta has shot blocked. Pac Yeates blasts partial clearance
from 25 yards well high and wide right.
76 min...York Guzman cross from left end line is cleared with header in middle of box.
77 min...Pac sub...Reid replaces Marvasti.
78 min...York Wright cross from right finds York Jimoh who shoots low 15 yarder up middle that goalie does splits to save at 6 yard line.
Defenders clear rebound.
79 min...Pac Yeates cross from right along 15 yard line has Pac Moore leap and twist header from 10 yards down middle wide right.
81 min...Pacific Reon Moore GOAL...Pac Adonijah Reid cornerkick from right is tipped by collision of players on right side
of box. Moore is open on left side blasts 10 yarder forward to left side of net.
82 min...Pac Moore gets to through ball up middle at 35 yards but his first touch rolls ball for goalie to smother at 8 yards.
82 min...Pac Reid is called offside on run to pass into York box.
84 min...York goalie catches popped up header from 25 yards from right side into box.
85 min...York sub...Ferrari replaces Jimoh.
............York sub...Voytsekhovskyy replaces Martinez.
87 min...Pacific Reon Moore GOAL...Pac Kunle Dada-Luke makes sliding check on York Jorge Guzman at York 35 yard
line on right pokes ball upfield for Pac Dario Zanatta suddenly putting him in on a 2 on 1 breakaway at 22 yards and 2 on 0
when York Matthew Baldisimo missses checking him. Zanatta rolls pass from 11 yards over to left side of box for Moore
to tap in 6 yarder into open net as York goalie Thomas Vincensini was forced to guard right side of net.
88 min...York sub...Esprit replaces Wright.
90 min...York Marquez cross has Pac Dada-Luke head away ball at 7 yards preventing pass completion.
91 min...Pac sub...Mukumbilwa replaces Dyer.
............Pac sub...Tircoveanu replaces Lamothe.
94 min...York Guzman 22 yard freekick from right is headed away. Guzman rescues ball at 28 yards, turns, and runs
to 22 yards tapping pass to right for York Voytsekhovkyy chips cross from right just over York Cordova at 7 yards who
was blocked by defender and ball bounces for goalkick.
95 min...York goalie is out to 20 yards to clear through ball.
95 min...York Guzman cross from 8 yard line on left between players in box and charging York Voytsekhovskyy tip ball at 4 yards
as he runs into net but goalie has made catch.
96 min...York YELLOW card...Ferrari earns it for kicking ball away when Pac awarded freekick for him bumping over Pac Reid
at York 5 yard line wide left of net.
97 min...game ends 9:59pm.
Final Score:...York United FC.........1...........Pacific FC..........2......
Attendance wasn't announced but was listed on the league website as 1034. The crowd certainly looked smaller than last weekend. This was a midweek game. At the beginning of the season I thought it was an unusual day but it's made sense as I realized the Thanksgiving Day weekend is coming up and that has many local folks leave the city. Even I may be visiting some relatives this weekend and it was good that I didn't have to cringe that the event was the same day and time as the regular season finale. Pacific scored two goals in the last ten minutes of the game to get the win. Things looked bad for them on the scoreboard until then. All four of the bottom teams were within one point of the fifth and final playoff spot. York scored just before halftime on one of their few cornerkicks. 78 minutes had York Brian Wright find Olusola Jimoh up the middle and his low shot had Pacific goalie Sean Melvin make a huge foot save to keep the score within one and allow the Pacific comeback. Reon Moore scored both goals for Pacific after being subbed in at 66 minutes. It was only his second and third goals in regular season play plus one in the Canadian Championships. From what I heard he could have been playing for Trinidad today in their CONCACAF Nations League game against Cuba. I was thinking T&T players gravitated towards HFX Wandderers because of the success of Andre Rempersad and Ryan Telfer. Pacific had eleven cornerkicks in the first half with few looking dangerous. Then Moore's first goal was on a second half cornerkick. where he found himself in the open when the ball sailed over the closer players in the box. Good thing they got in all that practice although this was their only one in the second half and was taken by Adonijah Reid. Moore's second was on a 2 on 1 break set up by a sliding tackle by Kunle Dada-Luke that sprang the break near the center line and Moore being presented with a tap-in. Ohhh international dates! After one game played after being out with injury from the York lineup for months, midfielder Dennis Salanovic left for Liechtenstein to play in a friendly today against Hong Kong and a European Nations League game against Gibraltar on Sunday. York forward Mo Babouli misses his second game in a row with a back injury. Referee Ben Hoskins gave out seven Yellow cards tonight (four to York players). The York ones were for goalie Thomas Vincensini complaining about Pacific being awarded a freekick. Midfielder Santiago Marquez got one for kicking the ball away after a whistle. Then Matthew Baldisimo for a sliding tackle. Max Ferrari was held out of the game until 85 minutes because he was only one Yellow away from a suspension and he was called for kicking the ball away to delay a Pacific freekick. He now misses their game against HFX Wanderers. Elijah Adekugbe and Orlando Botello were the other York players only one booking away from a suspension. Word from the league is that all Yellow and Red card suspensions are carried forward to next season but are not counted for the playoffs so York will be glad of a reset as they just got two players back Juan Cordova and Jorge Guzman tonight after serving suspentions. York extends their record of not scoring more than one goal a game since July 26th when they beat Atletico Ottawa 4-1. I was starting to buy into York head coach Benjamin Mora saying after last week's game that it was more important to win then by how much. Playoff games are more likely to be defensive when they are one game affairs. A 1-0 lead isn't enough though if you can't hold onto it. This might have been the night to do it as Pacific was using their backup goalie Sean Melvin after their regular starter Emil Gazdov was shown a Red card in the third minute against Cavalry FC for handling the ball outside the 18 yard box.The loss drops York's record to 11 wins, 6 ties, 9 losses for 39 points. That leaves them in fourth place and the teams ahead of them can move further ahead with their games this weekend. York finishes their regular season away in Halifax against HFX Wanderers. This could mean a game against a team desperate to win to grab the fifth and last playoff spot OR if Wanderers lose this weekend, they will have nothing to play for except hometown pride. Also from what I've read, Wanderers still haven't met their Under 21 minutes so York may face a teenage team.
Still with the other teams still to play this weekend, it seems likely that York will finish fourth and play a midweek night home playoff game. Dress warm! Last year York grabbed the fifth playoff spot and played the fourth place team Pacific so the two teams may meet this time at York Lions Stadium. Pacific's win improves their record to 8 wins, 7 ties, 12 losses for 31 points. They move into the fifth and final playoff spot. They have to finish a point ahead of Vancouver FC because Vancouver has a better head to head record agains them. Their last game is a home game in Victoria against the already first placed clinched/defending champions Forge FC.Rocket Robin
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York United FC starters
Pacific FC starters
Pacific Sam Marvasti (34) takes opening kickoff.
Pacific Steffen Yeates (7) with one of the eleven first half Pacific cornerkicks.
Pacific Steffen Yeates (7) sends in another freekick.
midfield action
York Josue Martinez (15) takes second half kickoff.
York Santiago Marquez (12) and York Olusola Jomoh (12) pass play.
York Brian Wright (9) is up after recovering from injury.
York players try a short cornerkick.
Action continue ass Pacific waits to make a double substitution.
York Jorge Guzman (20) takes freekick.
Pacific Reon Moore (12) waits for post game One Soccer interview to start.
Game stats (from canpl.ca)
York United FC Pacific FC
Possession 51.0% 49.0%
Duels success rate 43.0% 57.0%
Aerial duels won 40.0% 60.0%
Interceptions 10 12
Offsides 2 2
Corners won 4 12
Passes 405 386
Long passes 68 56
Passing accuracy 81.7% 82.1%
Passing acc in opp half 70.1% 66.8%
Crosses 21 25
Crossing accuracy 23.8% 36.0%
Goals 1 2
Shots 9 14
Shots on target 4 4
Blocked shots 2 3
Shots outside the box 2 6
Shots inside the box 7 8
Shooting accuracy 44.4% 28.6%
Tackles 14 18
Tackles success rate 57.1% 77.8%
Clearances 22 15
Fouls conceded 11 13
Yellow cards 4 3
Red cards 0 0
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