It was perfect weather but the outcome was less than perfect for Vancouver FC fans at Willoughby Community Park on Sunday afternoon, July 2, as York United outshot the home team to win 2-1 in a fast-paced match.

It was an entertaining holiday matchday that got off to a quick start, as York鈥檚 Oussama Alou opened the scoring after just four minutes of action, before Vancouver鈥檚 Shaan Hundal responded with an equalizer moments later in the sixth minute.

After that, Vancouver came closest to scoring when Hundal nearly found his brace with a great chance early in the second half, while Brian Wright had York鈥檚 best opportunity on a breakaway not long after that.

In the end, however, York got the winner in the 79th minute, as Osaze De Rosario fired a strike from inside of the box, one that would deflect off a defender, and in, to give York the victory.

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It marked the debut as a Vancouver FC attacker by Mika毛l Cantave.

The 26-year-old winger most recently played for Cavalry FC but has also represented Haiti on the international stage. Cantave arrives at VFC after the club have agreed to an intra-Canadian Premier League player swap for Ma毛l Henry.

鈥淭he challenge of turning things around and helping the club move up in the standings is what excites me the most,鈥� said Cantave about the opportunity at Vancouver FC. 鈥淚 think I鈥檓 always up for a new challenge.

Having scored a league-low 10 goals heading into the Sunday game, only finding the net twice or more in a game three times this season, Vancouver was looking to improve their attacking.

Right from kick-off, Cantave was a threat for Vancouver, finishing with one shot and one key pass, while also playing a key role on other attacking moves.

鈥淭he experience and confidence he brings is key,鈥� coach Afshin Ghotbi said of Cantave. 鈥淓ven off the field, he鈥檚 always talking to the younger players to keep it up, talking about how close we are as a team.鈥�

鈥淚 think that鈥檚 invaluable, and that鈥檚 what we鈥檙e missing in this team, so we鈥檙e hoping that with a few more additions (like that) in different areas of our team, we can make the team much stronger.鈥�

鈥淗e brings that experience,鈥� Vancouver鈥檚 Hundal said of Cantave afterwards. 鈥淗e鈥檚 got skill and he鈥檚 talented, yes, but he just brings calmness into the final third.鈥�

鈥淥ffensively, there were times where he just took on guys, but then he also calmed the game down, but that just shows what he can do. When he does that, he opens a lot of space for me, Gabriel (Bitar) and TJ (Tahid) up front, so I鈥檓 excited to see what we can do over the next couple of games.鈥�

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Next, Vancouver FC will host the Halifax Wanderers at Willoughby Community Park on Friday, July 7 at 7 p.m.