September 24, 2017 League 1 Ontario--Match Recap: Woodbridge Strikers vs Aurora FC (by Rocket Robin)

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Result and details of the Sunday September 24, 2017 League 1 Ontario game
between Woodbridge Strikers and Aurora FC played at Vaughan Grove in Woodbridge at 7:00pm.

Woodbridge Strikers (all blue, white numbers)

.......................1 Quillan Roberts
2 Quante Abbott-Hill-Smith...5 Michael Fayehun...3 Kyle Watson...22 Mchael Krzeminski
10 Chrstian Cavallni...8 Oscar Cordon...7 Dylan Carreiro (cpt)...4 Roberto Gayle
.............23 Luca Baldassarre...17 Emmanuel Issac

Subs:...12 Michael Scavone (gk)...13 Eric Soares...15 James Baker...16 Mikateko Zwane
...19 Damion Graham...21 Ronaldo Marshall
team officials:...team head coach Peter Pinizzotto...assistant coach Marco Reda...manager John Scarleto
...equipment manager Amedeo Pellegrino...therapist Justin Miranda

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

........................1 Matthew Peres
2 Bradley Romagnuolo...5 Diljodh Singh...20 Lucas Da Silva...3 Petros Vasilos
........10 Ruben Dos Santos...4 Yaniv Sampson...6 Joey Tituana
........11 Ezekiel Uadiale...8 Max Ferrari...7 Basel Rashrash

Subs:...22 Stefano Spina (gk)...13 Morey Doner...12 Mohammed Asgary...15 Daniel Bogach
...16 Karamvir Mehmi...18 Nathan Phillips
team officials:...team head coach Derek O'Keeffe...assistant coaches Dave Diplacido, Jimmy Brennan,
and Nick Spagnolo...manager Nicholas Fiore...therapist Haley Roberge

Game officials:...referee Mike Stuart...referee's assistants Cyrus Eshufi and John O'Hara
...fourth official Brad Doubrough...(watermelon shirts, black shorts and socks)

First Half:...game starts 7:00pm...WS defends south end on this hot and humid evening with the sun
having set below the tree line by game time.
2 min...AFC goalie smothers through ball pass before WS playedr can get to it.
6 min...WS Carreiro cornerkick from left is caught by goalie in crowd of players.
7 min...Woodbridge Luca Baldassarre GOAL...WS Christian Cavallini runs towards center from right
and makes short pass to Baldassarre in middle and 10 yard shot to right side of net over flying
goalie Matthew Peres.
8 min...AFC Romagnuolo gets back to break up 2 on 1 and concede cornerkick.
9 min...WS Carreiro on short cornerkick from right is into box and AFC player clears.
10 min...AFC Vasilos 35 yard freekick from far left is low and rolls to goalie.
12 min...WS Carreiro run up middle and blasts 33 yarder well over net and back fence.
14 min...WS Watson 30 yard shot from left deflects off defender at 15 yards and rolls to goalie.
16 min...WS Krzeminski cross from left end line over box and WS player crosses from right and WS Carreiro
shot from 20 yards is stopped.
20 min...AFC Rashrash cornerkick from right has header popped up and WS player heads away from 12 yards.
22 min...Woodbridge Christian Cavallini GOAL...WS Dylan Carreiro long cross down middle finds
Cavallini on right at 20 yards. He dekes defender then dekes sliding goalie at 8 yards on right post
and shoots tight angle shot between another defender and short-side post.
22 min...referee calls water break.
24 min...play resumes.
26 min...WS Carreiro dekes around defender then deflects ball off another defender and ball rolls to goalie.
30 min...WS Carreiro cocrnerkick from right has WS Watson lean back and heads 6 yarder over net as he falls
backwards in crowd of players.
31 min...AFC goalie to right edge of box to pick up loose ball.
34 min...WS Issac long run down left and rolls pass through 6 yard box and AFC Dos Santos concedes cornerkick.
34 min...WS Carreiro cornerkick from left has ball headed around and cleared.
35 min...WS Watson chips 55 yarder over players and goalie all alone catches.
37 min...Woodbridge Luca Baldassarre GOAL...Aurora Max Ferrari can't get away shot cutting across WS box
from right has has shot on left blocked. WS player makes long clearance. Baldassare receives ball at Aur 35 yard
line and runs to 25 yards on left and rolls ball past sliding goalie at 15 yards and ball tucks into right corner
of net.
39 min...AFC Romagnuolo 60 yard freekick from left has ball headed away on edge of box. AFC Da Silva blasts partial
clearance from 25 yards well high of net.
41 min...WS Carreiro 40 yard cross from left has WS Baldassarre header from 15 yard end line is cleared.
41 min...AFC Ferrari stopped at 20 yards as two defenders over run him and shoots low and wide right winning cornerkick.
43 min...WS goalie picks up AFC player's 15 yard rolled shot.
44 min...WS Carreiro 50 yard freekick on right finds WS Issac on left but play broken up.
45 min...AFC YELLOW card...Rashrash earns it for pushing incident.
.........WS YELLOW card...Krzeminski earns it for pushing incident.
46 min...AFC Dos Santos 40 yard freekick from right has AFC player pop up header that's called offside.
48 min...half ends 7:48pm.

Second Half:...starts 8:02pm.
halftime subs:...AFC Bogach replaces Singh.
...............AFC Asgary replaces Dos Santos.
...............AFC Doner replaces Samson.
47 min...WS Carreiro 50 yard chip down middle eludes goalie at 15 yards and bounces wide left.
48 min...WS Cordon chips 50 yarder from right too far forward for WS player and bounces for goalkick.
49 min...WS Abbott-Hill-Smith clears ball inside box to prevent 10 yard shot.
50 min...AFC Vasilos gets back to clear WS paleyrs through ball pass.
53 min...WS sub...Graham replaces Baldassarre.
54 min...WS Graham and WS Issac both have shots blocked by defenders from inside 20 yard line.
54 min...WS player's cornerkick from right is cleared.
55 min...AFC Asgary chips 30 yarder just ahead of AFC forward at 15 yards and defender heads away.
56 min...WS sub...Zwane replaces Cavallini.
57 min...WS Issac has ball come off hand on AFC clearance inside box.
58 mmin...WS YELLOW card...Abbott-Hill-Smith earns it for tackle at AFC 50 yard line.
59 min...AFC Doner run on left and cross from 25 yards near end line is caught by goalie.
61 min...WS sub...Baker replaces Cordon.
62 min...WS player's cornerkick from left is cleared from box.
63 min...WS Carreiro low 30 yard shot from left is into outside webbing of net.
64 min...Aurora Max Ferrari wins Penalty kick from referee Mike Stuart for being tackled inside box
on right end line.
65 min...Aurora Petros Vaslos blasts Penalty kick low and wide left of net with goalie
Quillan Roberts not having to move.
68 min...AFC sub...Phllips replaces Rashrash.
69 min...waterbreak is called.
71 min...play resumes.
72 min...Woodbridge Emmanuel Issac GOAL...WS Damion Graham runs up left and centers pass and Issac
blasts low 12 yarder into center of net with goalie trapped on left post.
73 min...WS sub...Soares replaces Issac.
74 min...WS Baker rush on left and 20 yard sharp and he shot is saved by goalie on near post.
78 min...WS goalie leaps to catch cross from right 20 yards on right post.
79 min...WS Soares cornerkick from right s short and WS Baker running along left end lne pushes ball over
end line for goalkick.
80 min...WS Zwane wins cornerkick on deflected shot in box.
81 min...WS player's cornerkick from left is cleared.
83 min...WS sub...Marshall replaces Carreiro. WS Watson becomes captain.
85 min...Aur Mehmi replaces Ferrari.
87 min...Aur player's low 15 yard shot is saved by goalie low on right post.
88 min...WS Zwane long run down right and cross to middle has WS Baker shot stopped.
88 min...Aur player's 15 yard shot from right is caught by goalie.
90 min...WS Baker rescues ball on right end line and runs along line and shoots 5 yarder that hits right post
and deflects out for goalkick.
92 min...game ends 8:49pm.

Final Score:...Woodbridge Strikers...4...Aurora FC...0...

Attendance was about 80 on this hot and humid evening with the sun 
already below the treeline.

Referee Mike Stuart gave out three Yellow cards (two to Woodbridge) 
and two of those were for a pushing incident at 45 minutes between 
AFC Basel Rashrash and WS Michael Krzeminski. He arranged for a water 
break in both halfs which is unusual in a game once it's dark but this 
turned out to be the hottest day of the year in the GTA yet it's the 
Fall already.  

The Woodbridge defence of Quante Abbott-Hill-Smith, Michael Fayehun, 
Kyle Watson, and Michael Krzeminski limited Aurora's chances. Aurora 
tried to shake things up at halftime with three subs but it didn't 
make a difference. Strikers has the best defence in the league by only 
allowing 18 goals against in 20 league games.

Quillan Roberts earned the shutout for the Strikers without having 
much to do. He missed last week's game away on a tryout in Nevada. 
There wouldn't be anything to add to his highlight reel tonight 
because he wasn't challenged. The Penalty kick was not on net 
so even a direct chance didn't test him.

Strikers Stephen Almeida and Joshua Paredes-Procter were both 
suspended for this game.

I was waiting to see  Isaiah Johnston who scored for Woodbridge 
in last week's game at age 15 but he wasn't on the game sheets. 
I actually wondered if he was a ball boy tonight as there were 
a group of boys on the sidelines that stayed the first half but 
they disappeared. I saw 'soccer dad' in the parking lot after the 
game and he said Johnston was playing for one of the Woodbridge 
youth teams today. There were games going on all over the complex 
when I got there. Soccer dad's own son Ronaldo Marshall came 
on at 83 minutes.

Both teams used the league game sheets that list suspended players 
but don't give the players year of birth but just whether they are 
U-23 or not. Aurora were all U-23 except for captain Petros Vasilos.

The win improves Woodbridge's record to 14 wins, 2 losses, 4 ties 
for 46 points. They pull into a tie for first in the Eastern 
Conference with Vaughan Azzurri who won a few hours earlier but 
Strikers have one game in hand.

Aurora's record falls to 2 wins, 15 losses, 2 ties for 8 points. 
They are in eighth (last) in the East.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca
twitter @RocketRobin01

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