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September 8, 2023 CPL York United FC vs Valour FC game report (by Rocket Robin)
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Result and details of the Friday September 8, 2023 Canadian Premier League game between York United FC
and Valour FC played at York Lions Stadium in North York at 7:00pm ET.
York United FC (all white uniforms, green names and numbers)
....................77 Adisa De Rosario
2 Paris Gee...23 Noah Abatneh...3 Tass Mourdoukoutas...16 Max Ferrari
...............8 Elijah Adekugbe...28 Jeremy Gagnon-Lapare
.......12 Clement Bayiha...18 Molham Babouli (cpt)...11 Kevin Santos
....................22 Austin Ricci
Subs:...1 Niko Giantsopoulos (gk)...9 Brian Wright (fwd)...24 Osaze De Rosario (fwd)...27 Carson Buschman-Dormand (mid)
...30 Kadin Martin-Pereux (mid)...33 Matthew Baldisimo...37 Trivine Esprit (mid)
team officials:...head coach Martin Nash...assistant coach Mauro Eustaquio...doctor Jim Niu..kitman John Townsend
...other Nolan Gilmour...athletic trainers Michael Higbee and Laura Ozoria
Valour FC (black socks and shorts, maroon shirts, gold names and numbers)
.....................99 Rayane YesliSubs:...1 Darlington Murasiranwa (gk)...2 Andy Baquero (mid)...10 Kevin Rendon (fwd)...11 Jared Ulloa (fwd)
...19 Eskander Mzoughi...23 Anthony Novak
team officials:...head coach Phil Dos Santos...assistant coaches Jay Bhindi and Daryl Fordyce
...goalkeeper coach Patrick Di Stefani...physiotherapist Evan Fehr...other Colin Sabourin
Game officials:...referee Mathieu Souare...referee's assistants Melissa Snedden and Paulin Junior Vanie
...fourth official Yusri Rudolf...(all black uniforms)
First Half:...game starts 7:07pm...York defends north end on this mild and overcast evening.
2 min...York goalie makes huge sliding foot save on low shot from Val Ponce from 8 yards near right endline. Val Campbell
blasts 10 yard rebound from right that goalie palms over bar for cornerkick.
2 min...Val Gutierrez low cornerkick from left has defenders clear from center of box.
3 min...York Ricci 45 yard chip down middle that's caught by goalie.
7 min...Val goalie lets bouncer go behind end line but prevents York Bayiha from saving it on the right end line.
11 min...Val Ponce gets off with just a warning for a tackle on York Ferrari at Val 45 yard line.
15 min...Val Cela chips 55 yarder over players that goalie stops wide left of net.
16 min...York Ricci is called offside for 10 yard header crossed in from 30 yards on left.
18 min...Val Ponce cuts towards middle and blasts 22 yarder over net.
19 min...York Gagnon-Lapare 25 yard shot from right has defender fly over and head ball at 12 yards knocking it for a throw-in
on the right.
19 min...York Bayiha centers pass for York Gagnon-Lapare to take mid-air shot from 15 yards that's wide right of net.
20 min...Val Haynes cross from near left cornerflag is over players to right. Val Williams centers ball on header back into center
of box. Val Ponce bicycle shot from 12 yards is wide left.
22 min...York Gee makes clearance on left side of box to clear high cross from right.
24 min...Val Williams can't quite pull ball in from behind him to get away shot at 20 yards down middle.
26 min...Val Haynes makes big play to prevent York Bayiha getting away for run up right that would have had him in alone.
28 min...Valour Dante Campbell GOAL...Campbell on run up slight right from 35 yards rolls pass forward for charging
Val Kian Williams who rolls centering pass along 8 yard line. Val Matteo De Brienne is tangled up with defender
and lets ball go past them. Campbell has kept running and fires in 6 yarder forward to open left side of net with goalie
Adisa Dd Rosario forced to guard near post.
30 min...York Mourdoukoutas heads back to goalie at 15 yards to beat Val Williams to ball into box.
31 min...Val YELLOW card...Ponce earns it for tackle on York Ferrari at York 35 yard line on right.
32 min...Val Haynes 30 yard shot from far left deflects and bounces to goalie to pickup wide left of net.
35 min...Val Gutierrez 22 yard cross from left has goalie leap to catch at 5 yards over Val players waiting on right post.
37 min...York RED card...Noah Abatneh earns it for sliding to clear ball at York 25 yard line and injurying
Val Matteo De Brienne. De Brienne needs trainer.
39 min...Val De Brienne 25 yard freekick from left has York Moudoukoutas head ball away on right side of 6 yard box.
41 min...York Babouli cross from left has Val Pianelli duck and head ball behind end line.
42 min...York Santos cross/shot from 22yards on left is just wide right of post.
43 min...York Santos low 22 yard shot from left has goalie dive for save.
45 min...York Ferrari tackles Val Ponce in box to prevent shot from 7 yards.
46 min...Val Sanchez 15 yard shot dips and hits top of bar.
47 min...half ends 7:54pm.
Halftime: both teams' subs warm up.
Second Half:...starts 8:09pm.
46 min...Val Ponce intercepts cross at York 22 yards and taps pass forward and Val Williams shoots 12 yard roller tha goalie
dives left to smother.
48 min...York Babouli cross into box from left has defender head away.
49 min...York Babouli chips 35 yard freekick from far left that has goalie catch over head at 3 yards on right post.
51 min...York Babouli at center chips ball forward for York Ricci to have open run on left and low 12 yard shot has goalie slide
at 5 yards to make huge foot save.
53 min...Val YELLOW card...Haynes earns it for tackle on York Gee at York 30 yard line.
58 min...York Bayiha low 10 yard shot near right end line has sliding goalie on near post knock for cornerkick.
59 min...York Gagnon-Lapare cornerkick from right has goalie catch in crowd of players.
60 min...York Ricci hits right post from 10 yard shot from right near end line.
61 min...Valour Diego Gutierrez GOAL...York Clement Bayiha is checked off ball at York 40 yard line after short run
up middle. Gutierrez gives short pass forward to Valour Walter Ponce at 25 yards. He holds onto ball until Gutierrez
catches up to him and flicks pass over to right and Gutierrez shoots 18 yarder from slight angle into short right side
of net just inside post just over diving goalie.
61 min...York YELLOW card...head coach Martin Nash earns it for complaining from the bench.
62 min...Val sub...Ulloa replaces Ponce.
.............Val sub...Baquero replaces Sanchez.
.............York sub...Esprit replaces Adekugbe.
.............York sub...Martin-Pereux replaces Ferrari.
63 min...Val Haynes concedes cornerkick in duel with York Bayiha on run down right side of box.
66 min...York Babouli has shot blocked in Val box by defender at 15 yards.
67 min...York player's short rolled pass behind to charging York Gagnon-Lapare on right.
71 min...York sub...Wright replaces Bayiha.
............York sub...Osaze De Rosario replaces Ricci.
72 min...Val Campbell has his centering pass intercept instead of taking clear shot on net from left.
72 min...Val YELLOW card...Cela earns it for tackle stopping York breakout at York 30 yard line. York Ricci is injured
on the play and comes off.
74 min...York Wright 7 yard shot from left has goalie make point blank save on near post.
76 min...York Ozaze De Roaario cuts along 10 yard line and shoots over net.
76 min...Val sub...Novak replaces injured De Brienne who had not returned to the game from 72 minutes.
79 min...Val Campbell pass from right has Val Novak has 8 yard midair shot and flying goalie makes point blank save.
79 min...York YELLOW card for knock down at York 40 yard line on Val Haynes.
80 min...York sub...Buschman-Dormand replaces Gee.
81 min...Val Williams run alone down left sideline and cross from near end line 20 yards has goalie dive to beat Val Novak
to tap in.
83 min...Valour Jared Ulloa GOAL...Ulloa gets short pass from Valour Andy Baquero and shoots 20 yarder along 5 yard line
on right that York Tass Mourdoukoutas stops at 7 yards but ball rebounds to Ulloa now at 10 yards along 8 yard line
and he shoots low to left corner of net.
86 min...York Kevin Santos GOAL...York Jeremy Gagnon-Lapare chips cross from center at 25 yards and Santos
blasts 8 yarder from tough angle into top left corner with goalie Reyane Yesli on near post.
89 min...Val Ulloa can't win call for being bumped over running ball over York end line.
90 min...VAl sub...Mzoughi replaces Williams.
90 min...York YELLOW card...Babouli earns it for complaining that no Penalty kick was given on a Valour hand ball.
91 min...York Babouli chips for charging York Wright but goalie steps to left to catch ball.
92 min...York RED card (second Yellow)...Mo Babouli earns his second Yellow card for complaining about Val being
awarded freekick.
94 min...Val Baquero has shot blocked at 18 yards.
94 min....game ends 8:58pm.
Final Score:...York United.........1..........Valour FC..........3..........
Attendance wasn't announced but I found it listed on the Canadian Premier League website as 1118. That wasn't as good as their last game. The school year started this week and parents weren't as likely to bring their kids to a game. The game was at an earlier time slot that the summer games. Half an hour earlier makes a big difference fighting rush hour traffic to get here. I found out why as broadcaster One Soccer was going to shoehorn in another game at '7:00pm' except at Pacific time so they could bridge this game ending at just after 9:00pm with their post match and pregame before the Pacific vs HFX Wanderers game at 10:00pm. OK but that makes Atlantic time viewers know the game starts at 11:00pm their time. One Soccer also bullied York into changing their September 22nd game on Friday night against Cavalry which would have started at 7:30pm to Saturday afternoon at 1:00pm. The reason is they want to use the Friday night timeslot to show the Canada vs Jamaica Women's Olympic Qualifying match in Jamaica. OK at the beginning of the season they wouldn't know that Canada would have to play a qualifier nor against whom so I could see moving the game but this playoff series was known months ago so the switched CPL game date shold have been announced with much more than two weeks notice! Pregame comments from head coach Martin Nash were that York had to start off faster but they were almost behind at 2 minutes but goalie Adisa De Rosario made a great sliding foot save to keep Valour off the board. I saw the officiating crew arrive and do their pre game field inspections wearing maroon coloured shirts. Hmm. That is the colours of Valour for this game. I mentioned this could be an omen in the pressbox but not taking my own comments seriously but the Red card call was the turning point of the game. I was not at a good angle and didn't see the studs up part of the challenge. Mo Babouli was given the captain's armband tonight with Niko Giantosopoulos and Roger Thompson not in tonight's lineup. If he thought that could give him more freedom in what he could say to the officiating crew, he was mistaken as he picked up two Yellow cards within two minutes, both in second half injury time, and now will miss the next game. I asked later if because of previous Yellow card troubles that would mean more than a one game suspension but head coach Martin Nash answered me after the game that he only suspects he will miss one. Some players had to be restrained after the game as the crew made their exit or things would have been worse. Referee Mathieu Souare gave out three Yellow cards to Valour, one Yellow to York, then one straight Red to York and two Yellows equal a Red for another sending off and one to someone on the York bench just after the second Valour goal. There were a lot of whistles and other calls that he was not popular with York fans and players. Tonight's theme night was 'Mental Health Awareness'. Maybe anger management was needed by some of the players. York is still a long way off reaching the 2000 U-21 minimum required for qualifying for the playoffs (besides finishing top five in the standings). It looked good that they were starging Adisa De Rosario in goal which should provide 90 minutes. Also defender Noah Abatneh starting could make another 90. They also had three U-21s on the bench. Much like the time earlier in the season when they started young Markiyan Voytsekhovskyy and he only lasted until the 9 minute mark. Then it turned out it took them weeks to rule him out for the entire season. So 90 U-21 minutes for Adisa De Rosario, 37 for Abatneh until he was sent off. Now at 62 minutes, York brought on midfielders Trivine Esprit and Kadin Martin-Pereux (making his debut). These subs were made before scoring threats Brian Wright and Osaze De Rosario were brought on. 80 minutes they brought in midfielder Carlso Buschman-Dormand for ten minutes of credits. I figure that knocks 193 minutes off their requirement in this one game so maybe that's one of the few benefits they get from this night. Forward Osaze De Rosario was subbed on at 71 minutes which made the first home game this season that the brothers have been on the field at the same time. Adisa game over on a loan deal from Toronto FC II of MLS NEXT Pro more than a month ago but Osaze was serving a suspension. Their father Dwayne could be seen on the other side of the field (the olive coloured box seats along the east cheering them on. Dante Campbell scored his first CPL goal tonight. Just two years ago he was captain of Toronto FC II which is now a co-tenant in this stadium but back then played in a different league and at their their training facility. I had watched him since his TFC III days in League1 Ontario. He had a brief on-loan spell at Valour back in 2020. After leaving Toronto FC II after the 2021 season, he spent a year with LA Galaxy II before finding his way back to Valour on a full contract. He said after the game, he and the other GTA teammates get a special thrill playing here. The 'Poutine & More' truck was the only food truck here tonight. This now turns out to be the last Friday night home game of the season so we'll have to see if they can boost that back up to three. Valour won their second road game all season. Their first road win was here back on April 16th in the season opener for both teams. York extends their record as the worst win record for a home team but the best for an away team. They started a four game home stretch and this game would have been the easiest (on paper) to obtain a result. The late goal means at least fans got to hear the Vengaboys song at least once. The loss drops York's record to 9 wins, 5 ties, 10 losses for 32 points. That should put them in sixth just out of the final playoff spot but with all the other teams ahead of them still to play this weekend, they should fall further behind the teams they are chasing. I guess what they hope is that all the other teams tie. Valour's record improves to 5 wins, 8 ties, 10 losses for 23 points. They stay in seventh. There were scenarios I read before the game that would have had Valour be eliminated from the playoffs with a result today but they hold on for another week. This was only their 21 first goal tonight in 23 games which until tonight was lowest in the league.Rocket Robin
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York United FC starters
Valour FC starters
Valour Juan Sanchez (20) takes opening kickoff.
The ball is chipped into the Valour box.
Valour Matteo De Brienne (22) is ready to pounce on loose ball.
Valour Diego Gutierrez (8) takes freekick.
York Austin Ricci (22) takes second half kickoff.
York Molham Balouli (18) and Jeremy Gagnon-Lapare (28) line up for freekick.
The ball is is popped up on left wing.
Post game. Oh oh! Keep York players away from the referee!
Game stats (from canpl.ca)
York United FC Valour FC
Possession 48.1% 51.9%
Duels success rate 50.5% 49.5%
Aerial duels won 61.5% 38.5%
Interceptions 9 9
Offsides 2 1
Corners won 3 1
Passes 491 530
Long passes 35 53
Passing accuracy 85.9% 87.4%
Passing acc in opp half 71.4% 77.4%
Crosses 9 11
Crossing accuracy 11.1% 18.2%
Goals 1 3
Shots 11 11
Shots on target 4 6
Blocked shots 3 2
Shots outside the box 4 4
Shots inside the box 7 7
Shooting accuracy 36.4% 54.5%
Tackles 15 18
Tackles success rate 66.7% 66.7%
Clearances 9 12
Fouls conceded 16 11
Yellow cards 1 3
Red cards 2 0
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