May 20, 2017 League 1 Ontario--Toronto FC III vs North Mississauga Panthers game review (by Rocket Robin)

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Result and details of the Saturday May 20, 2017 League 1 Ontario game between
Toronto FC III and North Mississauga Panthers held at KIA Training Centre in Downsview at 1:00pm.

Toronto FC III (white socks and shirts, blue shorts, red numbers)

.......................1 Gianluca Catalano
15 Steven Furlano (cpt)...17 Rocco Romeo...3 Robert Boskovic...2 Andrew Dias
16 Marko Mandekic...22 Kota Sakurai...10 Matthew Srbely...11 Malik Johnson
............5 Ethan Beckford...7 Aidan Daniels

Subs:...12 Brogan Engbers (gk)...14 Armando Caracciolo...6 Jordan Faria...4 Nikola Stakic
...13 Riley Ferrazzo...18 Nicholas Osorio...21 Glenn Muenkat
team officials:...head coach Danny Dichio...assistant coaches Gianni Cimini, Laurent Guyot, Lucian Lombardi,
and Phil Boerger...manager Mairin Scannell...equipment manager Kevin Murphy...therapists Andy Choi,
Fabian Casal, Kevin Halford, and Samra Habtom

North Mississauga Panthers (black socks and shorts, red shirts, white numbers)

......................1 Anthony Whyte
............5 Tom Wrobel...4 Mathew Monteeiro...6 Sundin Esperance
15 Bradley Fenton...8 Juan Bernal (cpt)...14 Daniel Whyte...11 Jordan Prescod
............7 Ali Elzeir...9 Lee-Victor Massunda...19 Andi Montina

Subs:...22 Roberto Custodio Caranzza (gk)...2 Abi Madaraka...12 Anton Buretic...13 Dale Cudmore
...18 Nathaniel Marksmen...20 Mujtaba Ameen...21 Lucas Gesualdi
team officials:...head coach Sam Medeiros...assistant coaches Jhon Ardila, Patric Guirguis
and Volen Parashkevov...manager Martin Eleuteri

Game officials:...referee Timothy Wong...referees assistants Jason Olinski and Peter Trainor
...fourth official Sean Hornsby...(all black uniforms)

1st Half:...game starts 1:00pm...TFC defneds north end on this mild but windy day.
1 min...TFC Beckford rush down right cuts over to middle and at 22 yards pushes ball forward and left
but goalie charges out to smother before TFC Sakurai can get to it at 15 yards.
2 min...TFC Ethan Beckford GOAL...TFC Aidan Daniels on rush on left and at 20 yards
he feeds short cross to center for Beckford to shoot low and past sliding goalie Anthony Whyte
at 15 yards into left corner of net.
3 min...NMP Bernal low 30 yard freekick has goalie dive foward and stop then crawl forward to smother
at 5 yards.
5 min...TFC Daniels rush down middle and blasts low 20 yard shot that sliding goalie at 15 yards deflects
wide right for throw-in.
7 min...NMP Massunda rush on left and cross from e3nd line has defender head ball away in 6 yard box.
9 min...TFC Daniels 28 yard freekick from left is into webbing of net.
13 min...NMP goalie dives to left post to stop low 20 yard shot from left.
15 min...TFC Marko Mandekic GOAL...TFC Aidan Daniels sends low pass from 30 yards on left over
to Mandekic on right and he shoots low 20 yarder to left corner of net.
19 min...NMP Massunda rush on left and cross attempt from 25 yards as he's falling deflects off defender
for cornerkick.
20 min...NMP Elzeir cornerkick from left has defender head ball away near left post.
20 min...NMP YELLOW card...Bernal earns if to sliding tackle on TFC Furlano.
21 min...TFC Daniels rolls through ball pass and TFC Sakurai low shot from 12 yards is tipped wide right
by sprawling goalie.
22 min...TFC Sakurai cornerkick from right is cleared by defenders.
24 min...TFC defender heads ball back to own goalie to prevent NMP 2 on 1 break.
25 min...TFC Srbely shoots from 28 yards up middle but is well side left of net.
29 min...NMP Prescod blasts shot from 25 yards from left well over net.
35 min...NMP Fenton long run down right and cuts to middle and rolls 22 yarder that goalie easily smothers.
37 min...NMP Prescod rush on left and shot from end line is high and behind net.
40 min...TFC Beckford has shot blocked at 22 yards by sliding defender.
41 min...TFC Mandekic 25 yard freekick from right is caught by goalie.
43 min...TFC Srbely pushes pass forward from 22 yards and goalie dives at 15 yards to prevent TFC Mandekic
getting to it.
45 min...MNP dribbles through players but has 20 yard shot blocked.
45 min...half ends 1:45pm.

2nd Half:...starts 2:02pm.
halftime subs:...NMP Ameen replaces Prescod.
................MNP Buretic replaces Elzeir.
46 min...TFC Beckford 25 yard shot spins off sliding defender and rolls to goalie.
49 min...NMP player blasts 25 yarder down middle well over net.
50 min...TFC sub...Osorio replaces Beckford.
51 min...TFC Mandekic 28 yard freekick from right bounces through players unplayed.
52 min...NMP Ameen on 3 on 2 rush after eluding defender shoots 22 yard roller from left that goalie smothers
on left post.
53 min...TFC Srbely 28 yard shot up middle is between players wide right of net.
56 min...TFC Mandekic cornerkick from is caught in wind and leaping TFC player can't turn header.
57 min...TFC Furlano 25 yard cross from right is caught by goalie.
57 min...NMP Fenton scuffs 22 yarder from left that rolls to goalie.
59 min...TFC goalie runs out of box to clear ball ahead of NMP Motina at 30 yard line.
63 min...TFC Daniels 22 yard shot up middle hits bar. TFC player's rebound is into goal but he's called offside.
64 min...NMP Ameen cross from left is caught by goalie over head.
65 min...NMP sub...Marksman replaces Motina.
66 min...TFC Daniels freekick from 30 yards on left hits head in player wall and goalie can't rescue before it bounces
over end line on left.
67 min...TFC Johnson low cornerkick from left is knocked over end line for goalkick.
67 min...MNP Esperance 50 yard freekick is over players in box.
68 min...TFC sub...Muenkat replaces Srbely.
.........TFC sub...Faria replaces Mandekic.
71 min...TFC Sakurai and TFC Muenkat rush down middle and ball chested down but pushes over end line.
72 min...TFC player's cornerkick from left is cleared from box.
73 min...TFC Osorio is bodied off ball by defender and goalie picks up loose ball in box.
74 min...NMP Bradley Fenton GOAL...NMP Anton Buretic sends
in throw-in that goes untouched over to Fenton who shoots in 10 yarder
past goalie Gianluca Catalano to top right corner of net.
75 min...TFC Furlano blasts 28 yard freekick from left low and into player wall and ball is cleared.
77 min...NMP Bernal shoots 30 yarder just wide right of goal over leaping goalie.
78 min...NMP YELLOW card...Marksman earns it at TFC 50 yard line.
79 min...TFC Faria pokes ball from 8 yards through box and NMP goalie dives back to smother.
80 min...TFC Osorio low 20 yard shot is smotherd by goalie.
81 min...NMP Esperance 50 yard freekick from left blows wide right of net.
81 min...TFC Faria cross from left near end line is cleared by defender.
83 min...NMP Fenton cornerkick from right is cleared on left side of box when it drops.
84 min...TFC Faria run on left to end line and low cross is cleared by defender on left post.
85 min...TFC YELLOW card...Sakurai earns it for sliding tackle on NMP player at TFC 35 yard line. Sakurai is injured
in the collision. NMP want the advantage played instead of a whistle because they had two men ready to break in.
87 min...TFC sub...Stakic replaces injured Sakurai before play resumes.
88 min...NMP Fenton blasts 40 yard freekick up middle. NMP Massunda recovers ball but has his shot blocked.
89 min...TFC Johnson run on right but crosses ball behind end line.
91 min...NMP Buretic cross from left is into box has clearance hit NMP Massunda and deflect back to goalie.
93 min...NMP Monteiro 35 yard freekick down middle is just over bar.
93 min...game ends 2:50pm.

Final Score:...Toronto FC III....2....North Mississauga Panthers.....1...

Attendance was about 40 on this mild but very windy day. Again something 
about this location has the wind blow what seems like triple the speed 
of the parking lot up the hill. This had an effect on crosses and freekicks 
being flown or bounced out of play by both teams. The wind was from the 
east so it did not give either team an advantage with the field's 
north-south alignment.

When I saw TFC III rip open a 2-0 lead I thought the scoreline could 
get ugly but those were the only goals they could muster. They had more 
chances but couldn't put them away and Panthers got back into the game 
for a very even contest and on the last kick of the game Mathew Monteiro 
with a freekick from 35 yards had his shot fly just over the bar.

TFC almost put the game away at 63 minutes when Aidan Daniels took 
a 22 yard shot up the middle that hit the bar. The rebound fell 
to a TFC player who put in the rebound but who was at least five 
yards offside.

Referee Tim Wong gave out two Yellow cards to each team. One of 
them was to TFC Kota Sakurai at 85 minutes for a sliding tackle 
at their 35 yard line. This brought one of the loudest reactions 
from the N Miss bench as they wanted an advantage played as they 
had a player get away on the right wing. The card could come later. 
Interesting that it was Sakurai who was injured and had 
to be subbed off before the freekick could be taken.

Ethan Beckford scored his fifth goal of the season in only 
four games. He didn't look too pleased though being the first 
TFC player subbed out today at 50 minutes. Five goals gives 
him most in the league but the weekend's not over yet.

North Mississauga Panthers joined the league in 2016 but this 
year I could also say they are an expansion team. Before the 
game I was talking to head coach Sam Medeiros. He's replaced 
Rick Titus this year. He said he replaced the entire team from 
last year with 1998s and 1999s. I double checked after I got 
home with the last time I saw the Panthers...October 2 last 
year and that game was right here against TFC Academy and the 
only player that was on that roster who is still here 
is today's goalscorer Bradley Fenton. The game sheet checks 
all the starting eleven as U 23s. (of course with the mandate 
of TFC III, theirs is the same). The team was 1 win, 2 losses 
coming into today's game.

I said I remembered Medeiros from the North York Astros. He was 
a defender for them in 1999, assistant coach, head coach for 
them and other CNSL/CPSL/CSL over the years and even 
in League 1 Ontario he was an assistant coach for Woodbridge 
Strikers in 2014.

TFC III's record climbs to 2 wins, 2 losses this season with 
their next league game Sunday the 28th away in Monarch Park against 
Sanjaxx Lions. That field was windy last week too. Before that 
they play near here at the Downsview Dome right beside here 
on Wednesday night against Sigma FC in a L1O Cup match at 8:00pm. 
Reason for that?  The KIA facility (well the one that artificial 
turf that their Academy teams play on) has no stadium lights!  
Their deep roster should get them through next week.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca
twitter @RocketRobin01

Toronto FC III starters