August 1, 2014 League 1 Ontario--Durham United FC vs Sigma FC (by Rocket Robin)

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Result and details of the Friday August 1, 2014 League 1 Ontario game between Durham United FC and Sigma FC played at Kinsmen Park in Pickering at 8:00pm.

Durham United FC (navy socks, red shorts, navy & red striped chests, navy backs, yellow numbers)

.........................0 Eugene Alves
13 Le Shaun Young...8 Nicholas Goddard (cpt)...21 Hameez Farrell...14 Jordon Dover
17 Joseph Roccasalva...16 Kyle Crichton...11 Taylor Lord...7 Jordon Hargrave...20 Le Rohne Young
...................9 David James

Subs:...1 Niko Giantsopoulos (gk)...2 Ehan Saimovici...3 Morey Doner...6 Davinder Johal...19 Kyle Laborde
team officials:...team head coach Tony La Ferrara...assistant coaches Sanford Carabin...managers Connor Schmitt and Corrado Roccasalva

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

........................1 Greg Ranjitsingh
2 Arlick Ntabana...5 Giuliano Frano...15 Nolan Holdridge...4 Nick Baisden
8 Manvir Brar...6 Daniel Correa...11 Alex Halis...14 Jordan Stoddart
...............7 Emery Welshman...17 Jon Jebbison

Subs:...31 Kenneth Viegas (gk)...4 Nick Baisden...16 Luca McLean...12 Nate Morris...3 Aaron D'Souza...20 Jordan Kalonji
...21 Orestis Ilias and 21 Kwame Awuah
team officials:...head coach Bobby Smyrniotis...assistant coach Philip Opassinis...team officials Dave Zonneveld and James Haloulos

Game officials:...referee Scott Decker...referee's assistants Marc Henoud and Justin Tasev...fourth official Alexis Themistocleous
...(yellow shirts, black shorts and socks)

1st Half:...game starts 8:48pm...DUFC defends east end. A pregame thunderstorm delayed the start by 45 minutes. The grass field was in good shape. Since I was behind the scoreboard, all times are converted from my wristwatch.
2 min...DUFC Hargrave low 28 yard shot from left has goalie smother on left post.
6 min...DUFC Le Rohne Young low cross from 25 yards on right is cleared from box at 12 yards.
9 min...DUFC David James GOAL...DUFC Kyle Crichton pass up middle from 40 yards bewtween players and James blasts 20 yard shot from left into top right corner of net.
11 min...DUFC Hargrave low 25 yard shot from left has goalie dive to save near left post.
11 min...Sigma player rolls 25 yarder through 6 yard box and is cleared on left end line.
19 min...DUFC Roccasalva pushes pass up left for DUFC Dover who rolls 22 yard shot just wide right of post.
20 min...DUFC Le Rohne Young just step ahead of pass into box at 10 yards in middle and Sigma goalie bats down then catches.
21 min...DUFC YELLOW card...Le Rohne Young earns it for tackle from behind on Sigma Jebbison at DUFC 50 yards.
22 min...Sigma cornerkick from left has Sigma Brar from 15 yards rolls shot that goalie saves on right post.
23 min...DUFC Hargrave on rush on left pushes ball over end line.
25 min...DUFC Le Shaun Young 40 yard shot from right has goalie save.
26 min...Sigma Stoddart rush up middle against two defenders but loses control of ball on edge of box.
27 min...Sigma cornerkick from right has DUFC Le Shaun Young leap to head ball away in 6 yard box.
28 min...DUFC Roccasalva 30 yard freekick from left has DUFC Le Rohne Young on right pop up header but defenders clear.
29 min...DUFC Lord cornerkick from right has DUFC Le Shaun Young knock down ball on left and center pass, then tapped back to him he runs it over end line.
30 min...DUFC YELLOW card...Lord for kicking ball away after whistle at DUFC 45 yard line.
33 min...Sigma Emery Welshman GOAL...Sigma Arlick Ntabana on rush on right crosses from 18 yards along right end line and Welshman jabs midair shot from 6 yards into short right corner of net between post and goalie Eugene Alves.
34 min...Sigma sub...Baisden replaces limping Correa.
36 min...Sigma Halis rush up middle and DUFC Godddard boots away rather than let DUFC goalie dive on it.
38 min...Sigma Halis blasts 30 yard roller from right has ball wide right.
40 min...DUFC Le Shaun Young high cross from near right corner has defenders clear on left and checking DUFC Hargrave off ball.
41 min...Sigma Jebbison cross from 22 yards on far left is well over players in box.
43 min...Sigma Halis freekick near right corner flag has Sigma Frano charging in crowd of players jumps and kicks 6 yarder just wide right of post.
44 min...Sigma goalie clearance at 6 yards on pass back deflects off DUFC Crichton at 12 yards and flies over bar.
45 min...half ends 9:33pm.

2nd Half:...starts 9:49pm.
46 min...DUFC Le Rohne Young cross from 20 yards on left has defender on right hgeads behnd end line.
47 min...DUFC Lord low cornerkick from right has nearest defender kicks ball away.
49 min...DUFC Taylor Lord GOAL...DUFC Le Shaun Young 40 yard freekick from right has goalie Greg Ranjitsingh bat ball forward and Lord kicks 15 yarder up middle into net through crowd of players.
50 min...DUFC Le Rohne Young rush down left and 30 yard shot deflects for cornerkick on left.
51 min...DUFC Roccasalva cornerkick from left has defender clear on left.
53 min...Sigma Halis 40 yard freekick from left is well over net.
55 min...DUFC sub...Laborde replaces Hargrave.
56 min...Sigma Halis pokes down cross from Sigma Ntabana from right. Halis then touches and shoot 12 yarder over net.
57 min...DUFC Lord cross from 25 yards on left has DUFC Le Shaun Young head wide right from 10 yards on right.
57 min...DUFC Lord is touched pass and 20 yard cross is over box.
60 min...Sigma Halis 30 yard freekick on left has Sigma Frano leap and knock down in middle spins and mid air kick 10 yarder weakly for goalie to catch.
62 min...DUFC Dover long rush on left deking defender and short cross from 12 yards near end line has no DUFC player get to it and goalie retreat and smother on left post.
62 min...DUFC player's cornerkick from right is cleared in box.
63 min...Sigma cornerkick from left has Sigma Jebbison header up middle from 12 yards caught by goalie.
64 min...Sigma Jebbison low 30 yard shot from left is batted down then picked up on left post by goalie.
66 min...Sigma sub...Kalonji replaces Jebbison.
67 min...Sigma Ntabana cross from 25 yards on right has leaping defender flick header out left side of box.
68 min...Sigma Ntabana cross from right has Sigma Kalonji blast 15 yarder off underside of crossbar and goalie smothers on left post.
69 min...DUFC Le Rohne Young cross from left has defender head away in box.
71 min...Sigma Welshman gets pass up middle and turns and flubs 20 yarder just wide right of net.
72 min...DUFC sub...Johal replaces James.
74 min...Sigma Halis cross from left has defender head away from middle of box.
75 min...Sigma Welshman on rush on left has defender poke ball away.
75 min...DUFC Roccasalva rush on left and cuts 22 yard shot well over net.
76 min...Sigma Alex Halis GOAL...Sigma Emery Welshman on rush down left taps pass to Halis who shoots low 15 yarder to right corner of net.
77 min...DUFC Le Rohne Young rolls 20 yard shot from left after tap back has goalie smother.
78 min...Sigma Halis 22 yard freekick from right low and Sigma Holdridge stops it at 10 yards on right and is checked off ball.
80 min...DUFC Dover long run up left and cuts back and crosses to right that's saved on end line by DUFC Le Shaun Young but his cross drifts behind net.
81 min...DUFC Johal chips 30 yarder from left has goalie catch.
82 min...DUFC Crichton flicks header from 20 yards wide left of net.
83 min...DUFC Laborde is hurt at Sigma 40 yard line.
86 min...Sigma Halis 30 yard freekick from left has Sigma Welshman head ball down at 10 yards across box from right but defender clears.
87 min...Sigma Stoddart cross from right has Sigma player on left not able to get through to get shot on net.
87 min...DUFC Crichton rush up left and cross into box has defender clear.
91 min...DUFC Goddard heads back to goalie to prevent Sigma Welshman from getting to ball on edge of box.
91 min...Sigma Stoddart rush on left and 20 yard shot deflects off target.
93 min...Sigma player's freekick from left starts action and Sigma Ntabana ends pressure with 35 yard chip over players and goalie catches.
93 min...game ends 10:37pm.

Final Score:...Durham United FC........2.......Sigma FC.......2......

Attendance was around 70 on this mild but wet night. The game didn't get started until 8:48pm as there was a thunderstorm still going on at 7:30pm which pushed back the team warm ups. The 'Large' field of Kinsmen Park was in pretty very good shape whereas some of the other fields and the baseball diamonds were covered in water.

Referee Scott Decker gave out only two Yellow cards that I counted—both to DUFC in the first half in a game that wasn't rough. The game was wide open especially in the second half but many of the rushes were two or three forwards vs four or five defenders.

A huge play was at 68 minutes when Sigma Arlick Ntabana crossed from the right and Sigma Jordan Kalonji (only two minutes after coming into the game) blasted a 15 yard shot off the underside of the bar and goalie Eugene Alves got back to smother the ball near the left post. I couldn't see from the center line sideline whether it was across the line but this is where goal line technology would have been helpful. There was no coverage from Rogers Community Channel tonight. Referee Scott Decker waved aside Sigma head coach Bobby Smymiotis's concern by saying "two pair of eyes say that was not over the line" (meaning himself and assistant Alexis Thomistocleous. The lines had faded or been washed away on this natural grass field.

Sigma had taken a chance on Wednesday night when they played a much younger team in their first Cup game. They came from behind to gain a 2-2 tie against Vaughan Azzurri.

The real 'winners' of tonight's game was the Toronto FC Academy who hold first place with 7 wins, 3 ties, and 0 losses. Second place Sigma closes to within 3 points but now has played one more game (6 wins, 3 ties, 2 losses). Durham is in sixth with a record of 3 wins, 4 ties, 3 losses). TFCA beat Sigma 3-0 just over a month ago. They meet again in league play September 13th. Only way I see TFCA losing the race (there are no playoffs) is for them to lose players. League Twitterer for tonight Duane Rollins says a few players of TFCA players will be moved to Wilmington of USL Pro. I'd heard that from their head coach Michael Stefano a few weeks ago but nothing has happened yet.

I asked league referee in chief Tony Comacho about the Sunday Woodbridge Azzurri vs TFCA game that was rained out at 22 minutes. Like FIFA rules, the entire game will have to be replayed from the beginning. It was 0-0 at the time of the stoppage. 60 or 65 minutes would have needed to be played for it to be an official game. All goals would have been wiped out so good thing someone hadn't scored. I notice the games of Internacional de Toronto have not been deleted from the league standings yet. Molham Babouli of TFCA had scored at least one hattrick against that team (some poster said four or five goals altogether) so good thing the league hadn't given him a silver tray yet. Babouli is the leading scorer with 13 goals. Inter was the only one of the ten teams I had not seen.

No television coverage tonight but I was able to see the Durham vs Cataraqui Clippers game of last Friday shown in the City of Toronto on the Rogers Sports channel 368/369 on Tuesday night. Last weekend I was able to see the July 4th game of Durham vs TFCA which was rather three weeks stale.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

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