June 2, 2019 League 1 Ontario--Woodbridge Strikers vs Masters FA (by Rocket Robin)

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Result and details of the Sunday June 2, 2019 League 1 Ontario game between Woodbridge Strikers and Masters FA
played at Vaughan Grove in Vaughan at 5:00pm.

Woodbridge Strikers (all blue, white numbers)

....................1 Roberto Stillo
24 Matthew Strangis...4 Francesco Sinopoli...5 Kyle Watson (cpt)...3 Joshua Kiselyov
...........16 Tyrell Rayne...20 Isaiah Johston...8 Francio Henry
...........21 Jose De Sousa...10 Cristian Cavallini...11 Matthew Santos

Subs:...76 Michael Markac (gk)...7 Mateus Henrique Maia De Freitas...9 Ignazio Muccilli...15 Andres Caicedo
...18 Lucas Puntillo...19 Reshon Phillip...22 Deshawn Palmer-Agyemang
team officials:...team head coach Peter Pinizzotto...managers John Scarlato and Johnny Stancati
...equipment manager Amedeo Pellegrino...therapist David Lisi
Suspended player Joshua Parades-Procter

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

.....................99 Daniel Gosciniak
........11 Shawn Brown...6 Eddy Dabire...3 Adam Czerkawski
7 Anwar Al-Sawi...9 Stefan Nikolic...16 Akeem Priestley...2 Atif Muhammad Ali
........14 Triston Frankson...10 Shaquille Agard...8 Kyle Laborde-Ayres

Subs:...0 Markland Simpson (gk)...4 Anthony Wright...12 Terrell Spencer...13 Justin Robertson
...19 Filip Dumbalovski...20 Francis Ameyaw...30 Mark Blackburn
team officials:...team head coach Rick Titus...manager Hubert Groves...athletic therapist Samir Raziw

Game officials:...referee Mike Stacey...referee's assistants Steven Kassar and Nick Vagenas
...fourth official Sean Simpson...(watermelon shirts, black shorts and socks)

First Half:...game starts 5:01pm...Woodbridge defends south end. There's a bright sun in the west and a strong gusty
wind from the west.
90 sec...WS De Sousa cuts over to left to get to loose ball and blasts 18 yarder just high and wide left of top corner.
2 min...WS Cavallini shot along right end line deflects off defender for cornerkick.
3 min...WS Cavallini cornerkick from right hangs in wind drops down in right side of box and off WS player for goalkick.
4 min...MFA defender pokes ball off WS Santos at 10 yards before he can get away shot.
10 min...WS Santos rush to right end line and rolls cross that defender slides to clear and ball rolls out to WS Cavallini
who blasts 15 yarder over bar.
11 min...WS De Sousa 30 yard freekick from left hangs in wind and defender heads away. WS Muccilli ends up with 28 yard
blast up middle well over net.
12 min...MFA goalie comes out to 25 yards to clear away through ball pass up middle.
14 min...MFA Priestley 45 yard freekick from left is over crowd of players ad goalie catches under bar.
18 min...Masters Shaquille Agard GOAL...MFA Anwar Al-Sawi chips ball from 60 yards finding Agard
even with last defender. Agard gets to the bounce at 25 yards and at 20 yards pulls the ball
around goalie Robert Stillo on left and fires low 15 yarder into open net.
20 min...WS Rayne gets pass at 25 yards on right and blasts 20 yarder wide left.
22 min...WS Johnston 35 yard freekick from right hits head of MFA player behind wall of players at 20 yards and ball
is cleared.
25 min...WS Watson is injured at WS 33 yard line near sideline and needs trainer. He hurt the back of his leg above
his knee and limped off with the help of the trainer ignoring the new FIFA rule of exiting off on the closest sideline!
28 min...MFA Al-Sawi receives pass after interception on left and quick 30 yard roller is picked up by goalie
on near post.
29 min...MFA Al-Sawi 30 yarder bounces wide left of net.
29 min...WS sub...Muccilli replaces injured Watson. Cavallini becomes captain.
31 min...WS Cavallini 25 yard shot in crowd of players up middle is well over net.
33 min...WS Kiselyov 33 yard high cross from left is caught by goalie just wide right of post.
35 min...WS Kiselyov slides to poke ball from MFA Muhammad Ali after his long run up right.
35 min...MFA Priestley cornerkick from right has players on left side of box kick at it and shot is wide right from 10 yards.
37 min...MFA Frankson long run up left and centers pass for MFA Laborde-Ayres who shoots low 10 yarder that goalie
sprawls to get piece of and deflects ball off right post.
38 min...WS goalie slides out to smother through ball on right before MFA Laborde-Ayres can get to it.
41 min...MFA Frankson recovers from trip-up at WS 40 yard line and runs to 35 yards towards middle and shoots well high
and right off net.
43 min...MFA Nikolic makes key clearance to break up WS player's centering pass into MFA box.
44 min...MFA Laborde-Ayres passes back and MFA Dabire shoots 22 yarder from left that hits defender's head and tips
well over net.
44 min...MFA Al-Sawi high cornerkick from left is caught in the wind and blows behind net.
45 min...MFA Nikolic 45 yard freekick from middle has MFA Al-Sawi connect on bicycle kick at 10 yards on left
but shot is wide left.
47 min...half ends 5:48pm.

Second Half:...start 6:03pm.
47 min...WS Muccilli 30 yard freekick down middle is caught by goalie low on left post.
48 min...WS player's 35 yard freekick from left has goalie push wide right to top corner of net.
49 min...Woodbridge Cristian Cavallini GOAL...WS Jose De Sousa cornerkick from right has
Cavallini on left side of net head 1 yarder in net just inside post with goalie Daniel Gosciniak
marooned in the center of the net.
51 min...WS Santos recovers poor goalie clearance and 30 yard shot from left is smothered by goalie on left post.
52 min...WS goalie is out to clear ball at 25 yards ahead of MFA Agard.
53 min...MFA Frankson receives freekick from 30 yards all alone and crosses 20 yarder along end line.
54 min...WS Johnston receives short pass and 30 yard blast down middle is well over net and back fence!
56 min...WS Henry and MFA Priestley are both hurt at WS 35 yards in what look like separate incidents as play
moved upfield. Henry needs trainer.
57 min...MFA sub...Ameyaw replaces Priestley.
........MFA sub...Spencer replaces Al-Sawi.
58 min...WS sub...Phillip replaces Rayne. All changes were made before play resumed after injuries.
59 min...MFA Muhammad Ali rush down left and cross near end nline is over head of charging MFA Agard
at 5 yards in middle.
60 min...WS De Sousa cornerkick from right has WS Keselyov at 8 yards on left pop up header wide left of net for goalkick.
62 min...MFA sub...Blackburn replaces Nikolic.
62 min...WS Muccilli 45 yard freekick from left is headed away on edge of box.
63 min...WS Kiselyov long throw-in from 30 yard line on left and WS Phillip in middle heads 20 yarder wide left of goal.
66 min...MFA Agard cornerkick from right falls in box and MFA Dabire in crowd of players in box blasts shot over net
from 10 yards.
67 min...WS De Sousa rolls pass forward and goalie gets hand to on dive ahead of charging WS Phillip with no Penalty call.
68 min...Masters Shaquille Agard GOAL...MFA Triston Frankson on run up middle from 50 yards
rolls pass from 35 yards to open Agard on left who continues run and shoots low 18 yarder
into right side of net.
69 min...MFA Ameyaw cross from far right has WS Henry head ball away on right side of box.
69 min...MFA Muhammad Ali at 25 yards on left shoots well wide left of net.
70 min...MFA Czerkawski bumps with WS Santos on run down left but pokes ball out for throw-in.
70 min...WS sub...Caicedo replaces Kiselyov.
71 min...WS Santos low 22 yard shot from left is stopped.
72 min...WS Santos rusn to left end line but defender concedes cornerkick.
73 min...WS player's cornerkick from left hass WS player pop up header on right end line back into center of box
and defender heads away.
74 min...MFA sub...Wright replaces Laborde-Ayres.
74 min...WS goalie almost whiffs on clearance on charging MFA Ameyaw running down middle.
76 min...WS sub...Maia De Freitas replaces Cavallini.
76 min...WS goalie catches skyball sent into box wide right of goal.
77 min...MFA Ameyaw overruns ball after long run into box up left. He recovers ball but two defenders clear it from him.
78 min...MFA Czerkawski heads back pass to goalie from 30 yards and WS De Sousa almost beats goalie to edge of box
but goalie clears.
80 min...WS sub...Puntillo replaces Santos.
81 min...WS Strangis high cross from 40 yards has WS player knock down but is checked off ball.
82 min...WS Phillip 30 yard blast from 20 yards on sharp angle on left is well over net.
83 min...WS YELLOW card...Caicedo earns it for grab on MFA Frankson at WS 35 yard line. It was not for the sliding
poke away he made but an arm grab later at WS 40 yard line.
83 min...WS defender twists away cross into box with header.
83 min...MFA Ameyaw 10 yard shot is wide right.
85 min...The referee lets knock downs go by unpunished by both teams.
86 min...MFA Ameyaw holds off defender on run and 15 yard shot is over net.
87 min...WS Johnston cross from far right has defender head away in 6 yard box.
88 min...WS Strangis cross from 55 yard line on WS Phillip at 15 yards on far left pops up header wide left.
90 min...MFA sub...Robertson replaces Frankson.
90 min...A WS goal is called offside back at the 20 yard line.
90 min...WS player's 60 yard freekick down middle is high and caught by goalie overhead just under bar.
91 min...MFA YELLOW card...Ameyaw earns it for delay taking throw-in deep in WS end.
91 min...WS Johnston eludes defenders at 25 yard line on right and cross from 12 yards has goalie fly to left post
and catch.
92 min...WS goalie takes 70 yard freekick high and MFA goalie catches on bounce just under bar.
94 min...WS player's cornerkick from left has defender head away but play is whistled down.
95 min...game ends 6:53pm.

Final Score:...Woodbridge Strikers.......1.......Masters FA.........2.......

Attendance was about 75 on this mild day with a bright crossfield sun in the west and a strong
gusty wind from the west that played a part in the game with balls hanging up in the air so crosses
and even high goal kicks were effected.

It took awhile for the teams to adapt to it. Woodbridge may have been helped on their goal with
the ball whipping into the box from the cornerkick that much faster although there were two guys
uncovered waiting on the far post for the open header. Strikers goalie Robert Stillo took
some 60 and 70 yard freekicks down the middle in added time sending them into the Masters' box.
MFA goalie Daniel Gosciniak caught one overhead directly and another also under the bar on one
bounce that somehow eluded a huge crowd of players in the box.

Referee Mike Stacey gave out only Yellow card to each team and that wasn't until the last ten minutes
of the game. WS Andres Caicedo drew one at 83 minutes not for the sliding tackle
on MFA Triston Frankson near the WS 35 yard line which upended Frankson but for the arm grab when
Frankson recovered and was ready to resume his run down the middle. MFA Francis Ameyaw drew one
in added time for stalling around before taking a throw-in deep in the WS end. Sure there were
a lot of freekicks for hard tackles but not cards given out. Only really rough one was at 25 minutes
when WS Kyle Watson was injured in his own end at only 25 minutes and needed the trainer. He was
favouring the back of his leg above the knee and needed the trainer to help him limp off—interesting
he was allowed the long-cross field exit back to his bench from near the opposite sideline rather
than the new FIFA rule of exiting the nearest sideline—5 yards away! Ignazio Muccilli took his
place within four minutes and played further upfield but losing their captain and head defender
may have rattled the team.

Best non-scoring chances were at 10 minutes when WS Matthew Santos rushed to the right end line and
rolled a cross that a defender slid to clear and the ball rolled out to WS Cristian Cavellini who
all alone blasted a 15 yarder over the bar. 37 minutes had MFA Triston Frankson make a long run up
the left and centered a pass to MFA Kyle Laborde-Ayres who shot a low 10 yarder that the goalie
sprawled to get a piece of and the ball deflected off the right post before a retreating defender
could clear. First half injury time had MFA Stefan Nikolic take a 45 yard freekick from the middle
that had Laborde-Ayres connect on a bicycle kick at 10 yards on the left but his shot was wide left.
66 minutes had MFA Shaquille Agard take a cornerkick from the right that fell in the box and
MFA Eddy Dabire in a crowd of players in the box blasted over the net from 10 yards. 90 minutes
had a WS 'goal' called back as offside as the flag was raised at the 20 yard line quite a ways
back in the click-click-click pass play. 91 minutes had WS Isaiah Johnston elude a few defenders
at the 25 yard line on the right and cross from 12 yards that had the goalie fly to the left post
and make the catch.

Masters certainly looked better than the opening weekend when I saw them at home tie Pro Stars FC 1-1
when they had a man advantage for the entire second half. That time they had more chances because
of the extra man but they couldn't shoot straight. Today they had less chances but scored at a much
higher percentage.

I complimented head coach Rick Titus after the game that so many games last season they wouldn't
have been able to hold on to that lead. They were on a long winless streak that dropped them out
of the playoffs in 2018. A Woodbridge official says that Masters now pays their players so the
games have got more serious. This may be caused by owner Tony DeThomasis coming over from
Unionville-Milliken SC this season.

Masters FA's win moves them into a tie for fourth place with Sigma FC in the sixteen team league
with identical records of 3 wins, 1 loss, 1 tie for 10 points. This was the last game of the weekend
so the standings will stand until Thursday night.

Woodbridge's record falls to 2 wins, 3 losses, 0 ties for 6 points for a share of tenth place with
Darby FC both with the same records. That won't be good enough this year to make the eight team
playoff starting in late August this season.

There's no relief for the Strikers as their next game is next Sunday against Vaughan Azzurri who will
be opening their new home at North Maple Regional Park in Maple at 8:00pm. Vaughan was playing today
in Oakville with some overlap in times and beat the previously undefeated Blue Devils 4-1.
Both those teams now hold 4-1-0 records and are tied for second. I saw undefeated Alliance United
tie with Pro Stars 0-0 last night and it turns out with that result, Alliance holds first place
by one point.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca
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Woodbridge Strikers starters