Sun August 28, 2016 League 1 Ontario--North Toronto Nitros vs Vaughan Azzurri (from League 1 Ontario website)

Mikelic Brace Helps Vaughan To 5-2 Result Over North Toronto Nitros
08/30/2016, 12:15am EDT
By League1 Ontario staff

Vaughan Azzurri continues to show their quality atop the east division table, 
taking down a well-organized and talented North Toronto Nitros 5-2 following goals 
from Marko Miketic (8', 11'), Brandon Mills (90 + 3'), Jarek Whiteman (3') 
and Jashua Mills (90 + 4').

"We had a real positive start, which turned out to be the worst possible case 
for us as we started to let the game get away from us and made it closer than 
we cared for," said Vaughan assistant coach, Patrice Gheisar. 

"We managed to push hard and finish the game strong, but they certainly made 
a good comeback after a three nothing start in the first fifteen minutes." 

Nitros pulled two goals back through Killian Elkinson (67') 
and Farzan Ansari (33') but it wouldn't be enough to grab any points.

"We started slow and they got three quick goals, but as the game progressed 
we improved and we got two goals and made it close," said North Toronto 
assistant coach, Ilya Orlov. 

"It was a competitive game, and then in the last bit while we were pushing 
they scored two goals."

The second half set up nicely for the contest, as Nitros battled their 
way back and looked likely to take advantage of a period of instability 
for the Azzurri. 

"We had a player come off with injury in the second half, and we were 
missing some of our core players down the spine of the team, but we fought 
hard to keep it close," explained Gheisar. 

"They certainly put forward a great effort to make it 3-2 and our guys 
showed great character to finish it strong at 5-2." 

"When we pushed for the equalizer, of course we left space at the back 
and they scored on the counter, which they put away well," confirmed Orlov.

With five game remaining in Vaughan season, the Azzurri sit in first 
with 40 points - five points clear of second place side, Woodbridge Strikers. 
The Azzurri's next match will be against another challenger, third place 
side Durham United FA at Kinsmen Park, Pickering on September 1, 8 p.m. 

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