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Result and details of the Sunday September 17, 2017 League 1 Ontario game between
Woodbridge Strikers vs Toronto Skillz FC played at Vaughan Grove in Woodbridge at 7:00pm.

Woodbridge Strikers (all blue, white numbers)

.................1 Michael Scavone
2 Quante Abbott-Hlll-Smith...5 Michael Fayehun...6 Joshua Paredes-Procter...3 Kyle Watson
16 Mikateko Zwane...7 Dylan Carreiro (cpt)...17 Emmanuel Issac...25 Kareem Samuels
............15 James Baker...10 Christian Cavallini

Subs:...12 Shafique Wilson (gk)...11 Stephen Almeida...18 Marcos Nunes...20 Adrian Gallo
...21 Ronaldo Marshall...23 Luca Baldassarre...24 Issiah Johnston
team officials:...team head coach Peter Pinizzotto...assistant coach Marco Reda...manager John Scarlato
...equipment manager Amedio Pellegrino...therapist Justin Miranda

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

.................1 Lucas Birnstingl
23 Thanujan Jeyathilaka...14 Jeremy Nand...3 Paulo Oliva Da Silva...19 Ameel Dharshi
7 Hassani Kamara...11 Anorch Jeyathilaka...8 Leslie Fitzpatrick...15 Nithan Ramanathan
............27 Anhr El-Eidani...18 Niel Brown

Subs:...0 Tim Van Gelderen (gk)...4 Nicholas Goddard...6 Andres Cortzo De La Piedra...12 Alejandro Rivas
...13 Mateusz Skorski...22 Justin Alvarez
team officials:...team head coach Jake Doodnath and Leslie Fitzpatrick...assistant coach Isiaka Onibudo
therapist Bran Mak

Game officials:...referee Alexis Vaughan...referee's assistants John Vlahos and Nikita Amirkhanian
fourth official Peter Trainor...(all black uniforms)

First Half:...game starts 6:58pm...WS defends south end on this hot and humid evening with the sun below the clouds.
OSA president Ron Smale supervises the coin toss.
1 min...WS Baker gets ball in m oddle and sldes to get away 22 yard shot but sends it over net.
4 min...WS Cavallini rolls pass forward from 30 yards to WS Issac on run to left end line and he rolls ball
across 6 yard box that goalie smothers.
6 min...WS Cavallini on 2 on 1 from 30 yards passes to WS Baker who pops up 20 yarder for goalie to catch.
7 min...TS Fitzpatrick cornerkick from left has defender head ball away on left side.
8 min...Woodbridge Kyle Walton GOAL...WS Joshua Paredes-Procter takes cornerkick from right high
and over to left and Walton heads in 5 yarder to short side between left post and goalie Lucas Birnstingl.
10 min...WS Issac cross from 12 yards on left end line cleared in box.
11 min...WS Carreiro cross from 35 yards on right has WS Baker stop it at 15 yards on left then fires over net.
16 min...TS Brown low cross from 20 yards on left has TS Kamara shoot 20 yarder from right wide right.
18 min...WS Samuels gets around sliding defender at 20 yards on far left and 18 yard shot is caught by goalie.
19 min...WS Issac cross from 22 yards on left end line is over box.
20 min...WS Baker rush to center and 30 yard shot down mddle s caught by goalie.
25 min...WS Carreiro 50 yard freekick has TS goalie charge forward and crash with WS Baker. TS freekick is given
as TS goalie is injured.
27 min...WS sub...Nunes replaces injured Baker before play resumes. Baker had started the game with his right
knee and thigh heavily taped.
30 min...WS Nunes run on right and rolls 25 yarder wide left of post.
34 min...TS El-Eidani run on left but rolls ball over end line trying to cut in.
35 min...WS Cavallini run on left from 25 yards and low cross is smothered by goalie.
37 min...WS Issac to WS Cavallini pass in box and Issac shoots 12 yarder that goalie pushes over bar.
38 min...TS goalie catches cross from right after cornerkick build up from right.
39 min...WS Carreiro 45 yard shot down middle has goalie catch.
43 min...WS Cavallini pass from 45 yards in middle to WS Nunes running up wing and 20 yard shot is into outside
webbing of net.
46 min...TS Brown runs down right and cuts to middle along 22 yard line and blasts shot well high and wide left of goal.
47 min...WS Nunes rush down left and cuts to middle near left end line and 12 yard shot is caught by goalie.
47 min...half ends 7:45pm.

Second Half:...starts 8:01pm. Now it is dark.
halftime sub:...WS Johnston replaces Zwane.
45 min...WS Nunes blasts 40 yarder from right that goalie catches on left post.
46 min...Woodbridge Marcos Nunes GOAL...Nunes 30 yard shot from left chips goalie at 10 yards
and lands in right corner of net.
49 min...TS Fitzpatrick 50 yard cross from left is too far for charging players and caught by goalie on bounce.
50 min...TS Ramanathan has 25 yard shot deflect off defender and fly over end line.
51 min...TS Fitzpatrick cornerkick from right is caught by goalie in crowd of players and starts fast break and
WS Issac finishes with 20 yard shot that's tipped for cornerkick.
52 min...WS player's cornerkick from right is over player's in box and cleared on left.
55 min...WS Johnston low blast from 20 yards that diving goalie pushes wide left.
56 min...WS player's cornerkick from left is low and stopped on left.
57 min...TS YELLOW card...Oliva Da Silva earns it for grabbing WS Cavallni on run down right at TS 45 yard line.
58 min...WS Nunes shot from left end line is stopped. TS goalie then catches low shot up middle.
60 min...TS goalie is out to 30 yards in middle to beat WS Nunes to through ball.
61 min...Woodbridge Isaiah Johnston GOAL...WS Christian Cavallini turns back to recover blocked
shot at TS 22 yard line. He steps nto box and rolls short pass to Johnston all alone at 12 yards on right.
Johnston steps around sliding goalie at 7 yards and rolls ball down middle between retreating defenders
into center of net.
62 min...TS sub...Rivas replaces Ramanathan.
63 min...WS player is injured on edge of WS box and needs trainer.
64 min...TS sub...Alvarez replaces El-Eidani.
........TS sub...Cortizo De La Peidra replaces Oliva Da Silva.
67 min...WS Paredes-Procter cross from middle to left and WS Samuels 30 yard shot is well wide left.
68 min...TS Jeyathlaka 25 yard shot from right deflects off defender for cornerkick.
69 min...TS Fitzpatrick cornerkick from right deflects off TS player and wide left for goalkick.
72 min...WS sub...Gallo replaces Carreiro. WS Watson becomes captain.
73 min...Skillz Alejandro Rivas GOAL...TS Leslie Fitzpatrick takes 30 yard freekick from left
by tapping ball to TS Justin Alvarez who shoots ball into box. The defenders only partially clear
and Rivas shoots low 15 yarder to left side of net.
74 min...TS Fitzpatrick 35 yarder from left is well over net.
74 min...Marshall replaces Cavallini.
75 min...Baldassarre replaces Issac.
75 min...WS player's cornerkick from right is cleared on left.
76 min...TS players work cornerkick from right and win another.
77 min...Woodbridge Luca Baldassarre GOAL...TS Leslie Fitzpatrick takes cornerkick from right
that is cleared for a fast break. WS Marcos Nunes makes long 70 yard run upfield and centers pass
from left. Baldassarre stops ball at 12 yards in center and shoots low jab into left corner of net.
78 min...TS Fitzpatrick freekick from 30 yards on left has TS Kamara shoot low partial clearance from 20 yards
through traffic that goalie smothers.
81 min...TS Kamara passes forward on left to TS Brown who rolls 20 yarder that goalie smothers on right side
of box.
83 min...WS Nunes long run up left but pushes ball over end line.
85 min...TS sub...Skorski replaces Brown.
86 min...WS Nunes 40 yard shot up middle is well wide right.
89 min...TS Jeyathlaka low 30 yarder between players and goalie smothers.
91 min...WS Nunes rush up left and 22 yarder into is into outside webbing of net.
92 min...game ends 8:47pm.

Final Score:....Woodbridge Strikers.....4....Toronto Skillz.....1.....

Attendance was about 80 on this surprising hot and humid night 
(for this time of year).

Referee Alexis Vaughan gave out two Yellow cards (per L1O website, 
both to Skillz) and I only noticed one that wasn't rough.  Woodbridge 
mostly kept the ball away from the Skillz players and there wasn't much 
action within the Strikers 30 yard line.

Quante Abbott-Hill-Smith, Michael Fayehun, Joshua Paredes-Proctor, 
and Kyle Walton were the Strikers defenders on the club with the best 
defensive record in the league with only 18 games allowed in 19 league
games. Fayehun was at the L1O game this afternoon between TFC III and 
Oakville acting as a photographer for the league. He started that after 
being injured in a game earlier this year.

Midfielder Oscar Cordon missed the game for Woodbridge through suspension.

Strikers goalie was Michael Scavone with Shafique Wilson as the backup. 
I asked a Strikers official after the game where was Quillan Roberts 
who had played all but one league game (of 18 until tonight). He said 
he was trying out in Nevada. Only team I know there is 'Reno 1836' 
and that's at the USL level. A message board poster said the expansion 
team Las Vegas will play USL next year so it could be them. Other 
bloggers have been holding mock drafts for the CanPrem league (whose 
starting date now looks like it will be pushed back to 2019) and have 
Roberts being chosen number 1 at goaltender....but this is real life 
and a player has to make a living so I can understand why he's moved on. 
Other mock draftees Mo Babouli of Sigma I asked about yesterday and 
he is in 'Europe' (not narrowed further) trying out and from looking 
at the Vaughan Azzurri linescore on the L1O website and not seeing 
Chris Mannella it may be that he received a recall from a club in Spain.

So League 1 Ontario has to look at departures for tryouts and the later 
season return to NCAA and Ontario schools that effect the quality 
of their games. The answer to critics who say the league should wrap 
up by Labour Day (first Monday in September) was answered in the parking 
lot where a Woodbridge fan I call 'Soccer Dad' said "You know 
(goal scorer) Isaiah Johnston is only 15 years old!" Hmm we'd have 
never seen him get a chance if the college kids were still around.

Before the game I was talking to OSA president Ron Smale who was 
supervisor of the coin-toss tonight. I pointed out my problem with 
the proposed date of the L1O championship final. It is the same day 
as the TFC vs Montreal MLS game which is the final home date of the 
regular season for TFC. He said (they) have trouble with it too 
as OSA game officials are part of the referee/game officials appreciation 
day they're holding at the TFC game. The night before is the TFC II 
final game of the season at Ontario Soccer Centre so it's not a flip 
they can do.

After every Woodbridge game they play a few bars from 'Feel The Vibe' 
the old Afrika Bambaataa song so we heard that a lot tonight. They 
also play the same pop music as other stadiums so lots of Drake and 
The Weeknd but here we get the explicit versions of their songs which 
I find fun.

The win improves Woodbridge to a 13 win, 2 losses, 4 ties 
for 43 points and a tie for first place in the Eastern Conference 
with Vaughan Azzurri who won earlier in today against North Toronto 
Nitros. Azzurri are actually listed first in the standings because 
they have won 14 games but Woodbridge has one game in hand with 
only three games to go!

Skillz record falls to 3 wins, 16 losses, 0 ties for 9 points. They 
are in seventh of eight teams in the East. Their three wins have come 
in just over the last month and has been enough to pass Aurora FC 
in the standings.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca
Twitter @RocketRobin01

Woodbridge Strikers starters

Toronto Skillz starters

Skillz Amir El-Eidani (27) takes opening kickoff.

ball sails into Skillz box

Skillz Nand (14) carries ball over center line.

Strikers Joshua Paredes-Procter (6) looking to pass.

Skillz Neil Brown (18) has taken second half kickoff.

Skillz Leslie Fitzpatrick (8) leads rush up left.

Skillz goalie Luca Birnstingl is well out of net to make clearance.

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