I didn’t think it was possible to feel this much malaise about your football team when they’ve gone five games unbeaten. Yet, losing out on multiple leads in this game certainly doesn’t inspire confidence even if this result in a vacuum wasn’t all that bad. Certain
For what may be the first time in recorded history, Ben Hoskins did us a favour. The 77th minute penalty that was converted by Rubén Del Campo was dubiously earned to say the least, as the ball struck the arm of Dante Campbell despite it being in a wholly natural
If you didn’t get some flashbacks to 2022 from that performance, I’d question how closely you’ve followed this team. The 1-0 scoreline flattered Vancouver, both in that they really did not look like they had the wherewithal to break through the ATO back five, and in that
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When someone shows you who they are, believe them. This is the attitude we need to have when watching this Atlético Ottawa team for the remainder of the season. The three goals against Pacific were, frankly, a mirage to mask this team’s inability, and perhaps unwillingness, to exist with
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The starting XI that Carlos González put forward on Saturday night was a forceful message to his team, and they received it loud and clear. For the first time in over a month, Atlético Ottawa looked cohesive in every aspect of the game. For the third time in their last
For the second time in three weeks I come to you with these player Ratings from the back of a bus headed down the 401 back to TD Place. This one will (mostly) not be as manic as my previous effort, but it will certainly have the same critical edge
Eight days later, and I’m still questioning whether or not I should continue watching this sport. Even sat only a brisk 30-minute walk from my residence, the trip to TD Place was not worth it in the slightest. Between the two-hour rain delay and the 90 minutes spent on
I have never more intensely questioned whether or not I want to continue watching football. Every part of this result was embarrassing, from the fact that the team could not string together two passes in transition up until the 66th minute, to York fans threatening to fight us in the
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After heaping praise on the side for their professional victory against Vancouver, it is perhaps fitting that it all comes crashing down to earth after this match against Valour. A 2-2 draw that I don’t think ATO had any right to be claiming, especially in a first half in
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This is exactly the type of performance you would hope to see from a title contender, particularly after such an agonizing defeat at home last week. The somewhat short week and trip across the country had little effect on the league leaders, as ATO soared to a 3-0 victory over
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Sometimes you just can’t buy a goal. In a second half very reminiscent of a 1-0 loss to York at home last season, Atlético Ottawa found themselves on the wrong end of a close result at home for the second time this season. The chances the team generated were
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45 minutes of relative calm followed by 45 minutes of the “We’re So Back/It’s So Over” meme played out before our very eyes is certainly one way to kick off a long weekend. From a neutral’s perspective, you could easily argue that this was the single
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At the end of the day, a draw against a tough Cavalry side at ATCO Field is nothing to hang our heads about. That said, had the performance of the first 15 or so minutes continued, we would have found ourselves lucky to be even remotely close to Cavs. Luckily,
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Most football games boil down to a couple of moments. It is Carlos González’s biggest buzz word, and unfortunately for ATO against York United, they found themselves on the wrong side of the game’s biggest moments to spoil a lovely June afternoon in the nation’s capital. Atlético
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After an incredibly hectic performance against Halifax, the convincing nature of this result against Valour should bring a collective sigh of relief to the ATO fanbase. While the game didn’t start out as such, the team was able to grow into the proceedings quite well and took complete control
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What? No, seriously, what? For about 70-75 minutes of this game, Atlético Ottawa had no business sniffing a result. The backline looked disjointed without the experience of Amer Didic or Maxim Tissot. Meanwhile, the attack bore close to impotence with the only shots at Yann Filion being headers weakly directed