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York United FC

2021 season
Chairman	Mike Baldassarra
Head coach	Jim Brennan
Stadium	York Lions Stadium
Canadian Premier League	4th
CPL Playoffs	Semi-finals
Canadian Championship	Quarter-finals
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The 2021 York United FC season was the third season in the club's history and the first as York United.

Current squad

As of November 9, 2021.

No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)	Previous club
Goalkeepers
1	Niko Giantsopoulos		GK	(1994-06-24)June 24, 1994 (aged 27)	Cavalry FC
18	Eleias Himaras		GK	(2002-03-08)March 8, 2002 (aged 19)	Toronto FC Academy
29	Nathan Ingham		GK	(1993-06-27)June 27, 1993 (aged 28)	Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC
Defenders
3	Matteo Campagna		CB / DM	(2004-06-04)June 4, 2004 (aged 17)	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
4	Jordan Wilson		CB / FB / DM	(1991-10-03)October 3, 1991 (aged 30)	Nykøbing FC
5	Dominick Zator		CB	(1994-09-18)September 18, 1994 (aged 27)	Cavalry FC
6	Roger Thompson		CB	(1991-12-19)December 19, 1991 (aged 30)	Ljungskile SK
20	Diyaeddine Abzi		LB	(1998-11-23)November 23, 1998 (aged 23)	A.S. Blainville
42	Ryan Lindsay		CB / DM	(2001-12-04)December 4, 2001 (aged 20)	Dinamo Zagreb
66	Chrisnovic N'sa		CB / RB	(1999-01-28)January 28, 1999 (aged 22)	HFX Wanderers
Midfielders
8	Sebastian Gutierrez		AM	(1997-09-29)September 29, 1997 (aged 24)	Llaneros
10	Mateo Hernández (out on loan)		AM / LW / RW	(1998-10-05)October 5, 1998 (aged 23)	Colón
12	Javier George		CM	(2001-01-27)January 27, 2001 (aged 20)	Stade Beaucairois
14	Ijah Halley		RW / RB	(2001-08-14)August 14, 2001 (aged 20)	Toronto FC Academy
16	Max Ferrari		CM	(2000-08-20)August 20, 2000 (aged 21)	Aurora FC
19	Noah Verhoeven		CM	(1999-06-15)June 15, 1999 (aged 22)	Pacific FC
21	Michael Petrasso		LW / RW	(1995-07-09)July 9, 1995 (aged 26)	Valour FC
23	Gerard Lavergne		CM	(1999-01-25)January 25, 1999 (aged 22)	FC Tucson
28	Cédric Toussaint		CM / AM	(2001-03-29)March 29, 2001 (aged 20)	Montreal Impact Academy
30	Umar Muslim		LW / RW	(2003-06-07)June 7, 2003 (aged 18)	FC Edmonton
36	Felix N'sa		DM / CB	(2003-09-25)September 25, 2003 (aged 18)	Panellinios Montreal FC
44	Isaiah Johnston		CM	(2001-08-14)August 14, 2001 (aged 20)	CBU Capers
70	Jordan Faria		CM	(2000-06-13)June 13, 2000 (aged 21)	Toronto FC II
99	William Wallace (out on loan)		LW / RW / CM	(2002-07-04)July 4, 2002 (aged 19)	Fluminense
Forwards
7	Álvaro Rivero		ST	(1997-04-17)April 17, 1997 (aged 24)	Leganés B
9	Lisandro Cabrera (out on loan)		ST	(1998-01-04)January 4, 1998 (aged 23)	Newell's Old Boys
11	Nicholas Hamilton		ST / RW / LW	(1996-03-16)March 16, 1996 (aged 25)	Cavalier
13	Osvaldo Ramirez		ST	(1997-05-13)May 13, 1997 (aged 24)	Cancún F.C.
17	Julian Ulbricht		ST	(1999-06-16)June 16, 1999 (aged 22)	Hamburger SV II
80	Lowell Wright		CF	(2003-08-19)August 19, 2003 (aged 18)	Woodbridge Strikers

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	From club	Fee/notes	Date	Source
17	FW	Julian Ulbricht	Hamburger SV II	Free	October 5, 2020
10	MF	Mateo Hernández	Colón	Free	October 20, 2020
42	DF	Ryan Lindsay	Dinamo Zagreb	Free	October 21, 2020
4	MF	Jordan Wilson	Nykøbing FC	Free	October 22, 2020
36	MF	Felix N'sa	Panellinios Montreal FC	Free	November 4, 2020
66	DF	Chrisnovic N'sa	HFX Wanderers	Free	November 5, 2020
1	GK	Niko Giantsopoulos	Cavalry FC	Free	November 10, 2020
28	MF	Cédric Toussaint	Montreal Impact Academy	Free	November 11, 2020
99	MF	William Wallace	Fluminense	Undisclosed	November 12, 2020
9	FW	Lisandro Cabrera	Newell's Old Boys	Free	November 18, 2020
8	MF	Sebastian Gutierrez	Llaneros	Free	December 15, 2020
5	DF	Dominick Zator	Cavalry FC	Free	February 1, 2021
19	MF	Noah Verhoeven	Pacific FC	Free	February 4, 2021
70	MF	Jordan Faria	Toronto FC II	Free	June 3, 2021
23	MF	Gerard Lavergne	FC Tucson	Free	June 3, 2021
13	FW	Osvaldo Ramírez	Cancún F.C.	Free	June 3, 2021
18	GK	Eleias Himaras	Toronto FC Academy	Free	August 7, 2021
30	MF	Muslim Umar	FC Edmonton	Free	September 22, 2021
	GK	Andrew Romano		Free	September 22, 2021
12	MF	Javier George	Stade Beaucairois	Free	October 7, 2022

Loans in

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
57	DF	Terique Mohammed	Dundalk F.C.	Season-long loan	June 3, 2021
3	DF	Matteo Campagna	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Season-long loan	August 24, 2021

Draft picks

York United selected the following players in the 2021 CPL–U Sports Draft on January 29, 2021. 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	4	FW	Christopher Campoli	Canada	Ontario Tech Ridgebacks
2	13	DF	Danial Rafisamii	Canada	Ontario Tech Ridgebacks

Out

Transferred out

No.	Pos.	Player	To club	Fee/notes	Date	Source
22	MF	Julian Altobelli	Toronto FC II	Contract expired	October 28, 2020
37	GK	Ezequiel Carrasco		Option not picked up	October 28, 2020
8	MF	Joseph Di Chiara	Cavalry FC	Contract expired	October 28, 2020
	MF	Brian López		Option not picked up	October 28, 2020
99	FW	Gabriel Vasconcelos	Sampaio Corrêa	Option not picked up	October 28, 2020
26	DF	Fugo Segawa	TSS Rovers	Option not picked up	October 28, 2020
17	DF	Matthew Arnone		Contract expired	October 28, 2020
5	MF	Chris Mannella	Atlético Ottawa	Contract expired	October 28, 2020
23	MF	Wataru Murofushi	Bucheon FC	Contract expired	October 28, 2020
18	MF	Ryan Telfer	Atlético Ottawa	Contract expired	October 28, 2020
12	FW	Jace Kotsopoulos	Guelph United FC	Contract expired	October 28, 2020
13	DF	Luca Gasparotto		Retired	November 3, 2020
10	MF	Manny Aparicio	Pacific FC	Contract expired	November 6, 2020
3	DF	Morey Doner	HFX Wanderers	Contract terminated by mutual consent	November 14, 2020
19	MF	Kyle Porter	FC Edmonton	Contract expired	December 23, 2020
57	DF	Terique Mohammed	Dundalk F.C.	Loan terminated	September 22, 2021

Loans out

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
11	FW	Nicholas Hamilton	Dundee F.C.	Loaned until June 2021	September 28, 2020
21	MF	Michael Petrasso	Barnet F.C.	Loaned until June 2021	October 5, 2020
5	DF	Dominick Zator	Vasalunds IF	Loaned until June 2021	February 2, 2021
9	FW	Lisandro Cabrera	Atlético Pantoja	Loaned until December 2021; terminated in June 2021	March 18, 2021
10	MF	Mateo Hernández	Atlético Pantoja	Loaned until December 2021; terminated in June 2021	May 12, 2021
9	FW	Lisandro Cabrera	Guadalupe F.C.	Loaned until December 2021	June 2, 2021
10	MF	Mateo Hernández	Guadalupe F.C.	Loaned until December 2021	June 2, 2021
99	MF	William Wallace	Floresta Esporte Clube	Loaned until March 2022	August 30, 2021

Competitions

Canadian Premier League

Table

Results by match

Matches

Playoff matches

Canadian Championship

Statistics

Squad and statistics

As of November 21, 2021

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Canadian Premier League		Canadian Championship
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	CAN	Niko Giantsopoulos	9	0	7+2	0	0+0	0
18	GK	CAN	Eleias Himaras	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
29	GK	CAN	Nathan Ingham	24	0	22+0	0	2+0	0
Defenders
3	DF	CAN	Matteo Campagna	5	0	3+2	0	0+0	0
5	DF	CAN	Dominick Zator	27	1	24+1	1	2+0	0
6	DF	CAN	Roger Thompson	10	0	7+2	0	1+0	0
20	DF	CAN	Diyaeddine Abzi	28	6	26+0	6	2+0	0
36	DF	CAN	Felix N'sa	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
42	DF	CAN	Ryan Lindsay	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
57	DF	CAN	Terique Mohammed	9	0	9+0	0	0+0	0
66	DF	CAN	Chrisnovic N'sa	29	1	26+1	1	2+0	0
Midfielders
4	MF	CAN	Jordan Wilson	28	3	24+2	2	1+1	1
8	MF	COL	Sebastian Gutierrez	15	1	5+8	1	1+1	0
12	MF	GUY	Javier George	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
14	MF	CAN	Ijah Halley	16	0	3+12	0	0+1	0
16	MF	CAN	Max Ferrari	30	3	27+1	2	2+0	1
19	MF	CAN	Noah Verhoeven	29	0	25+2	0	2+0	0
21	MF	CAN	Michael Petrasso	24	3	19+3	3	2+0	0
23	MF	DOM	Gerard Lavergne	6	0	0+6	0	0+0	0
28	MF	CAN	Cédric Toussaint	26	0	16+8	0	0+2	0
30	MF	CAN	Muslim Umar	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
44	MF	CAN	Isaiah Johnston	28	3	23+3	3	2+0	0
70	MF	CAN	Jordan Faria	13	1	3+9	1	0+1	0
Forwards
7	FW	ESP	Álvaro Rivero	27	6	15+10	6	1+1	0
11	FW	JAM	Nicholas Hamilton	16	0	3+12	0	0+1	0
13	FW	USA	Osvaldo Ramírez	19	2	4+14	1	1+0	1
17	FW	GER	Julian Ulbricht	20	5	14+5	3	0+1	2
80	FW	CAN	Lowell Wright	29	6	13+14	6	1+1	0

Top scorers

Rank	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Canadian Premier League	Canadian Championship	TOTAL
1		Diyaeddine Abzi	DF	6	0	6
		Álvaro Rivero	MF	6	0	6
		Lowell Wright	FW	6	0	6
2		Julian Ulbricht	FW	3	2	5
3		Max Ferrari	MF	2	1	3
		Isaiah Johnston	MF	3	0	3
		Michael Petrasso	MF	3	0	3
		Jordan Wilson	MF	2	1	3
4		Osvaldo Ramírez	FW	1	1	2
5		Jordan Faria	MF	1	0	1
		Sebastian Gutierrez	MF	1	0	1
		Chrisnovic N'sa	DF	1	0	1
		Dominick Zator	DF	1	0	1
Totals				36	5	41

Updated to match played Nov 21, 2021
Source: Canadian Premier League

Top assists

Rank	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Canadian Premier League	Canadian Championship	TOTAL
1		Michael Petrasso	MF	5	2	7
2		Max Ferrari	MF	4	0	4
3		Diyaeddine Abzi	DF	3	0	3
		Julian Ulbricht	FW	3	0	3
		Noah Verhoeven	MF	3	0	3
		Lowell Wright	FW	3	0	3
4		Álvaro Rivero	MF	2	0	2
		Isaiah Johnston	MF	1	1	2
5		Ijah Halley	MF	1	0	1
		Terique Mohammed	DF	1	0	1
		Osvaldo Ramírez	FW	1	0	1
Totals				27	3	30

Updated to match played Nov 21, 2021
Source: Canadian Premier League

Clean sheets

Rank	Nat.	Player	Canadian Premier League	Canadian Championship	TOTAL
1		Nathan Ingham	5	1	6
Totals			5	1	6

Updated to match played Nov 21, 2021
Source: Canadian Premier League

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Canadian Premier League		Canadian Championship		TOTAL
1	GK		Niko Giantsopoulos	2	0	0	0	2	0
3	DF		Matteo Campagna	1	0	0	0	1	0
4	MF		Jordan Wilson	8	0	0	0	8	0
5	DF		Dominick Zator	2	1	0	0	2	1
6	DF		Roger Thompson	1	0	0	0	1	0
7	FW		Álvaro Rivero	1	1	1	0	2	1
8	MF		Sebastian Gutierrez	1	0	0	0	1	0
13	FW		Osvaldo Ramírez	2	0	1	0	3	0
14	MF		Ijah Halley	1	0	0	0	1	0
16	MF		Max Ferrari	5	0	0	0	5	0
17	FW		Julian Ulbricht	2	0	0	0	2	0
19	MF		Noah Verhoeven	3	0	0	0	3	0
20	DF		Diyaeddine Abzi	9	0	0	0	9	0
21	MF		Michael Petrasso	3	0	1	0	4	0
28	MF		Cédric Toussaint	8	0	0	0	8	0
44	MF		Isaiah Johnston	11	0	0	0	11	0
57	DF		Terique Mohammed	3	0	0	0	3	0
66	DF		Chrisnovic N'sa	7	0	0	0	7	0
80	FW		Lowell Wright	1	0	0	0	1	0
Totals				71	2	3	0	74	2

Updated to match played Nov 21, 2021
Source: Canadian Premier League

Notes

1. ^ Player is signed, but hasn't been added to the 2021 roster because of difficulties getting into Canada due to the COVID-19 pandemic

References

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External links

• Official site

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