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League 1 Ontario--Week 15 Women's and Men's Cup Finals


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Result and details of the Sunday August 6, 2017 League 1 Ontario Women's
Cup Final between Woodbridge Strikers and FC London held at The Ontario
Soccer Centre in Vaughan at 6:00pm.

12 min...FCL Ashley Campbell GOAL...FCL Jade Kovacevic rush on left rolls
ball through box from 20 yards near 6 yard line. An FCL player in the
middle misses but Campbell takes 12 yard shot from a tough angle
on the right into left corner of net.

18 min...FCL Jade Kovacevic GOAL...Kovacevic on run on left cuts into
middle at 18 yards and bends shot inwards into right corner of net.

45 min (2nd half)...FCL Ashley Campbell GOAL...Campbell with ball
at 20 yards lofts shot into top left corner of net over goalie
Alyssa Abernot.

72 min...FCL Marissa Oliviera GOAL...Oliviera recovers partial clearance
at 25 yards in middle and blasts shot through crowd of players into
top right corner of goal.

75 min...FCL sub...Alana Richardson replaces Emily Gillet in goal.

77 min...FCL Kaila Novak GOAL...Novak has shot from 15 yards on left
blocked but recovers and gets rebound from nearly the same spot
and shoots into top right corner.

82 min...WS Lindsay Appleton GOAL...WS Lauren Raimondo rolls 28 yard
freekick from middle over to right. Appleton at 25 yards on right
chips low cross that eludes goalie Alana Richardson and catches
inside of left post on the bounce.

88 min...FCL Marissa Oliviera GOAL...Oliviera takes 50 yard chip
shot that finds WS goalie out at 18 yards and ball bounces into
net while chased by retreating goalie.

Final Score:...FC London........6......Woodbridge Strikers......1.....

Attendance was about 250 on this mild mostly overcast day. The crowd
was about 2 to 1 pro-London fans which was impressive because the
city is about a four hour drive away.

This is the only L1O Women's game I've attended this season. On the
Men's side including later tonight I've been to 33. With TFC and TFC II
games I don't have time to write up anything more.   I did attend
the Canadian Women's National team when they beat Costa Rica back
in June but I can't say I'm an expert on the women's side
of this league.

London dominated possession and the Strikers rarely got
within 30 yards of the FCL goal. Later some league and team
officials were discussing this game as 'Women against Girls'.
Game sheets I was given just give a breakdown of 'U-23'
(i.e. 'Y' or 'N').  London went with a roster of seven starters
Not U-23s with four U-23s and all five on their bench were U-23s
who all got into the action starting at 61 minutes. Woodbridge
only had three players who were not U-23s and two of those
started on the bench.

The MVP for the game was awarded to FCL Denise Fortin for her
strong midfield play.

Referee Kim Lee (a woman) gave out only one Yellow card
(to Woodbridge) that I noticed and that was not until well into
second half injury time. Usually by the third WS pass,
London had regained possession.

I read stories on the L1O website each week about London and
see midfielder Jade Kovacevic mentioned often. No wonder
as she has 20 goals in 11 games! I remember her from going
to Toronto Lady Lynx games in the now defunct W-League. After
this game I asked her if she used to commute all the way from
London for every game. She answered me that she was from
Georgetown and later moved to London to attend Fanshawe College.
She has graduated now in Business Marketing and still lives there.
(Georgetown is about one hour's drive north west of Toronto).

I also kept thinking I knew the name Ashley Campbell from
somewhere. At home I realized I'd followed her three years
of Lady Lynx seasons—2012 to 2014 (Kovacevic was just 2013 that
I could find). Both players played for the Canadian U-20 team
but now at age 23 and 24 are forgotten about. However with the
Canadian Women's team ranked third or fourth in the world,
I'm going to sit back and not make any suggestions.

In regular L1O league play, London has a record of 7 wins,
2 losses, 2 ties for 23 points and second place—actually
in a three way tie but with games in hand on the two other teams.
They are on a seven game unbeaten streak since the middle of June.
Hmm Ashley Campbell's first game was June 23 so I'm sure that's
part of the reason! FCL is tied for best defence only allowing
nine goals.

Woodbridge has a record of 5 wins, 6 losses, 2 ties for 17 points
and are in eighth of the eleven team league.

First place team is North Mississauga Panthers 7 wins, 1 loss,
4 ties for 25 points. NMP is the other team that has only
allowed nine goals.

I got marooned on the east side of the field for the men's
game waiting for game rosters as the L1O Men's Cup Final
started right after the Women's trophy presentation.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca
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Result and details of the Sunday August 6, 2017 League 1 Ontario Men's
Cup Final between Woodbridge Strikers and Vaughan Azzurri played
at The Ontario Soccer Centre in Vaughan at 8:30pm.

2 min...VA Brandon John GOAL...VA Jarek Whiteman touches ball at 18 yards
in middle tapping ball back to John and he shoots 22 yarder that banks
in off the bar on the top right corner away from goalie Quillan Roberts.

27 min...WS Emmanuel Issac GOAL...WS Christian Cavallini rolls pass
from 28 yards on far left and Issac shoots 22 yarder from left into
top right corner of net.

58 min...WS James Baker GOAL...WS Dylan Carreiro cross from 25 yards
on left has Baker head 8 yarder forward and just under bar on right side
of goal well away from goalie Andrew D'Souza.

59 min...VA RED card...Joseph Di Chiara earns his second Yellow card
(first at 40 minutes) from referee John Vlahos for a delayed call
of a sliding tackle.

73 min...WS Emmanuel Issac GOAL...WS Luca Baldassarre rolls pass
from 22 yards on left on run and Issac rolls 12 yard shot into right
side of net.

Final Score:...Woodbridge Strikers.......3....Vaughan Azzurri.....1...

Attendance was about 250 but not really an overlapping crowd although
that would be possible as the Strikers women's team had just finished
their Cup final game less than half hour before. London fans would have
been on their four hour drive home by the start of this game. Woodbridge
would be considered the home team by geography at least as their home
ground is only about the length of three football fields away.

This game was really rough with lots of tough tackles. Vaughan was
out-carded three to one by referee John Vlahos in the first half.
With that and two goals there was no added time given which drew
complaints from Vaughan players as they were on a break upfield. Vlahos
had to put up with complaining from players and their benches. There
was even a time at 19 minutes when there was an extra ball had rolled
into the middle of the field close to the edge of the WS box that just
sat there as action continued around it.

Those early cards came back to haunt Vaughan as Joseph Di Chiara drew
a second Yellow a minute after WS James Baker's goal which gave WS the
lead and really restricted Vaughan's ability to mount a comeback.
Vaughan had to open up the game even more and that resulted in another
WS goal and then at one time a 3 on 0 WS break which was had the
defender get back in time and stop Dylan Carreiro.

I think the final card count was four Yellows and a Red for Vaughan
and three for Woodbridge including two non-violent ones --Issac for
pulling his shirt off after his second goal and goalie Roberts for
time wasting.

My thanks to announcer Ari Sokora—the voice of Oakville Blue Devils—I could
keep up with the cards and player subs. Also the WS players for helping
me fill in the assists on the goals. Those goals were quick and the
stadium lighting wasn't the brightest.

Woodbridge had more chances with a man advantage but Vaughan never
gave up. Even at 88 minutes VA Jarek Whiteman blasted a 25 yard shot
from the slight left that hit the top of the bar on the right side
of the net.

A few guys were missing. Midfielder Oscar Cordon joined the WS celebration
wearing a track suit. He said he had a knee injury and couldn't play.
On the Azzurri, ex-TFC midfielder Chris Mannella wasn't on the roster
nor was forward Thomas Skublak who got the whole tournament started
months ago with a first round three goal performance against
Toronto Skillz.

Woodbridge wins the L1O League Cup for the second time in the years
of the league. Vaughan has won it the other two years. The two teams
met last year with Vaughan winning 1-0. The first two years these two
teams defeated Sigma FC (Vaughan in the inaugural 2014 season at BMO
Field—the only time the final has not been played at Ontario
Soccer Centre).

This was a mixed results day for a lot of the teams here—win some,
lose some. The day started at 8:30am and eventually held six games.
Games were 90 minutes but ties went straight to Penalty kicks.
The OPDL Cup were the first four.

Results of the day were:
OPDL U-16 Girls Burlington Youth 1 Aurora FC 1
Burlington won in Pks.
OPDL U-16 Boys Vaughan 4 Hamilton United 0
OPDL U-15 Girls Ottawa South United 1 Vaughan 1
Ottawa SU won 3-1 on Pks.
OPDL U-15 Boys Durham United 0 West Ottawa 0
Durham won 5-4 on Pks. (I arrived late in the second half so got
to see the extra round).
League 1 Ontario Women FC London 6 Woodbridge 1

Strange about the Ottawa teams is they both entered L1O this year
and with restrictions that all new teams can enter only one team
when they join. Ottawa South has only an L1O Men's team and
West Ottawa has only an L1O Women's team this season. Perhaps
when these teenagers are older there will be a club team for
their gender in L1O.

Now Wednesday it's back to regular season play and the only game
scheduled is---Vaughan hosting Woodbridge. Yellow cards from
cup games shouldn't cross over to league games. I don't know
if tempers will have cooled by then!

Rocket Robin
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6 hours ago, Rocket Robin said:

I don't think they'd do that.  Last night was a chance to retain a trophy.  A League game is just one of many and they are five points out of first. 

Yeah, but not one of many against Woodbridge.  Come Thursday, they could either be two points out of first, or eight points out of first.

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Winning the league is definitely the bigger prize this year than the cup, since winning the league leads to the Voyageurs Cup next year.

Glad to hear there was a decent turnout for the games, in particular the travelling support for FC London's women's team.

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