Sat June 11, 2016 League 1 Ontario--North Mississauga Panthers vs Toronto FC Academy (from League 1 Ontario website)

North Miss Gets Four On Toronto FC Academy, Move Into Mid-Table In West Division
06/12/2016, 6:00pm EDT
By League1 Ontario staff

It a highly anticipated matchweek seven matchup, North Miss beat 
Toronto FC 3-1 and in the process added their second win in two 
matches and moved into fourth place in the west division.

"I was very happy about the result obviously," said North Miss 
head coach, Rick Titus. "We could have scored a couple more 
chances, but we weren't fortunate with that."

"I was very happy with my keeper Daniel Gosciniak coming 
up a with a very big save when the score was one nil. I take 
my hat off to him for doing such a good job." 

North Miss wasted no time impressing themself on the contest 
with Jose De Sousa (7'), Jose Melo (36') and Shawn Brown (45') 
putting the home side three goals up before the half-time whistle.

"First half we just came out flat," said Toronto FC Academy 
head coach, Stuart Neely. "They came at us, they pressed 
us strongly, they used their key striker Joey Melo well, 
and made good runs off of him with his little flicks and touches."

"We made too many mistakes in the first half, and were not 
demanding high standards of ourselves. As a result they pounced 
on us. We gave up three bad goals, terrible defensive mistakes, 
loss of possession, and leaving gaps. We need to improve that 
aspect in our preparation."

Toronto FC Academy's Zakaria Abdi (54') got the lone 
consolation in the second half, but the Junior Reds could 
not harness any momentum to level the score. 

"I think we finished strong," said Neely. "We won the second 
half and a lot of our individual battles, maintained possession, 
scored a goal and could have had more I thought. At the same 
time we left ourselves open to their counter attack and gave 
up some scoring chances in the second half."

It was a positive to go for it in the second half, we showed 
grit and determination, but credit to North Miss who clearly 
understood what they had to do, bunkered in and countered us."

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