August 15, 2020...York9 FC comes from behind to draw Atletico Ottawa at The Island Games (from CanPL.ca website)
York9 FC comes from behind to draw Atlético Ottawa at The Island Games
2020-08-15
by JOHN MOLINARO, DIRECTOR OF CONTENT (@JOHNMOLINARO)
What a crazy debut for Atlético Ottawa.
The CPL’s first expansion franchise took a 2-0 lead early in the second half against York9 FC
on Saturday, and looked set to record a huge upset win in their league debut at The Island Games
in Charlottetown.
But it all fell apart rather quickly for Ottawa, who had a player sent off and then conceded
two goals in quick succession, as the capital club settled for a 2-2 draw against
the Nine Stripes.
Mohamed Kourouma and Malcolm Shaw scored for Atlético, who played the last 40 minutes a man
down after Vashon Neufville was sent off. Rookie Lowell Wright and Joseph Di Chiara replied
for York9.
There wasn’t much between the sides in what was a pretty quiet first half, with York9’s
Ryan Telfer and Di Chiara carving out the best scoring chances, although Ottawa ‘keeper
Nacho Zabal was never seriously tested.
But then history was made in first-half injury time. Neufville made a scampering run down
the left flank and burst into the box before playing the ball inside the box for Kourouma
who beat Y9 goalkeeper Nathan Ingham to score Ottawa’s first CPL goal.
Ottawa padded its lead shortly after the halftime break. Ben Fisk played a great through
ball for Francisco Acuña, and the Mexican rushed down the right side and played a square
pass for Shaw, whose shot deflected off the back of Y9 defender Morey Doner and into
the back of the net.
Ottawa was reduced to 10 men just minutes later when Neufville earned his second yellow
card, which proved to be a major turning point in the match.
Rookie Max Ferrari went on a great run before setting up fellow substitute Wright for
his goal in the 62nd minute. At age 16, Wright set a new record as the youngest
goal scorer in CPL history.
Moments later Y9 was awarded a penalty, which Di Chiara converted to level the score.
York carried the bulk of the play for the rest of the match, but couldn’t break open
Ottawa’s defence and had to settle for a share of the points.
Notably, Spanish striker Alvaro Rivero, signed by Y9 this off-season, earned a start
in his CPL debut. Y9 was without midfielders Chris Mannella and Michael Petrasso
and fullback Fugo Segawa due to injuries, while captain Manny Aparicio started on the bench.
Ironman defender Luca Gasparotto, the only CPLer to play all 2520 minutes in the 2019 season,
wore the captain’s armband.
York9 FC returns to action on Aug. 18 when it takes on Pacific FC (1:00 p.m. ET/2:00 p.m. AT),
while Atlético Ottawa faces Valour FC on Aug. 19 (1:00 p.m. ET/2:00 p.m. AT)
Volkswagen Keys to the Match (presented on OneSoccer before kick-off).
York9 FC: Flank relationship with Telfer – A pretty quiet game from the Trinidad & Tobago
international, but he was hardly the only one for Y9.
Atlético Ottawa: Manage nerves and approach – With a 2-0 lead, Ottawa was reduced
to 10 players in the 50th minute, and Y9 stormed back to level the score 12 minutes later.
BOX SCORE
Goals
45’+3’ – Mohamed Kourouma (Atlético Ottawa)
47’ – Malcolm Shaw (Atlético Ottawa)
60’ – Lowell Wright (York9 FC)
62’ – Joseph Di Chiara (York9 FC)
Discipline
14’ Yellow – Joseph Di Chiara (York9 FC)
14’ Yellow – Vashon Neufville (Atlético Ottawa)
50’ 2nd Yellow – Vashon Neufville (Atlético Ottawa)
MAN OF THE MATCH
Joseph Di Chiara (York9 FC )
The Canadian veteran provided a steely and physical presence in midfield,
and then kept his cool by converting from the penalty spot to tie the game for Y9.
Match Stats (found on Fotmob site)
York 9 FC Atletico Ottawa
2 Goals 2
16 Total Shots 4
6 Shots on Target 2
7 Shots off Target 1
3 Blocked Shots 1
10 Shots from inside box 2
6 Shots from outside the box 2
7 Corners taken 0
10 Fouls conceded 19
35 Open Play crosses 13
0 Offsides 0
52 Duels won 33
60.4% Duels won % 37.2%
379 Total passes 403
82% Passing accuracy 78%
49.8% Possession 50.2%
Lineups:
York 9 FC (all white, black names and numbers, green trim)
29 Nathan Ingham
20 Diyaeddine Abzi...13 Luca Gasparotto (cpt)...6 Roger Thompson...3 Morey Doner
19 Kyle Porter...17 Matthew Arnone...8 Joseph Di Chiara...18 Ryan Telfer
.....7 Alvaro Rivero Sanchez...99 Gabriel Monteiro Vasconcelos
Subs:...37 Ezequiel Carrasco (gk)...22 Julian Altobelli...16 Max Ferrari...14 Ijah Halley
44 Isaiah Johnston...12 Jace Kotsopoulos...5 Chris Mannella...23 Wataru Murofushi...21 Michael Petrasso
26 Fugo Segawa...80 Lowell Wright
head coach Jim Brennan
Atletico Ottawa (all black, white names and numbers, red trim)
..................1 Ignacio Zabal Almazan
2 Malyk Hamilton...4 Evan Brandon John...3 Milovan Kapor...44 Vashon Neufville
............5 Victro Martinez Manrique...23 Ajay Khabra
....9 Mohamed Kourouma...8 Francisco Javier Acuna Victor...10 Ben Fisk
.....................19 Malcolm Isaiah Shaw
Subs:...25 Richard Soares Gomes (gk)...30 Horace Patient Sobze Zemo (gk)...6 Gianfranco Facchineri
11 Antoine Coupland...12 Michel Djaozandry...14 Jarred Phillips...21 Maksym Kowal...22 Ben McKendry
42 Matteo de Brienne
head coach Miguel Angel Ferrer Martinez "Mista"
Game officials:...Referee: Matthew Souare...ARs: Gabrielle Lemieux, Travis Lefebvre
4th Official: Carly Shaw-MacLaren (wine shirts, black shorts and socks)
Subs:...52 min...York Murofushi replaces Arnone
........53 min...AO Phillips replaces Acuna
........53 min...York Wright replaces Vasconcelos
........53 min...York Ferrari replaces Rivero
........55 min...AO Kowal replaces Shaw
........62 min...AO McKendry replaces Khabra
........83 min...York Halley replaces Abzi
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