June 30, 2017 League 1 Ontario--North Toronto Nitros vs North Mississauga Panthers (by Rocket Robin)

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Result and details of the Friday June 30, 2017 League 1 Ontario game between
North Toronto Nitros and North Mississauga Panthers played at Varsity Stadium in Toronto at 8:30pm.

North Toronto Nitros (green socks and shirts, black shorts and numbers)

....................1 Mark Rogal (cpt)
22 Thomas Mickoski...5 David Colelli...6 Harry Michelis...2 Devon Bowyer
11 Russell Rodrigues...8 Jayden Doyle...35 Lukas MacNaughton...16 Carl De Abreu
.................24 Nirun Sivananthan...9 Kembo Kibato

Subs:...12 Quinn Stahner (gk)...13 Nikolay Saveliev...37 Jason Akoa...7 Felix Ngha
...17 Myles Abreo
team officials:...head coach Hermann Kingue...other team officials Olya Orlov, Gary Fleming, John Bianchi,
Shawn Sawyers, and Alex Malone

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

.....................22 Roberto Custodio Caranzza
14 Daniel Whyte...3 Anthony Wright...5 Tom Wrobel...6 Sundin Esperance (cpt)
19 Andii Motina...10 Laith Adi...4 Mathew Monteiro...21 Gareth Davies
.................9 Lee-Victor Massunda...17 Bradley Fenton

Subs:...1 Daniel De Sousa (gk)...7 Ali Elzeir...11 Jordan Prescod...12 Anton Buretic
...13 Dale Cudmore...15 Nicolas Carter...18 Nathaniel Marksman
team officials:...team head coach Sam Medeiros...managers Martine Eleuteri and Patrick Guirguis
...assistant coach Volen Paneshkevov suspended players Johnathan Jebbison and Nikal Clarke Smith

Game officials:...referee Scott Bowman...referee's assistants Melissa Snedden and Dan McClintock
...fourth official Braeden Krampert...(all black uniforms)

1st Half:...game starts 8:33pm...NTN defends south end on ths mild night.
1 mn...NMP Massunda blasts 30 yard shot over net.
3 min...NTN player near left end line cetners cross to another NTN player in center and his weak 10 yard
shot is stopped.
4 min...NTN Doyle receives cross from 25 yards on right and heads 10 yarder down middle over net.
5 min...NMP Whyte 40 yard freekick from right bounces wide left.
7 min...NMP Esperance cross from 25 yards on left has NMP Adi not quite able to turn 12 yard header and
ball bounces wide right.
8 min...NTN Sivananthan holds off defenders on left end line and rolls pass to NTN Kibato who rolls 5 yard
shot just wide left of post.
9 min...Panthers Bradley Fenton wins handball call as he breaks into Nitros box
up middle and defender trying to hold him back has ball hit him in arm. Referee Scott Bowman
calls Penalty kick.
10 min...Panthers Bradley Fenton GOAL...Fenton shoots Penalty kick low to left corner of net
as goalie Mark Rogal dives right.
12 min...NTN Doyle cornerkick from left has defender head through box to right. NTN De Abreu cross back
into box is cleared.
13 min...NTN goalie dives on right post to smother.
15 min...NTN goalie catches 22 yard shot down middle.
16 min...NTN Doyle 40 yard freekick from left is just ahead of charging players including NTN MacNaughton
just 5 yards on right post.
19 min...NTN goalie jumps to try to catch cross.
20 min...NTN Mckoski cross from 25 yards on right has NTN Sivananthan twist 12 yard header wde left of net.
20 min...NTN Doyle cross from 25 yards on left has NTN Rodrigues twist header that's saved.
21 min...NMT Sivananthan blasts low 28 yarder up middle that goalie dives in middle to save.
23 min...NMP Massunda receives short pass at 20 yards and steps around defender to get away shot that hits
right post and rebound is cleared.
27 min...NMP Esperance long throw-in from left has NMP Adi head 10 yarder in crowd of players that goalie catches.
27 min...NMP Wrght is injured at NMP 30 yard line and wins freekick and needs trainer.
29 min...NMP Motina wins cornerkick when defender pushing on him to stop.
30 min...NMP Esperance cornerkick from right is partially cleared and NMP Fenton bounces 30 yarder up middle over
crowd of players but cleared for fast break.
30 min...NTN Kibato receives pass on fast break and rolls weak shot from 18 yards that goalie smothers.
31 min...NMP Monteiro gets pass and shoots 25 yarder down middle over net.
34 min...NMP Adi cross from 30 yards on left has defender head away then NMPs win freekick.
34 min...NMP Monteiro chips 33 yard freekick from left that goalie catches on right side of net.
35 min...NMP Monteiro is checked off ball at 15 yards when four defenders surround him.
37 min...NMP Esperance 45 yard freekick from left has NMP Monteiro pop header to right and NMP player's cross from
right is cleared.
38 min...NMP Esperance long throw-in from left bounces through box and NMP Whyte pops long 35 yarder from right that
goalie catches.
39 min...NMP defender heads away cross from left into box.
39 min...NTN sub...Saveliev replaces Kibato.
41 min...NTN Doyle high cross from 30 yards on far right bounces wide left of net.
42 min...Nitros Harry Michelis GOAL...Nitros Jayden Doyle 30 yard freekick from right has
charging Michelis head 6 yarder up middle between players just under bar past goalie
Roberto Custodio Caranzza.
43 min...NTN goalie catches ball at 15 yards in crowd of players.
44 min...NTN Doyle 30 yard freekick from right is partially cleared in box. NMP Fenton then saves
shot on line with header at 1 yard on left post.
45 min...NTN Doyle 28 yard freekick from far right has scramble on right side of box.
46 min...NTN Doyle long run up right cuts into box getting by scissor check and rolls ball
across 6 yard box and NTN player at 3 yards actually kicks ball away from net!
47 min...half ends 9:20pm.

2nd Half:...starts 9:37pm
45 min...NTN Rodrigues low 30 yard shot from left is caught by goalie.
46 min...NTN player low 30 yard roller deflects off target.
47 min...Nitros Nirun Sivananthan GOAL...Nitros Nikolay Saveliev kicks 30 yarder
up middle that has Sivananthan in crowd of players flick header from 12 yards over goalie
into top left side of net.
51 min...NMP sub...Carter replaces Whyte.
52 min...NMP Motina blasts 25 yard shot that deflects over net for cornerkick.
52 min...NMP Esperance cornerkick from left has goalie catch in crowd of players on left side of box.
54 min...Panthers Andi Motina GOAL...Panthers Lee-Victor Massunda bashes way up right
and taps pass forward to Motina at 20 yards on right and he rolls 15 yard shot through legs
of sliding goalie.
55 min...NTN sub...Ngha replaces Sivananthan.
56 min...NTN Bowyer cross from left end line has defender head ball away inside 6 yard box starting fast break.
NMP Fenton blasts 35 yard shot up middle high and wide left of net.
61 min...NMP player is injured with ankle kick on edge of NTN box winning freekick.
62 min...NMP Esperance blasts 22 yard freekick into player wall and his rebound hits wall again and deflects
wide right for cornerkick.
62 min...NMP player's cornerkick from right has NMP Monteiro head 10 yarder wide left of post.
66 min...NMP Monteiro low 30 yard blast up middle is saved on left post.
66 min...NTN Rodrigues 30 yard shot from left bends high and wide right of net.
67 min...NMP sub...Prescod replaces Adi.
69 min...NTN sub...Akoa replaces Colelli.
69 min...NMP Prescod 35 yard shot from left is over net.
70 min...NMP player can't wn Penalty kick on right but NTN player following in shoots 18 yard shot into right
outside webbing of net.
71 min...Panthers Lee-Victor Massunda GOAL...Panthers Jordan Prescod on left rolls
centering pass to Massunda who bumps with defender but gets by to get away 15 yard shot
up middle to right side of net with goalie screened in middle.
73 min...NTN MacNaughton blast from 28 yards on right just misses top left corner of net.
73 min...NTN sub...Abreo replaces Rodrigues.
75 min...NMP YELLOW card...Carter earns a delayed card for a sliding tackle at 22 yards on left
but referee plays the advantage.
75 min...NTN Doyle cornerkick from left is behind net.
76 min...NTN YELLOW card...MacNaughton earns it for mouthing off.
76 min...NMP Esperance 55 yard freekick from left is caught by leaping goalie in crowd on right side of box.
77 min...NTN Abreo receives long rolled cross from left at 12 yards on right and clear shot rolls wide left of post.
79 min...NTN Doyle cornerkick from right has NTN player head ball forward at 15 yards and defender heads ball away.
82 min...NMP sub...Elzeir replaces Fenton.
82 min...NTN goalie beats NMP Elzeir to bouncer in box.
83 min...NMP Esperance gets away 20 yard roller from left that goalie smothers on left post but wins freekick.
83 min...NTN MacNaughton blasts 20 yard freekick from left into leaping player wall.
85 min...NTN Doyle rush on left for ball around deefnder but pushes it over end line.
86 min...NMP Elzeir rush on right and low cross from 22 yards has sliding defender make key save at 6 yards
and he clears.
87 min...NMP Wright is injured in collision while jumping for header at NMP 40 yard line and flips over NTN player.
89 min...Nitros Lukas MacNaughton wins Penalty kick with back to goal at 15 yards
in middle when bumped over by defender just inside box.
90 min...Nitros Lukas MacNaughton GOAL...MacNaughton blasts low Penalty kick
to left corner of net freezing goalie who shuffled to right.
91 min...NTN defender heads away along long cross into box.
91 min...NTN Ngha rush on right and cross bounces through box unplayed.
92 min...NTN player runs down left and rolls ball into box and NTN player at 12 yards flubs on shot.
94 min...game ends 10:26pm.

Final Score:....North Toronto Nitros......3.....North Mississauga Panthers.......3......

Attendance was about 50 on this warm evening. The rain had stopped 
in the afternoon and didn't start again until the game was over.

It was a very even game with chances going back and forth 
at both ends. Even the added time after the tying goal continued 
with end to end rushes by both teams. More accurate shooting 
could have had this game end 6-6.

Referee Scott Bowman gave out one Yellow card to each team 
as well as one Penalty kick for each.

Panthers wore white shirts with black numbers which were much 
easier to see than last week's game with black numbers 
on red shirts (also they are one of the few teams with numbers 
on the front of their shorts). It was Nitros wearing black 
numbers on green shirts which were hard to see once they start 
to sweat. Good that by twenty minutes I can usually tell 
players apart by positioning, haircuts and shoe colours.

Nitros record improves to 6 wins, 2 losses, 2 ties for 20 points 
and is second in the East but they lose ground to Woodbridge 
Strikers who are two points ahead and have one game in hand 
which they will play Sunday.

Panthers record improves to 3 wins, 6 losses, 1 tie 
for 10 points and climb to a tie for fifth place in the West 
with Windsor who lost at home to Master's FA Saints tonight.

Before the game there was a meeting of Toronto city 
Canada Premier League fans at the Duke of York pub. I left 
early so I could set up for the game but it turned out 
there were eight others that showed up. My thoughts 
(and they admitted it) are that they are months behind 
the organization of the Mississauga group trying for 
a CanPrem team. They haven't agreed on a suggested name 
for the team, where the team should play, or even a name 
for the supporter's group. Their debates, which I'm sure 
will continue. can be read on the Voyageurs message board. 
This meeting was promoted by podcaster Duane Rollins but 
he wasn't here and then I read his tweets the rest of the 
night that he was at a birthday party. Anyway best thing 
for me is I ended a feud I had with David Bailey a few 
years ago. Most of them ended up coming to tonight's game 
about a block away. The one's I talked to after the game 
enjoyed it and were impressed by the caliber of play. 
I've always thought that maybe four or five players from 
the better teams might be drafted/given tryouts 
by the CanPrem teams when the league starts training camps.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca
twitter @RocketRobin01

North Toronto Nitros starters