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September 23, 2023 CPL York United FC vs Calvary FC game report (by Rocket Robin)
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Result and details of the Saturday September 23, 2023 Canadian Premier League game between York United FC
and Cavalry FC played at York Lions Stadium in North York at 1:00pm ET.
York United FC (all white uniforms, green names and numbers)
........................67 Eleias Himaras
2 Paris Gee...33 Matthew Baldisimo...6 Roger Thompson (cpt)...7 Jonathan Grant
..............32 Brem Soumaoro...28 Jeremy Gagnon-Lapare
........30 Kadin Martin-Pereux...22 Austin Ricci...11 Kevin Santos
........................24 Osaze De Rosario
Subs:...1 Niko Giatsopoulos (gk)...3 Tass Mourdoukoutas (def)...8 Elijah Adekugbe (mid)...9 Brian Wright (fwd)
...12 Clement Bayiha (mid)...16 Max Ferrari...27 Carson Buschman-Dormand (mid)
team officials:...head coach Martin Nash...assistant coach Mauro Eustaquio...doctor Jim Niu
...glakeeper coach Camilo Benzi...otther Nolan Gilmour and Logan Post
...kitman John Townsend...athletic trainers Michael Higbee and Laura Ozoria
Cavalry FC (red socks and shirts, black shorts, white names and numbers)
........................1 Marco Carducci (cpt)
............8 Jesse Daley...4 Daan Klomp...5 Bradley Kamdem Fewo
18 Mael Henry...26 Shamit Shome...24 Eryk Kobza...6 Charlie Trafford
..................10 Sergio Camargo...7 Ali Musse
..........................9 Myer Bevan
Subs:...21 Sterling Kerr (gk)...3 Callum Montgomery (def)...12 Tom Field (def)...17 Ben Fisk (fwd)
...20 Joe Mason (fwd)...23 Gareth Smith-Doyle...33 Fraser Aird (mid)
team officials:...head coach Tommy Wheeldon Jr...assistant coaches Leon Hapgood and Nik Ledgerwood
goalkeeper coach Jake Davis...kitman Lionel Gaspar...other Alix Potts...athletic trainer Nathan Boyd
Game officials:...referee Scott Bowman...referee's assistants Peter Manastyrsky and Onder Yilmaz
...fourth official Fabrizio Stasolla...(all black uniforms)...referee asssessor: Gord Arrowsmith
First Half:...game starts 1:06pm...York defends south end on this mild afternoon with a hazy sun.
2 min...Cav player's quick cornerkick from left is worked out and low cross into box is cleared.
3 min...Cav Musse cornerkick from right has York De Rosario head ball away in 6 yard box.
4 min...York Grant dribbles from Cav 35 yards on right but is checked off ball at top corner of box.
6 min...Cav Trafford is injured at Cav 50 yard line with injury to face running into York Grant.
8 min...York Gee heads away cross from left into box by Cav Camargo.
9 min...York Grant cross from 40 yards on right is caught overhead by goalie just left of goal with York Ricci charging in for header.
11 min...York YELLOW card...Ricci earns it for knock down of Cav Henry at York 35 yard line.
12 min...Cav Shome freekick from 40 yards on left is into box. Cav Klomp flicks 12 yard header forward and wide right of net.
14 min...York Ricci follow up shot of loose ball from 30 yards on right is bounced to goalie.
15 min...Cav Musse 30 yard freekick from right is chip to right side of box and goalie beats Cav Camargo to catch bouncer.
16 min...Cav Musse is injured on sideline in collision with York Martin-Pereux at York 50 yard line. York are awarded throw-in.
17 min...York Santos wins cornerkick on dribble on left wing cutting into box.
17 min...York Santos cornerkick from left has goalie catch and bobble overhead in crowd of players but hang on.
20 min...York De Rosario bashes over Cav Kobza at Cav 15 yard line on left. Cavs awarded freekick.
22 min...Cav Camargo cross from left at 25 yards has Cav Musse in middle connect on flying header at 8 yards that he sends wide left.
22 min...Cav Camargo can't win Penalty kick on push by York Gee on left side of box.
24 min...Cav Musse races in on break from right has York Soumaoro slide to poke ball away at 7 yards for cornerkick.
24 min...Cav Musse cornerkick from right has York Santos head ball away in center of box.
25 min...York YELLOW card...Gagnon-Lapare earns it for trip of Cav Shome.
26 min...Cav Musse 25 yard freekick on far right is headed down in middle of box by Cav player and York Santos clears.
27 min...Cav Camargo carries ball into York box but taps pass back rather than shooting from left and ball cleared off fallen
Cav player for goalkick.
28 min...Cav Musse dekes between two York players on right but has cross blocked.
29 min...York De Rosario is centered ball and blasts 22 yarder up middle that diving goalie saves on left side of net.
31 min...York Grant shoots 25 yarder from right between crowd of players and goalie catches chest high.
32 min...Cav Camargo rolls 25 yarder down middle between crowd of players wide right of net.
35 min...York Grant cross into box from left has defender head away.
38 min...Cavalry Sergio Camargo GOAL...Cav Shamit Shome at 40 yards passes forward on right for Can Myer Bevan who
runs downfield and crosses along 12 yard line to Camargo who recovers ball at 5 yards and rolls shot into near corner
under diving goalie Eleias Himaras.
38 min...York YELLOW card...Assistant coach Mauro Eustaquio earns it for complaining about goal.
41 min...York Martin-Pereux wins cornerkick on left on check.
41 min...York Santos cornerkick from left is low and cleared by nearest defender. York Gagnon-Lapare chips 25 yarder on left
back into box that goalie catches.
44 min...York Martin-Pereux rush from left dekes two guys and finally stopped on edge of Cav box.
44 min...Can Bevan gets deflected ball on break away on right has goalie already out to 15 yards and makes save on low shot
from 22 yards from right.
45 min...York Santos 25 yard freekick from left is high of the top left corner of net.
46 min...Half ends 1:42pm.
Halftime: Both teams subs warm up. The north goal is used for a blindfolded Penalty kick contest but nothing was announced
as to what was going on.
Second Half:...starts 2:08pm. The weather is still mild and sunny.
45 min...Cav Henry and York Gagnon-Lapare are both injured in front of York box in collision. Both players need trainer.
..........Cav YELLOW card...Henry earns it for his part in the collision.
47 min...York Santos 35 yard freekick from right has defender head away at 15 yards.
48 min...Cav goalie catches 40 yard bouncer on right end line surviving push by York De Rosario.
48 min...Cav Musse 22 yard shot from far right is high and wide left.
50 min...York Santos dribbles to left end line deking three guys and taps ball back to no one and Cav player clears.
51 min...York Santos runs ball over end line trying to get around defender.
52 min...York Martin-Pereux 35 yard high cross from left near end line drifts behind net.
53 min...York Ricci dribbles but Cav Kobza blocks his 8 yard shot. Ricci can't win Penalty kick on shoulder check later in play.
55 min...York Ricci races up right and cross into box between three defenders but past charging York De Rosario at 9 yards on left
side of box.
56 min...York Gee wins cornerkick on 35 yard cross from right which defender heads over end line.
56 min...York Santos cornerkick from left has ball cleared on right side of box.
57 min...York Gagnon-Lapare cross from 30 yards on right has York De Rosario in center of box pop header over to left.
York Santos at 6 yards on left settles ball down and blasts shot which goalie makes point blank shot at 4 yards in alignment
with near post.
59 min...Cav Klomp makes clearance retreat on slide overhead to prevent York De Rosario from break-in at 45 yards.
59 min...Cav Camargo wins cornerkick on low cross from left is deflected off York Gee.
60 min...Cav Shome cornerkick from left is over box and wide right for goalkick.
61 min...York Matrin-Pereux nutmegs defender on run into left side of box and has ball stopped by another.
62 min...York Santos cornerkick from left is into 6 yard box as York player flicks header across goal to right.
York Grant volleys ball back into center of box from right and Cav Camargo gets break out breakaway from 75 yards
and at 30 yards passes to faster Cav Bevan who runs up to edge of 18 yard box and passes back to Camargo
for his low 25 yard shot from right that goaie dives in middle of box to save and York Grant partially clears rebound.
Cav Daley recovers rebound and blasts 22 yarder from slight right that goalie dives to stop. The rebound is partially
cleared by York Grant. Cav charging forward shoots low 20 yarder through crowd of players that goalie catches on bounce.
64 min...Cav sub...Aird replaces Henry.
...........Cav sub...Montgomery replaces Camargo.
65 min...York Ricci ends up with open 10 yard shot on right but shoots wide.
67 min...Cav Aird short centering pass to Cav Musse who shoots low 18 yarder wide left but wins cornerkick.
67 min...Can Aird cornerkick from left has leaping Cav Trafford on left side of 6 yard box flick header over bar.
70 min...York Gagnon-Lapare freekick from top right of Cav box has defender in crowd of players at 15 yards heads away.
71 min...York sub...Bayiha replaces Santos.
71 min...York Martin-Pereux from left sideline sends in cross and the ball is headed around in Cav box but cleared.
72 min...Cav sub...Smith-Doyle replaces Bevan.
73 min...York Martin-Pereux injured when he makes sliding tackle on Cav Smith-Doyle near sideline at Cav 35 yard line.
75 min...Cav Musse gets away 20 yarder up middle on scramble has defender block shot at 15 yards.
76 min...York Gagnon-Lapare down with injury.
77 min...York sub...Adekugbe replaces injured Gagnon-Lapare.
...........York sub...Buschman-Dormand replaces Baldisimo.
...........York sub...Wright replaces Ricci.
78 min...York sub...Ferrari replaces Martin-Pereux.
80 min...York Adekugbe chips 40 yarder down middle that goalie catches as defender bump and block York player in box.
81 min...York Buschman-Dormand cornerkick from right bounces through box unplayed. Eventually a high cross from the left
has ball popped up on header and it's caught by the goalie on the left post.
83 min...Cav YELLOW card...Smith-Doyle earns it for not giving 10 yards on a freekick at York 5 yard line!
86 min...Cav sub...Fisk replaces Trafford.
............Cav sub...Mason replaces Musse.
86 min...York Adekugbe 30 yard freekick is low and cleared by nearest defender at 10 yards.
87 min...York Buschman-Dormand cornerkick from right is low and defender clears on bounce on right side of net.
88 min...York Gee chips a cross from 30 yards into box that's cleared. York Buschman-Dormand recovers ball on left side
of box is blaste high over net.
89 min...Cav YELLOW card...Daley earns it for while fallen from grabbing York Soumaoro's foot.
90 min...York Gee chips 33 yard freekick has York Wright pop 10 yard header over net.
91 min...Cav Mason wins cornerkick on cross near left end line.
92 min...York goaie picks up ball ahead of Cav player on long chip to edge of 18 yard box.
93 min...York Gee 30 yard freekick from right is knocked around in box and York Grant is called offside.
94 min...York Soumaoro rolls through ball to York Wright who backheels ball forward but ball is wide right.
95 min...game ends 2:58pm.
Final Score:...York United.........0..........Cavalry FC..........1..........
Attendance was not announced but was revealed on the league's website as 777. That is an interesting number as it is rumoured to be the name of one of the interested parties for buying the team 'The 777 Group'. [Late edit...The league changed their figure to 890 so I don't know if the first figure was a prank]. This was definitely the smallest crowd of the season. A mild sunny afternoon on a Saturday! Should there have been more? Well the game was rescheduled on less than two weeks notice by the league broadcaster One Soccer as they wanted to show the Women's World Cup qualifier between Canada and Jamaica on Friday night in Kingston Jamaica. Canada won that game 2-0 for a great head start for Tuesday's home game at BMO Field in Toronto. The leader of the York supporter's group had his wedding today and even their endzone stand was down about 50% as maybe they were all at the wedding or had work commitments. York United is now owned by the league so they'd be pushovers to having their game moved. This is York's third home loss in a row in the midst of a four game home stand. They are the best in the league for their road record. Sergio Camargo earned the shutout for Cavalry without having much to do although he had four shots against the same number as York head in the game. Referee Scott Bowman gave out six Yellow cards in the game, the first three to York including one to an assistant coach for complaining after the Cavalry goal then the other three later in the game to Cavalry players. The game was pretty cleanly played with the only danger a collision in the first minute of the second half when York Jeremy Gagnon-Lapare and Cav's Mael Henry collided in front of the York player's bench and both needed trainers although eventually they were both were able to continue. Henry got a Yellow card for his part in the play. York coach Martin Nash said after the game he was pleased the team only allowed Cavalry one shot inside the 18 yard box (that was on the goal). Cavalry coach Tommy Wheeldon Jr said after the game that when he saw after 60 minutes his team didn't look like it would score a second goal, he tightened up their defence to grind out the win. York's U-21 minutes are now manageable. They earned 90 minutes for young goalie Eleias Himaras, with starter Kadin Martin-Pereux playing in midfield for 78 minutes and not looking out of place. Midfielder Carson Buschman-Dormand as their one U-21 on the bench came in at 78 minutes. Next week looks even better as U-21 Noah Abatneh should be back from suspension which will give them even more choices. The loss drops York's record to 9 wins, 12 losses, 5 ties for 32 points and they stay in sixth place. Atletico Ottawa holds on to fifth and is the only team York could catch for the last playoff spot. Atletico plays tomorrow and with an expected win at home against Valour FC who are out of the playoffs after losing at home on Wednesday and should be tired. Ottawa could pull four points ahead of York with two games to go for each team. Atletico will be here next Sunday for York's final home game and York would have to win that game just to be back at one point behind and then have to win out in Vancouver and hope Atletico loses to Forge the next afternoon in Hamilton. Things for York look bleak. Cavalry's record improves to 14 wins, 5 losses, 7 ties for 49 points. That keeps them in first place and they could clinch the title later today if Forge beat Pacific. First place not only gives a team a home field advantage in the playoffs and a 'second chance' if they lose their semi-final match (something like Australian Rules Football) but they would win hardward for winning the league and one of two places for CPL teams in the 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup for the best club team in the region.Rocket Robin
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York United FC starters
Cavalry FC starters
Cavalry Sergio Camargo (10) takes opening kickoff.
A cross is sent into the York box.
Cavalry Ali Musse (7) chips freekick over bar.
York Osaze De Rosario (24) on rush.
York Kevin Santos (11) bends freekick over bar.
York Kevin Santos (11) takes second half kickoff.
York Clement Bayiha (12) leads breakout.
York Jeremy Gagnon-Lapare (28) runs down right wing.
York Jeremy Gagnon-Lapare (28) sends in freekick chip from top of box.
Cavalry bench celebrates and can clinch first place tonight depending on later results.
Game stats (from canpl.ca)
York United FC Cavalry FC
Possession 59.4% 40.6%
Duels success rate 55.2% 44.8%
Aerial duels won 47.1% 52.9%
Interceptions 4 6
Offsides 0 1
Corners won 6 6
Passes 449 311
Long passes 59 47
Passing accuracy 85.7% 78.1%
Passing acc in opp half 73.9% 60.4%
Crosses 29 12
Crossing accuracy 17.2% 25.0%
Goals 0 1
Shots 9 10
Shots on target 4 4
Blocked shots 1 2
Shots outside the box 4 4
Shots inside the box 5 6
Shooting accuracy 44.4% 40.0%
Tackles 23 15
Tackles success rate 87.0% 80.0%
Clearances 12 17
Fouls conceded 15 15
Yellow cards 2 3
Red cards 0 0
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