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Results and details of the Friday September 23, 2022 CPL game between York United FC and Valour FC
played at York Lions Stadium in North York at 7:30pm ET.
York United FC (all white uniforms, green names and numbers)
....................67 Eleias Himaras
23 Chrisnovic N'Sa...3 Tass Mourdoukoutas...44 Isaiah Johnston...5 Dominick Zator (cpt)
...............14 Paris Gee...4 Jordan Wilson
.......21 Michael Petrasso...18 Molham Babouli...11 Kevin Nogueira Carvalho Dos Santos
.....................24 Osaze De Rosario
Subs:...12 Gianluca Catalano (gk)...8 Sebastian Gutierrez...9 Lisandro Cabrera...16 Maximilian Ferrari
...25 Luis Lawrie-Lattanzio...27 Ronan Kratt...33 Matthew Baldisimo
team officials:...head coach Martin Nash...assistant coach Barry Smith...goalkeeper coach Camilo Benzi
...physiotherapists Cesar Cruz and Maliha Ratansi...doctor Jim Niu...kitman John Townsend
...athletic trainer Michael Higbee
Valour FC (maroon socks and section on right shoulder, Black shorts and shirts, gold names and numbers)
......................99 Rayane Yesli
.......14 Stefan Cebara...35 Andrew Jean-Baptiste...3 Antonio Rocco Romeo
2 Andy Baquero...16 Daryl Fordyce (cpt)...8 Diego Gutierrez...17 Brett Levis
........24 Sean Rea...9 Walter Ponce...22 Matteo De Brienne
Subs:...1 Jonathan Sirois (gk)...5 Nassim Mekideche...6 Jacob Carlos Duarte...10 Kevin Rendon
...11 Alessandro Riggi...13 Billy Forbes...70 Matthew Catavolo
team officials:...head coach Phillip Dos Santos...assistant coaches Damian Rocke and Jeyham Bhindi
...goalkeeper coach Patrick De Stefani...physiotherapist Evan Fehr...kitman Nigel Moore...press officer Sam Calvert
Game officials:...referee Yusri Rudolph...referee's assistants Jason Vaillancourt and Felix Cote-Leclerc
...fourth official David Barrie...(aqua shirts, black shorts and shoes)...referee assessor Daniel Belieau
First Half:...game starts 7:46pm...York defends north end on this cool evening with the temperature dropping as night
goes on. The subs that were warming up before the game kept their windbreakers on.
2 min...York De Rosario trips up at 20 yards up middle and defender clears.
4 min...York N'Sa gets back to check VFC De Brienne off ball on left side of box with no Penalty call.
5 min...York goalie is out to 25 yards in middle to clear through ball pass.
8 min...York Zator checks VFC Ponce off ball on run to 15 yards on right side of box after VFC Baquero sent him in with pass.
8 min...York N'Sa cross from right is headed away. York Gee cross from left near top of box is over players and out right side
of box.
11 min...York Gee on run from left to middle and his 20 yard shot is blocked.
12 min...VFC Rea cross from right has VFC De Brienne head 8 yarder up middle that goalie catches on right side of net.
13 min...VFC De Brienne rolls through ball up left and VFC Ponce beats York goalie as he dives on it. De Brienne is tripped up
and goes down and is injured and needs trainer.
.........York YELLOW card...Himaras earns it for his trip of De Brienne and referee also awards VFC a Penalty kick.
15 min...VFC Stefan Cebara GOAL...Cebara blasts his Penalty kick low to left as goalie dives right.
.............VFC Ponce returns to the game.
18 min...York Dos Santos is given ball for rush up right but he's checked by defender and has shot blocked from 7 yards
near right endline by that defender.
20 min...VFC De Rosario 35 yard freekick from left has defender clear on edge of 18 yard box.
24 min...VFC Levis heads York player's cross over right end line to prevent pass to York player on right side of box.
24 min...York Babouli cornerkick from right has defender head away on near side of box.
27 min...VFC Romeo keeps York De Rosario from getting to pass.
27 min...VFC De Brienne centering pass has York Mourdoukoutas clear.
28 min...York goalie is out to beat VFC De Brienne to chipped pass at 8 yards in middle.
28 min...York Dos Santos run on right centers ball and defender clears at 10 yards on right breaking up pass to middle of box.
31 min...York Babouli deflectged pass gets behind four defenders but York players are frozen and ball is wide right.
33 min...York Molham Babouli GOAL...York Chrisnovic N'Sa chips long pass up right and York Osaze De Rosario
runs up right side of box. De Rosario is closed in on and sends short pass to Babouli who blasts 15 yard shot to top right
corner over goalie Andy Baquero.
35 min...VFC player's long throw-in from right has ball is headed up by defender.
36 min...VFC Fordyce high cross after run down left but York Mourdoukoutas heads ball away from edge of 6 yard box.
37 min...York Gee run on left and cross into box. VFC Dos Santos heads 10 yarder forward on right and flying goalie catches
on right post.
40 min...VFC player deflects York players shot low and ball deflects to his own diving goalie.
41 min...York Petrasso wins freekick on hip check from VFC Baquero near left sideline at 35 yard line.
...........VFC Levis is injured away from play at VFC 25 yard line.
43 min...York Dos Santos is able to cross from right cornerflag on 1 on 2 but third defender clears on right side of box.
43 min...VFC YELLOW card...Romeo earns it for grab on York Babouli at York 45 yard line.
45 min...York Babouli low 25 yard freekick from right has York Zator flick ball with foot but defender behind him clears.
46 min...York Zator long throw-in from right has defender head away. York Gee blasts 33 yarder down middle wide left of net.
47 min...half ends 8:33pm.
Halftime: Both teams's subs warm up. It's dark by now.
Second Half:...starts 8:49pm.
Halftime sub:...VFC Rendon replaces Levis.
46 min...York De Rosario gets to cross but heads away from VFC net.
49 min...VFC Baquero blasts shot off York Gee for cornerkick from 15 yards on right.
49 min...York players break out quick from VFC cornerkick. York Petrasso bends cross from 25 yards on left over York
leaping player and goalie catches on right at 7 yards.
51 min...York Zator makes poor first touch but rides off VFC De Brienne for ball to roll over left endline.
52 min...VFC Rea blasts low 28 yarder up middle wide right.
53 min...VFC De Brienne cross from 20 yards on left is caught by goalie at 4 yards preventing VFC player getting to header.
55 min...York defenders clear away VFC players passing in from the left.
55 min...York Chrisnovic N'Sa GOAL...N'Sa bends 28 yarder from right that catches top left corner of net deflecting off
inside of post beyond flying goalie.
58 min...VFC Ponce blasts 25 yarder between players up middle that's caught by goalie.
60 min...VFC sub...Forbes replaces Cebara.
..........VFC sub...Riggi replaces De Brienne.
61 min...York Petrasso run down left and cuts towards center and 20 yard shot bends for goalie to fly to right and bat away.
62 min...York Petrasso run to middle from left and 22 yard shot is between defenders that goalie catches.
65 min...VFC Jean-Baptiste rushes up right cutting towards middle and rolls short pass from 25 yards forward to VFC Forbes
on right edge of 18 yard box. Forbes runs diagonal to right edge of 6 yard box and rolls ball back and across 6 yard box for
VFC Ponce but sliding York N'Sa blocks his shot from 6 yards. N'Sa has slid by but Ponce gets another shot as he's falling
and has it deflect off a defender over the net.
65 min...VFC Rea high cornerkick from left. York Mourdoukoutas pops away header but play is whistled down.
67 min...VFC Rea cornerkick from left is high and York Mourdoukoutas heads ball away.
68 min...York sub...Kratt replaces Dos Santos.
..........York sub...Lawrie-Lattanzio replaces Petrasso.
68 min...VFC Rendon long throw-in from right has defender clear. York Lawrie-Lattanzio rolls cross behind York Kratt who has to turn.
69 min...VFC Baquero 30 yard cross from right has VFC players hold up at 10 yards on left to not be offside and out for goalkick.
70 min...York Babouli rush to right end line and rolls centering pass that York Lawrie-Lattanzio has shot from 7 yards blocked.
71 min...VFC Forbes can't win freekick on right edge of box.
71 min...York Zator concedes cornerkick.
72 min...VFC Gutierrez blasts low partial clearance at 25 yards between players and wide right of net.
73 min...York Lawrie-Lattenzio has 20 yard shot from left is blocked.
74 min...York Luis Lawrie-Lattanzio GOAL...York Molham Babouli pass from 18 yards after cutting from right to middle.
Lawrie-Lattanzio rolls 10 yarder into left corner of net stepping between defenders.
75 min...York sub...Baldisimo replaces Johnston before play resumes.
76 min...York Gee makes two headers on right side of box to break up plays.
80 min...VFC sub...Catavolo replaces Ponce.
81 min...York Lawrie-Lattanzio chips 30 yarder from left well over net.
83 min...York De Rosario rolls pass forward to York Lawrie-Lattanzio who has VFC Jean-Baptiste check ball from him
at 10 yards in middle.
84 min...York N'Sa checks VFC Riggi off ball near left end line in box.
84 min...VFC Forbes has shot deflect for cornerkick on left.
85 min...VFC Rea high cornerkick from left has goallie catch between crowd of players.
85 min...VFC Romeo checks York Kratt off ball on edge of VFC box.
86 min...York De Rosario eventually has referee blow whistle as he kicks frantically while down on ground in VFC box.
89 min...York De Rosario strips VFC Baquero off ball on left and runs to left endline and low 10 yard shot is saved by sliding
goalie for cornerkick on left.
91 min...VFC YELLOW card...Rendon earns it for shirt grab on York Lawrie-Lattanzio in open at VFC 35 yards.
91 min...York Babouli chips 40 yard freekick from left that goalie has to retreat to catch just under bar in center of net.
92 min...York Lawrie-Lattanzio is checked off ball at VFC 3 yard line by VFC Jean-Baptiste.
93 min...game ends 9:36pm.
Final Score:...York United FC........3........Valour FX FC.........1........
Attendance wasn't announced although the crowd looked legit over 1000 which the team usually puts as a minimum. This looked like one of their largest crowds of the year. I eventually read that last week's home game against HFX Wanderers had 1525 which I think was York's largest crowd. Tonight was comparable to that. The 900 Section (south end zone) was down to the York United team swag tent, Steam Whistle brewery and Sharman's Proper Pies as the season winds down. Referee Yusri Rudolph gave out just two Yellow cards tonight, both to Valour players but called that Penalty kick which months ago with the goal being scored, would have spelled all hope of York earning points instead got York to patiently get back into the game. This is the first time York has beaten or even earned a point against Valour FC in four games this season. May 15th they lost 1-0 in Winnipeg, June 26th they lost here 3-1, and August 7th lost 2-0 back out in Winnipeg. I remember the June 26th York vs Valour game as York's low point of the season. They did break out of a six game scoring slump but their bench only had one actual York player and the rest were emergency contract players and some hadn't even practiced with the team. Their substitute goalie was playing U-15. I was missing a Canadian Women's National team game down at BMO Field for this. (a 0-0 tie against Korean Republic). Earlier today the Canadian Men's World Cup bound team beat Qatar 2-0 over in Vienna. A tweet circulated that in 2015, Canada beat Qatar 2-0 in U-15 play with Alphonso Davies and Jonathan David on the Canadian side but extra interest for us tonight is that the goalie in Canada's net was Gianluca Catalano who was York's back-up goalie tonight! York had to make some changes as leading scorer Osaze De Rosario was back after serving a suspension for Yellow card accumulation (was he ever missed in last week's scoreless draw against HFX!). Tonight midfielder Noah Verhoeven was serving a suspension for Yellow card accumulation. Roger Thompson was missing because of last game's quad injury. It was nice to see Michael Petrasso back as a starter after months of injury and gradually working his way off the bench to put in 68 minutes. Luis Lawrie-Lattanzio had been falling back not even in the lineup or being an unused bench player but tonight he came off the bench to replace Petrasso and scored the insurance goal at 75 minutes so fans and players could breath a sigh of relieve. York won to keep their slim playoff chances alive. After winning only twice in their first 15 games, they have now won 7 in their last 11 games. In home games though, tonight was only their fifth win for the fans. They pull to within four points of both Valour and Pacific FC who have two games in hand. Nice that they don't let Valour get any further ahead but Pacific can still eliminate both York and HFX Wanderers tomorrow night (although that game has been postponed to Sunday because of Hurricane Fiona) with Pacific scheduled to play in Halifax. Interesting that the players marched out to the field while the CCR tune 'Fortunate Son' was playing. Coincidence or was it deliberately played? This game really hurt Valour's playoff chances. They had clawed their way up to top four playoff contention but tonight started a three game road trip to finish their season. Well no worry about York struggling for fans their last two games as both of them are on the road against current final four teams Forge FC and Atletico Ottawa. The next time I see some of the York players again will be next Sunday, October 2nd when three of them are scheduled to be at The Allstate Soccer Show in Mississauga. Isaiah Johnston, Jordan Wilson, and Niko Giantsopoulos are scheduled. Forge will have three players too. They keep adding guests and I think Toronto FC are up to five players.
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York United FC starters
Valour FC starters
Valour Walter Ponce (9) takes opening kickoff.
Valour Stefan Cerara (14) scores on Penalty kick.
Valour Sean Rea (24) lines up freekick.
York Chrisnovic N'Sa (23) keeps Valour Walter Ponce (9) gettting to ball.
York Kevin Dos Santos (11) holds ball near Valour cornerflag.
York Molham Babouli (18) lines up freekick.
York Molham Babouli (18) and Osaze De Rosario (24) takes second half kickoff.
York players work ball out of box.
York players defend against cornerkick.
Players after the game.
Match stats provided by Fotmob
Team stats (from Fotmob app)
York United FC Valour FC
ball possession 51.4% 48.6%
totals shots 12 9
chances created 12 6
big chances 1 2
accurate passes 420 382
pass success 86% 83%
fouls 7 11
corners 2 1
offsides 4 5
total shots 12 9
shots on target 1 2
shots off target 8 3
blocked shots 3 4
shots off woodwork 0 0
shots inside box 6 6
shots outside box 6 3
accurate passes 420 382
........in opposition half 195 170
........in own half 225 212
passes 487 461
pass success 86% 83%
long balls 54 59
accurate long balls 28 28
crosses 13 12
accurate crosses 1 1
duels 94 94
duels won 42 52
duels lost 52 42
dribbles attempted 28 14
dribbles succeeded 14 8
tackles attempted 12 27
tackles succeeded 10 16
aerials won 5 10
interceptions 10 7
disipline yellow cards - -
disipline red cards 0 0
keeper saves 2 6
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