Soccer·CPL ROUNDUP

York United edge HFX Wanderers with late goal, Pacific battles Edmonton to draw

A goal in the 76th minute rescued a single point for FC Edmonton Saturday as the club settled for a 2-2 draw with Pacific FC in Canadian Premier League play. Lowell Wright scored in the 90th minute to give York United a 3-2 win over the Wanderers.

Pacific remains atop CPL standings, 3 points above Valour FC

Pacific FC outshot FC Edmonton 11-4, with six attempts on target compared to three for the visitors in CPL soccer action on Saturday. (CPL)

A goal in the 76th minute rescued a single point for FC Edmonton Saturday as the club settled for a 2-2 draw with Pacific FC in Canadian Premier League play.

Pacific's Matteo Polisi opened the scoring in the 42nd minute and Terran Campbell put the home side up 2-0 with a goal in the 54th.

Edmonton's Easton Ongaro cut the deficit to a single goal in the 58th minute and Tobias Warschewski scored in the 76th to complete the 2-2 tie.

Pacific outshot Edmonton 11-4, with six attempts on target compared to three for the visitors.

Edmonton sits in sixth with a 3-5-3 record.

York United FC get late winner to edge HFX Wanderers FC

HFX Wanderers FC defeated York United FC at the Wanderers Grounds in Halifax by 3-2 on Saturday with a 90th minute goal by Lowell Wright. (Trevor MacMillan/HFX Wanderers FC)

Lowell Wright scored in the 90th minute to give York United a 3-2 win over the HFX Wanderers.

It was a busy first half, with Halifax's Jake Ruby opening the scoring in the 21st minute, Max Ferrari putting away an equalizer in the 39th and Joao Morelli getting the go-ahead goal just a minute later.

Isaiah Johnston scored for York in the 54th minute to knot the score at 2-2.

The Wanderers (3-5-2) are second last in the CPL standings while United (4-4-3) sits in fifth spot.

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