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Result and details from the Saturday May 6, 2017 League 1 Ontario game
between Masters FA Saints and Ottawa South United Force played at L'Amoreaux Park in Scarborough at 9:00pm.

Master's FA Saints (all red, white numbers)

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

Subs:...1 Mark Kamstra (gk)...6 Kamden Holder...15 Steven Craig...13 Kevin Dhillon
...17 Camarri Johnson...14 Courtney Smith...19 Aaryn Massy
team officials:...head coach Rick Titus...team officials Andrey Savelev, Junior Groves,
Tajlor Plaja, Rancy Olsen, and Norm Lee

Ottawa South United Force (all white, blue numbers)

.....................99 Dylan Roosign
........5 Rowen Marmo-Hoilett...8 Stefan Angelic...4 Justin Earle...23 Walker Smith
12 Alex Nzanga...21 George-Anthony El-Asmar...3 Andres Sanchez-Cailedo...10 Marco Natoli
........9 Dario Conte (cpt)...7 Gabriel Bittar

Subs:...19 Jereny Aweya...24 Kwarenba Rempong...20 Myles Cornwall...16 Jemuel Paul
...23 Walker Smith
team officials:...head coach Traian Mateas...team official Raz El-Asmar

Game officials:...referee David Barrie...referee's assistants Felip Ducic and Powell Horo----
...fourth official Fabrizio Stasolla...(all black uniforms)

1st Half:...game starts 9:01pm...MFA defends south end on this very cold and windy night with a drizzly rain.
2 min...OSUF Sanchez-Cailedo 30 yard blast from left is wide left of net.
3 min...MFA Dumevski rolls 15 yarder through crowd of players wide right of net.
5 min...MFA Smith is checked off ball on edge of OSUF box.
10 min...MFA defender checks OSUF player on left side of box.
13 min...OSUF Walker 30 yard blast from left has goalie dive and ball deflects over net.
14 min...OSUF player's cornerkick from left has OSUF Angelic shoot over net from 10 yards.
15 min...OSUF Bittar rush down right and low cross has OCUF Natoli whiff on ball at 10 yards in middle.
18 min...MFA De Freitas overruns bouncer on edge of box.
19 min...OSUF player at 15 yards on left rolls ball over end line when no player runs for it.
21 min...OSUF Sanchez-Cailedo low 20 yarder from left is smothered by goalie.
23 min...OSUF Gabriel Bittar GOAL...Bittar rushes along left end line towards goal and instead of passing puts it into net between near post and goalie.
24 min...MFA Jelani Grant 15 yard shot from sharp right is rolled wide left of net.
26 min...OSUF Smith 25 yard shot from left is well over net.
29 min...MFA Jelani Grant pass forward from 30 yards bends away from MFA Nathan Smith for goalkick.
30 min...MFA Fischman blasts rebound of blocked shot is well over net.
31 min...OSUF Sanchez-Cailedo blasts 22 yard shot from left that goalie palms wide right of post.
32 min...OSUF Conte cornerkick to OSUF Smith is washed on right side.
35 min...OSUF sub...Cornwall replaces Sanchez-Cailedo.
36 min...MFA Christidis and De Freitas work ball up but called offside near OSUF end line.
38 min...Masters Maleik DeFreitas GOAL...DeFreitas blasts low freekick from left past wall and ball bounces over sprawling goalie Dylan Roosign on left post.
39 min...MFA Hyde cross from near left corner flag is through 6 yard box unplayed.
41 min...MFA De Freitas cornerkick from left is over players in box and out left side.
42 min...OSUF Bittar races on left and shoots 20 yarder over net.
43 min...OSUF Conte 40 yard freekick from left is out wide right of net.
44 min...OSUF Bittar chip from 30 yards is over players on edge of box and bounces to goalie.
46 min...half ends 9:47pm.

2nd Half:...starts 10:03pm.
halftime sub:...OSUF Paul replaces Nzarga.
50 min...OSUF Stefan Angelic GOAL...OSUF player's cornerkick from right is cleared from box but Angelic rolls 25 yard shot through players and goalie Danny Grant squatting to make pick up has it slip though his hands and deflect into left corner of the net.
54 min...OSUF Paul rush in from 40 yards on left but his shot is rushed and wide left.
56 min...MFA Jelani Grant 40 yard freekick from right has MFA player not able to get header at 15 yards on left.
57 min...OSUF Bittar rush on left has defender poke ball for cornerkick.
57 min...MFA sub...Massy replaces Nathan Smith.
.........MFA sub...Courtney Smith replaces Dumevski.
58 min...OSUF Conte wastes cornerkick from left with no play into box.
60 min...OSUF Bittar break-in from 40 yards and shot from 15 yards has goalie sprawl to save.
High rebound on right but deflected away.
61 min...OSUF Marco Natoli GOAL...Natoli shoots 15 yarder that goalie slides to save and Natoli gets to rebound to shoot over him.
63 min...OSUF Marco Natoli GOAL...Natoli gets pass from right and blasts 15 yarder from left into roof of center of net. No defenders were close to him on the left side.
64 min...MFA sub...Johnson replaces Christidis.
.........OSUF sub...Aweya replaces Bittar.
65 min...OSUF Conte blasts low 25 yarder up middle is just wide left through crowd of players.
66 min...MFA sub...Craig replaces Fischman.
68 min...OSUF player beats MFA defender watching ball roll over end line and quick cross has OSUF Aweya from 15 yards shoots just wide right of post.
70 min...MFA player's 40 yard freekick from right is batted down and caught by goalie.
72 min...OSUF Jereny Aweya GOAL...Aweya receives a cross from the right and takes low blaster from 18 yards up middle and goalie stops but momentum rolls it over him from 7 yards and it trickles into the net.
73 min...OSUF sub...Rempong replaces Marmo-Hoilett.
.........OSUF sub...Soukary replaces El-Asmar.
80 min...MFA Holder blasts 25 yarder down middle on run is just high wide left of top corner of net.
81 min...OSUF Cornwall rush on left and rolls through 6 yard box unplayed.
81 min...OSUF Paul shoots 3 yarder on righ post well over net.
82 min...MFA sub...Michael replaces Holder.
84 min...MFA Massy blasts shot that goalie palms over net.
85 min...MFA De Freitas cornerkick from right is over players in box.
85 min...OSUF Earle leaves field with bloody nose and they end up playing short the rest of the game.
85 min...OSUF Cornwall rush to left end line and rolls cross through 6 yard box that defender clears from right.
87 min...OSUF goalie dives to stop MFA De Freitas low blast from 20 yards on left.
90 min...MFA player's cornerkick from left took too long to set up and referee blows whistle to end game.
90 min...game ends 10:48pm.

Final Score:...Masters FA Saints......1......Ottawa South United Force......5.......

Attendance was about 80 which was only slightly less than last week. 
Last week it was brutally cold and windy. Now take that same weather 
(this first weekend in May) and add a constant drizzle and it's 
understandable. Before the game the grounds crew (made up of teenagers 
from what I saw) were told to anchor the tent canopies over the player 
benches and they first secured the visitors bench but disbursed to get 
more rope to tie between the feet and the chain link fence. They didn't 
come back for more than half an hour. In the meantime on the fourth 
official's table, the table top scoreboard blew over. I'd say it weighed 
at least 20 pounds—smash!--although when it was set back up it did run 
without a problem. Next the canopy got caught in the wind and popped its 
pegs and started to skid downfield. There's now something I can add 
to my league resume—human tent peg—I held on until there was a break 
in the wind. The other canopies were finally secured with extra pinnies 
and covers.

The most popular tune on the PA turned out to be Bob Marley's tune 
'Three Little Birds' with the song being cued to the part "Don't worry 
about a thing, every little thing's going to be alright" played every 
time the visitors scored. If last week wasn't bad at only two plays 
against Woodbridge, this was worse at five times.

I thought Masters had a chance at halftime because now it would be 
OSUF running into the wind and having the rain in their face but 
instead they kept the ball mostly on the ground and had the Masters' 
goalie fumble some of their shots.

OSUF ended up playing short from 84 minutes because Justin Earle was 
ordered to leave the field to treat his bloody nose and OSUF had used 
their five subs (also the number of extra players they'd brought anyway). 
OK the Master's trainer patched him up quickly but the fourth made him 
change his bloody #4 jersey. They found him the #12 of Alex Nzarga who'd 
already been subbed off (ewwww note to team 1. print more game rosters 
for the 'media' 2. bring a few extra unused jerseys) only thing is he 
bloodied up the #12 too from blood on his hands so he couldn't get on 
the field with that neither so the coach decided to play short.

Referee David Barrie who didn't give out any Yellow cards and signaled 
for no extra time...yeah we crowded under under the fourth official's 
canopy agreed, a 5-1 lead, let's get out of the wind and rain and go home!

The players from Masters' new official Rick Titus haven't joined yet 
but if it's the four to six guys I think that made North Mississauga 
so good last year, I can see them fitting in well and upgrading this team. 
Right now Masters are better than at this time last year although tonight's 
scoreline happened too frequently early last season.

Masters have always mostly played Saturday night at 9:00pm but this was 
pretty brutal for the team from Ottawa because not ending until 11:00pm 
and the league not having a hotel sponsor it would now be a five hour 
drive back to their home city. I didn't get home until almost midnight 
and I'm in the suburb beside this one. They do get a break in a weekend 
in July when they play an 'away' game against Windsor (across the river 
from Detroit) and at least five hours West of Toronto in Woodbridge part 
of the GTA! Lucky me. I'll try to catch this game. Saves OSU a ten hour 
drive for a two hour game then a ten hour return drive. An uneven 
east-west schedule ensures there won't be a return game. I'll assume 
the bingo balls will be weighted so they won't Cup draw against each other.

OSUF are off to a flying start with two wins in two games in two road 
games this season. However Aurora and Masters are not close to 
representing the best in Toronto area teams based on last year's records. 
I will assume OSUF will have a great home record because GTA teams 
will not adapt to the long trip only once a season.

Before the game I was talking to the OSUF coach Traian Mateas to tell 
him that Clint Irwin earned a shutout for Toronto FC in a road game 
against Seattle this afternoon. He played for the one season 
of Capital Cities FC existance in 2011 in the CSL. We also talked 
about Ottawa Wizards years before that playing in 'Carp' a
suburb far away from the city (have to find an atlas for me).

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca
twitter @RocketRobin01

Masters FA Saints starters
Ottawa South United Force starters

MFA Maleik De Freitas (20) and Nathan Smith (7) take opening kickoff.

OSUF Alex Nzarga (12) on rush on right.

OSUF throw-in.

MFA Maleik De Freitas (20) and Jelani Grant (8) line up for freekick.

OSUF Marco Natoli (10) takes second half kickoff.

The bus that brought the visitors here tonight.

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