VIDEO: Young players suffer defeat as Vancouver FC falls to Calgary

A road-weary Vancouver FC lost 3-1 to the Calgary Cavalry on Friday, May 3 at ATCO Field.

Heading into the game, Vancouver head coach Afshin Ghotbi noted his team's legs are tired as they prepare to tackle their second straight league road game and third straight road game in all competitions.

Unfortunately for Vancouver, those tired legs showed early as the Cavalry took off and held the Eagles to three goals in 60 minutes, and when the Cavalry tried to push it looked like they might have a shot on their hands. for the fourth.

But Vancouver continued to push for their first goal of the game and found it in the 81st minute.

After another great strike from Vasco Fry, Moses Dyer made it 3-1 with a close range finish.

Vancouver almost made it an interesting one in the 83rd minute as Mikael Kantau sent a dangerous header on goal after another set piece, forcing a strong save from Cavalier's Marco Carducci to preserve his side's two-goal lead.

From there, however, aside from a couple of half chances from both teams, that would be all Vancouver could muster on a late push that allowed the Cavalry to walk away from this game with a 3-1 victory.

“The Cavalry is a good team,” said Dyer of Vancouver. “They know how to play at home, I think we were a bit naive, we pressed when we shouldn't have and we were a bit off the tempo. I don't think it was our legs that took time, but we have to regroup, have some time to rest and get back on the training ground and decide what to do. work”.

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After back-to-back losses and late performances from his replacements, Gotby is looking to rebuild Vancouver.

“100 percent,” Gotby said when asked if he could shake things up.

A relatively inexperienced batch of replacements, 16-year-old Grady McDonnell, 19-year-old Elaj Bach and 22-year-old Thomas Powell all made their Vancouver debuts, providing fresh legs that have been a force to be reckoned with lately. game.

“I think the thing that impressed me the most was the courage that the young players showed,” Gotby said.

“They also showed quality, created a lot of chances, got into the box a few times in the latter stages of the second half, and we were unlucky not to score in the second half, I think if we had made it to extra time. With time, we could have taken some points out of this game.”

Vancouver will look to regroup on Sunday when they host Atlético Ottawa at Willoughby Community Park in Langley (third in the event of a Canadian Championship loss to the Calgary Cavaliers on Tuesday, April 23). , May 12 at 4 p.m

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