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April 29, 2017 League 1 Ontario--Masters FA Saints vs Woodbridge Strikers game review (by Rocket Robin)

Result and details of the Saturday April 29, 2017 League 1 Ontario game between
Masters FA Saints and Woodbridge Strikers played at L'Amoreaux #1 in Scarborough at 9:00pm.

Masters FA Saints (all red, white numbers)

........................55 Danny Grant
3 Yasin Shahwan...5 Alan Fischman...30 Orville Malcom...2 Ashton Hyde
.............10 Martinho Dumevski...8 Jelani Grant (cpt)...12 Kristofer Michael
..............7 Nathan Smith...11 Peter Christidis...20 Meleik De Freitas

Subs:...00 Mark Kamstra (gk)...6 Kamden Holder (def)...16 Aaryn Massy (def)...15 Abbey Kunrunmi (def)
13 Trae Green (mid)...17 Camarri Johnson (fwd)...4 Tristan Watson (fwd)
team officials:...head coach Junior Groves...other team officials: Andrey Savelev, Ricky Titus, Tajlor Plaja
and Randy Olsen

Woodbridge Strikers (all white, blue numbers)

.........................12 Quillan Roberts
11 Stephen Almeida...4 Francesco Sinopoli...5 Michael Fayehum...3 Kyle Watson
15 James Baker...8 Oscar Cordon...14 Joel Anderson...19 Stefano Voci
.................16 Dylan Carreiro...9 Milan Beader

Subs:...12 Stefano Mercuri (gk)...6 Joshua Paredes-Proctor...10 Christian Cavallini...13 Eric Soares
...17 Emmanual Issac...20 Luca Baldassarre...24 Domenico Futia
team officials:...head coach Peter Pinizzotto...assistant coach Damion Scott...manager John Scarlato
...equipment manager Amedeo Pellegrino...therapist Justin Miranda

1st Half:...game starts 9:01pm.
2 min...MFA Smith is bumped over in box on run down left but can't win Penalty kick.
4 min...MFA Nathan Smith GOAL...MFA Maleik DeFreitas on right eludes defender and short
centering pass to Smith who shoots low 12 yarder into left corner of net past
diving goalie Quillan Roberts.
7 min...WS Carreiro 40 yard freekick from right bounces through box including defender
who dove to try to head ball away but ball bounces wide left for goalkick.
10 min...WS goalie catches 35 yarder from right.
12 min...WS Carreiro can't win freekick on knock over on edge of box.
The Strikers are getting called for a lot of offsides.
17 min...MFA Christidis has 10 yard shot on left blocked by defender.
18 min...MFA goalie runs to edge of box to catch long bouncer ahead of WS Baker.
19 min...MFA Smith is injured at WS 28 yard line.
22 min...WS Baker blasts 28 yard shot down middle that goalie leans over to catch on left post.
24 min...MFA Christidis on run up left crosses behind the net.
26 min...WS Carreiro cornerkick from right has WS player head ball wide in crowd of players.
29 min...WS Carreiro 30 yard freekick dwon middle is blasted well over net.
30 min...MFA Dumevski wins freekick when he's tckled and injured at WS 40 yard line.
31 min...MFA Jelani Grant 40 yard freekick down middle bends to right but over MFA player
waiting to head it.
32 min...WS Almeida centers pass from right and WS Carreiro shoots 25 yarder from right is wide left.
34 min...WS Beader recovers MFA defender's chesting down in ball down and shoots 25 yarder rolled up middle
that's stopped.
35 min...MFA Dumevski taps freekick and MFA Jelani Grant blasts 30 yard freekick that goalie bats down
and recovers to stop point bland shot from 7 yards on right post.
36 min...WS Baker low cross from 22 yards on right is through box unplayed.
37 min...WS Carreiro turns and fires low 25 yarder up middle that goalie dives to save on left post.
39 min...MFA Jelani Grant low 15 yard shot from far right has goalie dive forward to stop and pick up rebounc.
42 min...WS Carreiro 30 yard freekick from right has defender leap to head ball away.
43 min...WS player's 22 yard freekick down middle has goalie bat ball down and catch as it bends
to him in center of net.
44 min...MFA DeFreitas cornerkick from left has two defenders on left post clear off each other.
45 min...WS Carreiro long pass from 45 yard line on right finds charging WS Voci at 25 yards in middle
and he runs forward and slides to roll 15 yarder that goalie smothers with MFA Shahwan having caught him.
46 min...WS Carreiro passes foward to WS Beader but defender concedes cornerkick.
47 min...WS Carreiro cornerkick from right bends behind net.
47 min...half ends 9:48pm.

2nd Half:...starts 10:03pm.
47 min...MFA Shahwan stops and tees up 30 yard shot up middle well wide left.
51 min...WS Baker leaps to knock down cross from right but defenders clear at 10 yards.
52 min...MFA Hyde rush down left but crosses ball behind net.
53 min...WS Baker gets by defender on left but second defender pokes ball away before he gets away shot.
53 min...WS sub...Paredes-Procter replaces Voci.
53 min...WS Carreiro cornerkick from left has defender clear ball in box.
54 min...WS Watson cross from 20 yards on far left is caught by goalie.
55 min...WS Baker rush down left and low cross through box has WS Paredes-Procter blasts 12 yarder
up middle well over net.
57 min...WS Baker blasts 25 yarder from left high and wide right.
58 min...WS YELLOW card...Anderson earns it for tackle on MFA Dumevski at MFA 50 yard line.
58 min...MFA sub...Johnson replaces Christidis.
59 min...WS goalie steps to right to pick up shot.
59 min...MFA Dumevski is injured at MFA 45 yard line.
61 min...MFA sub...Holder replaces injured Dumevski.
63 min...WS Cordon turns and shoots 20 yarder from right just wide right of post.
64 min...MFA DeFreitas beats defender on far right and cross to center is called back behind
end line before taking shot.
65 min...MFA DeFreitas blasts 35 yard freekick up middle that diving goalie stops on left post
but gives up rebound for cornerkick.
66 min...MFA DeFreitas cornerkick from left has goalie miss making catch.
67 min...WS Sinopoli clears ball high behind line as WS goalie is checked off ball in box
by two MFA players squeezing on him on right side of box.
70 min...WS Carreiro cross from 30 yards on left finds leaping WS Baker to chest down in box
and shoots 10 yarder into outside webbing of net.
73 min...WS Carreiro threads pass on left forward to WS Cordon who has defender clear ball
at 10 yards on left.
74 min...MFA YELLOW card...Fischman earns it for checking WS Carreiro at WS 45 yard line.
76 min...WS sub...Baldassarre replaces Baker.
77 min...MFA Jelani Grant recovers partial clearance and blasts 20 yarder down middle well
high and wide right.
79 min...WS sub...Futia replaces Cordon.
80 min...WS Paredes-Proctor cornerkick from left has defender MFA Shahwan head ball away
on left post. WS Baldassarre blasts partial clearance well high and over net.
80 min...MFA sub...Watson replaces DeFreitas.
82 min...WS Carreiro 25 yard freekick from right is headed away and WS Anderson chips shot
up middle from 25 yards back into box but ball is headed away by defender.
84 min...WS Luca Baldassarre GOAL...WS Milan Beader takes ball off MFA player
who'd just chested ball down at 30 yards on right and taps pass over to a WS player who
bends 15 yards that goalie dives to stop on left post. WS Baldassarre recovers at 10 yards and has
first shot stopped by defender on left post but shoots rebound in from 6 yards over fallen goalie.
86 min...MFA sub...Massy replaces injured Hyde.
87 min...MFA YELLOW card...Danny Grant (the goalie) earns it for time wasting.
91 min...WS goalie catches 30 yarder with MFA Watson barrelling trowards him.
92 min...MFA Jelani Grant cross from right after short cornerkick from right has defender
head ball away on left.
92 min...WS Baldassarre rush up middle and rolls 20 yarder that goalie dives right to save.
94 min...WS Joshua Paredes-Proctor GOAL...WS Dylan Carreiro rushes on left and sends
low cross from 25 yards into box which is a step in front of charging WS player but
Paredes-Proctor is charging in from right and blasts 12 yarder off underside of the bar
in the center of net.
97 min...MFA player's cornerkick from left is knocked around in box but nothing gets past defenders.
98 min...MFA Watson can't win Penalty kick just insdie WS box on collision.
98 min...game ends 10:54pm.

Final Score:...Masters FA Saints..1..Woodbridge Strikers..2....

Attendance eventually grew to about 120 on this cold night.  
They were quite vocal cheering and booing with 
a Caribbean flavour.  The wind from the L1O afternoon games 
had died down but my feet were numb by the end of the game.  

I've never seen a team be called for offside as often 
as Woodbridge tonight.  They never gave up though and 
eventually it paid off with the two goals with the pressure 
they put on for the last 25 minutes plus stoppage time.    

The game had some rough play but referee Braeden Krampert 
gave out few cards.  Whistles and warnings yes but he wasn't 
listening to the sirens' call from the MFA bench.   

Strikers have been known over the short L1O history to have 
one of the best defences in the league. They've made 
a few changes with goalie Matt George bolting for 
Oakville Blue Devils. A few new defenders and goalie 
Quillan Roberts from TFC and TFC II have joined the team.  
I was expecting Roberts would have an easy time and spend 
the year with Strikers just waiting for a call up to play 
somewhere in the new CPL league the next year but 
he struggled tonight. It might have been the first 
shot/first goal so early that jarred him but he was 
saving freekicks and shots but giving up rebounds 
or fumbling them out of bounds for cornerkicks.  We'll 
have to see if time to fit in with the team and warmer 
weather helps Roberts' confidence.  

Danny Grant in the MFA net was much busier.  He kept 
them in the game until the end.  Note that both Strikers 
scorers were subs with Baldassarre scoring after 
only eight minutes of action.  

On the MFA bench as a team official was Rick Titus, 
who last year was the coach of North Mississauga Panthers.  
He's been with MFA for less than a week but has big 
plans for the team.  He said he wants to treat the club 
as family.  He said he has some players he will bring 
over from last year's team.  This may be four to six 
of the stars of last year's team (to be fair I'll wait 
and not speculate who they are).  Even with the 
current roster, the team looks much better than last year.  

Masters next game will be next Saturday at 9:00pm 
against Ottawa South United Force.  

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca
@RocketRobin01

Masters FA Saints starters

Woodbridge Strikers starters

MFA Ashton Hyde (2) takes throw-in.

MFA players try rush down left side.

action after Strikers cornerkick.

MFA Martinho Dumevski (10) and Nathan Smith (7) take second half kickoff.

Strikers players line up to defend freekick.

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