Sun July 10, 2016 League 1 Ontario--Oakville Blue Devils vs Vaughan Azzurri (from League 1 Ontario website)

Oakville Snaps Vaughan's Unbeaten Streak, Jumps To Third In East
07/11/2016, 3:30pm EDT
By League1 Ontario staff

Oakville Blue Devils offered a rare glimpse on Sunday of the form that 
brought them the 2015 League1 Ontario title, defeating the previously 
unbeaten Vaughan Azzurri 3-0 at Sheridan College, Oakville.

Khody Ellis (18') and Taylor McNamara (25') finishes gave the home 
side a great start to the match, while 2015 Golden Boot winner 
Filipe Vilela (86') added his ninth of the season just shy of full-time.

Oakville keeper Karman Singh Saini claimed the clean sheet - his second 
of the season.

"We worked all week on a certain gameplan, based on some restrictions 
as we have some players injured and suspended, and the boys really 
brought the gameplan to life," said Oakville head coach, Duncan Wilde. 

Oakville had a tough start to their title defense, winning only one 
of their first six matches. However, the Blue Devils have rebounded 
well in their last five outings, winning four.  

"[This win] gives us a great indication of how we are improving because 
we've had a pretty slow start to the season, but that is by far 
the best performance we have put down," said Wilde.

"I thought we worked incredibly hard against a good team. Usually when 
we play Vaughan it is a one goal game, and that is the first time 
we've beaten them in League1 so we are pleased with that."

Vaughan struggled to find a spark, and could not get anything 
on the scoreboard to mount a comeback and preserve their ten 
consecutive match unbeaten run of results. 

"We didn't defend properly, we weren't organized coming out of our 
own third," said assistant coach, Wayne Mills. "A lot of unforced 
errors, just not a good showing for a team of our calibre."

"Now we have to reorganize ourselves, and get ready to play the 
next game. We need to sort things out with our defending, and what 
we do when going forward with the ball, but credit to Oakville 
- they got three goals and held down the lead well."

Now in third position in the west division, Oakville trails 
FC London in second by eight points, and Sigma FC in first 
by fourteen points. Hopeful of building off a positive result, 
Wilde was also aware there was little room left for any missteps 
if the Devils hoped to again find championship form. 

"It'd be great if we could play like that every week, but 
realistically we know we must work hard to be consistent and 
there is still a long way to go this season," he said. 

"Teams in our division have started to spill a few points, 
so it's up to us to keep the pressure on and hopefully we can 
get back in this thing."

Oakville plays next on July 17 (5 p.m.) at Queen's University, 
Tindall Field against Kingston Clippers. 

Vaughan will play an L1 Cup semi-final against Masters FA Saints 
on Wednesday July 13 (8 p.m.) at the Ontario Soccer Centre. 
Vaughan's next league match is July 17 (2 p.m.) against 
Sanjaxx Lions at McNaughton Turf, Vaughan.

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