Cavalry FC vs Supra du Quebec 2-0

Cavalry FC beat Supra du Quebec 2-0 in the Canadian Premier League semi-finals at ATCO Field. They led at half-time and added a second goal after the break. VAR also played a part, with one Cavalry penalty overturned in the first half and another later confirmed before Ali Musse converted for 2-0.

Caniggia Elva opened the scoring in the 25th minute for Cavalry FC, and the hosts went in 1-0 up at half-time. There had already been a VAR intervention in the 10th minute, when Amer Didic's penalty was cancelled, and another in the 20th minute when Daan Klomp's card upgrade was cancelled.

Cavalry then doubled their lead on 60 minutes through Ali Musse after VAR had confirmed a penalty for Owen Graham-Roache on 53 minutes, though Musse missed the spot-kick two minutes later. Cavalry made a change at the interval, bringing on Owen Graham-Roache for Caniggia Elva, and later sent on Maël Henry, Levi Laing and Nikolas Myroniuk. Supra du Quebec were unable to find a reply, despite making changes of their own, and ended the match with 10 men after Alessandro Simone Biello's red card in stoppage time, following a VAR upgrade to his booking.

The numbers were mixed. Supra du Quebec had 56% of the ball and 343 passes to Cavalry's 316, and also had more shots, 16 to 11, and more corners, 5 to 3. Cavalry were more accurate in front of goal, with 5 shots on target to 2, and they finished on 2.08 expected goals to 0.78.

Discipline was central to the match. Cavalry were booked twice, with B. Kamdem on 38 minutes and Michael Baldisimo on 74 minutes. Supra du Quebec also had two bookings, for Alessandro Simone Biello on 65 minutes and Loic Adrien Kwemi on 70 minutes, and Biello was then sent off in the 10th minute of stoppage time.