June 4, 2017 League 1 Ontario--Toronto FC III vs Pro Stars FC (by Rocket Robin)

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Result and details of the Sunday June 4, 2017 League 1 Ontario game between
Toronto FC III and Pro Stars FC played at KIA Training Centre in Downsview at 1:00pm.

Toronto FC III (all red, white numbers)

....................12 Brogan Engbers
15 Steven Furlano (cpt)...25 Julian Dunn...4 Nikola Stacic...2 Andrew Dias
16 Marko Mandekic...10 Matthew Srbely...19 Dante Campbell...6 Jordan Faria
..............9 Cyrus Rollocks...5 Ethan Beckford

Subs:...1 Gianluca Catalano (gk)...6 Mlik Smith...13 Luca Petrasso...14 Olakunle Dada-Luke
...20 Daniel DaSilva...22 Kota Sakurai...23 Riley Ferrazzo
team officials:...team head coach Danny Dichio...assistant coaches Gianni Cimini and Luciano Lombardi
...equipment manager Kevin Murphy...therapist Fabian Casal and Samra Habtom

Pro Stars FC (all white, blue numbers)

.....................22 Justin Barrett
13 Joshua Tufino...15 David Bain...4 Jack Crawford...5 Own Carter
6 Zachary Gowlett...2 Brian Lopez...10 Adel Rahman...11 Navid Rahman...7 Nathanial McAuley
......................9 Kibwe Dyer

Subs:...1 Jonathan Albanese (gk)...3 George Owusu...8 Silas Obeng...12 Marco Polancec-Marin
...14 Noah Costa...16 Muhammed Ashim...17 Brandon Siewa
team officials:...head coach Josef Komlodi...assistant coach Indrit Fortuzi...other team officials
Stiven Mikhail, Danny Costa, Gordana Polancec-Marin, and Sherry Youssef

Game officials:...referee Alexis Vaughan...referee's assistants John Vlanhos and Joseph D'Onofrio
...fourth official Marc Henoud...(yellow shirts, black shorts and socks)

1st Half:...game starts 1:01pm...TFC defends south end on this overcast afternoon with a slight wind
from the east. It had rained a few hours earlier.
30 sec...TFC Beckford is given ball down leftg wing by TFC Dias and he eludes slidiong defender on edge
of box and cross is cleared by defender on right.
1 min...PS YELLOW card...Carter earns it for tackle at PS 45 yards on right.
3 min...TFC Beckford eludes charging goalie at PS 28 yards and rolls 22 yard shot wide left of post.
5 min...TFC Faria cross from 18 yards on left has defender head away on 6 yard box.
7 min...TFC YELLOW card...Stakic earns it for tackle on PS Gowlett on right.
8 min...PS Gowlett cornerkick from right has ball knocked around inside box and PS Adel Rahman can't win
can't win Penalty kick when he's knocked over.
9 min...TFC Campbell run down middle and at 15 yards rolls cross that defender blocks.
10 min...TFC Srbely cornerkick from left is up and TFC Faria chip from 22 yards has goalie punch ball away
at 6 yards in crowd of players.
11 min...TFC Dias one-touch shot off high ball at 10 yards on left has goalie block at left post but concede
cornerkick.
12 min...TFC Faria rolls ball from 20 yards on left and TFC Rollocks shoots over net from 8 yards.
13 min...PS Dyer charge with TFC goalie to chipped ball and chips 15 yarder wide left of net as they collide.
14 min...TFC Srbely rolls 28 yarder through crowd up middle and diving goalie smothers on left side.
16 min...TFC Faria one-touch shot of partial clearance at 20 yards up middle is caught by goalie.
17 min...TFC Faria rush down middle and shoots 22 yarder just high and wide right.
20 min...TFC Faria cross from 15 yards on far left has defender stop and clear at 5 yards.
24 min...TFC Ethan Beckford wins Penalty kick when dragged down by defender
after long run down the right to just inside the PS box.
25 min...TFC Dante Campbell GOAL...Campbell blasts his Penalty kick low
to left side of goal as goalie Justin Barrett crumples to right.
27 min...TFC Dunn makes big clearance on PS Navid Rahman down left and into TFC box.
28 min...TFC Srbely chips from 40 yards that goalie catches.
31 min...PS Dyer is injured in collision while jumping for header at TFC 40 yard line.
33 min...PS Navid Rahman 40 yard freekick down middle has PS player head down on left
at goalie catches on bounce.
34 min...TFC Rollocks rush to right end line and cross to side of net on deflection
wins cornerkick.
36 min...TFC YELLOW card...Beckford earns it for crashing into PS Tufino injurying him.
37 min...TFC Mandekic chips 25 yarder from right in crowd of players bounces to goalie.
38 min...PS Adel Rahman cornerkick from left has defender head away. Play on edge of box
is cleared PS Gowlett eventually 40 yard shot is wide right of net.
39 min...PS Dyer rolls cross from 15 yards on far left has defender clear.
42 min...TFC Rollocks rolls pass down and TFC Beckford shoots 22 yarder up middle just wide left.
45 min...PS Adel Rahman cornerkick from right has PS player head down at 12yards on left
and defender checks ball away. PS Lopez blasts partial clearance at 30 yards down middle high
wide right over net.
47 min...PS Dyer gets to long pass and he passes to PS Gowlett at 18 yards one-touch bouncing shot
to goalie.
47 min...half ends 1:48pm.

2nd Half:...starts 2:03pm...It's still overcast with partial sunny breakouts.
Halftime subs:...TFC DaSilva replaces Rollocks.
.................PS Slews replaces Adel Rahman.
49 min...PS Dyer long chip from right after run has goalie catch in front of charging PS Gowlett.
51 min...TFC Beckford can't win Penalty kick on collision in box on right.
53 min...TFC Dante Barrett wins Penalty kick on clip from behind at 10 yards in crowd of players in box.
54 min...TFC Ethan Beckford GOAL...Beckford blasts Penalty kick over goalie to left side of net.
56 min...PS Dyer rolls centering pass and PS Navid Rahman shoots 20 yarder that deflects off
defender and rolls to goalie.
60 min...TFC DaSilva run down left and eludes defender and TFC Beckford has header to stop by goalie
and follow up shot is wide right.
61 min...TFC player's cornerkick from left is over players in box.
.........TFC sub...Sakurai replaces Campbell.
63 min...PS Owusu replaces Gowlett.
64 min...TFC Srbely finishes pressure with 8 yard roller that goalie dives right to save.
65 min...TFC Beckford eludes defender to get breakaway and shoot 20 yarder from left to high right post.
66 min...TFC Furlano is checked off ball on edge of box but recovers and rolls 15 yard shot wide left of post.
67 min...TFC sub...Dad-Luke replaces Faria.
68 min...PS McAuuley eludes defender and wins freekick when knocked over.
68 min...PS Navid Rahman freekick on left has defender head away on right.
69 min...TFC Petrasso rush on right and clear 22 yard shot has flying goalie catch on left side of box.
70 min...TFC Beckford flick of ball on left end line lands on top of net.
72 min...TFC Petrasso cornerkick from right has nearest defender clear.
73 min...PS Navid Rahman 25 yard freekick from right is blasted into wall.
75 min...TFC Beckford rush on right and hard cross near right end line deflects off TFC DaSilva and rolls away.
76 min...TFC Daniel DaSilva GOAL...TFC Ethan Beckford intercepts ball after
a block and on a 2 on 1 break rolls pass to DaSilva who shoots low tap-in
from 8 yards into right side of net.
77 min...PS sub...Obeng replaces Tufino.
80 min...TFC sub...Ferrazzo replaces Dias.
.........PS sub...Polancec-Marin replaces Navid Rahman.
82 min...PS YELLOW card...Owusu earns it for body check on TFC DaSilva at PS 30 yards.
82 min...TFC Mandekic 35 yard freekick from left has goalie punch away in crowd of players.
83 min...TFC Dada-Luke crosses in from 25 yards on right and TFC DaSilva flies to head 6 yarder
on left wide right of post.
84 min...PS Dyer rush on right and low 18 yard shot is stopped.
84 min...PS YELLOW card...Crawford earns it for hand ball at PS 30 yard line.
85 min...PS sub...Ashim replaces Slewa.
86 min...TFC Petrasso chips 35 yard freekick from right that defender at 10 yards on left heads away.
91 min...TFC DaSilva spins and midair 20 yard shot is caught by goalie.
92 min...TFC Furlano is checked off ball after run to middle and TFC Srbely has shot deflected for cornerkick.
93 min...TFC Sakurai cornerkick from left has TFC player flick ball wide right from 5 yards near left post.
93 min...game ends 2:51pm.

Finals Score:....Toronto FC III.......3.......Pro Stars FC......0....

Attendance was about 50 on this warm and mostly overcast day. For once 
the wind wasn't a dominating factor.

Pro Stars didn't play like a last place team. The action was actually 
too fast for me to write everything down. Pro Stars drew a Yellow card 
after 1 minute and TFC at 7 minutes but after that referee Alexis Vaughan 
gave out only one more Yellow to TFC and two to Pro Stars the rest 
of the game. Most important call was at 31 minutes when she called out 
the trainer when PS Kibwe Dyer was injured in a clash of heads jumping 
for a header.

Brogan Engbers earned the shutout for TFC.  He only had a few shots 
to catch but the defenders mostly kept PS players at a distance or made 
clearances from their box that Engbers wasn't troubled.  

The MLS TFC team struggles to score on Penalties but no problem today 
for their L1O team. Beckford was brought down in the box and Campbell 
took the kick for the first goal. Second half had Campbell brought 
down and he tossed the ball to Beckford with a smile who also converted 
from the spot.

The win improves TFC III's record to 4 wins, 2 losses, 0 ties. 
That's good for third place in the Western Conference (now that 
the late weekend scores are in).

Pro Stars FC's (home stadium is in Brampton) record falls to 0 wins, 
5 losses, 1 tie and are in eighth (last place) in the West. They were 
eighth last year too. From a roster from last September I saw that 
except for goalies Justin Barrett and Jonathan Albanese and outfield 
players Marco Polancec-Marin and David Bain, the rest of their 
eighteen players listed today were not in that line up last year.
Head coach Josef Komlodi is back for this third year (off and on)
as head coach of their L1O team (third year in the league). Before
I watched him as head coach of North York Astros and Mississauga/Erin
Mills Eagles so I know why I got a big 'hello' from him yesterday.  

Ding Ding! Watching Pro Stars today means that I have now seen all 
sixteen of the League 1 Ontario Men's teams in the first six weeks 
of the season!—14 games in total—not that easy with me attending 
TFC and TFC II games as well. Now what? Well around I go again!

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca
twitter @RocketRobin01

Toronto FC III starters