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May 5, 2024 League1 Ontario Men's Premier Division...Vaughan Azzurri vs Guelph United game report (by Rocket Robin)
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Result and details of the Sunday May 5, 2024 League1 Ontario game between Vaughan Azzurri and Guelph United
played at North Maple Regional Park in Vaughan at 8:00pm. This is Week 2 of play in the Men's Premier Division.
Vaughan Azzurri (all navy uniforms, white numbers, red trim)
........................1 Alessio CarboneSubs:...12 Michael Decker Williams (gk)...3 Shayan Amir Soltanzadeh...8 Christopher Campoli...18 Shawn Noah Shvartshtein
...20 Mateo Caride...21 Christian Napoleon Kyriacou...22 Pedro Aparicio...24 Mario Kovacevic...25 Daunte Zidane Tulloch
team officials:...head coach Carmine Isacco...assistant coaches Jefferey Valcius, Fabio Campoli, and Anthony Daniel Vadori
...physiotherapist Casey Joseph D'Mello...other official Marin Eleuteri
Guelph United (all white uniforms, black numbers)
.......................1 Jake Findlay
2 Woody Bain...14 Cole Diren Fernandez...3 Luke Green...16 Carson Davison
........5 Harvey John Marchant...21 Gray David Albert Yates...11 Jacob Cabral
.......17 Aiden Borges...8 Kyle Cordeiro...7 Colin Gander
20 Michael Bittner McPherson (gk)...6 Anthony Mile Ostrun...12 Michael Andoga...13 Jordan Rioux
...15 Axel Koenig-Parris...18 Giovanni Meheshem...23 Matthaus Garcia
team officials:...head coach Justin Springer...assistant coaches Randy Ribeiro and Andrew Agyare-Tabbi
...physiotherapist Dana Renfrew
Game Officials:...referee Mahboob Gulestani...referee's assistants Nick Vagenas and Kevin Kim
...fourth official Kuizan Weekes...(red socks and shirts, black shorts)...match coordinator Miki Ferreira
First Half:...game starts 7:59pm...VA defend south end on this still mild evening with a blinding setting
sun in the northwest only effecting we fans for part of the first half.
1 min...GU YELLOW card...Cordeiro earns it for body check at center line.
3 min...VA Santos cornerkick from right has charging VA Medeiros pop up header then play is whistled down in box
when VA Baquero flew across to try to block clearance.
6 min...GU player runs up left and centers pass but his shot is wide left of net.
7 min...GU Gander ends multi headed crossing in box with 7 yarder from left that's caught by goalie on near post.
9 min...VA Robinson 30 yard freekick fro left has GU Fernandez pop up header behind himself for cornerkick on left.
10 min...VA players work out cornerkick from left and a cross into box is off the head of a defender and VA Begley
heads 12 yarder that goalie catches.
14 min...Vaughan Raheem Rose GOAL...Rose rushes down the middle from 60 yards and blasts a 28 yarder between
defenders that hits the inside of the left post out of the flying goalie's reach and deflects into the right side of the net.
15 min...VA Robinson blasts 30 yard shot from left that deflects off defender and goalie catches bounce wide right of net.
16 min...VA Sola barges in from left and wins cornerkick.
17 min...VA Robinson cornerkick from left has defenders clear from center edge of box.
18 min...Guelph goalie is out to edge of box to pick up bouncer ahead of VA player charging forward.
21 min...VA goalie in middle of box picks up bounced cross from right that's sent between players.
26 min...VA Rose in center at 35 yards sends low pass to right for VA Walkes but defender in between them clears.
27 min...VA Robinson chips paass forward from 15 yards too far forward and goalie catches.
29 min...VA Ramirez-Figueroa at 50 yards passes foward and left to VA Sola at 25 yards and his low 18 yard shot is stopped
by sliding goalie at 8 yards.
30 min...GU Yates bends 33 yard freekick from left that deflects for cornerkick.
31 min...GU Yates and GU Gander short cornerkick from left has Yates roll through ball from 20 yards over end line.
32 min...GU Bain is hurt at center line and wins a delayed freekick.
..........VA YELLOW card...Santos earns it for his tackle.
33 min...GU Bain 55 yard freekick has VA Medeiros at 15 yards head ball over own net.
33 min...GU Yates cornerkick from left has goalie swat ball wide from top right corner.
34 min...GU Cordeiro pops up header in box which goalie bobbles then picks up.
35 min...GU Cordeiro rolls through ball pass from 25 yards but no one chases it.
37 min...GU Gander cross from left end line drifts behind net.
38 min...VA YELLOW card...Begley earns it for sliding tackle on GU Yates at VA 40 yard line.
38 min...VA YELLOW card...Rose earns it for complaining about the last call.
39 min...GU player lofts 40 yard freekick down middle well over net.
40 min...GU Gander cross from 25 yards has defender head out right side of box.
41 min...VA Walkes rolls pass at 33 yards between GU player's legs. VA player shoots low 20 yarder from left wide right of net.
43 min...VA Ssola on run on left makes low centering pass. VA Baquero slides and shoots 22 yarder over bar.
46 min...half ends 8:45pm.
Halftime:; Both teams warm up their subs. The weather has cooled but it's not as cold as their previous week.
Second Half:...starts 9:03pm.
halftime sub:...VA Campoli replaces Santos.
45 min...Guelph Gray Yates GOAL...VA Jacob Begley makes a backwards header on the right while facing his net
on the edge of the 6 yard box to clear the ball in a crowd of players and the ball falls for Yates who blasts a low 20 yard
shot up the middle into the left side beyond the diving goalie Alessio Carbone.
46 min...VA Campoli is centered pass from right and rolls 18 yarder that goalie slides to smother.
48 min...Vaughan Jeronimo Sabbatasso Sola GOAL...VA Reshaun Walkes sends in a low cross from the right
that Sola slides to poke a 12 yard shot into the goal ahead of the diving goalie. Goalie Jake Findlay is injured
on the play and needs the trainer.
52 min...VA sub...Shvartshtein replaces Solo.
53 min...GU Borges is injujred in VA 18 yard box on play in which they won throw-in.
55 min...GU sub...Garcia replaces injured Borges.
55 min...GU Yates cornerkick from left has GU player head 8 yarder from right that defender clears in 6 yard box.
56 min...VA Rose centers ball to VA Baquero in center of GU box but he can't get away shot.
60 min...GU Garcia rolls 33 yarder between player wide left of net.
60 min...GU goalie out to edge of box to catch bouncer before VA players can get to it.
62 min...Vaughan Chris Campoli GOAL...Campoli gets to low cross from the right, stopping it on the left
and blasting a 10 yard tough angle shot past the goalie into the top right corner of the net.
63 min...VA sub...Soltanzadeh replaces Walkes.
67 min...GU Gander 45 yard freekick has GU Fernandez not able to redirect ball from 5 yards on right.
67 min...VA defeneers and able to clear GU Bain high cross from right out left side of box.
69 min...GU Gander 35 yard freekick from left has defender head ball across box from left and another defender clears it to start
fast break out.
71 min...VA Campoli wins cornerkick from left on 1 v 2 rush.
72 min...VA player's high cornerkick from right is cleared from box.
72 min...VA goalie picks up GU Yates header across box on cross from left.
75 min...VA Campoli bends 20 yard shot wide right of post bending inward.
76 min...GU sub...Rioux replaces Bain.
...........VA sub...Aparicio replaces Baquero.
81 min...GU sub...Ostrun replaces Cordeiro.
82 min...GU Gander cornerkick from right has GU player twist header from 7 yards wide left.
83 min...VA Robinson cornerkick from right is short to VA Campoli who wins another cornerkick.
84 min...VA work out another conrerkick includes VA Rose blocked shot on edge of box.
87 min...VA Robinson cornerkick from left wins cornerkick on right.
88 min...VA Robinson cornerkick from left has VA Begley head ball from 20 yards but GU player clears on bounce.
89 min...Vaughan RED card...Saahb Kular is shown a straight Red on a delayed call after the referee was
called over by the fourth official. I think it was for stepping on a fallen player at the center line.
The call was delayed because Guelph was allowed to play the advantage. Interesting as play continued
GU Colin Gander was injured inside the Vaughan net and needed to be subbed out.
90 min...GU sub...Koenig-Parris replaces injured Gander.
91 min...VA sub...Kovacevic replaces Robinson.
93 min...VA Campoli low 25 yard freekick from left is wide left.
97 min...game ends 9:55pm.
Final Score:......Vaughan Azzurri.......3.......Guelph United.......1........
Attendance was grew to about 200 people by halftime. The temperature was getting cooler after it got dark but I didn't feel uncomfortable despite not putting a parka into my car when I left home in the early afternoon to first see the MLS NEXT Pro game between Toronto FC II and Columbus Crew 2 played at York Lions Stadium (straight south of NMRP on Keele Street). There had been a game here between the Vaughan and Guelph's womens' teams that had just finished before I arrived. Vaughan had won that game 3-2 in a come-from-behind-victory. Referee Mahboob Gulestani gave out five cards including one to Guelph at the 1 minute mark for a body check near the center line (it was their only card of the night so they must have learned what was going to be allowed early on) and a Red card to Vaughan's Saahb Kular at 89 minutes on a delayed call when Gulestani was called over by the fourth official. Also two at once to Vaughan—one for a sliding tackle and then to a teammate (the captain) who complained about the call. Hey, no backtalk allowed! The Vaughan response by scoring within three minutes of the Guelph goal steadied any fear of a shift in momentum. The Red card was too late to have much effect on the game. Vaughan built a two goal lead and were able to effectively kill off the game. A last second header deep into injury time as happened against them wasn't going to cost them points like it did last week. The win improves Vaughan's record to 1 win, 1 tie for 4 points. As this was the last game to finish the second week of the season, they are in a three way tie for third place with Alliance United and Woodbridge Strikers. With no playoffs this year all eyes look to see what team is in first for the championship and entry into the Canadian Championship in 2025. It's a two way tie with 2 wins/6 points for both Scrosoppi FC and Burlington SC. Scrosoppi will play their first home game next weekend although last year their 'home' was at the Ontario Soccer Centre in Vaughan 40 km away as their school field in Milton was being renovated. Guelph's record falls to 1 win, 1 loss for 3 points and they are all alone in sixth in the twelve team Premier division. Learning from the App: This week I learned that the App only has a 7 day history! I could see the Vaughan lineup from last week as they played last Sunday night but not Guelph whose game last week was on Saturday. Once the lineups were posted (20 minutes before gametime) it was possible to see if an individual player was in the previous week's game but that's time consuming. If it was all that important to me I would look it up through the league's website. Oh and as I'm writing this up I see that a Vaughan player who played in both of their Premier League games both Sundays, played in their League2 game on the Wednesday in between. Well why not? You're 18 (as shown on the App) and never get tired. Now there's a reason right there for reserve teams not being allowed into the L1O League Cup.Rocket Robin
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Vaughan Azzurri starters
Guelph United starters
Vaughan Ryan Robinson (11) takes opening kickoff.
Guelph Cole Diren Fernandez (14) pops up header of Vaughan freekick giving up cornerkick.
Vaughan Reshaun Walkes (9) dribbles up sideline.
Guelph Gray Yates (21) takes this freekick.
Guelph Aiden Borges (17) takes second half kickoff.
Guelph Jordan Rioux (13) takes throw-in.
Guelph Jordan Rioux (13) dribbles on center line.
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