July 30, 2017 League 1 Ontario--Woodbridge Strikers vs Toronto FC III (by Rocket Robin)

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Result and details of the Sunday July 30, 2017 League 1 Ontario game between
Woodbridge Strikers and Toronto FC III played at Vaughan Grove in Woodbridge at 7:00pm.

Woodbridge Strikers (all blue, white numbers)

...................1 Quillan Roberts
11 Stephen Almeida...4 Francesco Sinopoli...3 Kyle Watson...2 Quante Abbott-Hill-Smith
10 Christian Cavallini...8 Oscar Cordon...6 Joshua Paredes-Procter...7 Dylan Carreiro (cpt)
.............15 James Baker...17 Emmanuel Issac

Subs:...12 Michael Scavone (gk)...5 Michael Fayehun...13 Saul Campos...16 Mikateko Zwane
...20 Adrian Gallo...22 Michael Krzeminski...23 Luca Baldassarre
team officials:...team head coach Peter Pinizzotto...asssitant coach Marco Reda...manager John Scarlato
...equipment manager Amedeo Pettegrino...therapist Justin Miranda

Toronto FC III (all red, white numbers)

..................1 Gianluca Catalano
.........4 Nikola Stakic...5 Rocco Romeo...2 Andrew Dias
23 Rley Ferrazzo...16 Marko Mandekic...10 Matthew Srbely...22 Kota Sakurai (cpt)...6 Jordan Faria
..............18 Nicholas Osorio...9 Cyrus Rollocks

Subs:...12 Filippo Di Bennardo (gk)...3 Afram Gorgees...13 Luca Petrasso...14 Otakunie Dada-Luke
...17 Ethan Beckford...19 Noble Okello...20 Daniel Dasilva
team officials:...team head coach Danny Dichio...assistant coaches Gianni Cimini, Luciano Lombardi, and
Phil Boerger...therapist Fabian Casal

Game officials:...referee Lucaz Kovalevski...referee's assistants Joseph D'Onofrio and Ricky Wu
...fourth official Afshin Behpour...(yellow shirts, black shorts and socks)

1st Half:...game starts 6:59pm...WS defend south end on this still hot and humid evening with a bright
sun in the north west.
1 min...TFC Rollocks 12 yard shot from left after getting ball and short run has goalie slide out and save.
6 min...WS Carreiro cuts to middle and 20 yard shot rolls to goalie.
7 min...WS goalie picks up shot rolled up mddle from 25 yards.
8 min...WS Carreiro rolls centering pass from left but goalie picks it up.
10 min...TFC Dias 35 yard shot from left is well over net.
10 min...WS Cordon run on right eventually pushes ball over end line while trying to get around defender.
13 min...TFC Bradley makes sliding goalline save to stop low shot as TFC goalie only swatted cross from left
end line acrross box to WS player on right at 10 yards.
14 min...TFC Sakurai cornerkick from left has defender on left head behind end line.
15 min...TFC Sakurai cornerkick from left wins another cornerkick after scramble in the box.
16 min...TFC Sakurai cornerkick has defender on left head ball away for fast break.
17 min...WS Carreiro low 33 yard freekick from left is wide right of net.
18 min...TFC Ferrazzo runs up right wing and cross near end line from 25 yards is caught by goalie.
23 min...WS Carreiro is offside for about the fifth time.
25 min...TFC Srbely gets partially cleared ball and 30 yard shot up middle is well over net.
26 min...WS Carreiro 35 yard freekick down middle has WS Baker flicks 12 yard header that goalie catches.
28 min...WS Carreiro 30 yard quick freekick has ball cleared from box and fast break on left. TFC Farria
finishes rush with 20 yard roller wide right.
30 min...TFC Ferrazzo run on right and 22 yard shot hits right post with shot and goalie flies to push ball away.
TFC Srbely rebound hits side of net.
31 min...TFC Srbely shoots 33 yarder down middle well over net.
35 min...WS Paredes-Proctor cornerkck from right is high and after bounce in box. WS Watson blasts 8 yarder
from far left well over net.
38 min...WS Paredes'Proctor 50 yard freekick from left is high and goalie catches just wide under bar.
39 min...TFC YELLOW card...Stakic earns it for pulling down WS Carreiro on run at TFC 40 yards.
39 min...WS player's freekick from 40 yards has goalie punch ball away at 3 yards starting TFC fast break out.
42 min...WS goalie makes overhead catch of 25 yard shot from left.
42 min...TFC goalie beats WS Issac to smother ball at 15 yards on left side of box.
44 min...WS IIssac 20 yard shot from left is wide right of post as if he stopped to see if he was offside.
45 min...half ends 7:44pm.

Halftime Entertainment: Woodbridge holds a 5 on 5 mini-game between members of their select U-7 boys.

2nd Half:...starts 7:59pm...the sun is now setting in the northwest and is still on the field.
Halftime sub:...TFC Petrasso replaces Mandekic.
47 min...WS Carreiro receives throw-in from rght but has shot blocked at 20 yards.
50 min...WS Carriro is tapped short conrerkick on right and cross has TFC player heads away at 6 yards.
50 min...TFC Rollocks cuts in on long run on right and shoots 18 yarder down middle over net.
52 min...TFC Faria 30 yard freekick from far left has leaping defender on left flick all away with header.
52 min...TFC Faria rush on left to end line and crosses well over net from 12 yards.
53 min...WS Cavallini low 25 yard shot from far right rolls to goalie. TFC Sakurai suffers leg injury earlier up field
at WS 50 yard line on play that started break. TFC Srbely becomes the captain.
57 min...TFC sub...Okello replaces injured Sakurai.
58 min...WS sub...Krzeminski replaces Baker.
59 min...WS Carreiro cornerkick from left is taken quickly. WS Krzeminski eventually gets ball and 20 yard shot
deflects to goalie.
61 min...TFC Petrasso 33 yard freekick from far right has ball fall and defenders clear for throw-in.
63 min...TFC Petrasso 40 yard freekick from middle is stopped in player wall.
65 min...TFC Srbely 40 yard freekick has TFC Petrasso head 15 yarder down middle over net.
66 min...WS YELLOW card...Almeida earns it for tackle at WS 20 yard line on left.
66 min...TFC Srbely 30 yard freekick from far left has retreating defender head away.
68 min...WS Issac cross from 25 yards on left has WS player shot 10 yarder that sliding goalie saves.
68 min...TFC YELLOW card...Osorio earns it for tackle at WS 35 yard line.
69 min...WS Carreiro 40 yard freekick from left has defender head ball away.
70 min...TFC sub...DaSilva replaces Rollocks.
.........TFC sub...Beckford replaces Osorio.
71 min...WS Carreiro can't win Penalty kick on tackle in TFC box.
71 min...WS goalie is out to 25 yards up middle to beat TFC Beckford to ball to clear.
71 min...WS YELLOW card...Cordon earns it for something.
73 min...WS Paredes-Procter freekick from 50 yards to WS Carreiro at 30 yards on right and his 25 yard shot hits bar
and rebound is cleared.
74 min...WS goalie slides to smother 18 yard shot from right.
76 min...WS sub...Baldassarre replaces Cavallini.
77 min...TFC DaSilva run up right and cross to box has goalie catch.
78 min...WS Paredes-Procter cornerkick from right is partially cleared and WS Sinopoli low 15 yard shot is stopped
by defender at 8 yards.
79 min...TFC sub...Dada-Luke replaces Faria.
81 min...TFC DaSilva pass to right for TFC Petrasso and he rolls 15 yard shot wide left of net.
82 min...TFC YELLOW card...Ferrazzo earns it for tackle on WS Carreiro at TFC 35 yard line.
83 min...WS Carreiro high 40 yard freekick from left has goalie catch overhead on right post.
85 min...TFC Petrasso rolls 15 yarder along right end line that goalie smothers on right post.
86 min...WS Krzeminski cross from 28 yards on right has defender head ball away.
87 min...TFC player's cross from 25 yards has goalie miss on punch out for TFC to win cornerkick.
87 min...TFC Petrasso cornerkick from left has ball deflect off TFC player for goalie to grab.
88 min...WS Baldassarre gets by sliding defender but wins cornerkick on deflection.
89 min...TFC Ferrazzo is injured at 45 yard lne away from play.
90 min...WS Carreiro cornerkick from left is caught by goalie in crowd of players.
90 min...WS Carreiro ruh down left and low 20 yard shot is well over net.
91 min...WS Issac blasts 25 yard shot is well over net.
93 min...TFC DaSilva tosses WS Krzeminski out of bounds in wrestling toss. WS win freekick.
94 min...WS Paredes-Procter 50 yard freekick from right is over to left and WS players are eventually called offside.
95 min...game ends 8:49pm.

Final Score:.....Woodbridge Strikers.....0....Toronto FC III.....0...

Attendance was about 500 people for the team's best turnout of the season 
on this hot and humid evening although the worst of the hot weather 
had past. There must have been more than 100 boys in their white kits here 
from their youth teams which meant a lot of parents here as well. Most of the 
stands were full and a lot of the youth players were sitting in the grass 
in front of the stands and had to be constantly moved back as they were too 
close to the sidelines. (Strikers wore blue kits again tonight so there was 
no confusion with the kids). Their Select U-7 boys provided a 5v5 mini game 
at halftime—wow kids playing their positions instead of the usual 
mob-the-ball carnage at BMO Field mini-games. There was an autograph 
session after the game which had a lot of the parents stay for that. 
Still most of the kids got bored and played their own soccer behind the 
stands or waited in line for hot dogs to kill the time. I wouldn't expect
by the logistics of the work to organize this that they'd hold this 
on a regular basis.

Referee John Vlahos gave out five Yellow cards (three to TFC III) all 
for tackles that I noticed rather than dissent. A lot of the game was 
end to end action.

Quillan Roberts earned the shutout for Woodbridge with a few key saves 
but mostly he anticipated where the ball would be so he could either run 
out to make his own clearances or cut down on the angles to ensure a save 
or a shot wide of the net. Roberts had worked his way through the 
TFC Academy from 2009 and was on TFC II last year. He must be more 
looking forward than looking back as he'll likely find a spot with the 
Canadian Premier League when it gets started but a game like this will 
only help his profile. He has played all 14 league games and only 
allowed nine goals--Woodbridge has allowed the lowest goals against 
in the league!  

Gianluca Catalano earned the shutout for TFC III. He was good with only 
two 'safety first' swats through the box in the early part of the game 
rather than try to catch in a crowd of players. One of them 
at 13 minutes had the ball land for a WS player at 10 yards and defender 
Nikola Static made a goal line sliding save to keep the ball out. 
Catalano was named to the L1O All Stars roster for their game against 
the PLSQ Quebec All Stars but never got into the game because 
Quillan Roberts played the first 62 minutes and then Triston Henry 
of Sigma FC finished the game. He was helped by Woodbridge being 
caught offside at least five times in the first 23 minutes.

More accurate shooting by both teams could have made this a 3-3 game.

Woodbridge captain Dylan Carreiro and Joshua Paredes-Proctor took 
almost all of the freekicks and cornerkicks.

I saw TFC III for the fifth time this season but I hadn't seen them 
in almost two months so I wondered if anything had changed as they 
are still doing well in the standings. Captain Steve Furlano not 
on the roster! OK I see by the game day sheets he was listed 
as suspended. I recognized him in the stands and asked him after 
the game. He expects to be back as captain.

Dante Campbell has signed a pro contract and was in the TFC II roster 
in defence for their game in Ottawa on Saturday. He joins defender 
Julian Dunn-Johnson who moved up a few months earlier and has become 
a regular starter. Dunn-Johnson was named a starter on the L1O All 
Star roster but had already moved on from this team.

Captain for TFC tonight was Kota Sakurai. I had read from him that 
he was leaving to start school at Dartmouth. After the game I asked 
him about it. He answered tonight was his last game and it is the 
first time he's been captain. He only played 53 minutes as he hurt 
his leg in a tackle. He was wearing a bag of ice on his knee and 
carrying the team's drink cooler. (Seems strange that Vaughan's 
Jarek Whiteman carried the cooler chest after the game he scored 
seven goals but he hadn't been hurt). Well Sakurai wasn't limping. 
Matthew Srbely finished the game as captain.

I also asked TFC midfielder Jordan Faria after the game if he was 
related to Shawn Faria (a player I used to watch play with 
Toronto Lynx of the A-League back in the early 2000s). "No but 
he is my teacher". I looked that up the next day and found that 
he is a high school teacher with the Dufferin-Peel Catholic 
School Board!

Woodbridge's record improves to 9 wins, 1 losses, 3 ties 
for 30 points. They are in first place in the Eastern Conference 
with a five point lead over Vaughan Azzurri.

Toronto FC III's record improves to 8 wins, 2 losses, 2 ties 
for 26 points. They are in third place in the West pulling ahead 
of FC London who had caught them in the standings on Friday 
night with a home win.

Next Sunday is the L1O Women's and Men's Cup Finals held at the 
Ontario Soccer Centre (about 400 yards diagonally north-east 
of Vaughan Grove) and Woodbridge Strikers are in both games 
so we'll see if they can get a good crowd for that.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca
twitter @RocketRobin01

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