May 10, 2022 – Canadian Premier League (CPL) – Atletico Ottawa News Release
York United is headed to the quarterfinals of the Canadian Championship after a thrilling victory following eight rounds of penalty kicks against Atlético Ottawa. After Ben McKendry sent his effort over the bar, Cédric Toussaint stepped up and calmly slotted his penalty past former York goalkeeper Nate Ingham to seal the win.
Diyaeddine Abzi’s first-half stunner was cancelled out by substitute Malcolm Shaw as the match was tied 1-1 heading into penalties. It is the seventh match in eight meetings between these two clubs that has ended tied after 90 minutes.
After firing 23 shot attempts at the Pacific net on the weekend, Atleti picked up where they left off. Just five minutes in, Ballou Tabla found some space in the York box but saw his shot saved well by Nikolaos Giantsopoulos.
The hero at the weekend for York United, Sebastián Gutiérrez then nearly provided some early magic of his own. He latched onto the rebound of a shot created by hard work from Osaze De Rosario, but could not beat Ingham.
Atlético’s aggressive approach caused York issues early, including a moment of overaggression from Miguel Acosta in the 21st minute. The Ottawa attacker caught Giantsopoulos with his boots as he was taking a goal kick, earning a yellow card.
But while much has been made of Ottawa’s counter-attacking ability this week, it was York’s that opened the scoring. Atlético did well initially to stop a break from De Rosario after he got in behind their backline. But the ball bounced free to Lowell Wright, who calmly played the ball wide to Abzi. Arriving into the box, the York fullback fired an absolute rocket past Ingham.
Vladimir Moragrega wasted a glorious opportunity to tie the game before half-time. A short corner kick from Ollie Basset found Tabla, who made space before himself before delivering a brilliant cross. Unfortunately for Ottawa, Moragrega’s unmarked header was straight at…
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