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Results and details of the Saturday July 24, 2022 CPL game between York United FC and Atletico Ottawa FC played
at York Lions Stadium in North York at 2:00pm ET.
York United FC (all white uniforms, green names and numbers)
.......................1 Niko Giantsopoulos
...5 Dominick Zator (cpt)...6 Roger Thompson (cpt)...3 Tass Mourdoukoutas
23 Chrisnovic N'Sa...19 Noah Verhoeven...28 Cedric Toussaint...25 Luis Lawrie-Lattanzio
............11 Kevin Dos Santos...27 Ronan Kratt
..........................24 Osaze De Rosario
Subs:...67 Eleias Himaras (gk)...2 Eduardo Pinto De Jesus...9 Lisandro Cabrera...10 Mateo Hernandez
...21 Michael Petrasso...30 Aidan Hugo...80 Lowell Wright
team officials:...head coach Martin Nash...assistant coaches Barry Smith and Mauro Antunes...goalkeeper coach Camilo Benzi
physiotherapists Peter Tsarev and Cesar Cruz...doctor Stephen Wong-Shue...kitman John Townsend
...athletic trainer Michael Higbee
Atletico Ottawa (teal socks and shirts, white shorts, names and numbers)
........................29 Nathan Ingham
17 Miguel Acosta...4 Diego Espajo...2 Drew Beckie (cpt)...15 Maxim Tissot
.......................20 Abdou Sissoko
13 Ballou Tabla...10 Oliver Bassett...22 Zakaria Bahous45
........................9 Brian Wright
Subs:...1 Sean Melvin (gk)...3 Macdonald Niba...7 Keven Aleman...8 Ben McKendry
...11 Vladimi Moragrega...19 Malcolm Shaw...45 Zachary Roy
team officials:...head coach Carlos Gonzalez...assistant coaches Kwesi Loney and David Galan
goalkeeper coach Borja Montero...physiotherapist Ivan Navano...physical trainer Jose Luis Schneider
...kitman Bruce Hartill...athletic trainer Jonathan Banks
Game officials:...referee Seyed-Mohammad Mohseni...referee's assistants Melissa Snedden and Bradley Doubrough
...fourth official Yusri Rudolf...referee assessor Steve Mortimer...(mauve shirts, black shorts and socks)
First Half:...game starts 2:06pm...York defends south end with the sun at their back (although it's not out now).
3 min...AO Tabla jumps to get foot to knock down ball at 12 yards then York Thompson kicks it away.
4 min...AO players try short cornerkick but effort is wasted as shot from 22 yards down middle is blocked.
5 min...York Dos Santos cuts to middle from 40 yards and boots 25 yarder from slight left well over net.
8 min...AO Tissot low pass from 25 yards on left has AO Wright slides but misses ball at 3 yards on near post.
9 min...York Thompson chests ball down direct to AO Bahous on edge of box. York Dos Santos comes in from behind
to bump Bahous but it was Thompson who tripped him up. The referee calls a Penalty kick.
10 min...Atletico Ottawa Ballou Tabla GOAL...Tabla blasts Penalty kick high to top left corner out of reach
of flying goalie Niko Giantsopoulos.
12 min...York Toussaint high chip from 25 yards on right is caught by goalie.
15 min...York Dos Santos while running away from inside of AO box turns and beats two defenders and cross from 20 yards
has goalie rush forward to catch at 10 yard line.
21 min...AO Haworth passes between defenders on right and AO Wright takes 12 yard shot has goalie save on near post that
deflects for cornerkick on right.
22 min...AO Bassett cornerkick from right is stopped and cleared from near post by defender.
22 min...AO players are pushing forward on right of box bu defender breaks up play.
24 min...York Verhoeven 33 yard freekick from left bounces out over right end line with no York player running forward.
28 min...AO Acosta makes key header on left side of AO box to break up York pass to York Lawrie-Lattanzio on left
just outside box.
29 min...York Lawrie-Lattanzio cross from 20 yards on left deflects off defender at 12 yards and rolls for goalie
to smother on near post.
30 min...a water break is called.
32 min...play resumes.
33 min...York Mouroukoutas chips cross from 45 yard line on left is too far forward for York De Rosario
and is over his head and end line for goal kick.
33 min... AO Tabla receives chipped pass forward from 45 yards from AO Haworth at 30 yards and rolls 20 yarder from slight
right that goalie dives left to smother.
34 min...Atletico Ottawa Brian Wright GOAL...AO Maxim Tissot rushes up left and from 45 yard line rolls
centering pass to Wright at 25 yards who'd already split the defence. Wright on a breakaway up the middle
rolls 15 yarder into right corner of net.
37 min...York Lawrie-Lattanzio cross from near left end line and AO defender pops up header near left post across box
deflects from near post over to top right corner of 18 yard box and York Toussaint blasts 18 yard shot well over net.
37 min...York Verhoeven cornerkick from right has defender clear and York Lawrie-Lattanzio is checked off ball just
outside box.
38 min...AO Tabla on rush chips high cross from 45 yards and goalie is out to 15 yars to catch ball on left ahead of AO Wright.
42 min...York N'Sa cross from right into AO box takes a few swipes for defenders to clear. N'Sa follow up with 30 yard chip
from right that he sends well over net.
45 min...AO Tissot 33 yard freekick from right has AO Espejo flick header from 12 yards on left back to right. AO Wright
heads 10 yarder just over bar.
47 min...half ends 2:53pm.
Halftime: no subs are warming up on this hot day. There's a giveaway by Pizzaville. I named it Pizza Pizza last game
but the gestures of the guy on the field as if he was looking for fans in a certain row that was obviously pre determined
was the same as what was used at BMO Field for years.
Second Half:...starts 3:09pm. The sun has started to come out.
46 min...York Zator steps forward to break up centering pass to AO Tabla on edge of York box.
46 min...York Kratt high cross from 25 yard line on right as defender on left side of box pop header back into box. York N'Sa
bicycle kick pass from middle of box has York Lawrie-Lattanzio rescue on left end line and send back into 6 yard box
and goalie dives forward to smother.
47 min...York N'Sa rolls pass forward to York De Rosario at 12 yards and he rolls shot into outside right side webbing of net.
49 min...AO Tabla cross from left end line has goalie catch.
49 min...AO Haworth trips up York Dos Santos for freekick call near left endline.
50 min...York Dos Santos 30 yard freekick from far left has goalie catch in 6 yard box.
52 min...York Kratt wins cornerkick on blocked shot on right endline.
52 min...York Verhoeven cornerkick from right has AO player flick away with header. York Lawrie-Lattanzio blasts 28 yarder
through crowd of players up middle and it deflects wide right but play was offside.
53 min...York De Rosario rush on left gets behind defender and sends low centering cross that goalie stops and drops
then scrambles to pick up.
54 min...York Lawrie-Lattanzio low cross from left has defender clear.
55 min...York Dos Santos rush along left endline has 12 yard shot stopped by goalie and defenders clear rebound.
56 min...AO sub...Shaw replaces Wright.
57 min...AO defenders meak two key blocks of York shots.
59 min...AO Tissot 35 yard freekick from left has York N'Sa head away on right with charging AO player looking for ball.
60 min...AO Oliver Bassett cornerkick from right is headed in box from 12 yards up middle by AO Drew Beckie for
AO Diego Espejo who is tripped at 8 yards by York Roger Thompson.
.........York YELLOW card...Thompson earns it for his part in play. The referee also awards a Penalty kick.
61 min...Athletico Ottawa Oliver Bassett GOAL...Bassett stutter steps Penalty kick then rolls ball to left side of the net
as goalie slides to right.
64 min...York N'Sa can't get away shot on 1 v 4 rush at 22 yards.
65 min...York Zator chips cross from 25 yards on right has two York players not able to keep ball in on left end line.
66 min...York Verhoeven low 25 yard shot is deflected right for cornerkick.
67 min...York Verhoeven cornerkick from right has York De Rosario jump ahead of AO goalie but he can't turn header and ball
is out for goalkick.
68 min...York sub...Hernandez replaces Lawrie-Lattanzio.
.........York sub...Wright replaces Thompson.
.........York sub...Petrasso replaces Kratt.
70 min...York Petrasso works out short cornerkick from left and he sends in low cross that AO Tissot squats just outside top right
side of 6 yard box and heads behind endline.
70 min...York Petrasso quick cornerkick from left has York Hernandez lean forward and 12 yarder header from slight left
has goalie fly over to catch on left post.
70 min...AO Tabla recovers poor pass at York 25 yard line and run on left ends when he slips as he gets away low shot at 8 yards
sending ball wide right for goalkick.
71 min...York Hernandez chips cross from 15 yards and York De Rosario leaps to head 6 yard shot wide left.
72 min...York sub...Cabrera replaces De Rosario.
.........AO sub...Roy replaces Haworth.
.........AO sub...Niba replaces Tissot.
73 min...AO Bahous is injured and needs trainer at AO 50 yard line.
75 min...York Wright bulls over AO Beckie on run down right and is held up in box. He taps ball back on right
and York Hernandez cross has goalie run forward and catch at 12 yards.
77 min...a water break is called.
78 min...play resumes.
79 min...York Toussaint on give and go play with York Cabrera started with Toussaint backheel pass forward has Cabrera
touch pass forward to him into middle of box and Toussaint shoots 10 yarder that hits outside of left post.
81 min...AO sub...Aleman replaces Tabla.
.........AO sub...McKendry replaces Bassett.
82 min...AO Roy race down right and low cross has retreating York Zator clear for cornerkick from 5 yard line just
inside 6 yard box.
83 min...York Dos Santos 25 yard low shot from left is between players and goalie dives forward on left post to catch.
84 min...AO Roy cross from right end line. AO Shaw slides and boots 5 yarder well high and wide right of net.
88 min...York Dos Santos rush on left and cross into box has AO Beckie head away but he's injured at 5 yards.
90 min...AO YELLOW card...Bahous earns it for check at center line injurying York Verhoeven.
92 min...York defender heads ball back to goalie from 25 yards to break up play.
93 min...Yorks sub...Eduardo replaces Dos Santos.
95 min...York Wright has shot blocked on edge of box after bumping away defenders.
96 min...York N'Sa is injured at York 28 yard line on bump.
97 min...game ends 4:01pm.
Final Score:...York United FC........0........Atletico Ottawa.....3.......
Attendance wasn't announced but the league site had it listed within a day as 1187. That's an improvement from the 1030 for York's last home game against Pacific FC from Friday night. I was surprised as the weather was predicted to be bad for today. The weather app I have and the TV news, only give the expected forecast for the entire day until about two days before when the app gives an hour by hour breakdown. We had a light rain in the early morning and thunderstorms in the evening and the app got that right (it cancelled the evening League1 Ontario game in nearby Woodbridge. The casual fan may not go into as much effort and see a bad weather forecast days ahead and not look any further. A busload of Ottawa supporters had made the trip to Toronto to watch. Wow four hours each way is dedication. Must have been an early wake up call. I was surprised on the way out that the bus for the visiting players was a 'Leduc' so I asked the driver. He's driving them all the way to Ottawa (not the airport like non-Ontario teams). Wow this is not the NHL so the travel budget is not large. I suspect WestJet (a league partner) is only contracted to do interprovincial travel. Eight hours in a bus! Yesterday at a League1 Ontario game the visitors had a coach too...four hours from Windsor! Over the years L1O would schedule the annual Windsor TFC vs Ottawa South United Force game in neutral Vaughan to cut down on the travel (OSUF quit L1O to join PLSQ and play Quebec teams they could almost see across the river dividing the provinces). Most teams visiting York have a contingient of relatives because so many players are from Ontario. Also in the crowd were kids from 'Mustangs'. It took quite awhile for me to see close enough to read their crests that they were from Stouffville. I've seen larger groups of youth players but they are made up of three or four different clubs. Good job York organizers. Must have been easily more than 100 kids so that means parents and siblings here too. Referee Seyed-Mohammad Mohseni gave out only two Yellow cards (one to each team). This is one of the few bits of positive news for York today as today alone the team was missing defensive midfielder Jordan Wilson for two Yellows in their win against Cavalry on Tuesday. Wow he was sent off at 49 minutes and amazing that they could hang on to a 1-0 lead for that long. Wilson had just come back from serving missing the Pacific game last Friday because of Yellow card accumulation. Isaiah Johnston also missed the game today because of Yellow card accumulation but he had finished his second round of four Yellow cards so his suspension is two games. Head coach Martin Nash said the team was missing its 'vocal leadership' without instructions being called out by the missing players. Otherwise Mohseni made the two Penalty kick calls but when watched on slow motion replay from the comfort of home hours later, it was easy to understand why the calls were made. He also called for a water break in each half. The GTA is undergoing a prolonged heat wave. The one scheduled in the second was hardly noticeable as the Atletico trainer was on the field attending to injured Zakaria Bahous. So York are down 2-0 by 34 minutes and the game is really over. This was as easy to predict as Toronto FC would win when they had a 4-0 win at halftime. I was thinking of that because Atletico were wearing the blue and white kits like Charlotte FC were yesterday. It meant all the travelling supporters were out of style with their red & white striped kits today. Nathan Ingham earned the shutout for Ottawa. He made a few key saves and a fortunate bounce off the outside of the post. He was the starting goalie here during the 'York 9 FC' days. The two teams both had 13 shots but York only had 2 on target (the CPL site is fussier than Fotmob saying 8 were on target). York is still plagued by firing shots high or wide or both on the same shot. York had more possession but that was probably an Ottawa strategy with a big lead of sitting back and waiting for York to push up then counterattack. This was the final game of the weekend and with that the standings will hold steady for the next few days. With the win Atletico Ottawa pulls up to first place with a record of 8 wins, 5 ties, and 3 losses for 29 points. They have the second best defensive record in the league only giving up 15 goals but they've played two less games than Forge FC who have allowed 13 goals. They have now scored 19 goals which is just over 1 per game but they are winning the close ones. York's record falls to 3 wins, 5 ties, 9 losses for 14 points. They stay in seventh in the standings but more important the gap to the fourth place (final playoff team) at 26 points is now 12 points and Forge have three games in hand on York. It looks like the playoffs are out of the question this season. No goals scored today means they are at a league worst 10 goals for. They've only won three league games in total and only one at home. That's not a way to attract repeat business. This was the ninth time York has met Atletico Ottawa in league play and the first win for Ottawa. York has only won once with the other seven times being ties. York's next two games are on the road; Monday August 1st at Halifax and the Sunday after in Winnipeg. Their next home game is Sunday August 14th against FC Edmonton. It wouldn't surprise me by current form of both teams if Edmonton passes them in the standings sometime before that meeting. These three opponents are all in this lower tier fifth to eighth placement. 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York United FC starters
Atletico Ottawa starters
York Osaze De Rosario (24) takes opening kickoff.
Atletico Ottawa Ballou Tabla (13) will score on this Penalty kick.
Atletico Ottawa Carl Haworth (45) looks to center to send in cross.
York Kevin Dos Santos (11) and Noah Verhoeven (19) run up for freekick.
York Noah Verhoeven (19) cornerkick from right is sent into box.
Atletico Maxim Tissot (15) freekick is crossed into York box.
Atletico Ottawa Brian Wright (9) takes second half kickoff.
Atletico Ottawa goalie Nathan Ingham jumps to catch cross.
Atletico Ottawa Maxim Tissot (15) sends freekick into box.
Atletico Ottawa Oliver Bassett (10) scores on this Penalty kick.
Atletico Ottawa players salute their travelling supporters
York players at autograph table.
Match stats provided by Fotmob
Team stats (from Fotmob app)
York United FC Atletico Ottawa
ball possession 58.3% 41.7%
totals shots 13 13
chances created 10 11
big chances 2 3
accurate passes 427 288
pass success 87% 81%
fouls 14 16
corners 5 3
offsides 1 3
total shots 13 13
shots on target 8 5
shots off target 2 5
blocked shots 3 3
shots off woodwork 1 0
shots inside box 7 11
shots outside box 6 2
accurate passes 427 288
........in opposition half 236 125
........in own half 191 163
passes 489 356
pass success 87% 81%
long balls 45 52
accurate long balls 36 23
crosses 28 8
accurate crosses 23 3
duels 5 99
duels won 99 48
duels lost 51 51
dribbles attempted 48 11
dribbles succeeded 15 3
tackles attempted 7 25
tackles succeeded 17 8
aerials won 11 7
interceptions 7 13
disipline yellow cards - -
disipline red cards 0 0
keeper saves 2 2
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