August 26, 2017 League 1 Ontario--Master's FA Saints vs Vaughan Azzurri (by Rocket Robin)

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Result and details of the Saturday August 26, 2017 League 1 Ontario game between
Masters FA Saints and Vaughan Azzurri played at L'Amoreaux Park in Scarborough at 1:00pm.

Master's FA Saints (all red, white shoulders and numbers)

.......................99 Danel Gosciniak
16 Eddy Dabire...13 Paul Antoine...6 Kevin Dhillon...30 Marcus Malcom
15 Dhailo Pozo...4 David Alva...20 Maleik DeFreitas...8 Cisco Thomas
..............70 Jose De Sousa...10 Joey Melo

Subs:...0 Zachary Vesnaver (gk)...19 Aaryn Massy...17 Kamden Holder...7 Justin Robertson
...5 Macahi Henry...12 Josh Lee
team officials:...head coach Rick Titus...other team officials Junior Groves, Coach Mason,
Tajlor Plaja, Randy Olsen, and Norm Lee

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

........................1 Colm Vance
............3 Jospeh Amato...6 Matthew Amone...2 Jarred Phillips
4 Christopher Mannella...7 Jackkson Tooke...23 Joseph Di Chiara...17 Ryan Raposo...15 Jordan Haynes
...............18 Dante Pavan...9 Jarek Whiteman

Subs:...12 Shyon Gaaeni (gk)...6 Brandon John...8 Gabriel Jodhan...10 Tre Crosby
...11 Agostino Greco...14 Jorgo Nika...16 Alexander Pena
team officials:...head coach Carmine Isacco...other team officials Patrice Gheissar, Wayne Mills,
Esteban Clavijo, and Tony De Palma

Game officials:...referee Flip Dujic...referee's assistants Anthony Dimambro and Cyrus Eshafi
...fourth official Scott Bowman...(all black uniforms)

1st Half:...game starts 1:03pm...MFA defends south end on this warm afternoon with a bright sun in the south.
4 min...VA Pavan cross from 22 yards on far right has VA Tooke take midair shot in middle from 10 yards that
goalie makes point blank save.
8 min...VA goalie charges out to 25 yards in middle to clear through ball pass before MFA De Sousa can get to it.
9 min...MFA Pozo 25 yard shot from right is batted down by goalie.
10 min...VA Di Chiara is touched back pass and blasts 25 yarder up middle well over net.
13 min...MFA players are caught twice on offside is in last two minutes.
14 min...VA Di Chiara gets cross from 25 yards on right and pops 12 yard header that hits top side of bar on right.
15 min...VA Joseph Di Chiara GOAL...Di Chiara recovers ball on turnover and from 15 yards shoots into
top right side of net.
17 min...MFA Antoine throw-in from right has goalie swat away for cornerkick.
18 min...MFA Melo cornerkick from right lands at 6 yards in middle and defender clears.
18 min...MFA Melo cornerkick from right has defenders clear.
19 min...MFA YELLOW card...De Sousa earns it for complaining when not awarded a Penalty kick.
21 min...VA Pavan cross after run on rght and MFA defender runs to center of box to head away.
23 min...VA goalie charges out to 25 yards to make clearance and blasts it off charging MFA DeSousa and ball
deflects back just wide left of post.
24 min...VA Di Chiara 15 yard shot wins cornerkick on shot deflected just high and wide left of top corner.
25 min...VA player's cornerkick from left is short then crossed over box. VA Whiteman eventually sends low cross
from 20 yards on far right through 6 yard box unplayed.
26 min...MFA De Sousa receives tapped pass by MFA Melo and one-touches 12 yard roller from right just wide left
of post.
28 min...VA Amone 40 yard shot down middle is over bar.
30 min...MFA Melo rush up middle from 40 yards and rolls pass to left for charging MFA Thomas. He runs
from 15 yards to end liine and rolls centering pass and sliding players miss includint MRA De Freitas.
31 min...VA Ryan Raposo GOAL...VA Jarek Whiteman on rush on right rolls pass from 25 yards and first
VA player in middle dummies shot and Raposo comes forward on left to shoot low 15 yarder to far right corner
of net past diving goalie Daniel Gosciniak.
35 min...VA Raposo is tapped back pass and quickly shoots 22 yard shot up middle that goalie flies to palm
over top right corner.
37 min...VA player's 28 yarde cross from left has VA Whiteman just miss getting to 5 yard header.
38 min...MFA Dhillon 30 yard freekick in middle is over to right end line and MFA Antoine nods 15 yard header that
goalkie catches on right post and starts fast break.
39 min...VA player crosses from 30 yards on right and VA Whiteman at 10 yards can't quite turn header.
40 min...MFA Thomas receives long cross from right and blasts 10 yarder on end line that goalie bats down on right post.
41 min...MFA goalie rusn out to edge of box to bat away ball off head of VA Whiteman to win freekick.
43 min...VA Dante Pavan GOAL...VA Joseph Di Chiara has run on right and cuts between two defenders
and sends short centering pass through box and Pavan shoots 12 yard roller up middle into net.
46 min...VA Whiteman and Tooke on give and go play ends with Whiteman shooting low 12 yarder on right wide
right of net.
46 min...half ends 1:49pm.

2nd half:...starts 2:05pm.
46 min...MFA Melo rush on 3 on 3 on left and rolls 25 yard shot from left to goalie.
49 min...VA Tooke gets deflected clearance and passes to VA Whiteman and his 15 yard shot up middle is batted wide
by flying goalie.
50 min...VA Mannella cornerkick from left is into box and defender clears.
51 min...VA Haynes gets by defender on run up left and cross from 12 yards is stopped.
51 min...VA Tooke has 15 yard shot is blocked by defender.
52 min...VA Amato ends pressure with 22 yard cross from right is caught by goalie.
52 min...MFA DeFreitas blasts 28 yard freekick up middle that hits head in wall and spins back to 6 yard box
where it's cleared.
53 min...MFA De Sousa low cross from 25 yards on right has MFA Melo blast 12 yarder that goalie palms over
right side of net.
54 min...MFA Melo cornerkick from right has defender in box head down and another clears in box.
56 min...VA Whiteman has 15 yard shot from right saved. VA Raposo recovers on left ball and spins around defender
and low 10 yard shot is wide right.
57 min...MFA sub...Holder replaces Alva.
60 min...VA Whiteman blasts 22 yarder from right end line is well over net.
60 min...MFA sub...Henry replaces Pozo.
63 min...VA sub...Greco replaces Nika.
64 min...MFA Melo cornerkick from right has MFA player in crowd of players pop 6 yard header well over net.
66 min...VA Jarek Whiteman GOAL...VA Jordan Haynes sends pass to Whiteman at 40 yards for a run
forward and up right and from 20 yards blasts low shot to short left side just inside post over diving goalie.
67 min...VA Amato slide to have 12 yard shot caught by goalie.
67 min...MFA Henry cross from 25 yards on right is caught by goalie leaping in crowd of players.
68 min...MFA goalie catches 25 yard shot down middle.
69 min...VA sub...Crosby replaces Tooke.
69 min...VA Haynes cross from left is well over box.
70 min...MFA sub...Lee replaces Thomas.
71 min...VA Di Chiara 22 yard freekick from left is headed down by defender and ball bounces back out of box.
VA Mannella blasts shot from 20 yards that's saved by sprawling goalie and VA Raposo blasts 10 yard rebound
down middle that's stopped in midsection of goalie at 4 yards.
72 min...VA Raposo 20 yard shot is caught by goalie.
73 min...MFA DeFreitas blasts 25 yard shot high and wide left of goal.
75 min...VA Jorgo Nika GOAL...VA Jarek Whiteman cross from 25 yards on right has Nika head 10 yarder
from right into center of net.
78 min...VA sub...Jodhan replaces Amato.
........VA sub...Pena replaces Raposo.
81 min...MFA defenders are able to prevent shots on edge of box.
82 min...VA Di Chiara pass to VA Haynes and his 15 yard shot down middle has goalie palm ball over bar.
83 min...VA sub....Greco replaces Whiteman.
84 min...VA Haynes on left passes forward to VA Greco on left and cross is over box has charging VA player tip ball
with shin that goalie palms for cornerkick.
85 min...MFA sub...Robertson replaces Henry.
88 min...VA Phillips low 35 yard shot is through crowd of players and caught by goalie.
89 min...VA Tre Crosby GOAL...VA Christopher Mannella cross from 60 yards on right finds
VA Jordan Haynes at 50 yards on left. Haynes passes forward on left and VA Crosby in open
runs to end line and low shot from 12 yards near left end line finds inside of right corner of net.
90 min...MFA sub...Massy replaces Melo.
93 min...MFA De Sousa low 28 yarder up middle has diving goalie save on right post.
93 min...game ends 2:53pm.

Final Score:...Master's FA Saints.......0.......Vaughan Azzurri......6....

Attendance was about 35 on this warm day with a bright sun in the south.

Referee Flip Dujic gave out only one Yellow card that I noticed—to Master's 
Jose De Sousa for complaining about not being awarded a Penalty kick 
at 18 minutes.

Both teams had enough chances to win if their shooting was more accurate 
but more accuracy would have put Vaughan in double digits. Master's goalie 
Daniel Gosciniak had some spectacular saves to keep the score down.

Jarek Whiteman had a goal and two assists but missed a few chances on shots 
and headers. He increases his lead in the scoring race to 23 goals—9 more 
than Elvir Gigolaj of FC London. Master's Jose De Sousa is tied for third 
place with 12 goals but he was held of the board today.

Colm Vance earned the shutout for Vaughan with a few key saves. Vaughan had 
a midweek game on Tuesday with a shutout away win against FC London using 
former Canadian international David Monsalve. He wasn't even here today. 
Last Friday I was in Pickering to see one of Vaughan's teenage 
goalies—Michael Argyrides earn a 4-2 win against Durham in his L1O debut. 
Their other 1999 goalie Shyon Gaaeni was on the bench today.

Chris Mannella (ex-TFC) was playing midfield today after returning from 
tryouts in Spain. He answered me that he was waiting for a possible 
callback. None of the three Mills brothers were here today.

Vaughan must have a huge data base of players. York University is playing 
this weekend and are in Windsor playing the Lancers tonight after losing 
away to University of Western last night in London. Vaughan head coach 
Carmine Isacco is away with York coaching them this weekend. 
Patrice Gheissar was calling instructions from the Vaughan bench today.

Joey Melo took most of the freekicks and cornerkicks for Master's and 
Jose De Sousa had most of the scoring chances for them. Players got 
frustrated late in the second half as every run upfield that would 
be stopped wout result in a quick Vaughan counterattack putting a strain 
on the Master's defence. It's almost like there was a turning point 
as at 30 minutes Melo rushed up the middle from 40 yards and rolled 
a pass to the left for the charging Cisco Thomas who ran from 15 yards 
to the end line and rolled a centering pass that sliding MFA players 
including Malek De Freitas just a step behind from connecting in the 
six yard box. A minute later Vaughan was back upfield scoring their 
second goal.

This is the fourth win in a row for Vaughan dating back to a midweek 
loss (August 9) to Woodbridge Strikers a few days after

Woodbridge also beat them in the L1O Cup Final. They have split their 
league game season series and won't play each other again this season. 
I can expect they may be dueling for the lead right to the last weekend.

Master's record falls to 5 wins, 10 losses, 2 ties for 17 points 
that's good for sixth place in the eight team Eastern Conference.

Vaughan's record improves to 12 wins, 5 losses, 1 tie for 37 points. 
This result moves them into first place in the East for now—in that 
Woodbridge Strikers play tomorrow and could leapfrog over Vaughan 
before the weekend is over. Vaughan has a +32 goals for/against which 
is tied for best in the league with Oakville Blue Devils who happen 
to be in first place in the West. So plus/minus in goals 
do mean something!

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca
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