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Results and details of the Monday August 1, 2016 League 1 Ontario game between Toronto Skillz FC and Kingston Clippers played at Birchmount Stadium in Scarborough at 8:00pm.

Toronto Skillz FC (red socks and shirts, black shorts, white numbers)

.....................1 Spiridori Koskinas
18 Yohance Ennis...23 Thanujan Jeyathilaka...34 Marvin Omie...10 Sameer Fathazada
11 Mario Ramalho...8 Ryan Reid (cpt)...26 Terence Bernard...29 Liam Cox
............14 Michael Jahshan...4 Mitchell Wong

Subs:...0 Khedar Caesar-Thompson (gk)...5 Brad Ayow...6 Roen Fordyce-Hlywka...15 Wei Su
...16 Mahmoud Mir...27 Christopher Lozanovski
team officials:...team head coach Leslie Fitzpatrick...assistant coach Isiaka Onibudo...managers Doublas Angelo and Jake Doodnath...therapist Brian Mak and Deidra Erb

Kingston Clippers (yellow socks and shirts, blue shorts and numbers, white shoulders)

......................1 Dustin Kemp
5 Eric Koskins (cpt)...2 Oliver Coren...4 Conor Hannigan
8 Jeremy Arnold...6 Joey Pineo...10 Andrew Martin (cpt)...18 Jeff Borges
.........11 Andrew Whiteman...15 Patrick Van Belleghem...7 Mackenzie Roach

Subs:...16 Johnathan Ramirez-Tejade...17 Gianluca Buldo...13 Adreian Soyic...3 Taylor Nelson...9 Chris Eveleigh
team officials:...head coach Christian Hoefler...assistant coaches Chris Eveleigh and Chris Wellsman ...team manager Rebecca Cowan...physio Stacie Smith

Game officials:...referee Marc Henoud...referee's assistants Vyacheslav Kulesh and Mohamed Mohamed
...fourth official Hassane Rifai...(teal shirts, black shorts and socks)

1st Half:...game starts 8:26pm...TS defends north end on this mild night. The sun is below the tree/stadium lines.
1 min...KC Roach has shot from 10 yards along left end line blocked then crosses over box.
1 min...KC Pineo recovers partially cleared header from 5 yards and boots 12 yard shot down middle wide left.
3 min...KC Coren 40 yard freekick from right bounces wide left of net.
5 min...KC Arnold wins cornerkick on deflected cross from 25 yards right.
5 min...KC Arnold cornerkick from right and nearest defender clears.
6 min...KC Koskins backheels 5 yard shot on right post that's smothered by goalie.
8 min...TS Reid long throw-in from left is caught by goalie who initially dropped it. TS Omie can't win Penalty kick when he's pushed over.
8 min...TS Ramalho rush in on right and cross from endline has TS Cox miss midair kick from 7 yards on left post.
10 min...KC Roach cornerkick from left has KC player head ball forward and defender heads ball behind right end line.
10 min...KC Arnold cornerkick from right hass charging KC Hannigan head 10 yarder that goalie catches.
12 min...KC Roach long run up left and rolls cross into box that defender clears.
13 min...KC Coren 28 yard freekick from left is caught by goalie near left post.
14 min...KC Whiteman low 30 yard blast up middle between players and wide left.
15 min...TS Jahshan low 30 yard blast up middle has goalie catch.
18 min...KC Roach 22 yard freekick from left is just high of top right corner.
20 min...TS Ramalho cornerkick from right has nearest defender on right head ball away.
21 min...TS Ramalho cross from right has TS Cox whiff on ball at 8 yards and TS Jahshan gets two chances and second shot from 10 yards on left is low and saved by sprawling goalie on left post.
22 min...KC Roach rush on left and cuts back on two defenders to roll centering cross from 30 yards on left and KC Arnold rolls 22 yard shot down middle that goalie smothers on right post.
23 min...TS Ramalho cornerkick from right has TS Reid head 10 yarder just wide left of post.
24 min...TS Wong flicks header from 15 yards on cross from left that bounces to goalie on left post.
27 min...TS Ramalho cornerkick from right has TS Fathazada head 15 yarder that goalie catches wide of left post.
29 min...KC Borges shot from 12 yards behind goalie but retreating defender clears for cornerkick at 2 yards.
29 min...KC Arnold cornerkick from right has goalie make save on 5 yard shot.
29 min...KC Arnold cornerkick from right has goalie punch ball forward on charge to 10 yards. A KC player's header from left has defender concede cornerkick.
30 min...KC Roach cornerkick from left has ball cleared and KC Coren blasts 30 yarder between players has flying goalie push ball wide left of post.
31 min...KC Roach cornerkick from elft has defender clear at 10 yards.
33 min...KC Arnold low cross from 30 yards has TS Omie flub clearance and goalie beats KC Whiteman wide right of net to clear ball off him for goalkick.
36 min...TS Fathazada 28 yard freekick from left has goalie palm ball upward and catch on way down.
37 min...TS Wong cross from 25 yards on left has defender dive forward and head ball away.
38 min...TS Ramalho beats defender on right and blasts 18 yarder from right that goalie pushes wide right.
38 min...TS Ramalho cornerkick from right wins another cornerkick.
39 min...TS Ramalho cornerkick from right has TS player pop up 20 yard shot and ball is cleared.
40 min...KC Coren makes key clearance of cross from left between two waiting TS players in KC box.
41 min...KC Roach run on left and 25 yard shot deflects off leg of defender for cornerkick.
42 min...KC Arnold cornerkick from left has TS Omie head ball out right side of box.
43 min...KC Arnold cornerkick from right has TS Ennis make two headers to clear initial and follow up shots.
43 min...KC Arnold 15 yard shot from right has goalie dive forweard to save.
45 min...half ends 9:11pm.

Halftime Announcement: It was announced that Ryan Reid made the Eastern Division All Star team for the game this Wednesday.

2nd Half:...starts 9:25pm.
46 min...TS Wong rush on right and 18 yard roller is wide left of post.
47 min...KC Arnold 30 yard freekick from right has defender pop up header and TS start fast break out.
47 min...Tor Skillz Sameer Fathazada GOAL...TS Liam Cox rushes down left and rolls cross from 22 yards on left over to TS Ryan Reid in center who taps ball over to right for an open TS Mitchell Wong who rolls back left behind goalie Dustin Kemp for Fathazada to shoot 8 yarder into open net.
49 min...TS Wong pulls up lame away from play.
50 min...TS Reid has shot partially blocked and TS Wong has shot from 15 yards blocked.
51 min...Tor Skillz RED card...Ryan Reid earns a direct ejection from referee Marc Henoud. TS Sameer Fathazada crossed from 40 yards on the left and the goalie caught at 8 yards on jump then Reid plowed into him and a defender cleared the loose ball.
53 min...KC Hannigan low cross from 40 yards on right has goalie step forward to catch at 15 yards.
54 min...KC Arnold cuts along 30 yard line from right and blasts 30 yard shot down middle over net.
56 min...KC sub...Nelson replaces Whiteman.
57 min...TS Jahshan bursts through defenders from 30 yards and blasts low 12 yard shot that sliding goalie stops point blank and defender clears rebound.
58 min...TS sub...Mir replaces Cox.
65 min...KC YELLOW card...Roach earns it for diving just inside left side of TS box.
67 min...TS Mir 40 yard freekick from right has TS Omie twist 12 yard header up middle just over the bar.
70 min...KC Arnold cornerkick from left has KC player head 6 yarder off bar then another KC player heads ball off bar and goalie palms ball away and defence concedes cornerkick.
70 min...KC Arnold cornerkick from right has defends clear on right side of box.
73 min...Kingston Eric Koskins GOAL...KC Jeremy Arnold's low cross from 30 yards on right had charging Koskins run up middle between defenders and one-touch 10 yard shot past diving goalie Spiridon Koskinas into right side of net.
74 min...KC Pineo 35 yard shot up middle is low and caught by goalie.
75 min...KC players work out short cornerkick from right has defends clear for fast break.
76 min...TS sub...Fordyce-Hlywka replaces Wong.
76 min...TS Ramalho taps ball to TS Fordyce-Hlywka whose low 12 yard shot up middle is smothered by goalie.
78 min...TS Jahshan low 18 yard shot from right is just wide left of post but earns cornerkick on deflection.
78 min...TS Bernard cornerkick from left has TS Mir make midair 7 yard shot near right post anw sent into ground and defender clears at 3 yards.
80 min...TS Jahshan is checked off ball at 6 yards trying to split defender. TS Fathazada then wins cornerkick with follow up run.
80 min...TS Fathazada cornerkick from left has goalie swat ball away.
81 min...TS Mir 45 yard freekick from left has defender head ball away at 12 yards on right.
81 min...KC Koskins rush up left and low cross has KC Roach's backheel is cleared.
82 min...KC Arnold cornerkick from right has defender clear on header.
83 min...KC sub...Soyic replaces Arnold.
84 min...TS sub...Lozanovski replaces Ramalho.
86 min...KC Coren 35 yard freekick from far right has ball fly wide left for goalkick.
87 min...KC Roach 40 yard freekick up middle has KC player head ball back in play from left end line but defnders clear.
88 min...TS Jahshan 20 yard shot from right has goalie dive right but ball had taken deflection off defender into net. TS 27 put ball into net but TS 6 was offside so goal didn't count.
89 min...KC Koskins open header from 5 yards is wide right from wide right on cross from 25 yards on leftbut wins cornerkick on deflection off defender.
89 min...KC Soyic cornerkick from right has goalie catch in crowd of players on right post and picks it up ball when he drops it.
90 min...TS YELLOW card...Lozanovski earns it for jostling goalie after whistle who'd just picked up ball on TS Fordyce-Hlywka's 35 yard shot from left that was well wide.
91 min...KC YELLOW card...Nelson earns it for pushing TS Fathazada who was slow to take throw-in.
92 min...TS Jahshan and TS Omie make stops of crosses inside TS box.
93 min...Kingston RED card...Oliver Coren earns a direct ejection. TS Roen Fordyce-Hlywka got away at center line with KC players pressing upfield and Coren as last man back caught up to him and took away ball pushing it further into KC end on left. Fordyce-Hlywka pulled him by the jersey as Coren ran towards own end and linesman signaled the foul for a KC freekick but Coren made sweeping leg tackle to trip up Fordyce-Hlywka.
94 min...TS YELLOW card...Mir earns it on same play upfield that started the Red card play.
96 min...game ends 10:16pm.

Final Score:.....Toronto Skillz FC.......1.......Kingston Clippers.......1.....

Attendance was about 125 on this mild and damp evening.

The game started almost a half hour late because the Clippers were caught in traffic coming in from Kingston. Assistant coach Chris Eveleigh answered me after the game that the team did leave early but were still caught up in the holiday traffic--the Simcoe Day long weekend for Ontario. There was no rush hour heading out of downtown Toronto but there would be a lot of traffic returning to Toronto since early this afternoon. Clippers took only a short workout and may have been off their game.

Skillz defensive performance was all the more surprising since they were getting through league suspensions to starting defenders Ayoub Saoucha and Lukas Risto who I saw help win the game against Sanjaxx Lions here last month. Goalie Spiridon Koskinas made some spectacular saves and about two that went past him had retreating defenders make the required clearances.

Dustin Kemp made some good saves for Clippers in net to prevent Skillz from getting more than one goal.

Referee Marc Henoud gave out four Yellow cards (two to each team and all in the second half) as well as the two Reds (one to each) in a game that had rough places including two semi-dust ups that were broken up quickly.

Best non-scoring chances were at 6 minutes when KC Eric Koskins backheeled a 5 yard shot on the right post that was smothered by the goalie. 8 minutes had TS Mario Ramalho rush in on the right and cross from the end line and TS Liam Cox miss a midair kick from 7 yards on the left post. 10 minutes had KC Jeremy Arnold take a cornerkick from the right that had a charging KC Conor Hannigan head a 10 yarder that the goalie caught. 21 minutes had TS Ramalho cross from the right that had TS Cox whiff on the ball at 8 yards but TS Michael Janshan behind him got two chances and his second shot from 10 yards on the left was low and saved by the sprawling goalie on the left post. 23 minutes and TS Ramalho's cornerkick from the right had TS Ryan Reid head a 10 yarder just wide left of the post. 29 minutes had KC Jeff Borges shoot from 12 yards that got behind the goalie but a retreating defender cleared for a cornerkick at 2 yards. The resulting cornerkick had the TS goalie make a save of a 5 yard shot. 30 minutes had KC Mackenzie Roach's cornerkick from the left cleared and KC Oliver Coren blasted a 30 yarder between players that the flying goalie pushed wide left of the post. 38 minutes had TS Ramalho beat a defender on the right and blast an 18 yarder that the goalie pushed wide right of the post. 57 minutes had TS Jahshan burst through defenders from 30 yards and blast a low 12 yard shot that the sliding goalie stopped point blank. 67 minutes had TS Mahmoud Mir take a 40 yard freekick from the right that TS Marvin Omie twisted a 12 yarder up the middle just over the bar. 70 minutes had KC Arnold's cornerkick from the left had a KC player head a 6 yarder off the bar then another KC player headed the ball off the bar and the goalie palm the ball away for the defence to concede a cornerkick. 76 minutes had TS Ramalho tap the ball to Roen Fordyce-Hlywka whose low 12 yard shot up the middle was smothered by the goalie. 89 minutes had KC Koskins receive a cross from 25 yards on the left and have an open header from 5 yards that he sent wide right from the right. That same minute KC Adrian Soyic took a cornerkick from the right had the goalie catch in a crowd of players on the right post.

A halftime announcement said that Ryan Reid had been named to the Eastern Division All Star team that will play Wednesday night. Well Reid can go all out in that game knowing he is suspended for next weekend. I enjoy his long throw-ins which are as long as most players cornerkicks.

Toronto Skillz FC improve their record to 2 wins, 10 losses, 2 ties for 8 points and sixth place out of eight in the East with an 18-39 goals for/against. To play a man down for almost the entire second half and get a result should be inspiring. They are on a two game unbeaten run for the first time this season.

Clippers record improves to 7 wins, 3 losses, 5 ties for 26 points and a tie for third place in the East with a 30-21 goals for/against. They extend their unbeaten record to five games as they first rolled off three wins then one tie in an extended home stand over the last month. Still tonight after getting through their start with limited warm-up time they must be disappointed they couldn't score a winning goal with the man advantage for so long over a much lower ranked team.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca


Toronto Skillz FC starters


Kingston Clippers starters


Clippers Andrew Martin (10) and Andrew Whiteman (11) take opening kickoff.


Clippers Jeremy Arnold (8) takes cornerkick.


Clippers Conor Hannigan (4) lines up freekick.


Clippers Mackenzie Roach (7) tries to cut in from left.


Skillz cornerkick.


Skillz Ryan Reid (8) and Mitchell Wong (4) take second half kickoff.


Clippers Oliver Coren (2) lines up freekick.

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