June 24, 2023...Highlights: Cavalry FC 2-1 York United - CPL Match #45 (from canpl.ca)
HIGHLIGHTS: Cavalry FC 2-1 York United — CPL Match #45
2023-06-24
by BENEDICT RHODES, CANPL.CA CONTRIBUTOR (@BTFR17)
Cavalry FC picked up a big three points on Saturday afternoon, as they beat York United 2-1 at ATCO Field on a late free kick
from Ali Musse.
York attacker Brian Wright was busy early on, getting a pair of shots away in the first few minutes of the match. His first
one about 90 seconds in was saved by Cavalry goalkeeper Marco Carducci, but his second shot just over a minute later missed
the target entirely. Wright missed the target again in the 18th minute, as he continued to chase his first goal of the season
after making the move from Atlético Ottawa in the offseason.
Clément Bayiha, who scored the only goal in the first meeting between these sides this season, also had a chance to give
the Nine Stripes the lead, receiving the ball from Mo Babouli at the edge of the penalty area late in the first half, but was
unable to keep his shot down. Of the six shots York took in the first half, just Wright’s one in the second minute tested
Marco Carducci.
The home side had six shots in the first half as well, with the two best chances coming off the foot of Ali Musse. The Cavalry
attacker hit the target with a powerful shot from outside the box with his left foot that Niko Giantsopoulos was able
to turn away, before later testing the York goalkeeper again with a free kick in stoppage time.
Myer Bevan hit the target as well in the first half, but neither side could find an opener in the first 45 minutes.
Immediately after the break, however, both teams found the back of the net in quick succession.
Six minutes after play resumed, Goteh Ntignee scored his first Canadian Premier League goal, firing a shot into the bottom
left corner of the net. Gareth Smith-Doyle ran onto a pass down the right flank from Fraser Aird before playing a low cross
into the penalty area, which was met by Ntignee and smashed into the back of the net.
A few minutes after Cavalry’s goal, and after picking up a yellow card in the moments that followed the opener from Ntignee,
Mo Babouli tied things up at 1-1. After Wright laid the ball off to him, Babouli unleashed a powerful shot into the top left
corner from outside the penalty area that Carducci couldn’t get to.
If two great goals weren’t enough for the fans at ATCO Field, Ali Musse won the match for the home side in the 83rd minute from
a direct free kick. After Ntignee made a brilliant run up the pitch, straight at the York backline, Roger Thompson fouled him
at the edge of the penalty area.
Musse stepped up to take it, as he so often does, and made no mistake — curling a free kick into the top right corner,
with the ball kissing the bottom of the crossbar on the way in.
York pushed late for a second equalizer, but the Cavalry backline held strong to hold onto the 2-1 lead, and a big three points
on their home turf.
BOX SCORE
Goals
51' — Goteh Ntignee (Cavalry FC)
57' — Mo Babouli (York United)
83' — Ali Musse (Cavalry FC)
Discipline
20' — Yellow: Goteh Ntignee (Cavalry FC)
34' — Yellow: Fraser Aird (Cavalry FC)
50' — Yellow: Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé (York United)
54' — Yellow: Mo Babouli (York United)
81' — Yellow: Roger Thompson (York United)
86' — Yellow: Joe Mason (Cavalry FC)
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