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June 09, 2023 CPL York United FC vs Atletico Ottawa game report (by Rocket Robin)
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Result and details of the Friday June 09, 2023 Canadian Premier League game between York United FC
and Atletico Ottawa played at York Lions Stadium in North York at 7:30pm ET.
York United FC (all white uniforms, blue numbers, rainbow multi-coloured numbers)
...............1 Niko Giantsopoulos (cpt)
7 Jonathan Grant...3 GTass Mourdoukoutas...6 Roger Thompson...16 Max Ferrari
...........2 Paris Gee...28 Jeremy Gagnon-Lapare
.....12 Clement Bayiha...22 Austin Ricci...11 Kevin Santos
.....................24 Osaze De Rosario
Subs:...67 Eleias Himara (gk)...21 Michael Petrasso (mid)...23 Noah Abatneh (def)...37 Trivine Esprit (mid)
...47 Camilo Vasconcelos (mid)...55 Toby Richardson (def)...60 Anthony Morano (fwd)
team officials:...head coach Martin Nash...goalkeeper coach Camilo Benzi...doctor Jim Niu
...kitman Nolan Gilmour and John Townsend...athletic trainer Michael Higbee and Laura Ozoria
Atletico Ottawa (red socks, black shorts, red & white striped chests, red backs, white names and numbers)
..................1 Sean Melvin
20 Karl Ouimette...4 Diego Espejo...5 Luke Singh...15 Maxim Tissot (cpt)
14 Jean-Aniel Assi...10 Ollie Bassett...17 Miguel Acosta...11 Noah Verhoeven...16 Zach Verhoven
..............19 Malcolm Shaw
Subs:...29 Nathan Ingham (gk)...7 Gianni Dos Santos (fwd)...9 Carl Haworth (fwd)...18 Samuel Salter (fwd)
...22 Zakaria Bbahous (mid)...30 Gabriel Antinoro (mid)...46 Zachary Roy (def)
team officials:...head coach Carlos Gonzalez...assistant coach David Galan...goalkeeper coach Borja Montero
...physiotherapist Ivan Navarro...physical trainer Jose Luis Schneider...kitman Bruce Hartill
...athletic trainer Jonathan Banks...team amanger Drew Beckie
Game officials:...referee Scott Bowman...referee's assistants Peter Pendli and Twayne Anderson
...fourth official Fabrizio Stasolla...(all black uniforms)...referee assessor Gord Arrowsmith
First Half:...game starts 7:37pm...York defends south end. The sun is in the north west and still casting shadows.
2 min...AO Assi runs down right and low cross to him from AO Bassett catches him offisde.
4 min...AO Acosta eludes defenders on run down middle and rolls pass behind to teammate but AO Verhoven following behind
on left shoots 15 yarder forward hitting outside of left post.
6 min...Atletico Ottawa Zach Verhoven GOAL...AO Miguel Acosta passes over to Verhoven who weaves in from 30 yards
on left and shoots 18 yarder into top right corner of net past goalie Niko Giantsopoulos.
9 min...York Gagnon-Lapare chip from 30 yards in middle for York Ricci on right near end line has defender on end line clear.
10 min...York Gagnon-Lapare 25 yard freekick from right has AO Acosta as nearest defender head away at 12 yards.
11 min...York Santos chips 30 yarder from left wide left of net.
12 min...York players pass is rolled too far ahead of charging York Ricci and out for goalkick on right.
13 min...York defender at 8 yards in middle makes header on AO cross from left. AO Ouimette then chips 25 yard
cross from right well high and wide left of net.
14 min...York Ricci wins cornerkick on deflection off AO Espejo.
15 min...York Santos cornerkick from lelft is low and cleared by first defender on left.
15 min...York Bayiha wins cornerkick on right on deflection.
16 min...York Gagnon-Lapare cornerkick from right is cleared from crowd of players in box.
17 min...AO Verhoeven cornerkick from right is cleared on right side of box.
21 min...AO Assi rolls ball across 6 yard box from right and York Grant tips it on left wide of box preventing AO Verhoven
from getting a shot because he has to turn back to get ball.
21 min...AO Bassett is tapped back pass by AO Tissot and his 18 yard blast is well over net and wide right.
23 min...York (Luke Singh own goal) GOAL...York Jonathan Grant on 18 yard chip from top right of box has
Singh head ball at 8 yards into top left of own net beating goalie Sean Melvin.
24 min...AO Acosta blasts 25 yarder down middle to wide right of net.
24 min...AO Tissot wins cornerkick on low shot from 22 yars from right.
25 min...AO Tissot follow up cornerkick from right with 18 yard blast from left well over net.
29 min...York Gagnon-Lapare 35 yard freekick chip has defender partially head clearance. York Moudoukoutas heads ball
towards goal starting heading duel until the ball was cleared.
31 min...AO Assi on run down right passes to open AO Verhoeven on left but defender catches him at 18 yards before his shot
and he rolls it to goalie.
33 min...York De Rosario pops header from right post across 6 yard box and ball is cleared.
34 min...AO Bassett cross from right cornerflag finds AO Shaw to chest the ball down but he's checked off ball at 10 yards on right.
36 min...AO Assi centers pass to AO Verhoeven who shoots 12 yarder high and wide left of net.
37 min...York Santos low 25 yard shot up middle between players is smothered by goalie.
38 min...York Bayiha can't save ball on right end line on pass from York Grant from 20 yards.
39 min...AO Bassett cross from right end line was ruled already out of play.
40 min...AO Bassett intercepts goalkeeper's clearance at 25 yards and shot hits outside of left post for goalkick.
42 min...York YELLOW card...Ricci earns it for running over AO Espejo on run down left.
44 min...AO Bassett 38 yard freekick from left is over players in box and bounces wide right.
46 min...York Gee low 30 yard shot up middle is smothered by goalie.
46 min...half ends 8:23pm.
Halftime: Only the Atletico players warm up then they disappear with 11:45 to go. York subs come out to warm up
with 8 minutes to go.
Second half:...starts 8:39pm...The sun is now not a factor.
46 min...AO Verhoeven cross from left is well over box.
49 min...York Grant chip from 55 yards for York De Rosario but it's too far forward at 20 yards and bounces to goalie.
49 min...AO Tissot centering pass from left for AO Shaw but the ball is a step behind him and rolls out wide right.
50 min...AO YELLOW card...Verhoeven earns it for retaliation on York Bayiha at AO 40 yard line as York Moudoukoutas
had made sliding tackle at 22 yards on an AO plyaers to break up rush.
51 min...York Ferrari on run to left end line has him push ball over line.
52 min...AO Tissot receives pass on left in open but his centering pass has no one there in York box and it's out right for goalkick.
55 min...York Thompson makes key header to prevent 2 on 1 rush at York 20 yard line on long chip by AO player.
55 min...York Grant 22 yard cross from right has York De Rosario on near post tip ball on shot from 5 yards well over net.
56 min...York goalie has clearance intercepted and AO Verhoeven recovers on left and blasts shot well high and wide left
as he slips on shot.
57 min...AO Singh is injured on edge of AO box away from play and needs trainer and limps off.
60 min...AO Verhoeven is injured near right end line.
61 min...York sub...Petrasso replaces Santos.
63 min...York defenders are able to clear ball after deflection on clearance in York end.
65 min...York Grant bends cross from 22 yards on right high and left of the net.
66 min...AO sub...Bahous replaces Singh.
............AO sub...Haworth replaces Tissot.
67 min...AO Bassett finishes AO pressure after receiving pass from Assi with 12 yard shot off right post that wins cornerkick.
when it deflected off defender.
67 min...AO Bassett cornerkick from right has defender clear ball from box.
69 min...York Petrasso sends through ball pass on left has York Ricci rescue ball on run to end line and his cross has goalie
catch on near post.
70 min...AO Bahous shot has ball tip off AO Shaw at 7 yards and goalie picks it up on bounce.
72 min...AO Bahous 30 yard blast from left is wide left of net.
73 min...York Gagnon-Lapere 35 yard freekick is passed to left, crossed to York Grant on right who heads from 8 yards
has no teammate on that left post.
76 min...AO Bassett rolls through ball up right ahdaed of players and goalie picks up ball.
77 min...AO sub...Salter replaces Shaw.
............AO sub...Aninoro replaces Verhoeven.
79 min...York Osaze De Rosario GOAL...York Jeremy Gagnon-Lapare cornerkick from right has De Rosario
head 5 yarder downward and ball bounces to left corxner of net.
80 min...AO Tissot pushes ball over end line from 25 yards when he was trying to break by defenders.
81 min...York Petrasso skies 30 yarder well over net.
82 min...York Mourdoukoutas makes important clearance of cross from right into box.
83 min...AO Haworth intercepts low clearance and low 22 yard shot up middle that has goalie smother.
84 min...AO sub...Dos Santos replaces Assi.
85 min...AO Antinoro passes to AO Bassett on left side of box and his shot is wide right.
86 min...York sub...Esprit replaces Bayiha.
86 min...York Ricci can't get to chipped pass at 8 yards and goalie smothers.
87 min...AO Dos Santos cross from left has AO Bassett scuff shot wide right from midair shot at 10 yards.
90 min...York Gee is injured at AO 40 yard line.
91 min...York Mourdoukoutas big clearance out of York box.
91 min...York De Rosario is injured and nees trainer.
92 min...York sub...Abatneh replaces Gee.
93 min...AO Salter bashes over York goalie.
94 min...York Esprit wins cornerkick off AO Tissot when he slides to tip 18 yard shot wide.
95 min...York players have cornerkick and then throw-in played to the right cornerflag so they can waste time.
96 min...game ends 9:30pm.
Final Score:...York United.........2..........Atletico Ottawa..........1..........
Attendance was not announced but it looked about the size of their previous Friday night crowds (which means not as large as a weekend crowd). I was disappointed as I expected the crowd would larger because of the promotion from the league and team for the Pride festivities. I thought the new fans drawn for this from the LGBTQ community would more than make up for the people who were not supportive or them and would not come this one game. Also the team was building an undefeated streak--well three in a row but in this season of so many ties between other teams that has raised York's position in the standings quite quickly. The air quality was certainly better than it was the two previous days. The air had reminded me of the smoke from a campfire. Very appropriate as their was smoke from out of control forest fires from northern Ontario and Quebec. The harmful smell had been the reason why youth soccer practices were cancelled and students recesses were held inside. When I saw the lineup sheet and five names 'Unavailable' but not in the injured or suspended categories I felt the same despair from last year and the first games of this season with the long injury list. The reason given was these players wouldn't agree to wear the special Pride kit the team was wearing tonight. It was wasn't much different than there all-white kits except that the numbers were in a harder-to-see rainbow colours which made it hard to tell between '10' and '18'. Also there was a small rainbow cuff on the jersey and a sponser from a cider maker. Objecting were Brian Wright, Oussama Alou, Mo Babouli, Bream Soumauro, and Maki Voytsekhovskyy. Hmm can't say they're all Islamic nor far-tight Christian. I think any player in the world objects to an alcohol company (Carlsberg is the official kit sponsor this season). I know the club made accomodations in the previous month when some players were 'fasting' for religious reasons. Anyway when I asked at the post game press conference about these players warning the team about their objections, head coach Martin Nash answered that the players had given them appropriate notice and the team filled the bench with call ups. So the bench included League1 Ontario players Trivine Espirit from Simcoe County Rovers (who was the only one who got to play), Camilo Vasconcelos of Guelph United and Anthony Morano of North Mississauga SC (these last two were only age 16. It would have been great to see those to into the game as this year York finds themselves last among teams for compiling the requirement of minutes for U-21 players. If York hadn't been protecting a precarious one goal lead, I think they would have gotten a run out. Toby Richardson is a 17 year old defender from the Ottawa area. He's a defender and is a red haired like the Ottawa striker Ollie Bassett. Richardson has been signed to a development deal earlier in the season. A writer for the league confirmed that this year if the U-21 minutes are not met, the team can't qualify for the playoffs which is more serious than previous years of a fine being the only punishment. Atletico were unlucky to not get a result as they hit the goalpost three times. Any of these going in would have changed the momentum. Also York's tieing goal was awarded as an 'own goal' on a header into his own net. Atletico were credited with 14 shots but only 2 on net. Well now I know hitting the post doesn't count as a shot on net! York took 6 shots with 3 on target. Referee Scott Bowman gave out only two Yellow cards (one to each side) and did not have to judge any fake penalty calls as the game was full of end to end action. The result lifts York United into first place for this one night as it was the only game of today. The game between Forge FC hosting Pacific FC on Saturday will vault one of those teams into first even it is in a tie. Hey a four game undefeated run and three of them wins. York is now 4 wins, 4 losses, 1 tie for 13 points. Teams have started to go through their second cycle through the teams. York beat Ottawa 1-0 in Ottawa back on April 29th. Atletico Ottawa's record falls to 2 wins, 2 losses, 5 ties for 8 points and holds in sixth place but may be passed by other teams later this weekend. York moves on to play Pacific FC in Victoria BC next Sunday where they'd been beaten 4-1 on May 14th.Rocket Robin
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York United FC starters
Atletico Ottawa starters
York Osaze De Rosario (24) takes opening kickoff.
York Clement Bayiha (12) trying to cut into box.
An Atletico cornerkick has dropped into York box.
York Jeremy Gagnon-Lapare (28) takes freekick.
Atletico Ottawa Malcolm Shaw (19) breaks to middle.
Atletico Ottawa Malcolm Shaw (19) takes second half kickoff.
York Tass Moudoukoutas (3) runs through center circle.
A York cornerkick is coming into box.
Handshakes after the game.
Game stats (from canpl.ca)
York United FC Atletico Ottawa
Possession 59.1% 40.9%
Duels success rate 46.7% 53.3%
Aerial duels won 50.0% 50.0%
Interceptions 7 7
Offsides 0 3
Corners won 4 3
Passes 531 361
Long passes 41 47
Passing accuracy 85.7% 81.2%
Passing acc in opp half (%) 79.8% 68.4%
Crosses 16 17
Crossing accuracy 25.0% 11.8%
Goals 2 1
Shots 6 14
Shots on target 3 2
Blocked shots 0 3
Shots outside the box 4 6
Shots inside the box 2 8
Shooting accuracy 50.0% 14.3%
Tackles 9 21
Tackles success rate 66.7% 76.2%
Clearances 20 14
Fouls conceded 6 10
Yellow cards 1 1
Red cards 0 0
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