Rocket Robin Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Result of the Friday September 29, 2017 League 1 Ontario game between Durham United FA and North Toronto Nitros played at Pickering Soccer Centre in Pickering at 8:00pm. 14 min...Durham Cameron Brooks GOAL...DUFA Joseph Roccasalva cornerkick from left is headed on right and Brooks lifted his foot shoulder high to shoot 10 yarder from middle into top right corner of net past goalie Stefan Dusciuc. 26 min...Nitros Mirza Custovic GOAL...Custovic gets pass at 35 yards on slight left and flicks ball over defender DUFA Vince Sasso and shoots 15 yarder over sliding goalie Ben Cowman at 10 yards into top right side of net. 61 min...Durham Dylan Campbell GOAL...Campbell gets ball off defender's tip of 2 on 2 rush on long kick upfield. Campbell shoots 18 yard shot from left to low right corner of net. Final Score:...Durham United FA...2...North Toronto Nitros...1... Attendance was about 35 tonight on this game that was moved from Kinsmen Park a few kilometres away in an announcement this afternoon. It had rained twice already today and that would ruin the surface of the natural grass field. Pickering Soccer Centre is an indoor complex and was used for some of DUFA's early games this season. I suspect some fans didn't read the message about the change in venue and didn't feel like watching a game in the rain. During the first half I could hear the rain on the roof and the entire drive home was through drizzle. Referee Alexis Vaughan gave out no cards tonight. The game wasn't rough but there was a set of injuries that required the trainers. She had to call one drop ball as a clearance hit the ceiling. DUFA looked like they'd pick up the win in the second half but couldn't get an insurance goal to make things easier so right up until the end, Nitros were looking for a way to tie. Two minutes after the winning goal DUFA Tyrell Rayne rushed downfield and rolled a cross from the left through the 6 yard box unplayed. 76 minutes had DUFA Christian Moncrieffe pass the ball forward on the right for a charging DUFA Kashiff DeJonge who ran towards the end line and crossed along the 6 yard line and DUFA Shaud Claud Lawson put his head down and headed the ball over the bar. Head coach Sanford Carabin said he should have used his chest. 78 minutes had NTN Jayden Doyle take a cornerkick from the right and the goalie swatted the ball away while falling over a crowd of players as he jumped. 81 minutes and another NTN cornerkick from the left had the ball ping pong between NTN players Nikolay Saveliev and Niklas Bauer on the edge of the 6 yard box and the ball deflected wide left for a goalkick. 85 minutes had Saveliev rush down the middle and he rolled a pass to Doyle on the right who shot a low 20 yarder through the defenders and the goalie smothered on the right post. The win improves Durham's record to 11 wins, 7 losses, and 3 ties for 36 points. They move up to third place all alone in the eight team Eastern Conference with one more game in their season. Head coach Sanford Carabin was reminding his players that they've never finished as high as number three in previous seasons. The loss drops Nitros to 10 wins, 8 losses, 3 ties for 33 points with one game to go. They fall to fourth place in the East. They finished third place last year, one place ahead of Durham. Rocket Robin robing@eol.ca twitter @RocketRobin01 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket Robin Posted October 2, 2017 Author Share Posted October 2, 2017 Result and details of the Sunday October 1, 2017 League 1 Ontario game between Sanjaxx Lions and Oakville Blue Devils played at Monarch Park in Toronto at 2:00pm. 2 min...Sanjaxx RED card...Israel Perrin earns a direct ejection from referee Hassane Rifai for bashing into OBD goalie Matt George on the edge of OBD box as George was jumping for ball. George needs trainer for injury. 25 min...OBD Braden Culver GOAL...OBD Al James takes long throw-in from near left cornerflag and a defender on the left post jumps and flicks header into center of box. An OBD player takes an 8 yard shot that's blocked and Culver shoots in 6 yard shot forward and low to right side of net. 68 min...OBD Hitesh Joshi wins Penalty kick when OBD Mikael Tyler McNamara keeps ball away from defender even with himself dragged down and taps ball to Joshi who was tripped up by another defender. 69 min...OBD Anthony Novak GOAL...Novak blasts Penalty kick to left side of net as goalie Nuno Goncalves crumples in middle of net. 73 min...OBD Stephen Ademolu GOAL...Ademolu receives centering pass and shoots 15 yarder into right corner of net beyond diving goalie. 84 min...OBD Filipe Vilela is tripped on the left side of the box. The referee was going to award a freekick but consulted with his assistant before ruling that Vilela was already in the box and changes it to a Penalty kick. 85 min...OBD Filipe Vilela slowly approaches to take Penalty kick before kicking ball and goalie was already diving left but on knees reached back and caught ball chipped down the middle for save. 89 min...OBD Filipe Vilela GOAL...OBD Christian Kusiewicz low cross from right has Vilela stop at 10 yards in middle and boots low shot into right side of net. Final Score:...Sanjaxx Lions...0...Oakville Blue Devils...4... Attendance was about 35 on this mild afternoon with a bright sun in the south of this east-west facing field. I expected Oakville would be a strong favourite because of the difference in the standings but had heard on Friday night of four players missing through suspensions or injuries and that may be an equalizer but going a man up at two minutes was obviously going to favour OBD. The problem with being up a man during the first half was that they were looking to make 'one more pass' to get a clear shot on net or some thunderous blast that was off target. Most of the OBD cornerkicks were short passes and run-ins rather than crosses into the box. Missing OBD players (at least two had made the trip to sit in the stands) were Connor McNamara and Victor Gallo and Matt Santos. All would be starters on any given week. Stefan Nikolic was the best player on Sanjaxx who was missing. Between OBD's second and third goal (only four minutes apart) they had two more chances with a 15 yard shot off the bar and the Sanjaxx goalie making a dive to the rght post to smother the ball on shots by Anthony Novak and Filipe Vilela. That third goal was set up by a change in call to a Penalty kick rather than a freekick by the referee's assistant. That same official had taken away goals at 62 minutes by Novak from a shot from 12 yards and 65 by Vilela on an 8 yard header both flagged for offside. Novak hit a post at 39 minutes. Referee Hassane Rifai gave out the Red and one Yellow to Sanjaxx and awarded OBD two Penalty kicks. This game had a lot of freekicks awarded and some injuries so wasn't exactly tame although no other cards were given. Matt George earned the shutout for Oakville. It wasn't a case of whether Sanjaxx would ever win the game but whether he could preserve a shutout. Even at 94 minutes SJ Fabio Vilaca took a 20 yard shot down the middle and George flew to push it wide left of the post. The resulting cornerkick (the last play of the game) had SJ Jamal Sanca pop up a header and George caught it. The biggest gamble was the fact that OBD didn't have a back up goalie today and George was flipped over at 2 minutes and if he hadn't been able to continue (Sanjaxx Red card or not) OBD players would not have been so confident of having a field player play goalie and maybe not send as many guys forward. Nuno Goncalves kept Sanjaxx in the game for the first hour with his goaltending although the daring defenders were able to clear a lot of potential shots with OBD overpassing for the perfect setup. The loss keeps Sanjaxx in seventh place in the eight team Western Conference. Their record is now 4 wins, 14 losses, 3 ties for 15 points. Oakville's record improves to 18 wins, 2 losses, 1 tie for 55 points with one game to play. They are in first place in the West by 6 points over Sigma FC who have two games to play. OBD finish their schedule in a cross division game against Woodbridge Strikers that was cancelled July 16 by a lightning storm with WS holding a 1-0 lead in the first half. Strikers are tied with Vaughan Azzurri in the East but Vaughan have completed their schedule (one more win, three less ties) and Strikers have this OBD game to play and need a tie or better. I'd heard that there was talk between the OBD and WS coach that if this game didn't matter, both coaches would use an all U-21 lineup. The reasoning was that both these teams would be playing the championship game against each other and it doesn't reveal all their cards with a different lineup. Looks like that won't be happening as they both need a result. I hadn't planned on going to that game but may now and treat it as 'my final' as it looks like I'll miss the L1O championship at Ontario Soccer Centre as the game will be on the same day as the MLS Toronto FC vs Montreal Impact match in downtown Toronto. Rocket Robin robing@eol.ca twitter @RocketRobin01 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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