2017 League 1 Ontario--Week 06

[Rocket Robin]

Result and details of the Saturday June 3, 2017 League 1 Ontario game between
Master's FA Saints and Toronto Skillz FC played at L'Amoreaux Park at 9:00pm.

65 min...MFA Maleik DeFreitas GOAL...MFA Jose De Sousa 28 yard freekick from
right has MFA Isaiah Page charge and flick header forward. DeFreitas charges
forward and taps in 3 yarder to left corner of net.

74 min...TS RED card...Paulo Oliva Da Silva earns it for upending
MFA Parker Danfi on run into right side of TS box as he was the last man back.
Referee John Vlahos also awards MFA a Penalty kick.

75 min...MFA Joey Melo blasts Penalty kick low to left and diving goalie
Spiro Koskinas stops shot near post and crawls to smother rebound.

83 min...MFA Jose De Sousa GOAL...MFA Paul Antoine low cross from 28 yards
on far right has De Sousa shoot from 12 yards on left to mid-high right
side of net.

87 min...TS Anhr El-Eidani GOAL...El-Eidani on rush from 25 yards after
getting around defender and he rolls pass to a TS player near the right
post and a defender stops but El-Eidani gets to rebound and shoots
in from 10 yards past goalie Gregory Cha.

98 min...game ends.

Final Score:...Masters FA Saints......2.......Toronto Skillz......1....

99 min...TS RED card...Ayoub Saoucha earns his second Yellow card for
complaining to referee after the game when the officials were gathering
to leave the field. He had been subbed out at 65 minutes and earned his
first Yellow at 77 minutes on the bench for mouthing off to the referee
across the field which the fourth official heard.

Attendance was about 40 on this mild, overcast evening—such a contrast
from the brutal cold and then cold and rain in the first two weeks
of the season. Too bad that hasn't improved from the early season games.

Spiro Koskinas had to be sharp to keep the game from not getting out
of hand with many point blank saves and overhead catches. More accurate
shooting by Masters players could have easily doubled the shots.

I wanted to see Master's since they made the chances to the roster after
officially bringing Rick Titus onboard as the head coach after that
second game. With him he's brought 'his guys'. These include seven players
I watched play for North Mississauga Panthers last season when he coached
that team. Last night that included Shawn Brown, Antoine Paul, David Alva,
Jose De Sousa, Jordan Montaya, and Joey Melo, with Kevin Dhillon
a late scratch. NMP finished fourth of eight teams in the Western
Conference last season in their first year in the league. Master's
also have players that have played the last four games or less including
goalie Gregory Cha, Randy Durand Miyenga, Claude Dufour-Peters,
Dylan Micallef, Eddy Dabire (Pro Stars in 2016), and Parker Danfi.
Late scratches Tristan Watson (Woodbridge 2016) and Kristofer Michael
(ANB Futbol in 2014 and 2015).

It will be interesting to see how this team can make a move in the
standings—two wins in the last three games although Aurora FC and
Toronto Skillz are not league powerhouses. They dominated possession tonight.

I've watched Shawn Brown since the beginning of this decade playing
with teams Toronto Croatia, Serbian White Eagles, and SC Waterloo before
League 1 Ontario began operating. He immediately becomes one of the
oldest players turning 30 sometime this year. Parker Danfi came on
at 70 minutes and drew the Penalty kick within four minutes and almost
an identical play one minute before their second goal. He's actually born
the year before Brown. I was sitting with L1O chair Dino Rossi last Sunday
in Oakville talking about the future successful players in the CanPL league.
I picked Vaughan's Jarrek Whiteman and Rossi picked Joey Melo as the
sure bets to make the jump and become stars.

It could be said for these two Scarborough teams that this was the
'Battle of Birchmount Road' as L'Amoreaux Park is at about #3000 and
Birchmount Stadium (for Skillz home games) at about #100 on that street.

Last month I mentioned the PA was cued up to play Bob Marley's
'Three Little Birds' ("don't worry bout a thing, everything's gonna
be alright") when the opponents score. Tonight I realized when Masters
scores they play 'Jump' by Kris Kross. I was thankfully too old by 1992
when that hit came out to wear my pants backwards (kids--ask your father).

Masters record improves to 2 wins, 4 losses, 0 ties for sixth place
in the Eastern Conference.

Toronto Skillz record falls to 0 wins , 6 losses, 0 ties for eighth place
in the East. The two games I've seen them in they are better than their
record indicates—only losing in the last 12 minutes to 2016 league champs
Vaughan Azzurri. They have to improve in both goals scored—5 and
allowed—20 to gain a win soon.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca
twitter RocketRobin01

[Kent]

Wow, 2 yellows AFTER being subbed out. Not the smartest thing to do.

[Rocket Robin]

Result and details of the Sunday June 4, 2017 League 1 Ontario game between
Toronto FC III and Pro Stars FC played at KIA Training Centre in Downsview
at 1:00pm.

24 min...TFC Ethan Beckford wins Penalty kick when dragged down by defender
after long run down the right to just inside the PS box.

25 min...TFC Dante Campbell GOAL...Campbell blasts his Penalty kick low
to left side of goal as goalie Justin Barrett crumples to right.

53 min...TFC Dante Barrett wins Penalty kick on clip from behind at 10 yards
in crowd of players in box.

54 min...TFC Ethan Beckford GOAL...Beckford blasts Penalty kick over goalie
to left side of net.

76 min...TFC Daniel DaSilva GOAL...TFC Ethan Beckford intercepts ball after
a block and on a 2 on 1 break rolls pass to DaSilva who shoots low tap-in
from 8 yards into right side of net.

Finals Score:....Toronto FC III.......3.......Pro Stars FC......0....

Attendance was about 50 on this warm and mostly overcast day. For once
the wind wasn't a dominating factor.

Pro Stars didn't play like a last place team. The action was actually
too fast for me to write everything down. Pro Stars drew a Yellow card
after 1 minute and TFC at 7 minutes but after that referee Alexis Vaughan
gave out only one more Yellow to TFC and two to Pro Stars the rest
of the game. Most important call was at 31 minutes when she called out
the trainer when PS Kibwe Dyer was injured in a clash of heads jumping
for a header.

Brogan Engbers earned the shutout for TFC. He only had a few shots
to catch but the defenders mostly kept PS players at a distance or made
clearances from their box that Engbers wasn't troubled.

The MLS TFC team struggles to score on Penalties but no problem today
for their L1O team. Beckford was brought down in the box and Campbell
took the kick for the first goal. Second half had Campbell brought
down and he tossed the ball to Beckford with a smile who also converted
from the spot.

The win improves TFC III's record to 4 wins, 2 losses, 0 ties.
That's good for third place in the Western Conference (now that
the late weekend scores are in).

Pro Stars FC's (home stadium is in Brampton) record falls to 0 wins,
5 losses, 1 tie and are in eighth (last place) in the West. They were
eighth last year too. From a roster from last September I saw that
except for goalies Justin Barrett and Jonathan Albanese and outfield
players Marco Polancec-Marin and David Bain, the rest of their
eighteen players listed today were not in that line up last year.
Head coach Josef Komlodi is back for this third year (off and on)
as head coach of their L1O team (third year in the league). Before
I watched him as head coach of North York Astros and Mississauga/Erin
Mills Eagles so I know why I got a big 'hello' from him yesterday.

Ding Ding! Watching Pro Stars today means that I have now seen all
sixteen of the League 1 Ontario Men's teams in the first six weeks
of the season!—14 games in total—not that easy with me attending
TFC and TFC II games as well. Now what? Well around I go again!

Rocket Robin
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