Taylor Richardson notched two goals in under two minutes to launch the Cascades to victory over the Trinity Western Spartans on Friday night in Langley.

The win pulls the Cascades within a single victory of the Spartans in the hunt for the final playoff place in the Canada West pacific division. UFV jumps to 4-4-2 on the year, while Trinity Western falls to 5-6-2 this season.

Trevor Zanatta gave the Cascades the lead heading into the half. Charandeep Rangi struck the post with his shot, but the rebound found its way to Zanatta and he buried it in the 45^th minute.

?? MSOC | 45' Trevor Zanatta follow up on the shot off the post and buries it! Cascades lead heading into the half!

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— UFV Cascades (@UFVCascades) October 8, 2022
 

Things looked to be going the Spartans way in the second half when UFV's Ivan Mejia was sent off for denying a goal scoring opportunity in the 72^nd minute and Trinity Western's Charles Tchouya made no mistake on the resulting penalty to level the score at one apiece.

However, the Spartans would not have a chance to make good on the man advantage, as Soren Di Sabatino was shown a second yellow card in the 81^st minute meaning that both teams would be forced to play with 10-men.

The extra space on the pitch seemed to work in the Cascades favour, as just moments later Richardson dashed forward to get on the end of a pass from Rangi and chipped the ball neatly over the outcoming keeper to give UFV a 2-1 lead.

?? MSOC | 82' Taylor Richardson only scores big goals.

Here's another one to give us the lead!

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— UFV Cascades (@UFVCascades) October 8, 2022
 

Less than two minutes later Richardson found himself with space at the top of the box after yet another pass from Rangi. He unleashed a shot towards the top corner of the net that Spartans' goalkeeper Alexander Cordeiro was unable to keep out of the net.

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Taylor Richardson with his second goal in less than two minutes!

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— UFV Cascades (@UFVCascades) October 8, 2022
 

"Quality players show up on the big occasions and they deliver. That's the second time this season that Tay's put the team on his back when we're in trouble" lauded UFV head coach Tom Lowndes.

Lowndes also praised his team's battle on the night.

"We could have had our heads down when we conceded a penalty, a red card, and a goal, but we stuck together and we showed a real fighting spirit"

Rangi was integral in the Cascades attack all night collecting three assists for his efforts, while rookie goalkeeper Jackson Lau made five saves to collect the win in his first career Canada West start.

?? MSOC | 29' Cascades keeper Jackson Lau with a great save on the freekick to keep the game scoreless!

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— UFV Cascades (@UFVCascades) October 8, 2022
 

Both teams are back in action this Sunday for a rematch at Rotary Stadium. Kickoff is at 3pm, and you can catch all the action live on canadawest.tv.