Mon July 18, 2016 League 1 Ontario--Toronto Skillz FC vs Toronto FC Academy (from League 1 Ontario website)

TFC Academy Scores Four On Toronto Skillz To Extend Winning Form
07/22/2016, 2:00pm EDT
By League1 Ontario staff

Toronto FC Academy got their fourth consecutive win in the 
matchweek 12 closer, beating Toronto Skillz 4-1 
at Birchmount Stadium, Scarborough.

Glenn Muenkat (35', 62') led the way for the Junior Reds, 
with Nicholas Osorio (81') and Malik Smith (83') adding late goals. 

The two sides were evenly matched for much of the proceedings, 
with Lukas Risto (61') levelling the score just after an hour, 
but TSkillz lost their edge after conceding Muenkat's second 
just a minute later. 

"At 1-1 Toronto Skillz came out and they took our game away 
from us in the final third," said Toronto FC Academy 
head coach, Stuart Neely. 

"They defended well, they were physically strong, and they 
looked to counter and catch us, but they didn't 
maintain possession. There can be a situation of having 
too much of the ball at times, and we weren't effective 
with it in the first half." 

"I felt there was a goal in this for the Skillz, 
and I told the players when it comes it will be your 
wake-up call. When it came it was almost on cue, 
as we were getting a bit sloppy in possession, getting 
a bit too carried away and trying to be too cute on the ball, 
and they tied it up. It was 1-1 but I felt we still had 
the opportunity to respond, and from that point we began 
to wake up and got an immediate second goal, and from that 
point on I think we dominated."

Toronto Skillz head coach Leslie "Tiger" Fitzpatrick felt 
his side had a decent start to the match, but succumbed 
to a persistent weakness.

"We managed the game well in the first half, but we gifted 
them a goal after a mis-communication between the back four 
and the keeper, so we talked about that at half and about 
trying to get back into the game and getting a goal," 
he said. 

"In general, we talk about the five minute rule in this 
game, and it seems every time we score a goal in this 
league we give up a goal within five minutes, and that 
is exactly what happened today," he added. "That will 
hurt you."

"From there I think we had a lot of poor decision making 
and the game intelligence just wasn't there to be able 
to manage the game."

Toronto FC Academy leapfrogged North Mississauga Panthers 
and Oakville Blue Devils in the standings to take over 
fourth position in the west with 18 points from 12 matches. 

TFCA's next match is against North Toronto Nitros 
on July 24 (3 p.m.) at University of Toronto's Varsity Stadium.

Toronto Skillz remains in eighth place in the east division 
with four points from 12 matches. TSkillz will play 
Oakville Blue Devils on July 24 (3 p.m.) 
at Sheridan College, Oakville. 

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