September 27, 2014 League 1 Ontario--Toronto FC Academy vs Kingston Cataraqui Clippers (from League 1 website)

  
Toronto FC Academy 11 - Kingston Cataraqui Clippers 0
Tue Sep 30 
Written By: Kelly, Tim  

One's heart really had to go out to Kingston Cataraqui Clippers' keeper Navi Sidhu, who had a truly impossible 
job on his hands Saturday afternoon in Toronto.

The poor man had to line up against Toronto FC Academy superstar striker Molham Babouli, who came into the game 
with a league-high twenty-one goals, and was primed to fill the net at Kia Training Ground.

And Babouli, along with the rest of his mates, was in fine form, finding the “old onion bag” four times in just 
over an hour to lead the way in an 11-0 thrashing of Kingston during the final match of L1 Cup Group A play.

It left TFC Academy in first place in the four-team group, and moving on in the playoffs, with Kingston finishing 
in third and out of the competition. Durham United FC finished in second spot, while ANB Futbol were last 
in the group.

Toronto FC Academy ran riot on a warm afternoon, as Kingston brought a single sub on the long bus ride down 
the 401, and soon had to use him when a defender was felled with a head injury.

While it was 1-0 for a while early on, the goals started to come in bunches. Babouli had his four by halftime 
and was joined by goals by Marcos Andres Nunes, who wound up with a hat-trick on the game, Anthony Osorio 
(younger brother of TFC’s Jonathon Osorio) and Luca Uccello, to make it 7-0 at the break.

A number of TFC Academy subs came on for the second half, but the goals kept coming – four for the second 
half in all. At the end, the tally read: Babouli four (of twenty-five on the season); Nunes three (of ten 
on the season, and a share of second spot in the scoring charts with Vaughan’s Andrew Ornoch; two for Osorio; 
and one each for Luca Uccello, who has seven on the season, and Marco Rodriguez.

Despite the lopsided scoreline, TFC Academy head coach Michael Stefano insists his young side did not try 
to run up the score.

“No, no, it had nothing to do with running up the score,” he said. “It’s just us wanting to maintain the 
integrity of the game. We play every minute like it’s our last and that’s it. We don’t care who’s in front 
of us, we play the game like it’s a final every game.” 

For Nunes, the game was a chance to show his style and finishing ability, often overshadowed on a team where 
Babouli regularly steals the show.

“We felt sharp, that’s what we’re trained to do, we just have to work hard. Every opponent is the same. 
Every game is a hard game,” he said about his approach to Kingston,

“The team is what matters. I’m performing because of the team. Everybody else is doing a great job. I couldn’t 
score without my teammates, my teammates are what help me,” said the twenty-two year-old, who is in his first 
year with TFC Academy.

TFC now waits to see how the Group B side of the Cup draw turns out. There are still two games to play, both 
involving Vaughan Azzurri, which has a pair of home matches remaining – a makeup game against Masters, and 
a contest with Windsor.

The top two teams in Group B will move on with TFC Academy and Durham United to contest the L1 Cup. Sigma 
are the current leaders in Group B with seven points; Woodbridge sit in second with six points; Vaughan 
are third with four points; Masters are fourth with four points; and Windsor, the only team eliminated 
in the group, are last with just one point and only one game to play.

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