Yow started, and scored in a 5-3 U21 team win over Lommel U21 in the last of the group stages for the U21 Cup. Match report is here. If he does not make the bench for the 1st team match against Mechelen, there is a U21 match match on 30 Jan vs KV Kortrijk U21 that he should see playing time in.
On the bench, DNP, for a 2-0 first team win: De startende XI Kemphanen tegen @kvmechelen! #WESMEC pic.twitter.com/65u6dNXrXM— KVC Westerlo (@KVCWesterlo) January 28, 2023
On the bench again today for the 1st team in a 1-1 draw vs Eupen. He did start and play the entire 90 in the U21 match in Kortrijk which ended in a 0-3 loss. Picked up a yellow and had two shots stopped in the 81' min. Match report here.
Sorry for the lack of updates. Griffin fell through the cracks in a busy work schedule. He had a really good match against RDWM U21 on 14 Feb. Yow started and scored 3 goals and was very active during the entire match.
Yow played the entire match for the U21 team in a 2-2 draw with Beveren. He was very active, hit the post, had forced multiple saves and had good final passes. Match report here. If he continues on this path, he should make the bench again for the first team.
Another very strong performance from Yow in a 2-2 draw. He had one assist, hit the post once and at least two times he forced the keeper into a save. Match report is here.
If he keeps playing well, he might sneak onto the field one of the last matches of the season for the 1st team in a match that does not matter. But the team, and offence has been playing well for the Westerlo first team, and it would be hard to justify his inclusion into that.
Next match - 11 Mar 2023 Westerlo vs Kortrijk 12:15 EST No ESPN + Yow might make the bench, more likely he will see action on Monday with the U21 team.
If he makes the bench for the 1st team it would be 1 Apr against Charleroi. Otherwise, the next U21 match is Monday.
Next match - 15 April 2023 Westerlo vs Club Brugge 2:45 PM EST on ESPN + May or may not make the bench for the 1st team. If not, the U21 team plays Eupen U21 on 17 April.
Next match - 22 April 2023 Westerlo @ Seraing 12:15 PM EST no ESPN+ Last match prior to the playoffs.
Played the entire match for the U21s in a 4-1 victory at league leading Eupen. Semi-finals in the U21 Belgian Cup and one more league match.
I believe it was Eupen that won 1-4. Griffin was mentioned as he missed, "narrowly, with an excellent chance next to the Eupen goal."
Correct, thanks @Winoman I misread it. Plus the Google translation of the headline is great. I love Google Translate. It has gotten better over the years, but it can still produce a really funny one now and then. U21: KAS EUPEN TAKES FULL BOOTY IN WESTERLO
Did not make the bench for the first playoff match. He started again for the U21 team vs Lommel with the match report here. I think that he had a hat trick in their 1-4 victory. The U21 team finished in 5th place, an Yow was a consistent threat all season. He needs either to push through onto the first team next season, of get loaned out to another team. He has sown that his development is now past the U21 Belgian League.
Yow scored a goal, but didn't get a hat-trick. It sounds to me like he was involved in two of the three goals, however. (I am using Google translate.)
Google translate led me to believe that he had three, but I might be wrong. Dutch is not a language that I am very strong in. That being said, he still had a strong match.