July 29, 2014 League 1 Ontario--Sigma FC vs ANB Futbol (by Rocket Robin)

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Result and details of the Saturday July 19, 2014 League 1 Ontario game between Sigma FC and ANB Futbol played at Hershey Fields in Mississauga at 4:00pm.

Sigma FC (blue socks and shirts, black shorts, white numbers)

...................1 Greg Ranjitsingh
2 Arlick Ntabana...4 Manny Morgado...20 Christan Samaniego...5 Nolan Holdridge
8 Manvir Brar...10 Alex Halis...22 Justin Stoddart...21 Kwame Awuah
...........14 Jordan Stoddart...7 Emery Welshman

Subs:...31 Spyros Stergiotis (gk)...11 Chris Nanco...3 Brett Landles...16 Aidan D'Mello...19 Mike Matic
...18 Marcel Zajac...17 Jon Jebbison
team officials:...head coach Bobby Smymiotis...assistant coach Philip Opassinis...team officials Dave Zonneveld and James Haloulos

ANB Futbol (all white, blue numbers)

.................0 Hayden Armstrong
2 Shiquan Lowe...46 Michael Calder...8 Petros Vasilos...4 Harbinder Jawanda
10 Brandon Mills...21 Lucas Gesualdi...23 Robert Kardaras...7 Jahsua Mills
............13 Belrum Vartanian...9 Jason Mills

Subs:...1 Alberto Rocha (gk)...99 Amir Hossin Jomehri (gk)...16 Niklas Bauer...18 Deena MKoulton...22 Anthony Smith
...36 Matthew Calder...87 Mario Tenorio
team officials:...team head coach Bassam Naim...managers Marcelo Almeida and Tania Pedran...therapist Matthew Sposito...assistant coach Wayne Mills

Game officials:...referee Armando Pereira...referee's assistants Michael Stenbring and Anas Aouni...fourth official Marie-Soleil Beaudoin
...(yellow shirts, black shorts and black socks)

1st Half:...game starts 4:01pm...Sigma defends south end with a light rain falling. As there is no clock, all times are converted from my wristwatch.
45 sec...ANB Vartanian 10 yard shot from left has goalie sprawl to make stop.
2 min...ANB Brandon Mills cornerkick from right is partially cleared and ANB player's 20 yard shot down middle is caught by goalie.
3 min...Sigma Jordan Stoddart GOAL...Sigma Alex Halis sends low cross from 15 yards along the left end line has Stoddart boot in 5 yarder from even with left post to left side of net past goalie Haydon Armstrong.
7 min...Sigma goalie dives at 8 yards on left side of net to smother. ANB Jason Mills who was chasing ball tumbles over goalie injurying himself.
10 min...ANB goalie slides out to 12 yards to smother ball.
12 min...ANB Vartanian low cross from 15 yards through 6 yard box and Sigma Morgado stops ball in middle of box.
14 min...Sigma Jordan Stoddart GOAL...Sigma Emery Welshman low pass from 22 yards on far right has Stoddart shoot 10 yarder low into net.
17 min...ANB goalie fumbles long shot but falls on ball to prevent Sigma Jordan Stoddart from getting to it at 12 yards.
18 min...ANB goalie beats Sigma Jordan Stoddart to through ball pass on from right by diving on ball at 15 yards on right.
21 min...Sigma Jordan Stoddart GOAL...Sigma Emery Welshman low cross from 20 yards on right has Stoddart kick in shot from close in.
22 min...Sigma Justin Stoddart blasts low 18 yard shot from left that goalie sprawls and pushes wide right.
23 min...Sigma Manny Morgado GOAL...Sigma players work out short cornerkick from right and Sigma Alex Halis crosses from 20 yards and Morgado leaps to head ball in from 6 yards just under bar.
24 min...ANB Jawanda low cross from sharp right at 18 yards has goalie dive forward to stop at 6 yards.
26 min...Sigma Justin Stoddart 30 yard cross from left is high and wide right of net.
27 min...Sigma Welshman pushes ball over end line on right and can't get cross in.
28 min...Sigma Jordan Stoddart cross from 25 yards on left is over box and bounces out right.
29 min...ANB sub...Bauer replaces Kardaras.
30 min...Sigma Ntabana blasts shot over net after rebound of Sigma freekick deflects out to him at 22 yards.
31 min...ANB Vartanian low cross from 18 yards on right is over diving goalie but no one is in box to tap it in.
32 min...Sigma player's cornerkick from right drops in crowd of players in box but defenders clear.
33 min...Sigma Jordan Stoddart is injured when ANB goalie runs into him coming out to 25 yards to chest away ball down middle.
34 min...ANB Brandon Mills cross from 22 yards on right has defender pop up header for goalie to catch.
35 min...Sigma Alex Halis GOAL...Sigma Emery Welshman pass from right has Halis kick 10 yarder into net.
36 min...ANB sub...Moulton replaces Vasilos.
39 min...Sigma Awuah short freekick from 28 yards on left is then crossed through outside of box but can't get into box.
40 min...Sigma Jordan Stoddart misses pass to him at 22 yards but runs to left and crosses from 15 yards across box unplayed.
44 min...ANB Jahsua Mills freekick from right 22 yards is headed from 12 yards by defender for throw-in.
45 min...Sigma player's cornerkick from right has Sigma Welshman head 8 yarder from left that ogalie catches on left post.
46 min...half ends 4:47pm.

2nd Half:...starts 5:01pm.
halftime sub:...ANB Jomehri replaces Armstrong in goal.
45 min...ANB Bauer 30 yard shot from left is wide right of net.
47 min...Sigma Halis can't get through last defender on rush in to 10 yards.
48 min...ANB player's cornerkick from left has ANB Moulton blast 20 yard shot that hits defender. Another ANB player has shot blocked.
49 min...ANB Bauer receives cross from left and heads 8 yarder that goalie falls left to catch on post.
52 min...ANB Brandon Mills 35 yard freekick from right has jumping ANB Jahsua Mills at 8 yards on left kick just wide left of net.
54 min...Sigma Halis can't win Penalty kick when he's pushed over at 7 yards on left.
54 min...Sigma goalie dives to catch low 25 yard shot from left.
55 min...Sigma Jordan Stoddart GOAL...Sigma Kwame Awuah runs down left wing and centers ball to charging Stoddart who shoots 12 yarder into right side of net past second half goalie Amir Hossin Jomehri.
57 min...Sigma Holdridge makes clearance behind own line so play called for cornerkick.
59 min...Sigma sub...Nanco replaces Halis.
59 min...ANB Jahsua Mills cornerkick from left has ANB player head ball across box from 6 yards. Another ANB player crosses from left behind net.
61 min...Sigma sub...Jebbison replaces Jordan Stoddart.
62 min...ANB Belrum Vartanian GOAL...Vartanian low 18 yard shot up middle through defenders and into right side of net past diving goalie Greg Rajitsingh.
63 min...ANB Brandon Mills cross from 25 yard on right is just wide left of post.
64 min...it's now raining very hard.
65 min...Sigma goalie picks up 30 yard rolled shot from right.
67 min...Sigma Jebbison low 25 yard shot from right bounces to diving goalie.
69 min...ANB Jahsua Mills 22 yard shot from sharp left has goalie dive and push wide right where defender clears it.
70 min...ANB Vartanian 28 yard freekick up middle is just over net.
72 min...Sigma Justin Stoddart rush on left and cross through 6 yard box is just a step ahead of charging Sigma Welshman and ball out for throw-in.
73 min...Sigma sub...Zajac replaces Justin Stoddart.
.........Sigma sub...Matic replaces Welshman.
74 min...Sigma Zajac can't get to through ball pass on left before it rolls over end line.
75 min...Sigma player's on a rush down left and low 20 yarder has sprawling goalie deflect ball wide left.
76 min...Sigma Samaniego cornerkick from left is headed forward and Sigma Jebbison can't rescue on right end line.
78 min...ANB Vartanian rolls ball forward on left and ANB Jason Mills can't keep it in.
79 min...ANB Bauer blasts 30 yarder over net.
79 min...ANB sub...Tenorio replaces Gesualdi.
.........ANB sub...Smith replaces Brandon Mills.
82 min...ANB Jason Mills slides but can't connect to long cross from right at 5 yards on left post.
83 min...ANB Vartanian can't win battle with prone goalie who grabs ball at 12 yards.
84 min...Sigma sub...D'Mello replaces Awuah.
86 min...Sigma Jebbison rush on right and crosses near right corner flag is over box.
88 min...ANB goalie charges out to 22 yards to beat Sigma Nanco to through ball.
89 min...Sigma Nanco cornerkick from right has Sigma Zajac kick 22 yarder down middle well over net.
91 min...Sigma Mike Matic GOAL...Sigma Marcel Zajac rolls ball from left after rush that's a step behind charging Sigma Jon Jebbison. Sigma Chris Nanco cross from 25 yards on right finds Matic who takes low 15 yard shot though defenders and into center of net.
92 min...ANB Calder rolls 25 yard shot up middle that goalie saves.
93 min...game ends 5:49pm.

Final Score:......Sigma FC.......7.......ANB Futbol........1......

Attendance was about 100 on this mild but wet day with a pregame rain that stopped and started a few times during the first half. From 65 minutes on it was raining very hard.

Referee Armando Pereira gave out no Yellow cards that I noticed in a game that was not rough although players had no hesitation getting in sliding tackles and blocks as it was easy to slide on the wet field turf.

Sigma FC ran away early with this game scoring five first half goals by the 35th minute. Yikes--like the German vs Brazil World Cup semi-final a week and a half ago. Jordan Stoddart scored the first three of the game (plus one in the second half). Those first half goals all came from crosses.

I had problems seeing every detail with my obstructed view from the media tent—glad I was out of the rain—which was almost in the south end line so those first half goals were 100 yards away. Fans were holding up umbrellas blocking me seeing any cornerkicks or runs down the north west side. I had an umbrella but I need a third hand to hold it and write notes so stayed under the canopy.

While filling in assists after the game I needed the one on Alex Halis's goal. I watched Halis years ago on SC Toronto of the CSL (same time as Jonathan Osorio). Halis said he was going to Syracuse University. I had talked to an official of Sigma about how well the team has done recently. The official said it was because they're getting used to playing with each other but answered they will lose a lot of players once school starts because they have a lot of NCAA players.

Sigma won last Saturday's home game 9-1 against Cataraqui Clippers and 3-0 over Vaughan Azzurri the Saturday before that in their first home game. Their record improves to 5 wins, 1 tie, 2 losses good for a tie for 2nd place.

ANB's record falls to 2 wins, 1 tie, 5 losses (they lost a midweek game against Toronto FC Academy). They stay in 6th place in the ten team league but there's real split opening up with the top five teams in their own tier. As there are no playoffs, already it looks like that only five teams have a chance in this competition—unless they lose a lot of their roster once the college season starts.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

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