May 9, 2018 USL Toronto FC II--Toronto FC II vs Penn FC (by Rocket Robin)

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Result and details of the Wednesday May 9, 2018 USL game between Toronto FC II and Penn FC
played at Monarch Park in Toronto at 11:00am.

Toronto FC II (all red, white names and numbers)

...................80 Angelo Cavalluzzo
36 Tim Kubell...52 Julian Dunn-Johnson...49 Robert Boskovic...38 Kyle Bjornethun
37 Gideon Waja...55 Aidan Daniels (cpt)...59 Noble Okello Ayo...50 Matthew Srbely
............64 Shaan Hundal...56 Malik Johnson

Subs:...70 Gianluca Catalano (gk)...20 Ayo Akinola (mid)...39 Luca Petrasso (mid)...42 Steffen Yeates (mid)
...43 Aikem Andrews (fwd)...45 Luca Uccello (mid)...77 Brandon Onkony (def)
team officials:...manager Laurent Guyot

Penn FC (all white uniforms, black names and numbers)

.......................13 Sean Lewis
80 Haruna Shaibu...6 Kyle Venter...6 Kyle Venter...22 Harri Hawkins
15 Miguel Jaime...21 Calvin Rezende...11 Jorge Rivera...12 Pedro Galvao
...........29 Tomy Heinemann(cpt)...9 Aaron Dennis

Subs:...18 Jacob Lissek (gk)...8 Dan Metzger (mid)...19 Chris Hill (def)...25 Isaac Osae (fwd)
...26 Fredrick Opoku (fwd)...77 Lucky Mkosana (fwd)...99 Saalih Muhammad (mid)
team officials:...manager Raoul Voss

Game officials:...referee Carol Anne Chenard...referee's assistants Chantel Boudreau and Felip Dukic
...fourth official Yusri Rudolph (all black uniforms)

1st Half:...game starts 11:09pm...TFC defends west end on this warm late morning with a bright sun
in the south. As there was no scoreboard, all times are converted from my wristwatch.
25 sec...Penn Galvao runs to left end line and cross from 18 yards has TFC Boskovic head ball away
from center of 6 yard box.
1 min...TFC Kubel throw-in from right is down sideline to TFC Hundal who runs to about 8 yard line and sends
in low cross along 6 yard box and charging TFC Johnson on left post blasts 6 yarder over bar.
4 min...Penn Galvao 40 yard freekick bouncer from right has goalie catch tipped ball through crowd
of players on bounce.
7 min...Penn Heinemann can't win call on edge of TFC box in collision with TFC Kubel after Penn Dennis
fed in through ball pass from left.
10 min...TFC Daniels cornerkick from left is cleared on right side of box after TFC Hundal can't get control
of it.
12 min...Penn Baffoe lobs 25 yard freekick from left has TFC Boskovic pop up header in crowd of players
for cornerkick.
12 min...Penn Galvao cornerkick from right has TFC Okello Ayo on right end line head behind line for
another cornerkick.
13 min...Penn Galvao cornerkick from right has TFC Boskovic near right end line head ball through box and out
left side. Penn Dennis shoots 20 yarder from left into short side webbing of net.
16 min...Penn Galvao 40 yard freekick from right is cleared from edge of box.
18 min...Penn player gets rush as ball stolen from fallen TFC Okello Ayo at 50 yards and Penn Baffoe low cross
from 15 yards along right end line wins cornerkick on deflection.
19 min...Penn Galvao cornerkick from right has TFC Srbely at 6 yards along right end line head behind for
another cornerkick.
20 min...Penn Galvao cornerkick from right is tipped out left and Penn Dennis chips 12 yard midair from far left
just over top right corner of net.
20 min...TFC Daniels is checked off ball after deking two Penn players on run up right but Penn Hawkins gets back
to check him off ball.
24 min...TFC Daniels runs up middle from 75 yards and passes right to TFC Hundal at 35 yard line who cuts towards box
and sends low cross from 15 yards near end line and Penn player gets foot forward to clear on edge of 6 yard box.
Charging TFC Okello shoots 30 yarder up middle which defender stops and rebound hits Okello on the head and deflects
towards goal but wide right and Hundal is then called offside.
24 min...TFC YELLOW card...Johnson earns it for something.
25 min...Penn Galvao cornerkick from right is whistled down in box.
27 min...TFC Bjornethun long throw-in from right wins cornerkick on defender's header.
27 min...TFC Daniels cornerkick from right has nearest defender head ball away on right post.
29 min...TFC Daniels 40 yard freekick from left sideline has goalie catch in crowd of players.
30 min...TFC Hundal taps ball behind defender who made good stop at 15 yards but TFC Hundal falls as he turns
and goalie picks up ball.
32 min...TFC Srbely avoids Yellow card for knocking over Penn Rivera at TFC 40 yard line.
32 min...Penn Galvao 45 yard freekick from right is partially cleared and Penn Baffoe shoots wide left from 18 yards
on left.
33 min...TFC goalie comes out to clear miscue at 15 yards.
34 min...TFC Kubel chips 35 yard cross from right that defender heads away on right
side of box.
36 min...TFC Boskovic 50 yard chip is caught by goalie.
37 min...Penn Dennis 35 yard freekick from right is over players and caught by goalie on left side of net.
38 min...TFC goalie runs to top left corner of box to catch bouncer.
41 min...Penn YELLOW card...Rivera earns it for taking shot after whistle had blown.
41 min...TFC Dunn-Johnson heads away ball into box at 6 yards preventing possible tap-in.
42 min...TFC RED card...Shaan Hundal earns a direct ejection after Penn Haruna Shaibu leapt for a header at the center
line near the fourth official's table and Hundal charged over to jump as well and caught Shaibu with an elbow to the
head flattening him. Shaibu is down for a few minutes and the stretcher is brought out as only his feet were moving.
This is one reason why four minutes of stoppage time was added.
46 min...Penn YELLOW card...Rezende earns it for tackle at Penn 45 yard line for pulling down TFC Daniels.
48 min...TFC YELLOW card...Daniels earns it for pushing Penn Rivera repeatly after advantage was given. He pushed him
out of bounces on his run.
48 min...Penn Galvao 50 yard freekick from left has defenders clear ball on right side of box. Assistant referee's call
for Penalty kick when TFC Bjornethun pulled down Penn Baffoe waived off by referee as Baffoe sprang back up on right side
of box to continue run and ball finally cleared. Penn Heinemann 20 yard tipped shot from left bounces for goalie to dive
forward at 8 yards and smother.
49 min...half ends 11:58am.

Halftime Entertainment: There's a dance compeition in the stands and the winners will be
announced June 5th. The MC is really looking to have the moment retweeted to determine the winner. He is supposed to come
to the two winning schools for a presentation. He gets the kids in the crowd to point to the person beside them and say
“You're awesome”. For mental health awareness. The spiel is close to a WWE wrestler who has a similar catchphrase.

An oversized cheque of $7000 is presented by TFC II (well MLSE owners) to the school charity.

Second Half:...starts 12:13pm.
46 min...Penn Galvao 35 yard shot from left is over a crowd of players and caught by the goalie on left post.
48 min...TFC Kubel slips at right cornerflag but recovers and his cross is caught by the goalie stepping forward to 6 yards.
50 min...Penn Galvao bounces 30 yard shot from left that goalie catches.
53 min...Penn YELLOW card...Jaime earns it for tripping up TFC Johnson breaking through up right side at 35 yard line.
53 min...TFC Daniels 40 yard freekick from right has TFC Srbely rescue on left end line ball played around and partially
cleared and Daniels crosses in from 35 yards on right and ball is well wide left of net.
54 min...Penn Baffoe low cornerkick from left is cleared in box. Ball is worked back along left and shot from 25 yards
deflected wide left for another cornerkick.
56 min...Penn sub...Mkosana replaces Rivera.
56 min...Penn Baffoe cornerkick from left is knocked behind end line by flying goalie.
56 min...Penn Tommy Heinemann is upended just inside the box at 16 yards in a crowd of players after
a cornerkick from Penn Baffoe was sent in from the left and he jumped to turn a header and is bumped over
by TFC Dunn-Johnson. He is awarded a Penalty kick.
57 min...Penn Heinemann stutter steps on his Penalty kick approach and shoots low to the right and
goalie Angelo Cavalluzzo dives to the right and pushes the ball wide of the post.
58 min...TFC sub...Andrews replaces Johnson.
60 min...Penn Jaime run up middle and 25 yard blasts has goalie fly left to stop and Penn Heinemann
flying header rebound is called offside.
61 min...TFC Daniels low 30 yard freekick from right is headed away by defender on edge of box.
63 min...TFC Srbely takes a ball to the groin on blocking cross by Penn Shaibu at TFC 30 yard line
and needs trainer.
65 min...Penn Shaibu long throw-in from right is eventually cleared from box after Penn Heinemann
flicks down header.
66 min...Penn sub...Opoku replaces Shaibu.
67 min...Penn Heinemann bounces 25 yard shot from right that hits goalie on shoulder and then
he picks it up on right post.
68 min...TFC sub...Akinola replaces Srbely.
70 min...Penn Mkosana one-touch 20 yard shot from right is off inside left of post but no goalie
as he was offside.
71 min...TFC Bjornethun long throw-in down left sideline has Penn Hawkins at 25 yards head ball forward that
hits TFC Akinola who steps around him and gets break-in from 22 yards but steps on then trips over ball.
72 min...Penn Dennis 15 yard low shot from left has TFC Bjornethun cover on right post and goalie who had dived
on left post and missed crawls over to smother.
73 min...Penn Heinemann shot from 25 yards on left is wide right of net.
75 min...Penn Opoku rush on left sideline and 28 yard shot is into short side webbing of net.
76 min...Penn Dennis 22 yard shot from right after rush is well wide left of net.
77 min...Penn sub...Metzger replaces Rezende.
77 min...TFC sub...Uccello replaces Okello Ayo.
79 min...Penn Dennis low cross from 15 yards on wide right has two Penn players fan on ball missing 6 yard
tap ins. The TFC goalie and TFC Kubel who cleared ball on left side of box were both injured on the
play and need trainer.
82 min...Penn Mkosana taps ball back on left for Penn Baffoe who shoots 22 yarder high and right of net.
84 min...Penn Baffoe 28 yard freekick from left is high and wide right of net.
85 min...Penn Dennis run on right and 15 yard cross is cleared from box by TFC Dunn-Johnson.
85 min...TFC Boskovic makes key header at 6 yards in middle of TFC box on cross from left.
86 min...Penn Miguel Jaime GOAL...Jaime crosses from the 30 yard line on the far left and the ball soars
over a crowd of players just outside the box and the back-peddling Cavalluzzo who gets an overhead arm to it
but the ball deflects in off the inside of the right post. Cavalluzzo's momentum carries him downward
as he twists his left leg. This was the main reason there was eight minutes of added time.
95 min...game finally restarts at 1:04pm with announcement of “8 minutes added”. As TFC has used their
three subs, Tim Kubel puts on the goalie gloves and a goalie's jersey (#60) and moves back from defender
to netminder.
96 min...Penn Baffoe 50 yard shot down middle bounces well wide left of net.
100 min...Penn Heinemann receives ball from left from Penn Mkosana and 15 yard shot from left is
blocked by goalie at 12 yards.
101 min...Penn Dennis receives cross in open and 18 yard shot is high and wide right from right.
103 min...Penn Galvao 20 yard shot after cutting in from right deflects off defender and bounces to goalie.
104 min...game ends 1:12pm.

Final Score:...Toronto FC II......0......Penn FC........1.......

Shaibu returned to the game after play resumed which was a surprise to me as I thought 
the protocol with head injuries was for a more thorough investigation would be done 
and with the break coming he could return for the second half.  A sub was waiting 
by the sideline to come in but he backed away.  
 
On the Cavalluzzo injury I thought his momentum clanged his head off the post until 
I saw the highlights the next day.  He was moving his head and arms but not his legs 
when he was down.  He was still waiting to be taken by ambulance 35 minutes after the 
game as the crew was working with his left boot off and leg secured.  Five and a half 
hours after the game he was named in a tweet as the Anthony's Espresso Equipment Man 
of the Match.  

As TFC II had made their three subs by the time of Cavalluzzo's injury, Tim Kubel put 
of the goalie gloves and shirt and took up the position in net.  He made a point blank 
stop on Heinemann's 15 yarder.  Penn kept the pressure on as they only had a one goal 
lead and were now effectively playing against nine men.  Kubel was playing his third 
game of the season (all starts).  The German defender was drafted 28th in this year's 
MLS superdraft from the University of Louisville.  He was the only player to appear 
today and also in Saturday's League 1 Ontario game in Toronto FC III's 1-0 'Away' 
win against Sanjaxx Lions that was played in this stadium.  Starting goalie in that 
game was Gianluca Catalano who was today's back-up.   

Sean Lewis earned the shutout for Penn.  He had an easy time as the stats show TFC 
had only two shots and neither on target.  

Referee Carol Anne Chenard and assistant Chantal Boudreau have both just been appointed 
to officiate at the FIFA Women's Under 20 in France this year.  Chenard gave 
out five Yellows (two to TFC) 

Biggest story of the day was an unannounced attendance of 4100 for this schoolday game.  
That was later published as a new record for the team.  All the seats in the concrete 
stands were filled including the end-zone by game time and students continued to arrive.  
They were then lined around against the back fence of the north sideline behind 
the players benches and track and after that more were allowed into the south sideline 
to sit on the track.  This game was moved on short notice (three days?) from BMO Field.  
There was an MLS game that night and even if BMO was in good shape, I've never heard 
of a game where the first team has to play on a field the same day as one of their lower 
tiered teams running around and scuffing and spitting on the playing surface.  
Weather-wise this was only the second game I've attended in any league since February 
where it's been warm and sunny.  The kids were given Thundersticks and an MC pepped 
up the kids pregame and at halftime.  There is no scoreboard at this stadium and it's 
tough to unload multiple school buses on these narrow inner city streets.  Hard to say 
if the DJ's music was disturbing the Monarch Park Collegiate (who by a roll call appear 
to not be in attendance) or the senior's building across Coxwell Avenue.  This place
didn't have the facilties for this large a crowd so dozens of port-a-potties had been
trucked in for the occasion.  

TFC II head coach Laurent Guyot said today's game was an amazing learning experience 
and it was too easy to use the excuse 'bad luck'.  “At the beginning of the game 
we didn't perform very well...we have to keep the right mentality and be ready for 
the next game”.  Guyot also commented on the 'amazing' atmosphere with all the young 
people in attendance.  “We love to play at BMO Field but it's not very loud with 100 
(in the crowd) but we know that the first team takes preference”.  Midfielder 
Matthew Srbely commented on the fans when mentioned why the players were hanging 
around on the field to give autographs and pose for selfies that “...We must show 
love to the fans to develop that relationship when they're young”. 

TFC have only scored three goals this season after what today was their eighth game.  
It was made more difficult with striker's Hundal's ejection in the first half.  
Hundal had scored in their 2-1 loss on Saturday held in Rochester New York 
as a 'Home' game.  Hundal should be able to duck back into TFC III and play 
in League 1 Ontario—he had their goal in their season opener against FC London.  
Neither forward Ben Spencer nor Alan Marinano Mino were in today's lineup.  
Mino was moved up to the MLS game against Seattle tonight but stayed on the bench.  
Another teenager, Malik Johnson, played up with Hundal and was gifted a sitter 
by Hundal at the 1 minute mark but skied his five yarder well over the bar.      

Penn improve their record to 2 wins, 3 losses, 4 ties and grab the eighth and last 
playoff spot in the Eastern Conference for the moment.  They padded their shots 
today with a 19-2 advantage and 9-2 in cornerkicks but many were after they went 
up a man.  Today was only their sixth goal scored this season.  They have 
an advantage as scheduling has given them at the close of their season their 
last nine are home games.  I've watched them play until this year 
as Harrisburg City Islanders.  They are not an affiliate of any MLS team.   

TFC II's record falls to 0 wins, 6 losses, and 2 ties.  They remain in sixteenth 
(last) place in the East. They were just jumped by Ottawa Fury on Monday night 
who went down to Penn and won 1-0 with a controversial goal at exactly 87 minutes!   
Usually it's TFC that softens up a travelling American team who then heads 
up to Ottawa.    

TFC II's next game is next Wednesday on the road against the new Atlanta United 2 team.

Toronto FC starters