2020 York9 FC season

The 2020 York9 FC season is the second season in the club's history.

York9 FC

2020 season
Chairman	Mike Baldassarra
Head coach	Jim Brennan
Stadium	York Lions Stadium
Top goalscorer	Joseph Di Chiara Lowell Wright (1 goal)
Home colours Away colours

Current squad

As of August 16, 2020.

No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club
Goalkeepers
29	Nathan Ingham		GK	(1993-06-27) June 27, 1993	Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC
37	Ezequiel Carrasco		GK	(2002-09-11) September 11, 2002	Kleinburg Nobleton SC
Defenders
3	Morey Doner		RB	(1994-03-25) March 25, 1994	Aurora FC
6	Roger Thompson		CB	(1991-12-19) December 19, 1991	Ljungskile SK
13	Luca Gasparotto		CB	(1995-03-09) March 9, 1995	Greenock Morton
17	Matthew Arnone		CB	(1994-02-28)February 28, 1994 (aged 25)	HFX Wanderers
20	Diyaeddine Abzi		LB	(1998-11-23) November 23, 1998	A.S. Blainville
26	Fugo Segawa		LB	(1997-07-07) July 7, 1997	AC Oulu
Midfielders
5	Chris Mannella		DM / CM	(1994-06-07) June 7, 1994	Ottawa Fury
8	Joseph Di Chiara		DM / CM	(1992-01-30) January 30, 1992	Jonava
10	Manny Aparicio		CM	(1995-09-17) September 17, 1995	San Roque de Lepe
14	Ijah Halley		RW / RB	(2001-08-14) August 14, 2001	Toronto FC Academy
16	Max Ferrari		CM	(2000-08-20) August 20, 2000	Aurora FC
18	Ryan Telfer		LW	(1994-03-04) March 4, 1994	Nea Salamis
19	Kyle Porter		RM	(1990-01-19) January 19, 1990	Tampa Bay Rowdies
21	Michael Petrasso		LW / RW	(1995-07-09) July 9, 1995	Valour FC
22	Julian Altobelli		MF	(2002-11-04) November 4, 2002	Toronto FC Academy
23	Wataru Murofushi		CM	(1995-06-13) June 13, 1995	Albirex Niigata (S)
44	Isaiah Johnston		CM	(2001-08-14) August 14, 2001	CBU Capers
	Brian López[upper-alpha 1]		DM	(1999-06-30) June 30, 1999	Racing
Forwards
7	Álvaro Rivero		ST	(1997-04-17) April 17, 1997	Leganés B
12	Jace Kotsopoulos		ST	(1997-12-01) December 1, 1997	Guelph Gryphons
80	Lowell Wright		CF	(2003-08-19) August 19, 2003	Woodbridge Strikers
99	Gabriel Vasconcelos		CF	(1996-03-15) March 15, 1996	Corinthians
	Nicholas Hamilton[upper-alpha 1]		ST / RW / LW	(1996-03-16) March 16, 1996	Cavalier

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/Notes	Date	Source
5	MF	Chris Mannella	Ottawa Fury	Free transfer	December 17, 2019	[1]
99	FW	Gabriel Vasconcelos	Corinthians	Free transfer	January 21, 2020	[2]
21	MF	Michael Petrasso	Valour FC	Free transfer	January 24, 2020	[3]
26	DF	Fugo Segawa	AC Oulu	Free transfer	February 10, 2020	[4]
	FW	Nicholas Hamilton	Cavalier	Free transfer	February 14, 2020	[5]
17	DF	Matthew Arnone	HFX Wanderers	Free Transfer	February 18, 2020	[6]
	FW	Adrián Ugarriza	Alianza Lima	Free Transfer	February 24, 2020	[7]
16	MF	Max Ferrari	Aurora FC	Free Transfer	February 27, 2020	[8]
	FW	Jacó	Iporá	Free Transfer	March 4, 2020	[9]
	MF	Brian López	Racing	Free Transfer	March 5, 2020	[10]
14	MF	Ijah Halley	Toronto FC Academy	Free Transfer	April 27, 2020	[11]
22	MF	Julian Altobelli	Toronto FC Academy	Free Transfer	May 13, 2020	[12]
18	MF	Ryan Telfer	Nea Salamis	Free Transfer	June 3, 2020	[13]
44	MF	Isaiah Johnston	CBU Capers	Selected 10th overall in the 2019 CPL–U Sports Draft	July 6, 2020	[14]
37	GK	Ezequiel Carrasco	Kleinburg Nobleton SC	Free Transfer	July 10, 2020	[15]
7	FW	Álvaro Rivero	Leganés B	Free Transfer	July 27, 2020	[16]
80	FW	Lowell Wright	Woodbridge Strikers	Free Transfer	July 28, 2020	[17]
12	FW	Jace Kotsopoulos	Guelph Gryphons	Free Transfer	August 9, 2020	[18]

Draft picks

York9 FC selected the following players in the 2019 CPL–U Sports Draft on November 11, 2019.[19] Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in.

Round	Selection	Pos.	Player	Nationality	University
1	5	FW	Stefan Karajovanovic	Canada	Carleton Ravens
2	10	MF	Isaiah Johnston	Canada	CBU Capers

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/Notes	Date	Source
7	FW	Austin Ricci	Valour FC	Contract expired	November 15, 2019	[20]
17	FW	Cyrus Rollocks		Contract expired	November 15, 2019	[20]
2	DF	Daniel Gogarty		Contract expired	November 15, 2019	[20]
1	GK	Matt Silva	Valour FC	Contract expired	November 15, 2019	[20]
21	FW	Stefan Lamanna		Contract expired	November 15, 2019	[20]
77	DF	Steven Furlano		Contract expired	November 15, 2019	[20]
12	FW	Simon Adjei	Assyriska IK	Contract terminated by mutual consent	February 1, 2020	[21]
22	FW	Rodrigo Gattas	Gabala FK	Contract expired	February 11, 2020	[22]
11	MF	Emilio Estevez	ADO Den Haag	Undisclosed fee	May 12, 2020	[23]
	FW	Adrián Ugarriza	Cienciano	Contract terminated by mutual consent	July 6, 2020	[14]
31	GK	Colm Vance		Contract terminated by mutual consent	July 10, 2020	[15]
	FW	Jacó		Contract terminated by mutual consent	July 27, 2020	[24]
92	FW	Michael Cox		Contract expired	August 9, 2020	[25]
5	DF	Justin Springer		Contract expired	August 9, 2020	[25]

Canadian Premier League

Match times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4).

First stage

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
3	HFX Wanderers	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	Advance to group stage
3	Pacific	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1
3	York9	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1
7	FC Edmonton	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	0
7	Valour	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	0

Updated to match(es) played on August 16, 2020. Source: CanPL.ca
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record; 3) goal differential; 4) goals for; 5) total wins; 6) U-21 minutes; 7) coin toss or drawing of lots.[26]

Results by match

Match	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Result	D
Position	1

Updated to match(es) played on August 15, 2020. Source: #Matches
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

York9 FC v Atlético Ottawa

August 15 1	York9 FC	2–2	Atlético Ottawa	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
12:00pm ET	Di Chiara  14'  62' (pen.) Wright  60'	Report	Neufville  14'  50' Kourouma  45+3' Shaw  47'	Stadium: Alumni Field

Pacific FC v York9 FC

August 18 2	Pacific FC	v	York9 FC	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
1:00pm ET				Stadium: Alumni Field

York9 FC v Valour FC

August 22 3	York9 FC	v	Valour FC	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
1:00pm ET				Stadium: Alumni Field

York9 FC v Forge FC

August 26 4	York9 FC	v	Forge FC	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
1:00pm ET				Stadium: Alumni Field

HFX Wanderers FC v York9 FC

August 29 5	HFX Wanderers FC	v	York9 FC	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
3:00pm ET				Stadium: Alumni Field

FC Edmonton v York9 FC

September 1 6	FC Edmonton	v	York9 FC	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
2:00pm ET				Stadium: Alumni Field

Cavalry FC v York9 FC

September 5 7	Cavalry FC	v	York9 FC	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
3:00pm ET				Stadium: Alumni Field

Statistics

Squad and statistics

As of August 16, 2020

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Canadian Premier League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
3	DF		Morey Doner	1	0	1+0	0
5	MF		Chris Mannella	0	0	0+0	0
6	DF		Roger Thompson	1	0	1+0	0
7	FW		Álvaro Rivero	1	0	1+0	0
8	MF		Joseph Di Chiara	1	1	1+0	1
10	MF		Manny Aparicio	0	0	0+0	0
12	FW		Jace Kotsopoulos	0	0	0+0	0
13	DF		Luca Gasparotto	1	0	1+0	0
14	MF		Ijah Halley	1	0	0+1	0
16	MF		Max Ferrari	1	0	0+1	0
17	DF		Matthew Arnone	1	0	1+0	0
18	MF		Ryan Telfer	1	0	1+0	0
19	MF		Kyle Porter	1	0	1+0	0
20	DF		Diyaeddine Abzi	1	0	1+0	0
21	MF		Michael Petrasso	0	0	0+0	0
22	MF		Julian Altobelli	0	0	0+0	0
23	MF		Wataru Murofushi	1	0	0+1	0
26	DF		Fugo Segawa	0	0	0+0	0
29	GK		Nathan Ingham	1	0	1+0	0
37	GK		Ezequiel Carrasco	0	0	0+0	0
44	MF		Isaiah Johnston	0	0	0+0	0
80	FW		Lowell Wright	1	1	0+1	1
99	FW		Gabriel Vasconcelos	1	0	1+0	0

Top scorers

Rank	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Canadian Premier League	TOTAL
1		Joseph Di Chiara	MF	1	1
		Lowell Wright	FW	1	1
Totals				2	2

Updated to match played August 16, 2020
Source: Canadian Premier League

Top assists

Rank	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Canadian Premier League	TOTAL
Totals				0	0

Updated to match played August 16, 2020
Source: Canadian Premier League

Clean sheets

Rank	Nat.	Player	Canadian Premier League	TOTAL
Totals			0	0

Updated to match played August 16, 2020
Source: Canadian Premier League

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Canadian Premier League		TOTAL
8	MF		Joseph Di Chiara	1	0	1	0
Totals				1	0	1	0

Updated to match played August 16, 2020
Source: Canadian Premier League

Notes

1. Player is signed, but hasn't been added to the 2020 roster because of difficulties getting into Canada due to the COVID-19 pandemic

References

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26. Thompson, Marty [@martythompson_] (August 12, 2020). "Confirmed: #CanPL tiebreakers for The Island Games... 1. Head-to-head 2. Goal diff. 3. Goals for 4. Total # of wins 5. *Most U-21 minutes* in round 6. Coin toss or drawing of lots" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

External links

• 2020 York9 FC season at Official Site