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Result and details of the Saturday June 3, 2017 League 1 Ontario game between
Master's FA Saints and Toronto Skillz FC played at L'Amoreaux Park at 9:00pm.

Master's FA Saints (white socks, shorts, and numbers, black shirts)

...................99 Gregory Cha
13 Paul Antoine...5 Eddy Dabire...16 Randy Duran Miyenga...30 Marcus Malcom
20 Maleik DeFreitas...70 Jose Da Sousa...6 David Alva...2 Shawn Brown
............10 Joey Melo...11 Jordan Montaya

Subs:...0 Andre Tamurro (gk)...3 Dylan Micallef (def)...7 Claude Dufour-Peters (def)...Yasin Shahwan (mid)
...9 Isaiah Page (mid)...14 Parker Danfi (mid)...4 Cisco Thomas (--)
team officials:...head coach Rick Titus...other team officials Junior Groves, Coach Mason, Tajlor Plaja,
Randy Olsen, and Norm Lee

Toronto Skillz (navy socks, and shirts, red shorts, white hollow numbers)

...................1 Spiro Koskinas
23 Thanujan Jeyathilaka...5 Frantz Bill...18 Jaspreet Bhatti...4 Wei Su
22 Ayoub Saoucha...18 Liam Cox...8 Terence Bernard...13 Paulo Oliva Da Silva
.............14 Alex Dimitriu...3 Deven Doodnath

Subs:...0 Lucas Birnstingl (gk)...2 Justin Alvarez...7 Anhr El-Eidani...11 Anorch Jeyathilaka
...15 Nithan Ramanathan...16 Ameel Dharshi
team head coaches Jake Doodnath and Leslie Fitzpatrick...assistant coach Isiaka Onibudo
...therapist Deidre Erd

Game officials:...referee John Vlahos...referee's assistants Dino Pipitone and Peter Trainor
...fourth official Brian Butler...(watermelon shirts, black shorts and socks)

1st Half:...game starts 9:02pm...MFA defends south end on this mild evening.
3 min...MFA Antoine long run down right but pushes ball over end line before he gets away cross.
4 min...MFA De Sousa cornerkick from right is low and MFA shot deflects off defender for cornerkick.
4 min...MFA De Sousa cornerkick from right is high and MFA Melo header is off defender for another cornerkick.
5 min...MFA Melo cornerkick from left has defender kick ball over own net.
5 min...MFA Melo cornerkick from left has goalie bat ball down on right and defender clears away.
10 min...TS Doodnath 30 yard freekick on right has defender stop and clear at 8 yards.
13 min...MFA Montoya rush on left and 22 yard shot is straight to goalie to catch by goalie in center of net.
14 min...MFA Montoya backheel to MFA De Sousa on left and he crosses over box.
16 min...MFA Montoya cornerkick from left is cleared by defender in crowd of players in box.
16 min...MFA Melo taps cetnering pass to MFA 11 who blasts 15 yard shot well over net.
18 min...MFA Melo long run up middle with defender jostling, taps pass back adn MFA Montaya at 20 yards
on left shoots wide right.
19 min...MFA Melo chips to 10 yards for MFA De Sousa and he chips point blank shot that goalie swats down at 8 yards.
23 min...MFA Alva rolls 22 yarder up middle that goalie picks up on deflection off defender.
25 min...MFA Antoine cross along right end line from 18 yards has goalie make overhead catch on right post.
26 min...MFA De Sousa eludes defender on right but rolls ball over end line.
27 min...MFA Montaya shot from 18 yards on left is wide right and no MFA players charge to right post.
29 min...MFA Melo 25 yard shot down middle is caught by goalie on one-step to left.
32 min...MFA Melo 25 yard freekick on far left is through box and MFA Dabire has 10 yard shot blocked by defender.
33 min...TS Saoucha receives cross from left end line and blasts 20 yard shot down middle well over net.
33 min...MFA Melo and goalie crash together at 15 yards and both are injured.
35 min...MFA Melo rolls pass on right forward to MFA De Sousa and his 15 yard shot is deflected behind net by defender.
36 min...MFA DeFreitas cornerkick from right is low and cleared in box.
38 min...MFA Brown chips ball from 25 yards and scramble in box without a clear shot. MFA Melo then blasts TS partial
clearance high and wide right from 22 yards in middle.
40 min...MFA Antoine header into TS net from 10 yards on right but play is flagged offside.
41 min...MFA Melo chips pass forward from 25 yards to MFA 70 but goalie gets to ball first to grab it on bounce.
42 min...TS player's freekick from left has MFA Dabire head ball away.
43 min...TS Thanujan Jeyathilaka long throw-in from right has defender in box clear.
45 min...half ends 9:47pm with no time added.

2nd Half:...starts 10:01pm.
49 min...MFA Melo cornerkick from right is headed down by MFA DeFreitas but goalie picks up on bounce.
51 min...TS Doodnath chips weak 20 yarder from left that goalie catches.
52 min...MFA Melo rush on right and cross has leaping MFA De Sousa flick header from 12 yards.
52 min...MFA player's rush on left and goalie catches 20 yard shot on left post.
53 min...MFA Montaya low 20 yard shot is caught by goalie.
55 min...MFA Antoine cross from right has leaping MFA Melo flick foot at 8 yards that spins to goalie.
56 min...MFA Montaya taps ceentering pass on left and MFA Melo blasts shot from 20 yards well high and wide right.
57 min...TS Cox rush on right and 15 yard shot is stopped point blank by goalie at 10 yards.
58 min...MFA DeFreitas 35 yard freekick has defender deflect over endline.
59 min...MFA Melo cornerkick from left has MFA DeFreitas shoot 20 yarder well over net.
61 min...MFA Antoine dekes three guys cutting in from right. MFA Dufour-Peters has ball poked away
at 10 yards by TS Tanujan Jeyathilaka.
62 min...MFA Melo blasts 22 yarder from left over net.
64 min...TS Oliva Da Silva bends 22 yard freekick down middle just high of right of top corner of net.
65 min...MFA sub...Page replaces Montaya.
.........TS sub...El-Eidani replaces Saoucha.
65 min...MFA Maleik DeFreitas GOAL...MFA Jose De Sousa 28 yard freekick from
right has MFA Isaiah Page charge and flick header forward. DeFreitas charges
forward and taps in 3 yarder to left corner of net.
68 min...MFA De Sousa 25 yard shot from left is deflected just wide right by defender.
69 min...MFA Melo cornerkick from right is partially cleared and MFA DeFreitas rolls 22 yard
shot wide right of post on deflection.
70 min...MFA sub...Danfi replaces Brown.
73 min...MFA Melo on right sends low pass to MFA De Sousa who shoots 22 yarder up middle that
goalie catches at top left corner of net.
74 min...TS RED card...Paulo Oliva Da Silva earns it for upending
MFA Parker Danfi on run into right side of TS box as he was the last man back.
Referee John Vlahos also awards MFA a Penalty kick.
75 min...MFA Joey Melo blasts Penalty kick low to left and diving goalie
Spiro Koskinas stops shot near post and crawls to smother rebound.
77 min...TS YELLOW card...Saoucha earns it on the bench for mouthing off which the fourth official heard.
78 min...MFA Melo cornerkick from right has MFA player blasts shot high and wide right of net.
79 min...MFA Melo cornerkick from right is whistled down in box.
81 min...TS sub...Ramanathan replaces Dimitriu.
.........TS sub...Alvarez replaces Su.
82 min...MFA Danfi rush on right and has to have two defenders check hinm off ball in box.
83 min...MFA Jose De Sousa GOAL...MFA Paul Antoine low cross from 28 yards
on far right has De Sousa shoot from 12 yards on left to mid-high right side of net.
84 min...MFA goalie outjumps TS El-Eidani to grab ball on edge of box.
85 min...MFA sub...Thomas replaces Melo.
86 min...MFA Danfi cuts towards middle from left and bends 18 yard kick down middle just wide right
of post.
87 min...TS Anhr El-Eidani GOAL...El-Eidani on rush down left from 25 yards after
getting around defender and he rolls centering pass to TS Nithan Ramanathan in center of box and
he rolls 7 yard shot over to left to defender on left post but El-Eidani gets to rebound and slides
in to poke ball from 6 yards past goalie Gregory Cha.
88 min...TS sub...Anorch Jeyathilaka replaces Thanajan Jeyathilaka!
.........MFA sub...Dylan Micallef replaces De Sousa.
.........MFA sub...Claude Dufour-Peters replaces Antoine.
90 min...TS sub...Dharshi replaces Doodnath.
91 min...TS goalie makes point blank stop at 8 yards and ends up smothering ball on right edge
of box to stop MFA pass play.
92 min...TS Cox shoots 30 yard freekick down middle well over net.
93 min...TS YELLOW card...Durand Miyanga earns it for upending MFA DeFreitas near sideline.
94 min...MFA YELLOW card...Malcom earns it for tackle from behind on TS Ramanathan at TS 40 yard line
to prevent breakout.
98 min...TS player's long throw-in has MFA Thomas end threat with bick kick to clear on edge of box.
98 min...game ends 10:54pm.

Final Score:...Masters FA Saints......2.......Toronto Skillz......1....

99 min...TS RED card...Ayoub Saoucha earns his second Yellow card for
complaining to referee after the game when the officials were gathering
to leave the field. He had been subbed out at 65 minutes and earned his
first Yellow at 77 minutes on the bench for mouthing off to the referee
across the field which the fourth official heard.

Attendance was about 40 on this mild, overcast evening—such a contrast 
from the brutal cold and then cold and rain in the first two weeks 
of the season.  Too bad that hasn't improved from the early season games.  

Spiro Koskinas had to be sharp to keep the game from not getting out 
of hand with many point blank saves and overhead catches. More accurate 
shooting by Masters players could have easily doubled the shots.

I wanted to see Master's since they made the chances to the roster after 
officially bringing Rick Titus onboard as the head coach after that 
second game. With him he's brought 'his guys'. These include seven players 
I watched play for North Mississauga Panthers last season when he coached 
that team. Last night that included Shawn Brown, Antoine Paul, David Alva, 
Jose De Sousa, Jordan Montaya, and Joey Melo, with Kevin Dhillon 
a late scratch. NMP finished fourth of eight teams in the Western 
Conference last season in their first year in the league. Master's 
also have players that have played the last four games or less including 
goalie Gregory Cha, Randy Durand Miyenga, Claude Dufour-Peters, 
Dylan Micallef, Eddy Dabire (Pro Stars in 2016), and Parker Danfi. 
Late scratches Tristan Watson (Woodbridge 2016) and Kristofer Michael 
(ANB Futbol in 2014 and 2015).

It will be interesting to see how this team can make a move in the 
standings—two wins in the last three games although Aurora FC and 
Toronto Skillz are not league powerhouses. They dominated possession tonight.

I've watched Shawn Brown since the beginning of this decade playing 
with teams Toronto Croatia, Serbian White Eagles, and SC Waterloo before 
League 1 Ontario began operating. He immediately becomes one of the 
oldest players turning 30 sometime this year. Parker Danfi came on 
at 70 minutes and drew the Penalty kick within four minutes and almost 
an identical play one minute before their second goal. He's actually born 
the year before Brown.  I was sitting with L1O chair Dino Rossi last Sunday 
in Oakville talking about the future successful players in the CanPL league.  
I picked Vaughan's Jarrek Whiteman and Rossi picked Joey Melo as the 
sure bets to make the jump and become stars.  

It could be said for these two Scarborough teams that this was the 
'Battle of Birchmount Road' as L'Amoreaux Park is at about #3000 and 
Birchmount Stadium (for Skillz home games) at about #100 on that street.

Last month I mentioned the PA was cued up to play Bob Marley's 
'Three Little Birds' ("don't worry bout a thing, everything's gonna 
be alright") when the opponents score. Tonight I realized when Masters 
scores they play 'Jump' by Kris Kross. I was thankfully too old by 1992 
when that hit came out to wear my pants backwards (kids--ask your father).

Masters record improves to 2 wins, 4 losses, 0 ties for sixth place 
in the Eastern Conference.

Toronto Skillz record falls to 0 wins , 6 losses, 0 ties for eighth place 
in the East. The two games I've seen them in they are better than their 
record indicates—only losing in the last 12 minutes to 2016 league champs 
Vaughan Azzurri. They have to improve in both goals scored—5 and 
allowed—20 to gain a win soon.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca
twitter RocketRobin01

Master's FA Saints starters

Toronto Skillz FC starters

Skillz Liam Cox (18) takes opening kickoff.

midfield action

Skillz player looks to cut in from left.

more midfield action

Masters Joey Melo (10) and Jose De Sousa (70) take second half kickoff.

Masters Paul Antoine (13) rush down right side.

Masters Joey Melo (10) gets ready to take Penalty kick.

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