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Pacific FC beats 10-man Valour FC to move top of the CPL table – photo gallery

By Kelly Wallace April 18, 2022 No Comments

Pacific FC beats Valour FC at Starlight Stadium Sunday, April 17. Photo: Kelly Wallace/Total Soccer News

Pacific FC beat 10-man Valour FC 3-2 to move top of the Canadian Premier League table at Starlight Stadium in Victoria Sunday.

The game started out slow with Pacific carrying the possession and not really forcing the play.

But the first goal came in the 20^th minute with Manny Aparicio getting his head on a cross from Marco Bustos. Pacific continued to press and in the 26^th minute Tony Mikhael received a straight red for a high boot to the face of Nathan Mavila after only being on the pitch for four minutes.

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Alejandro Diaz made it 2-0 Pacific in the 33rd minute. Pacific’s Kunli Dada-Luke scored an own goal in the 42nd minute attempting to deal with a William Akio cross.

Josh Heard is fouled in the Valour box in the 45th minute. But Bustos was denied on the resulting penalty by Valour keeper Jonathan Sirios.

Pacific did get their third goal in the 56th minute when Heard scored, again set up by Bustos. Valour were awarded a late penalty and Moses Dyer put it past Callum Irving in the games final action.

Pacific FC beats Valour FC at Starlight Stadium Sunday, April 17. Photo: Kelly Wallace/Total Soccer News

Pacific FC beats Valour FC at Starlight Stadium Sunday, April 17. Photo: Kelly Wallace/Total Soccer News

Pacific FC beats Valour FC at Starlight Stadium Sunday, April 17. Photo: Kelly Wallace/Total Soccer News

Pacific FC beats Valour FC at Starlight Stadium Sunday, April 17. Photo: Kelly Wallace/Total Soccer News

Pacific FC beats Valour FC at Starlight Stadium Sunday, April 17. Photo: Kelly Wallace/Total Soccer News

Pacific FC beats Valour FC at Starlight Stadium Sunday, April 17. Photo: Kelly Wallace/Total Soccer News

Pacific FC beats Valour FC at Starlight Stadium Sunday, April 17. Photo: Kelly Wallace/Total Soccer News

Pacific FC beats Valour FC at Starlight Stadium Sunday, April 17. Photo: Kelly Wallace/Total Soccer News

Pacific FC beats Valour FC at Starlight Stadium Sunday, April 17. Photo: Kelly Wallace/Total Soccer News

Pacific FC beats Valour FC at Starlight Stadium Sunday, April 17. Photo: Kelly Wallace/Total Soccer News

Pacific FC beats Valour FC at Starlight Stadium Sunday, April 17. Photo: Kelly Wallace/Total Soccer News

Pacific FC beats Valour FC at Starlight Stadium Sunday, April 17. Photo: Kelly Wallace/Total Soccer News

Pacific FC beats Valour FC at Starlight Stadium Sunday, April 17. Photo: Kelly Wallace/Total Soccer News

Pacific FC beats Valour FC at Starlight Stadium Sunday, April 17. Photo: Kelly Wallace/Total Soccer News

Pacific FC beats Valour FC at Starlight Stadium Sunday, April 17. Photo: Kelly Wallace/Total Soccer News

Pacific FC beats Valour FC at Starlight Stadium Sunday, April 17. Photo: Kelly Wallace/Total Soccer News

Pacific FC beats Valour FC at Starlight Stadium Sunday, April 17. Photo: Kelly Wallace/Total Soccer News

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Kelly Wallace

Kelly Wallace is a life-long photographer based in beautiful Victoria, BC. In recent years, he’s been able to combine his love of sports and his passion for photography - working with many soccer, baseball and fastball sports teams on Vancouver Island. Always on the lookout for fresh new photography ideas, Kelly can often be found on night-time shoots capturing the island's forever changing landscape.

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2024 Canadian Premier League

	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	PTS
Forge FC	28	15	5	8	45	31	50
Cavalry FC	28	12	12	4	39	27	48
Atlético Ottawa	28	11	11	6	42	31	44
York United	28	11	6	11	35	36	39
Pacific FC	28	9	7	12	28	33	34
HFX Wanderers	28	7	9	12	37	43	30
Vancouver FC	28	7	9	12	29	43	30
Valour FC	28	7	7	14	24	33	28

First place team wins 2024 CPL league title and earns a 2025 Concacaf Championship League berth. The top five teams qualify for the 2024 CPL playoffs.