Tobias Warschewski stepped up and blasted it straight into the top left corner – leaving the French goalkeeper no chance – giving his side a one-goal lead just 24 minutes in.

After a bright opening ten minutes or so for York United, Cavalry grew into the game and took a deserved 1-0 lead into the halftime break.

Despite a head clash that saw Frank Sturing momentarily leave the pitch, York started the second half brightly spending most of the first eight minutes in Cavalry’s half.

York had their best chance since the opening minutes come in the 57′ minute as a searching ball from York’s right wing was guided out for a corner by Aird who had Wright draped all over him.

After they continued to gain momentum, York’s moment finally came.

Josué Martinez won the ball in Cavalry’s half and played it into the feet of Austin Ricci. The York attacker played a one-two with his attack partner Wright before striking the ball into the bottom right corner past Carducci and tied the game at 1-1.

The 28-year-old wasn’t done there as just four minutes later, a rocket of a hit from Ricci sprung off Carducci’s left post as he narrowly missed out on giving his side the lead.

Instead, it was Brian Wright who gave York the lead just two minutes later. An errand pass in Cavalry’s backline was grasped onto by Wright who then dispatched the ball past Carducci and just like that York had the lead.

What had been a truly wild second half to this point was not done there. After winning yet another corner, Fraser Aird’s fine deliveries were finally capitalized on by Malcolm Shaw who sent a glancing header into the bottom right corner to tie the match at two.

In debatably the greatest half of soccer so far this season, Shaw’s goal won his side the momentum once again. In the same sixty seconds, a Daan Klomp header came back off the post and a left-footed strike from Shaw was again met by Vincensini with a spectacular save down to his left to keep the game tied.

Back down the other end, a low-driven cross from Brian Wright found Kadin Martin-Pereux but his strike went straight into the Cavalry goalkeeper’s hands with less than five minutes of regular time remaining.

The final minutes of the hectic match saw both teams mount minor attacks to no avail as the match ended square.

Ryan Galati, CanPL.ca

BOX SCORE

Lineups

Cavalry FC: Carducci; Aird, Klomp, Montgomery, Kamdem; Shome (Gutiérrez 78′), Trafford (Daley 78′), Camargo (Akio 45′); Warschewski (Brooks 69′), Shaw, Dias (Myroniuk 69′)

York United: Vincensini; Ferrari, Abatneh, Sturing, Botello; Baldisimo, Ricci (Esprit 92′), Martinez (Adekugbe 81′), Soumaoro, Salanović (Martin-Pereux 78′); Wright

Goals

24′ – Tobias Warschewski (Cavalry FC) (Penalty)

62′ – Austin Ricci (York United)

68′ – Brian Wright (York United)

72′ – Malcolm Shaw (Cavalry FC)

Discipline

23′ – Yellow: Max Ferrari (York United)

40′ – Yellow: Austin Ricci (York United)

45′ – Yellow: Lucas Dias (Cavalry FC)

77′ – Yellow: Niko Myroniuk (Cavalry FC)

79′ – Yellow: Orlando Botello (York United)

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