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Result and details of the Sunday August 6, 2017 League 1 Ontario Men's Cup Final
between Woodbridge Strikers and Vaughan Azzurri played at The Ontario Soccer Centre in Vaughan at 8:30pm.

Woodbridge Strikers (all blue, white numbers)

..........................1 Quillan Roberts
4 Francesco Sinopoli...5 Michael Fayehun...6 Joshua Paredes-Procter...3 Kyle Watson
.........7 Dylan Carreiro (cpt)...11 Stephen Almeida...22 Michael Krzeminski
........15 James Baker...10 Christian Cavallini...17 Emmanuel Issac

Subs:...12 Michael Scavone (gk)...9 Milan Beader...13 Saul Campos...16 Mikateko Zwane
...20 Ronaldo Marshall...21 Claudio Sereno...23 Luca Baldassarre
team officials:...team head coach Peter Pinizzotto...assistant coach Marco Reda...manager John Scarleto
...equipment manager Amedeo Pellegrino...therapist Justin Miranda

Vaughan Azzurri (white socks and shirts, red shorts, black numbers)

....................................1 Andrew D'Souza
.........2 Jarred Phillipps...18 Matthew Arnone...5 Daniel Gogarty...3 Joseph Amato
9 Jarek Whiteman...4 Jordan Haynes...11 Brandon Mills...7 Malcolm Loukides...23 Joseph Di Chiara
..............................10 Jason Mills

Subs:...12 Shyon Gaeeni (gk)...7 Malcolm Loukides...8 Steve Kloutsouniotis...14 Jorgo Nika
...16 Devante Walker...17 Benjamin Futoriansky...24 Josh Kiselyov
team officials:...head coach Carmine Isacco...other team officials Patrice Gheisar, Wayne Mills,
and Tony De Palma...therapist Esteban Clavijo

Game officials:...referee John Vlahos...referee assistants Filip Dujic and Sean Simpson
...fourth official Bradely Doubrough...(watermelo shirts, black shorts and socks)

1st Half:...starts 8:31pm...WS defend north end.
1 min...VA Goagary on left side of box can't get to ball for shot.
2 min...VA Brandon John GOAL...VA Jarek Whiteman touches ball at 18 yards in middle tapping ball
back to John and he shoots 22 yarder that banks in off the bar on the top right corner away from goalie
Quillan Roberts.
4 min...VA Whiteman skies cross from right and defender lets goalie grab ball on bounce.
5 min...VA Whiteman cross from 22 yards on wde right has VA Brandon Mills whiff on 12 yard shot on left.
7 min...WS Carreiro blasts 22 yarder from left wide left of net.
8 min...VA Jason Mills rush on left and cross is too far forward for VA player and goalie picks up ball.
12 min...WS YELLOW card...Paredes-Procter earns it for tackle on left sideline.
13 min...VA Di Chiara 28 yard freekick on left has defender on left flick header to right and another
heads away on right.
14 min...VA Di Chiara blasts 25 yarder down middle and goale palms over bar.
15 min...VA players work out short cornerkick from left and cross through box.
16 min...VA Whiteman flicks 12 yarder over net after receiving low pass.
19 min...VA Di Chiara gets through ball into box and can't get away clear shot.
There end up being two balls on the field for a prolonged time.
24 min...WS Carreiro dribbles ball into center and from 25 yards fires shot high and wide left after individual
effort eluding defenders.
25 min...WS Issac low cross from 25 yards has defender stop at 8 yards.
27 min...WS Emmanuel Issac GOAL...WS Christian Cavallini rolls pass from 28 yards on far left and Issac
shoots 22 yarder from left into top right corner of net.
28 min...WS Krzeminski cross from left has WS Paredes-Procter from 20 yards on far right fire shot high and wide left.
29 min...VA Whiteman cross from 20 yards on right has defender on left head ball behind own net.
30 min...VA player's cornerkick from left has defender head on left through box and defender clears on right.
31 min...VA Haynes low 25 yard cross shot is blocked as he gets knocked over near left edge of box.
32 min...VA YELLOW card...Whiteman earns it for sliding tackle on WS Krzeminski at WS 25 yards line on right
in front of box.
33 min...VA YELLOW card...Gogarty earns it for sliding tackle on WS Carreiro at VA 40 yard line.
34 min...WS Paredes-Procter 40 yard freekick up middle has defender clear at 15 yards in box.
36 min...VA Amato cross from 28 yards on left has VA Jason Mills flick 10 yard header on right off top of bar.
37 min...VA Whiteman cross from 28 yards on riight has defender clear in box.
38 min...VA player's cornerkick from left has VA Arnone bicycle kick at 7 yards in middle is over net.
39 min...VA Di Chiara low cross from right has defender concede cornerkick.
40 min...VA YELLOW card...Di Chiara earns it for tackle near WS end line.
41 min...WS Issac receves backheel pass forward and 12 yard cross from left has defender on right head away.
42 min...WS Fayehun blasts 35 yarder over players down middle just and wide left of net.
43 min...VA Haynes cross from 30 yards on left has defender clear.
44 min...VA Di Chiara cornerkick from left has nearest defender on left head ball away.
45 min...half ends 9:16pm. There's then a dust up against the referee's decision for not adding extra time.

2nd Half:...starts 9:35pm.
halftime sub:...VA Futoriansky replaces Haynes.
46 min...VA Brandon Mills 30 yard freekick from left has goale catch between crowd of players.
47 min...WS Carreiro given breakaway pass down middle and quick 20 yard shot is well over net.
48 min...VA YELLOW card...Amato earns it on delayed call when WS player is held back at WS 30 yard line.
50 min...WS Carreiro receives pass in middle and 25 yard blast is well over net and back fence.
51 min...VA Jason Mills is injured away from play.
54 min...WS Cavallini 30 yard shot from left bounces wide right.
55 min...WS Krzeminski is injured at WS 25 yard sideline.
55 min...VA Jason Mills returns to game.
56 min...WS Issac gets ball just inside top left corner of VA box but has shot/cross attempt blocked.
57 min...WS Krzeminski run down left and 20 yard shot deflects off defender and then himself for goalkick.
58 min...WS James Baker GOAL...WS Dylan Carreiro cross from 25 yards on left has Baker head 8 yarder
forward and just under bar on right side of goal well away from goalie Andrew D'Souza.
59 min...VA RED card...Joseph Di Chiara earns his second Yellow card (first at 40 minutes) from referee
John Vlahos for a delayed call of a sliding tackle.
60 min...WS Carreiro 40 yard freekick from middle over to left and cross is cleared on edge of box.
61 min...WS Cavallini rolls cross along left end line and defender clears.
62 min...VA Amato cross from 30 yards on left and ball is popped up and VA Jason Mills heads down and WS player
kneels to head back to own goalie.
63 min...WS Almeida run along right edge of box and runs across it but can't cut in shot.
64 min...WS defender wins freekick for being pushed over in WS box after VA forward eluded goalie.
65 min...WS Baker recovers ball on edge of VA box but shot is blocked.
66 min...VA player can't win Penalty kick on WS defender sliding tackle on left side of box.
68 min...VA Jason Mills is nto WS box on right but runs out of room and give freekick when he tackles from behind.
68 min...WS sub...Marshall replaces Baker. *this sub was overruled as his name was not on the game sheet!
He is ordered off the field by the fourth official as his name is not on the gamesheet. I see his name on the copy
I was given.
71 min...VA Brandon Mills 20 yard freekick on right end line has ball unplayed out left side of box.
72 min...WS sub...Baldassarre replaces Baker (who'd left the field four minutes ago).
73 min...WS Emmanuel Issac GOAL...WS Luca Baldassarre rolls pass from 22 yards on left on run and Issac
rolls 12 yard shot into right side of net.
73 min...WS YELLOW card...Issac earns it for pulling his shirt off to celebrate his goal.
75 min...VA Phillips earns freekick on edge of WS box for sliding trip.
76 min...VA sub...Nika replaces Amato.
........VA sub...Kloutsouniotis replaces Phillips.
77 min...VA Whiteman 20 yard freekick down middle hits head in player wall and defender clears.
77 min...VA Whiteman 22 yard freekick from right end line has defender head ball away.
78 min...WS Carreiro on 3 on 0 rush gets caught by retreating defenders and 15 yard low shot from
left has diving goalie push ball wide left of post.
79 min...WS players work out short cornerkick from left and cross into box has WS Almeida off balance header
from 12 yards on right side of box bounce and defender clears.
79 min...WS Watson slides in WS box and shot hits his hand but VA can't win Penalty kick.
80 min...WS YELLOW card...Goalie Roberts earns it for time wasting.
80 min...VA Whiteman 30 yard blast from left is well over net.
81 min...WS Almeida 15 yard shot from right is around defender and goalie palms ball over net.
83 min...VA player's cornerkick from right has WS Paredes-Procter head ball away and start fast break.
WS Baldassarre run down middle and takes 15 yard shot when bumped by defender and puts it wide left.
84 min...VA YELLOW card...Futoriansky earns it for tackle on WS Almeida at WS 50 yard line.
85 min...WS sub...Zwane replaces injured Almeida.
86 min...VA Whiteman low cross from 20 yards on left has defender clear on right side of box.
87 min...WS Cavallini taps ball into VA box for WS Zwane and 12 yard shot is deflected off defender.
88 min...VA Whiteman blasts 25 yard shot from slight left off top of bar on right side of net.
WS Fayehun was down injured on edge of box earlier on the play.
90 min...WS Cavallini rolls cross from 28 yards on riight to WS Baldassarre and his shot on edge
of box is blocked.
91 min...WS Krzeminski run down and has shot stopped.
92 min...WS Zwane eludes defrender's pushing attempt to get him out of bounds. He eludes another
defendwer on right side of box and rolls ball that's stopped.
93 min...VA Nika is passed centering pass and his 22 yard shot is over net.
94 min...WS Cavallini on 3 way pass chips 12 yards shot on right to goalie.
94 min...game ends 10:24pm.

Final Score:...Woodbridge Strikers.......3....Vaughan Azzurri.....1...

Attendance was about 250 but not really an overlapping crowd although 
that would be possible as the Strikers women's team had just finished 
their Cup final game less than half hour before. London fans would have 
been on their four hour drive home by the start of this game. Woodbridge 
would be considered the home team by geography at least as their home 
ground is only about the length of three football fields away.

This game was really rough with lots of tough tackles. Vaughan was 
out-carded three to one by referee John Vlahos in the first half. 
With that and two goals there was no added time given which drew 
complaints from Vaughan players as they were on a break upfield. Vlahos 
had to put up with complaining from players and their benches. There 
was even a time at 19 minutes when there was an extra ball had rolled 
into the middle of the field close to the edge of the WS box that just 
sat there as action continued around it.

Those early cards came back to haunt Vaughan as Joseph Di Chiara drew 
a second Yellow a minute after WS James Baker's goal which gave WS the 
lead and really restricted Vaughan's ability to mount a comeback. 
Vaughan had to open up the game even more and that resulted in another 
WS goal and then at one time a 3 on 0 WS break which was had the 
defender get back in time and stop Dylan Carreiro.

I think the final card count was four Yellows and a Red for Vaughan 
and three for Woodbridge including two non-violent ones --Issac for 
pulling his shirt off after his second goal and goalie Roberts for 
time wasting.

My thanks to announcer Ari Sokora—the voice of Oakville Blue Devils—I could 
keep up with the cards and player subs. Also the WS players for helping 
me fill in the assists on the goals. Those goals were quick and the 
stadium lighting wasn't the brightest.

Woodbridge had more chances with a man advantage but Vaughan never 
gave up. Even at 88 minutes VA Jarek Whiteman blasted a 25 yard shot 
from the slight left that hit the top of the bar on the right side 
of the net.

A few guys were missing. Midfielder Oscar Cordon joined the WS celebration 
wearing a track suit. He said he had a knee injury and couldn't play. 
On the Azzurri, ex-TFC midfielder Chris Mannella wasn't on the roster 
nor was forward Thomas Skublak who got the whole tournament started 
months ago with a first round three goal performance against 
Toronto Skillz.

Woodbridge wins the L1O League Cup for the second time in the years 
of the league. Vaughan has won it the other two years. The two teams 
met last year with Vaughan winning 1-0. The first two years these two 
teams defeated Sigma FC (Vaughan in the inaugural 2014 season at BMO 
Field—the only time the final has not been played at Ontario 
Soccer Centre).

This was a mixed results day for a lot of the teams here—win some, 
lose some. The day started at 8:30am and eventually held six games. 
Games were 90 minutes but ties went straight to Penalty kicks. 
The OPDL Cup were the first four.

Results of the day were:
OPDL U-16 Girls Burlington Youth 1 Aurora FC 1
Burlington won in Pks.
OPDL U-16 Boys Vaughan 4 Hamilton United 0
OPDL U-15 Girls Ottawa South United 1 Vaughan 1
Ottawa SU won 3-1 on Pks.
OPDL U-15 Boys Durham United 0 West Ottawa 0
Durham won 5-4 on Pks. (I arrived late in the second half so got 
to see the extra round).
League 1 Ontario Women FC London 6 Woodbridge 1

Strange about the Ottawa teams is they both entered L1O this year 
and with restrictions that all new teams can enter only one team 
when they join. Ottawa South has only an L1O Men's team and 
West Ottawa has only an L1O Women's team this season. Perhaps 
when these teenagers are older there will be a club team for 
their gender in L1O.

Now Wednesday it's back to regular season play and the only game
scheduled is---Vaughan hosting Woodbridge. Yellow cards from 
cup games shouldn't cross over to league games. I don't know 
if tempers will have cooled by then!

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca
Twitter RocketRobin01

Woodbridge Strikers starters

Vaughan Azzurri starters

Vaughan Jason Mills (10) takes opening kickoff.

midfield action

more action

Vaughan cornerkick coming in from the left.

Woodbridge James Baker (15) takes second half kickoff.

Vaughan Azzurri players set up late freekick.

WS Dylan Carreiro (captain) with League Cup trophy with Canadian National team coach
Octavo Zombrano and Ontaro Soccer Association president Ron Smale.

Woodbridge Strikers players pose with League Cup.

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