July 9, 2014 League 1 Ontario--ANB Futbol vs Durham United FC (from League 1 Ontario website)

  
ANB Futbol 1 - Durham United F.C. 2
. Thu Jul 10 
Written By: Hylton, Kamal  

“I think this game is representative of the season that we’ve had so far. We’ve been in every game, 
but the other teams have been able to penalize us on mistakes that we’ve made.” 

These were the words of team manager and acting coach on the night, Marcelo Almeida, following 
ANB Futbol's 2-1 loss to Durham United FC in League1 Cup action Wednesday night. Despite 
overwhelming spells of possession, an inability to capitalize on numerous goal scoring chances 
saw ANB suffer yet another close defeat. 

A pair of goals from Durham forward Le Rohne Young cancelled out ANB’s first half goal, and 
allowed coach Tony La Ferrara’s side to keep top spot in the Group A standings. 

While ANB had control of the play for large portions of the first half, working the ball wide 
and finding gaps in the defence, it was the speed and movement of its front quartet in the 
Mills brothers (Jahsua, Jason and Brandon) and Anthony Smith that stood out most. 

“The Mills’ brothers and Anthony Smith have a little bit of spring in their feet, and we look 
to use that,” revealed Almeida. “Whenever we can spring them loose, we do it, trying to time 
our breaks into attack.”

However, it was Durham getting on the score sheet first, only eight minutes into the match. 
Against the run of play, Young received the ball, cut inside, and beat keeper Haydon Armstrong 
low in the bottom left corner to put the visitors up 1-0. 

After coming close on a few occasions, including Brandon Mills hitting the crossbar from close 
range, the activity of ANB’s Mills brothers and Smith paid-off with all three brothers involved 
on the tying goal. Brandon worked the ball into the box from a wide right position, before Jason 
picked up play and passed it to Jahsua for a tidy finish past Durham keeper Eugene Alves. 

Just as it started to look like the hosts were about to take control of the match, Durham earned 
a penalty in the thirty-sixth minute after Young was taken down in the box by defender 
Kristofer Michael. Yet the subsequent penalty was saved by Armstrong, and he would come up big 
again just moments later after saving another shot from a tight angle to preserve the 1-1 score 
going into the break. 

For much of the first half, Durham were outplayed and needed to make some adjustments, according 
to coach La Ferrara. 

“The first half we suffered a bit, but we changed some things in the second half [with three 
substitutions] knowing we needed to be stronger in the middle, and it made a huge difference.”

The difference not only came with a more energetic and formidable midfield, but on the scoreboard 
as well. The second goal came via the route one variety in the seventy-third minute, with Alves 
delivering the ball up-field, and the bounce off the turf fooling defender Shiquan Lowe and 
Armstrong in goal, resulting in an easy tap-in for Young's second goal of the match.

The work rate of Young was clearly evident and could be noticed by all, including his coach. 

“ La Rohne gets a lot of opportunities during the game,” said La Ferrrara. “He doesn’t always 
finish them, but today thank god he finished a couple. I can’t say enough about him, he’s a hard 
worker, a team player, and I’m glad he got two goals tonight.” 

Durham will look to build off this result and carry over the momentum into the next few league 
matches; Young summed it up well. 

“I think we should just keep fighting, never give up, and our perseverance should pay off.” 

Durham’s next league match is Saturday, June 12th when they take on Woodbridge Strikers 
at Vaughn Grove, kickoff at 8pm. As for ANB, they don’t have time to dwell on the defeat with 
an away match themselves on June 12th against Master’s FA, kickoff at 9pm.

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