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CPL inaugural match
The Tim Hortons Field video board prior to the Canadian Premier League's inaugural match between Forge FC and York9 FC.
Event2019 Canadian Premier League season
Forge FC York9 FC
1 1
DateApril 27, 2019
VenueTim Hortons Field, Hamilton, Ontario
RefereeDavid Gantar
Attendance17,611
WeatherCloudy / windy
4 °C (39 °F)
70% humidity[1]

The Canadian Premier League inaugural match was the first soccer match in the history of the Canadian Premier League (CPL). It was played April 27, 2019, in Hamilton, Ontario, before 17,611 fans between Forge FC and York9 FC. It was the first match of the 905 Derby.

The match ended as a 1–1 draw. Ryan Telfer scored the CPL's first goal for York9 in the 3rd minute; Forge substitute Kadell Thomas equalized for Forge in the 78th minute.

Background

Further information: Canadian Premier League § History, and Soccer in Canada § History

The Canadian Premier League (CPL) was approved and sanctioned by the Canadian Soccer Association as a tier 1 league on May 6, 2017.[2] On January 29, 2019, the CPL announced that its inaugural match would be contested at Tim Hortons Field in Hamilton, Ontario with Forge FC hosting York9 FC. The league dubbed this matchup the "905 Derby" due to both clubs being based in the "905" region (named for the 905 area code) of the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area.[3][4]

Forge owner Bob Young later announced a 'Soccer Unites Hamilton' initiative that saw Tim Hortons Field's capacity increased from its 10,016 capacity for regular Forge matches to beyond the stadium's full seated capacity of 23,218 seats for this match only, and that this match would be free to attend.[5][6]

Broadcasting

The match was broadcast on OneSoccer, which aired all matches of the 2019 season.[7][8] It was also broadcast on CBC TV as the first of 10 CPL matches broadcast on the network that season, and streamed on CBCSports.ca as the first of 20 matches that season.[8][9]

Match

Summary

A few days before the match, CPL commissioner David Clanachan predicted 25,000 fans would take in the match.[10] Ultimately, 17,611 fans were in attendance. Both teams started nine Canadian players; league rules required a minimum of only six each.[11]

Ryan Telfer scored the CPL's first ever goal in the 3rd minute to give York9 the lead off of a through pass by captain Manny Aparicio.[11][12][13] Forge's Emery Welshman nearly tied the match a few minutes later with a bicycle kick, but his shot went wide.[13][14] In the 62nd minute, Forge captain Kyle Bekker notably ran through York9's Joseph Di Chiara with his elbow up, but escaped punishment on the play.[14][15] Forge substitute Kadell Thomas eventually levelled the score at 1–1 in the 78th minute off of a feed from Welshman.[11][12][13] Aparicio was later sent off in stoppage time for a second yellow card.[11][12][13]

Forge outshot York 20–6, had six shots on target to York's one, and had 62% possession.[11]

Details

Forge FC1–1York9 FC
  • Thomas 78'
 Recap Telfer 3'
Attendance: 17,611
Referee: David Gantar
Forge
York9
GK 1 Canada Triston Henry
RB 2 Canada Jonathan Grant downward-facing red arrow 13'
CB 8 Canada Giuliano Frano Yellow card 68'
CB 4 Canada Dominic Samuel
LB 6 Canada Kwame Awuah
CM 3 Senegal Elimane Cissé
CM 13 Sweden Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson downward-facing red arrow 77'
RM 19 Canada Tristan Borges
AM 10 Canada Kyle Bekker (c)
LM 11 Canada Chris Nanco downward-facing red arrow 56'
CF 14 Guyana Emery Welshman
Substitutes:
GK 18 Guyana Quillan Roberts
MF 7 Canada David Choinière
FW 9 Canada Marcel Zajac upward-facing green arrow 77'
DF 16 Canada Klaidi Cela
FW 17 Canada Kadell Thomas upward-facing green arrow 56'
DF 21 Cameroon Bertrand Owundi upward-facing green arrow 13'
FW 23 Canada Anthony Novak
Manager:
Canada Bobby Smyrniotis
GK 29 Canada Nathan Ingham
CB 5 Saint Kitts and Nevis Justin Springer
CB 13 Canada Luca Gasparotto
CB 2 Canada Daniel Gogarty
RW 19 Canada Kyle Porter
CM 8 Canada Joseph Di Chiara downward-facing red arrow 87'
CM 10 Canada Manny Aparicio (c) Yellow card 59' Yellow-red card 90+5'
CM 23 Japan Wataru Murofushi downward-facing red arrow 67'
LW 18 Trinidad and Tobago Ryan Telfer
CF 12 Sweden Simon Adjei downward-facing red arrow 80'
CF 17 Canada Cyrus Rollocks
Substitutes:
GK 1 Canada Matt Silva
DF 3 Canada Morey Doner
FW 7 Canada Austin Ricci upward-facing green arrow 67'
MF 11 Chinese Taipei Emilio Estevez
FW 14 Canada Emmanuel Zambazis
DF 20 Canada Diyaeddine Abzi upward-facing green arrow 87'
MF 22 Chile Rodrigo Gattas upward-facing green arrow 80'
Manager:
Canada Jim Brennan

Aftermath

Further information: 2019 Canadian Premier League season

York9 captain Manny Aparicio picked up an automatic suspension for his red card.[16] Forge captain Kyle Bekker was later suspended for two matches and fined an undisclosed amount for his elbow to Joseph Di Chiara that had gone unpenalized during the match.[15] The first win in CPL history came the next day when Pacific FC defeated HFX Wanderers FC 1–0 in its home opener.[17]

In league play, Forge finished second in the CPL's spring and fall seasons and went on to become the CPL's first champions by defeating Cavalry FC in the 2019 Canadian Premier League finals.[18] York9 finished sixth in the CPL's spring season and third in the fall season, ending the year third in the overall table.

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