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Results and details of the Tuesday November 9, 2021 CPL game between York United FC and Forge FC played
at York Lions Stadium in North York at 1:00pm ET.
York United FC (all white uniforms, blue names and numbers, green trim)
...............................1 Niko Giantsopoulos
66 Chrisnovic N'Sa...3 Matteo Campagna...4 Jordan Wilson (cpt)...20 Diyaeddine Abzi
..................19 Noah Verhoeven...12 Javier George
......14 Ijah Halley...8 Sebastian Gutierrez...70 Jordan Faria
..........................80 Lowell Wright
Subs:...18 Eleias Himaras (gk)...5 Dominck Zator (def)...7 Alvaro Rivero (fwd)...13 Osvaldo Ramirez (fwd)
...23 Gerard Lavergne (mid)...30 Muslim Umar (fwd)...44 Isaiah Johnston (mid)
team officials:...head coach Jimmy Brennan...assistant coach Paul Stalteri...goalkeeper coach Camilo Benzi
...physiotherapist Antonio Petrolo...doctor Stephen Wong-Shue...kitmen Liam Connelly and Shaaru Jogathasan
...team manager Alex Bizzarri
Forge FC (all black uniforms, orange names and numbers, white trim)
..............................1 Triston Henry
23 Garven-Michee Metusala...4 Dominic Samuel...5 Daniel Krutzen (cpt)...6 Kwame Awuah
................8 Elimane Cisse...13 Alexander Achinioti-Jonsson
.......7 David Choiniere...19 Tristan Borges...18 Mohham Babouli
.............................14 Emery Welshman
Subs:...31 Baj Maan (gk)...10 Kyle Bekker (mid)...12 Sebastian Castello (mid)...15 Maxim Tissot (mid)
...16 Klaidi Cela (def)...17 Woobens Pacius (fwd)...25 Joshua Navarro Sandi (mid)
team officials:...head coach Bobby Smyrniotis...assistant coaches Kyt Selaidopoulos and David Edgar
goalkeeper coach Johan Albert...physiotherapist Emily Coleman...kitman Joe Hanley...athletic trainer Jacob Miller
...team manager Jelani Smith
Game officials:...referee Yusri Rudolf...assistant referees Gianni Facchini and Gabrielle Lemieux
...fourth official David Barrie (neon red shirts, black shorts and socks)...referee assessor Amato De Luca
First Half:...game starts 7:09pm...York defend south end...The weather was cool with a heavy rain falling since at least 4:00pm
but there is no wind.
5 min...York Faria jumps but can't redirect ball on cross from right at 7 yards and ball is over left end line for goalkick.
6 min...Forge Babouli 33 yard freekick from left has retreating York Wilson heads ball away at 6 yards in crowd of players on left.
8 min...Forge Achinioti-Johnsson chips 30 yarder up left into box that goalie catches on bounce as defender shields ball.
9 min...Forge Awuah runs on left and wins cornerkick on his deflection on 15 yard shot.
9 min...Forge Babouli cornerkick from left has defender head away for throw-in.
10 min...Forge Babouli low 33 yard freekick from left has Forge Krutzen not able to redirect ball from 8 yards on right.
11 min...York Gutierrez cornerkick from left has goalie catch in front of charging players.
12 min...Forge Choiniere on run up right rolls pass too far forward and goalie stops wide right of net.
13 min...Forge Borges cornerkick from left drops into box and York George clears from middle of box.
14 min...York goalie is out to 20 yards to head away through ball pass.
15 min...York Faria run on left and low cross has goalie dive forward to catch.
16 min...Forge Welshman shoots 20 yarder over net as York George lost possession in slip up.
17 min...Forge Choiniere rush on 1 on 4 and shoots 20 yard roller that goalie saves on dive to right.
18 min...York Wright rolls cross from left between players and York George has 20 yard shot blocked.
19 min...York Gutierrez 28 yard freekick from left is low and diving goalie smothers on left side of goal.
23 min...Forge Tristan Borges GOAL...Three Forge players line up for freekick and Borges takes 30 yard blast down
the middle that deflects in off the underside of the bar on the left side of goal over the hand of flying goalie
Niko Giantsopoulos.
25 min...Forge Awuah cross from left along 6 yard line and leaping Forge Welshman can't turn header at 6 yards and ball
is cleared out right side of box.
27 min...York Gutierrez wins cornerkick on deflection of his 12 yard shot.
27 min...York Verhoeven cornerkick from right has Forge Welshman head away on left but ball bounces for cornerkick.
28 min...York Gutierrez cornerkick from left has goalie punch ball in crowd of players back to Gutierrez and his recross
is over players in box.
29 min...Forge Welshman on right on 2 on 0 rush has retreating York Campagna get back to break up pass at 15 yards
in middle.
32 min...Forge YELLOW card...head coach Bobby Smyrniotis earns it for complaining about York freekick call in center circle.
34 min...York Gutierrez is checked off ball at top right of Forge box.
35 min...Forge YELLOW card...Krutzen earns it for complaining about a freekick call at the center line.
36 min...Forge Cisse chips 15 yarder near right end line into outside webbing of net.
38 min...Forge Welshman rush on right and has low cross blocked but second low pass is cleared on edge of 6 yard box.
38 min...Forge Cisse shoots low 15 yarder down middle wide left of net.
40 min...Forge Choiniere receives pass and sliding defenders deflect 10 yarder wide left of goal.
41 min...Forge Daniel Krutzen GOAL...Krutzen blasts 10 yard rebound from left into right side of net
over fallen goalie who had dived to save Forge Tristan Borges blast from 15 yards from left.
43 min...Forge Achinioti-Jonsson pushes 40 yarder up middle to Forge Welshman at 20 yards but York defender is bumped
over for a York freekick.
45 min...half ends 7:54pm with no added time.
Halftime: It is still raining hard. The subs on both sides are all eventually outside warming up.
Second Half:...starts 8:09pm.
halftime subs:...York Johnston replaces Gutierrez.
...................York Ramirez replaces Verhoeven.
...................York Umar replaces Faria.
49 min...Forge Choiniere is tapped pass from right and his 7 yard shot is stopped point blank by goalie.
50 min...Forge Borges has 10 yard low shot stopped by sliding goalie.
50 min...York Lowell Wright GOAL...York Isaiah Johnston picks up ball from just outside York box and dribbles
up the middle and at Forge 45 yard line sends low through ball pass to Wright who charges up left to get to it
at 25 yard line and takes low 20 yard shot on left and he continues rush forward left and low 18 yard shot is over
sprawling goalie Triston Henry at 10 yards and into right side of net.
52 min...York Campagna makes key clearance on low cross into box.
53 min...York Halley low centering pass after run on right has York Umar take low 25 yard shot up middle that's blocked.
54 min...Forge Awuah is injured in collision at Forge 22 yards and wins freekick.
56 min...Forge Welshman receives pass at 12 yards on left and bends shot over bar missing top right corner.
58 min...York Abzi run down left and floats cross that York Ramirez can't connect as goalie is out to 8 yards to poke away ball.
60 min...Forge sub...Tissot replaces Cisse.
61 min...Forge Babouli cornerkick from left is short and his 25 yarder has York Ramirez put foot up to deflect ball over own net
in center of box.
61 min...Forge Babouli cornerkick from right has York Campagna head ball out of box from center of box.
62 min...York Johnston 45 yard freekick from right is headed away on left.
63 min...Forge Babouli is ridden off breakaway by York Campagna and York Johnston preventing any shot.
65 min...York Abzi gets back to make sliding tackle on Forge Choiniere at top right of York box.
66 min...Forge Welshman pushes York Campagna off ball in York box but York are awarded a freekick.
66 min...York N'Sa low cross from left along 7 yard line is just a step ahead of charging York Ramirez.
67 min...Forge Babouli blasts 28 yarder from slight left over bar.
68 min...York Halley rushes up right nd cross from 28 yards has goalie catch in front of charging York Wright.
69 min...York Halley heads 8 yarder from right that has goalie dive and push ball wide right of post.
70 min...York Johnston cornerkick from right has York N'Sa pop 18 yarder in crowd of players well over bar.
71 min...Forge sub...Navarro replaces Choiniere.
............Forge sub...Pacius replaces Welshman.
72 min...Forge Alexander Achinioti-Johsson GOAL...Forge Molham Babouli takes 30 yard freekick from left
has Achinioti-Jonsson in middle of box flick header from 10 yards into right corner of net.
73 min...York player passes across box from the left and York N'Sa blasts low 22 yarder from right off outside of near post.
75 min...Forge Borges cornerkick from left has York Wright head ball away at 15 yards in crowd of players.
77 min...York Abzi run from left and blasts 20 yarder into outside webbing of net.
78 min...York Johnston 33 yard freekick from left is high and defender heads ball out right side of box.
79 min...York goalie makes point blank save on Forge Borges 10 yard shot and York defender chests rebound to goalie
as he turns around. Forge Navarro had given Borges a pass.
Forge had broken out on a 3 on 2 rush on last play but there was no offside call.
82 min...York Halley is injured in center circle by bump.
83 min...York sub...Lavergne replaces George.
84 min...York Johnston is tapped back pass from Forge box and he blasts 25 yarder down middle well over net.
85 min...York N'Sa high cross from right has York Abzi from left send high cross over box.
87 min...York Abzi run on left but rolls ball past defenders at 25 yards for goalie to smother.
88 min...Forge Navarro cross from right edge of box has York Wilson block with header.
89 min...Forge sub...Bekker replaces Achinioti-Jonsson.
............Forge sub...Castello replaces Babouli.
90 min...Forge Castello rush on left and cross is rolled through York box along 10 yard line and out right side of box.
92 min...York Abzi 35 yard freekick up middle has Forge goalie dive to push ball wide left of net.
94 min...game ends 8:58pm.
Final Score:...York United FC........1.........Forge FC.......3.......
Attendance was not announced but looked but looked about 2/3s of the Saturday crowd which was finally listed as 1126. The weather was dreadful because it had rained all afternoon and continued at its hardest at halftime. At least there was no wind. I thought that a lot of the fans were watching from the concourse but a walk along there before the game revealed that wasn't much protection. This game had been rescheduled from earlier in the year--maybe even twice if I look into it because of Forge doing so well in both the CONCACAF League and their progress to the semi-finals in the Canadian Championships. Forge were playing weekend-midweek-weekend for quite awhile now and even after all other teams finishing their regular season on the weekend, Forge still have two more regular season games to play. Besides the competing with the weather for attendance, York were also playing on a weeknight at 7:00pm which means a tough commute from downtown with enough time to pick up family members. York had clinched the fourth and final playoff spot on the weekend. They had lost 2-1 in their game against Forge in Saturday's first game. While I was on my way home, the FC Edmonton hosting Valour FC game was going on with Edmonton taking a 3-0 lead with Valour eventually coming back to tie 3-3 but a tie wasn't good enough to pass York on their last game of the season was Valour was out. Valour doesn't have a good road record so the result wasn't a surprise but Edmonton playoff run ended a few weeks earlier so it was hometown pride that must have inspired their effort. Sunday had HFX Wanderers hosting last place Atletico Ottawa which would have been an expected win for HFX leaving tonight's game a must win for York but it didn't happen as HFX had a one goal lead but their former MVP of the previous season Matthew Arnone now playing for AO scored to tie but then kicked over a corner flag picking up his second Yellow card leaving his teammates having to survive the game's last 30 minutes down a man. HFX couldn't score so a tie wasn't enough for them to pass York and they are out of the playoffs. So York backed in without playing their final game! Nate Ingham wasn't even on the bench for tonight's game. He had to leave the game after an injury in Saturday's game. A York video tweet posted just before the game showed players arriving and there was Ingham walking in with the other players--OK nothing wrong with that--then he jumped high and clicked his heels. Not something you'd expect as someone who was listed as suffering a groin injury. Maybe that's a code that he's alright and is just being rested. The spare goaltender tonight was Eleias Himaras who has been brought in as an emergency backup for York this season. He normally is a goalie for FC London of League1 Ontario. I watched him play on Sunday October 24th which was the final game of the season for London who had to win to pass Blue Devils FC for the final playoff spot in the Western Division but the team lost 2-0 in Oakville. With no way to move up the table, this was a good night for York to put in players who often don't get a start and even put in some debutants. Javier George made his first appearance and got a start in the midfield. He is only 20 and an international for Guyana. OK he can compare notes with Forge's Emery Welshman who also plays for them although being born in Pickering but being allowed to declare internationally because of his parents. George was born in Guyana but moved to Canada at age six and he could declare too. Muslim 'Muggsy' Umar started on the bench but got subbed in at halftime when coach Jummy Brennan made three changes to shake things up with the team down 2-0. He played forward replacing Jordan Faria who himself has had few starts because of a long injury at the start of the season. Captain/defender Roger Thompson wasn't in the lineup nor was forward Julian Ulbricht, nor wingers Michael Petrasso nor Max Ferrari. Cedric Toussaint's absence can be explained easier as he's serving a two match ban for Yellow card accumulation. Later the team stats for U-21s were released and York had 8494 minutes shattering the 1500 minimum mark. Max Ferrari led the team with 2159. Matteo Campagna received a rare start and was pushed in at defence and played well. Ijah Halley started as a forward with Lowell Wright to form a very young forward line. This would have been a game for Forge to load their lineup with U-21s if they were having trouble reaching the league's young players' quota. I'd read two weeks ago they might be in trouble but was assured at tonight's game they were fine. A win tonight would guarantee first place for the regular season and home field advantage for both the semi-final and final. That will cut down on their travelling across to western Canada in combo with trips to Central America as they keep advancing in the CONCACAF League round earning a spot to the semi-final in it as well as being the first CPL team to earn a spot in the CONCACAF Championships next year! Forge earned two goals from 30 yard freekicks. Tristan Borges banked his freekick down the middle off the underside of the bar in one of those 'Goal of the Year' nominees at 23 minutes. Mo Babouli took a freekick from the right and Alexander Achinioti-Johnsson flicked a header from 10 yards just changing the ball's direction into an uncovered part of the net to put the game out of reach at 72 minutes. Lowell Wright scored his sixth goal of the season with ties him for the team lead with both Alvaro Rivero and Diyaeddine Abzi. Hey after a busy weekend of York United and League1 Ontario games, I expect this will be the last game of the season that I attend. I've fallen behind in writing up more detailed game reports so I can do that while watching national team games and CPL playoffs from the comfort of home. Rocket Robin robing@eol.ca twitter @RocketRobin01
York United FC starters
Forge FC starters
York Lowell Wright (80) takes opening kickoff.
Forge Tristan Borges (19) looks to pass off ball.
Forge Molham Babouli (18) takes freekick.
York Sebastian Gutierrez (8) takes freekick.
Forge Emery Welshman (14) takes second half kickoff.
York Chrisnovic N'Sa (66) runs back to get around player.
York Isaiah Johnston (44) lines up freekick.
York players greet supporters after the game.
Match stats supplied by CPL Match Stats: York United FC Forge FC Goals 1 3 Total Shots (including blocked shots) 11 16 Shots On Target 5 7 Shots Off Target 3 6 Blocked Shots 3 3 Shots from inside the box 9 10 Shots from outside the box 7 6 Headed Shots 4 2 Corners taken 2 6 Fouls Conceded 11 20 Open Play Crosses 10 15 Offsides 1 2 Duels Won 51 44 Duels Won (%) 53.7% 45.8% Total Passes 352 408 Passing Accuracy 84.7% 84.8% Possession 46.1% 53.9%
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