Sat October 1, 2016 League 1 Ontario--Master's Futbol vs Toronto Skillz FC (from League 1 Ontario website)

Masters And Skillz Share The Points In Late Season 4-4 Burner
10/02/2016, 11:30pm EDT
By Colin Benjamin

A spirited comeback from Masters FA turned a potentially one-sided contest 
into an exciting 4-4 draw with Toronto Skillz FC in Masters final home 
game of the season at L'Amoroux stadium.

After Toronto Skillz winger Mario Ramalho (17', 21', 35') had produced 
an excellent solo run to complete his hat-trick and put the visitors 
up 3-1 - despite Tyrell Rayne's (26') strike - Masters were fully 
on the back foot.

However Rayne (40') scored his second to guide the hosts into the 
break 3-2 behind.

And again, despite player coach and former Trinidad & Tobago international 
Leslie Fitzpatrick scoring what looked like the winning goal (69') for the 
visitors, a clear combination of weak defending from Skillz, and strikes 
from Masters' Yasin Shahwan (66') and Allando Matheson (92') in what proved 
to be the final action moment of the match, a draw was finally secured 
by Masters.

"The story of the season has been a true learning experience for us regarding 
the quality we need to compete and challenge in the league," said 
Toronto Skillz FC head coach, Leslie Fitzpatrick. 

"We have seen in certain positions with specific players that we have 
players up there with best in league, while in other positions, especially 
defensively we are deficient and for sure we have to upgrade on our 
defensive options," he continued.

"Tonight's performance was probably the best reflection of the season. 
In attack we are very dangerous with some young talent that can get 
in behind you and play some exciting football - but defensively we are 
not very disciplined."

"Of course the guys are young and are susceptible to mistakes and the 
disappointing thing is after 20 odd games this season those defensive 
errors keep being replicated. When you score four goals you shouldn't 
lose, but credit to Masters they never gave up and in the end it was 
a pretty entertaining game for the spectators," concluded Fitzpatrick. 

Masters FA technical director Junior Groves, although he wasn't totally 
happy, was pleased that the team for the final home game kept fighting 
until the end.

"When we went behind I reflected back at previous games when we started 
badly and never recovered, so that's a positive in the end that they 
were able to come back," noted Groves.

"If you notice when we caught up, they guys eased up and Skillz scored 
- it's a repetitive psychological thing that has been happening all season." 

"I told the players after the game to all reflect on good team and 
individual moments for this game and use it to put together a complete 
performance when we go to Aurora on Wednesday."

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