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August 25, 2023 CPL York United FC vs Vancouver FC game report (by Rocket Robin)
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Result and details of the Friday August 25, 2023 Canadian Premier League game between York United FC
and Vancouver FC played at York Lions Stadium in North York at 2:00pm ET.
York United FC (green socks and shirts, blue shorts, white names and numbers)
....................77 Adisa De Rosario
2 Paris Gee...3 Tass Moudoukoutas...6 Roger Thompson (cpt)...16 Max Ferrari
................32 Brem Soumaoro...28 Jeremy Gagnon-Lapare
.......12 Clement Bayiha...18 Molham Babouli...11 Kevin Santos
....................9 Brian Wright
Subs:...76 Michael Williams (gk)...8 Elijah Adekugbe (mid)...21 Michael Petrasso (mid)...22 Austin Ricci (fwd)
...23 Noah Abatneh (def)...27 Carson Buschman-Dormand (mid)...37 Trivine Esprit (mid)
team officials:...head coach Martin Nash...assistant coach Mauro Eustaquio
doctors Jim Niu...kitman John Townsend...athletic trainers Michael Higbee and Laura Ozoria
Vancouver FC (white socks and shorts, red & black hooped shirts, white names and numbers)
........................1 Callum Irving (cpt)
11 Gabriel Bitar...3 Rocco Romeo...20 Anthony White...17 Minjae Kwak
.....16 Elliot Simmons...6 Renan Garcia...13 Vasco Fry
.....12 Tyler Crawford...9 Aljandro Diaz...19 Mikael Cantave
Subs:...21 Jeremy Zielinski (gk)...2 Kadin Chung (def)...4 Ibrahim Bakare (def)...10 Shaan Hundai (mid)
...26 Tj Tahid (fwd)
team officials:...head coach Afshbin Ghotbi...assistant coach Niall Thompson...goalkeeping coach Mark Village
...physiotherapist Inderpaul Khaira...other Cortlin Tonn...team maager Jeevin Kang
Game officials:...referee Fabrizio Stasolla...referee's assistants Bradley Doubrough and Twayne Anderson
...fourth official Scott Bowman...(black socks and shorts, teal shirts)...referee assessor Daniel Belleau
First Half:...game starts 7:36pm...York defends south end.
1 min...York Gee throw-in from right has York Babouli cross high from near end line and York Santos
blasts 15 yarder from left well high and right of net.
3 min...York Babouli 40 yard chip from right has Van Kwak concede cornerkick on left.
3 min...York Bayiha cornerkick from left is short to York Gagnon-Lapare and cross is cblocked and cleared on left.
5 min...York Gagnon-Lapare and Van Kwak are in battle to delay York throw-in.
6 min...York Santos receives long high cross on right but doesn't get away shot at 15 yards.
8 min...Van Crawford low cross from left is off foot on York Gee preventing shot for player in box.
8 min...Van Cantave is centered ball from left and his low 22 yard shot from slight left is smothered by goalie
on left side of net.
9 min...York Bayiha low centering pass from left along 8 yard line has Van Romeo do the splits to get his leg to stop ball.
10 min...Van Diaz one-touch of long cross from left is lofted well wide right from 8 yard line on right.
10 min...Vancouver Gabriel Bitar GOAL...Van Mikael Cantave intercepts ball off York Max Ferrari as he was running
toward center in own end along 18 yard line. He centers pass to Bitar who shoots low 13 yarder forward on left into net
just inside left post beyond diving goalie Adisa De Rosario.
14 min...York Wright high cross from 15 yards on right end line has Van Romeo spin clearance at 4 yards back for goalie to catch.
15 min...York Bayiha is injured jumping for header on center line and is upended.
17 min...York Santos and York Babouli on give and go has Santos win cornerkick on left end line with blocked cross.
17 min...York win cornerkick after two semi-blocked shots.
18 min...York Gagnon-Lapare cornerkick from left has ball land in box and York Santos have 3 yard shot blocked.
19 min...York Gee is injured at York 45 yard line in knock.
21 min...York Gee is injured again near center line and play carries on for quite awhile. Gee needs trainer.
23 min...York Santos run down left and cross into box along 10 yard line has York Babouli not able to get to ball for shot.
24 min...York Gagnon-Lapare cornerkick from left has York Thompson twist header high and wide right.
24 min...York Soumaoro receives a tap-back and takes low shot up middle deflects off defender and is wide right.
26 min...York Ferrari chips 45 yarder from left that's over players in box and over right end line.
27 min...York Babouli cross from right has Van defender duck to chest away.
28 min...York Santos cross from left has York Babouli blast 25 yarder down middle off top of bar.
28 min...Van Fry high cross chip from 40 yards on right has ball well wide left for goalkick.
30 min...York Santos run down left and low cross has goalie dive forward and smother ball stopping York Wright from
having 5 yard tap-in on right.
32 min...Van Fry makes clean sliding check to top York Ferrari on run down left to 10 yards.
33 min...York Bayiha high cross from right has defender head away on left side of box.
35 min...Van Bitar intercepts pass and then chips 55 yarder that goalie knocks down on edge of 18 yard box.
36 min...York Babouli 50 yard freekick from left has York Wright running froward head 10 yarder that goalie catches.
38 min...Van Cantave can't turn header at 15 yards on cross by Van Diaz.
39 min...Van goalie is out to 22 yards to clear b all before York player can get to it.
39 min...York Bayiha can't keep ball in play when he dekes defender near left end line.
40 min...York Bayiha low cross from riht side of box is cleared by defender.
41 min...York Babouli rolls pass forward to York Bayiha who has shot tipped wide.
42 min...York Babouli cornerkick from left has ball land in 6 yard box on right side and bounce over end line for goalkick.
43 min...Van Diaz is injured at York 50 yard line.
43 min...York botch another run into Van box with bad pass behind the York forward.
44 min...York Thompson gets back to check Van Cantave off ball and referee waves off Penalty kick shout.
45 min...York Ferrari dribbles through box on left side but can't win cornerkick.
45 min...Van Cantave needs trainer as he's still laying in box. Van play short until his return at 46 minutes.
47 min...York Ferrari run into left side of box and cross has defender head down at 8 yards and another one makes clearance.
47 min...half ends 8:23pm.
Halftime: Both sides subs return to field after 2 minutes to warm up.
York is leading 6-0 on cornerkicks.
Second Half:...starts 8:39pm.
halftime sub:...Van Chung replaces Kwak.
45 min...Van Bitar is tapped back pass and 18 yard shot is over net.
46 min...York Santos gets cross from right from York Gee at 5 yards and he shoots 5 yarder into outisde side webbing of net.
47 min...York Gee run down right and cross into box has defender head away.
47 min...York Wright slides forward and can't get to ball for shot at 7 yards.
52 min...Van Simmons is hcked off ball at 15 yards in middle without getting away shot.
54 min...Van Fry low 28 yard shot from slight right is wide left.
56 min...York Santos has 20 yard shot is stopped bby defender at 15 yards then York Babouli gets ball on right edge of box on 1 v 2 is checked off ball.
58 min...York Soumaoro key stop on edge of 18 yard box to prevent breakaway.
59 min...York Bayiha cross from right edge of box has goalie catch in center of box preventing York Wright 5 yard tap-in.
59 min...York Mourdoukoutas taps ball back to goalie to beat Van Bitar from getting shot at 3 yards on left post.
63 min...Van Bitar has shot is blocked from 15 yards on right.
64 min...York Santos wins cornerkick on deflected cross at 12 yards on right.
64 min...York Gagnon-Lapare cornerkick from left has leaping York Wright head 4 yarder over bar.
67 min...York Santos trips over defender Chung who has his knee up on left side of box. Referee Fabrizio Stasollo calls for a Penalty kick.
68 min...York Molham Babouli GOAL...Babouli blasts Penalty kick high to left side of net just under bar beyond reach
of flying goalie Callum Irving.
69 min...Van sub...Bakare replaces Simmons.
..........Van sub...Hundal replaces Cantave.
70 min...York Babouli cross from 25 yards away along 5 yard line has goalie catch.
70 min...York Soumaoro is injured at center line.
72 min...York sub...Ricci replaces Ferrari.
75 min...Van Bitar run down slight left and taps centering pass for Van Diaz who rolls 20 yarder up middle and York goalie
makes sliding foot save.
75 min...York goalie punches ball as he runs forward to 10 yards to break up cross into box that's that he clears to 40 yards.
Oops did just seconds before he have a Van player's header deflect downward and hit a defender's hand?
76 min...Van Fry 25 yard cross along 8 yard line has goalie catch.
77 min...Van Crawford high cross from 35 yards on left has defender head away.
78 min...York Ricci runs to ball on right and pokes ball past goalie at 10 yards and retreating Van Romeo slides to poke ball wide
left with York Wright crashing into net on slide attempt to knock it in.
79 min...Van Romeo heads away cross from left after a short cornerkick and cross from the left.
79 min...York Austin Ricci GOAL...York Paris Gee crosses from 35 yards on the right. Van Rocco Romeo beats
York Brian Wright to knock down ball in center of box at 12 yards but pushes it to Ricci who blasts 10 yarder from slight
right into left side of net beyond flying goalie.
80 min...York sub...Adekugbe replaces Soumaoro.
...........York sub...Abatneh replaces Bayiha.
.............Van sub...Tahid replaces Crawford.
83 min...York players on 3 v 3 with too much passing and are checked off ball on edge of box without getting a shot.
84 min...Van Hundal dribbles into left side of box and low 8 yard shot is smothered by goalie on near post.
85 min...York Santos rushes up left and rolls centering pass that defender clears at 15 yards.
87 min...York Wright recovers York goalie's clearance at center line on right and chip attempt from 55 yards is well wide right.
88 min...Van Fry chips 55 yarder from left that York goalie catches on bounce ahead of Van Tahid at 10 yards.
89 min...York Ricci 22 yard chip from left is between defenders and goalie makes an easy catch on left side of net.
89 min...York goalie leaps to catch ball in crowd of players in box.
90 min...Van Garcia 30 yard blast is punched down by goalie and picked up.
91 min...York Babouli dribbles into right side of Van box and York Ricci receives pass and one-touches shot from middle of box well
over net from 10 yards.
92 min...York sub...Esprit replaces Babouli.
...........York sub...Petrasso replaces Santos.
93 min...Van White is called offside at 18 yards on receiving pass on left edge of box.
94 min...York Wright gets foot up shot at 12 yards that's caught by goalie.
94 min...Van YELLOW card...Fry earns it for knocking down York Gagnon-Lapare at York 40 yard line. Gagnon-Lapare needs trainer.
95 min...Van Romeo 60 yard punt is over players and goalie catches on bounce wide right of net.
96 min...game ends 9:31pm.
Final Score:...York United.........2..........Vancouver FC..........1..........
Attendance was not announced and I wasn't able to find it on a fan website. It looked about average. They hadn't played a home game since four weekends ago. There was a tennis tournament at York University covering two of those weekends. I found out how huge that was watching the crowds walking on the sidewalks as I drove by to get to League1 Ontario games. There were even signs directing patrons to the TTC lots above Steeles Avenue. I park there because it's free on weekends and only $2 after 3:00pm weeknights but I don't expect there were bargains like that for this event. The huge lot is to encourage people to take the subway downtown. Also much of the excitement had been killed off by the team not scoring at home for the last three games. That's nine and a half weeks. (A 2-2 tie with HFX Wanderers on Wednesday June 21st). That's a long time to not hear the Vengaboys song played after every York home goal. The team is still in the playoff race, although fading, because they have a fairly good record on the road. They had a pair of 3-3 ties before their loss last weekend to first place Cavalry FC on this latest road trip. I'd forgotten that the York victory song was "Can't Touch This" by MC Hammer. Fans were lining up in the end zone to get free hot dogs from league sponsor Maple Lodge Farms. That sponsor is always there but the line has never been that long...can't beat Free! Their food is made from chicken meat. I didn't see that offer before the game but if it had been announced in the weeks before, they might have drawn in some more casual fans who would not show up without some convincing. Osaze De Rosario is still under suspension for a drug infraction, incurred last year but only appied within the last few weeks. Younger brother Adisa played in goal tonight making some important saves and helping the team make their U-21 minutes (or they can't participate in the playoffs no matter how good their record). The agreement with Toronto FC II is he is on-loan for the rest of the season. TFC probably regretted that move almost immediately as their MLS first team goalie Sean Johnson almost immediately broke his hand and the chain of command in goalies had to move up. TFC II first stringer Luka Gavran moved up to the first team to sit on the bench while TFC II use Gianluca Catalano who they had on a short term loan from League1 Ontario team Vaughan Azzurri although that loan has stretched to months. Now the TFC II backup goalie is a 17 year old from their Academy. The next day in Barrie at a L1O playoff game I saw their father Dwayne De Rosario who was doing a public appearance for Simcoe County Rovers and said something like "I am waiting to finally see your sons on the field at the same time" and he responded "So am I". Toronto FC II does play at York Lions Stadium but usually on alternate weekends from York United home dates. Goalie Adisa was the only U-21 in the starting line up. That is usually a sure way to earn 90 minutes for the league's season minimum of 2000 minutes. They are behind the target by quite a bit and need to average something like 120 minutes a game. I was thinking that would take one U-21 to sub in by 60 minutes or two by 75 minutes. Some in the press box came up with some other combos. York didn't make any substitutions until 74 minutes when they brought in Austin Ricci for Max Ferrari. Both are older than 21. Hey but 7 miutes later Ricci scores the winning goal. First U-21 subs were brought in at 81 minutes with Noah Abatneh coming in to replace Clement Bayiha. Young Trivine Esprit came on at 91 minutes so that won't add to their team minutes! Interesting that the team worked on getting the Red card picked up last week for Carson Buschman-Dormand sucessfully rescinded and had him on the bench but didn't use him. He's still waiting for his home debut. I noticed right at the start from the lineup sheet that Vancouver had only brought five subs. I asked at the press conference after the game was it injuries or suspensions why their bench was so thin. Head coach Afshin Ghotbi answered that it is a choice by their ownership and he has to get by with these budgeting decision. When they go on an extended road trip, he said they bring a few more players. I was surprised and think it doesn't shine a good light on the league. I suspect I should be grateful for York that when they go on the road, they appear to have a full bench of seven even though this year they are owned by the league and could see an internal rule like that being imposed to save a bit of money. Pre game comments from York head coach Martin Nash said the team needed to have a fast start but they were behind 1-0 by the 10 minute mark on a defensive giveaway. I thought York was playing well after this but they were well into the second half before they could score via a Penalty kick call. I could see later in a brief highlight reel put out by the league that York were fortunate to get away with a hand ball in their box and York defender Roger Thompson tripping a Vancouver player and not getting a Pwnalty call. Either one of these giving Vancouver a Penalty kick would most likely have changed the result. This was the first game of the weekend and so for now it moves York up to a tie for fifth place with a record of 8 wins, 5 ties, 9 losses for 29 points. With the teams ahead of them playing later, I don't know if they'd like all the other teams play to ties or for some of the power house teams keep winning and York try to move up one or two spots. Vancouver's record falls to 4 wins, 5 ties, 12 losses for 17 points. They had been to York in mid-April and were beaten 1-0 in the preliminary round of the Canadian Championship in a midweek game, then stayed in town and beat York in a regular season game that weekend. Interesting that at the time York's record dropped to 0-0-2 for last place and Vancouver with a 1 win, 1 loss record were in third because of other teams tying so many games early in the season. Within two days of that result, the league announced they had taken over ownership of York. Vancouver had beaten then first place team Pacific FC 3-2 at home last weekend. This will probably be the highlight of their season in the league's second darby-match cities. (York vs Forge was the first). The York win at home is encouraging as York finishes their regular schedule with four of their last six games at home. The leading reason they aren't doing better is their home record is just not good at all. We'll see after this weekend (they play in Halifax on Labour Day) with those four games all in a row if they can build from tonight's game.Rocket Robin
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York United FC starters
Vancouver FC starters
York Kevin Santos (11) takes opening kickoff.
midfield action
York Roger Thompson (6) dribbles over center line.
Vancouver Alejandro Diaz (9) takes second half kickoff.
Vancouver Tyler Crawford (12) takes throw-in.
York Molham Babouli (18) scores on this Penalty kick.
Vancouver Ibrahim Bakare (4) is looking to pass.
handshakes after the game
Game stats (from canpl.ca)
York United FC Vancouver FC
Possession 52.5% 47.5%
Duels success rate 57.0% 43.0%
Aerial duels won 62.5% 37.5%
Interceptions 14 10
Offsides 1 2
Corners won 8 1
Passes 499 469
Long passes 56 81
Passing accuracy 83.4% 78.3%
Passing acc in opp' half 72.0% 66.1%
Crosses 28 11
Crossing accuracy 35.7% 36.4%
Goals 2 1
Shots 22 12
Shots on target 7 6
Blocked shots 7 3
Shots outside the box 6 7
Shots inside the box 16 5
Shooting accuracy 31.8% 50.0%
Tackles 16 21
Tackles success rate 56.3% 95.2%
Clearances 9 20
Fouls conceded 5 10
Yellow cards 0 1
Red cards 0 0
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