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Result and details of the Sunday July 2, 2017 League 1 Ontario game between
Woodbridge Strikers and Sanjaxx Lions played at Vaughan Grove in Woodbridge at 7:00pm.

Woodbridge Strikers (all blue, white numbers)

................1 Quillan Roberts
13 Kyler Smalling...5 Michael Fayehum...4 Franscesco Sinopoli...3 Kyle Watson
17 Emmanuel Issac...8 Oscar Cordon...16 Dylan Carreiro (cpt)...22 Michael Krzeminski
............10 Christian Cavallini...15 James Baker

Subs:...12 Shalique Wilson (gk)...7 Ronaldo Marshall...9 Milan Beader...11 Stephen Almeida
...20 Luca Baldassarre
team officials:...team head coach Peter Pinizzotto...assistant coach Marca Reda...manager John Scarlato
equipment manager Amedeo Pellegrino...therapist Justin Miranda

Sanjaxx Lions (yellow socks and shirts, black shorts, white numbers)

................1 Nuno Goncalves
........18 Nathaniel Rodney-Scarlett...19 Jamal Sanca...5 Drai Gordon
2 Nick Charles...20 Andrew Gordon...12 Stef Nikolic...16 Kemar Rowe...21 Aamil Kanji
............9 Demetre Solomos...17 Samyr Oshin

Subs:...01 Tayjon Campbell (gk)...22 Antonio Downey...13 Tambe Nfornjock...14 Comenico Lacanale
...15 Simon Allovic...4 Mahamat Abdellatif
team officials:...head coach Laza Lowe...other team officials Nickie Bonafede, Devon Porter,
and Remberto Luna

Game officials:...referee Braedon Krampert...referee's assistants Eduardo Sanchez and Joe D'Onofrio
...fourth official Kuizan Weekes...(orange shirts, black shorts and socks)

1st Half:...game starts 7:01pm...WS defend south end on this mild evening.
45 sec...SJ Oshin player runs down middle and sliding defender deflects shot wide right from 15 yards.
WS Sinopoli is injured taking a kick to the head on that slide.
5 min...SJ Nikolic cornerkick from right has defender head down n box and clear.
6 min...SJ player's cornerkick is short and cleared before it can be put into box.
7 min...WS sub...Beader replaces still injured Sinopoli.
7 min...SJ Solomos low 30 yard freekick up mddle hits left goalpost and defender clears rebound.
10 min...WS Baker gets high cross on left and he crosses over players in box from 15 yards.
11 min....Strikers Milan Beader GOAL...WS Christian Cavallini from 15 yards near right end line passes
to Beader on right post and he shoots in 8 yarder to left side of net.
13 min...WS player's cross from 20 yards on right bounces wide left for goalkick.
16 min...WS Carreiro cornerkick from right is short and cleared by fast defender on right. WS Watson
gets to partial clearance and 30 yarder up middle is well over net.
18 min...WS Krzeminski run to left end line and cross attempt is blocked.
19 min...SJ Rodney-Scarlett chips cross from 40 yards on right which WS goalie picks up on edge of box in middle.
23 min...WS player's high cross across box along right has WS Baker head 12 yarder along line and goalie catches.
24 min...WS Issac cross from 20 yards on right has goalie sprawl to catch on right post.
25 min...SJ goalie beats WS Carreiro to bounce on left side of box.
25 referee calls water break.
28 min...SJ sub...Downey replaces Kanji
30 min...WS Carreiro 35 yard freekick down middle has goalie step forward to catch on left post.
32 min...SJ Rodney-Scarlett 45 yard cross from right into box and caught by goalie.
33 min...WS Carreiro 40 yard freekick from right has WS player's flick 12 yarder up middle that goalie catches.
37 min...SJ YELLOW card...Oshin earns it for body check on WS Watson as they jumped for header
at WS 45 yard line.
40 min...WS Beader low shot is saved and WS Issac follo up on rebound has shot deeflected wide left fooor cornerkick.
41 min...WS Carreiro cornerkick from left is headed around and wins another cornerkick.
42 min...WS Smalling cornerkick from right is short and them patially cleared and WS Fayehum shoots 28 yarder
up middle well over net.
45 min...WS Carreiro rush on left to near end line and low cross through 6 yard box is a step ahead of WS forwards
and a WS player slides on right side of box has retreating defender save ball near goalline.
48 min...WS goalie beats SJ Oshin to pick up through ball at 15 yards.
48 min...SJ player's low cornerkick from left has defender clear.
49 min...WS goalie in crowd of players catches high cross from left.
49 min...half ends 7:50pm.

2nd Half:...starts 8:05pm.
49 min...WS Baker rush down left and cross from 20 yards deflects off defender and bounces to goalie.
50 min...WS player chips from 50 yards in middle to WS Baker at 30 yard line on left and he runs to 18 yards
on far left and low shot is smothered by goalie.
51 min...WS Smalling rush down right and centers ball and WS Cordon blasts 28 yarder down mdidle and well over net.
52 min...SJ Gordon 40 yard shot down middle is well over net.
54 min...WS Smalling throw-in from reight cornerflag to WS Beader who passes to middle and WS Carreiro
low 28 yarder through crowd is smotherd by goalie on left post.
56 min...SJ sub...Abdellatif replaces Downey.
59 min...WS Carreiro cornerkick from right is whistled down in box for pushing.
59 min...SJ beats WS Carriero to start rush in from 40 yards down middle, ball is passed around and stopeped
by sliding defender.
60 min...WS Cavallini cross from 18 yards on right has goalie catch.
62 min...WS sub...Baldassarre replaces Baker.
63 min...WS Carreiro cornerkick from right has WS ssac head 8 yarder in middle wide right of post.
66 min...SJ Nikolic 33 yard freekick from right has goalie dive and push ball wide right of post.
67 min...SJ Nikolic cornerkick from right has SJ playewr not quite able to turn header running to left post.
68 min...WS Baldassarre 30 yard cross from right is stopped.
70 min...SJ YELLOW card...Abdellatif earns it after WS complete their rush.
70 min...SJ sub...Alilovic replaces Oshin.
71 min...WS Baldassarre freekick from left end line near edge of box is over players in box and wide right.
73 min...WS Fayehum long run down left wins cornerkick.
74 min...WS sub...Marshall replaces Cavallini.
74 min...WS Carreiro cornerkick from left lands on top of net.
75 min...WS Carreiro cornerkick from left has goalie swat through box out right side and defenders clear.
75 min...WS Baldassarre low cross along right end line has defender stop and clear near right post.
78 min...WS Cordon rush on riight and high cross from 25 yards has charging WS Carreiro on left one-touch 15 yard
shot that's blocked.
81 min...WS Carreiro 40 yard freekick down mddle has WS Marshall jump and head 10 yarder over bar.
82 min...WS Carreiro 40 yard freekick from left is caught by goalie.
84 min...SJ sub...Nfornjock replaces Gordon.
85 min...SJ Alilovic finishes SJ pressure on left with sky ball kick from 20 yards which goalie catches.
88 min...SJ Oshin gets to pass on right at 30 yards and rolls 25 yarder wiNde left of post.
89 min...Strikers Luca Baldassarre GOAL...WS Michael Krzeminski at 40 yards rolls pass down middle and
Baldassarre rolls 20 yard shot into right corner of net past diving goalie Nuno Goncalves.
93 min...WS Beader rush down left eludes sliding defender at 25 yards and gets 12 yard shot from far left stopped point
blank by sliding goalie.
93 min...game ends 8:53pm and it's still not dark.

Final Score:.....Woodbridge Strikers......2.....Sanjaxx Lions.....0....

Attendance was about 90 on this mild evening with the game ending before 
it got dark. That was about half of last week but attendance at games 
on the holiday weekend were low everywhere I went.

Woodbridge kept Sanjaxx in the game until the end because there was always 
a chance that the Lions would get a late equalizer although the ball was 
seldom within 35 yards on the Strikers goal through the entire second half.

Quillan Roberts earned the shutout for the Strikers with a few routine 
catches. I only remember one spectacular save and that was at 66 minutes 
when SJ Stefi Nikolic took a 33 yard freekick from the right that Roberts 
had to dive and push the ball wide right of the post. Lions have only 
scored nine goals all season and didn't have many chances. The defenders 
blocked shots (tied for league best allowing only eight goals all year) 
and Roberts was aggressive coming to the edge of his box to pick up bouncers
before any Lions could cause trouble.

Strange that I can say that both goals were scored by substitutes 
especially since the first one was at 11 minutes but that's what happened
as Milan Beader came into the game at 7 minutes after Francesco Sinopoli 
took a boot to the head on the ground on a slide to deflect a shot 
at just 45 seconds wide right of the post at 15 yards by SJ Samyr Oshin.

I dread watching the Lions, not because of their play but because they 
wear white numbers on yellow shirts and it makes it impossible to tell 
across field who has the ball or who took a shot even with binoculars. 
I'd seen some pictures from a game last month and they wore red shirts 
I thought and had heard they were getting new uniforms but they must have 
been just an alternative kit. It makes typing my more detailed play 
by play about impossible except to say "A guy at 30 yards passed to 
another guy in the middle and his 20 yard shot was wide". It was the 
USA Olympic basketball team in 1988 who had white names on white uniforms 
so no superstar would be more important but there were only five guys 
on the floor at a time and it wasn't hard to track Kobe Bryant etc. 
Doubtful that the fixed-focus YouTube video published later in the week 
will help me. Also the game sheet had a few guys who weren't wearing 
the same numbers as they had listed.

In the crowd was the father of defender Kyler Smalling (age 15 or 16) 
who was an unused sub last week but this week made his league debut 
and played fine. He said his other 'son' was Ronaldo Marshall who 
subbed in at 74 minutes. To clarify he said he considers Marshall 
also his son as he's coached both boys since they were eight.

Braeden Krampert was the referee tonight. He gave out only two Yellow 
cards—both to Sanjaxx players. He didn't have any 'hecklers/fans' 
like last week when he ran the line as they must have been Croatian 
fans who came to watch the few players and coaching staff from 
FC London and remembered Krampert's playing days.

The wins keeps Woodbridge in first place in the Eastern Conference 
with a record of 8 wins, 1 loss, 1 tie for 25 points.  They increase 
their lead over North Toronto Nitros to five points who managed 
a tie on Friday night against North Mississauga and six over 
Vaughan Azzurri who lost one hour before this game started.

Sanjaxx's record falls to 1 win, 6 losses, 2 ties for 5 points and 
seventh place in the eight team West. They have only scored nine 
goals in nine games. Lions had won their last game two weeks ago 
against winless Toronto Skillz but then had last weekend's game 
postponed away to Masters FA. That game will be made up this Wednesday 
night at 9:00pm but moved to Ontario Soccer Centre.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca
twitter @RocketRobin01

Woodbridge Strikers starters

Sanjaxx Lions starters

Wooodbridge James Baker (15) takes opening kickoff.

Sanjaxx Nathaniel Rodney-Scarlett (18) kicks ball downfield.

Sanjaxx Kemar Rowe (16) takes throw-in.

Woodbridge Michael Krzeminski (22) looks to pass.

Sanjaxx Demetre Solomos (9) takes second half kickoff.

Sanjaxx NIck Charles (2) throw-in down the line to Stefi Nikolic (12).

Woodbridge cornerkick is into Sanjaxx box.

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