Written by:Thomas Stockting
Tyr Duhaney-Walker marked his 50th appearance for Atlético Ottawa with a late winning goal

As the clock ticked into the final minute of FC Supra du Québec's inaugural home match in Montréal, it looked as if the points would be shared with Ottawa. 

As a new rivalry is born in the Canadian Premier League, it was one of Ottawa's Franco-Ontarian youth graduates who would seal the victory with a late header (watch on CBC). 

Read the quote from Tyr's post-match press conference below...

On the first match against Supra:

It's an amazing feeling to get our first win of the season. The atmosphere here was nice, it's close to Ottawa, so we've got a good rivalry with the fans, and I'm happy to get the win.

On picking up three points:

We didn't start the season off in the way we wanted. This is a good way to boost morale for the team, show what we want to do or the rest of the season, and move forward positively from here.

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On a blossoming rivalry:

It's going to be a good rivalry, especially since we have a lot of players from the province as well. Just the fact that people here know each other, it adds a little bit of fight into every duel and challenge.

On earning bragging rights:

Not really [didn't talk about it beforehand], no, but now we have them. Just take this feeling into the next game and win again.

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