Cambridge Men overcome local rivals Waterloo in late fashion
Wednesday, June 25th 2025
Waterloo, ON—It was a local rivalry clash for the Cambridge Men Wednesday night
as they faced off against Waterloo United in what would be a tight game that came
down to the final minutes.
Though the score remained deadlocked at the culmination of the first half,
Cambridge gained the lead early in the second. Waterloo rallied to even the score,
but Cambridge would put it away late in the 83rd minute to secure the win of 2-1.
Team
Cambridge United Starting XI: Ramsay, Grant, E. Antolcic, Lesic (Thamilventhan
45’), Gander (Paton 45’), Ciavarro (Romano 45’), Ferraro (Elezi 45’), Greenidge,
Brouasseau, Marchant, N. Antolcic
Unused subs: Schafer, Mun, Heimbecker, Sran, McKeon
First Half
The first unfolded as a fierce and evenly contested affair, both teams resolute with
local pride on the line. Neither side was able to break the deadlock and the
scoreboard remained unchanged at 0-0 as the teams headed into the break.
Cambridge's Christian Ferraro received a yellow card in the second minute of
additional time in the first, a reflection of the escalating tension on the pitch and a
portent for the second half of play.
Second Half
Cambridge made a series of substitutions at half; Kaven Thamilventhan in for Marko
Lesic, Luca Romano for Matthew Ciavarro, Landon Paton for Colin Gander, and Jon
Elezi in for Christian FerraroPaton made an immediate impact, putting his side up 1-0 in the 53rd minute.
Waterloo pushed to equalize in the 68th minute, prompting an interesting final 20
minutes of play with three points as well as local bragging rights on the line.
Waterloo committed a series of fouls that earned two players cautions, anticipation
rising both on and off the field as the two opponents fought for the winner with ten
left to go.
Nikolas Antolcic would be the hero for Cambridge, earning the game winner in the
83rd minute for his visiting side. Cambridge walked away from the night securing a
well-earned three points in their rival city.