Sat May 21, 2016 League 1 Ontario--Vaughan Azzurri vs Woodbridge Strikers (from League 1 Ontario website)

Vaughan And Woodbridge End Men's Derby In 1-1 Deadlock
05/21/2016, 7:15pm EDT
By League1 Ontario staff

Vaughan's Kyle Crichton (14') got the home side on the board first 
at the Ontario Soccer Centre in a special Woman's Football Day 
double-header edition of the Vaughan v Woodbridge League1 derby.

Woodbridge replied late in the game through the foot 
of Dylan Carriero (84') - his second in two matches - leaving both 
sides to share the points.

"We made a couple of changes at half-time, which seemed to help 
because I thought we out-played Vaughan in the second half," 
said Woodbridge head coach, Peter Pinizzotto. "I thought they 
were the better team in the first half." 

"Being down 1-0 of course you're going to press a bit more and 
we were happy to see a beautiful goal by Dylan."

"Of course if you want to stay on top you have to stay consistent 
and keep winning," he added. 

"We played against one of the top teams in the league today, 
they are very good, and it showed today - it was a pretty 
even match. If we want to stay at the top, we have 
to remain consistent."

The first half of the derby was as heated as ever with several 
players exiting the match early due to injuries from the 
"no prisoners" approach.

Both sides had early opportunities - Woodbridge's Watson 
just missing the net, and Vaughan's high-press periodically 
forcing errors close to the Strikers net - but neither 
side could get the best of their opponent. 

"Even if we conceded possession a little bit in the 
second half, we created a lot of opportunities to kill 
the game off," said Vaughan head coach, Carmine Isacco. 
"A second goal would have killed off the contest and 
probably led to a third."

"But our managing of the game, our finish in the final 
third, our combination in the final third - it all needs 
to get better. Yeah we're missing a few players but that 
is no excuse. We should have buried a few, and we should 
have managed the game. If we had done the little things 
right we would have taken all three points.

"Moving forward we have to learn to manage a game," 
he concluded. "Whatever position you are, you have 
to be ready to defend. You have a responsibility to defend. 
We didn't have that when it mattered most."

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