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Result and details of the League 1 Ontario game of Friday May 12, 2017 between
Durham United FA and Aurora FC at The Pickering Soccer Centre in Pickering at 7:30pm.

Durham United FA (all black uniforms, yellow numbers)

...................0 Ben Cowman
13 Le Shaun Young...5 Joe Zupo...6 Cameron Brooks...18 Vince Sasso
12 Tim Flynn...7 Chistian Moncrieffe...17 Joseph Roccasalva...8 Edward Lay...11 Jonathon Parolini
................10 Kashiff De Jonge (cpt)

Subs:...1 Eugene Alves (gk)...9 La Rohne Young...2 Trevor Hill...15 Tyrell Rayne
...14 Michael Malorano...3 Tajmir Ashraq
team officials:...head coach Sanford Carabin...other officials Felix Dirienzo and Desmond Warner

Aurora FC (yellow socks and shirts, black shorts and numbers)

....................1 Adam Scanlon
3 Calvin Witzell...4 Gianmariano Della Serra...16 Matthew Strangis...2 Michael Nitchov
..........6 Frederic Ameyaw (cpt)...5 Juliano Santia...11 Dylan Rennie
..........7 Baeel Rashrash...10 Matthew Caguana...9 Christopher Jacovou

Subs:...22 Alexaander Jakma (gk)...8 Lucas Doros...13 Anu Makinwa...12 Jared Agyemang
...15 Christopher Cifuentes...17 Jackson Tooke...18 Alec Nardi
team officials:...team head coach Derek O'Keeffe...assistant coaches Dave Diplacido and Jimmy Brennan
...manager Nicholas Fiore

1st Half:...game starts 7:30pm...DUFA defends east end of this indoor facility.
3 min...Aur Rennie knocks down ball with shoulder of upraised arm and rolls 25 yard shot from left wide right of net.
5 min...DUFA Lay 35 yard shot is over crowd of players and net.
8 min...DUFA Lay 40 yard freekick from right is headede out on left side of box by defender in crowd of players.
9 min...DUFA goalie catches low 25 yard shot from left.
12 min...Aur Jacovou low 30 yard shot from left is directly to goalie.
12 min...DUFA Christian Moncrieffe GOAL...DUFA Cameron Brooks sends
pass from 25 yards and Moncrieffe shoots 10 yard shot on left past sliding
goalie into left side of net.
14 min...DUFA Kashiff De Jonge GOAL...AFC goalie Adam Scanlon blasts
clearance from 6 yards on left post that hits player at 10 yards and falls
to DUFA Jonathan Parolini who touches ball to De Jonge who quickly
takes 12 yarder from left into open net.
16 min...DUFA Parolini cross from 22 yards on left is headed away by defender.
18 min...DUFA defenders clear Aur player's cross into box from right.
19 min...DUFA Lay blasts 28 yard shot from right that goalie palms over bar.
19 min...DUFA player's cornerkick from right is cleared for fast break out.
22 min...DUFA Lay low 30 yard blast up middle is between players and wide left of net.
24 min...DUFA Lay cornerkick from right has DUFA player pop up header but ball is cleared from box.
25 min...DUFA Moncrieffe rolls 12 yarder near end line on left through 6 yard box that's unplayed.
30 min...DUFA Lay blasts 30 yard freekick down middle well wide left of net.
30 min...AFC Matthew Caguana GOAL...AFC Dylan Rennie on pass/deflection
from 18 yards on left reaches Caguana who shoots low 12 yarder down
middle into right side of net.
32 min...DUFA Tim Flynn GOAL...DUFA Edward Lay cornerkick from right
is headed across box and AFC defender misses bicycle kick clearance at 12 yards.
Flynn standing beside him recovers ball on left and takes low shot into right side of net.
33 min...Aur Rashrash rolls cross from 20 yards across box from right that has goalie
pick up just ahead of charging Aur player at 7 yards.
34 min...Aur sub...Agyemang replaces Rashrash.
36 min...Aur goalie catches deflected cornerkick from left and survives but from DUFA player.
36 min...DUFA Caguana finds loose ball in middle and inswinging 25 yarder down middle just misses
top right corner.
41 min...Aur Agyemang holds off defenders and passes from 22 yards in middle to Aur Jacovou
on right and his short cross is wide right.
43 min...DUFA Moncrieffe low 15 yard shot between players from left hits right goalpost and is cleared.
45 min...Aur Caguana cornerkick from right is caught by goalie in crowd of players overhead on left
side of box.
45 min...Aur Agyemang recovers poor DUFA pass but rolls weak 20 yarder straight to DUFA goalie.
46 min...half ends 8:16pm.

2nd Half:...starts 8:27pm.
45 min...DUFA Lay pokes ball at 22 yards in middle past defender but rolls to goalie.
48 min...DUFA Moncrieffe receives throw-in from right but off balance shot from 22 yards on right
is well high and left across box.
54 min...Auf Agyemang received rolled centering pass from right and rolls 12 yard shot that defender
deflects just wide left of post.
55 min...Aur Gaguana cornerkick from left has defender charge towards him to heasd behind line.
55 min...Aur Gaguana cornerkick from left is over players in box and DUFA start fast break out.
56 min...Aur Rennie is injured in Aur box and needs trainer to help him off field.
58 min...Aur sub...Nardi replaces injured Rennie.
58 min...DUFA Christian Moncrieffe GOAL...DUFA Cameron Brooks takes
low 30 yard freekick from right that's into box and players on both teams miss
connecting on edge of 6 yard box. Moncrieffe charging in on left side of box
connects on 10 yarder blasting ball into right side of net.
59 min...Aur sub...Tooke replaces Santia.
60 min...DUFA Parolini on right sends through ball pass to DUFA Le Shaun Young and cross
into box eventually is cleared.
61 min...Aur Nardi low cross from 25 yards on left has goalie beat Aur Agyemang
to smother at 7 yards. 63 min...DUFA Flynn low 25 yard shot from left bounces to goalie.
65 min...DUFA Flynn is given chipped pass on left at 25 yards and his low shot is picked up by goalie.
68 min...DUFA sub...Rayne replaces Flynn.
69 min...Aur Tooke eludes defender and gets 22 yarder low cross that defender clears.
70 min...Aur Caguana low cross from 20 yards on far left is smothered by goalie diving forward at 6 yard box.
73 min...Aur Caguana 30 yard freekick from left has leap in defender flick header out right side of box.
73 min...DUFA sub...Maiorano replaces Roccasalva.
74 min...AFC Jackson Tooke draws Penalty kick from referee John Vlahos on run to just inside right side of box.
75 min...AFC Christopher Jacovou blasts Penalty kick low to left post and
diving goalie Ben Cowman gets hand to stop it and defender clears.
75 min...Aur Della Serra low blast from 50 yards up middle is just wide right of post.
76 min...Aur sub...Cifuentes replaces Witzell.
77 min...DUFA De Jonge on run down left blasts 25 yarder from left over net.
78 min...DUFA Le Shaun Young high cross from 35 yards on right has DUFA De Jonge
head 20 yarder on left into the ground and ball bounces over the net.
79 min...DUFA Lay cornerkick from left has DUFRA Rayne flick header wide right of net.
80 min...DUFA sub...La Rohne Young replaces De Jonge.
81 min...Aur Caguana 33 yard yard freekick from left.
82 min...DUFA Rayne eludes defende3r to get low 22 yard shot up middle that goalie gets to block.
DUFA Rayne recovers rebound on right and rolls 12 yarder that retreating goalie smothers.
83 min...Aur Agyemang rolls 28 yarder up middle is wide right.
84 min...DUFA sub...Hill replaces Moncrieffe.
85 min...Aur sub...Doros replaces Nitchov.
86 min...DUFA Sasso cross from 28 yards on far left has DUFA Rayne take midair scissor kick
from 22 yards on right that's well wide left of net.
87 min...DUFA Rayne low cross from right after a long run has defender clear behind end line.
87 min...DUFA Lay cornerkick from right has defender head ball down then clear from box.
88 min...DUFA Rayne low cross from right is just a step ahead of charging teammate at 7 yards on left.
89 min...DUFA Maiorano heads 18 yarder up m iddle on cross from left that bounces to goalie wide
left of post.
90 min...DUFA Rayne cross from right has defender head ball behind end line.
93 min...DUFA Lay cornerkick from left has goalie charge forward in center of box to catch.
95 min...game ends 9:17pm.

Final Score:...Durham United FA........4......Aurora FC........1......

Attendance picked up to about 75 by the time the game ended. The game was
held at Pickering's indoor dome facility. The team scheduled their first two home
games at this facility as Kinsmen Park is usually still drying out from the rains
at this time of year. Next Friday they will play Ottawa South United Force.
After two weekends of attending outdoor games in the unseasonably cold
and wet, this place was a nice break although 'outside' tonight would have
been quite bearable.

This was the home opener for DUFA. It was an important win for any championship
hopes as they've started the season with a tie and a loss to fellow Eastern Conference
powerhouses Vaughan (score 0-0) and Woodbridge (0-1). The team in past years
usually starts out fast then fizzles out when many of the players return
to NCAA schools (although not quite as exaggerated as Sigma FC). This year a team
official assured me they have quite a few players who have finished school and
will stay the entire season. I can see some of these players showcasing their skills
to show off this season and next for an invite/draft to the new CanPL league that
starts in the fall of 2018.

Aurora's record falls to 1 tie and 2 losses in the first three weeks of the season.
The two early goals coming so quickly in succession looked like it rattled the team
and certainly boosted the confidence of DUFA. The DUFA quick response to score
after AFC got their only goal cooled any chances of the momentum shifting
although three AFC chances in the last five minutes of the first half with a missed
shot, a defender clearing, and a stop by goalie Ben Cowman stopped any comeback.

Referee Jon Vlahos gave out no cards in this game. AFC Dylan Rennie was subbed
off at 56 minutes after being injured just inside the AFC box and needed help
limping off. Otherwise there were no major injuries. The DUFA bench kept advising
their players "No foul, no foul" to remind them not to be carded as even if an AFC
player got by a defender, there would always be another to close the play down.

DUFA almost put the game out of reach in the first half with Christian Moncrieffe
hitting the post from 15 yards at 43 minutes. That would have turned his night
into a hat-trick.

Some quirks of this facility were a call for a 'drop' ball when a clearance hit the
ceiling of the bubble. It is much easier for this to happen near the sidelines.
Another (but probably just because it was the first game this season) was the
timekeeper couldn't get the scoreboard to run 'up' in the second half and after
a few resets let the clock count 'down' like the other kind of football. I'm sure
they'll program it right for next week.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca
twitter @RocketRobin01

Durham United FA starters

Aurora FC starters

Aurora FC Christopher Jacovou (9) takes opening kickoff.

DUFA players set up freekick

Aurora FC cornerkick flies in from right.

DUFA Kashif De Jonge (10) takes second half kickoff.

action on edge of Aurora FC box

DUFA goalie Ben Cowman saved this Penalty kick taken by Aurora Christopher Jacovou (9).

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