Atletico beats York United 4-3 to advance to Canadian Championship semifinals

By Canadian Press on July 8, 2025.

TORONTO — Samuel Salter and Aboubacar Sissoko scored late in the second half to give the visiting Atletico side a 4-3 victory over York United on Tuesday, winning the two-game aggregate score 6-4 in Canadian Championship quarterfinal action at York Lions Stadium.

With the victory, the Ottawa-based squad advances to the semifinals, where they’ll face the winner of a quarterfinal showdown between CF Montreal (MLS) and Forge FC of Hamilton (CPL). Game 2 of that series is Wednesday night at Saputo Stadium in Montreal.

Forge beat Montreal 1-0 in the series opener on May 20.

Julian Altobelli gave York a 1-0 lead in the 13th minute on Tuesday, but David Rodriguez tied the match seven minutes later.

Salter scored his first goal of the game at the 22-minute mark to give Aletico a 2-1 lead. Four minutes later Elijah Adekugbe was shown a red card, forcing York to play the remainder of the match with 10 men.

Despite being a man down, Altobelli tied the game 2-2 with his second goal in the 37th minute. Massimo Ferrin then gave the hosts a 3-2 lead with a goal in the 53rd minute.

But Salter, in the 84th minute, and Sissoko two minutes into injury time, lifted Atletico to the 4-3 victory.

Atletico outshot York United 14-11 (8-7 on target), had possession 69 per cent of the time, had 11 fouls compared to York’s 10, and had more corners (7-1).

Atletico won the first leg 2-1 on June 11.

Later tonight, Vancouver FC visits Cavalry FC in Calgary. The teams played to a 1-1 draw in their quarterfinal series opener on May 21 in Langley, B.C.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 8, 2025.

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