June 12, 2019...Toronto FC II vs North Texas SC game report (from USLLeagueOne.com)

   
Gameday Report: June 12, Week 12
By USLLeagueOne.com Staff, 06/12/19, 1:15PM EDT

Toronto fc ii v north texas sc

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Toronto FC II and North Texas SC played to a 3-3 draw Wednesday afternoon at BMO Training Complex.

North Texas opened the scoring in the 9th minute through Ronaldo Damus. Alfusainey Jatta played 
a long ball from midfield over the Toronto FC II back four towards Damus and Dante Sealy. Sealy got 
an initial touch on the pass before being toppled over by a TFC II defender, but Damus was there 
to finish the chance and give the visitors an early lead.

Damus doubled his talley in the 26th minute, beating his defender at midfield and showing a good 
turn of pace to create space down the left flank before finishing from a tight angle.

Damus completed his hat trick a minute later, latching on to the end of a pass from Sealy. 
The Hatian forward collected the pass and fired a low shot on frame. TFC II goalkeeper 
Kevin Silva got a hand to the shot, but couldn’t keep it out and Damus notched his sixth goal 
of the season.

Griffin Dorsey pulled one back for the home side in just before halftime, finishing a rebound 
from a Jordan Perruzza shot. The goal was Dorsey’s first of the season.

Dorsey was involved again as TFC II cut into the lead again in the 73rd minute. The forward 
picked off a pass at midfield, sparking a counter down the right flank. Dorsey found Perruza 
at the top of the penalty area, who shifted the ball on to Matthew Srbely. Srbely found the 
side netting from 12 yards out to pull the hosts within one.  

Franco Ramos Mingo scored the equalizer in the 92nd minute following a corner kick served 
in from the right side. North Texas cleared the initial serve from the corner, but only as far 
as Dorsey. Dorsey cut inside from the right flank, drawing three defenders to him before 
slipping a pass to Tsubasa Endoh. Endoh served a low cross into the box and Ramos Mingo swept 
it in to draw TFC II level.   

Takeaways: 

GOALS GALORE - Wednesday’s match saw the two highest scoring teams in League One meet for the 
second time in the span of two weeks and did not disappoint. North Texas and Toronto FC 
combined for 11 goals across the two matches, with Wednesday’s match marking the highest 
scoring contest in the league’s young history.

COMEBACK KIDS - Nothing went right for Toronto in the first 30 minutes of Wednesday’s match 
and  Michael Rabasca’s young side showed strong resolve to claw their way back when packing 
up and calling it a day seemed the easier option. Griffin Dorsey’s goal just before halftime 
gave the hosts belief heading into the locker room. It seemed belief was all TFC II needed 
as they dominated the second half and erased the three-goal deficit with Franco Ramos Mingo 
scoring the dramatic late equalizer.

DAMUS LOVES TORONTO - Ronaldo Damus scored the second hat trick in League One history Wednesday 
afternoon to bring his season goal total to six. In North Texas’ two matches in Toronto, 
Damus has scored four goals and registered an assist. Damus’ six goals have him one behind 
teammate Ricardo Pepi in the race for the golden boot. Pepi was unavailable for Wednesday’s 
match against TFC II as he is set to play for FC Dallas in the U.S. Open Cup Wednesday night.

STREAK EXTENDED - Wednesday’s draw extends Toronto’s unbeaten start at home this season. 
TFC II is now 3-0-1 at home; they’ll hit the road and head to Lansing Ignite FC for their 
first match away from home in three weeks next Wednesday.

DORSEY FLEX - The sixth pick in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft showed up in a big way when his side 
needed him most on Wednesday. Dorsey had a hand in all three goals, scoring the first and 
creating the next two. After serving the role of playmaker in the majority of his previous 
outings, Dorsey finally opened his League One account just before halftime to bring his side 
back into the match. TFC II fans will be hoping this goal sets him off and running for the 
rest of the season.  

4-1-4-1                          4-2-3-1   
Toronto FC II                    North Texas   
3                                3   

June 12, 2019 11:00 AM 

Referee Silviu Petrescu   Venue BMO Training Ground  Attendance 525

Toronto FC II
90 Silva          GK
88 West           DF   72' Yellow card   
57 Mohammed       DF   10' Yellow card  
42 Bunk-Andersen  DF   
72 Peters         DF   45' subbed out   
43 Ovalle (C)     MF   85' subbed out  
19 Dorsey         MF   44' GOAL   
39 Petrasso       MF   45' subbed out  
50 Srbely         MF   73' GOAL, 81' Yellow card  
84 Shaffelburg    MF   
77 Perruzza       FW   

Substitutes
30 Fillion 
36 Ramos Mingo         45' subbed in, 90+2' GOAL  
48 Campbell 
31 Endoh               45' subbed in  
58 Faria   
37 Waja 
64 Hundal              85' subbed in  

Manager  Rabasca

North Texas SC
 1 Avilez         GK    
37 Bonilla        DF   
43 Gomez          DF   
 4 Evans          DF   67' subbed out  
25 Montgomery     DF     
36 Almaguer       MF    
31 Sealy          MF   10' Yellow card, 62' subbed out  
 6 Jatta (C)      MF  
 8 Rodriguez      MF   77' subbed out  
10 Rodriguez      MF   
11 Damus          FW   9' GOAL, 26' GOAL, 27' GOAL  

Substitutes
51 Schawl 
50 Carrera             67' subbed in  
 7 Romero    
45 Tessmann            77' subbed in  
44 Gomez               62' subbed in  

Manager  Quill

Game statistics  

TFC                              N Tex   
 54.2%   Possession               45.8%    
 44.9%   Duels success rate       55.1%     
 50.0%   Aerial duels won         50.0%    
  9      Interceptions            10    
  1      Offsides                  5    
  8      Corners                   4    
435      Passes                  386    
 38      Long passes              55    
 85.1%   Passing accuracy         82.6%  
 76.4%   Passing acc in opp half  63.7% 
 30      Crosses                  10   
 23.3%   Crossing accuracy        10.0%  
  3      Goals                     3   
 15      Shots                    13    
  6      Shots on target           7   
  4      Blocked shots             1   
  2      Shots outside the box     8   
 13      Shots inside the box      5   
 40.0%   Shooting accuracy        53.8%  
 17      Tackles                  27   
 70.6%   Tackles success rate     74.1%  
  7      Clearances               26   
 14      Fouls conceded            9  
  3      Yellow cards              1  
  0      Red cards                 0   

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