September 10, 2017 League 1 Ontario--North Toronto Nitros vs Aurora FC (by Rocket Robin)

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Results and details of the Sunday September 10, 2017 League 1 Ontario game between North Toronto Nitros and Aurora FC
played at Esther Shiner Stadium in North York at 7:00pm.

North Toronto Nitros (green socks and shirts, black shorts and numbers)

......................12 Stefan Dusciuc
.........17 Myles Abreo...37 Jason Akoa...13 Nilolay Saveliev
35 Farzan Ansari...39 Mirza Custovic...14 Callum Fleming...15 Christian Westlaken...8 Kevin DaSilva
...............9 Kembo Kibato...21 Niklas Bauer

Subs:...6 Jayden Doyle...22 Jayden Vernon...25 Kinlay Shulman
team officials:...head coach Hermann Kingue...other team officials Ilya Orlov, Gary Fleming,
John Bianchi, and Shawn Sawyers

Aurora FC (yellow socks and shirts, black short and numbers)

.......................22 Matthew Peres
5 Diljodh Singh...4 Nathan Phillps...6 Frederick Ameyaw...3 Lucas Da Silva
2 Petros Vasilos...10 Ruben Dos Santos...20 Matthew Brown...7 Basel Rashrash
............8 Max Ferarri...9 Jared Agyemang

Subs:...1 Stefano Spina (gk)...12 Nicholas Fiore (gk)...13 Daniel Bogach...11 Ezekiel Uadiale
...14 Yaniv Samson...16 Karamvir Mehmi
team officials:...head coach Derek O'Keeffe...other team officials Nicholas Fiore, Jim Brennan,
Dave Diplacido, Haley Roberge, and Nick Spagnolo

Game officials:...referee Hassane Rifai...referee's assistants Bradely Doubrough and John O'Hara
...fourth official Peter Trainor...(watermelon shirts, black shorts and socks)

First Half:...game starts 7:03pm...NTN defend west end. The bright sun is setting in the north west.
The weather is getting cooler as we go on.
30 sec...AFC Agyemang rush up right to end line and 15 yard cross is caught by goalie overhead on right
end line.
2 min...NTN Kevin DaSilva GOAL...NTNCallum Fleming taps freekick on left sideline
forward and DaSilva bends 25 yard shot from left into top right corner of net over jumping
goalie Matthew Peres.
4 min...NTN Kibato bumps wth AFC Vasilos in AFC box and can't get away shot nor win Penalty kick.
7 min...AFC Singh 43 yard freekick from right is over goalie and drops to hit bar at top left corner of net.
8 min...AFC Ferarri low blasts from 20 yards on left has defender tip wide of net.
8 min...AFC Dos Santos cornerkick from left has defender head away.
9 min...AFC goalie beats NTN Bauer to through ball on endline and clears over him but to NTN DaSilva following up.
He chips 22 yard shot from left that defender retreating clears on bicycle kick at 4 yards.
10 min...NTN DaSilva blasts 22 yarder from left that goalie catches.
16 min...AFC Singh 45 yard freekick from right is caught by goalie.
17 min...NTN Niklas Bauer GOAL...NTN Mirza Custovic cross from 28 yards on far right is over players in box
but Bauer gets to ball on bounce at 7 yards on left and raises leg to hook it into net on short side.
19 min...NTN Bauer feeds NTN DaSilva pass down left and his cross from 28 yards bounces in box
and defender clears at 6 yards.
21 min...NTN Fleming blasts 15 yard shot from right near end line that goalie bats down.
24 min...NTN DaSilva blasts 30 yard shot from right that's saved by sprawling goalie.
24 min...AFC Rashrash shoots 20 yarder from left is over bar.
26 min...AFC Ameyaw 45 yard freekick from right has AFC Rashrash nod header from 10 yards on left that goalie
catches on bounce.
28 min...NTN Kembo Kibato GOAL...NTN Nikolay Saveliev cross from 25 yards on left is bent into box
and Kibato all alone heads 8 yarder down middle over goalie into net.
29 min...AFC Vasilos cross from 28 yards on right has defenders clear on left side of box.
30 min...NTN Fleming cornerkick from left has defendeer chest ball down and clear on edge of 6 yard box.
32 min...NTN Christian Westlaken GOAL...NTN Nikolay Saveliev freekick on right bounces through defenders
and Westlaken taps in 5 yarder on left post.
34 min...NTN Callum Flemng GOAL...Fleming gets to rebound on shot is stopped by defender at 28 yards
and rolls 30 yarder between defenders into right side of net.
37 min...AFC Brown 45 yard freekick from right has defenders clear on left side of net.
40 min...NTN Custovic run on left and 22 yard shot from left is saved.
........AFC YELLOW card...Singh earns it on delayed call for holding player who passed the ball to Custovic.
41 min...NTN Custovic is given pass and 18 yard shot from left is caught by goalie.
41 min...AFC goalie catches 30 yard shot up middle.
45 min...half ends 7:48pm.

Second Half:...starts 8:03pm. It's now dark and getting colder.
Halftime sub:...AFC Uadiale replaces Da Silva.
48 min...NTN Bauer run to right end line and crosses through 6 yard box where NTN player shoots 10 yarder
that deflects off defender for NTN throw-in.
49 min...NTN sub...Doyle replaces Ansari.
49 min...AFC Agyemang rush up right rolls from 10 yard line across box where AFC Ferarri slips up in middle
missing shot and AFC Vasilos follwing up kicks 8 yarder that defender at 1 yard deflects wide left
for cornerkick.
50 min...AFC Agyemang pops up AFC Vasilos cornerkick from left from 5 yards and goalie catches.
51 min...NTN Custovic rolls 22 yard shot from left that goalie stops.
51 min...NTN Custovic runs up left and cuts to box and rolls 15 yarder wide right of post.
53 min...AFC Dos Santos 35 yard freekick from right is between players in box and caught by goalie on right post.
53 min...NTN Niklas Bauer GOAL...AFC Matthew Brown trying to break up 2 on 1 NTN rush can't
head ball far enough wide left and Bauer gets to ball at 25 yards and fires 18 yarder into
right side of net.
54 min...AFC sub...Mehmi replaces Rashrash.
56 min...AFC Dos Santos shoots 25 yarder through defender's legs up middle but ball rolls to goalie.
57 min...NTN Custovic runs past one defender and gets shot from 15 yards but defender kicks ball off
him for goalkick.
59 min...NTN sub...Vernon replaces Da Silva.
........NTN sub...Shulman replaces Custovic.
60 min...NTN Doyle cornerkick from right is caught by goalie on left post.
61 min...AFC sub...Bogach replaces Brown.
........AFC sub...Samson replaces Dos Santos.
62 min...AFC Singh long throw-in from right has defender head away.
65 min...SGV Vasilos cornerkick from left has defender clear at 5 yards for throw-in.
66 min...AFC Vasilos cornerkick from right has defender clear to set up fast break. NTN Bauer rush on left
and 20 yard pass/shot is stopped.
68 min...NTN Saveliev 50 yard shot from left is wide right.
71 min...AFC Vasilos 30 yard freekick from left is blasted over net.
72 min...NTN Bauer gets pass and turns through defender and 18 yard shot is saved and ball is cleared.
74 min...AFC Singh 40 yard cross from right near sideline is wide left for goalkick.
78 min...AFC Vasilos chips pass to AFC Samson on right end line and his cross bends behind net.
79 min...NTN Niklas Bauer GOAL...NTN Nikolay Saveliev rush on left to 20 yards and taps ball over
for Bauer to shoot 18 yard roller into right corner of net.
80 min...AFC sub...Spina replaces Peres in goal.
81 min...AFC Vasilos 30 yard freekick down middle is just over bar.
84 min...NTN Vernon 25 yard shot from left is stopped.
85 min...NTN Doyle 30 yard freekick down middle is over bar.
87 min...NTN Westlaken 28 yard freekick from center on slight left is well over net.
88 min...NTN Myles Abreo GOAL...Abreo is threaded pass from 45 yards finding him at 25 yards between
defenders in middle and he runs forward and rolls 15 yarder into left corner of net.
91 min...game ends 8:49pm.

Final Score:...North Toronto Nitros...8...Aurora FC...0...

Attendance was about 40 on this moderate evening with the 
temperature cooling dramatically once the sun set.

Nitros built up a big lead—5-0 by halftime—the same as a game 
I'd seen earlier today with TFC III vs Windsor (eventually 11-0) 
with Windsor having a man red carded at 32 minutes. With two 
late scratches on their roster, Nitros only had three subs 
so it was important for them to build up a good score early.

Hassane Rifai as referee and gave out three Yellow cards (two 
to Aurora). I didn't notice two of them. The one I saw was 
a delayed call where advantage was played. It wasn't a rough 
game—it was like the NTN players were too fast to catch.

There were maybe two good chances before the game was out 
of reach. 7 minutes had AFC Diljodh Singh take a 43 yard 
freekick from the right that was over the goalie and dropped 
to hit the bar at the top left corner but stayed out. 
9 minutes had the AFC goalie beat NTN Niklas Bauer 
to a through ball on the end line and rather than waiting 
for it to roll out for a goalkick he cleared it over Bauer 
but it landed for NTN Kevin DaSilva following up. DaSilva 
chipped a 22 yard shot from the left that a retreating 
defender cleared with a bicycle kick at 4 yards.  

Stefan Dusciuc earned the shutout for Nitros.  I marked 
him as stopping three shots with defenders clearing 
everything else or AFC players shooting off target.  

The win improves Nitros record to 10 wins, 5 losses, 
3 ties for 33 points. They are in third place in the 
eight team Eastern Conference but seven points behind 
co-leaders Vaughan Azzurri and Woodbine Strikers with 
only four games to go. The conference winner plays the 
winner in the west for the league championship.

Aurora's record drops to 2 wins, 14 losses, 1 tie for 
7 points. They are in seventh place in the East.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca
twitter @RocketRobin01

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