May 27, 2017 League 1 Ontario--Aurora FC vs Woodbridge Strikers game review (by Rocket Robin)

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Result and details of the Saturday May 27, 2017 League 1 Ontario game between
Aurora FC and Woodbridge Strikers played at St Maximillion Kolbe HS in Aurora at 7:00pm.

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

....................1 Nicholas Luciani
3 Morey Doner...5 Ukasha Zaighum...4 Gianmariano Della Serra...18 Alec Nardi
10 Ali Sozeri...6 Frederick Ameyaw (cpt)...8 Jackson Tooke...7 Jordan Kalk
............16 Christopher Jacovou...9 Jared Agyemang

Subs:...22 Alexander Jakma (gk)...2 Michael Nitchov...11 Dylan Rennie...13 Nicholas Fiore
...14 Anu Makinwa...15 Matthew Strangis...17 Calvin Witzell
team officials:...team head coach Derek O'Keeffe...assistant coach Dave Diplacido and Jimmy Brennan
...manager Nicholas Fiore...therapist Haley Roberge

Woodbridge Strikers (all white, blue numbers)

....................1 Quillan Roberts
11 Stephen Almeida...4 FRrancesco Sinopoli...2 Quante Abbott-Hill-Smith...3 Kyle Watson
21 Claudio Sereno...6 Johua Paredes-Procter...16 Dylan Carreiro...10 Christian Cavallini
...............9 Milan Beader...20 Luca Baldassarre

Subs:...8 Oscar Cordon...12 Michael Scavone...14 Joel Anderson...15 James Baker
...Stefano Voci
team officials:...team head coach Peter Pinizzotto...manager John Scarlato
...equipment manager Amedeo Pellegrino...therapist Justin Miranda

Game officials:...referee Fabrizio Stasola...referee's assistants Lucas Kowalewski and Joe D'Onofrio
...fourth official Jason Thomas...(orange shirts, black shorts and socks)

1st Half:...game starts 7:00pm...AFC defend south end.
1 min...WS Beader blasts shot from 30 yards well over net.
6 min...AFC Agyemang has shot blocked at 12 yards on left and taps to AFC Kalk who has 10 yard shot blocked.
7 min...WS player's cornerkick from left is cleared in box.
7 min...AFC Tooke on breakaway from 40 yards and shoots 22 yarder that goalie stops with slide at 15 yards.
8 min...AFC Kalk on breakaway but two defenders catch him to prevent shot.
12 min...AFC Della Serra pokes ball away from WS Cavallini.
14 min...AFC goalie sprints to right to pick up loose ball.
14 min...WS goalie out to 15 yards to make point blank save on AFC Sozeri on right.
15 min...AFC Kalk cornerkick from right is low and cleared.
17 min...AFC Kalk throw-in to AFC Jacovou but WS Abbott-Hill-Smith cuts in front poking away ball at 10 yards.
18 min...WS Abbott-Hill-Smith pops up header back to goalie.
18 min...WS Beader 15 yard shot up middle is just wide left.
23 min...AFC Doner shoots 25 yard shot down middle well over net.
24 min...WS Baldassarre blasts low 25 yard shot from right that diving goalie pushes wide right.
25 min...WS Carreiro cornerkick from right has WS player head over net from 10 yards on left.
27 min...WS Baldassarre eludes defender and gets away 25 yard shot that goalie pushes wide left.
28 min...AFC Tooke rolls forward pass from 28 yards straight to goalie.
30 min...WS Cavallini gets around defender to chip goalie 30 yarder but bounces wide left.
32 min...AFC YELLOW card...Della Serra earns it for knocking over WS Beader on rush to edge of AFC box.
33 min...WS Paredes-Procter blasts 20 yard freekick from right that goalie palms over bar in middle.
33 min...WS Carreiro cornerkick from right is cleared from box and his rebound cross is also cleared.
34 min...AFC Kalk cuts in on left eluding defender and goalie stops point blank shot and is injured.
An AFC player then heads an 18 yarder towards goalie and a defender on the line chests ball down and clears.
37 min...WS Sereno gets centering pass and 20 yard blast is stopped by defender at 12 yards.
38 min...AFC Donner makes big check on WS Cavallini in box conceding cornerkick on right.
39 min...WS Carreiro cornerkick on left is short and give back and he runs to middle and cuts 20 yard shot
down middle that's just over bar.
41 min...WS Luca Baldassarre GOAL...WS Christian Cavallini in middle rolls pass from 45 yards to Baldassarre
who eludes sliding defender after another WS player slides and misses getting to the ball. Baldassarre's low shot
from 15 yards rolls into left side of net with goalie Nicholas Luciani already down in center of net.
42 min...AFC YELLOW card...Jacovou earns it for hold up at AFC 40 yard line.
44 min...AFC player's cornerkick from right is made more dangerous when defender centers ball on header from left
back into box! That play really upset the WS goalie.
44 min...AFC Jacovou long cross from 35 yards from right is caught by goalie.
46 min...WS Sereno cross from right is into box and defender heads ball away. WS Paredes-Procter gets away 20 yard
shot around defender from right but it's high and wide left of net.
47 min...half ends 7:47pm.

2nd Half:...starts 8:03pm.
halftime sub:...WS Cordon replaces Beader.
50 min...WS Sinopoli is injured at WS 35 yard line.
52 min...WS Abbott-Hill-Smith rush down left and cross along 7 yard line is cleared by defender.
53 min...WS Cordon taps pass to WS Carreiro who blasts 28 yarder down middle well over net.
55 min...WS Carreiro 40 yard freekick from right is stopped.
57 min...AFC YELLOW card...Ali Sozeri earns it for swearing at the referee after AFC rush was flagged offside
at WS 40 yard line.
AFC RED card...Jackson Tooke earns a direct ejection from the referee for swearing at him.
59 min...AFC sub...Rennie replaces Sozeri.
60 min...AFC Kalk is injured at AFC 50 yard line with leg injury that requires trainer.
62 min...WS sub...Voci replaces Sereno.
63 min...AFC sub...Witzell replaces injured Kalk.
65 min...AFC Agyemang pushes pass forward to AFC Jacovou but goalie comes out to pick up ball on edge of box.
66 min...WS Carreiro blasts 22 yard shot that goalie sprawls to save.
67 min...AFC Nitchov is injured at WS 10 yard line on far left.
.........WS sub...Baker replaces Baldassarre.
68 min...AFC Doner 20 yard shot along right end lihne is caught by goalie near post.
69 min...AFC sub...Strangis replaces injured Nitchov.
70 min...WS Cordon rush to right and crosses to middle. WS Carreiro tees up shot and blasts 30 yarder well over net.
73 min...WS Cavallini rush on left and slips cutting into box and defender clears.
75 min...WS Carreiro cornerkick from right is bounced out left side of box unplayed. WS Cordon wins cornerkick
on give and go play.
76 min...WS Carreiro and Cordon work out short cornerkick from right and ball is centered for other WS players to blast
ball but play is whistled down.
77 min...AFC sub...Makinwa replaces Doner.
78 min...WS Cordon cross from 15 yards on right and WS Cavallini scissor kick at 12 yards on left is just wide right of post.
79 min...WS Carreiro is given short pass and blasts 25 yarder up middle well over net.
81 min...WS player's short cornerkick from right is cleared when passed into box.
83 min...WS Voci 25 yarder from right is well over net.
84 min...AFC Nardi on rush up left snes low cross that defender concedes cornerkick.
85 min...AFC player's cornerkick from left is over players and bounces out of box.
87 min...WS Carreiro cuts in from right and cuts 25 yard shot in middle high and wide left
and is injured on play but wins cornerkick.
89 min...WS Voci cornerkick on left is out upfield to waste time.
90 min...AFC Witzell cross has WS Sinopoli pop up header.
91 min...AFC Rennie cornerkick from right has defender head ball from 8 yards in middle
out left side.
94 min...AFC goalie freekick from 80 yards has ball headed down and AFC Rennie blasts 35 yarder
that hits WS Paredes-Proctor in the face, only 5 yards away, injrying him.
96 min...AFC YELLOW card...Nardi earns it for kicking ball further out of bounds after whistle.
97 min...game ends 8:55pm. It's still not dark yet.

Final Score:....Aurora FC........0.........Woodbridge Strikers......1....

Attendance was about 40 on this mild evening. It hadn't got dark by the 
time the game ended just before 9:00pm.

Strikers goalie Quillan Roberts earned the shutout. He had three point 
blank saves to make in the first half. One of them was at 34 minutes 
when AFC Jordan Kalk eluded a defender and got away a 15 yard shot that 
the Roberts stopped and the two players plowed into each other. The ball 
popped up and an AFC player headed an 18 yarder towards the goal but 
there was a defender waiting on the line to chest the ball down and 
clear the ball before the whistle was blown for the trainer to come 
in and treat Roberts. I had been critical of Roberts last month 
against Masters FA as Roberts dropped or fumbled a few stops but that 
was the first game of the season and his first game on his new team 
played in the brutal cold.  He certainly was a lot more confident today.

AFC ended some of their own rushes with errant passes and retreating 
defenders catching up to them. AFC Jared Agyemang looked the best 
of the forwards as he was almost uncatchable.

Strikers could have made things easier if they were able to score 
a second goal after the sending off. They were though able to minimize 
the Aurora chances with defenders clearing most of the balls into 
the box or making key checks before Aurora got close to the box.

AFC goalie Nicholas Luciani had to be sharp to keep his team in the game. 
He made at least three diving saves to push the ball around the post. 
Strikers 'strikers' had problems with putting shots on target. 
Many shots were soared high over the net or wide if they were taken 
from outside the box.

Referee Fabrizio Stasolla gave out four Yellow and one Red card 
that I counted. They were all to AFC players.

The game was mostly open with rush after rush one way then the other 
but there were a few injuries. 60 minutes had AFC Jordan Kalk cramp 
up and he had to be subbed off. 67 minutes had AFC Michael Nitchov 
need to be replaced after being hurt and in injury time 
AFC Dylan Rennie blasted a shot that hit WS Joshua Paredes-Proctor 
square in the face only five yards away. The referee added five 
minutes of injury time to the second half.  Nitchov was carried back 
to the locker room by two teammates after the game.  

Woodbridge improves to a perfect five wins in five games and first 
place in the Eastern Conference. They have only scored eight goals 
but have allowed only three. In the four years of L1O, Strikers have 
always led the league in 'fewest goals conceded'.

Aurora's record falls to 0 wins, 4 losses, 1 tie with 6 goals scored 
and 13 allowed. They are in seventh of eight teams in the East.

Rocket Robin
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