Sat July 2, 2016 League 1 Ontario--Masters Futbol vs Pro Stars FC (from League 1 Ontario website)

Masters And Pro Stars Grind Out 1-1 Draw
07/04/2016, 4:30pm EDT
By League1 Ontario staff

Pro Stars Courtney Mitchell Smith (29') and Masters Tyrell Rayne (30') lit up the 
scoreboard within one minute of each other in Saturday night league play, but that 
was all the fireworks as the two sides split the points with a draw. 

"I think we can take positives here, it's a good result on the road and it's 
two games unbeaten for us and so we keep picking up points which is important," 
said Pro Stars head coach, Omar Jbaihi. 

"I think we absolutely dominated the game from start to finish. I think they 
had three or four shots on net today and we must have had twenty plus. If we 
had been more ruthless today it could have been three, four or five to one."

Both sets of technical staff bemoaned a lack of composure in front of net. 
Masters Tyrell Rayne, after scoring a highlight reel effort, could not make 
good on various other opportunities.  

"Tyrell's composure in front of net today was not really on, but his 
attacking of the ball and the willingness to get into position was on, 
and that's what we spent some time on this week," said Masters 
technical director, Junior Groves.  

"I think he was ready and up for the task and as you can see he got all 
the chances, and a very good goal. He could have scored about five, but 
that's life and the key thing is he got himself the chances because 
he's putting himself into position."

Both teams have had irregular form this season, getting positive and 
negative results that made consistency hard to come by. Both sets 
of coaches were concerned with the manner of performance, and had their 
eye set on the bigger picture.   

"A draw is not a bad result for us, but I just didn't like the game," 
said Groves. "The continuity, formation, organization and communication 
wasn't really there. I look forward to this week of training and putting 
it together again. The great thing was that we got through the game with 
our 2000 goalkeeper doing a fantastic job."

"We're happy that we're creating opportunities and our overall play today 
was very good," said Jbhaihi. 

"The way we moved the ball up and down the field through the zones, 
but we just couldn't capitalize in front of net." 

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