June 17, 2018 League 1 Ontario--

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Result and details of the Sunday June 17, 2018 League 1 Ontario game between Alliance United and Master's FA
played at L'Amoreaux Park in Scarborough at 7:00pm.

Alliance United (orange socks and shirts, black shorts and numbers)

........................1 Mark Rogal
..........5 David Colelli...4 Nikola Stakic...3 Devon Bowyer (cpt)
11 Russell Rodrigues...15 Connor McFall...20 Steven Furlano...17 Nicholas Osorio...7 Nirunthan Sivananthan
................21 Kevin DaSilva...18 Milan Beader

Subs:...6 Lukas MacNaughton...8 Justin Yarde...9 Anthony Sousa...14 Enrique Domingo Montrull
...16 Djimi Guedei...19 Koosha Nazemi...30 Daniel McKinley
team officials:...team head coach Ilya Orlov...assistant coaches Denys Rylskyi, Julian Carr, Richard Alexander,
and Roman Rashchuk

Masters FA (white socks, shorts, and numbers, black shirts)

........................55 Sebastian Zeballos
6 Jayden Meikle...5 Marc Jankovic (cpt)...2 Adam Czerkawski...17 Reafe Anderson
14 Reshaun Walkes...13 Evan James...19 Bradley Fenton...16 Randy Durand Miss Miyenga
..................70 Jose De Sousa...10 Ignacio Velazquez

Subs:...00 Spiridon Koskinas (gk)...3 Alexander Dimitru...7 Shawn Brown...11 Reshon Phillip
...15 Antoine Paul...20 Liam Cox...90 Josue Jaramilio
team officials:...team head coach Rick Titus...assistant coaches Linford Reid, Pernell Mason, and Rob Meikle
...manager Junior Groves

Game officials:...referee Scott Bowman...referee's assistants Marko Ristic and Daniel Boduryan
...fourth official Michael Heuthe...(yellow shirts, black shorts and socks)

First Half:...game starts 7:05pm...Alliance defend north end on this hot and humid evening with a bright sun
in the northwest and a gusty wind from the south.
10 sec...AU Furlano 22 yard shot from left is wide left of net.
3 min...MFA Fenton cornerkick from left is high and over players in box.
7 min...MFA De Sousa 40 yard freekick from right is over players on left side of box and wide for goalkick.
9 min...MFA James run up middle and chips 35 yarder wide right of net.
10 min...MFA Velazquez cross from 25 yards on left bounces through box unplayed.
13 min...AU Bowyer sends through ball pass up left from center line to Da Silva at 30 yards. He runs past defender
and goalie at 25 yards and pokes ball from 15 yards on left just wide right of post.
15 min...AU Furlano 35 yard freekick from left is chipped to AU Stakic near right end line but called offside.
16 min...AU YELLOW card...Osorio earns it for tripping MFA Miyenga running up middle.
17 min...MFA De Sousa slips on 35 yard freekick up middle and sends it into wall for AU fast break out.
18 min...MFA Walkes is pushed over on run into top right of box but can't win Penalty kick.
20 min...AU goalie tuns to top right of box to beat MFA Walkes to bounced pass.
22 min...Master's FA Jose De Sousa GOAL...MFA Bradley Fenton chips pass from 35 yards up middle and De Sousa charging
forward pops header at 20 yards over goalie Mark Rogal at 5 yards and ball hits underside of bar and deflects in.
23 min...MFA Fenton 45 yard freekick from left has goalie catch wide right at 12 yards beating MFA Jankovic for header.
26 min...AU Sivananthan low blast at 10 yards on left has goalie make point blank save. AU DaSilva blasts rebound
from 28 yards wide left.
26 min...A water break is called.
28 min...Game is resumed with a goal kick.
28 min...MFA James run down right and wins cornerkick on sliding defender's deflection.
29 min...MFA Fenton cornerkick from right is headed through box. MFA De Sousa wins cornerkick on left.
30 min...MFA De Sousa low cornerkick from left has nearest defender on left edge of 6 yard box clear away.
31 min...MFA Fenton chips 35 yard freekick from left over players and wide right of net.
33 min...Alliance Nirunthan Sivananthan GOAL...AU Steven Furlano 35 yard freekick from left has ball knocked
down at 12 yards in crowd of players and Sivananthan shoots 15 yarder into left side of net between goalie
Sebastian Zeballos and post.
35 min...AU Furlano rush on left cuts into box but MFA Colelli checks him off ball.
36 min...AU player runs on right and cross is centered has AU DaSilva shoot 25 yarder down middle well over net.
37 min...AU DeSilva chips pass forward for AU Rodrigues but goalie out to right near top of box to smother with
a defender screening Rodrigues. 38 min...AU goalie beats MFA Velazquez to grab bouncer at 12 yards.
40 min...MFA Miyenga intercepts ball in middle and 28 yard shot is high wide left.
41 min...AU Furlano rushes into box from left to get around MFA Walkes but Walkes pokes ball away for goalkick.
42 min...AU Furlano cornerkick from left is over box and AU player hits 10 yard shot from right is off own player
for goalkick.
44 min...MFA Velazquez cuts between players on run and 15 yard shot wins cornerkick.
45 min...MFA Fenton cornerkick from right is through goalie's upraised hands and MFA shot from left from 10 yards
is off defender for throw-in for MFA.
46 min...MFA YELLOW card...Jankovic earns it for pushing over AU Furlano at MFA 40 yard line.
47 min...AU Furlano 45 yard freekick from right has MFA Jankovic in crowd of players at 12 yards head away.
47 min...half ends 7:52pm.

2nd Half:...starts 8:08pm.
45 min...AU Furlano 55 yard freekick from lefft is cleared.
46 min...AU Rodrigues 45 yard shot from right is over net.
48 min...MFA YELLOW card...Czerkawski earns it for knocking over player at MFA 40 yard line. MFA Miyenga
is injured upfield.
49 min...AU Furlano 40 yard freekick down middle has MFA Jankovic head ball away in box. AU Furlano eventually
recovers and pushes ball over end line on left.
50 min...I get hit in the head with a ball. It came over the canopy so I didn't see it but it hit me right on the
top of the head so I may have flinched but just shook it off.
51 min...MFA sub...Brown replaces Fenton.
52 min...MFA goalie is out to 12 yards to punch ball away in crowd of players.
52 min...MFA James chips 50 yarder down middle to beat goalie at 15 yards but shot is wide right.
53 min...MFA Jankovic slides to deflect AU Furlano cross from left for cornerkick.
54 min...MFA De Sousa cornerkick from left is knocked around and goalie catches 25 yard kick.
54 min...MFA sub...Paul replaces Meikle.
.........AU sub...Nazemi replaces DaSilva.
55 min...MFA Velazquez 40 yard freekick from left sideline has MFA DeSousa blast partial clearance down middle
from 25 yards well over net. MFA Czerkawski is injured in box and needs trainer. MFA Miyenga moves back to play
center back.
58 min...MFA De Sousa rolls pass to MFA Brown on left side of box and cross to center cleared by defender.
60 min...MFA sub...Dimitru replaces injured Czerkawski who's already off field.
62 min...AU player's 25 yard shot from right has goalie in crowd of players punch ball forward at 15 yards.
63 min...AU sub...Yarde replaces Rodrigues.
63 min...MFA De Sousa pass forward from 35 yards on right to MFA Walkes but deflects off him at 12 yards and is cleared.
66 min...MFA Anderson is injured at MFA 35 yard line.
68 min...MFA De Sousa cross from 25 yards on right side is cleared through left side of box.
70 min...AU goalie is out to edge of box to beat MFA Brown to clear ball.
71 min...MFA Paul 33 yard shot up middle is high and wide left.
71 min...A water break is called.
72 min...MFA sub...Phillip replacces James.
73 min...play resumes.
74 min...MFA player's cross from 30 yards on left has goalie charge forward in crowd to catch.
75 min...AU sub...Sousa replaces Sivananthan.
76 min...Master's FA Shawn Brown GOAL...MFA Reshon Phillip low cross pass from 25 yards
on left has MFA Ignacio Velazquez take 10 yard shot that squirms forward past defender and goalie
on left post and Brown taps 3 yarder into empty net.
78 min...MFA sub...Jaramilio replaces Velazquez.
79 min...AU Furlano cornerkick from left is through goalie's swat and out right side of box.
80 min...AU sub...Guedei replaces Beader.
81 min...MFA De Sousa midair one-touch spin for shot at 18 yards up middle that's caught by goalie.
81 min...MFA De Sousa is injured at MFA yard line and needs trainer. MFA have used all their substitutes.
82 min...MFA Phillip rush down left and crosses along end line but ball is cleared out and MFA De Sousa wins freekick.
83 min...MFA De Sousa freekick from 22 yards on right and out to 25 yards where MFA Jaramilio blasts shot that goalie
gets hand to at top right corner and MFA Brown blasts 8 yarder but can't score.
85 min...MFA YELLOW card...Walkes earns it for dissent.
86 min...AU Furlano 40 yard freekick from right has AU player head ball into goal but it's called back for pushing.
88 min...AU Nazemi is let off without a card for complaining an offside call.
89 min...AU Guedei shot in crowd of players at 12 yards on left is well over net.
90 min...MFA goalie is bumped over and injured.
.......finally an ambulance is here for the Czerkawski injury.
90 min...AU player's header from 7 yards across box rather than on net has defender clear.
92 min...AU Furlano 45 yard freekick up middle (with AU goalie moving into the MFA box) has MFA Paul at 6 yards head
ball away for cornerkick.
95 min...Alliance Connor McFall GOAL...AU Steven Furlano cornerkick from left is high and over players
and AU player on right heads ball back across box and McFall shoots in 6 yarder in crowd of players on left side
forward into left corner of net. Even the AU goalie had come upfield to clog up the box.
95 min...game ends 8:58pm before restart.

Final Score:...Alliance United.....2.....Masters FA Saints......2........

Attendance reached about 100 by the second half. This game was considered a 'home' game for Alliance
who usually play at the Centennial College campus but scheduled from the original L1O fixture listings
as being played at L'Amoreaux Park (home of the Saints). Alliance brought their own equipment--like canopies--
much appreciated by the players on the bench as it hadn't dropped much from the 30C plus humidity from
earlier in the day. Referee Scott Bowman scheduled a water break in each half. He had refereed last night's
Unionville Milliken vs Woodbridge game.

Alliance had 'scored' at 86 minutes from a 50 yard freekick from Steven Furlano that an AU player headed
into the net but the goal was called back for pushing a defender. Masters had almost scored a goal
at 83 minutes with Jose De Sousa sending in a freekick from 22 yards on the right and the ball was partially
cleared but Josue Jaramilio blasted a shot from 25 yards that the goalie got a hand to to tip away from
the right corner and MFA Shawn Brown couldn't put in an 8 yard blast.

This game was quite rough. MFA defender Adam Czerkawski was injured at 55 minutes and needed an ambulance
to be called and he was wheeled away on a gurney at 90 minutes at the same time their goalie was being
treated for an injury downfield. 81 minutes had MFA Jose De Sousa injured but because they had used their
five subs, he returned to play on after treatment.

Alliance United is a new team with a venture between the Markham SC, Wexford SC and Centennial College but
have picked up three former TFC Academy players. Goalie Mark Rogal, midfielder Nicholas Osorio (youngest
brother of Jonathan—while middle brother Anthony is on Vaughan Azzurri), and defender Steven Furlano.
Furlano was the star of Alliance tonight taking the cornerkicks and freekicks and chasing back to catch
MFA forwards after making offensive forays. How could TFC III have let this 1998 player go?

Ignacio Velazquez wore the #10 for Masters tonight. This is usually the shirt of Joey Melo so I'm not sure
what's happened. Velazquez has played for Club Plaza Colonia in Uruguay when they were in the Second
Division (they are now in the first). He is a 1994 and I wonder if he's here for the new Canadian Premier
League starting next spring.

Last year's L1O Young Player of the Year Cyrus Rollocks was once again not on the MFA roster tonight.
My luck to see the young striker is 0 for 3. Rollocks is still only 20 and won the award while playing
for TFC III.

This is the second week in a row that Masters have lost points on practically the last kick of the game.
Last week they surrendered a late Penalty kick to TFC III and Afram Gorgees scored the lone goal
of the game.

The tie (this was the last game of the weekend) moves Alliance up to a tie for ninth in the standings
with North Mississauga (the only team that didn't play this week) with a record of 2 wins, 1 loss, 2 ties
for 8 points. Masters FA stays a point ahead of them in eighth with a record of 2 wins, 1 loss, 3 ties
for 9 points. The race continues to finish in the 'Top 9' to make the playoffs because it's understood
that TFC III which is running away with the Shield (if there is one) is going to step aside at the end
of August (in fact they'll going to play some midweek games so they can finish a month early) so they
can join the USSDA League to play a September to June schedule.

Alliance United starters