Match Thread: July 14, 2024 - Forge v Pacific

[narduch]

Game is at 7pm ET (4pm PT) on One Soccer. 

Both clubs had mid week Voyageurs Cup matches

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dominguez starts in his first cpl game

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oh and...surprise surprise a sixfive team goes to an away game with six subs

[K Edgar]

Gazdov and Kalongo - CanPL's 2 young starting goalies face off.

Btw, do we know what Triston Henry is up to?

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marsch is at the game and right there on the pitch...must be exciting for players and coaches...extra motivation both sides are gonna come out to impress tonight

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noonan is there too...noonan both coaches and marsch having a chat

[Unnamed Trialist]

38 minutes ago, Big_M said:

marsch is at the game and right there on the pitch...must be exciting for players and coaches...extra motivation both sides are gonna come out to impress tonight

Jesse Marsch working on a Sunday, that's the ethic we want to see.

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32' belewu fouls moore and penalty...33' sellouf scores 0-1

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bernardeschi couldnt get anything out of belewu but moore does

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43' 🟨 young kicks it away

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44' 🟨 belewu

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0-1 halftime

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47' poku does it again with a wonderful finish under the eyes of marsch 1-1

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55' lamothe toussaint in yeates dominguez...is toussaint getting a yellow a red or nothing?

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61' jensen ampomah in bekker badibanga out

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bekker is getting very close to the end of the road...hes a 60 min player this year...does he wanna end his career as a sub and keep it going for a year or two or just hang em up this year??

64' reid tîrcoveanu in heard moore out

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70' what a wonderful outside of the foot cross by jensen who is another one to watch...headed by poku big save by gazdov then borges on the rebound again saved

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85' poku again!! 2-1

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88' hamilton duncan in poku choiniere out...hamilton another one whos time at the pro level should be coming to an end...beaten out by campbell and poku and not able to become a starter

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jensen is great...gets a foul late which kills more time

samuel in borges out

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forge wins 2-1 and moves to third seven points away from ottawa with a game in hand...can they go for the treble regular season playoffs voyageurs cup??

[gator]

Both these teams have quality and it was a well played match in windy conditions, Forge were just a little more clinical to get the well needed home result they needed, Poku is really progressing! Thumbs up to our MNT coach to show up and have a word with the crowd at half-time just hours after our Copa match in Charlotte, I wish there was a larger crowd but we have had 3 home matches in a week and a Sunday night ko after the Euro final was always going to be a tough draw! I chatted with a bunch of Pacific fans after the match including Eric Lajeunesse's father, it was interesting to hear his path which got him to this point!

[Aird25]

2 hours ago, gator said:

chatted with a bunch of Pacific fans after the match including Eric Lajeunesse's father, it was interesting to hear his path which got him to this point!

I would love to hear some of the details 

[gator]

9 hours ago, Aird25 said:

I would love to hear some of the details 

The family is from Ottawa, I believe his dad still lives there, he was asked to join the Whitecaps Academy which he did at a great expense to the family, when he was let go he wanted to stay out west and went to University there I forget which one and was drafted by Pacific in the CPL draft! We discussed in general how many good young Canadian players get overlooked and agree the CPL is definitely a very good option now!