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KICKERS THWARTED IN OTTAWA DEFEAT

By Patrick Wood, 08/15/18, 9:30PM EDT

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Ottawa Fury FC 2, Richmond Kickers 0


Photo © Ottawa Fury FC

TEAM SCORE GOALSCORERS
OTTAWA FURY FC

(10-10-4, 34 points, 7th East)

2

Haworth 8', Taylor (Dos Santos) 84'

RICHMOND KICKERS

(5-15-3, 18 points, 14th East)

0

 

 

OTTAWA, Ontario — (Wednesday, August 15, 2018) — The Richmond Kickers (5-15-3) surrender a goal in each half to lose out to Ottawa Fury FC (10-10-4) Wednesday night at TD Place. Carl Haworth gave Ottawa the lead in the 8th minute from a free kick. Tony Taylor put away a cross from Steevan Dos Santos with six minutes to go to seal the victory for Fury FC. 

Ottawa took the lead early from their captain, Carl Haworth in the eighth minute. Kévin Oliveria was able to draw a foul from Braeden Troyer at the top left corner of the Kickers box, setting up a free kick opportunity for the home side. Haworth stepped up to take the free kick, sending his shot just inside the near post, despite Trevor Spangenberg getting a touch on the shot for the opener. 

The Kickers had a chance to level this score in the 21st minute. The build up started as Luiz Fernando sprung Neil Hlavaty up the left side of the field. He quickly fed the ball across the top of the Ottawa box for Brian Shriver, who continued switching the play across to Brandon Eaton on the right side. He just took a quick touch to play the ball into Heviel Cordovés at the six yard box, but his shot was sent over the goal and out for a goal kick. 

Eddie Edward had a chance to get a second for Ottawa in the 40th minute. Kévin Oliveria picked up possession of the ball just inside the Richmond end of the field. He started to cut inside towards goal, playing the ball to Eddie Edward making a run up the right side. Edward avoided a challenge from Austin Yearwood and went for a shot towards goal before Braeden Troyer could get in the way as his shot sailed wide and out of danger.

Two minutes later, Trevor Spangenberg needed to make a save to prevent a second goal from Carl Haworth. Cristian Portillas had control of the ball deep into the Ottawa end of the pitch. Haworth was in a good position, as Portillas went for the long ball over the top. Off balance, Haworth went for a shot on goal that was easily saved by Spangenberg.

Tony Taylor had a break in the 53rd minute to get a chance for Ottawa. After grabbing a Richmond corner kick, Maxime Crépeau quickly threw the ball up to the midfield line as Taylor was making a run up the right flank. He was able to head the ball down and get away from Mekeil Williams, getting a one on one opportunity with Trevor Spangenberg. Getting into the box, Taylor was looking to get around Spangenberg as he was met by the Kickers keeper sliding through to make the stop, followed by Brandon Eaton clearing away the ball from the open net.

Braeden Troyer came close to getting the Kickers back into the match in the 75th minute. Brian Shriver chipped the ball over the top as Scott Thomsen charged up the left flank. His cross inside towards goal was deflected to the feet of Raul Gonzalez. He quickly turned with Troyer trailing in space and left the ball for him to go for a shot that just narrowly missed wide to the left of the Ottawa goal. 

Heviel Cordovés tried his luck from distance in the 83rd minute. Brandon Eaton looked up to see Cordovés in a good spot in line with the Ottawa back line and sent the ball over the top. Cordovés took a touch back to free up some space around him. Without a defender, Cordovés had a go from about 25 yards out that forced the Ottawa keeper to tip the shot over the goal for a corner kick. 

Six minutes to go before stoppage time, Ottawa found a second goal from Tony Taylor. Scott Thomsen sent in a corner kick trying to create a chance for the Kickers, as Steevan Dos Santos was in position to head the ball out of danger towards Brandon Eaton. Dos Santos followed the ball and as Eaton looked to play the ball back to Spangenberg, Dos Santos pounced on the loose ball and simply needed to slide a cross over for Taylor for the simple tap in for insurance goal late.

The Kickers will return home to City Stadium as they play host to Penn FC at 7:00 p.m. It’s Family Fest presented by WTVR CBS 6 and Bounce 2 the Moon, with the party starting at 5:30 p.m. with a one-of-a-kind fun zone featuring human foosball, giant soccer darts and a 24-foot double drop slide, live music, RVA food trucks, ice cream, and over a dozen craft beers on tap. Plus, admission for the entire family is just $25 before 6:30 p.m. Tickets are on sale now at RichmondKickers.com.

BOX SCORE

TEAM FIRST HALF SECOND HALF FINAL

Ottawa

1

1

2

Richmond

0

0

0

 

LINEUPS

Ottawa GK Maxime Crépeau, Onua Obasi, Thomas Meilleur-Giguère, Nana Attakora, Eddie Edward, Kévin Oliveira (78’ - Chris Mannella), Cristian Portilla, Jamar Dixon, Tony Taylor, Carl Haworth (45’ - Steevan Dos Santos), Daniel Kinumbe (56’ - Adonijah Reid)

Unused Substitutes: David Monsalve, Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé, David Edgar, Daniel Haber

Richmond GK Trevor Spangenberg, Braeden Troyer, Mekeil Williams, Mallan Roberts, Neil Hlavaty (72’ - Raul Gonzalez), Prince Agyemang, Brandon Eaton, Austin Yearwood (67’ - Scott Thomsen), Luiz Fernando (72’ - Yudai Imura), Brian Shriver, Heviel Cordovés

Unused Substitutes: Brandon Barnes, Koby Osei-Wusu, Conor Shanosky, Matt Bolduc

STATISTICS

TEAM SHOTS SAVES FOULS CORNERS

Ottawa

6

1

20

4

Richmond

4

1

14

8

 

SCORING SUMMARY

MIN TEAM PLAYER
8' OTT Carl Haworth (unassisted)
84' OTT Tony Taylor (Steevan Dos Santos)


CAUTIONS SUMMARY

MIN TEAM PLAYER
41' OTT Cristian Portilla

 

EJECTIONS SUMMARY

MIN TEAM PLAYER
None.

 

 

 

MATCH INFORMATION

Referee: Matt Souaré
Assistant Referees: Andre Pickler, Erick Laliberte
Fourth Official: Pierre-Luc Lauziere
Attendance: 3,535
Weather: Mostly Cloudy, 77 ºF
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