{"id":9956,"date":"2025-07-09T04:11:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T08:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/?p=9956"},"modified":"2025-07-10T07:05:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T11:05:50","slug":"atletico-ottawa-and-vancouver-fc-move-to-2025-canadian-championship-semifinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/atletico-ottawa-and-vancouver-fc-move-to-2025-canadian-championship-semifinals","title":{"rendered":"Atletico Ottawa, Vancouver FC Move to Canadian Championship Semifinals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"380\" height=\"250\" src=\"http:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/atletico-ottawa-and-vancouver-fc-advance-to-the-2025-canadian-championship-semifinals.jpg\" alt=\"Atl\u00e9tico Ottawa and Vancouver FC advance to the 2025 Canadian Championship semifinals\" class=\"wp-image-9957\" style=\"width:300px\" title=\"Atletico Ottawa and Vancouver FC Move to 2025 Canadian Championship Semifinals\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Atl\u00e9tico Ottawa edged York United 4\u20133 (6-4 on aggregate) on Tuesday to punch their ticket to the Canadian Championship semifinals.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vancouver FC followed suit after edging Cavalry FC in a penalty shootout (5-4) amid a 1\u20131 draw.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Both teams are looking forward to learn their opponents following Wednesday\u2019s matches.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Atletico Madrid\u2019s 2020-founded football club <strong>Atl\u00e9tico Ottawa<\/strong> defeated York United 4\u20133 on Tuesday at York Lions Stadium, winning the quarterfinal 6\u20134 on aggregate and grabbing their ticket to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/soccer\">Canadian Championship semifinals<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In similar news, <strong>Vancouver FC<\/strong> also earned a spot in the semifinals with a heart-pounding shootout win over Cavalry FC at ATCO Field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"sissoko-we-kept-pushing\">Sissoko: \u201cWe Kept Pushing\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Samuel Salter<\/strong> and <strong>Aboubacar Sissoko<\/strong> brought the ultimate victory to Diego Mej\u00eda\u2019s side with last-minute goals that turned the one-goal deficit into an unbelievable victory.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>We kept pushing because we believed the goals would come<\/em>\u201d, said Sissoko after he managed to sealing the win just two minutes into injury time.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">GOAL \ud83e\udd96\ud83e\udd96\ud83e\udd96\ud83e\udd96<br><br>GAME. SET. MATCH. Aboubacar Sissoko gives <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atletiOttawa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@atletiOttawa<\/a> the 4-3 lead and the tie is all but over \ud83d\udd25<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CanChamp?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CanChamp<\/a> | \ud83d\udd34 Watch LIVE on OneSoccer <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qav8gk286s\">pic.twitter.com\/qav8gk286s<\/a><\/p>&mdash; OneSoccer (@onesoccer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/onesoccer\/status\/1942750726985261084?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 9, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Salter had equalized just six minutes earlier with his second goal of the match, striking in the 84th minute to level things at 3-3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>York struck first when Julian Altobelli opened the scoring in the 13th minute. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canpl.ca\/atleticoottawa\">Atl\u00e9tico<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canpl.ca\/atleticoottawa\">Ottawa<\/a> answered quickly through <strong>David Rodriguez<\/strong> in the 20th, and Salter added his first of the night just two minutes later to put the visitors ahead 2-1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>York\u2019s hopes took a hit in the 26th minute when <strong>Elijah Adekugbe was sent off with a red card<\/strong>, but the home side refused to fold. Altobelli scored again in the 37th to make it 2-2, and Massimo Ferrin put York back in front 3-2 with his goal early in the second half.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ottawa\u2019s constant pressure finally broke through, as they <strong>managed to control 69% of the ball and outshot York 14\u201311<\/strong>, pinning the short-handed home side deep in their own half for most of the second half.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The visitors had already taken a slim 2\u20131 lead from the first leg on June 11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next up, Ottawa will face the winner of Wednesday\u2019s quarterfinal between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/cf-montreal-finds-silver-lining-in-1-1-draw-with-columbus-crew\">CF Montreal<\/a> and Forge FC at Saputo Stadium. Forge leads that series 1\u20130 after taking the opener on May 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"vancouver-turned-5-penalties\">Vancouver Turned 5 Penalties<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Vancouver got past Cavalry FC 5\u20134 on penalties after the two sides played to another 1\u20131 draw Tuesday night at Spruce Meadows<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nicolas Mezquida<\/strong> opened the scoring for Vancouver with a 23rd-minute penalty, but an own goal in the second half brought Cavalry level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the series still tied 2\u20132 after the first leg in Langley also ended 1\u20131, it all came down to the shootout, and Vancouver held their nerve to move on. Head coach Afshin Ghotbi\u2019s squad converted five of six penalties to advance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Match Highlights \/ Faits saillants du match:<br><br>Cavalry FC 1(4) &#8211; 1(5) Vancouver FC<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CanChamp?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CanChamp<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/giWjGCB7tS\">pic.twitter.com\/giWjGCB7tS<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Canada Soccer (@CanadaSoccerEN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CanadaSoccerEN\/status\/1942806685828952092?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 9, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Midfield star <strong>Shamit Shome<\/strong> following the result at Spruce Meadows,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>I think obviously we\u2019re disappointed. We wanted to push together to get to the semifinals for the first time in a while. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, Vancouver FC will face the winner of Wednesday\u2019s quarterfinal between the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/soccer\/odds\">Vancouver Whitecaps vs Valour FC<\/a>, who are tied 2-2 heading into the second leg at BC Place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Summary: Atletico Madrid\u2019s 2020-founded football club Atl\u00e9tico Ottawa defeated York United 4\u20133 on Tuesday at York Lions Stadium, winning the quarterfinal 6\u20134 on aggregate and grabbing their ticket to the Canadian Championship semifinals. 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