Sat June 25, 2016 League 1 Ontario--North Mississauga Panthers vs Vaughan Azzurri (from League 1 Ontario website)

Vaughan Drops To Third In East After 1-1 Draw With North Miss
06/26/2016, 2:30pm EDT
By League1 Ontario staff

North Mississauga Panthers and Vaughan Azzurri had to settle 
on a share of the points after drawing 1-1 at Hershey Centre, 
Mississauga on Saturday.

North Mississauga's Jordan Montoya (6') opened the scoring 
inside ten minutes, before Vaughan's Jarek Whiteman (23') 
cancelled it out with his equalizer just before the half-hour. 

In a tight and physical second half, Vaughan's Matthew Stinson 
was dismissed (52') after receiving his second caution 
in the match. 

North Mississauga could not find a way to penetrate the Vaughan 
defence though, and in post-match head coach Rick Titus was 
complimentary of the Azzurri's defensive posture and resolve.

"I'll tell you what the opposition did," he said. "And this 
is why they are in first place. They slowed the game down. 
They got behind the ball. And they forced us to play wide and 
close areas very quickly. It was a good defensive effort 
by them, very intelligent, and we couldn't crack the code 
so to speak."

"There were a couple of really clear chances we could've 
finished and we didn't really put the game away," he added. 
"But, you know, sometimes you can get lulled into a little 
bit of a sleep. And when those opportunities do happen, 
you have to be clear enough in your head, mature enough 
and professional enough to finish it."

Vaughan Azzurri finished the day in third place in the east 
division, one point behind Woodbridge Strikers. Vaughan 
will play west division first place side Sigma FC 
on July 3 (2 p.m.) at McNaughton Turf, Vaughan. 

North Mississauga Panthers are in fifth place in the 
west division and will play Toronto Skillz on June 29 (7 p.m.) 
at Hershey Centre, Mississauga. 

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