Sat June 25, 2016 League 1 Ontario--Sigma FC vs Kingston Clippers (from League 1 Ontario website)

Sigma Goes Nine Matches Undefeated In League After 3-1 Win Over Clippers
06/26/2016, 1:00pm EDT
By League1 Ontario staff

Alex Halis (34') got a goal and an assist on the night as Sigma FC beat 
visitors Kingston Clippers 3-1 at the Hershey Centre on Saturday.  

Chris Nanco (10') opened the scoring after a tasty set-up from Halis, 
before Halis took matters into his own hands and finished just 
after the half-hour.

Kingston's Joey Pineo (76') put the result in question after bringing 
the away side to within one goal of level terms, but Sigma's 
Marcel Zajac (89') popped up in the six-yard box to get the insurance 
marker one minute from full-time. 

"I think we did a good job first half today," said Sigma 
head coach, Bobby Smyrniotis. "It was a very good effort from 
our team, and we controlled a lot of the pace, created a lot 
of opportunities, and saw a complete effort from the boys 
in the first forty-five minutes."

"We could have maybe popped another one in there somewhere, 
but think in the second half we did a very good job of moving 
the ball around," he added. "We missed a penalty shot, which 
probably could have opened up the game a bit more, and it gave 
the opponent a life-line, and they did a great job of getting 
themselves back into it."

"Overall I'm happy with the guys. We're winning some good 
games now, and playing some good football, and of course 
the record shows it." 

Sigma remains undefeated in league play and on 27 points 
is six points clear of FC London at the top of the west 
division table. Sigma's perfect record also puts them 
in first position overall.  

"I think the biggest thing is we focus on everything one 
game at a time," said Smyrniotis. "I don't look at the 
table and how many games are ahead of us or behind us. 
We try and take things one game at a time."

"We're in a unique situation, where we have some turnover 
of players in different phases, going to University 
or otherwise. Some of these guys will play ten or eleven 
games this season, and we're probably in the middle 
of that now, so we just expect them to get their best 
game in and not focus on where we are in the season."

Sigma next plays Toronto FC Academy on June 30 (9 p.m.) 
at Hershey Centre, Mississauga. 

Kingston Clippers are fourth in the east division and 
with four points on fifth place side North Toronto Nitros 
they cannot be caught in this matchweek. 

"If we look over the past seasons we've been in the 
league, the first season we came here we lost 9-1, 
last season we came here twice and conceded four, 
five, or six goals, and this year it was 3-1 but it was 
close and we were unlucky not to get a draw," said 
Kingston technical director, Chris Eveleigh. 

"This is what we're trying to do at the club, 
and we know it will take time to get close to what 
Sigma is doing - we consider them to be the best 
in the country." 

The Clippers face a tough test in matchweek ten as they 
travel to German Canadian FC Stadium "The Cove" 
on July 2 (7:30 p.m.) to play west division 
second place side, FC London. 

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