Sun August 7, 2016 League 1 Ontario--Sigma FC vs Windsor Stars (from League 1 Ontario website)

Four From Allen Propels Sigma To 6-0 Victory Over Windsor
08/08/2016, 11:00am EDT
By League1 Ontario staff

Sigma FC striker Leaford Allen (14', 18', 23', 86') scored four and brought 
his league leading strike form to 17 goals in 16 matches as Sigma hammered 
fellow west division side Windsor 6-0 on Sunday. 

Manvir Brar (56') and Olumide Soji Olatoye (60') added tallies for the 
Mississauga-based academy, with the clean sheet going to Triston Henry.

"It was a shift for us today because we are re-aligning the team with 
a lot of the players moving out and that's what we've had in the last 
week or so with the last few games," said Bobby Smyrniotis, head coach 
of Sigma FC. 

"Today we had a lot of news faces and Soji was one of them. We got 
a young guy in there who has good energy and we know his abilities 
and he executed everything really well including confidence 
going forward."

Both teams were vetting new lineups, with Windsor in particular 
suffering some consequences of an amended match schedule.

"This was a rescheduled game and part of it was because we had 
to make some sacrifices for the All Star," said Windsor 
technical director, Vancho Cirovski. "So most of the kids who 
thought we had a weekend off made plans and so we were depleted 
for talent. That's obviously no excuse. It still could’ve been 
a better contest."

"Our kids played hard, but you could see that  our youth and 
Sigma's experience showed. We didn't create many chances 
to actually be dangerous. And then the strength of Sigma 
just showed. No excuses. It's just another one of those 
building blocks where you have to just learn from it."

Still, with this period of squad changeover a regular feature 
in the League1 Ontario season, both sets of technical staff 
were eager to analyze their new look and find positives.

"Well the experience [was the positive take away]," said Cirovski. 
"Six of our guys were born in 1999 and they played most 
of the game. Now they can recognize it and reflect on what 
it takes to really play at this level."

"The pace of the game is different. The physical nature 
of the game, so it's a learning lesson. Our guys recognize 
that you cant win very game, but this is for the long term. 
And we will take our lessons and learn from them."

"For the most part, most of the guys are gone and we lost 
a lot of our players early this year," said Smyrniotis. 
"Usually we will lose them later in August, but we suffered 
losses earlier this year."

"So we've been trying to find the right formula in the 
last week and all of these players born in 1999, such 
as Soji and Simon who started at CB, are guys who will 
be featuring going forward."

"It's a great way for them to get their feet wet 
as we get ready for London next week, which looks like 
a crucial game for  the Western Division title."

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