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Results and details of the Sunday June 26, 2022 CPL game between York United FC and Valour FC played
at York Lions Stadium in North York at 12:00pm ET.
York United FC (all white uniforms, green names and numbers)
.......................1 Niko Giantsopoulos
23 Chrisnovic N'Sa...5 Dominick Zator (cpt)...4 Jordan Wilson...2 Eduardo Pinto De Jesus
..............19 Noah Verhoeven...10 Mateo Hernandez
.......16 Maximillian Ferrari...44 Isaiah Johnston...24 Osaze De Rosario
.......................9 Lisandor Cabrera
Subs:...76 Michael Williams (gk)...17 Mouhamadou Kane...30 Aidan Hugo...32 Malychai Prentice-Whyte
...33 Justin Cicchillo...88 Dante Lomangino...98 Cyrus Rollocks
team officials:...head coach Martin Nash...assistant coaches Barry Smith and Mauro Antunes...goalkeeper coach Camilo Benzi
physiotherapists Cesar Cruz and Maliha Ratansi...doctor Stephen Wong-Shue...kitman John Townsend
...athletic trainer Michael Higbee
Valour FC (all black uniforms, gold names and numbers, maroon sash on right shoulder)
........................1 Jonathan Sirois
2 Andy Baquero...3 Rocco Romeo...35 Andrew Jean-Baptiste (cpt)...17 Brett Lewis
................8 Diego Gutierrez...7 Moses Dyer
.......19 William Akio...24 Sean Rea...11 Alessandro Riggi
....................9 Walter Ponce
Subs:...99 Rayane Yesli (gk)...4 Anthony Mikhael...6 Jacob Carlos Duarte...12 Jonathan Esparza
...14 Stefan Cebara...22 Matteo De Brienne...77 Federico Pena
team officials:...head coach Phillip Dos Santos...assistant coaches Damian Rocke and Jeyhan Bhindi
...goalkeeper coach Patrick De Stefani...physiotherapist Evan Fehr...kitman Nigel Moore
...press officer Sam Calvert
Game officials:...referee Scott Bowman...assistant referees Peter Pendli and Gabriele Lemieux
...fourth official Yusri Rudolf...(aqua shirts, black shorts and socks)...referee assessor Gord Arrowsmith
First Half:...game starts 12:08pm...York defends south end on this overcast afternoon with rain threatenin
and starting just after the game started.
20 sec...York Ferrari runs down left and cross over box is out on left before York De Rosario can get to it.
1 min...York Ferrari rush down right cross to left is over York Cabrera sideswinger kick attempt. York De Rosario
blasts low 8 yarder from right that goalie saves on sprawl near left post. Val Baquero at 2 yards gives up cornerkick.
2 min...York Hernandez cornerkick from left has York Cabrera body the ball down near left post but a defender clears.
3 min...Val Akio rush up right for pass and low cross has York Zator slide to concede cornerkick.
3 min...Val Rea cornerkick from right has defenders clear.
4 min...York goalie is out to 15 yards to beat Val Ponce to through ball on left.
5 min...Val goalie out to left edge of box to beat York Eduardo to bouncing through ball pass.
8 min...Val Akio is centered pass and his low 15 yarder up the middle has goalie smother.
9 min...Val Ponce is passed ball forward into box and takes 12 yard shot that's into side webbing of net.
11 min...York Eduardo throw-in from left is into box and Val player clears it off York player's face that deflects
out of box and cleared.
11 min...Val rolls centering pass along 7 yard line. Val Akio slides in and injures York goalie who dived out to smother ball
at 7 yards. The goalie needs the trainer for a leg injury.
..........Val YELLOW card...Akio earns it for the studs up slide.
17:40...play finally resumes.
17 min...Val Dyer rolls 30 yard shot up middle that goalie smothers.
19 min...York Verhoeven is injured at York 30 yard line jumping for header.
20 min...Val Rea 35 yard freekick from right has ball headed pop up twice by Val players on edge of box
then defender clears.
22 min...York Hernandez chips cross from 25 yards on right has defender head ball for cornerkick on left.
23 min...York Hernandez cornerkick from left has two blocked shots in box from York Wilson and York Ferrari
stopped by defenders.
24 min...Val goalie catches long cross from York Ferrari on right in front of York Zator looking to head in 5 yarder from left.
25 min...Val Akio pass is centered to Val Dyer in box and one-touch wide right from 12 yards as defender standing in his way.
25 min...Val Riggi low 30 yard shot has goalie catch on bounce.
28 min...Val Akio shot from 20 yards on left has ball tipped off defender and lands just wide right of goal
for goalkick.
28 min...Val Rea cornerkick from right. York Cabrero heads ball forward in crowd of players at 8 yards. Val Guttierrez
midair shot from 22 yards is high and wide right.
31 min...York Ferrari cross into box from right has Val Baquero stop and clear all alone from box.
33 min...Val Baquero long cross over box from right.
34 min...York Eduardo 38 yard cross from left has goalie catch between players at 6 yards.
37 min...Val Rea cornerkick from has Val Jean-Baptiste head 15 yarder up middle just over bar.
39 min...Val Rea 28 yard freekick on far left has goalie punch ball away in crowd of players to start
fast break out. York Ferrari long run has Val Baquero give up cornerkick as he slides for ball at 12 yards.
40 min...York Hernandez cornerkick from left has defender head away and York player's shot blocked and play ends
with York Wilson header from 20 yards caught by goalie on bounce.
42 min...York Eduardo cross from left has Val Jean-Baptiste heads sky ball at 3 yards landing on top of net.
42 min...York Hernandez cornerkick from left has ball knocked around and ends with York Zator pop chip from 19 yards
that's caught by goalie.
43 min...York N'Sa makes sliding check on Val Levis rushing into left side of box and N'Sa dribbles out of box.
44 min...Val Romeo diving header to clear cross from left into Val box.
45 min...Val Akio has shot blocked from 15 yards on right then taps ball forward to Val Baquero who crosses
through box and out for throw-in on left.
47 min...York Zator slides to block shot on edge of box up middle by Val Ponce.
47 min...York Zator blocks shot by Val Ricci on left side of box.
50 min...half ends 12:58pm.
Halftime: Sharman's Proper Pies are here without their staff who were missing because of a Covid outbreak.
The other trucks that we usually see in the endzone were missing. Maybe there's more money this week
at the Pride events downtown?
The York substitutes do not warm up except the goalie until four minutes before the second half. Maybe they
were trying to hide the fact that they haven't played together or how young they were from Valour?
Now it starts to rain harder than before.
Second Half:...starts 1:14pm.
46 min...York Ferrari cross after run to right end line has sliding Val Jean-Baptiste give up cornerkick on right post.
46 min...York Hernandez cornerkick from right has Val Romeo clear with header and then clear rebound when ball sent back
into box.
47 min...Val YELLOW card...Romeo earns it for body check flip on York De Rosario at Val 40 yard line.
48 min...York goalie smothers through ball pass just ahead of Val Riggi at 8 yards.
49 min...York Wilson makes sliding block on Val Riggi shot near left edge of box.
50 min...Val Alessandro Riggi GOAL...Val Rocco Romeo slides to poke ball forward and to Val Walter Ponce
on right side of box. Ponce sends low cross along 4 yard line and Ricci on left edge of 6 yard box roofs 7 yard shot
into top of net with goalie Niko Giantosopoulos stuck on right post.
51 min...York Osaze De Rosario GOAL...York Chrisnovic N'Sa running down right sends bouncing cross along 15 yard
line York Lisandro Cabrera tangled with defender, tipped over to left and charging De Rosario ducked
and headed 8 yard shot downward while in alignment with left post forward into left side of net between post
and diving goalie Jonathan Sirois.
55 min...York Hernandez 25 yard freekick from right of box has Val Romeo in crowd of players at 3 yards head away.
55 min...Val Ponce is injured on tackle at Val 45 yard line.
57 min...York YELLOW card...Verhoeven earns it for tangling with Val Riggi at York 50 yard line.
58 min...Val Rea wins cornerkick in battle with York Wilson on right end line.
58 min...Val Rea cornerkick from right has Val Jean-Baptiste duck to head 7 yarder that goalie dives to swat wide left.
60 min...Val Rea freekick from rop right corner of box has ball headed through box on tip off head in one-man wall.
Cross sent into box from left is also cleared.
62 min...York Ferrari race on right eluding defender and cross through box has York De Rosario on left end line cross back
and York Cabrera tips ball wide left of post.
63 min...York Zator clears ball at 15 yards preventing break-in.
64 min...Val Gutierrez chips ball from 35 yards on left has Val Dyer chest ball down at 15 yards in center, turn and fire
over net.
64 min...The ball hits the referee at Val 40 yard line so there's a Val drop ball.
66 min...York N'Sa makes sliding poke check in York box to check Val Riggi off ball on left side without giving up Penalty kick.
67 min...York Hernandez cross from 25 yards on right has Val Baquero head ball for cornerkick on left.
68 min...York Hernandez cornerkick from left has goalie punch ball through box over to right.
69 min...York De Rosario blasts 25 yarder well high and wide right of net.
70 min...York sub...Kane replacces Cabrera.
71 min...Val Baquero cross on ground after beating defender has York Wilson concede cornerkick.
71 min...Valour Moses Dyer GOAL...Valour Sean Rea cornerkick from right has Dyer twist in header up middle
from 7 yards into right side of net past flying goalie.
72 min...York De Rosario on 1 on 4 run can't draw Penalty kick on run into box after York Ferrari sent him pass
up right side.
74 min...York Kane pops up pass sent to him at 25 yards on left over to Val goalie.
74 min...Val Levi intercepts York clearance and races to left end line and rolls centering cross and York Zator
concedes cornerkick.
75 min...York sub...Rollocks replaces Verhoeven.
..........Val sub...Carlos Duarte replaces Riggi.
76 min...Val Rea cornerkick from right has Val player charging to edge of box clear away.
77 min...York Eduardo rush down left and high cross into box has York Ferrari pop 10 yard header well over net.
78 min...Val Dyer passes to Val Rea whose 20 yard shot from left spins off defender and rolls to goalie.
81 min...York Rollocks runs to right end line but can't beat Val Jean-Baptiste so goalkick given.
Val Dyer had fallen earlier in play.
82 min...Val sub...Cebara replaces Ponce.
84 min...Val Rea freekick from 25 yards on right side of box has defender head away for fast breakout.
85 min...York Ferrari cross from right has Val Baquero pop up header at 4 yards on left post and ball is cleared.
87 min...York Wilson pushes off Val Carlos Duarte at center line who had been holding him. York earns freekick.
88 min...Valour Sean Rea GOAL...York Mateo Hernandez takes freekick from Valour 50 yard line on left.
The ball is headed around on the edge of the Valour box and eventually Valour Brett Levis intercepts a pass
on the right and takes short run up wing before sending a high cross from Valour 35 yard line that finds
Valour William Akio on bounce rushing up left at York 30 yard line. Akio charges forward into box on a 2 on 1
with Rea running up middle. Akio gets to end line and dekes ball behind sliding York Matteo Hernandez and then
steps around sliding goalie although ball gets away from him. Rea blasts loose ball from 7 yards on slight right
into center of open net.
90 min...Val Gutierrez is injured away from play and needs trainer.
.........Val sub...De Brienne replaces Dyer.
93 min...Val YELLOW card...Rea earns it for kicking ball away after whistle for York freekick.
93 min...York Hernandez 35 yard freekick from right has Val Jean-Baptiste head ball behind end line for cornerkick.
94 min...York player's cornerkick from right has York Zator shoot wide right of net from inside the box when York Johnson
sent him pass from just outside right side of box.
95 min...game ends 2:04pm.
Final Score:...York United FC........1........Valour FC.....3.......
Attendance wasn't announced but looked somewhat less than last week. The walkup crowd may have been scared off the threat of rain. They were right as it started to rain soon after the game started that was much harder by halftime. The sun came out during second half injury time. *Note: I saw it listed on a site as 1002. Hmm how convenient that it just happens to be over the 1000 mark--sounds better for marketing etc. The game had been moved up from 2:00pm to Noon soon after it was announced that the Canadian National Women's team would be playing a friendly against South Korea scheduled for a 3:00pm start. It has been years since the CWNT played in Toronto. This was the only friendly until the Concacaf qualifying tournament starts. I had been approved press accreditation expecting they the York game up so it wouldn't conflict with the game but it was more for television coverage on OneSoccer. One hour between games to get all the way downtown even with a subway station right outside this stadium's gates. It would still be a long streetcar ride to BMO Field plus security to go through and more traffic bottlenecks with the Pride parade. My work with York is more famous after the game at the press conferences because I post the audio of the entire duration instead of just 30 second sound clips. I called the CSA to give up my press row seat earlier in the week. Valour had quite a few fans but mostly for individual players. There were maybe twenty t-shirts of relatives of Anthony Mikhael (he was from Ottawa I found out after the game). Rocco Romeo I watched for years with Toronto FC II so his fans didn'thave to travel as far. Wow before the game started I was tipped off that York only had one York contracted player on the bench and the rest of the subs were short term development contracts. York head coach after the game admitted he only met two of the players earlier this morning. The team has been playing so many games, four in twelve days, that they haven't had time to train with the new guys. Nash kept them on the bench and only brought one of the new guys in at the 75 minute mark. Having the starters play so many minutes has made them more susceptable to injury. Today they almost lost goalie Niko Giantsopoulos at the 11 minute mark when he smothered a ball in the box and Valour William Akio slid into him with studs up and received a Yellow card. For some reason (but no explanation given) regular backup Matthew Nogueira was a late scratch off the roster and was replaced by Michael Williams who is a U-15 for Bryst Academy. He almost had to fill in today. Where are all the York players? Well arguabley their biggest star since day one is Diyaeddine Abzi who had his final game in the Canadian Championship game on Wednesday night in Vancouver before he left for France to play for second division club Pau FC. Now Austin Ricci, Martin Graiciar, and William Wallace are out with injuries for the season. Michael Petrasso, Oliver Minatel, and Sebastian Gutierrez (who was injured in last weekend's game against Pacific are all out. Only captain Roger Thompson are on the horizon for returning as he will start training next week. Cedric Toussaint is serving his three game suspension for being Red carded. Forward Lowell Wright is away with the Canadian U-20 for the Concacaf tournament in Honduras and will play Guatemala in the round of 16 later today. New signings are Canadian forward Rona Kratt and Australian defender Tass Mourdoukoutas but they can't play until the transfer window opens up July 7th. This is much the same situation as MLS Toronto FC are in waiting for $15 million a season signing Lorenzo Insigne. The two game contract emergency player that did come into the game for York was Cyrus Rollocks who was an original York 9 FC player in 2019 and this year plays for League1 Ontario team Scrosoppi FC. He was credited in the first game broadcast as scoring the first ever CPL goal for all of three minutes until replays showed it was Ryan Telfer. Last week's emergency signing was Aiden Hugo (age 18) who played for L1O North Toronto Nitros and once again he wasn't used. I expect if the game had been 3-1 at the end of the first half, the entire bench would have been emptied to rest the starters for another day. Staying in the game until 88 minutes probably kept the regulars in the game looking for a late tie. York breaks out of a six league game scoring slump with Osaze De Rosario scoring just a minute after Valour's opening goal. That was a surprise as it's been so long for the team without a goal (well league games anyway). York continues to slip down the table now in seventh place as the win ensure Valour passed York into sixth place. York's record falls to 2 wins, 5 losses, 5 ties for 11 points. York next travels to Edmonton to play the eighth place team on Friday July 1st (Canada Day). FC Edmonton can close to one point behind if they win. Rocket Robin robing@eol.ca twitter @RocketRobin01
York United FC starters
Valour FC starters
Valour Moses Dyer (7) takes opening kickoff.
York surprise substitute goalie Michael Williams warming up as Niko Giantsopoulos is still being treated.
Valour Sean Rea (24) takes freekick that's popped up in box.
Action in Valour box.
Valour attempt is over the York net.
York Lisandro Cabrera (9) takes second half kickoff.
Valour Sean Rea (24) takes freekick into York box.
Handshakes after the game.
Match stats provided by Fotmob
Team stats (from Fotmob app)
York United FC Valour FC
ball possession 44.1% 55.9%
totals shots 10 17
chances created 4 19
big chances 2 3
accurate passes 274 390
pass success 79% 85%
fouls 9 8
corners 7 7
offsides 4 1
total shots 10 17
shots on target 5 6
shots off target 3 7
blocked shots 2 4
shots off woodwork 0 0
shots inside box 8 11
shots outside box 2 6
accurate passes 274 390
........in opposition half 99 207
........in own half 175 183
passes 347 458
pass success 79% 85%
long balls 49 42
accurate long balls 27 19
crosses 27 21
accurate crosses 5 7
duels 94 94
duels won 49 45
duels lost 45 49
dribbles attempted 18 26
dribbles succeeded 8 13
tackles attempted 25 15
tackles succeeded 10 11
aerials won 8 8
interceptions 15 13
disipline yellow cards - -
disipline red cards 0 0
keeper saves 5 2
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