May 19, 2015 PDL--Toronto FC Academy vs K-W United (by Rocket Robin)

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Results and details of the Tuesday May 19, 2015 PDL game between Toronto FC Academy (PDL) and K-W United played at KIA Training Centre in Downsview at 2:30.

Toronto FC Academy (all red, white numbers)

....................1 Darrin McLeod
2 Gabriel Boakye...5 Alain Sargeant...3 Kevon Black (cpt)...16 Tarik Robertson
..........19 Liam Fraser...11 Daniel Jodah...10 Martin Davis
..........20 Ryan James...7 Raheem Thorpe...15 Azaih Reid

Subs:...30 Phil DiBennardo (gk)...23 Oliver Spring (def)...4 Nikola Stakic (def)...24 Nathaniel McAuley (mid)...14 Nicholas Osorio (mid)
...18 Michael Maiorano (fwd)...6 Joah Parades (mid)
team officials:...head coach Stuart Neely

K-W United FC (all black, white numbers)

....................1 Nathan Ingham
4 Jarred Phillips...18 Quante Smith...5 Louis Cross...19 Ridge Robinson
...............22 Ken Krolicki...20 Joel Perez
...........23 Oyvind Alseth...8 Dylan Sacramento...10 Serge Camargo (cpt)
...................14 Jarek Whiteman

Subs:...13 Nick Ciraldo (gk)...7 Ben Polk...12 Bryce Follensbee...17 Kyle Rutz...6 Juuso Pasanen...11 Wesley Cain...15 Justin Springer
team officials:...head coach Chris Pozniak

Game officials:...referee Fabrizio Stasolla...referee's assistants Zac Taylor and Armando Pereira...fourth official Mohammed Mohammed
...(yellow shirts, black shorts and sock)

1st Half:...game starts 2:32pm...TFCA defends north end with a gusty wind from the west on this cool overcast afternoon. All times are converted from my wristwatch.
30 sec...KW Robinson injured in collision with TFCA goalie.
9 min...KW sub...Cain replaces injured Robinson.
10 min...TFCA Davis blast from 20yards has goalie push ball wide of net.
10 min...TFCA James cornerkick from right is caught in wind and blows over players in box.
12 min...KW Whiteman rush up right and rolls pass forward to KW Alseth who crosses low from 15 yards along end line and KW Sacramento shanks 8 yard shot to fallen goalie.
13 min...KW Alseth 25 yard freekick from right has defenders clear.
14 min...KW Whiteman short pass forward to KW Cain whose low shot from 10 yards is smothered by goalie.
15 min...KW Whiteman picks up poor backpass and quick cross is ontly partially cleared and KW Sacramento 22 yard shot is well over net.
16 min...KW Alseth cornerkick from left is over box and KW Sacramento crosses back into box and goalie catches.
18 min...TFCA Davis 25 yard freekick is bent well over net.
20 min...TFCA Davis cross from 5 yards wins cornerkick.
20 min...TFCA James cornerkick from left is partially cleared and TFCA Davis 25 yard shot is well over net.
21 min...TFCA Thorpe 22 yard shot around defender and bounces to goalie.
22 min...KW Alseth cornerkick from right hits TFCA James who starts fast break.
24 min...KW Sacramento given hand to face by defender and can't get to bouncer just inside TFCA box.
26 min...KW Krolicki 30 yard freekick from left has defender kick ball away at 12 yards.
26 min...TFCA goalie catches 30 yard shot from left on left post.
29 min...KW Alseth cornerkick from right lands in box but is cleared.
31 min...KW Alseth rush on right cuts around defender to shoot 20 yarder that goalie catches under bar.
32 min...KW Sacramento 18 yard shot from left is caught by goalie.
33 min...KW Jarrek Whiteman GOAL...KW Serge Camargo on 2 on 1 rush taps ball to Whiteman who hadn't been in play but defender slides to partially stop ball and Whiteman shoots low 10 yard shot over sliding goalie Darrin McLeod.
40 min...TFCA James cornerkick from right has TFCA Thorpe on left head ball backwards wide left for throw-in.
41 min...KW Alseth freekick from 30 yards on right has KW Sacramento nod down header at 8 yards on left that bounces to goalie.
43 min...KW Alseth cornerkick from left is over heads of players on right side of box.
45 min...TFCA Jodah kicks 30 yarder between players that's caught by goalie.
46 min...KW Phillips hig cross from left is over to KW Cain who has 10 yard shot that hits the prone goalie.
46 min...half ends 3:18pm.

2nd Half:...starts 3:37pm.
Halftime subs:...KW Polk replaces Whiteman.
..............KW Springer replaces Perez.
..............TFCA Osorio replaces Davis.
..............TFCA Stakic replaces Black.
..............TFCA Maiorano replaces Jodah.
47 min...KW Phillips chips 30 yard shot from left that goalie cagtches and survives bump with KW Polk.
49 min...TFCA Stakic pokes ball away from KW Cain at 6 yards on run through box.
50 min...KW YELLOW card...Krolicki earns it for tackle on play at KW 50 yards.
51 min...KW Camargo blasts 30 yarder down middle just wide right of net.
51 min...KW Sacramento follows in on play to shoot partial clearance from 20 yards that goalie catches.
53 min...TFCA YELLOW card...Robertson earns it for tackle from behind on KW Cain.
53 min...KW Camargo blasts 25 yard kick down middle well over net.
55 min...KW Cain nutmegs defender but pushes ball too far ahead in TFCA box and ball is cleared.
57 min...KW YELLOW card...Smith earns it for holding call at center line.
59 min...TFC Stakic is injured at TFCA 50 yard line.
62 min...KW sub...Pasanen replaces Camargo.
62 min...TFCA James cornerkick from left has goalie catch in crowd of players.
64 min...KW goalie runs to edge of box to catch through ball.
65 min...KW Sacramento rush on right and cross is over two KW players rushing into TFCA box.
66 min...KW Polk on rush has TFCA Boakye kick ball for cornerkick to prevent 12 yard shot.
66 min...KW Alseth cornekrick from right is over players in box and partial clearance has eventual chip into box called offside.
67 min...KW Polk ends rush from teammates 20 yard line.
69 min...KW Alseth 28 yard shot from right is wide left when ball is caught in wind.
70 min...TFCA Boakye gets away low 18 yard shot from right end line and goalie dives on right post to smother ball.
71 min...KW Sacramento on 2 on 1 rush passes to KW Polk but his 12 yard shot is blocked by sliding TFCA Stakic.
72 min...KW Alseth cornekrick from left is cleared from box.
76 min...TFCA James bends in 40 yard freekick from right but play is whistled down in box.
77 min...TFCA sub...Spring replaces Sargeant.
78 min...TFCA Robertson long run down left wing and stops and fires 22 yarder well high of net.
79 min...KW Alseth short cornekrick from left has KW Sacramento kick 18 yarder that's caught by goalie under bar.
80 min...TFCA James cross from left has TFCA Reid stop ball at 6 yards as he falls over and defender clears.
81 min...KW sub...Rutz replaces Sacramento.
82 min...KW Pasanen blasts 22 yard tapped pass well over net.
82 min...KW Cain 15 yard shot deflects off defender for cornerkick on right.
83 min...KW Alseth cornerkick from right is well over net.
84 min...KW Cain cross from 22 yards on left drops just over bar.
87 min...TFCA James blasts 30 yarder that deflects off defender and spins to goalie to dive forward and save.
88 min...TFCA sub...McAuley replaces Stakic.
89 min...TFCA Fraswer 25 yard freekick from right is into two man wall and his rebound loft wins cornerkick.
90 min...TFCA James cornerkick from right has defender dive forward and head ball away from 8 yards.
92 min...TFCA James cornerkick from right is held up in wind and TFCA McAuley heads 8 yarder just wide left of post.
93 min...game ends 4:25pm.

Final Score:......Toronto FC Academy (PDL)........0......K-W United.......1.......

Attendance was about 80 on this cool and very, very cross-field windy day. Some of the Toronto FC II team were in the crowd watching guys they would have played with in the Academy in past years. Jay Chapman of TFC II played for K-W United as recently as last year.

I came expecting to see a lot of Toronto FC Academy players I'd watched last year in League 1 Ontario and that was true but some older Academy players of past years like Jarek Whiteman, Sergio Camargo, and Dylan Sacramento are stars for the team from Kitchener-Waterloo.

Nathan Ingham earned the shutout for K-W and only had a few stops to make. K-W looked more threatening overall for the entire game except for a surge for TFCA in the last 8 minutes.

The game wasn't rough after all after the first minute when KWU Ridge Robinson was injured in a collision with the TFCA goalie and had to be subbed out. Referee Fabrizio Stasolla gave out only three Yellow cards that I counted (two to KWU).

Almost all the plays that would have been good chances were ruined by cornerkicks and through ball chips being caught in the wind and blowing out the other side of the box. Shots sailed over the net. The best chances that did work included at 12 minutes when KW Jarek Whiteman rushed up the right and rolled a pass forward to KW Oyvind Alseth who crossed low from 15 yards along the end line and KW Dylan Sacramento took an 8 yard shot back towards the fallen goalie on the right post for him to save instead of the open half of the net. 71 minutes had KW Sacramento on a 2 on 1 break and he rolled a pass to KW Ben Polk but his 12 yard shot was blocked by a sliding TFCA Nikola Stakic who was trailing both men. 92 minutes had TFCA Ryan James take a cornerkick from the right that looked like it would sail over the box but the wind blew it back and TFCA Nathaniel McAuley headed 8 yarder just wide left of the post.

Chris Pozniak is the new head coach of K-W United. He replaces Stuart Neely who returns as head coach of TFC Academy and who also coaches their team in League 1 Ontario. I watched Pozniak play for Toronto Lynx when they were in the A-League and later in the MLS with Toronto FC and his transition into coaching was interrupted because he did work in a bank. Paul Stalteri from the 1997 edition of the Lynx was in the crowd watching the game. Last year I was watching PDL games when Toronto Lynx were in the league. This year the Lynx have joined League 1 Ontario as Oakville Blue Devils--a name the Lynx used for their farm team in the CPSL ten years ago.

This was the first game of the season for K-W United so they go to 1-0-0. TFC Academy had previously dropped their weekend road game against Michigan Bucks so now fall to 0-0-2.

Next home game for TFC Academy will be Wednesday May 27th at KIA Training Centre. Probably no TFC II players will be watching because they will be on the field for the TFC vs Manchester City friendly a few hours later at BMO Field.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

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