June 18, 2018 League 1 Ontario--Toronto FC III vs Windsor TFC (by Rocket Robin)

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Result and details of the Sunday June 17, 2018 League 1 Ontario game between Toronto FC III and Windsor TFC
played at BMO Training Ground in Downsview at 1:00pm.

Toronto FC III (all red, white numbers)

.......................1 Sebastian Sgarbossa
.........7 Tim Kubel...4 Lars Eckenrode...15 Marko Mandekic
2 Afram Gorgees...6 Matthew Srbely...8 Joshua Moreira (cpt)...11 Terique Mohammed...10 Steffen Yeates
...................19 Daniel Bilousov...13 Kunle Dada-Luke

Subs:...5 Mohamed Omar...16 Mehdi Essoussi...17 Kai Martin...18 Jayden Nelson
...9 Zakaria Abdi...12 Rimi Olatunji...14 Kembo Kibato
team officials:...team head coach Danny Dichio...assistant coach Gianni Cimini and Benoit Cheyrou
...manager Cassie Ferguson and Daniel Marozzo...therapist Samra Habtom

Windsor TFC (all white, red numbers)

.......................22 Adam Cesare
20 Derrick Amankwa...5 Brendan Woodfull...4 Brydon Ceasar...19 Martin Torres-Lopez
13 Hassan Zaitoun...18 Nameer Sto...7 Stefan Zastavnikovic...11 Stefan Milidrag...3 Davide Dipoce
........................8 Korede Adepitan

Subs:...6 Kristofer Michael...12 Shihab Al-Khulady...14 Kyle Leon...16 Surab Akbari
team officials:...team head coach Zibby Pilatkiewicz...manager Vancho Cirovski

Game officials:...Fabrizio Stasolla...referee's assistants Jason Olinsky and Eddie Moran
...fourth official Sean Hornsby...(all black uniforms)

First Half:...game starts 1:01pm...TFC defend north end on this very hot and humid day with a bright sun
in the south.
3 min...TFC Mohammed rolls 18 yard shot from left that's cleared.
4 min...TFC Joshua Moreira GOAL...TFC Daniel Bilousov passes ball from 18 yaards near left endline
and Moreira takes 10 yard shot from even with left post into top right corner of net over goalie Adam Cesare..
6 min...TFC Dada-Luke rolls pass forward from 25 yards and goalie beats TFC Yeates to boot ball away at 16 yards.
8 min...TFC Daniel Bilousov GOAL...TFC Tim Kubel bends cross from 25 yards on right and charging Bilousov
flicks header down middle into low right side of net past sprawling goalie in center of net.
10 min...TFC Mohammed cross from near left corner flag has W Amankwa clear.
11 min...TFC Gorgees rolls pass forward on right and TFC Mohammed blasts roller from 22 yards on one-touch wide
right of post.
15 min...TFC Bilousov gets pass forward from TFC Gorgees at 18 yards on right and shoots around goalie at 15 yards
and defender clears on edge of 6 yard box.
16 min...TFC Dada-Luke in crowd of players heads 8 yarder up middle that goalie catches.
17 min...TFC Dada-Luke rush up left and rolls cetnering pass from 20 yards and charging TFC Bilousov shoots 5 yarder
wide left while even with left post.
19 min...TFC Srbely is bumped down at 20 yards and ball rolls for W goalie to pick up.
21 min...TFC Yeates rolls pass forward to TFC Dada-Luke whose 15 yard roller wins cornerkick on left.
22 min...TFC Mandekic cornerkick from left is out to TFC Gorgees at 20 yards on right and his chip into crowd
of players in box is cleared for W breakout.
23 min...A scheduled water break is called.
25 min...play resumes.
25 min...TFC Eckenrode clears W Adepitan cross from 20 yards on right into middle of box.
27 min...W Milidrag low 28 yard shot through crowd of players is smothered by goalie on right post for first W shot
of game!
30 min...TFC Mohammed is injured on left end line and needs trainer.
31 min...TFC Srbely weaves through defenders and 15 yard shot from left has goalie bat down on left post.
33 min...TFC Gorgees shoots 18 yarder down middle high and left of net.
34 min...TFC sub...Kibato replaces injured Mohammed.
35 min...TFC Gorgees shoots 15 yard shot from right over net after TFC Dada-Luke rolls pass from left that Moreira
dummies on edge or box in middle.
37 min...TFC Srbely and TFC Dada-Luke have shot blocked inside the left side of W box.
38 min...W Ceasar prevents TFC Gorgees from getting away shot.
39 min...TFC Dada-Luke is injured at W 40 yard line.
40 min...TFC Daniel Bilousov GOAL...TFC Steffen Yeates 22 yard shot from slight left has diving goalie save.
Bilousov shoots 8 yard rebound on left post over fallen goalie into right side of net.
45 min...TFC Moreira rush into box on right and rolls 15 yarder that TFC Dada-Luke one-touch banks from 8 yards onto
left post and along goal line for goalie to smother.
46 min...TFC Mandekic cornerkick from right is cleared from right side of box.
47 min...half ends 1:48pm.

Second Half:...starts 2:04pm.
halftime subs:...TFC Essoussi replaces Yeates.
.................TFC Omar replaces Eckenrode.
45 min...W goalie smothers ball in front of TFC Bilousov at 15 yard line on left.
47 min...TFC Moreira rolls pass from 30 yards on right. TFC Bilousov stops ball and pivots to shoot 20 yarder forward
that goalie stops.
49 min...TFC Daniel Bilousov GOAL...W goalie slips up at 12 yards on left side of box on botched back pass.
Retreating W Martin Torres-Lopez rescues it on left post and taps it over to keep it out of net but TFC Kembo Kibato
at 5 yards on left end line rolls ball out for Bilousov to blast 5 yard shot into open net.
50 min...W DiPoce cornerkick from left is popped over to right on header and W Adepitan pops a header from right side
wide right of net.
50 min...W sub...Leon replaces Sto.
52 min...TFC Kubel cross from far right at 25 yards has TFC Essoussi flick 15 yard header that goalie catches under bar.
54 min...TFC Afram Gorgees GOAL...TFC Kembo Kibato beats check on left and rolls cross for Gorgees to shoot
low 8 yarder into net.
56 min...TFC Essoussi 60 yard chip down middle with goalie out of net at 25 yards is wide right.
59 min...TFC Bilousov run down left wing from 45 yard line and at 20 yards rolls centering pass and diving goalie
reaches out to grab ball before TFC Gorgees can have 5 yard tap-in.
60 min...TFC Dada-Luke rush down left eluding W Amankwa and rolls shot from 6 yards on left end line that goalie smothers.
61 min...TFC sub...Nelson replaces Srbely.
............W sub...Al-Khulady replaces Woodfull
66 min...W Zaitoun taps pass to W Dipoce who crosses through TFC box at 10 yard line unplayed.
67 min...A water break is called.
68 min...TFC sub...Abdi replaces Bilousov.
69 min...play resumes.
71 min...TFC Abdi is injured in collision passing ball forward (which was called offside) at 20 yard line. TFC wins freekick on play.
72 min...TFC Mandekic 20 yard freekick from left is deflected over to left and TFC Dada-Luke chips 12 yarder that goalie catches.
73 min...TFC Jayden Nelson GOAL...Nelson dekes sprawling goalie at 8 yards and rolls ball into open net.
74 min...TFC Gorgees cornerkick from left is high and over endline on right.
75 min...W Adepitan is injured near center line far sideline with foot cramp and W play short.
78 min...TFC Zakaria Abdi GOAL...Abdi walks into box with TFC Jayden Nelson and rolls 10 yarder from right into
left corner of net.
79 min...W sub...Akbari replaces injured Adepitan.
80 min...TFC Afram Gorgees GOAL...TFC Mehdi Essoussi and TFC Kunle Dada-Luke combine for three passes each on run
down right and rolls ball across box for Gorgees. Gorgees has 6 yard tap-in from left post into net with goalie trapped on right.
82 min...TFC goalie beats W Akbari to pick up through ball pass to 16 yard line.
84 min...W Dipoce 30 yard freekick from left is chip and W Al-Khulady stops ball, spins to rolls 12 yard shot that diving goalie reaches
out and grabs on left post.
88 min...TFC Zakaria Abdi GOAL...Abdi is fed pass on slight right and dekes goalie on edge of box and rolls 8 yarder
into empty net.
90 min...TFC Afram Gorgees GOAL...TFC Zakaria Abdi rush on left into box and his shot actually drops for Gorgees after
deflecting off defender. Gorgees shoots 6 yarder into open net.
90 min...game ends 2:49pm.

Final Score:...Toronto FC III.......10.......Windsor TFC.......0........

Attendance was about 45 on this hot and humid day with a bright sun in the south. The weather may have been
even hotter than yesterday.

Referee Fabrizio Stasolla gave out no Yellow cards today and scheduled a water break for each half. The other
three game officials had worked last night's Unionville Milliken vs Woodbridge game. There was speculation
at the timer's table whether there'd be 2 or 4 minutes added in the second half because of injuries and water
breaks but the whistle was blown right at 90 minutes as there was no reason to keep playing.

Joshua Moreira opened the scoring at 4 minutes, Daniel Bilousov at 8, 40, and 49 (and assisted on the first goal),
Afram Gorgees at 54, 80, and 90, Jayden Nelson at 73, and Zakaria Abdi at 78, and 88 minutes had the others.
Ten players on today's roster were born in 2000! Jayden Nelson is a 2002 and didn't get into the game until 61 minutes
and he scored 12 minutes later. This is why TFC can give up on 20 year olds and other teams are going to grab them.

Sebastian Sgarbossa earned the shutout. I've sometimes said a team could use a lawn chair in goal but Sgarbossa did have
to make diving saves at 27 and 84 minutes. He was aided by two draft/trade acquisition defenders slumming it from
TFC II—MLS draftee Tim Kubel and Portland Timbers II signing Lars Eckenrode. They average seven and five years older
than the teens on the roster.

Goalscoring celebrations were subdued in the second half and Windsor players were shouting at each other in the second half
about botched passing. Windsor is a TFC associated club. I'd say TFC are really only interested in scooping
some 13 year old prospects and move them into their own Academy. The association has only been signed exactly two years
now so we can't say that today's team are 'leftovers' but they are the only team that still hasn't won in L1O this season.

TFC has a similar agreement with London TFC but that team has the best women's team in L1O with a 27 game unbeaten streak
stretching back into last year so maintain some independence. L1O media guy Pearce Lang told me he made a joke about
FC London leading scorer Jade Kovacevic having scored more goals than the entire Sanjaxx women's team. I wasn't sure but
last year she scored 40 league goals plus 5 in Cup competition vs 11 for Sanjaxx in 20 games. This year she has 13
so far in 7 games.

The Windsor brethren weren't treated well. They appear to have come by car pool (about a five hour drive) and weren't
allowed in the property gates of the BMO Training Centre so had to walk the last 500 yards (just like I do). While I was
waiting to get in, a soccer dad dropped his boy off right in front of the stadium entrance (I suppose he was a ball boy)
and said through his car window that after four years he still couldn't park here. Hmm try being the visiting team!
The visitors only had 15 players so that would also explain the second half wilting.

Rocket Robin
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Toronto FC III starters