Fri October 7, 2016 League 1 Ontario--FC London vs Sanjaxx Lions (from League 1 Ontario website)

London Captain Marcoccia Scores Four In Season Closer 
10/08/2016, 4:00pm EDT
By League1 Ontario staff

FC London captain Mike Marcoccia (9', 34', 44', 55') scored four in the club's 
final match to take his tally on the season to 14 in 18 games, and lead the home 
side to a 5-1 win over the visiting Sanjaxx Lions. 

"I think we're excited and motivated for the weekend ahead and the championship 
final next weekend, and that showed on the pitch tonight, but obviously we know 
that the next week of training is the most important," said Marcoccia.  

"We need to keep our heads down and continue to work." 

Daniel Amaya (62') added London's final goal of the night, before Sanjaxx's 
Charles Jia (68') struck with a late consolation for the travelling side. 

"I thought they did well," said Sanjaxx head coach, Laza Lowe. "We made some 
careless mistakes and were punished for it, and it went to prove that at this 
level those types of mistakes are unforgiven. Hopefully they learned from it." 

 FC London brought through some younger players on the night, showcasing 
 some of the depth of the club. 

"It was really nice tonight, we had a lot of players from our U21 team played 
in the first eleven and some came on the pitch too, and I think that's really 
important for our club to see our younger players can come out here and 
perform at this level," said Marcoccia. 

"I think they played good," said FC London head coach, Mario Despotovic. 
"We have another game on Saturday so today we wanted to give the opportunity 
to some of the players that trained hard all season. We wanted them to get 
a bit of the atmosphere that we have on game day here in London." 

Both Lowe and Despotovic had their focus on the bigger picture after the match, 
with Lowe finding positives in his team's overall development during the season, 
and Despotovic turning his attentions to next weekend's 2016 League1 
Ontario Men's Championship Final.

"To be honest, I did not yet look at the [recording of the] team we will 
play in the final," said Despotovic. "We watched Sanjaxx and wanted to focus 
on them first . We will establish the preparation tomorrow." 

"t's a learning experience for [Sanjaxx] and I'm proud of them - they've 
had a good season," said Lowed. 

"We'll see what next season brings, but we're looking forward to it and 
the players are looking forward to it. We are proud of our accomplishment 
this season. We thought they acquitted themselves well, and they are learning 
from the process. It's a process that they have to learn through - learn 
how to play and then learn how to manage games."

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