July 21, 2015 USL Pro--Toronto FC II vs FC Montreal (by Rocket Robin)

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Results and details of the Tuesday July 21, 2015 USL Pro game between Toronto FC II and FC Montreal played at the Ontario Soccer Centre in Vaughan at 8:00pm.

Toronto FC II (all red, white names and numbers)

....................40 Quillan Roberts (cpt)
54 Gabriel Boakye...59 Emeka Ononye...46 Daniel Fabrizi...44 Mark-Anthony Kaye
39 Marco Nunes...63 Liam Fraser...56 Malik Johnson...58 Anthony Osorio
............22 Jordan Hamilton...42 Massimo Mirabelli

Subs:...30 Fillipo Di Bennardo (gk)...35 Edwin Rivas (fwd)...36 Marcus Godinho (fwd)...45 Luca Uccello (mid)...51 Robert Boskovic (mid)
...52 Nicholas Osorio...64 Kevin Timachy (fwd)
team officials:...head coach Jason Bent

FC Montreal (all blue, white names and numbers)

....................70 David Paulmin
66 Janouk Charbonneau...68 Chakib-Nazim Hocine...69 Jems Geffrard (cpt)...73 Zachary Sukunda
72 Fabio Livio Morelli...50 Marco Leonel Dominguez-Ramirez...53 Mastanabal Kacher...49 Alessandro Riggi
................43 Zakaria Messoudi...63 Charles Joly

Subs:...75 James Pantemis (gk)...45 Victor Omar Ndiaye (mid)...46 Philippe Lincourt-Joseph (mid)...54 Bangala John Dinkota (def)
...62 Nazim Belguendouz (mid)...67 Frederic Lajoie-Gravelle (fwd)...74 Ngoufack Mele Temgula (def)
team officials:...head coach Philip Eullaffroy

Game officials:...referee David Barrie...referee's assistants Peter Pendli and Jason Olinski...fourth official Alexis Vaughan
...(all black uniforms)

1st Half:...game starts 8:09pm...TFC defend north end on this mild and breezy evening with a bright settng sun in north west.
40 sec...FCM Dominguez-Ramirez rolls 25 yarder down middle that goalie smothers on right side.
1 min...FCM Messoudi blasts 22 yard shot down middle that's caught by goalie on right side of net.
3 min...TFC Nunes 45 yard freekick from left has leaping defender kick ball at 10 yards that deflects back to the goalie.
4 min...TFC Johnson 22 yard shot from right has goalie palm ball over net.
4 min...TFC Nunes cornerkick from left is short and low recross is cleared on edge of box.
5 min...TFC Nunes 22 yard shot on right is blocked by defender just inside box.
6 min...FCM Joly 20 yard low shot rolls to goalie.
8 min...TFC Nunes 30 yard freekick is cleared by defender at 15 yards.
9 min...TFC Hamilton rolls cross from left but defender clears out of 6 yard box.
10 min...TFC Nunes can't turn header at 12 yards on header from left.
15 min...FCM Charbonneau long throw-in from right has FCM player pop up ball on edge of box but TFC player clears.
19 min...TFC Hamilton 22 yard freekick is just over bar. TFC Nunes was a decoy on play.
22 min...TFC goalie runs to edge of box to beat FCM Riggi to through ball pass down middle.
23 min...FCM Geffrard makes clearance at 6 yards on cross from right.
24 min...FCM Riggi can't draw Penalty kick when bumped by TFC Nunes on rush into left side of TFC box.
25 min...TFC Johnson gets through ball pass at 22 yards but shoots from 20 yards on right well high and wide right of net.
26 min...FCM Geffrard give and go up middle and his cross to right bounces well wide right for goalkick as no player ran for it.
27 min...FCM Joly heads ball at 25 yards past defender up middle but goalie charges to pick up ball at 15 yards.
29 min...TFC defenders block three FCM attempts for shot just inside box and eventually clear ball.
29 min...FCM Kacher cornerkick from left has his recross sent over players in box.
32 min...FCM Sukunda wins cornerkick when low cross is blocked by sliding defender on left edge of box.
33 min...FCM Kacher cornerkick from left is cleared by defenders.
35 min...FCM Riggi wins cornerkick on deflection off TFC Nunes as he tries to deke him on left.
36 min...FCM Kacher cornerkick from left has second cross cleared on right for TFC players fast break out. TFC Mirabelli leading large rush fires 22 yard shot off defender breaking up play.
38 min...FCM Morelli scissor kick from 5 yards down middle is over net as FCM player had rescued ball on right end line and crossed from 8 yards.
40 min...TFC Ononye is injured on clearance kick, FCM Joly is a few steps and he goes down at TFC 35 yard line and both need trainers.
45 min...FCM Riggi 30 yard freekick from right is cleared by defenders at 10 yards in middle of box.
46 min...half ends 8:55pm.

Halftime Entertainment: The West Rouge Soccer Club play the 'knock out' game. The rule was to keep your ball in play while you knocked at other kids' balls out of the center circle. 10 to 12 players out of the 25 girls and boys there tonight played that game.

2nd Half:...starts 9:13pm. The temperature is cooling and the sun has finally set. I'm glad I had my jacket on.
48 min...TFC Nunes 40 yard freekick chip up middle is headed back to goalie a step ahead of TFC Ononye at 6 yards.
48 min...TFC goalie catches and FCM Morelli crashes into him but Morelli is the player who goes down.
53 min...FCM chips ball from 55 yards in middle over to FCM Morelli on right and at 18 yards on right taps ball back to middle and FCM Messoudi shoots 20 yarder low and wide left of net.
54 min...Montreal Zakaria Messoudi GOAL...Montreal Alessandro Riggi taps ball from 50 yards on left over to Messoudi who runs up middle around TFC Liam Fraser at 45 yards and rushes forward to 25 yards and as TFC Emeka Ononye closes in from left, shoots into top right corner over goalie Quillan Roberts reaching for it at 6 yards.
55 min...FCM Riggi to left end line and taps ball into 6 yard box and is defender clears.
56 min...TFC Anthony Osorio cross from 20 yards on left has goalie catch.
57 min...TFC sub...Timachy replaces Hamilton.
57 min...TFC Ononye shields ball from FCM Joly so goalie can pick up ball.
59 min...TFC Nunes 35 yard freekick down middle is tipped into short right netting of net.
60 min...TFC Fraser cornerkick from right out to middle 25 yards but shot blocked.
61 min...FCM player takes 15 yard shot from left that's tipped off defender and bounces to goalie.
62 min...TFC sub...Uccello replaces Nunes.
63 min...FCM Joly gets cross from left and 25 yard is shot down middle is well over net.
63 min...FCM Sukunda is injured at FCM 35 yard line and needs trainer.
66 min...FCM sub...Dinkota replaces Sukunda.
67 min...TFC Uccello 40 yard freekick from right has ball headed from 10 yards wide left for cornerkick.
67 min...TFC Uccello cornerkick from left has defender clear.
68 min...FCM Joly given through ball pass and 20 yard shot as he ran wide is caught by goalie.
68 min...FCM Morelli 22 yard shot from left is caught by goalie.
70 min...TFC Anthony Osorio can't quite turn header on cross from right and 10 yard header bounces to goalie.
71 min...TFC sub...Rivas replaces Ononye.
.........FCM sub...Lajoie-Gravelle replaces Riggi.
72 min...TFC Joly chips 25 yarder down middle after FCM player's poor clearance from cornerflag but an offside flag is raised on a scramble in the box.
73 min...FCM sub...Belguendouz replaces Kacher.
74 min...TFC Kaye keeps ball in play near left corner flag but crosses over box.
79 min...FCM sub...Ndiaye replaces Joly.
80 min...FCM Lajoie-Gravelle run down right and 15 yard blasts is blocked by sliding TFC Kaye.
81 min...FCM Belguendouz cornerkick from right is partially cleared and FCM Beland-Goyette blasts 25 yarder up middle is stopped by defenders at 12 yards.
81 min...FCM YELLOW card...Belguendouz earns it for time wasting on a cornerkick from the right.
82 min...FCM Belguendouz 30 yard freekck from left is tap forward and FCM Messoudi cross from 22 yards on left has defender head away from 12 yards on left.
84 min...FCM Messoudi low cross from 15 yards has TFC Fabrizi do splits to stop ball at 8 yards.
85 min...TFC Mirabelli tapped pass and 20 yard shot down middle has goalie palm ball over top right corner of net for cornerkick.
85 min...TFC Fraser cornerkick from right has defender head ball away in middle of box.
86 min...TFC sub...Nicholas Osorio replaces Kaye.
87 min...TFC YELLOW card...Beland-Goyette earns if for trip on FCM Morelli at TFC 30 yards on right.
88 min...FCM Belguendouz 30 yard freekick from right has FCM Lajoie-Gravelle one-touch 15 yard flubs shot to goalie.
88 min...FCM Dominguez-Ramirez is injured at FCM 45 yard line. Someone from the Inebriatti supporter group sets off a red smoke cannister.
90 min...FCM sub...Lincourt-Joseph replaces Messoudi.
91 min...TFC goalie catches bouncer of 25 yard chip into box.
94 min...game ends 10:02pm.

Final Score:.....Toronto FC II.........0.......FC Montreal..........1........

Attendance wasn't announced but it was probably somewhere between 500 and 700 helped by having players and their families from the West Rouge Soccer Club who provided halftime entertainment. It was mild but cooling fast once the sun set before the second half started.

David Paulmin earned the shutout for FC Montreal without having to make any spectacular saves except twice to palm a ball over the bar including one at 85 minutes on a 20 yard shot from Massimo Mirabelli. Defender/team captain Jems Geffrard played a big part in breaking up some TFC II plays into the FCM end with checks and clearances. He had one foray on a give and go up the middle with defenders bouncing off this giant and he passed to the open right side but no FCM player made a run for the ball in the open.

TFC II were always going for one too many passes and losing possession and didn't have a lot of scoring opportunities. Jordan Hamilton was often the lone player up front. Actually their most dangerous shot was an almost own goal at 3 minutes when Marcus Nunes took a 45 yard freekick from the left and a leaping defender at 7 yards kicked the ball that deflected back to the goalie who had to make a diving save to push the ball wide right of the post.

FCM had some chances with Charles Joly who'd scored three goals in their last game and Zakaria Messoudi and Alessandro Riggi all getting in some shots.

TFC II should be getting their players back that were off for Canada's run at the PanAm games in Hamilton. I'd expect defenders Kevon Black and Adam Bouchard, midfielders Chris Mannella and Manny Aparicio, and forwards Raheem Edwards and Molham Babouli back for the next game on Friday. Of course the PanAm team only scored one goal in three games and did not make the semi-final so we can't expect a goal bonanza by their return.

Referee David Barrie gave out only one Yellow card to each team that I counted and the FCM one was for time wasting while taking a cornerkick at 81 minutes and TFC for a trip at 87 minutes. The game wasn't rough but there were a few times that trainers had to be called in for both teams mostly for collisions between players.

Members of the Inebriatti provided the noise in the fan section again tonight. They are really the only supporters group at these games. Montreal is Toronto's most hated rival in every sport but they mostly kept their chants to PG versions until the FCM goal where it looked like goal scorer Zakaria Messoudi deliberately ran over to their section to celebrate. That brought out the R rated chants despite a large group of the West Rouge SC girls and boys (must have been between 7 and 10 years old) sitting in the section beside them.

Toronto FC II's record falls to 3 wins, 9 losses, 3 ties for 12 points and are tied for eleventh place with Wilmington (who have played three more games) in the twelve team Eastern Conference. FC Montreal pick up their first road win in their history and climb to 4 wins, 11 losses, 2 ties for 14 points and pass TFC II tonight into tenth place. I hadn't noticed them moving up the table but they beat Saint Louis 5-2 last week and then Saint Louis came and beat TFC II 1-0 on Saturday. Both teams are a long way from the sixth and final playoff spot. It should take at least a 50-50 record to get in and teams have reached the halfway point in the season.

Next TFC II game is this Friday night at the Ontario Soccer Centre at 8:00pm against Charleston Battery.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

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