Forge vs Atlético Ottawa 2-3

Atlético Ottawa won 3-2 at Tim Hortons Field after Nicolas Fleuriau Chateau scored twice in normal time and then again in the 13th minute of stoppage time. Forge came back twice, but Atlético Ottawa had the final goal.

Atlético Ottawa led in the 25th minute when Nicolas Fleuriau Chateau finished from Kamron Habibullah for 1-0. Forge levelled three minutes into first-half stoppage time through Hoce Massunda, set up by aghilas sadek, and the half ended 1-1.

The second half swung back and forth. Atlético Ottawa had a Nicolas Fleuriau Chateau goal ruled out in the 67th minute, then Forge made four changes, with two on 78 minutes and two more on 82 minutes. Atlético Ottawa replied with two substitutions on 88 minutes and then retook the lead in the 84th minute, when Nicolas Fleuriau Chateau, who had already scored once and had a second goal cancelled earlier, made it 2-1 from Rony Mbomio. Forge were awarded a penalty after VAR in the 90th minute, D. Nimick converted it in the 11th minute of stoppage time to make it 2-2, and Nicolas Fleuriau Chateau completed his hat-trick two minutes later to make it 3-2.

Forge had 52% of the ball and 425 passes to Atlético Ottawa's 413, while also having more shots, 22 to 11, more corners, 12 to 3, and a higher xG, 2.86 to 0.83. Atlético Ottawa, though, had seven shots on target to Forge's six and four saves to Forge's three.

Forge had two yellow cards, for Anthony Aromatario on 29 minutes and Nana Ampomah on 71 minutes. There were no red cards. Anthony Aromatario also had a penalty cancelled by VAR on 30 minutes, while Forge had a penalty confirmed by VAR in the 90th minute.