York United FC wins 1st ever CPL playoff game

• York United FC 2 (León 47’; Babouli 90’+2’), Pacific FC 0  
• Nine Stripes move on to Sunday’s quarter-finals away to Atlético Ottawa
• York hosted its 1st playoff match in their 6 years as a CPL franchise

NORTH YORK, ONT. – The third time proved to be the charm for York United FC.  

Oswaldo León and captain Molham Babouli scored second-half goals in York’s laborious 2-0 win over Pacific FC at York Lions Stadium on Wednesday night in the opening contest of the 2024 Canadian Premier League playoffs.  

When York coach Benjamn Mora went for a coffee with sporting director Jorge Villalpando on Wednesday morning he had a confident prediction.

“I told him, don’t worry, I think, I feel, that we will win two-zero,” Mora revealed to reporters after the win.