GAME COVERAGE NOTES AND MATCH NOTES
*GAME WAS PLAYED AT YORK LIONS STADIUM IN TORONTO WHICH SEATS 4,000
*COMING INTO THE GAME, CREW 2 LED THE MLS NEXT PRO EASTERN CONFERENCE WITH A RECORD OF 10-2-1, 31 POINTS. LED NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION II BY 5 POINTS AND ROCHESTER NY FC BY 5
*CREW 2 5-1-0 AT HOME, 5-1-1 ON ROAD
*CREW 2 HAD SCORED 30 GOALS AND GIVEN UP 12
*IN JUNE 2022 CREW 2 HAD 3 WINS, 1 LOSS AND 1 DRAW, OUTSCORING OPPONENTS 15-5 AND HAD SEVERAL CALLUPS TO FIRST TEAM CREW ROSTER
*TORONTO FC II CAME INTO THE MATCH 6TH IN MLS NEXT PRO EASTERN CONFERENCE WITH A RECORD OF 5-6-2, 18 POINTS. THEY HAD SCORED 23 GOALS AND GIVEN UP 26
* CREW 2 PLAYING ANOTHER MATCH WITHOUT STAR STRIKER, JACEN RUSSELL-ROWE
*TORONTO FC II CAME INTO MATCH 8 POINTS BEHIND 3RD PLACE ROCHESTER NY FC FOR THE FINAL PLAYOFF SPOT IN THE MLS NEXT PRO EASTERN CONFERENCE
*THIS MATCH SERVED AS THE 1ST GAME WITH THE OFF-FIELD TREATMENT RULE, WHERE IF A PLAYER IS ON THE 15 SECONDS OF MORE INJURED, THE TRAINERS WILL BE SUMMONED ON. THEN, THAT PLAYER WILL HAVE TO LEAVE THE MATCH FOR 3 MINUTES. IT IN AN EFFORT TO SPEAD UP THE GAME AND REDUCE STOPPAGE TIMES
*STOPPAGE TIME IN THE FIRST HALF WAS ONLY 1 MINUTE
*CREW 2’S ALEX MATAN GOT INJURED IN THE 19TH MINUTE AND WAS REPLACED BY MICHAEL VANG IN THE 23RD MINUTE
*TORONTO CAME INTO THE MATCH 0-2 VS CREW 2 THIS SEASON
*CREW 2’S FIRST HALF PROBLEMS WERE TOO MANY GIVEAWAYS OF THE BALL
*FIRST HALF SCORE 0-0
GAME COVERAGE NOTES AND MATCH NOTES 2ND HALF
*76 DEGREES AND SUNNY SKIES
*CREW DOMINATED 1ST HALF FOR 30 MINUTES BUT NO GOALS
*TORONTO FC II BENCH RECEIVED A YELLOW CARD DURING THE MATCH. IT WAS ON THE HEAD COACH
*TORONTO FC II HAD BEEN PLAYING WELL COMING INTO THE GAME, PICKING UP 9 POINTS IN THE PAST 4 GAMES
*2ND HALF STOPPAGE TIME WAS 3:00
*0-0 TIE AT THE END OF 90 MINUTES
*IN THE SHOOTOUT, CREW 2 SHOOTERS, COLEMAN GANNON, MARCO MICALETTO MISSED. JAKE MORRIS SCORED, ISAIAH PARENTE SCORES AND SO DID ISAAC ANGKING. BUT RYAN TELFER MISSED
*TORONTO FC IN THE SHOOTOUT HAD MISSES FROM STEFFEN YEATES, ALONSO COELLO CAMARERO. BUT RECEIVED SCORES FROM KOBE FRANKLIN, THEMI ANTONOGLOU, NAKYE GREENIDGE-DUNCAN AND ALEC DIAZ ALL SCORED AND THEY WIN THE SHOOTOUT, 4-3 AND GET THE EXTRA POINTS, 2
*COLUMBUS CREW 2 DROPS TO 10-2-2, 32 POINTS
*TORONTO FC II IMPROVES TO 6-6-3, 20 POINTS
*THE TORONTO FC II SHOOTOUT SCORERS
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