Sat June 4, 2016 League 1 Ontario--Vaughan Azzurri vs Durham United FA (from League 1 Ontario website)

Late Strikes By Vaughan's Harris And Lowe Break Durham's Undefeated Streak 
06/05/2016, 8:15pm EDT
By League1 Ontario staff

Vaughan's Dayonn Harris (65') and Shiquan Lowe (85') put away the game between 
the Azzurri and Durham United FA in the second half after a high-scoring 
first half.

"They're a good team," said Vaughan head coach, Carmine Isacco. "The pace and 
energy of Dayonn Harris changed some stuff, and I think our humility - and 
credit to Durham because they kept the ball well and made us humble - made 
us an honest team again, which we should be and need to be all the time." 

"In the second half they needed to reconnect with the things that matter 
and they did that."

Vaughan's Massimo Mirabelli (11') and Jonathan Lao (14') had the home side 
off to a dream start, but Durham showed their mettle when first 
Christian Moncrieffe (21') and then Stefan Lamanna (45 + 3') finished 
their chances late in the half. 

"We were terrible without the ball in the first half and that is not 
one of the ingredients of being successful," said Isacco. "Whoever you 
are you need to defend in this league because it's good teams and 
Durham is a good team."

"You can't just cheat on fundamental parts of the game, and first half 
we cheated. We were lucky to get to the break at 2-2. In the second 
half we just challenged them a bit to cough up the ball and create things." 

A player with several Canada men's U16 and U18 teams camps and 
tournaments under his belt, Harris got the breakthrough just after 
the hour mark. 

A new player to the Vaughan side in 2016, Shiquan Lowe would ultimately 
put the game out of sight for the Azzurri with only five minutes left 
in the match. 

"We had two moments where we switched off and they scored. It's especially 
tough to concede on the counter, and they caught us," said Durham 
head coach, Sanford Carabin. "We knew they would sit deep and look 
for those chances to counter, and we told the boys that, so it's very 
disappointing to have conceded that way."

"The fourth one we pushed a bit more to try and create chances but 
we couldn't get through them."

"It's disappointing, but I told the boys I'm happy with the performance 
except for the four goals. We switched off on all four. It's part 
and parcel with this league, you need to realize you may dominate 
possession but the minute you switch off their are quality players 
that will punish you."

With the win, Vaughan remain second in the west division, only two 
points behind rivals Woodbridge Strikers in first. 

With the loss, Durham were leapfrogged by Kingston Clippers and drop 
to fourth place - one point behind Clippers, but with a game in hand 
on Kingston. 

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