July 20, 2019 League 1 Ontario--Unionville Milliken SC vs Darby FC game report (by Rocket Robin)

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Result and details of the Saturday July 20, 2019 League 1 Ontario game between Unionville-Milliken SC and Darby FC
played at Mount Joy in Markham at 7:00pm.

Unionville-Milliken SC (all red uniforms, white numbers)

....................1 Alessio Carbone
6 Michael Dirienzo (cpt)...4 Nicholas Assadourian...16 Cale Loughrey...2 Sean Kim
...........19 Nathaniel Tambakis...18 Trivine Espirit...10 Hayden Clarke
...........9 Kaleb Powell...11 Tristan Espirit...23 Jalen Brome

Subs:...0 Matthew Mattila (gk)...5 Oscar Teixeira...8 Siaf Jaffer...13 Marcellus Paul
...15 Tim Flynn...17 Isaiah Prentice Whyte...21 Trevor Carabin
team officials:...team head coach Sanford Carabin...assistant coach Felix Dirienzo...therapist Serge Marchuk

Darby FC (white socks and shirts, navy shorts and numbers)

...................1 Matt Zaikos
6 Jack Sears...5 Joe Zupo (cpt)...19 Cameron Brooks...16 Colin Reilly
12 Brydon Caesar...20 Michael Maiorano...10 Kashiff DeJonge...17 Nicholas Spittle
..............11 Mack Roach...9 Lerohne Young

Subs:...42 Viktor Lyczywek (gk)...4 Tre Crosby...8 Matthew Morris...13 Carl De Abreu
...23 Nashon Campbell
team officials:...team head coach hris Reilly...assistant coach Mirco Shroff...equipment manager Bill Sidsworth
...therapist Andrew Landry

Game officials:...referee John Leuser...referee's assistants Liam Trmblay and Kevin Kim
...fourth official Farzan Mirza Zadeh...(yellow shirts, black short and socks)

First Half:...game starts 7:05pm...UM defends south end on this still hot and humid evening despite the late time.
There's a hazy sun the north-west.
3 min...Darby Zupo 60 yard chip from right is too far for Darby Young charging at 25 yards up middle and ball bounces for goalie.
4 min...UM Dirienzo long throw-in from right is deflected for cornerkick.
4 min...UM Clarke cornerkick from right has Darby Zupo head away.
5 min...UM Tristan Esprit blasts partial clearance up middle from 28 yards over net.
6 min...UM Brome is injured at Darby 35 yard sideline.
8 min...Darby Reilly cornerkick from right is over players in box and out left for throw-in.
10 min...Darby Spittle bashes into goalie on edge of box rushing to get long chip down middle.
11 min...UM Tambakis cross after run to right end line has UM Powell head ball on flying dive at 8 yards wide right of post.
11 min...UM Tristan Esprit low cornerkick from right is cleared by nearest defender.
14 min...UM Powell in crowd of players shoots low 10 yarder from slight right that goalie knocks down and smothers.
15 min...A water break is called.
17 min...UM Kim is given pass on left in open but Darby Caesar blocks his shot near top left corner of box.
18 min...UM Powell low 25 yard freekick from slight left is around four man wall but stopped.
19 min...Darby Zupo gets back to clear ball off UM Kim at 8 yards preventing his shot but conceding cornerkick.
19 min...UM player's cornerkick from left is cleared.
22 min...Darby Spittle runs through defence to try for ball but goalie smothers at 15 yards. Darby Zupo started play with
a chip from 60 yards.
26 min...the sun is back out again.
27 min...UM Kim makes big block on Darby Sears cutting in to right of box.
28 min...Darby Brooks long throw-in from right has Darby Young flick header through box in middle but wins throw-in on left.
31 min...Another water break is called.
33 min...Darby Reilly 35 yard freekick from left sideline has Darby Young flick header from 12 yards up middle just wide
right of post.
35 min...Darby Spittle gets away quick 35 yard low bouncer up middle is smothered by goalie.
38 min...UM Dirienzo is injured at own 20 yard line.
38 min...Darby Brooks long throw-in from left is over head of Darby Young and bounces to goalie.
39 min...Darby YELLOW card...Brooks earns it for tackle at Darby 25 yard line.
40 min...UM Clarke 28 yard freekick from right is caught by goalie.
42 min...UM Powell gets short run from 15 yards on right to end line and low cross has goalie sprawl diving forward on near
post to catch.
43 min...Darby sub...De Abreu replaces Maiorano.
.........Darby sub...Doyle replaces Roach.
44 min...Darby YELLOW card...Reilly earns it inside own box for something (dissent?)
45 min...UM Dirienzo long throw-in has Darby Brooks flick behind own net.
46 min...UM player's cornerkick from right is cleared and so is the recross.
47 min...UM Powell flicks header from 10 yards that goalie pushes wide right of post.
47 min...UM players work out short conrerkick from right but its wasted as they don't even reach the box.
49 min...UM Loughrey 45 yard freekick up middle is stopped just inside box and the same defender also clears.
50 min...half ends 7:55pm.

Second Half:...starts 8:11pm...The sun is now below the clouds and a breeze from the west has picked up cooling
the air down.
46 min...Darby Spittle can't win Penalty kick on run into left side of box with two defeners checking him.
49 min...Darby Spittle is given pass up left from Darby Reilly. Spittle runs to left end line and cross from 15 yards
is caught by goalie on near post.
50 min...Darby Doyle crossfield run from right between defenders and cuts 15 yarder from left over top right corner of net.
51 min...UM Tambakis rush on right and cross near end line is over players. UM Brome rescues ball on left and sends
high cross that bounces wide right for a goalkick.
52 min...UM goalie catches Darby Sears sky-ball cross from 35 yards on right on left post.
52 min...Darby Zupo won't let UM Powell beat him on run up middle.
54 min...UM Brome gets to long goal punt but his 30 yard shot up middle is well out left for throw-in.
56 min...UM sub...Flynn replaces Brome.
56 min...Darby Roach cross from 20 yards on left end line has retreating UM Tristan Esprit head away for cornerkick.
57 min...Darby Sears cornerkick from left has UM Dirienzo pop header away.
57 min...Darby Brooks long throw-in from left near cornerflag has Darby Zupo flick header at 8 yards and defender
heads away for cornerkick.
58 min...Darby player's cornerkick from right has Darby player head from left.
59 min...UM Tambakas and UM Powell on multi-pass play up middle over to UM Flynn on left but retreating defender
pokes away at 10 yards for cornerkick.
61 min...Darby sub...Morris replaces Caesar.
.........Darby sub...Crosby replaces Spittle.
61 min...UM Flynn cornerkick from left has Darby Zupo head away. Flynn long re-cross has Zupo head away again.
62 min...A water break is called.
64 min...Darby Sears 25 yard freekick from left is stopped by retreating defenders covering charging Darby players
at 8 yards.
65 min...Darby Young quick 35 yard shot up middle is wide left soon after he couldn't win freekick call.
68 min...U-M Kaleb Powell GOAL...U-M Michael Dirienzo gets to high clearance of Darby goalie Matt Zaikos
at Darby 50 yard line with a header down the right sideline to U-M Nathaniel Tambakis. Tambakis runs
down the right surviving bumping by defender and near the end line rolls cross along end line
from 15 yards that charging Powell beating another defender jams in 3 yarder between right post
and goalie.
69 min...UM Clarke has 22 yard shot partially blocked.
70 min...UM Powell runs in from left and rolls ball into outside webbing of net from 12 yards.
72 min...Darby Doyle short forward pass to Darby Young on right an his 18 yard shot is pushed wide left for cornerkick.
73 min...Darby Sears cornerkick from left is over players in box and defender heads away.
74 min...Darby Crosby cornerkick from left is over players in box. Darby Doyle cross from right has Darby Brooks
chip 10 yarder over bar but play was called offside.
75 min...UM sub...Jaffer replaces Powell.
75 min...Darby Brooks 50 yard freekick from middle has defender clear away.
78 min...UM Jaffer charges for long pass and goalie is out to 25 yards to check him off ball and send it back upfield.
78 min...Another water break is called.
79 min...Darby Brooks long throw-in from right has defender head away for another throw-in..
80 min...Darby Matthew Morris GOAL...Darby Cameron Brooks long throw-in from 30 yard line on right
has Darby player flick header from right side of box to center and Darby Joe Zupo pops header
from 12 yards down the middle which goalie Alessio Carbone flies to right post to push away from
top corner. A Darby player one-touches 12 yarder along right end line towards middle and sliding
Morris pokes ball from 4 yards while even with right post into left corner of net.
81 min...UM Flynn 25 yard freekick from left has goalie punch ball away at 4 yards with crowd of players in box.
82 min...U-M Hayden Clarke GOAL...U-M Tim Flynn sends low centering cross from 25 yards on far left.
U-M Siaf Jaffer receives it and spins around defender to slide and get away 8 yard shot that was
blocked by a sliding defender. Clarke rolls in 10 yard rebound from left into right corner of net.
83 min...Darby Young can't win Penalty kick on tackle by UM Kim but does win cornerkick.
84 min...Darby player's high cornerkick from right is cleared from box.
85 min...Darby Sears rolls 25 yarder is through players that goalie dives to stop but spills a big rebound
and Darby Morris rolls 5 yarder into empty net. Morris is called offside.
86 min...UM sub...Paul replaces Dirienzo.
88 min...Darby player's 45 yard freekick from right is over to Darby Zupo at 15 yards on far left who pops header
over to Darby Crosby on right post who can't turn in ball from 3 yards.
89 min...UM Clarke 15 yard shot up middle is saved by sprawling goalie who smothers rebound.
91 min...U-M Siaf Jaffer GOAL...U-M Nathanial Tambakis at 80 yards on right chips pass up wing
and charging Jaffer gets ball on a breakaway all alone from center line. He races upfield cutting
to middle while being pursued by Darby Carl De Abreu who almost catches him. At 15 yards Jaffer
chips ball over shoulder of crouching goalie at 8 yards to left corner of net on one bounce.
92 min...UM sub...Carabin replaces Trivine Esprit.
93 min...Darby Brooks long throw-in from left has ball knocked around and Darby DeJonge ends with 8 yard shot
into outside left webbing of net.
94 min...UM Flynn low 18 yard roller from left is smothered by goalie on near post.
96 min...Darby player can't win Penalty kick in box jumping for header.
96 min...game ends 9:02pm. It's still not completely dark.

Final Score:...Unionville-Milliken SC.......3.......Darby FC.......1........

This game was played in extremely hot and humid conditions even with the game scheduled months ago
for an evening start. There was a game with teenage girls playing when I arrived but it was not
a L1O Women's Division game. It was sunny until just before game time when it hazed over taking
shadows off the field for most of the game but the field turf was quite warm when I arrived.
Attendance was about 35 by the time late comers were accounted for.

Referee John Leuser scheduled two water breaks in each half. I remember the last one at 78 minutes
when one player saying he didn't want it because it was breaking their momentum but a teammate
proclaimed “Well I'm thirsty!”. I had brought a few cold water bottles and took one out of my car
when I first got here but by the time I got to the field it was warm already. Leuser gave out
two Yellow cards and they were both late in the first half to Darby players to cool rough play down.

Darby didn't start well with few scoring chances and head coach Chris Reilly made two subs just
before halftime to shake things up. They also had two of their best defenders, Alfred Hess
and Vince Sasso serving Red card suspensions. Their best weapon was defender Cameron Brooks who
could catapult long throw-ins into the U-M box more effectively than teammates corner kicks which
often soared overhead out the other side.

U-M goalie Alessio Carbone was the youngest player on the field as a 2003. Teammate Trevor Carabin
came in in second half injury time was also born that year. It wasn't a desperation move as this
was Carbone's fourth game of the season and he has a very respectable GAA of 2.00 (per L1O
webpage stats).

Darby had two late chances before Jaffer's added time goal put it away. 85 minutes had Darby
Jack Sears roll a 25 yarder through players that the goalie dove to stop but spilled a big rebound
and Matthew Morris rolled a 5 yard rebound into the empty net but he was called offside. 88 minutes
had a Darby freekick from 45 yards from the right over to Joe Zuro at 15 yards on the far left
who popped a header over to Tre Crosby on the right post who couldn't turn the ball into the net
from 3 yards.

**Late news. Actually while talking at a game on Sunday evening, which included details about
the trade deadline, it was brought up that Tre Crosby was a new player for Darby FC. He played for
Unionville-Milliken just two weekends ago!

So 3-1 was a very popular score tonight. While I was out the two CPL matches today ended 3-1 with
Forge FC beating Valour FC and Pacific FC beating HFX Wanderers FC. In the televised MLS games
today Houston Dynamo beat Toronto FC 3-1 followed by San Jose Earthquakes beating
Vancouver Whitecaps 3-1.

It also looks like I made a good choice of which game to go to. It was about 20 minutes after
the game ended and the skies just opened up. There were two moments on my drive home when I thought
I'd pull over because the visibility was reduced because of how hard it was raining. There was
lightning in the west when I drove to it but I was home before it passed overhead. The Masters FA
vs Vaughan Azzurri started one hour later by geography a few kilometres south of Mount Joy
and it never was completed...it was postponed at 59 minutes by the storm. Both teams are far ahead
in the standings so it won't effect the game I saw.

U-M improves to a record of 3 wins, 6 losses, 2 ties for 11 points and are all alone in twelfth place.

Darby's record slips to 5 wins, 5 losses, 2 ties for 17 points and has an identical record with
North Mississauga (who lost Friday night) and are tied for seventh place. Those two teams meet
next Friday night and could knock one out of the playoff spots as the top eight out of sixteen make
the post season which starts next month.

Rocket Robin
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twitter @RocketRobin01

Unionville-Milliken starters