Cavalry FC vs Pacific FC 4-2

Cavalry FC beat Pacific FC 4-2 at ATCO Field after a frantic first half, then protected their two-goal lead through a quieter second period. The hosts were ahead by the break and never let Pacific back to level after half-time.

Pacific FC opened the scoring in the 9th minute when M. Vales finished from Marco Bustos, but Cavalry turned it around quickly. Daan Klomp equalised on 12 minutes from B. Kamdem, Tobias Warschewski then converted a penalty in the 17th minute to make it 2-1, and Marco Bustos levelled for Pacific from the spot on 44 minutes. Cavalry struck again three minutes into first-half stoppage time, with B. Kamdem restoring the lead to make it 3-2.

Cavalry made the next decisive move on 51 minutes, when Ali Musse scored a penalty to make it 4-2. Pacific had already made a change at the interval, sending on Christian Greco-Taylor for J. Kadin Brian Chung, and they made two more changes in the 64th and 65th minutes, but the next goal never came. Cavalry also made two changes on 71 minutes, with Maël Henry and Owen Graham-Roache introduced, then added three more replacements later as they saw out the game. Pacific’s 77th-minute double change, with Alejandro Diaz and Marley Edwards coming on, did not alter the scoreline.

The numbers backed up a lively contest in which Pacific had 59% of the ball and 416 passes to Cavalry’s 41% and 280, but the home side had more shots, 12 to 8, more on target, 5 to 3, and more corners, 4 to 2. Cavalry’s 2.82 expected goals also sat above Pacific’s 1.39, while both sides had one save and Cavalry were flagged offside once.

There were five yellow cards and no red cards. J. Kadin Brian Chung was booked for Pacific in the 25th minute, Adam Pearlman saw yellow for Cavalry on 42 minutes, Juan David Quintana Echeverry was booked for Pacific on 50 minutes, Roshawn Kadeem Delahaye Juhmi was cautioned for Pacific on 63 minutes, and Maël Henry went into the book for Cavalry on 82 minutes.