August 18, 2017 League 1 Ontario--Durham United FA vs Vaughan Azzurri (by Rocket Robin)

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Result and details of the Friday August 18, 2017 League 1 Ontario game between
Durham United FA and Vaughan Azzurri played at Kinsmen Park in Pickering at 8:00pm.

Durham United FA (all black, yellow numbers)

...................0 Ben Cowman
2 Revoe Hill...5 Joe Zupo (cpt)...6 Cameron Brooks...3 Vince Sasso
17 Joseph Roccasalva...8 Taylor Lord...7 Christian Moncrieffe...11 Stefan Lamanna
.............9 La Rohne Young...16 Jumbo Iyowuna

Subs:...1 Eugene Alves (gk)...10 Hayden Clarke...18 Duwayne Ewart...15 Jonathon Parolini
...13 Tyrell Rayne...19 Dylan Campbell...12 Bruce Cullen
team officials:...head coach Sanford Carabin...team officials Desmond Warner and Felix Dinanzo

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

....................1 Michael Argyrides
2 Jarred Phillips...6 Mathew Amone...5 Daniel Gogarty...3 Joweph Amato (cpt)
17 Ryan Raposo...11 Brandon Mills...23 Joseph Di Chiara...7 Jackson Tooke
.............9 Jarek Whiteman...15 Jordan Haynes

Subs:...12 Shyon Gaeeni (gk)...4 Josh Kiselyov...10 Jonathan Lao...8 Steve Klousouniotis
...14 Jorgo Nika...18 Dante Pavan...24 Marco Rodriguez
team officials:...head coach Carmine Isacco...other team officials Patrice Gheisar, Wayne Mills,
Esteban Clavlo, and Tony De Palma

Game officials:...referee Lukasz Kowalewski...referee's assistants Kevin C Read and Eddie Moran
...fourth official...Phil Benevides...(watermelon shirts, black shorts and socks)

1st Half:...game starts 8:00pm...DUFA defends west end on this mild night with the sun already
below the tree line.
3 min...VA Haynes cross from left end line is caught by goalie on left post.
9 min...DUFA Jumbo Iyowuna GOAL...DUFA Joseph Roccasalva turns back on right sideline near cornerflag
and crosses into box. Iyowuna nods free header from 8 yards to low left side of net past diving goalie
Michael Argyndes.
10 min...VA Haynes cross from 22 yards on left has goalie catch in crowd of players on right post.
11 min...DUFA Iyowuna rolls ball forward from 28 yards in middle. DUFA Moncrieffe is covered and rolls
weak 15 yarder down middle that goalie saves wide of left post.
12 min...VA Di Chiara cornerkick from left is headed around in box until play whistled down.
15 min...DUFA Iyowuna crosses 25 yarder from far right well over box.
16 min...VA Amato is knocked over on ankle kick at VA 25 yard line by DUFA Iyowuna.
19 min...VA YELLOW card...Di Chiara earns it for sliding tackle on DUFA Roccasalva at VA 40 yard line.
20 min...DUFA Moncrieffe 40 yard freekick down middle has whistle blown on left side of box for player bumping.
24 min...DUFA Sasso cross from near left cornerflag has goalie catch overhead on left side of net.
25 min...DUFA Iyowuna cross from 30 yards on left has DUFA Moncrieffe leads 10 yarder down middle off bar.
DUFA Moncrieffe then swings midair 12 yard rebound over net.
27 min...DUFA Sasso cross from 30 yards on left is over goalie's arms but cleared by defender.
28 min...VA Amato 15 yard roller from left has defender clear.
28 min...VA Raposo 15 yard shot from right is high and wide left.
29 min...VA Whiteman rolls centering pass from 28 yards on left has VA Haynes blast 15 yarder from left well
over net.
31 min...DUFA YELLOW card...Moncrieffe earns it for kick on VA Gogarty at VA 40 yard line.
32 min...VA Haynes cross from 25 yards on far left is over players in box.
34 min...VA Haynes cornerkick from right has VA Phillips head 7 yarder from left and diving goalie pushes ball
wide right of post.
34 min...VA Haynes low cornerkick from right has nearest defender clear.
35 min...VA Tooke 30 yard shot from left is through players and has goalie catch.
36 min...VA Mills 40 yard shot from left bounces to goalie.
39 min...VA Jarek Whiteman GOAL...VA Jackson Tooke intercepts pass at DUFA 30 yard line and rolls
ball to right for Whiteman to shoot 25 yarder from right into top left corner over goalie Ben Cowman.
40 min...VA Raposo shoots 28 yarder from far rigtht wide left of net.
41 min...VA Amato checks DUFA Iyowuna off ball on right side of box.
41 min...DUFA Hill bends cross from 25 yards on right wide left for goalkick.
42 min...VA Haynes 40 yard freekick from right sideline wins cornerkick on left for defenders header.
43 min...VA Raposo cross from 22 yards on left has defender head away on edge of 6 yard box.
45 min...VA Phillips cross from left is headed away.
46 min...VA Haynes cornerkick from right has defender head ball out left side of box.
46 min...half ends 8:46pm before cornerkick can be taken.

VA players stay on the sideline during halftime rather than walk 200 yards to the dressing room.

2nd Half:...starts 9:01pm.
46 min...DUFA Iyowuna 25 yard midair shot from left is just wide left of top corner of net.
46 min...VA Raposo cross from near right corner flag is over VA player leaping to make header.
47 min...DUFA Roccasalva cornerkick from left has defender head away at 8 yards.
48 min...DUFA Young off-balance 30 yard shot up middle is well wide left.
49 min...DUFA Lamanna cross from 22 yards is headed away.
51 min...DUFA Lamanna dribbles forward and to middle and passes left to DUFA Iyowuna and low 15 yard
shot is smothered by goalie.
53 min...DUFA Cullen replaces Hill.
54 min...DUFA (VA Joseph Amato own goal) GOAL...DUFA Taylor Lord cross from 15 yards on left has
Amato take midair 5 yard clearance kick on right side but he sends it into own net.
55 min...VA Di Chiara 35 yard freekick from left is low and defender on edge of box clears it away with kick.
57 min...VA Jarek Whiteman GOAL...VA Joseph Amato sends high clearance kick from 80 yards on left
upfield and Whiteman gets pass at 35 yards on left and runs between two defenders and rolls 18 yarder that
goalie dives to left but only gets piece of and rolls into left corner.
58 min...VA sub...Nika replaces Tooke.
59 min...VA Jarek Whiteman GOAL...VA Joseph Di Chiara rolls pass from left at 22 yards and Whiteman
blasts 10 yarder in middle to top center of net. The DUFA bench was complaining about why the VAs got away
a quick freekick from well downfield.
61 min...DUFA sub...Rayne replaces Young.
63 min...DUFA Roccasalva cornerkick from right bends behind end line.
64 min...DUFA Rayne 25 yard shot after run up right is just high wide left of net.
65 min...VA player's long freekick from 75 yards has DUFA Cullen panic and give oornerkick when VA Whiteman threatened.
65 min...VA Haynes cornerkick from right has VA player fan on midair shot from 12 yards and ball rolls wide left.
66 min...VA player's 15 yard shot from near left end line has goalie swat ball over net.
67 min...DUFA Lamanna cornerkick from right has defender head away.
68 min...VA player's 30 yard freekick from left has defender concede cornerkick on right.
70 min...VA player's cornerkick from left has VA Nika head 10 yarder on right post that flying goalie pushes wide of post.
71 min...VA Haynes low cornerkick from right has VA Raposo have 25 yard shot is stopped on edge of box.
71 min...DUFA YELLOW card...Sasso earns it for play that VA Di Chiara is flattened at DUFA 30 yard line.
72 min...VA Di Chiara 33 yard freekick from left has goalie swat over bar.
72 min...VA Haynes cornerkick from right bends unplayed on bounce over left end line.
73 min...DUFA sub...Ewart replaces Moncrieffe.
74 min...VA goalie steps to edge of box to grab bounced ahead of DUFA player.
75 min...DUFA Cullen bounces 30 yarder from left that diving goalie at 10 yards swats across box.
76 min...VA Nika short run down middle and low 33 yardt up middle is saved.
77 min...VA Phillps passes forward from 60 yards to VA player and cross has VA Nika have goalie beat him to ball.
78 min...VA Mills rush in from 45 yards on left has long run and low shot is saved. VA Whiteman chips 25 yard pass that
catches VA Raposo offside at 10 yards.
80 min...DUFA sub...Clarke replaces Lord.
........VA sub...Lao replaces Whiteman.
82 min...DUFA Sasso 35 yard blast from right is well over net.
84 min...VA Jorgo Nika GOAL...VA Brandon Mills short pass from 30 yards to left for Nika to shoot 18 yarder
from left into top right side of net.
85 min...VA sub...Kloutsouniotis replaces Raposo.
85 min...DUFA Cullen 70 yard cross from left has goalie catch on edge of box.
86 min...VA sub...Kiselyov replaces Haynes.
88 min...VA Kloutsouniotis long run up right and cross through box is unplayed.
89 min...DUFA player's cross from right end line has defender clear on left.
90 min...VA Mills centers pass to VA Lao who has 20 yard blast saved.
90 min...DUFA Iyowuna blasts 18 yard shot from left is off bar on left side. DUFA Lamanna recovers ball at 12 yards
of far right and shoots wide left.
93 min...VA sub...Pavan replaces Di Chiara.
93 min...DUFA Iyowuna 15 yard shot up middle has ball deflect off defender's leg and pop up for goalie at 8 yards.
93 min...game ends 9:49pm.

Final Score:.....Durham United FA......2.....Vaughan Azzurri....4...

Attendance was about 55 on this mild night with the sun already setting 
below the tree line at the start of the game.

Lukasz Kowalewski gave out three Yellow cards that I counted. (two against 
DUFA). He wasn't too popular from each team bench but he had control 
of this game.

Jarek Whiteman scored three goals again last night for Vaughan. This is 
the second game within a week that he's done that as he had all the goals 
in their 3-0 win against Sanjaxx on Sunday. He now has 20 goals for the 
season and pulls further ahead of FC London's Elvir Gigolaj with 13.

Michael Argyrides made his first start in goal for Vaughan. He is listed 
as a 1999.  He gave up some rebounds but the defenders gave him time 
to smother them and he was more inclined to palm or tip the ball than make 
a risky catch attempt.  The more 'experienced' goalie until tonight was 
Shyon Gaeeni who had his first game last week shutting out Sanjaxx. He is 
also a 1999. They seemed to have taken over from Colm Vance, Andrew D'Souza 
and Daniel Goscniak who had played all games until then. Vance I believe 
is still with York University so that may account for his absence.

Another Vaughan player born in 1999 is Ryan Raposo who was recently named 
Top Soccer Player at the Canada Games on the gold medal winning Team Ontario.

This was the first game of the season for midfielder Jonathan Lao who came 
in at 80 minutes to replace Whiteman. Lao told me he had recovered by torn 
patellas in both knees sustained in November.

I hadn't noticed ex TFC midfield player Chris Mannella on the Vaughan roster 
in the last few league line-scores. I asked club official Tony De Palma and 
he answered that they know he's trying out for some clubs in Spain. There's 
some fan run mock drafts for the new CanPrem League that had him being 
selected early but if that league doesn't start until maybe 2019, a guy has 
to make a living so I can understand why he's over there trying to catch 
on for a club.

This was the first match of the season held at Kinsmen Park in Pickering. 
An L1O official before the game described to me how the grass had been cut 
too short and there were track tire marks sunken into the field on the north 
side making the grounds unplayable. As the GTA had rain every day or by 
every third day for months, the ground would never even out. I enjoyed 
watching DUFA games at the alternate indoor Pickering Soccer Centre 
especially on nights when it rained, but the official said at the last 
game it got so hot and humid in there his note paper stuck together.

Tonight the steady breeze at Kinsmen kept the bug count down and I didn't 
have to use much spray. I also remembered from last year to take as many 
pictures as I could in the first half because the stadium lighting isn't 
so good once it's dark.

League 1 Ontario has now switched back to games within their own conference 
for the last third of the season except for a few that were postponed.

The loss leaves DUFA in fourth place with a record of 7 wins, 6 losses, 
3 ties for 24 points in the eight team Eastern conference.

The win improves Vaughan's record to 10 wins, 2 losses, 3 ties for 
33 points and second place in the East only two points behind 
Woodbridge Strikers who have not played this weekend.

DUFA and Vaughan had played to a 0-0 result on the opening weekend. 
DUFA was selling this as a revenge game for the L1O Cup where Vaughan 
knocked them out in the second round in Penalty kicks.

Rocket Robin
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twitter @RocketRobin01

Durham United FA starters