June 9, 2017 League 1 Ontario--Durham Unted FA vs Master's FA Saints (by Rocket Robin)

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Result and details of the Friday June 9, 2017 League 1 Ontario game between
Durham United FA and Master's FA Saints played at Pickering Soccer Centre
in Pickering at 9:00pm.

Durham United FA (all white, red numbers)

..................0 Ben Cowman
2 Vince Sasso...5 Joe Zupo...6 Cameron Brooks (cpt)...12 Bruce Cullen
15 Edward Lay...8 Jonathon Parolini...7 Chrstian Moncrieffe...11 Stefan Lamanna
............10 Kashiff DeJonge...9 La Rohne Young

Subs:...1 Eugene Alves (gk)...3 Tajmir Ashraq...13 Taylor Lord...16 Tyrell Rayne
...18 Duwayne Ewart...19 Jumbo Iyowuna
team officials:...head coach Sanford Carabin...other team official Desmond Warner

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

...................0 Aaron Peters
16 Randy Duran Miyenga...30 Marcus Malcom...6 David Alva...4 Kevin Dhillon
14 Pareker Danfi...13 Paul Antoine...70 Jose De Sousa...20 Maleiik DeFreitas...11 Jordan Montaya
.....................10 Jose Melo

Subs:...55 Danny Grant (gk)...5 Eddy Dabire (def)...12 Jai Avila (def)...3 Yasin Shahwan (mid)
...2 Shawn Brown (fwd)...9 Isaiah Page (fwd)...19 Devonte Brown (--)
team officials:...head coach Rck Titus...other team officials Junior Groves, Coach Mason, Tajior Plaja,
Randy Olsen, and Norm Lee

Game officials:...referee Brandon Krampfert...referee's assistants Fiilip Dujic and John Vlahos,
fourth official Stefan Duschiauc....(all black uniforms)

1st Half:...game starts 9:00pm...DUFA defends east end.
20 sec...MFA Melo recovers clearance and 22 yard shot deflects wide right of net.
1 min...MFA De Freitas cornerkick from right is headed out left side of box.
3 min...MFA Durand Miyenga 40 yard chip down middle is over players in box and wide right.
5 min...MFA De Freitas 33 yard freekick has MFA players hold back on run on left and ball bounces
for goalkick.
8 min...MFA Melo cornerkick from left is headed away but MFA Danfi blasts the partial clearance
at 20 yards down middle that hits defender and flicks up for goalie to catch.
9 min...MFA YELLOW card...Durand Miyenga earns it for knock down on left just outside MFA box.
10 min...DUFA Stefan Lamanna GOAL...DUFA Edward Lay freekick from 22 yards
on left has Lamanna flick header from 8 yards on right into left corner
of net past goalie Aaron Peters.
14 min...DUFA Parolini cross from 22 yards on far left has goalie get hand to and he and defender
prevent DUFA DeJonge from getting away shot at 12 yards on right.
14 mn...DUFA Parolini breakaway from 45 yards down middle and run to 20 yards and low shot has
goalie slide to deflect wide right of net.
15 mn...DUFA Lay cornerkick from right has DUFA player in crowd of players head ball wide left.
18 min...DUFA player's cornerkick from right has defender clear.
18 min...DUFA YELLOW card...Cullen earns it for sliding tackle on MFA Danfi.
19 min...MFA Melo 25 yard freekick from far right has MFA Antoine charge but he's not quite able
to turn header at 10 yards.
21 min...DUFA Cullen 60 yard freekick from left has DUFA player head ball from right and win cornerkick
on deflection.
22 min...MFA goalie punches ball away from DUFA player tryng to head it but play is flagged down after
a cleared cornerkick from the left.
23 min...DUFA Cullen cornerkick from right has goalie step forward to catch.
25 min...DUFA Lay is injured at MFA 35 yards in middle.
27 min...DUFA Cullen 35 yard freekick down middle is hit into wall.
32 min...MFA Alva and DUFA De Jonge are hurt in a collision at center line. Alva is down a lot longer.
.........DUFA YELLOW card...De Jonge earns it for the tackle on the last play.
36 min...DUFA YELLOW card...Sasso earns it for tackle on MFA Montoya at DUFA 25 yard line on left.
37 min...MFA DeFreitas low freekick from 25 yards on left deflects off foot of MFA player in box
and rolls wide left.
37 min...MFA Jose De Sousa wins Penalty kick on tackle by DUFA Bruce Cullen for kick of ankle at 15 yards on right side of box.
38 min...MFA Jose De Sousa GOAL...De Dousa blasts Penalty kick high to left over flying goalie Ben Cowman.
40 min...MFA goalie runs to edge of box to beat DUFA Young to ball but has to turn around and
grab it from behind.
42 min...DUFA player makes another big sliding block on edge of DUFA box to stop an MFA rush.
43 min...DUFA YELLOW card...Parolini earns a delayed call on injury of MFA Antoine at MFA 45 yard
sideline but MFA had the advantage. The teams take a water break as Parolini is treated
for a leg injury.
45 min...DUFA Parolini rolls pass forward to DUFA Young but defender clears.
46 min...DUFA Lay after receiving throw-in has low 20 yard shot from left roll to goalie on left post.
49 min...MFA Melo 35 yard freekick from left is headed away n crowd of players in box.
49 min...half ends 9:49pm.

2nd Half:...starts 10:02pm.
Halftime sub:...DUFA Lord replaces Parolini.
46 min...DUFA Young is injured in collision at MFA 35 yard line although play continues until eventually
three players are injured.
49 min...DUFA Lamanna long run on left and low cross has DUFA Young get a quick and low shot on the
defender at 15 yards but shot is wide left.
50 min...MFA Dhillon makes big header in own box for cornerkick to break up a cross from the left.
51 min...MFA sub...Brown replaces Antoine.
52 min...DUFA Lay cornerkick from right has defenders clear and start fast breakout.
52 min...DUFA Lamanna is pushed over on left end line before he can cross in battle wth defender.
53 min...DUFA Lamanna pushes ball over left end line before he can cross on battle with defender.
54 min...MFA goalie runs out to 30 yards to clear ball before DUFA Young can get to it.
56 min...MFA Montoya rolls pass forweard on left for MFA De Sousa and he shoots low 20 yarder from left
that goale stops on left post.
58 min...DUFA Lord heads ball forward up middle and DUFA Lay shoots 25 yarder high and wide left of net.
59 min...MFA sub...Page replaces Danfi.
60 min...DUFA player's cornerkick from left has ball bounce through box and DUFA De Jonge low 15 yard shot
on right has defender clear on left post.
61 min...After DUFA player steps over freekick, DUFA Young blasts 22 yard freekick down middle that flying
goalie pushes wide right.
61 min...DUFA Lay cornerkick from right has DUFA Brooks flicks 12 yard header down middle over bar.
62 min...DUFA sub...Iyowuna replaces Young.
.........MFA sub...Dabiire replaces De Freitas.
64 min...DUFA Cullen 45 yard freekick has goalie run forward in crowd of players and punch ball away
at 15 yards.
65 min...DUFA YELLOW card...Zupo earns it for hip check on charging MFA Antoine at DUFA 50 yard line on rush.
66 min...MFA Montaya is tapped pass and blasts 35 yard roller from left wide left.
67 min...DUFA Iyowuna blasts low 22 yarder on right wide left of goal.
67 min...MFA goalie smothers ball in front of DUFA Lamanna at 15 yards who had pushed ball too far forward.
68 min...DUFA YELLOW card...Brooks earns it for tackle on MFA Melo injurying him on tackle at DUFA 35 yard line.
69 min...MFA Melo blasts 35 yard freekick down middle that hits bar near top right corner and ball is cleared.
71 min...DUFA sub...Ewart replaces Moncrieffe.
71 min...MFA YELLOW card...Dabire earns it on tackle at MFA 40 yard line.
71 min...DUFA Cullen 45 yard freekick has goaoie punch ball away.
72 min...DUFA RED card...Vince Sasso earns his second Yellow card of the game
from the referee for hammering into Jose Melo at DUFA 30 yard line.
73 min...MFA Melo rolls 33 yard freekick from right that goalie smothers.
74 min...DUFA DeJonge has cross over his head on right and he gets to ball and has cross blocked.
74 min...DUFA sub...Roccasalva replaces Lay.
.........DUFA sub...Rayne replaces DeJonge.
76 min...MFA sub...Avila replaces Montaya.
77 min...DUFA Parolini 45 yard freekick up middle has defender head away on left side of box.
78 min...DUFA Rayne gets away on break up right and cross to center has defender clear.
79 min...MFA Melo slides for centering pass from right and redirects ball wide left from 18 yards.
81 min...MFA Melo gets off balance shot up middle from 30 yards after run and is just wide right.
82 min...the ball hits the roof near the sideline. That means the referee calls a jump ball.
83 min...DUFA Iyowuna threads pass up right for DUFA Rayne and goalie stops point blank shot
at 12 yards on right. DUFA Ewart recovers ball and crosses high over box.
84 min...MFA YELLOW card...Melo earns it for time wasting on DUFA freekick deep in DUFA end.
86 min...MFA De Sousa shoots 20 yarder over net when goale rushes to poor back pass on right side
of box.
87 min...MFA Avila is poked breakaway and 15 yard low shot up middle has goalie make point blank
sliding save.
88 min...MFA Dhillon blasts 20 yarder from left wide and high right after receiving cornerkick
from right.
91 min...MFA Brown makes big clearance on line as DUFA player kicks 15 yarder past goalie.
92 min...MFA YELLOW card...De Sousa earns it for complaining about being jostled getting
away shot.
92 min...game ends 10:50pm.

Final Score:....Durham United FA......1.....Master's FA Saints.....1...

Attendance was about 60 on this quickly rescheduled game. This was supposed 
to be played at Kinsmen Park in Pickering (about three km away) at 7:30pm. 
An L1O official said the city had ruined the grass by cutting it too short. 
I know it had rained in the afternoon and was dreading the mosquitoes from 
the surrounding swamp so wasn't upset that the game was moved to this indoor 
facility. DUFA's two earlier home games were held here also (as scheduled).

This was a pretty rough game with referee Braedon Krampfert giving out eleven 
Yellow cards (two to DUFA Vince Sasso). All except one (for time wasting/delaying 
a restart) were for hard hitting checks or tripping.

Lots of end to end action including the last ten minutes as both teams looked 
for a winner. 83 minutes had DUFA Jumbo Iyowuna thread a pass up the right 
for DUFA Tyrell Rayne and MFA goalie Aaron Peters stopped a point blank shot 
at 12 yards. 86 minutes had MFA Jose De Sousa shoot a 20 yarder over the net 
when the DUFA goalie rushed for a bad backpass on the right side of the box 
and De Sousa got there first. A minute later MFA Jai Avila was poked 
a breakaway pass up the middle and his 15 yard shot had goalie Ben Cowman 
slide to make a point blank save. Two minutes later MFA Kevin Dhillon blasted 
a 20 yarder from the left high and wide right after a receiving a cornerkick. 
91 minutes had MFA defender Shawn Brown make a clearance at 2 yards on the 
left post as a DUFA player shot around the goalie at 15 yards in the middle 
of the box.

A ten minute time capsule just as exciting as that could have been extracted 
a few other times in this game.

I was impressed by MFA goalie Aaron Peters who was quite aggressive almost 
acting like a defender often coming out to the edge of his box and having 
the advantage of being able to pick up the ball and disperse it to start 
another rush. DUFA Ben Cowman was as reliable as ever but he was helped 
out by the inaccurate shooting of MFA players excitably blasting shots 
over the net.

The result improves DUFA's record to three wins, two losses, two ties 
for 11 points and fourth in the Eastern Conference.

Master's record improves to two wins, four losses, one tie for 7 points 
and sixth place in the eight team East. I was waiting to see how new 
head coach Rick Titus bringing 'his guys' to stock the roster would play 
against one of the better teams in the league (last week I watched them 
beat last place Toronto Skillz) and they played well. They should 
be competitive in every game but I see them being a bit short against 
the absolute best teams plus the slow start before Titus took over.

Next week will be the first week of crossover West vs East Conference play. 
(each team plays their conference home and away and the other conference 
just once).

I expect this will be my only L1O this weekend as I plan on a TFC II game 
Saturday and I've been given press accreditation for the Canadian National 
Women's Canada vs Costa Rica friendly on Sunday.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

Durham United FA starters