Win!

The fans swarm the pitch. Funk missed her penalty, but ended up ulling TWU out of the fire. And how Sheyla Behrens missed that is beyond me. That's penalties, I guess. What an end to a terrible game.

Well, I have to go, so I'll see you later. We'll be back for both gold medal games and one of the bronze medal games. So come on out tomorrow, and good night!

Dylan

Penalties

This will be updated as we go, keep pressing refresh. Technical reasons for this, by the way.

Who gets to play Brock? We'll find out.

Goalkeepers are Kristen Funk (TWU) and Stephanie Parker (Victoria)

TWU: Mobilio will shoot. Scores. Top shelf in the corner. Nice shot. 1-0

Vic: Hunter slides it low corner. Beautiful finish. Very calm., 1-1

TWU: Foster for TWU. Drives to the right. 2-1

Victoria: Smith for the Vikes. Post! Smith beats Funk, and her great shot is off the post. Hold on, the linesman's called it back. Funk moved early. Another shot for Smith! Post and in, other side. Great calmness. 2-2

TWU: Funk for TWU. Ten feet over from Funk. Yikes.

Vic: Sarah Cameron freezes Funk. 2-3

TWU: Gerig keeps it alive, wrong-waying Parker. 3-3

Vic: Quinlan catches Funk going the wrong way. 4-3

TWU: They have to score. Dilling floats it just past Parker's arm. 4-4

Vic: They can win it here. Hood. Saved!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a stop! Huge! 4-4

TWU: MAcKinnon slots into the corner. Vic have to score.

vic: Flock's up. Scores, top corner. Nice. 5-5

TWU: Filion is up. Caught and held by Parke.r Pooer shot, really. 5-5

Vic: For the win. MArgetts nails the bar! 5-5 Funk might have tipped it. No result!'

TWU: Rachel Ferguson. Scores into the side. 6-5

Vic: Miss! TWU win! Whata floater from Behrens, the defender. She';s missed by yards, literally, yards! Yards right and yards high. Terrible shot. Trinity Western win!

Full-time, extra-time

0-0 folks. Here we go. Stay tuned and bear with me.

120+min

When we do go to penalties, I'll try and get them up for you as they happen, but I may have to do it all at once. We'll see. Hopefully this'll work.

120min

Last ditch change for TWU, which he only just gets done in time. Foster in for Dumerton, and Filion in for Wigston. More penalty moves.

119min

Gerig gets a half-chance, but she never had the pace to beat Kurylo.

118min

Hood replaces Quinlan for Victoria, a switch purely for penalties--Hood being a striker, and Quinlan a midfielder.

116min

Mobilio's back, presumably recovered. Meyer is out.

114min

Margetts gets around Meyer, but she's run out of play to do it. Ah, scoreless soccer. Now Wright has a nice cross picked off by Parker. Good save there from Parker. It's funny, these scoreless games. Sometimes, they're absolutely enthralling. Then, there's times like this.

113min

Mobilio is off, Ferguson is coming back on.

112min

Mobilio is down now, in need of assistance.

110min

Parker collapses to her left to snag a Gerig shot. Now Mobilio tests Parker from distance, to no avail.

109min

Hunter replaces Clark for Victoria. Probably a penalty-oriented sub, there. Corner to TWU. Mobilio will take it. Cleared relatively easily by Victoria.

107min

Meyer is still in, too; or back in. Gerig gets a chance, but rolls wide. She should have scored there, and probably would have if this was the first half.

Half-time, extra-time

Tired, tired, tired. I'm talking about myself, not the players. My technique is getting sloppy. So is everyone's on the pitch. There's a sub, too. Mobilio is coming in for Ferguson, which is a good move, since Ferguson can barley move.

104min

Ferguson can barely move her legs. This may partly be a nagging injury, she was subbed off earlier. But she's also obviously tired. I don't see a goal coming here.

103min

Wright is down. She's in considerable distress, too. Fortunately, she seems able to continue, which is very, very good news for TWU.

102min

Wow. Flock has a go from 30 yards, it loops over everyone, including Funk, and pings off the top of the bar before Funk can grab it.

98min

Free kick to Victoria, very, very dangerous position. The shot takes a deflection and beats Funk, but also beats the goal. May not have deflected, given it's a goal kick. Bit of a waste, that.

96min

And Gerig should have scored. GReat passing from TWU to counter very quickly. Wright--who got her pass in an offside position--rolls across a sprawling Parker to Gerig, but her sliding effort doesn't make contact. Parker claims the ensuing corner after a time.

93min

Sparta's army have just charged up the far touchline in full battle gear, looking a whole lot more purposeful than anybody on the field right now. I think a little Spartan discipline could do some serious good here.

We're back

That second half was brutal, so someone had better do soethign impressive in the extra-time. These two teams could make a penalty shoot-out boring.

Full-time

We're off to see the...next thirty minutes, I guess. I'm missing the Habs and Leafs here, this has better be good. Actually, I'm going to watch that online now. I'll be back when the soccer starts again.

90+min

Free kick down low for Victoria. Everyone--including Victoria--need to be careful. First defender, but it's not really very well cleared. Quinlan has a spectacularly floaty shot, which Funk ambles over to catch with all the interest of a Major League Baseball outfielder catching a fly ball.

90min

Wright was in, but she mishandled it. Wow, what a night for Wright. She simply can't do anything right. It's just one of those nights for the rookie of the year. Learning experience, I guess.

89min

Corner to Trinity. Plenty of scramble off a punch by Parker. Amazingly, no one's socred. Even more amazingly, no one's conceded a cheap penalty. It's started to POUR rain, too.

88min

Wright is halted again and she stops running, lookign skywards, very frustrated. She's had a rough game.

85min

Gerig beats the right back in the corner and finds Wright in the box. Wright turns quick but her shot is charged down by Fiddick. Extremely good block, that might have troubled Parker. If you're wondering about that time, my last post took a little while.

78min

Margetts replaces Bach for Victoria as they get a corner. Cameron wildly overhits the corner. Behrens gets a follow-up, but Funk claims. And yes! Kendra Flock has finally found her contact lense! Probably the biggest story tonight, too. Parker has just stripped Wright as I type, too.

77min

Dumerton has FINALLY been booked. I don't think she's had a tackle that wasn't late tonight, including this one.

76min

Here comes a Victoria sub. Quinlan is in for Hood. Let's see if this creates anything.

74min

Ball into the box finds Wright, who flubs it. Victoria are back the other way, and Wigston has come very, veyr close to conceding a penalty, but it's just outside the area. And Flock has lost a contact lense, I think. Decen topportunity here, on the free kick. It's sent in well, but there's a foul.

70min

Flock gets tied up with Henry, who's in for TWU at some point. This is becomign a very nasty game.

65min

TWU are beginning to show their youth a bit. And maybe soem fatigue, too.

67min

You know how I said this wouldn't be 0-0. Well, I take that back. This is going nowhere.

63min

Wright finally gets a decent chance, and rolls it at Parker. Mobilio is back in again, by the way, I think Meyer is out.

62min

Dilling launches herself in again for a late challenge--and somehow escapes a card. Free kick in a dangerous area. Ferguson goes for goal, and Funk catches it easily.

59min

Corner to Victoria. Hood will take it after Flock outwaits Dietrich. The ball isn't terribly convincingly cleared, and it's thumped back by Bach. Funk claims it easily on her chest and holds it.

55min

Meyer is having a shocker. Her touch is poor, her runs late or non-existent, and her distribution poor. She's just let a ball get away from her and roll out, when she should have controlled easily.

54min

This game is getting quite nasty, as Dumerton takes a lump out of Behrens, I think.

51min

Behrens is booked for a tug, I think. I couldn't really see it very well, it may have been out of camera. Parker claims the ball easily enough on the free kick. Apparenlty, someone on the Spartans picked up a yellow earlier, I have no idea who got it or for what.

49min

Gerig treis a shot and it's deflected away well by Snell. Corner here. Ferguson sends it past everyone, and the follow-up isn't very good.

48min

Dumerton hipchecks Cameron with a feisty challenge. No card, despite a late tackle.

46min

Welcome back. Mobilio is gone for Ferguson, which is good for TWU, you could really see the need for her pace and talent.

Also, SSN are informing us that Marli Philp can't continue. She could have been subbed back on, but she did pick up an injury fairly early on.

Half-time

Well, it's still 0-0. The whistle goes and we'll be back for the second. Decent even game so far; the Vikes have been a bit better, though. There should be a goal sooner or later, though. I don't think this'll end 0-0.

44min

Cynical foul by Meyer, who was running against Snell. Snell beats her and Meyer hacks her down. No attempt at the ball at all, Snell goes down hard. Colin and I both agree--should have been at least a yellow card.

In case I didn't mention earlier, Kelsey and Colin are the play-by-play guys at SSN Canada, the webcast providers.

30min

Nope. I was wrong, Meyer has actually replaced Ferguson, which is a surprise. Ferguson's been good, and was great on Thursday, which leads me to suspect she's hurt. That sub will really hurt TWU's game, Ferguson has been one of the few players able to run with the ball for TWU and generate chances.

39min

Meyer is in for TWU, I think Anderson is probably out, though I'll have to check that.

38min

Behrens collides with Dumerton rather heavily, getting spilled acrobatically. She's a little bruised up, too.

37min

Free kick from Cameron is bustled wide. Not a bad chance, but it was never going in.

31min

Victoria free kick out on the right. A foul is comitted on the play and TWU get the ball back.

27min

Victoria have the lion's share of posession and have controlled the game so far. TWU look dangerous on the rush with their pacey strikers, but I like Victoria through 30 minutes.

25min

Cameron sends one in for the Victoria strikers after a nice, nice run of passing around the final third. Hood lets it go for Flock, whose shot is woefully wide.

22min

While I was reloading everyting back up again, Ferguson wafted a free kick in. I don't get the feelign from Kelsey and Colin that it was terribly dangerous. Corner to Victoria now. McKinnon gets well up to head clear. And Colin has informed us that, off camera, Dilling has kicked out "Jackie Chan" style at a Vike player. Which leaves way too much to the imagination, doesn't it? She's likely lucky to be on the pitch, though. Dilling is out of the final if she picks up even a yellow--she was booked for a nasty hack Thursday, too.

20min

Smith, breaking up the park with several other players, decides her best course is to roll it straight to Funk, which she does, for no apparent reason. And my video crashes.

19min

Philp is up gingerly holding her gut. I'm not sure what's wrong, or how serious it is. She is coming out. Jackie Snell will replace Philp here.

18min

Parker flings herself into another ball that Gerig was running onto, getting a faceful of boot in the process. Nice work today from Parker.

17min

Ferguson breaks down the right this time (it may not have been Ferguson last time, she tends to switch wings a lot) and sends the ball in for Gerig. It's slightly behind her, though, and she can't hit it cleanly.

15min

A long Ferguson pass sends Gerig in on Parker, but Parker charges outside the box and boots it away.

12min

Great run from Flock in on the left. She's tackled hard but stays on her feet. She can't get the pass past Wigston, though, he does well to block. TWU are on the back foot a bit here.

11min

Flock has a go from 30 yards, which is troubling no one. The guys in the boxers are back, by the way. Remember them? If not, go to Thursday's report and have a look.

9min

Can anyone else not wait for the final tomorrow?

7min

A reminder that emails about anything in particualr--soccer, hockey, philosophy, history, politics, anything you want--can be sent to matthias@student.ednet.ns.ca.

5min

Not too much to tell you about yet, some good runs, but not much really happening chance-wise.

Teams

TWU: Funk, Wigston, Dilling, McKinnon, Dietrich, Mobilio, Dumerton, Anderson, Ferguson, Wright, Gerig

Victoria: Parker, Philp, Fiddick, Behrens, Kurylo, Bach, Cameron, Clark, Smith, Flock, Hood.

There's a couple of early chances, but nothing doing, while I was doing the rosters.

Trinity Western v. Victoria Vikes

Hey folks, I'm back. Just give me a moment, I'm trying to eat something. I'll get your rosters soon. This should be a doozy of a game between two familiar, good teams.

Full-time

That's it. That's it. TWU are through, and I would call this an upset. Certainly going into this game, I think abyone would. But TWU have been the much better team today, especially in the second half. They took their time coming out. They frustrated Laval. They got their goal. They got their goal back. And they win. Great game, I'd recommend it to anyone.

I think the women's game is going to go. I'll be right back with a preview.

90+2min

Corner for Laval on a great run by Heppel. Here comes Cournoyer. No one's taken it. Laval get it back in and Gutierrez's shot is blocked in front on the mass scramble. And the ref blows and TWU are into the final.

90+1min

Nothing yet for Laval.

90min

Laval have a chance, but the midfielder--I think Georget--is mugged without a foul.

89min

That should have been red! Rowse breaks in on the right and Cournoyer slides to deflect it up. It's in the air when it strikes the defender's arm, very, very obviously. No whistle. That should have been a straight red card, no doubt at all.

88min

Can Laval punish Rowse for that horrible miss? They'll try, that's for sure.

87min

Oh my, Rowse, oh my! David Rowse gets the bal in a 3 on 1, ten yards out, and rolls four feet wide. That's a sitter, and absolute sitter. He just has to roll it in. Oh my.

86min

TWU sub:

Kekec is out for Square-Briggs. Gordon Smith mentions, quite rightly, that Kekec has had a great outing.

Laval get a chance, but the shot is hit wide from a very difficult position.

85min

And the word is in that Brock have doubled Montreal 2-0, and are going into the finals.

83min

This game has picked up considerably. Back and forth now, great tempo.

82min

There's a push after a free kick here. This could be bad, Priol's raised his hands. Could have been off, but he doesn't even get a yellow. Very lenient. Very, very lenient.

81min

Tremblay takes a goal kick and gets it about 20 yards, straight to Kekec, who has a go, which is wide. Not the best effort from Kekec.

78min

Hamilton sends a great diagonal ball down the right. Lowen is after it, before his chaser flops to the ground, leading to a free kick for what was a blatant dive. Then at the other end, Hamilton nearly cues up a Laval tap in, but his error is left unpunished.

There's a Laval sub, Pattieniez off for Heppel.

76min

A Laval throws generates a good turning chance, but it's fired over. Barrignola is off for Laval, Aoukli off, which leaves Laval with only three at the back.

73min

Good ball in, I think from Lowen. Beautiful sliding clearance by Boudreau-Daigle. Corner. How was that not in? What a chance! It's hard to the near post. Cournoyer flubs it again, and bats it down right into danger. And TWU are back in and I think Kekec is down near the box. No foul, though.

70min

Corner for Laval as Mustafa is withdrawn for Hart, I think. The corner is headed down into Kowan's arms.

67min

GOAL! Another free kick, this one for TWU. Great strike from 35 yards, had Cournoyer frozen, but it's deflected out by the wall. Corner. And Cournoyer flubs that! Absolutely awful keeping from Cournoyer. Hamilton gets up, but he's pretty unmarked. Cournoyer couldn't make up his mind on whether to come or not and just got caught. Great shot from Hamilton.

66min

Tremblay's got a free kick. Met well by the Laval man at the back post, but it's straight up in the air and behind now for a goal kick.

65min

Correction, it was Tremblay who scored for Laval; SSN have finally told me (I can't see the numbers on this feed). Tremblay's had a great game today, at least offensively.

63min

TWU look much improved here. They've come out of the shell and are actually testing Laval's defense a fair bit here.

60min

Kekec is doewn after that free kick on the booking. He needs attention, this doesn't look good. And we've just heard that Brock are/were leading Montreal 1-0 at half-time.

59min

I think it was Poudre who hit the Laval goal, but SSN haven't said. And now Isreal Jones has been booked for TWU.

55min

GOAL! Laval this time! Less than a minute later, too. The ball came in and was poorly cleared. Not sure who scored it yet, but it's 1-1. Beautiful strike, too. Driven to the corner faster than a Montreal Carabin trotting off the pitch after getting sent off. No chance at all for Kowan.

54min

GOAL! It's TWU! Against the run of play, too. Daniel Lowen runs across the top of the box and outwaits his defender before launching one over Cournoyer. Laval don't deserve that, but TWU have finally done it.

52min

TWU counter very well. Tremblay slips and it turns into a 2-on-1. Lowen is there, but the pass is STRAIGHT to the only defender.

51min

Corner to Laval is wasted.

50min

Laval free kick well out from Tremblay. The defender goes for goal and I think Gutierrez gets a toe on it. Kowan snaffles it well and holds it.

49min

Boy, TWU's right midfielder, I have no idea who he is--I don't have positions--can really launch his throws. He'll need somebody to claimthem, though, which doesn;t exist at the moment.

Brock v. Montreal....

The earlier women's game is running on tape delay. I'll keep an eye on it and try and figure out the score.

Also, to be fair, the Dal women lost 2-1 on Friday, but played much better. I haven't seen highlights yet, but I think they've redeemed themselves somewhat. They were never really likely to progress far in this tournament, but it's good to see them outshoot Laurier and get a goal.

We;re coming back now, so here we go.

Half-time

I'm back, just in time for half-time. Still 1-0.

In TWU v. Victoria women's news, I'm still not definitively sure. I've been checking the feed, they haven't labelled it moved yet, so we might get something. Stay tuned.

44min

And there goes my video again. I'll try and get it back. I'm not exactly sure what the problem is, here, though I wish I did so I could fix it.

43min

Laval free kick, not too far out. Great ball in gets bouncing around and Gutierrez hits it properly this time. But Kowan palms it over very well. Gutierrez is really very creative, although he'll be disappointed that he didn't put that out of Kowan's reach.

42min

Kekec, who has really salvaged a bad start, has a very nice turn at the Laval byline. His pass across the box isn't great and is hoofed away by Laval.

39min

Gutierrez tests Kowan again. I'll admit his shots aren't perfect, but he looks consistently dangerous.

37min

Kekec has a fantastic run through the midfield, but he wants to pass. Both his forward options are offside though, and he was forced to pass to one of them by the defenders.

36min

I've changed my mind. Gutierrez is brilliant. He distributes the ball, he can (sort of) shoot, and he's quick and creative. Better yet, he's only a rookie. This guy has promise.

33min

Gutierrez cuts inside and slides on into Kowan's arm. The Colombian Gutierrez looks dangerous here.

31min

Well, Laval look more like scoring, but I'm not sold on their defenders right now. There's a lot of space when TWU come forward. The wingers are running into space, and it wouldn't be impossible to see them break free.

30min

Wafting shot from Gutierrez--who my roster misidentifies as Priol--troubles Kowan, who concedes a corner. The ball in from the flag is booted just over the bar.

28min

Gabriel Moreau has been great in midfield so far for Laval, moving the ball around very well. Laval have the technical advantage, that's for sure.

26min

Rory Delap-esque throw from TWU, Cournoyer's had some trouble with that, but he's managed to hustle it out--and win a goal kick, suprisingly.

24min

TWU may be playing the long ball, but they're not bad at it. The wingers are getting up into the corners and getting on the end of diagonal balls. They haven't really had a chance yet, but those diagonal balls are hard to defend. We might just see a mistake or two from Laval.

22min

The ball come in to Priol again, who's in space--a great pass to get him there--but he's tripped. The ref's having none of it, though.

19min

Free kick off a handball to Laval. The ball is put back to Priol about 20 yards from goal, and he skews his shot around the post, with Kowan watching helplessly.

18min

TWU are using only Daniel Lowen up front, and they're already resorting to the long ball. It's looking a bit dire for Trinity.

15min

Weak shot from the right is claimed easily by Kowan.

13min

Corner to Trinity on a nice long ball to the corner. Here it comes.... TWU can't control the low drive and it's cleared by Laval.

11min

Kekec can't control Georget and the Laval man hammers on inches over the bar. Back the other way, Kekec continues a poor sequence by earning a somewhat odd card for stepping on a Laval player in midfield. Not sure what happened. Laval's Poudre went down, and the referee spent about 30 seconds lecturing Kekec.

7min

Laval can;t believe they haven't scored! Two fantastic saves from Andrew Kowan, charging down the first shot, then blockng a rebound effort. What a chance, and TWU are rocking early. Frankly, I'd be shocked if Laval manage to lose this.

5min

Well, I'm hoping SSN will give me some rosters, but I'm not holding out much hope. Oh well. Samuel Georget puts a cross behind the goal for Laval.

3min

Nothing doing yet. Email me your comments, questions, or random thoughts on anything to matthias@student.ednet.ns.ca.

We're off

And we're going. Teams coming soon.

We're back for Game #2

Hello again. I'm back in front of my computer for Trinity Western v. Laval, which probably won't be quite as skillful a game as York v. Montreal, but perhaps somewhat more passionately played--a bit like MLS in that regard: great drive, but a bit lower in the technique department.

See, Trinity are Canada West runners-up and according to "Gordon" the colour guy, didn't play overly well in their 1-0 win over Laurier. Laval, on the other hand, come in with a bit more excitement about them--they scored four unanswered goals to knock off host and favourite Carleton 4-1. That said, play-by-play guy Mark Masters writes in his blog on the subject that "the Canada West runners-up are not regarded as a favourite in the tournament and their 1-0 quarterfinal victory against the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks was far from convincing."

So brace yourself for a chippy game here. Not that there won't be skill. It takes a certain level of skill to get to CIS nationals.

TWU don't exactly score buckets of goals, either. Daniel Lowen has 7 in 14 games, and a couple of other strikers have 4.

So, in other words, this is the perfect game to be following while eating supper.

Full-time

The ref blows his whistle and York are through to the final!

Well, any time you take two red cards in two games you don't deserve to get to the final. But York should be careful, they haven't played all that well offensively today. Bruno has been very, very quiet--despite my mention to watch out for him. It could be a great final, at 4:00pm tomorrow. We'll have that for you here.

And I thank any of you who may have read this for comign along today. I'll be back at 5:30 for the Trinity Western v. Laval.

See you,
Dylan

90+min

Free kick to Montreal. Up comes Argento! Karim's spilled it! But wait, Argento has fouled Karim. Free kick. That was close.

88min

RED CARD! Eustache has just picked up a second yellow for a cynical foul on Antonini. He definitely deserved that. And with that, Montreal are toast. They haven't got the numbers coming forward with 11 men, never mind 10.

86min

York sub: Nagarro on, Reid off, I think.

83min

Montreal are pressing here. They lack a finish, though.

81min

Corner to Montreal, good work in the corner there. It's cleared quickly, and Seretti is off. It's played to Pena--way too far in front of him--but Pena goes down. The ref cautions him, but the coulour guy is of the opinion Suter was the last man and should have been sent off. That's incorrect--the rule is not last man, it's A SCORING CHANCE, which Pena never had. Good call by the ref.

77min

Hanna blazes his way past two York defenders. His cross is good, but AGAIN, there's no one there for Montreal. And now Hanna's conceded a free kick.

74min

Good point by the colour guy: Lefevre isn't there to come on and support the strikers. He got sent off against Dal for retaliation; the sense I'm getting--having not actually seen it--is that he punched someone in the face, which is a great way to get an early shower. But he'd help here.

And Montreal are bringing off Seba, surprisingly, for Brouk.

71min

Aaboubou is a riot! He's just run into Hanna now, and York spring free only lose it. Antonini responds by hacking his man down near the box, which earns him a yellow. The free kick is wide right. Hanna, who scored against Dal, has his free kick claimed easily by Karim.

69min

York corner now the other way. It's partially punched clear by Argento, Rivers heads forward into an offside position. Scrambly there for a moment--not great defending from Montreal--but nothing comes of it. Now Seba sends a dangerous cross at the other end, which again, nobody is on the end of. And now Bonanfont gets a great header, which he misses.

68min

Montreal freekick, at the byline on the left. Rivers fouls the Montreal player. Montreal (I can't see who) goes for goal. There's plenty of action inside the box, but he goes for the shot. Which might not have been a bad idea: it skims past Karim and drops off the bar.

65min

I'm really sorry for these video problems. I did see this though: Bruno cuts inside and rolls one at Argento. Pena now has a go, which is wide.

And now Gabriel De Foresta is off for Woodler Elie Blaise. That's a Montreal sub, by the way.

63min

Oh dear, Aaboubou is at it again (I shall avoid any odourous puns here). He's run into his keeper, Argento, this time. York get the ball and nearly score, but somehow can't. Oh, Aaboubou!

60min

Nechad has a go from the centre circle and nearly beats Karim. I wish I could say I've seen it, but my video had crashed and my blog poster is also going down now, too, so I can't.

52min

Another yellow is waved around by the ref, this time in Kourouma general direction for doing...well...not a whole heck of a lot, really. He slid in to try and get a loose ball, got nowehere near man or ball, and gets booked.

50min

A brief update on the B.C. rain situation. SSN (the webcast provider) are telling me that the first game, Brock v. Montreal is definitely moved to a new, non-internet, location. No word ont he big game between Victoria and TWU.

And Eustache is booked for a foul on Antonini, which may have been enhanced slightly by Antonini.

48min

And Adrian Pena has replaced the ineffective and booked Luca Forna for York.

47min

Oh dear. Why CIS? Why schedule your women's nationals in B.C.? Do they not now it never stops raining in B.C.? The women's semis have just been moved again, so they're off for later. Stay tuned for a few more updates, we might yet get lucky.

46min

Hi. We're back. And already, both benches are going at the ref and Seba has a chance for Montreal, although he manages to shoot in the wrong direction.

45+min

York may be leading, but don't desrve to be. They've not really played very much in the last 25 minutes, Montreal have come close a few times. And the York goal was somewhat controversial, anyway.

And now it's half-time, York lead 1-0.

I'm off for a snack, I'll be back in 10.

43min

As I was typing your last one, Karim--who is York's only keeper, gets hammered by TWO Montreal players. Should probably have been a yellow, Karim wasn't exactly off his line when he was bodychecked.

40min

Seba heads a great ball to Suter who beats Francesca, but no one is there to knock home Suter's cross. Suter's been a real positive light here...if only someone could get on his crosses.

37min

We're back. I don't think there was a goal there.

33min

Suter sprays Aoun down the left, and his cross misses Brouk, all for Montreal. The ball bounces out into the right corner, where a free kick is wasted. Hold on, the ref's making them do it again. And there goes my video...I'll have this for you in a moment.

29min

York are superb coming forward, with Seretti, Antonini, and Bruno. They work well together--quick passing, piercing runs, all that good stuff that makes soccer worth watching.

28min

Montreal are sitting well back here, which is odd, given they're 1-0 down.

26min

Aaboubou mishandles at the back and Antonini steals in on goal. He's tackled heavily, but apparently legally. Aaboubou would do very well to avoid doing any more of that.

25min

Mark Masters and Gordon Smith are the play-by-play guys, whom I owe a debt of gratitude to for helping me out with the numbers.

And boo to Carleton, who have football lines on thier soccer field. You just don't see that at Wickwire at Dal, you just don't.

23min

Free-kick to Montreal here. Suter takes it and send sit straight to Karim. Ho-hum.

19min

Watch out for Francesco Bruno, the player of the year in CIS, who's on the pitch right now for York, injured. He's alright, though.

17min

Interesting note brought up by the play-by-play guys. York had to forfeit four games this year for using Toronto FC striker Andrea Lombardo, who didn't qualify to play in OUA. They also have Nana Attakora-Gyan on their roster, which may be a mistake, but he has also played for TFC this year.

14min

Well, Bonenfant should have had that. Suter flung a ball in from the left which Karim spills for York. It rolls to Bonenfant, who blazes it low and wide when he only needed to roll it in. Shame, shame.

12min

That goal was at 8min. We'll get this eventually, I know we will. Definitely Dominic Antonini who scored it, though.

7min

That goal came at about 5 min, a lot fo stuff was going on. I don't have rosters yet, I don't know if I'll get them from SSN. But the controversy is on, now. Tough one for Montreal, having nearly scored at the other end. By the way you can email/comment on this match by emailing me at matthias@student.ednet.ns.ca.

3min

Goal! We are off, by the way. York are playing a 4-3-3 here. Montreal are using a 4-4-2. And York have just picked up a yellow to Luca Forno for a nasty foul. And Montreal nearly score, which is saved. Then York break, quite possibly offside, and Antonini scores. Montreal all appeal, but the flag stays down.

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