June 23, 2019 League 1 Ontario--summary of Friday game (from League 1 Ontario website)

   
Duarte Leads Oakville Over North Miss 
06/23/2019, 7:30pm EDT
By Cormac Rea

Oakville Blue Devils men followed it up with a narrow away win over North Mississauga SC on Friday night.   
  
After a feisty battle between North Mississauga Panthers and Oakville Blue Devils, it was ultimately 
Duarte's last gasp winner that made the difference in Oakville's 2-1 victory 
at Paramount Fine Foods Centre on Friday night.

Oakville came into this game tied at the top of the table with Vaughan, and for the first 30 minutes 
of the game looked every bit as good as their record.

The Blue Devils kept the Panthers firmly on their back foot and penned deep in their own end for much 
of the opening half hour. That pressure was finally rewarded as Oakville's Reshon Phillip (30') 
got his head onto an Oakville cross and fired it by North Miss keeper, Jared Maloney.

The goal seemed to spur the Panthers to life as they began to push back against Oakville. The Panthers' 
direct attacks allowed space for Jordan Prescod to make some good runs at Oakville, which finally 
resulting in a break that Prescod (42') calmly finished into the left side of Blue Devil's keeper 
Lucas Birnstingl's goal. The game was left tied at the half.

A chippy second half made it difficult for either team to gain any momentum as play was repeatedly 
halted for fouls. Three cautions were shown after consectutive battles between the teams and neither 
side looked to be able to score a winner.

Just as the match seemed headed to a draw, Brandon Duarte (90') got the ball in the

six yard box and put it across the face of the goal and inside the far post for the winner. That brings 
his season tally to six goals and puts him at the top of the race for the golden boot.

North Miss was clearly disappointed with the result, having conceded so late and after putting 
in a solid match against one of the league's top teams. Their record is now 3-2-2, leaving them 
with 11 points and in seventh place pending results to finish Matchweek 8.

North Mississauga SC will next play Vaughan Azzurri at Paramount Fine Foods Centre, Mississauga 
on June 28 (7:45 p.m.).

Meanwhile, the Blue Devils move to a record of 7-1-0 on the season and finish the day at the top 
of the men's table.

Oakville Blue Devils will next play Masters FA Saints on June 29 (4 p.m.) at a venue TBA.

(Daniel Evans)

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