August 26, 2017 League 1 Ontario--Aurora FC vs Durham United FA (by Rocket Robin)

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Result and details of the Saturday August 26, 2017 League 1 Ontario game between
Aurora FC and Durham United FA played at St Maximillion Kolbe HS in Aurora at 4:00pm.

Aurora United FA (yellow socks and shirts, black shorts and numbers)

........................1 Alexander Jakma
2 Anu Makinwa...11 Ezekiel Uadiale...4 Michael Nitchov...3 Petros Vasilos
5 Lucas Da Silva...20 Matthew Brown...8 Max Ferrari...7 Basel Rashrash
..............9 Jared Agyemang...10 Ruben Dos Santos

Subs:...22 Matthew Peres (gk)...17 Dijodh Singh...13 Daniel Bogach...14 Yaniv Samson
...16 Karamvir Mehmi...19 Aidane Elder
team officials:...team head coach Derek O'Keeffe...manager Nicholas Fiore...therapist Haley Roberge
assistant coaches Dave Diplacido, Jimmy Brennan, and Nick Spagnolo

Durham United FA (all black, yellow numbers)

........................1 Eugene Alves
15 Jonathan Parolini...5 Joe Zupo (cpt)...6 Cameron Brooks...3 Vince Sasso
18 Duwayne Ewart...17 Joseph Roccasalva...8 Taylor Lord...7 Christian Moncrieffe...11 Stefan Lamanna
.......................10 Kashiff Dejonge

Subs:...0 Ben Cowman (gk)...9 La Rohne Young...16 Jumbo Iyowuna...14 Hayden Clarke...2 David Reilly
...13 Isaiah Greaves...19 Dylan Campbell
team officials:...head coach Sanford Carabin...other team officials Desmond Warner and Felix Direnzo

Game officials:...referee Timothy Wong...referee's assistants Kevin C Read and Joshua Smith
...fourth official Vladimir Makarov...(watermelon shirts, black shorts and socks)

1st Half:...game starts 4:01pm...Aur defends south end.
2 min...DUFA Moncrieffe 35 yard freekick from left is stopped in one man wall.
3 min...DUFA Roccasalva cornerkick from left is over players in box and Aur defender heads behind end line.
4 min...DUFA Roccasalva cornerkick from right is popped around in box on header including goalie swatting ball
away and DUFA Dejonge heading forward and ends with DUFA player popping header wide left from 7 yards.
4 min...Aur Uadiale on 3 on 3 rush rolls ball up middle from 30 yards straight to goalie..
7 min...Aur Makinwa long throw-in from right to near right post wins cornerkick.
7 min...Aur player's cornerkick from right is headed away on left side of box.
8 min...DUFA Moncrieffe low 15 yard shot from right has sliding goalie push ball wide left of net.
8 min...DUFA Roccasalva cornerkick from left is cleared on right side of box.
10 min...DUFA Moncrieffe low 30 yard freekick from left is cleared in box by defenders.
11 min...Aur Agyemang gets centering pass and slides to get 15 yard shot wide right of net.
13 min...Aur Agyemang is injured at 22 yards in collision with DUFA goalie who had just cleared away ball.
14 min...DUFA Roccasalva gets long pass on left and crosses into box where DUFA Dejonge shoots 18 yarder
down middle over net.
15 min...DUFA Sasso is injured on tackle near center line.
16 min...Aur Rashrash cross near left cornerflag drifts behind net.
20 min...Aur Agyemang cornerkick from left has defender head ball away.
21 min...DUFA Roccasalva long run down right wing and rolls centering pass for charging DUFA Dejonge who taps
in 15 yarder up middle but flag was up for offside.
22 min...Aur Agyemang blasts low 18 yard shot up middle that goalie slides to block at 15 yards. Aur Ferrari
is tapped rebound on right and hits post from 12 yards. Aur Makinwa blasts 15 yard shot wide left.
23 min...DUFA Roccasalva cornerkick from left has DUFA player pop ball over net on header from 7 yards
on right.
26 min...DUFA Roccasalva is checked off ball on run into left side of box. DUFA Lord follows up and shoots
low 15 yarder wide right.
29 min...DUFA Brooks 38 yard freekick from right has DUFA Dejonge alone on left head 10 yarder wide left of post.
30 min...DUFA Duwayne Ewart GOAL...DUFA Jonathon Parolini sends ball from 60 yards to Ewart
on a pinpoint pass to right and he cuts forward and to middle surviving defender's slide from behind
at 22 yards and rounds goalie Alexander Jakma at 15 yards in middle and takes sharp angle shot
from 15 yards on left into open net.
......DUFA YELLOW card...Ewart earns it after goal for swearing at an Aurora player.
34 min...DUFA player chips freekick from 35 yards down middle and charging DUFA Zupo gets to bouncer and
shoots 12 yarder down middle that goalie makes point blank save at 8 yards.
35 min...DUFA Roccasalva cornerkick from left has DUFA player head 10 yarder from right that tips off defender
wide right.
36 min...DUFA Roccasalva cornerkick from right has DUFA Brooks charge across box from left and flick header
from 89 yards from right just wide left of post.
39 min...Aur Vasilos 25 yard freekick from left is into player wall and Aur player shoots 15 yarder that's blocked
in middle.
41 min...DUFA Brooks 30 yard freekick from left is low and into box and DUFA Dejonge flicks 8 yard shot over bar
on shot although he may have been offside.
42 min...Aur Vasilos 30 yard freekick from left has ball cleared from box.
42 min...DUFA Dejonge is given through ball and shot from 20 yarfds is stopped point blank by sprawling goalie.
Dejonge does the splits to recover ball but defender takes ball away.
43 min...DUFA Brooks 33 yard freekick from right has ball cleared in box.
44 min...DUFA Ewart is centered ball and low 15 yard shot up mddle is saved by goalie.
45 min...DUFA Roccasalva low 12 yard shot is saved by sliding goalie.
46 min...DUFA Roccasalva cornerkick from right has DUFA Zupo pop 8 yard header just over bar.
46 min...half ends 4:47pm.

2nd Half:...starts 5:04pm.
halftime sub:...Aur Mehmi replaces Uadiale.
45 min...Aur goalie catches ball ahead of DUFA Dejonge at 12 yards.
46 min...Aur YELLOW card...Vasilos earns it for sliding tackle on DUFA Lamanna.
47 min...DUFA Brooks 22 yard freekick from right edge of box is roller and sliding DUFA player is called
offside at 3 yards.
48 min...DUFA Lamanna low 30 yard pass up middle is just step ahead of DUFA Dejonge at 12 yards.
51 min...Aur sub...Matthew Peres replaces Alexander Jakma in goal. Jakma had been hurt early in the first
half and told the bench he might not be able to continue but kept answering head coach Derek O'Keefe
that he could last a bit longer.
52 min...Aur Dos Santos 33 yard freekick from right wins cornerkick on defender popping up header back
over own end line.
52 min...Aur Rashrash low cornerkick from left has DUFA Lord clear as nearest man on left post.
54 min...DUFA Moncrieffe finishes DUFA pressure with 15 yard shot well over net.
56 min...DUFA Sasso is called by referee for blood and leaves game for treatment of nose bleed.
58 min...DUFA sub...Clarke repladces Parolini.
58 min...DUFA Sasso returns to game.
59 min...DUFA Moncrieffe 35 yard freekick up middle hits body in player wall.
60 min...DUFA Moncrieffe low 22 yard cross from right end line deflects to goalie.
64 min...DUFA Lord 30 yard shot of partial clearance is down middle and DUFA Dejonge runs forward
and rounds sliding goalie and sharp angle roller from 18 yards that retreating defender saves
on left post.
65 min...DUFA Kashiff Dejonge GOAL...DUFA Joseph Moncrieffe takes cornerkick from right and Dejonge
flicks 8 yard header into right side of net past goalie Matthew Peres.
66 min...Aur sub...Elder replaces Da Silva.
67 min...Aur Brown 33 yard freekick up middle has diving goalie catch near left post.
68 min...DUFA Roccasalva cornerkick from right is chested down by DUFA Dejonge and he settles ball
and blasts 18 yarder over net.
69 min...DUFA sub...Campbell replaces Ewart.
70 min...DUFA sub...Young replaces Dejonge.
71 min...DUFA Moncrieffe gets pass and midair shot from 20 yards down middle which spins to goalie
on right post.
73 min...Aur sub...Singh replaces Ferrari.
75 min...DUFA Lamanna rolls ball across 6 yard box unplayed after give and go with DUFA Young.
75 min...DUFA sub...Reilly replaces Moncrieffe.
76 min...Aur Dos Santos is injured at DUFA 45 yard line and needs trainer.
77 min...Aur sub...Samson replaces injured Dos Santos (Rashrash was supposed to come out before
the injury).
78 min...DUFA Moncrieffe low 20 yard cross from right end line is smothered by goalie.
79 min...DUFA Brooks 28 yard freekick from left is cleared in box. DUFA player takes 15 yard cross
from left that's caught by goalie.
80 min...Aur Vasilos cross from 25 yards on left has DUFA Brooks head away at 10 yards then gets
hammered by Aur player for freekick.
80 min...DUFA Campbell 28 yard shot from left is just high and wide right of net.
81 min...Aur Nitchov 50 yard freekick from left has ball headed forward and goalie swats away.
82 min...Aur player's cornerkick from right has Aur Elder head 10 yarder on left that goalie swats
across box.
83 min...Aur Vasilos rush on left and cross has Aur Elder shoot 12 yarder down middle off underside
of bar and defender clears.
84 min...DUFA Clarke low cornerkick from right has defender clear.
87 min...DUFA sub...Iyowuna replaces Lamanna.
87 min...DUFA Roccasalva cornerkick from right is over players in box and out left side.
88 min...Aur Vasilos low 30 yard shot from left is wide right of net.
89 min...DUFA Campbell shot from left has ogalie fly to knock down at 8 yards. Aur goalie eventually
smothers ball after more frantic play in box.
91 min...DUFA Roccasalva pass from 55 yards on right has DUFA player taps pass to DUFA Clarke who
shoots 15 yard shot over bar.
93 min...Aur Nitchov 50 yard freekick is low and down middle and cleared.
93 min...game ends 5:53pm.

Final Score:.....Aurora FC......0.....Durham United FA......2....

Attendance was about 50 on this late afternoon which had become hot 
and humid as the afternoon wore on with the sun shining cross-field 
from the West.

Referee Timothy Wong gave out only one Yellow card to each team 
in a game full of end to end action although DUFA had more of the 
better chances by a wide margin. There was one more change because 
of injury when Yaniv Samson who was going to sub in for Basel Rashrash 
but instead replaced Ruben Dos Santos at 77 minutes who'd just been 
injured on a check. DUFA defender Vince Sasso was sent off 
at 56 minutes to have treatment for a bloody nose and was rejected 
twice from getting back into the game until the trainer did more 
to clean up the mess.

Eugene Alves earned the shutout for DUFA with a few key saves.

The insurance goal certainly eased the pressure on DUFA. 82 minutes 
had an AFC cornerkick from the right which AFC Aidane Elder headed 
a 10 yarder on the left that goalie Alves swatted across the box. 
One minute later AFC Petros Vasilos rushed on the left and passed 
over to Elder whose 12 yard shot down the middle was off the 
underside of the bar but stayed out. DUFA also had their chances 
to add a third when AFC opened it up to go all out for a goal.

Aurora head coach Derek O'Keeffe and the goalies complained about 
all the free headers that DUFA players were getting on cornerkicks 
and freekicks. DUFA certainly looked they had choreographed moves 
about who would run in or step back to shake a defender and get 
a clear header inside the AFC box.

Both teams are just finishing off their schedule as only the 
Conference winners play in the championship game.

Aurora FC's record falls to 2 wins, 13 losses, 1 tie for 7 points. 
They are seventh in the Eastern Conference out of eight 
(Toronto Skillz are behind them).

Durham United's record improves to 8 wins, 6 losses, 3 ties 
for 27 points. They are in fourth place in the East but 10 points 
behind Vaughan Azzurri who I just saw win an hour before this 
game started.

I had a never tried to get on to the 404 at Finch from the East 
and just scouted it on my drive past from the west to get to the 
first game by looking over my shoulder and seeing a sign. However 
passing that sign coming the other way I turned off too soon and 
found myself driving through an industrial park losing valuable 
time until I could get back to access the expressway a few km 
further up the road. Thanks to L1O staff for having an extra set 
of game sheets waiting for me.

There were two more games later tonight at the same time west 
of Toronto but I'd reached my limit and would have no time 
to write up what I've seen and get to possibly two games tomorrow.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca
twitter @RocketRobin01

Aurora FC starters