Match Thread: April 7, 2022 - York United v HFX Wanderers

[narduch]

Match is at 7:30pm ET on One Soccer.

This is the opening match of the 4th CPL season.

Edited April 6 by narduch

[MM3/MM2/MM]

York should be an interesting team to watch this season, they have a good core of young players, the key to their success or failure will be the performance of their international players.

[toontownman]

Can't believe this is tomorrow already. Haven't seen much coverage and hype for it.

[narduch]

Just now, toontownman said:

Can't believe this is tomorrow already. Haven't seen much coverage and hype for it.

I'm a bit worried that the CanMNT may have sucked some energy away from the domestic game.

[toontownman]

4 hours ago, narduch said:

I'm a bit worried that the CanMNT may have sucked some energy away from the domestic game.

Should have been a springboard. I haven't really been around tv a whole lot the last week or so though so maybe there have been ads or news reports etc. or marketing campaigns within CPL cities, I am just out of touch/reach. There were definitely ads in and around the Canada games. Also saw an ad for York on Dazn a month or so ago. 

[Kent]

I've heard mention of there being a pre-game. Do we know when that starts? OneSoccer isn't making it as easy as they should for me to find out.

[Pottsy3]

No Abzi in the starting XI for York. Does he have a knock?

 

 

[narduch]

 

[Kent]

8 minutes ago, Kent said:

I've heard mention of there being a pre-game. Do we know when that starts? OneSoccer isn't making it as easy as they should for me to find out.

For anyone else wondering, it's 7pm. 17 minutes from now!

[narduch]

18 minutes ago, Pottsy3 said:

No Abzi in the starting XI for York. Does he have a knock?

 

 

 

[Lurker]

Come on you boys in blue!

(On the inside I’m wondering why Schaale is in the bench and hoping that Santos finds a second gear)

[toontownman]

Disappointed no Omar in the squad. Is he injured, or did I completely miss him? OK KJ just said he isn't ready yet. Good timing!

[canuckgbp]

Curious to see how Wright has developed over the offseason. 

[Cheeta]

Looks a bit chilly out.

[toontownman]

25 minutes ago, canuckgbp said:

Curious to see how Wright has developed over the offseason. 

Pretty excited to see him and Coimbra with the u20s. The latter seems like he has a decent frame too. Attackers should be physical if they are assertive.

[SoccMan]

So who thought it was a good idea to have a home opener on a Thursday night ? What’s wrong with the weekend? Stadium was not available?

[Watchmen]

That stadium...does not look full. For your league opener. Rough.

[canuckgbp]

Wright with a cannon lol. 

[ATM]

1 hour ago, Pottsy3 said:

No Abzi in the starting XI for York. Does he have a knock?

 

 

Is Isaiah Johnston hurt.....why is he not in the starting line up ?

[OhCanadaOhBaby]

Is it just me or does the level in that first half seem a little quicker/snappy-er/nicer than last year. I know its just been 47' but Im very impressed with that start. Maybe I didn't watch enough CPL last year but it seemed to lack a lot of that sloppiness I'd seen in past seasons (specifically from my Wanderers). Please correct me if I'm wrong, just had a feeling

[Cheeta]

Pitch is playing well.   And otherwise everything Ollie just said on the show.  Pleasantly surprised by the Wanderers, look like they have an idea that they want to take the game which isn't exactly a look they had a lot of last season.  

York maybe putting a bit more aggressive defending in the 2nd half, we'll see.

Good half.  

[Cicero]

14 minutes ago, OhCanadaOhBaby said:

Is it just me or does the level in that first half seem a little quicker/snappy-er/nicer than last year. I know its just been 47' but Im very impressed with that start. Maybe I didn't watch enough CPL last year but it seemed to lack a lot of that sloppiness I'd seen in past seasons (specifically from my Wanderers). Please correct me if I'm wrong, just had a feeling

Had a full pre-season. COVID years the pre-seasons were cut short and the first season was probably a little disorganized at the start. 

[canuckgbp]

What kind of challenge was that lol. 

[Lurker]

I thought Obeng Tabi looked good in the first half.  Nice pace, good defending.

[Cicero]

Well, after typing that, that was some sloppy defending.