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Result and details of the Sunday August 27, 2017 League 1 Ontario game between Toronto Skillz FC
vs Ottawa South United Force played at L'Amoreaux Park in Scarborough at 12:00pm.

Toronto Skillz (red socks and shirts, black shorts, white sleeves and numbers)

.............................0 Tim Van Gelderen
..........16 Nithan Ramanathan...23 Thanujan Jeyathilaka...12 Nicholas Goddard (cpt)
7 Hassan Kamara...5 Frantz Bill...8 Leslie Fitzpatrick...11 Anorch Jeyathilaka...14 Jeremy Nand
.................18 Neil Brown...15 Kamara Joseph

Subs:...1 Isiaka Onibudo (gk)...3 Bilal Mehran...5 Andres Cortizo De La Piedra...9 David Marchant
...22 Shaheen Karimi
team officials:...team head coaches Jake Doodnath and Leslie Fitzpatrick...assistant coach Isiake Onibudo
...manager Douglas Angelo...therapists Brian Mak and Deidra Erd

Ottawa South United Force (all white, blue numbers)

..............................1 Muicahit Elevi
5 Rowen Martino-Hoilett...54 Isaac Johnson...13 Ali Jabara...3 Felix Joos
18 Soheil Varahram...24 Kwabana Bempong...21 George-Anthony El-Asmar (cpt)...4 Nicolas Lamontagne
.................12 Abdulrahman Akinwande...11 Ali Ercan

Subs:...7 Ali Bensaci...8 Djama Hamdi...20 Cameron Palazzolo...19 Dakota Boal
...10 Barou Junior Mbuyambo
team officials:...team head coach Traian Mateas

Game officials:...referee John Vlahos...referee' assistants Bradley Doubrough and Keith Yuen
...fourth officials cyrus Eshafi...(all black uniforms)

1st Half:...game starts 12:00pm...Skillz defend south end on this warm afternoon with a bright sun
in the south east with a strong breeze from the east.
5 min...OSUF Varahram low 18 yard shot from right is wide left.
9 min...OSUF Varahram low cross from 18 yards along end line is batted down by goalie but whistle was blown.
10 min...OSUF Akinwande rush on right to get to pass and his 15 yard shot is into outside webbing of net.
11 min...TS Goddard 35 yard freekick from right is high and wide left.
14 min...OSUF Varahram low cross from 22 yards from right is through box unplayed.
15 min...OSUF Varahram high cross from 25 yards on right and caught by goalie.
16 min...OSUF El-Asmar long pass upfield from 55 yards has OSUF Ercan stop and send low cross tipped
for cornerkick.
17 min...OSUF El-Asmar cornerkick from left has defender head ball wide left for cornerkick.
18 min...OSUF El-Asmar high cornerkick from left is whistled down in box.
19 min...TS Brown run up mddle and taps to TS Kamara and his 15 yard shot from right is high and wide left.
20 min...TS Brown rush down middle and taps pass to TS Kamara and his low 15 yard shot is stopped
by sliding goalie at 7 yards.
24 min...OSUF El-Asmar 25 yard blasts from right is between players and goalie bats down and defender
clears big rebound.
25 min...OSUF Varahram gets pass near right end line and cross from 18 yards is headed away by defender.
26 min...Skillz Kamara Joseph GOAL...Skillz Leslie Fitzpatrick chips pass from 40 yards on right that
finds Joseph in open on slight left and his 18 yard chip shot is over goalie Muicahit Elevi and drops into
top left corner of net.
29 min...TS Fitzpatrick 25 yard chip shot from left is caught by goalie wide left of net.
30 min...TS Brown low cross from left end line is whiffed by two defenders and TS players win freekick just
outside box on partial clearance.
31 min...TS Fitzpatrick 20 yard freekick is caught by goalie.
32 min...OSUF El-Asmar 30 yard freekick from far left is headed around and cleared out riight of box.
32 min...OSUF Jabara returns to game after leaving 3 minutes before for out below nose.
33 min...OSUF goalie to 15 yards on left to beat TS Brown to through ball pass.
36 min...TS Fitzpatrick 25 yard quick freekick from right is wide left.
38 min...OSUF Lamontagne 28 yard low cross from left is caught by goalie on bounce.
39 min...TS Brown rush to left edge of box cuts along just inside box. He passes to TS Kamara who runs
to 8 yard line and shot from right is wide left.
43 min...OSUF Johnson makes key stop on edge of box to prevent break-in pass.
44 min...TS goalie to edge of box on right to beat OSUF Akinwande to through ball pass to grab it.
45 min...TS Nand gets rebound of TFC Brown's blocked shot and shoots 22 yarder on right over crowd of players and net.
45 min...half ends 12:45pm.

2nd Half:...starts 1:00pm.
halftime sub:...OSUF Mbuyamba replaces Johnson.
46 min...TS goalie catches 25 yard chip shot from far right.
48 min...OSUF Lamontagne cross from 30 yards on right is caught by goalie at 6 yards preventing tap-in from
players in middle of box.
50 min...OSUF El-Asmar is tapped pass and 25 yard blast up middle is batted down by goalie.
53 min...TS Brown rush on left and pass to center and TS Bill 20 yard shot deflects off defender and bounces
to goalie.
54 min...TS Brown pass to TS Nand and his pass from 18 yards and shot deflects wide for cornerkick.
55 min...TS Fitzpatrick cornerkick from right has goalie bobble on right post but no goal is counted as he was
pushed into net.
56 min...OSUF sub...Bensaci replaces Lamontagne.
........OSUF sub...Boal replaces Akinwande.
57 min...OSUF player's 40 yard shot deflects off OSUF Ercan head at 20 yards and deflects to goalie.
58 min...OSUF YELLOW card...Joos earns it for sliding tackle on TS Nand on sideline at OSUF 50 yard line.
59 min...OSUF Varahram shot from 15 yards and defender concedes cornerkick near left post.
60 min...OSUF El-Asmar receives short cornerkick from left nad 20 yard shot near end line is well high over box.
61 min...TS Brown is squeezed on 1 on 2 rush up middle to edge of OSUF box.
62 min...OSUF El-Asmar cornerkick from left has TS Goddard pop up header wide left of TS net.
63 min...OSUF El-Asmar cornerkick from left is cleared from box by goalie's windmill swat and OSUF player's
partial clearance shot from 22 yards is blocked on edge of box.
64 min...OSUF Varahram taps pass in mddle to OSUF Mbuyamba on left. OSUF Ercan low 20 yard shot blocked by defender
is defended for cornerkick.
65 min...OSUB player's cornerkick from right has OSUF Boal midair flick of 12 yarder on right is high wide right.
67 min...OSUF Soheil Varahram GOAL...OSUF George-Anthony El-Asmar chips pass from 35 yards and Varahram gets ball
in clear at 12 yards and he shoots low to right corner of net beyond goalie Tim Van Gelderen.
69 min...OSUF sub...Hamdi replaces Ercan.
..............TS sub...Karimi replaces Bill.
69 min...TS Fitzpatrick chips 25 yard freekick from left that TS player pops header over net from 8 yards
in crowd of players.
70 min...OSUF players have three shot blocked on edge of TS box.
71 min...OSUF sub...Palazzolo replaces Varahram.
72 min...OSUF Palazzolo rush down left from 25 yards and TS Goddard stops shot and clears at 5 yards.
73 min...TS Karimi cross from 25 yards on far right is caught by goalie.
74 min...TS goalie dives forwsard to smother through ball pass at 10 yards.
77 min...TS goalie runs to edge of box to stop OSUF Boal charge for through ball and blocks point blank shot
and get up and clear ball when it rolls out of box.
78 min...TS Kamara shoots low and wide riight from 25 yards on left.
80 min...TS Fitzpatrick is tapped 40 yard on right freekick and he runs to middle and rolls 30 yard pass
that rolls over end line.
81 min...OSUF Bensaci has first touch too strong after give and go from 25 yards and rolls to goalie.
81 min...OSUF players cornerkick from left is short and cross is intro box but called offside of pass forward.
82 min...TS goalie's poor goalkick is stopped by OSUF Bensaci at 28 yards and he steps up middle and shoots 22 yard
roller wide left of net.
83 min...OSUF El-Asmar slides and 20 yard shot down middle is just over net.
85 min...TS sub...Mehran replaces Karimi.
86 min...Skillz Kamara Joseph GOAL...Skillz Jeremy Nand hangs onto ball on right and low cross into box is through
first player who dummies and Joseph at 12 yards on left rolls shot into right corner of net.
87 min...OSUF player's long throw-in from right is headed around in box and headed behind goal line.
88 min...OSUF El-Asmar cornerkick from left has TS Brown beat TS goalie to head away at 8 yards near left post.
89 min...TS defenders keep ball just outside edge of own box.
90 min...OSUF Martin-Hoilett receives pass on right and cross from 28 yards from hits top of bar.
92 min...OSUF El-Asmar cocrnerkick from right has defender head ball across and out left side of box.
93 min...TS sub...Corizo De La Piedra replaces Joseph.
94 min...OSUF El-Asmar cornerkick from left has defenders end head out right side of box.
94 min...game ends 1:49pm.

Final Score:...Toronto Skillz...2...Ottawa South United Force...1..

Attendance was about 35 on this warm afternoon with a bright sun in the 
south east and a strong crossfield breeze from the east.

Referee John Vlahos gave out only one Yellow card (to OSUF) in a game 
that was end to end action although a lot of it was played in the 
Skillz end.

Skillz used 17 year old goalie Tim Van Gelderen. I saw regular goalie 
Lucas Birnstingl get Red carded last week in their game with North 
Toronto Nitros and Van Gelderen finished the last 40 minutes of the 
game and kept them off the board for the rest of the game but this 
was only his second appearance and his first start.

A Skillz official before the game said they've had a lot of players 
go off to school including three placed at Nipissing University 
(North Bay, Ontario), one, Achuthan Shanmugaratham is a goalie. 
The Nipissing team is in Toronto this weekend playing University 
of Toronto yesterday and Ryerson today.

This was only Skillz second win of the season. This time it was a fully 
manned opposing squad instead of the ten man (no subs) Windsor team 
of two weeks ago at Skillz other home Birchmount Stadium. I was 
at L'Amoreaux yesterday afternoon to watch Master's FA host yesterday. 
Skillz had played a close game against North Toronto Nitros last week 
but were hampered in a comeback bid when their goalie was Red carded 
early in the second half.

I had been wondering about OSUF in the last two weeks they've had games 
cancelled including a road trip to the GTA and last week a home game. 
I asked head coach Traian Mateas about it. He said they found that 
players that had gone off to university had not been released by their 
school teams and found they didn't have enough players. They have 
filled their ranks today with members of their youth teams. They are 
a first year L1O team but welcome to the post-July season 
League 1 Ontario world!

I also asked how early they left this morning to get here from Ottawa 
(hmm five + hours away?). Mateas answered that they got to Toronto 
yesterday and stayed overnight. They rotated all five of their subs 
into the game.

OSUF kept the pressure on Skillz during most of the second half but 
Skillz found the winner at 85 minutes. Then OSUF really turned it up 
for the remaining regular and three minutes injury time. That action 
was so furious I couldn't write it all down. OSUF Rowen Martino-Hoilett 
received a pass on the right and crossed from 28 yards and the ball 
hit the top of the bar. Skillz defenders Nithan Ramanathan, 
Thanujan Jeyathilaka, and Nicholas Goddard protected their goalie. 
It looked near the end that there were at least six defenders but they 
were back swarming the OSUF forwards breaking up passes 
and blocking shots.

One of Skillz best second half chances was at 55 minutes when 
captain Leslie Fitzpatrick sent in a cornerkick from the right and 
the goalie bobbled it in on the right post but a goal was called off 
because he'd been pushed into the net.

The win improves Skillz' record to 2 wins, 13 losses, 0 ties 
for 6 points and they are still eighth (last) in the 
Eastern Conference.

OSUF's record drops to 6 wins, 8 losses, 1 tie for 19 points 
and they are in fifth in the East.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca
twitter @RocketRobin01

Toronto Skillz starters

Ottawa South United Force starters

Skillz Neil Brown (18) takes opening kickoff.

OSUF Abdulrahman Akinwande (12) controls ball to turn around and clear.

Skillz Leslie Fitzpatrick (8) rolls pass forward.

Skillz Leslie Fitzpatrick (8) freekick is into box.

OSUF Abdulrahman Akinwande (12) takes second half kickoff.

OSUF Kwabena Bempong (24) header is towards goal.

Skillz Jeremy Nand (14) rushes toward goal.

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