June 15, 2024...League1 Ontario...Alliance United vs North Toronto game report (by Rocket Robin)
Result and details of the Saturday June 15, 2024 League1 Ontario Men's Premier Division game between Alliance United and North Toronto played at Centennial College in Scarborough at 6:15pm. I will be posting pictures, logos, and more of a play-by-play about this game in the days to come. *36 min...Alliance (NT Own goal) GOAL...AU Kingsley Belele passes forward for charging Atchu Sivananthan at 12 yards up middle on run and his low 8 yard shot has goalie Alex Lin save at 2 yards but the goalie pops up and hits retreating defender Conrad Czarnecki at 5 yards and ball deflects into center of net over goalie now on his knees.Final Score:...Final Score:....Alliance United.......1......North Toronto........0........
Attendance started off slow but by halftime had climbed to about 60 people. That is about their average crowd so it was hard to say if the mild weather with a bright sun in the north west attracted fans to make up for the fans who were 'soccered out' by three Euro games on since this morning along with a CPL York United game (in Ottawa) on this afternoon or an MLS Toronto FC home game that was just kicking off downtown as this game was into its second half. The TFC game was also on TSN which happens maybe once every three weeks. North Toronto didn't get much of a warm up...actually both teams got less time than usual. There was a L1O Women's Premier Division game that had ended just when I got here. FC London had just beaten Alliance United women 1-0. Both men's teams were waiting outside the building to go inside. It turns out there are only two dressing rooms (OK plus whatever broom closet the game officials change in) in the school which is OK for the college when Centennial Colts play 'the visitors' for a game of any sport but it wasn't built for multi functions. No use renovating as Alliance is scheduled to move to Mount Joy in Markham by next season. North Toronto started their outfield player warm up (goalie's were out early) at 5:45pm with the game kicking off at 6:15pm. I didn't write anything for North Toronto until 20 minutes as Alliance dominated the beginning of the game. Lucas Birnstingl earned the shutout for Alliance with a few routine saves. This game wasn't exactly wide open but was 'clean' and referee Ryan Schwenger gave out no cards to either team. A game that was a pleasure to watch with both teams showing good disipline. There were a few injuries for muscle strains and tackles. Alliance almost put it away at the start of the second half with what I counted as four good chances in the first three minutes of the half. That included Nirun Sivananthan (Atchu's older brother) heading a cornerkick forward off the left post at 46 minutes than two minutes later receiving a centering pass and blasting a 12 yard shot off the same post. AU Kingsley Belele had twisted an 8 yard header off the right post at 25 minutes. There were four games today...one was already over and one started a few minutes before ours ended so by the time I got home to write this I have this weekend's results except there are two games tomorrow to finish Round 9. Round 10 will be played Wednesday and Thursday so next weekend will count as Round 11. That happens one other time later in the season so all the teams play their 22 game schedule by the first weekend in September. The win improves Alliance's record to 5 wins, 1 loss, 1 tie for 16 points which puts them all alone in third place for now. In the game that had ended before ours started Vaughan Azzurri was upset by lowly Sigma FC who earned their first win of the season in league play. A win would have put Vaughan in a tie with Burlington (who Vaughan had beaten last weekend) for first place but instead they are now in a tie for fourth but ranked fifth because they've played one more game than Woodbridge. Scrosoppi FC had the chance to take over first but they were held to a 0-0 tie in Hamilton against (still last place) Hamilton United. North Toronto's record drops to 1 win, 3 ties, 4 losses for 6 points and they are in a three way tie for eighth but are ranked ninth as Guelph has played one fewer game. *Thanks to Atchu Sivantnathan for confirming with me after the game who sent him the pass and that it was a shot that pinballed in. Also the L1O match commissioner (?) for sorting out who deflected the ball in. Maybe if I wore sunglasses I could have seen it better. Rocket Robinback to 2024 League1 Ontario menu
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