May 27, 2018 League 1 Ontario--2nd Round L1O Cup--Woodbridge Strikers vs Ottawa South United Force (by Rocket Robin)

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Result and details of the Sunday May 27, 2018 League 1 Ontario game between Woodbridge Strikers
and Ottawa South United Force played at Vaughan Grove in Woodbridge at 1:45pm. This was a Second Round
L1O Cup 2nd round game.

Woodbridge Strikers (all blue, white numbers and shoulders)

......................1 Robert Stillo
24 Matthew Strangis...4 Francesco Sinopoli...15 Tarik Robertson...3 Bruce Cullen
14 Ali El Zeir...7 Michael Krzeminski...10 Christian Cavallini (cpt)...6 Joshua Paredes-Procter
............17 Emmanuel Issac...20 Aziah Reid

Subs:...69 Tyrone Williams (gk)...2 Quante Smith...9 Ignazio Muccilli...11 Stephen Almeida
...16 Tyrell Rayne...18 Federico Leal
team officials:...team head coach Peter Pinizzotto...managers Lyndon Marshall and Johnny Stancati
...equipment managers Amedeo Pelligrino and Lyndon Marshall...

Ottawa South United Force (all white, black numbers)

.......................20 Cameron Cappelli
23 Nicolas Diberardino...8 Ian Kerr...15 Turner Johnson...5 Ali Jabara
.......4 Aidan Tuck...18 Barou Junior Mbuyamba...16 Kaweke Sophas
.......11 Ryan Massoud...17 Eric Watson...12 Myules Cornwall

Subs:...1 Jared St Thomas (gk)...3 Jack Collins...6 Hansly Malonga..9 David Chung
...19 Dakota Boal
team officials:...team head coach Peter Mapendere...assistant coaches Jay Bhindi and Paul Harris
...manager Hassan Osama

Game officials:...referee Filip Dujic...referee's assistants John Leuser and Marco Ristic
...fourth official Mike Stacey...(yellow shirts, black shorts and socks)

1st Half:...game starts 1:51pm...WS defends south end on this hot and humid afternoon with a bright sun
in the south.
The game has been delayed about 5 minutes after the anthem to fix a hold in the field at the 50 yard line.
2 min...WS Emmanuel Issac GOAL...WS Bruce Cullen rushes down leftg wing and low cross from 15 yards to Issac
who shoots 8 yarder down middle into left side of net pas goalie Cameron Cappelli.
5 min...WS Ali El Zeir GOAL...WS Bruce Cullen on left passes to WS Emmanuel Issac and his 12 yard shot
in crowd of players is stopped and El Zeir takes 5 yard shot into left corner of net.
6 min...WS goalie cathes cross from left on right beating OSU player to header at 6 yards.
10 min...WS Robertson threads pass forward from 50 yards that finds WS Paredes-Procter and he rolls cross from left
into box but OSU Kerr clears.
10 min...WS Paredes-Procter blasts 20 yard shot down middle well over net.
14 min...WS Robertson threads pass from 50 yards between players finding WS Issac at 15 yards but he can't
control ball and it rolls to goalie.
18 min...WS Issac can't control another through ball pass.
24 min...OSU Kerr is tapped back ball and he chips 25 yarder from right that goalie catches.
25 min...WS Cullen cross from 20 yards near left end linen is partially cleared and WS Cavallini takes midair shot
down middle from 22 yards just wide left of net.
25 min...A water break is called for a minute.
29 min...OSU get first time into WS box on left but a pass is intercepted and the ball is cleared.
31 min...WS Cullen 35 yard freekick blastgs up middle is wide left of net.
32 min...OSU Massoud cross from 18 yards along right end linen is caught by goalie.
33 min...OSU Tuck stops WS chip at 20 yards and WS Issac blasts 25 yard rebound down middle well over net.
35 min...OSU Johnson sliding tackle to block WS Issac blasts from 22 yards on right injurying him and trainer is needed.
38 min...OSU Jabara slides to prevent WS Issac from getting 12 yard shot.
40 min...WS goalie out to left to grab OSU bouncer into box beating OSU player.
42 min...WS Cullen bends 25 yard freekick from left wide right of net.
44 min...WS Issac gets pass threaded up middle and chip of 10 yard shot hits OSU Diberardino in face at 8 yards. A trainer
is need for him.
46 min...WSU Paredes-Procter 30 yard freekick from right is low and smothered by goalie.
47 min...half ends 2:38pm.

Halftime Entertainment: It is announced there will be a draw from a team sponser Coventy North Jaguar Land Rover that
there'd be a draw for a vehicle that looked like an SUV. I did see the vehicle at the beginning of the game but then
forgot and pictured a cross between something James Bond would drive (OK he drove an Astin Martin?) and a land rover (like
you'd use on a safari). It still seems like a strange merger of car manufacturers. Also strange is it wasn't announced
as a raffle but just a ballot draw and it would be drawn before the women's game later in the afternoon. There was no announcement
that it was a 'lease' on the vehicle. I'll have to ask the next time I'm up here.

2nd Half:...starts 3:53pm...it's still hot and humid with the sun in the west.
Halftime subs:...WS Rayne replaces Reid.
................WS Leal replaces Zeir.
47 min...WS Leal blasts partial clearance from 10 yards that deflects wide for cornerkick.
47 min...WS Cavallini cornerkick from right is short and wasted as it doesn't get crossed into the box.
48 min...WS Leal 28 yard chip up middle is wdie left.
50 min...WS Tyrell Rayne GOAL...Rayne at 25 yards in middle rolls pass forward and right for WS Christian Cavallini. Cavallini
sends low cross from 20 yards along right end line. Rayne receives ball at 8 yards on right and jabs 6 yarder between goalie
and near post.
54 min...WS Cavallini cornerkick from left is high and over box. WS player works ball around horn back to Cavallini and his run along
left end line has him push ball out of bounds.
55 min...WS sub...Smith replaces Sinopoli.
56 min...OSU Cornwall pounces when WS Smith makes flub of back pass and he shoots 10 yarder that deflects off goalie for cornerkick.
56 min...OSU tuck cornerkick from left is cleared for WS fast break.
57 min...OSU YELLOW card...Mbuyamba earns it at OSU 45 yard line when WS Cavallini is flipped over on pull down by Mbuyamba.
58 min...WS sub...Muccilli replaces Issac.
59 min...WS Paredes-Procter low 25 yard shot from left is smothered by diving goalie.
60 min...OSU sub...Malonga replaces Sophas.
60 min...WS Muccilli cornerkick from right has WS Paredes-Procter knock ball down but ball is cleared.
62 min...OSU Malonga intercepts WS goalie's clearance and his 30 yard blasts shot down the middle over the net.
63 min...WS Cavallini 28 yard shot from left is high and wide right.
64 min...WS Leal run up middle but his low 25 yard shot rolls to goalie.
65 min...OSU Tuck cornerkick from left is low but defendner on left flubs it and goalie dives to right to smother ball.
67 min...OSU Cornwall long run down left but low cross into box from 25 yards easily cleared.
67 min...WS Tyrell Rayne GOAL...WS *Christian Cavallini* quick freekick roller from 35 yards finds Rayne at 22 yards
and he fires low shot up middle into right corner of net.
A water break is called immediately after the goal.
67 min...OSU sub..Collins replaces Tuck.
69 min...play resumes with the after goal kickoff.
70 min...OSU Cornwall rush on left and 15 yard shot along left end line has goalie palm ball through box.
71 min...WS Rayne run up right and low dross through 6 yard box is past the charging WS Paredes-Procter and OSU Johnson
is injred on the play.
72 min...WS sub...Almeida replacces Krzeminski.
72 min...OSU sub...Chung replaces Massoud.
74 min...WS Strangis cross from 22 yards on right has WS Rayne not quite able to twist 7 yard header up middle so heads ball
wide left for goalkick.
76 min...OSU Collins rolls pass to OSU Watson at 25 yards in middle and he shoots over net and back fence!
79 min...WS Muccilli rushes to right end lilne to save ball and his 8 yard cross along end line has defender stop and clear.
80 min...OSU Chung wins Penalty kick call being pulled down while cutting into box from right.
80 min...OSU Myles Cornwall GOAL...Cornwall blasts Penalty kick high to left top corner as goalie Roberto Stillo
flies to right.
81 min...OSU sub...Boal replaces Kerr.
84 min...WS Paredes-Proctor 22 yard freekick up middle is into player wall that starts fast break out.
87 min...WS goalie runs out to 20yard line to head ball away on right with OSU player charging forward.
92 min...WS Muccilli freekick from 33 yard on left is lobbed over net.
93 min...game ends 3:41pm.

Final Score:...Woodbridge Strikers.....4......Ottawa South United Force.......1........

*I asked Tyrell Rayne after the game about who sent him the pass on his second goal. He pointed to #4 who was wearing
the captain's armband. The #4 was a tape job so I expect he had to replace what he was wearing for blood on the #10 jersey.
That would be Christian Cavallini.

Attendance was about 50 on this hot and humid day. Ball kids today were from

the Woodbridge OPDL U-13 team.

The car sponsor gives out MVP trophies to one player on each team. Joshua Paredes-Procter wins
for Woodbridge and Ali Jabara is chosed for OSU.

Any suspence for this game was over quickly as Emmanuel Issac and Ali El Zeir scored at 2 minutes
and 5 minutes for Woodbridge. Halftime sub Tyrell Rayne scored at 50 and 67 minutes to increase
their lead and Myles Cornwall got one back at 80 minutes on a Penalty kick. The way Strikers play
over the seasons is they are well known for a rock steady defence which limited OSU to almost
no shots on goal and little time of possession. I counted the first time an OSU player even got
into the box as 29 minutes.

The game had a 1:45pm start which meant it was played in the hottest part of the day. Referee Filip Dujic
ensured that there was a water break in each half. I asked an OSU official after the game if they'd arrived
in Toronto last night. Nope they left early this morning and it was about a five hour drive. I said the
only thing worse then the long drive here will be the five hour drive back after today's result!
This league needs a hotel sponsor. OSU had six starters and two on their bench born in the year 2000.
Back to high school tomorrow? Oldest player was born in 1996.

I spoke to Strikers long time coach Peter Pinizzotto about the Cup draw. The draw was made like
a tennis draw or NCAA basketball bracket draw rather than European one-round-at-a-time draws
so the route to the final is known. Strikers next opponent is Vaughan Azzurri in the quarterfinal.
The 2016 and 2017 finals pitted Strikers vs Azzurri with each team winning once (Woodbridge last year).
2015 had Woodbridge win and the inaugral season of 2014 had Azzurri win (both teams beat Sigma FC).

There have been changes for the Strikers this year in players they have on their roster with a few players
shuffling to other teams and defensive stalwart Bruce Cullen coming over from Durham United who didn't
field a team this year. By the gates was long time midfielder Oscar Cordon (ex TFC Academy and MLS player)
who I hadn't noticed on any L1O roster. I asked him about what he's doing this year and he answered
that he's wairing for a call-up with the Strikers. I wished him good luck.

Azzurri hammered North Mississauga 6-0 on Saturday afternoon. Hmm there must be no seeding as this
would be like having the Williams sisters meeting in the first round of some tennis tournament.

The winner of the L1O Cup just wins a trophy. It is League play and playoffs that decide who advances
to the Canadian Championship/Voyageurs Cup next season.

Woodbridge Strikers starters