Vancouver FC coach Martin Nash’s was sounding upbeat about the team’s performance prior to Saturday’s game against Atlético Ottawa.
“We’ve been able to grind out some results, which is nice,” Nash said. “Yeah, we’ve won a couple by big scores, but we’ve also grinded some wins out. I feel that we’re becoming another team that can win dirty; we can win ugly.”
They were victorious, again, with Vancouver FC taking down Atlético Ottawa 3-1 at the Stadium at Langley Events Centre.
VFC have now won six of their last seven games in CPL play, allowing them to leapfrog Ottawa into third place in the standings.
VFC had the ball inside Ottawa’s net after just seven minutes, Mohamed Amissi managing to roof a shot into the near post of the net with his left foot.
Seven minutes after that, on a penalty shot, it was Lys Mousset finding the bottom left corner to put his team up 2-0.
After a Vancouver goal was ruled out because of a foul, the Eagles Jean-Aniel Assi then scored to make it 3-0.
Ottawa’s only goal came from Tim Arnaud.
VFC’s Damiano Pecile was named CPLSoccer.com Player of the Match, after picking up a goal and an assist generating three shots, creating two chances, completing 35 out of 40 passes, and completed one dribble, made six passes into the final third and completed six out of nine long balls offensively, while also making one tackle, one interception and winning two out of three duels defensively.
Next, VFC will head east for their next matchup, as they take on Forge FC in Hamilton on Friday, Aug. 7.