June 21, 2014 League 1 Ontario--Masters FA vs Sigma FC (by Rocket Robin)

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Result and details of the Saturday June 21, 2014 League 1 Game between Masters FA and Sigma FC played at L'Amoreaux #5 in Scarborough at 3:00pm.

Masters FA (all red, white numbers and shoulders)

..................00 Shane Lopez (cpt)
3 Tyrell Rayne...15 Stefan Popovic...5 Yousif Yousif...2 Aaron Trotman-Grant
12 Simone Orlandi...4 Michael Themelis...19 Louis Jordan Brazil...7 Leshorn Woods-Henry
..............9 Arthur Sharapov...8 Thomas Winski

Subs:...1 Matthew Caldaroni (gk)...6 Kevin Correa...10 Josue Jaramilio...14 Jude Alanwoko...17 Trae Green
...20 Jacob Orellana...30 Alexander Dimitriu
team officials:...coach Andrew Savelev...manager Jimmy Kamstra...assistant coach Junior Groves...manager Stphen Blackburn

Sigma FC (all white, blue numbers)

..................1 Greg Ranjitsingh
4 Giuliano Frano...20 Christian Sananiego...15 Aaron Furtado...12 Mark Anthony Gonzalez
2 Johnny Grant...21 Alex Halis...10 Richmond Laryea...5 Jarrett Hamilton
............14 Jordan Stoddart...7 Emery Welshman (cpt)

Subs:...31 Spyros Stergiotis (gk)...22 Jonathan Jebbison...18 Jamal Joseph...8 Justin Stoddart...19 Ryan Lyn ...16 Nolan Holdridge...3 Nick Baisden
team officials:...head coach Bobby Smyniotis...assistant coach David Zonneveld...team officials John Zervos, James Paloulos, and Ken Peton

Game officials:...referee Michael Bradley...referee's assistants Joe D'Onofrio and Zac Taylor...fourth official Afshin Korkorian
...(all black uniforms)

1st Half:...game starts 3:05pm...MFA defends north end on this hot, humid, and bright afternoon with the sun high in the south west.
1 min...Sigma Grant cross from near right cornerflag drifts behind net.
3 min...Sigma Laryea 28 yard shot through crowd is wide right of goal.
4 min...Sigma Samaniego rolls pass from 50 yards too far ahead of charging Sigma Welshman and ball rolls for goalkick.
5 min...Sigma Jordan Stoddart blasts 25 yard shot down middle is well over net.
7 min...Sigma Grant low 15 yard shot from right that sprawling goalie saves.
8 min...Sigma Halis low cornerkick from right has nearest defender clear.
9 min...Sigma Hamilton 30 yard freekick up middle is rolled to charging Sigma Halis wide right of net but ball rolls over end line before Halis can get to it.
12 min...Sigma goalie charges forward to catch 35 yard chip from right.
14 min...Sigma Welshman 30 yard freekick from left is just over bar.
15 min...MFA Themelis 35 yard shot between players up middle is caught by goalie.
16 min...Sigma player's can't win freekick on edge of MFA box when a player is pushed over.
17 min...MFA Trotman-Grant concedes cornerkick to prevent Sigma Hamilton from getting to ball at 10 yards.
19 min...Sigma Welshman can't control 80 yard pass at 20 yards to get away shot and is checked off ball.
20 min...Sigma Halis wins freekick on right edge of box when deking a third defender.
21 min...Sigma Frano 20 yard low freekick hits player wall and is cleared.
22 min...MFA Trotman-Grant retreats to save ball on line and gets cleats tangled in net.
24 min...Sigma Laryea rebound of blocked freekick in player wall from 25 yards is between wall and rolled for goalie to smother.
26 min...Sigma Welshman almost blocks MFA goalie's clearance of backpass but can't keep ball in bounds on deflection.
28 min...Sigma Halis 30 yard freekick chip has defender head away at 10 yards.
29 min...MFA Rayne rush on right and cross from right from 25 yards has defender leap to head ball away at 8 yards in middle.
32 min...Sigma Laryea 35 yard shot down middle is well wide right of goal.
33 min...Sigma Halis bends 25 yard shot from right around defender and goalie catches.
35 min...MFA Trotman-Grant is injured at MFA 35 yards. While he's being treated, players from both teams sprint to the sideline to get water.
37 min...MFA sub...Correa replaces injured Trotman-Grant.
38 min...MFA Correa rolls forward pass up left from 50 yards and MFA Sharapov short rush and 25 yard low shot from left rolls to goalie.
40 min...MFA Woods-Henry high cross from 30 yards on right over to MFA Winski who crosses from 12 yards on left and goalie outjumps Sigma Hamilton defender and an MFA forward to catch. Hamilton is injured in collision of the three players.
43 min...Sigma sub...Joseph replaces Furtado.
44 min...Sigma Halis gets fred throukgh ball on left but rolls ball over endline.
45 min...MFA goalie beats Sigma Welshman to slide for through ball on right edge of box and keeps ball in box with arms although his body slides outside box.
46 min...MFA players short cornerkick from right. Sigma goalie charges forward in crowd of players to catch chip from 30 yards down middle.
47 min...half ends 3:52pm.

2nd Half:...starts 4:04pm.
halftime sub:...Sigma Jebbison replaces Jordan Stoddart.
46 min...Sigma welshman rolls 12 yard shot from right that defender blocks and goalie falls on.
46 min...MFA Woods-Henry 30 yard midair shot down middle is high and wide right of net.
49 min...Sigma Halis cross from 20 yards on left near end line has defender on right post clear ball away.
51 min...MFA Winski intercepts clearance and blasts 25 yarder down middle well over net.
53 min...MFA Brazil 50 yard chip from right is caught by goalie at 12 yards.
54 min...Sigma Mark Anthony Gonzalez GOAL...Sigma Emery Welshman sends in low pass from 15 yards on far right that has Gonzalez tap in from left into open net from 5 yards as goalie Shane Lopez was stuck on right side of net.
57 min...Sigma goalie beats MFA Winski to pick up through ball down middle just inside box.
57 min...Sigma Halis dribbles over to left at 30 yards and rushes back to middle and short pass starts scramble for ball.
58 min...MFA YELLOW card...Themelis earns it for tripping Sigma Halis injurying him at MFA 30 yard line.
58 min...Sigma Joseph 20 yard freekick from middle has ball saved.
61 min...MFA sub...Dimitriu replaces Orlandi.
.........MFA sub...Jaramilio replaces Brazil.
62 min...MFA defenders make two blocks in a row to stop 2 on 1 break down right side.
62 min...Sigma Halis cross from right to Sigma Welshman who kicks just ovewr net from 10 yards.
63 min...Sigma Welshman 25 yard shot has flying goalie block then Sigma Halis shoots 20 yard rebound that goalie also blocks.
65 min...Sigma Giuliano Frano GOAL...Sigma Alex Halis sends in cornerkick from right and Frano leaps in crowd of players and heads 8 yarder into low right side of net over flying goalie.
66 min...Sigma sub...Holdridge replaces Gonzalez.
67 min...MFA Winski cornerkick from right has defender in middle of box head ball away at 15 yards.
68 min...MFA sub...Alanwoko replaces Winski.
69 min...Sigma Alex Halis GOAL...Sigma Emery Welshman makes short pass from 40 yards on right that finds charging Halis through middle at 35 yards. He dekes goalie on edge of box and from 8 yards on left shoots between defenders who came back to cover into low right corner of net.
72 min...Sigma sub...Justin Stoddart replaces Halis.
72 min...MFA Sharapov quick low 25 yard shot is blocked by diving goalie on left post who has time to smother rebound.
75 min...Sigma sub...Lyn replaces Welshman. (Holdridge becomes captain).
76 min...Sigma Giuliano GOAL...Giuliano bends 35 yard freekick down middle into low left corner of net.
77 min...Sigma Joseph rolls 22 yarder along left end line that MFA goalie picks up.
78 min...MFA sub...Orellana replaces Woods-Henry.
There a series of Sigma offsides.
86 min...MFA Themelis is injured at Sigma 30 yards. Players take quite awhile to realize he's down.
86 min...MFA Dimitriu has shot blocked from left edge of box. MFA Sharapov gets rebound and his 15 yard shot has goalie fly to push ball wide right.
87 min...Sigma Jamal Joseph GOAL...Sigma Jonathan Jebbison leads rush across center line after a cleared Masters cornerkick. Jebbison passes left to Joseph who takes 20 yard shot from left under diving goalie at 4 yards into left side of net.
91 min...Sigma Justin Stoddart on rush stops and blasts 30 yard shot from right well over net wide left.
93 min...game ends 4:52pm.

Final Score:.......Masters FA.......0......Sigma FC.........5.......

Attendance was about 50 and that included slightly less than half on the 'free' side of the fence. Those people were in the shade and on a hill for a better view than the folks on the five row aluminum benches on the 'pay' side. The game was moved on short notice from L'Amoreaux #1 to L'Amoreaux #5. That wasn't just four football fields over but about 2 kms further north and east. Good for me they had a Masters guy at #1 directly us over to the other field. There is a minimal differences between the fields as the surfaces are the same field turf.

Referee Michael Bradley gave out only one Yellow card that I noticed in a game that wasn't too rough but there were a lot of offside calls on both teams on the hot turf.

Sigma took a full half to get used to the pitch as they were feeding through ball passes that were rolling over the end line.

Giluliano Frano led the way with two goals—both from set pieces. His freekick goal was Beckham-esque as it looked like the goalie didn't move as it bent and dropped into the left corner from 35 yards.

Alex Halis did some great dribbling (not just on his goal) and passing to teammates. I used to watch him three years ago on SC Toronto of the CSL when he was only 17.

Greg Ranjitsingh earned the shutout for Sigma. He had to make some key saves but his best was at 86 minutes when Arthur Sharapov picked up a rebound and took a 15 yard shot down the middle that Ranjitsingh flew to push it wide right of the post.

Masters gets bumped between fields but at least it's within the same park. Sigma is the team to feel sorry for as they don't have a home game until July 5th. They will play out of the Hershey Centre in Mississauga. If they can survive this five game road trip to start the season they could be one of the title contenders. Their record improves to 2 wins, 1 loss, 1 tie.

For Masters it was two weeks in a row of allowing five goals against in home games and this time without scoring a consolation goal at the end. At least they held out until the second half before they gave up a goal. Their record falls to 1 win, 3 losses, 0 ties.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

Masters FA starters