Sun July 3, 2016 League 1 Ontario--Vaughan Azzurri vs Sigma FC (from League 1 Ontario website)

Vaughan Azzurri Puts Sigma To The Sword With 3-0 Win
07/04/2016, 4:45pm EDT
By League1 Ontario staff

Former Canada U16/ U17 player Dayonn Harris (63') broke the deadlock in the 
second half between Vaughan Azzurri and Sigma FC, before teammates 
Mario Kovacevic (80') and Daniel Cramarossa (90') added tallies 
to secure the result. 

Vaughan's Jared Brown took the clean sheet on the day. 

"I thought the energy of Dayonn in the second half made a difference 
for sure," said Vaughan head coach, Carmine Isacco. "He came on and 
gave us something different."

"I thought we managed the game well up to then, and that was important 
against these guys because we needed to not let them break us down. 
Dayonn offered a quick change of tempo, and hat's off to him - he did 
that very well."

The loss marked only the second in Sigma's season, the first coming 
mid-week against an up-and-coming Toronto FC Academy side. 

"We haven't been as sharp around goal in our last two matches, which 
have been our first league losses, and I think we need to work 
on that aspect," said Sigma head coach, Bobby Smyrniotis. 

"We'll head back to the training pitch tomorrow, and our next match 
is Thursday. Sometimes it's good to get a quick game in to get 
up and move on."

With Vaughan the only remaining undefeated team in the league, 
and Sigma one of the stories of the season as they sit in first 
position overall, the match was bound to be an engaging 
tactical battle.  

"I think these two teams were always going to have a tactical 
battle," said Smyrniotis. "We know each other well, we know all 
the players on the field, and we all know where we can neutralize 
things and where we can take advantage of things."

"Vaughan did a great job of taking advantage, and deserved their 
win today."

"We came into this today with the mentality of reading the game 
and taking what it gave us," said Vaughan head coach, 
Carmine Isacco. "I thought we would have a lot of success 
countering, and we had some. We did well on the defensive side 
of the ball and keeping a clean sheet, which created more 
opportunities going forward."

"All year if you look at the stats sheet, we have given up a lot 
of goals. We knew if we kept a clean sheet and got the defensive 
side of the ball right that we could get forward with good ball 
movement and keep hammering at getting something in the 
final third. I thought we got those things right today." 

Sigma remains in first place in the west division, and plays 
again on July 7 (9 p.m.) at Hershey Centre 1, Mississauga 
against Masters FA Saints.

Vaughan is currently in second position in the east division, 
and plays again on July 6 (8 p.m.) at Kinsmen Park, Pickering 
against Durham United FA. 

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