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Results and details of the Sunday June 27, 2021 CPL game between Cavalry FC and York United FC played at IG Field
in Winnipeg Manitoba at 5:00pm. All league games this first month of the season are being played at this facility 'The Bubble'
because of Covid protocol.
Cavalry FC (all black uniforms, white names and numbers)
...................................1 Marco Carducci
12 Daniel Kaiser...4 Daan Klomp...5 Mason Trafford...3 Tom Field
...6 Nik Ledgerwood (cpt)...15 Elliot Simmons...16 Victor Loturi
...11 Jose Escalante...9 Anthony Novak...10 Sergio Camargo
Subs:...22 Tyson Farago (gk)...14 Joseph DiChiara (mid)...19 Ahinga Selemani (fwd)...21 Mohamed Farsi (def)
23 Richard Luca (fwd)...24 David Norman (mid)...Karifa Yao (def)
team officials:...head coach Tommy Wheeldon Jr...assistant coaches Martin Nash and Leon...goalkeeper coach Jordan Santiago
...physiotherapists Harley Thwaites and Alex Potts...team manager Tofa Fakunie
York United FC (all white uniforms, blue names and numbers)
...............................29 Nathan Ingham
21 Michael Petrasso...5 Dominick Zator...6 Roger Thompson (cpt)...57 Terique Mohammed
..............4 Jordan Wilson...66 Chrisnovic N'Sa
...16 Max Ferrari...19 Noah Verhoeven...20 Diyaeddine Abzi
....................80 Lowell Wright
Subs:...1 Niko Giantsopoulos (gk)...7 Alvaro Rivero (fwd)...13 Osvaldo Ramirez (fwd)...14 Ijah Halley (fwd)
...23 Gerard Lavergne (mid)...28 Cedric Toussaint (mid)...44 Isaiah Johnston (mid)
team officials:...head coach Jimmy Brennan...assistant coach Paul Stalteri...goalkeeper coach Camilo Benzi
...physiotherapist Antonio Petrolo...kitman Shaaru Jogathasan...team manager Alex Bizzarri
Game officials:...referee Juan Marquez...assistant referees Lyes Arfa and Felix Cote-Leclerc...fourth official Alain Ruch
(purple shirts, black shorts and socks)...fifth official Michael Hood...referee assessor Joe Audi
First Half:...game starts 5:11pm...Cav defends north end on this mild day with a bright sun in the west but the west half of the field
in the shadows by the stands.
3 min...York defender clears low cross in center of box sent in from low cross from 25 yards on left.
4 min...York Petrasso holds off Cav Camargo to clear ball just insdie left side of box and wins freekick.
5 min...Cav Trafford pops header back to goalie but wide right of net giving up cornerkick.
5 min..York cornerkick from left has Cav Klomp in center of box head ball away. Ball is headed back into box and York N'Sa
pops up header just inside box but wide right and goalie catches on bounce well wide right of net.
6 min...York Abzi bumps Cav Escalante on run into right side of box and forces him to push ball over end line for goalkick.
7 min...York Verhoeven turns in front of defender runs forward on left side of box and low 15 yard shot from far left
is smothered by goalie diving forward.
8 min...Cav goalie steps to left to beat York Abzi to bounced pass.
10 min...Cav Escalante cornerkick from left has Cav Novak in front of defenders at 7 yards head ball forward that goalie
catches just under bar.
17 min...Cav Ledgerwood rescues ball on left end line when York defender and goalie crash together. Ledgerwood's short cross
has another defender head ball behind end line.
18 min...Cav Ledgerwood cornerkick from left is headed away on near side of box. Ledgerwood eventually gets ball back on left
and cross has defender in center of box head ball away.
18 min...Cav Klomp long bouncer upfield from 50 yards has flying defender just inside box head away. Cav Ledgerwood has
deflected 22 yard shot from slight right bounce to goalie.
19 min...York Abzi cross from left cornerflag has York Wright head ball downward from 10 yard and bounces to goalie
on left post.
21 min...York Ferrari rushes into box on right has Cav Kaiser boot away before charging York Abzi can get to it in 6 yard box.
22 min...York Verhoeven long cross from left has ball popped up on header on right side of box and goalie makes easy catch.
23 min...York Abzi low cross from left has goalie dive forward and get a hand to it on left post to stop and redirect ball away
from York Wright in 6 yard box and defender clears ball away.
26 min...Cav Escalante receives long pass on bounce on right at 15 yards and off balance 8 yard shot has goalie bat wide right
on near post.
26 min...Cav Escalante corxnerkick from right is cleared in crowd of players at 10 yards in center of box.
27 min...York Mohammed rush on left to near end line and low cross has defender clear on edge of 6 yard box.
28 min...A two minute water break is called.
31 min...Cav Sergio Camargo GOAL...Jose Escalante receives long pass from 40 yard line on left and he cuts back
and crosses from 25 yards on right just outside box and ball is sent over set of players in center of box and charging
Camargo gets in front of York Michael Petrasso and on diving header at 5 yards heads ball forward into left side of net
just in side left post and frozen goalie Nathan Ingham who was watching players in center of box.
Next over 10 minutes are just midfield possession play.
42 min...Cav Ledgerwood low cornerkick from left has ball deflect off nearest defender on left and roll into 6 yard box where
another defender clears.
45 min...Cav Ledgerwood 35 yard freekick from left is wide right of net.
47 min...half ends 5:58pm.
Second Half:
Halftime sub...Cav sub...Farsi replaces Camargo.
47 min...Cav Escalante 40 yard freekick from right is over players in box and bounces wide left.
48 min...York N'Sa rush down left holding off players check attempts but shot from left just inside box
is blocked by defender.
49 min...York YELLOW card...Michael Petrasso earns it for elbow to back on Cav Farsi near sideline at 45 yard line.
50 min...Cav Jose Escalante GOAL...York goalie Nathan Ingham on left post taps goal kick to defender
Jordan Wilson at 10 yard line on right who hesitates without looking upfield. Escalante charges forward
from right and Wilson then quickly clears the ball but the ball hits Escalante at 10 yards and deflects
towards goal. Goalie dives to right and gets and hand to it but ball rolls on into right side of net.
53 min...York Abzi wins freekick on left corner of Cav box when he's squeezed between two players and knocked over.
53 min...York Ferrari 20 yard freekick from left has ball blocked in wall of players and his rebound also hits defender
and deflects back out of box.
54 min...York sub...Rivero replaces Ferrari.
..............York sub...Johnston replaces Wilson.
56 min...York Rivero low cornerkick from left has Cav Escalante clear at 8 yards.
56 min...York Rivero cornerkick from left has Cav Novak head ball away at 6 yards even with left post.
57 min...York Abzi works his way into left side of box and Cav Kaiser lunges near end line to knock ball out for cornerkick.
58 min...York player's cornerkick from left has goalie punch ball away in crowd of players in center of box at 6 yards.
59 min...Cav sub...Richard Luca (Da Silva) replaces Field.
.........Cav sub...Di Chiara replaces Loturi.
60 min...York Abzi 15 yard cross from left has York Petrasso knocked off ball at 3 yards on right post by Cav Farsi.
62 min...Cav Luca is checked off ball in York box by two defenders before getting away shot.
63 min...York player's cornerkick from left has York Thompson N'Sa not able to turn header at 6 yards in center of box.
Cav Kaiser is injured on play in group of players who jumped for ball.
69 min...York sub...Halley replaces Petrasso.
.........York sub...Ramirez replaces Verhoeven.
73 min...Cav Luca 30 yard freekick from left has retreating defender boot ball out of box at 10 yards on left.
73 min...Cav Novak passes between two York defenders into box but play was called offside before Cav Klomp can get shot.
74 min...York player receives tapped back pass and cross from 25 yards just outside top left of box has two charging York
players miss ball at 6 yards even with left post and Cav Trafford behind them clears ball at 3 yards for cornerkick on left.
74 min...York Rivero short cornerkick has a York Abzi send in high cross from 28 yards on left that sails just over right
end line.
75 min...Cav sub...Norman replaces Kaiser.
76 min...York N'Sa low cross from right has defender deflect out for throw-in.
76 min...York player's cross from right near end line has York player just a step away from 3 yard body into goal has goalie
picks up on bounce.
78 min...York Diyaeddine Abzi GOAL...Abzi blasts low 25 yard freekick up middle around four man wall that bends
just inside left side of net beyond diving goalie Marco Carducci.
82 min...Cav Luca 30 yard shot up middle after turn is well wide left of goal.
84 min...Cav sub...Selemani replaces Escalante.
85 min...Cav YELLOW card...Joseph Di Chiara earns it for sliding tackle on York Halley at Cav 50 yard line.
87 min...York Mohammed 40 yard freekick from right has defender head away in crowd of players in middle of box
at 12 yards.
89 min...Cav Norman 28 yard freekick from right dips and lands on top of net.
90 min...Cav YELLOW card...David Norman earns it for argueing freekick call against him for tackle on York Rivero
at Cav 40 yard line.
90 min...York player's high 45 yard freekick from left has goalie make easy overhead catch just under bar.
91 min...York Abzi receives chipped pass up left wing and he chips from 22 yards over charging goalie who'd ran
to left edge of box. Retreating Cavs Trafford and Farsi beat a charging York Ramirez to ball and Trafford
gets backwards header at 1 yard line to knock back into box with Abzi following into 6 yard box but pushes
another defender aside to get to it and play is whistled down for his foul.
93 min...game ends.
Final Score:...Cavalry FC.....2....York United FC......1.....
Broadcaster OneSoccer awarded 'Man of the Match' to Jose Excalante who had a goal and an assist. This was the first game of the season for both teams and the last game of the opening weekend at this tourney held in Winnipeg to start the season. When I saw the result of the game earlier today when 'hometown' Valour FC beat defending CPL champions Forge FC 2-0. I then expected that York which like Forge was not allowed by the Ontario Government to train in groups into two weeks ago, would lose 4-0. There is no comparison with training in groups for two months and training two weeks. Also York had never beaten Cavalry in 6 games earning only one tie and that was when Cavalry were down to nine men. This was the only game of the weekend where both teams scored so it was exciting for both team's supporters. The result was a surprise to me. The game was closer than I thought with York playing better in the second half when I was advised they would tire because of their lack of training but they had a late chance through a Calvary injury time misplay that almost had the game end in a tie. The Cavalry second goal was a blooper that York was a victim of last year such as having the goalie chipped from near the center line. A defender clearing the ball off a charging forward deflecting back into your own net would make the blooper reels now tiring of continuously showing the Haitian own goal with the goalie whiffing twice on a clearance against Canada in World Cup Qualifying. In women's soccer, Canada's Nichelle Prince blocked the England goalie's slow clearance deflecting it back into the net from 2 yards back in a friendly in April. (Wow all three goals shown by the broadcaster One Soccer)! Goal scorer Sergio Camargo only played the first half but Cavalry head coach Tommy Wheeldon Jr said after the game that it was part of the plan. With games coming twice a week for the one month of this tournament, there will be a lot of changes in lineups between each game. The league is allowing five substitutions per game as are other leagues have this year but there is no increase to the 18 player limit for each team's lineup. Wheeldon also named at least four players who could have played today so they could be the deepest team here. It was revealed before the game that York United defender Ryan Lindsay did not travel with the team last week and is dealing with a medical complaint. It is expected he will join up with the team at the earliest opportunity. Defender Roger Thompson was named as the new captain of York. He replaces their only previous captain Manny Aparicio who has joined Pacific FC in the offseason. Pacific FC is York's next opponent on Thursday afternoon at 5:00pm EST. Aparicio was York's freekick specialist but he was matched today by Diyaeddine Abzi's world class strike. I was surprized that Michael Petrasso was in the backline as a defender. He played in the off season on-loan on English side Barnet scoring 10 goals in 31 appearance and was named Player of the Year by the club's supporters. York was rated by experts as struggling to find goal scorers so I didn't expect him to be so far away from the front line. It is expected that York may get reinforcements as the season goes on. Forward Nicholas Hamilton was loaned out to Dundee FC in Scotland but had to quarantine in Winnipeg so he only met his teammates yesterday let alone train with them. It was Nathan Ingham's 28th birthday today and I'm sure he's had happier ones. I finally got a complete list of the 12 new players on the 22 man squad. Goalie: Niko Giantsopoulos Defenders: Chrisnovic N'sa, Felix N'sa (they are brothers), Dominick Zator, Terique Mohammed Midfielders: Jordan Wilson, Cedric Toussaint, Gerard Lavergne, Noah Verhoeven, Jordan Faria Forwards: Julian Ulbricht, Osvaldo Ramirez There are also four South American players that are having work visa problems and may or not arrive. It was decided by the league to call this game the 'Comeon! Match of the Week' which is a new sponsor for league and is a betting site. York has only nine players returning from last season but Cavalry was listed as only having eight returnees. York have former Cavalry goaltender Niko Giantsopoulos and defender Dominick Zator on their roster this year while Cavalry acquired York midfielder Joseph Di Chiara. Rocket Robin robing@eol.ca twitter @RocketRobin01Match stats supplied by CPL Match Stats: Cavalry FC York United FC Goals 2 1 Total Shots (including blocked shots) 8 10 Shots On Target 5 5 Shots Off Target 2 2 Blocked Shots 1 3 Shots from inside the box 5 6 Shots from outside the box 3 4 Headed Shots 2 2 Corners taken 4 6 Fouls Conceded 15 22 Offsides 2 4 Duels Won 65 50 Duels Won (%) 56.5% 43.5% Total Passes 462 335 Passing Accuracy 81.0% 73.4% Possession 57.2% 42.8%back to 2021 York United FC menu
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