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Result and details of the Sunday August 27, 2017 League 1 Ontario game between
Woodbridge Strikers and North Toronto Nitros played at Vaughan Grove in Woodbridge at 7:00pm.
Woodbridge Strikers (all blue, white numbers)
......................1 Michael Scavone
5 Michael Fayehun...3 Kyle Watson (cpt)...6 Joshua Paredes-Procter...22 Michael Krzeminski
2 Quante Abbott-Hill-Smith...11 Kyle Watson...8 Oscar Cordon...20 Adrian Gallo
............15 James Baker...17 Emmanuel Issac
Subs:...12 Shafque Wilson (gk)...4 Francesco Sinopoli...7 Dylan Carreiro...10 Christian Cavallini
...13 Saul Campos...16 Mikateko Zwane...23 Luca Balassarre
team officials:...team head coach Peter Pinizzotto...assistant coach Marco Reda...manager John Scarlato
...equipment manager Amedeo Pelligrino...therapist Justin Miranda
North Toronto Nitros (red socks and shirts, black shorts, white numbers)
......................12 Stefan Dusciuc
...........25 Javid Hoseini...17 Myles Abreo...37 Jason Akoa
9 Kembo Kibato...14 Callum Fleming...15 Christian Westlaken...13 Nikolay Saveliev...8 Kevin Da Silva
.................30 Jayden Vernon...10 Niklas Bauer
Subs:...29 Kinlay Shulman...35 Farzan Ansari...2 Matthew De Sa...5 Jonathan Kisse
team officials:...head coach Hermann Kingue...other team officials Ilya Orlov, Gary Fleming, John Bianchi,
and Shawn Sawyers
Game officials:...referee John-Morgan Pizzuti...referee's assistants Flip Dujic and Adam Devenyi
...fourth official Hassane Rifai...(yellow shirts, black shorts and socks)
1st Half:...game starts 7:00pm...WS defends south end on this mild evening wth the sun in the north west
and a wind from the east.
2 min...NTN Westlaken 35 yard freekick from left has goalie swat ball away wide right of net.
6 min...WS Krzeminski 15 yard low shot from far left has defender stop and clear at 6 yards.
7 min...NTN Bauer gets by WS Watson up sideline on right but Watson gewts back to check him off ball on end line.
7 min...WS Krzeminski is injured at WS 30 yard line.
9 min...Nitros Jayden Vernon GOAL...NTN Niklas Bauer is given pass at 40 yards on left as defender was intercepted
and runs forward to 20 yard line where he rolls a pass forward and centered to the charging Vernon who rolls 12 yarder
up middle to right corner of net past diving goalie.
12 min...NTN Westlaken 30 yard freekick from right has defender at 8 yards on left kicks away as no NTN player runs
into box.
13 min...WS Baker wins duel on right end line and low 20 yard cross has WS Issac jab 4 yarder near right post but ball
rolls for goalkick.
16 min...WS Issac flicks ball at 15 yards on left over defender.
17 min...WS Krzeminski gets to ball near left cornerflag and cross wins cornerkick.
18 min...WS Gallo cornerkick from left has WS Almeida stop and 15 yard shot is blocked.
18 min...NTN Bauer fed through ball at 35 yards and rush down middle but defender catches up when he decides to shoot
after stopping his 8 yard shot is blocked.
19 min...WS Paredes-Procter cross from 20 yards on far left is over to right and crossed into box has WS Issac
head 8 yarder that goalie catches under bar.
20 min...WS player s injred at WS 50 yard line.
23 min...WS Almeida wins cornerkick on deflection of cross from right end line.
24 min...WS Gallo cornerkick from right iis low and has nearest defender on right cleared away.
26 min...WS Almeida wins cornerkick on 15 yard deflected shot.
27 min...WS Gallo cornerkick from right has goalie fumble overhead catch in middle of box but defender clears from left post.
30 min...WS Paredes-Procter cornerkick from right has defender head down and wide left.
31 min...WS Gallo cornerkick from left has WS Fayehun nod 5 yard header in middle down and just wide right of post.
34 min...WS Paredes-Procter cornerkick from right has leaping goalie punch ball through box for throw-in on left.
36 min...NTN Da Silva breaks in from left and low 25 yard shot is wide right.
38 min...WS Paredes-Procter 40 yard freekick from right has WS player on left end line cross into box and defender clears.
WS Gallo has 25 yard cross from left is punched away by goalie.
41 min...WS Krzeminski run down left and cross from 30 yards forward and center is called offside at 10 yards.
46 min...half ends 7:46pm.
2nd Half:...starts 8:00pm...it's now a lot colder than at the start of the game.
49 min...WS Fayehun chps 40 yard between players and bounces to goalie.
50 min...NTN Cavallini is stripped of ball at 15 yards between players and bounces to goalie.
54 min...WS sub...Baldassarre replaces Baker.
.............WS sub...Cavallini replaces Gallo.
55 min...NTN Bauer run on right has sliding tackle by defender at 22 yards poke away.
56 min...WS Krzeminski rush down left and 20 yard chip is just wide right of net.
56 min...NTN sub:...Ansari replaces Vernon.
58 min...WS Krzeminski 33 yard yard shot from left is caught by goalie between crowd of players.
59 min...Woodbridge Emmanuel Issac GOAL...WS Christian Cavallini sends high cross from just outside top right corner
of box over box and WS Michael Krzeminski chests it down at 12 yards on left and takes low shot that's saved by sprawling
goalie Stefan Dusciuc on left post but he gives up rebound that Issac pounds in from 7 yards low into open net.
60 min...NTN YELLOW card...Da Silva earns it for sliding tackle attempt with studs up at WS 20 yard line as WS Cordon
made clearance.
61 min...Nitros Alex Bauer GOAL...Bauer receives pass up right wing at 40 yards and dribbles forward with retreating
defender between him and goal. Bauer cuts back on end line and defender slips and Bauer rolls ball back on dribble attempt.
Another WS player intercepts at 10 yard line turns and has his rolled clearance intercepted at 15 yards
by NTN Kevin Da Silva. Da Silva taps pass forward and Bauer takes low 10 yard shot from far right into left corner
of net past sprawling goalie on right post.
62 min...NTN Da Silva is injured at WS 25 yard line.
63 min...NTN Bauer fouls WS goalie who was picking up ball but dropped it.
65 min...WS Cavallini has shot deflected for cornerkick on right.
65 min...WS players short cornerkick on right is wasted not even being crossed into box.
66 min...NTN Da Silva suffers leg injury at NTN 22 yard line.
67 min...NTN sub...Shulman replaces injured Da Silva.
69 min...NTN Bauer 28 yard shot is caught by goalie.
69 min...WS sub...Carreiro replaces Fayehun.
70 min...WS Cavallini dribbles by defender but pushed ball too far forward and goalie picks it up.
71 min...WS Cavallini rolls cross through box from 20 yards on right but unplayed.
72 min...NTN goalie out to 25 yards on right to make clearance.
73 min...WS Paredes-Procter flicks ball in crowd of players over defender but ball rolls to goalie wide right of net.
74 min...NTN Bauer rather than pass ball to open man takes low shot from 10 yards that's saved by sliding goalie.
75 min...NTN YELLOW card...Akoa earns it for sliding tackle on WS Carreiro.
76 min...WS Carreiro 33 yard freekick is well over bar.
77 min...NTN Westlaken 35 yard freekick from left is wide right on bounce.
78 min...WS Cavallni cross from right and WS Carreiro chests ball down but 15 yard shot is blocked.
80 min...WS sub...Zwane replaces Cordon.
80 min...WS Paredes-Procter 25 yard freekick is bent over net and back fence!
82 min...WS Krzeminski low shot from left end lne wins cornerkick.
83 min...WS player's cornerkick from right has WS Watson whiffs on 18 yard kick down middle.
84 min...WS player chips ball from 50 yards and WS Issac flicks header from 20 yards that goalie catches.
86 min...WS YELLOW card...Krzeminski earns it for kick on NTN player at NTN 40 yard line.
90 min...WS player's cross from left near sideline after receiving short throw-in bounces into box and hits hand
of NTN Alex Bauer just inside box. Referee John-Morgan Pizzuti awards WS a Penalty kick.
91 min...WS Dylan Carreiro GOAL...Carreiro blasts Penalty kick down middle just under bar as goalie sprawled away
from it diving to right.
92 min...NTN Fleming low 15 yard shot is stopped by sliding goalie.
92 min...WS Almeida is injured on sliding block of NTN player's kick at 12 yards giving up cornerkick on right.
Almeida needs trainer.
95 min...WS sub...Campos replaces injured Almeida.
96 min...WS goalie punches away cornerkick from right in crowd of players.
97 min...NTN goalie gets forward to make clearance a step ahead of WS Baldassarre.
97 min...game ends 8:52pm.
Final Score:..Woodbridge Strikers...2...North Toronto Nitros...2..
Attendance was about 80 on this evening which started off mild but the temperature was cooling rapidly. Some fans thought their windbreakers were not enough and went back to their cars at halftime for blankets. Referee John-Morgan Pizzuti gave out three Yellow cards (two to Nitros players) and awarded the Penalty kick. There were a few sliding tackles (a grass field like this is more prone to this kind of play) and trainers from both teams were needed—even in injury time when WS Stephen Almeida was injured sliding to block an NTN kick at 12 yards and deflecting it for a cornerkick. He had to be subbed out (good thing WS hadn't used their fifth sub) and that added three more minutes to the four minutes originally given. Michael Scavone played in this first league game of the year in the Woodbridge goal. I asked head coach Peter Pinizzotto before the game when I saw the gameday roster and Quillan Roberts listed as the only player 'suspended'. He said Roberts had picked up a Yellow card in their last game (Tuesday in a 4-1 win against Master's and he was suspended for Yellow card accumulation). The L1O website software doesn't list goalies' Yellow or Red cards. Roberts was the last of the L1O goalies to play every minute of every league game. That was 17 games for 1440 minutes total. Woodbridge ranks second behind Oakville in only conceding 17 goals. The defence did give Scavone a good deal of protection and even on a few NTN breakaways had a defender catch the player when he hesitated. Niklaus Bauer had one of the NTN goals. I watched him score all three two weeks ago when they came from behind and beat Toronto FC III 3-2—the winner on a Penalty kick. Last week he had one in their 3-1 win against Toronto Skillz (also on a Penalty kick). Tonight he was called for a handball that set up Strikers for the tying goal. He had a few chances for more games but was stripped of the ball a few times—the word must be getting around. Nitros made only two subs and were a bit short on the bench. Last week they only worked three into their roster. More subs from a larger choice could have helped the tiring players. It appears their link with University of Toronto is not as close as Vaughan Azzurri and York University. Vaughan has also brought in some overage players who are showcasing for the new Can Prem league starting as soon as next year. Nitros really needed to win to stay in the race for the Eastern Conference title as they are seven points behind two teams—Woodbridge and Vaughan. Only the Conference winner plays the Western champs for the title in October. The result improves Woodbridge's record to 11 wins, 2 losses, and 4 ties for 37 points. They move into a tie with Vaughan Azzurri for first place in the eight team Eastern Conference (although they had a two point lead before the weekend). Vaughan is ranked higher by either having one more win and a +32 goals for/against. Woodbridge still holds an advantage in that they hold one game in hand. Nitros' record improves to 9 wins, 4 losses, 2 ties for 30 points. They are in third place in the East. Both they and Woodbridge have a +17 in goals for/against. A bloop in the schedule left me seeing all eight teams in the East over one weekend in four hard fought games. I don't expect that to continue as Toronto FC and TFC II will be back in town filling up my weekends. Rocket Robin robing@eol.ca twitter @RocketRobin01
Woodbridge Strikers starters
North Toronto Nitros starters
Strikers James Baker (15) takes opening kickoff.
Strikers Michael Krzeminski (22) looks to cut to middle.
Strikers Joshua Paredes-Procter (6) rushes up wing.
Strikers cross coming in from the left.
Nitros Niklas Bauer (10) takes second half kickoff.
Strikers downfield action
Strikers Dylan Carreiro (7) scores on this Penalty kick.
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