June 24, 2018 League 1 Ontario--Woodbridge Strikers vs Vaughan Azzurri League Cup Quarterfinal (by Rocket Robin)

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Result and details of the Sunday June 24, 2018 League 1 Ontario League Cup Quarterfinal game between Woodbridge Strikers
and Vaughan Azzurri played at Vaughan Grove in Woodbridge at 7:00pm.

Woodbridge Strikers (all blue, white shoulders and numbers)

........................1 Roberto Stillo
24 Matthew Strangis...4 Francesco Sinopoli...2 Quante Smith...15 Tarik Robertson
7 Michael Krzeminski...6 Josha Paredes-Procter...10 Chrsitan Cavallini...17 Emmanuel Issac
................8 Stefano Voci...9 Ignazio Muccilli(cpt)

Subs:...69 Tyrone Williams...14 Ali El Zeir...16 Tyrell Rayne...18 Federico Leal
...19 Fabio Vilaca...20 Kareem Samuels
team officials:...team head coach Peter Pinizzotto...managers John scarlato and Johnny Stancati
...equipment managers Amedeo Pellegrino and Lyndon Marshall...therapist David Lisi

Vaughan Azzurri SC (white socks and shirts, red shorts, and navy numbers)

.......................1 Colm Vance
2 Jarred Phillips...5 Justin Springer...23 Shiquan Lowe...3 Joseph Amato (cpt)
14 Jarek Whiteman...15 Dylan Sacramento...16 Alistair Johnston...21 Anthony Osario
...............9 Tomasz Sklublak...19 Mario Kovacevic

Subs:...12 Michael Argyrides (gk)...6 Matthew Arnone...7 Jashua Mills...10 Jason Mills
...13 Dayonn Harris...18 Jorgo Nika...20 Daniel Cramarossa
team officials:...team head coach Carmine Isacco...assistant coaches Francesco Vescio, Hieu Quach, Patrice Gheisar,
and Wayne Mills...manager Tony De Palma...therapist Anne Marie Carnavale

Game officials:...referee Marko Ristic...referee's assistants Melissa Sneddon and Derrick Farwell
...fourth official Marc Henoud...watermelon shirts, black shorts and socks)

First Half:...game starts 7:03pm...WS defends south end on this mild but damp evening as it had rained all morning.
There's a breeze from the west and the setting sun in the north west.
5 min...VA Sacramento rolls 20 yarder on left over end line when no VA players run forward.
6 min...WS defenders block five attempted shots and passes on edge of their box.
7 min...WS Sinopoli clears ball off line as VA Whiteman shoots low 10 yarder in box.
8 min...VA player's cornerkick from left has VA Whiteman tap low 10 yard shot on left post that goalie dives and smothers.
9 min...VA Whiteman flicks 20 yard shot that wins cornerkick on deflection.
9 min...VA Osario cornerkick from right has VA player head ball down at 7 yards in crowd of players that goalie catches
on bounce.
11 min...WS Krzeminski cross from near right is over players in box and WS Voci heads from left to middle of box where
defender heads away in middle on edge of 6 yard box.
12 min...VA YELLOW card...Sklublak earns it for knocking over WS Paredes-Procter at VA 45 yard line.
15 min...VA Sklublak is injured at WS 40 yard line and needs trainer.
17 min...WS Issac cross back from left end line and WS Muccilli has 15 yard shot that's tipped wide left of post but ball
is still in play. VA players clear for fast break out.
18 min...WS goalie takes ball off VA Sklublak mid-air shot attempt at 8 yards.
19 min...VA goalie is out to 30 yards to slide and clear through ball. WS Voci flips over him and they are both injured.
The VA goalie needs the trainer.
21 min...VA sub...Argyrides replaces injured Vance in goal.
22 min...WS YELLOW card...Issac earns it for pulling down VA Phillips.
.........WS YELLOW card...Smith earns it for dissent.
23 min...VA Osorio 30 yard freekick from right is over players and play is whistled down in box.
24 min...WS player's quick freekick from right can't win handball call on cross.
25 min...VA Phillips frome right cuts to middle and shoots 22 yarder high and wide left.
27 min...VA Whiteman runs on left upfield and then cuts to center near end line eluding defenders and 15 yard shot is off the
top of bar and deflects wide right.
28 min...VA Kovacevic rolls 25 yarder up middle wide right.
29 min...VA Sacramento one-touch loose ball and 28 yard shot is up middle and stopped.
30 min...VA goalie dives back for poor backpass to push ball wide of right post. Referee calls indirect freekick in the box.
31 min...WS player's 15 yard freekick is tap over and WS Muccilli blasts ball well over net.
32 min...WS goalie catches cross from left from 15 yards in 6 yard box.
34 min...WS sub...Rayne replaces Strangis.
35 min...VA Kovacevic dribbles between defenders on left but pushes ball too far ahead and goalie picks up.
36 min...VA Osario cornerkick from right is whistled down in box.
37 min...VA YELLOW card....Kovacevic earns it for kicking the ball away after whistle.
41 min...WS Issac run down left but sliding defender interrups and tips ball and Issac pushes it over end line.
43 min...WS Issac run down left wing to end line and cross is cleared by defender's header.
44 min...VA Sklublak point blank shot from 7 yards has goalie in crowd of players stop.
45 min...VA Kovacevic misses midair kick connection at 8 yards in middle.
45 min...VA Smith heads away cross from left into VA box.
46 min...half ends 7:48pm.

Second Half:...starts 8:06pm...the weather is unchanged.
45 min...VA Osario cross from left bounces through WS box unplayed.
46 min...VA Sacramento can't quite connect on bicycle kick at WS 18 yard line.
48 min...WS Cavallini shoots 20 yarder all alone on left that goalie catches on left post.
50 min...WS Robertson cross from 25 yards on left has WS Rayne twist 10 yard header wide left from middle.
.....WS Krzeminski is down with an injury away from the play.
56 min...VA goalie smothers ball with WS Cavallini finishes off 10 yard shot after rebound. There've been
two shots inside the box.
57 min...Vaughan Tomaz Sklublak GOAL...VA Joseph Amato rushes up left and cross from 20 yards is over heads
of crowd of players in box but Sklublak stops it to set up 7 yard shot from right that's blasted over goalie
Robert Stillo into top left of net.
58 min...WS YELLOW card...Robertson earns it for bumping over VA Osario at WS 40 yard line.
59 min...VA Osario 50 yard freekick from right has goalie bobble out to left side. VA player's recross from
left is also through box.
60 min...WS YELLOW card...goalie Stillo earns it for dropping the f-bomb although first I thought he was swearing
at his own players for their lack of protection. He had just had his quick freekick on a restart called back.
62 min...VA sub...Harris replaces Kovacevic.
63 min...VA Harris cross from right end line has VA Sklublak twist 8 yard header from middle to bottom right
and goalie dives to push ball wide of post.
64 min...VA goalie is out to 30 yards on left to head ball away before WS Rayne can get to it.
66 min...VA Harris rolls 18 yarder from right that goalie dives for and ball rolls over him.
67 min...Woodbridge RED card...Goalie Robert Stillo is shown his second Yellow card for handling the ball
outside the box. VA Tomasz Sklublak races in for bounced through-ball pass and tries to chip him from 27 yards
on the left and Stillo has the ball hit him as he raises his arms at 22 yards. Stillo goes down feigning
that the ball hit him in the face but referee Marko Ristic sends him off.
........WS sub...Williams replaces Voci. That was made so Williams could play goal.
69 min...VA Sacramento bends 35 yard freekick from left througth players in box and wide right of net.
70 min...WS Robertson 30 yard shot from left is just wide right of net.
71 min...VA Harris cross from right end line has defender head ball over box with players waiting to tap-in.
72 min...VA Sklublak 8 yard shot down middle stopped after a short cornerkick from left is worked out and crossed.
75 min...VA Phillips dribbles from right to middle and taps to VA Sacramento who taps ball behind defenders and
Phillips low shot from 12 yards has goalie reach back and grab ball on ground.
73 min...WS YELLOW card...Paredes-Procter earns it for kicking ball after whistle into fallen player at WS 40 yard line.
78 min...WS Krzeminski run down right with VA Amato covering to end line and his 15 yard cross is caught by goalie.
79 min...VA sub...Jason Mills replaces VA Sacramento.
.........WS sub...Leal replaces Robertson.
80 min...VA Sklublak chests ball down but 15 yard shot from left is stopped by defender at 10 yards.
81 min...WS Rayne rush into box on right but third defender clears.
83 min...WS Leal receives pass and 25 yard shot up middle has goalie palm ball over box.
84 min...VA sub...Arnone replaces Osario.
84 min...WS Voci cornerkick from left has nearest defender clear ball away on left.
85 min...VA Johnston rolls pass through box and VA Whiteman and VA Harris both miss connecting for
shot in box.
87 min...VA Amato is hurt deflecting ball out of play with his face on cross near right end line.
87 min...WS Leal cornerkick from right is caught by jumping goalie in crowd of players.
89 min...VA YELLOW card...Amato earns it for trying to shield ball so it would roll out near
right cornerflag and blocks pursuing player.
90 min...VA sub...Cramarossa replaces Amato.
90 min...WS Muccilli cornerkick from mright has defender clear.
91 min...Vaughan Jason Mills GOAL...VA Dayonn Harris runs ball down right wing on break out and centers
pass to Mills who shoots 15 yarder into right side of net beyond goalie Tyrone Williams.
93 min...WS Leal high cornerkick from right has defender clear away.
94 min...game ends 8:55pm and it's still not dark.

Final Score:...Woodbridge Strikers.....0......Vaughan Azzurri......2.......

Attendance was about 150 on this mild evening with the sun out after a long stretch of rain especially
in the early hours.

I counted 10 cards of all colours in this game (six to Woodbridge) in a pretty rough game. The Vaughan
goalie switch came about because Colm Vance came out to 30 yards to slide and clear a through ball and
WS Stefano Voci flipped over him and caught him with a foot to the face. Vance ended up needing
an ambulance and it was jolting to see him wheeled along the far sideline and behind the net.
Whispers throughout the crowd later reported 'broken nose' but I don't know it that's true.

Both teams had many chances to score. The best of them was at 27 minutes when VA Jarek Whiteman ran
upfield on the left and then cut to the center near the end line and eluding the defenders took
a 15 yard shot off the top of the bar. 31 minutes had an unusual situation where the Vaughan
replacement goalie Michael Argyrides dove for a poor backpass headed into the goal and was given
a Yellow and Woodbridge was awarded an indirect freekick from 15 yards. With twenty players squashed
into the box WS Ignazio Muccilli skied the ball well over the net. Muccilli had another chance
at 44 minutes when he had a 7 yard point blank shot in a crowd of players stopped by the goalie.
56 minutes had the Vaughan goalie smother Christian Cavallini's 10 yard rebound shot after two other
shots were fired in the box. One minute later Vaughan was upfield to score. 63 minutes had
VA Dayonn Harris who had been subbed in just one minute earlier cross from the right and Sklublak
in the middle of the box twisted an 8 yard header towards the bottom right corner but the goalie
dove to push the ball wide. Looking for an insurance goal at 75 minutes VA Jarred Phillips dribbled
into the middle from the right and tapped forward to VA Dylan Sacramento whose low shot from 12 yards
had the goalie reach back and grab it while already on the ground. The Woodbridge chances did dry
up after the sending off.

All the Mills brothers were here today for Vaughan. Jason Mills came in as a sub at 79 minutes and
scored the insurance goal. Jashua Mills was an unused sub. I spoke with Brandon Mills but he was
watching from the stands today.

These two teams had met in the last two L1O Cup Finals. Woodbridge won last year and Vaughan
won in 2016. Woodbridge won in 2015 against Sigma in the final and the inaugural season Vaughan
beat Sigma in the final. I caught L1O Chair Dino Rossi at the Sigma-FC London game on Friday night.
He assured me it was a random draw with tennis bracket play and the only seeding was the preliminary
round (17 teams remember) of newbies Alliance United and Darby FC getting the play-in game.

These teams are very close in the standings. Vaughan is 4-3-0 for 12 points and is fifth
and Woodbridge is 3-2-2 for 11 points tied for 6th with Oakville Blue Devils who have one game
in hand.

Vaughan moves on to the semi-final to play Oakville who won their match 4-2 in a Penalty shootout
after a regulation time 2-2 tie against Masters FA.

Rocket Robin
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Woodbridge Strikers starters