June 29, 2024...League1 Ontario ProStars FC vs Scrosoppi FC game report (by Rocket Robin)

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Result and details of the Saturday June 29, 2024 League1 Ontario Men's Premier Division game between ProStars FC
and Scrosoppi FC played at Victoria Park in Brampton at 7:00pm.

Pro Stars FC (all blue uniforms, white numbers)

.....................1 Samuel Diltz
4 Paolo Vaino...24 Isaiah Noel...5 Noah Bickford...12 John Ntoukas
7 Justin Cabral...6 Santiago Ubate...21 Sebastian Lopez Suarez...10 Nikolas Blaskovic
..............11 Milan Beader...9 Taha Ilyass

Subs:...1 Sunny Ddhaliwal (gk)...2 Serhii Khoma...8 Giuseppe Muffolini...14 Edric Velazquez
...15 Mashmood Rehman...17 Bradley Ogbevuon...18 Baldwin Cerros...22 Kyse Majel
team officials:...head coach Danny Costa...assistant coach Gabriel Pop...team manager Emilio Vaiano
...physiotherapist Antonio Petrolo...other official Noah Costa

Scrosoppi FC (all white uniforms, black numbers)

.....................1 Andreas Vaikla
27 Ajmal Tesilimi...5 Tristan Marshall...16 Matthew Paiva...18 Khody Ellis
........9 Noah Dedomincis...21 Alexander Zis...22 Danieal Rafisamii
........20 Jacob Carlos...8 Tomasz Skublak...11 Fariss Ammari

Subs:...99 Aman Jiwani (gk)...2 Jace Foster...6 Nathaniel Susnik...7 Omari Cotterell
...13 Manvill Gill...14 Tyler Martins...17 Efe Eyubeh...23 Lucas Medeiros...25 Paiman Sultani
team officials:...head coach John Yacou...assistant coach Manuel Corona...goalkeeper coach Shayne Griffin
...physiotherapist Michael Wong

Game officials:...referee Hassane Rifai...referee's assistants Petros Vasilos and Luciano Coppotelli
...fourth official Ryan Schwenger...(red socks and shirts, black shorts)...match commisioner Dion Smith

First Half:...game starts 6:59pm...ProStars defend north end on this warm evening with a bright sun in the north west
and a light breeze after a morning rain made the field wet.
45 sec...Scr goalie catches chipped shot at 15 yards.
2 min...PS Blaskovic wins cornerkick on rush along left end line.
3 min...PS Bickford can't quite turn header on leap at 10 yards on cornerkick from left.
4 min...PS Vaiano 35 yard chip from right is caught by goalie.
6 min...PS Blaskovic slips up trying to cross 18 yard line on 1 v 2. PS Cabral from right takes 25 yard chip is caught by goalie
at top left post.
7 min...Scr Dedomincis has low 10 yarfd shot from right saved by sliding goalie on post. Scr Skublak has shot blocked by defender.
8 min...PS Blaskovic is injured at Scr 35 yard line in middle and needs trainer.
10 min...Scr Carlos chips ball from 15 yard line on left over players.
10 min...ProStars Milan Beader GOAL...PS Nikolas Blaskovic chips 35 yarder from left that has Beader head 15 yarder
from right into top left corner of net beyond reach of goalie Andreas Vaikla.
12 min...PS Beader low 22 yard shot from slight right is blocked by Scr Bickford.
14 min...PS Ilyass rolls 22 yard shot from right is smothered by goalie diving left.
15 min...PS Noel shields ball from Scr Dedomincis to earn goalkick.
16 min...Sscr Sskublak on break on right tips on his own at 25 yard line.
18 min...Scrosoppi Jacob Carlos is tripped in right side of PS box. Referee Hassane Rifai awards Scrosoppi a Penalty kick.
19 min...Scrosoppi Alexander Zis blasts Penalty kick low to right that diving goalie Samuel Diltz saves. SFC Faris Ammari
blasts the rebound from 10 yards on left low that Diltz also saves on near post. Eventually SFC Tomasz Skublak
gets 20 yard shot from slight left between defenders that goalie catches.
21 min...Scr Zis cornerkick from left has defender clear on near post in crowd of players.
22 min...Scr Skublak gets two shot from left stopped by defenders. Scr Zis blasts 10 yard rebound from right into outside webbing of net.
23 min...PS YELLOW card...Suarez earns it for not giving 10 yards on a freekick from Scr 50 yard line.
24 min...Scr player's 60 yard freekick from right is over players in box for goalkick.
25 min...PSS Suarez 30 yard roller from slight left is wide left for goalkick.
26 min...Scr Ammari bends 28 yard shot from left that goalie catches running forward at 12 yards.
27 min...Scr YELLOW card...Tesilimi earns it for pushing over PS Blaskovic at Scr 35 yard line.
28 min...Scr Skublak is injured on knock down when leaping to head away ball at Scr 35 yard line and needs trainer. Players take
water break.
31 min...Scr Zis is injured at PS 40 yard line.
32 min...Scr Carlos wins a cornerkick after run to left end line.
32 min...Scr Zis cornerkick from left has goalie in crowd of players punch ball forward.
34 min...Scr Skublak cuts along 1 yard line from left and on right shoots wide right of goal.
35 min...Scr Paiva through ball pass to Scr Skublak who shoots in low from 12 yards but is called offside.
36 min...SCR Dedomincis 40 yard chip from right has goalie step forward to catch before it reaches Scr Skublak at 8 yards
on slight left.
38 min...Scr player's chip from left is caught by goalie rushing to right.
40 min...Scr Ellis rush down left and low cross has Scr player's shot is blocked on right.
40 min...Scr Carlos rolls centering pass through box.
40 min...PS Blaskovic pulls up lame on left on rush at Scr 40 yard line and needs trainer.
42 min...PS sub...Ogbevuon replaces injured Blaskovic.
44 min...Scr Skublak gets to long chip at PS 50 yard line on left and can't get away two shot attempts in box because of defenders.
45 min...Scr Marshaall is injured making clearance at Scr 28 yard line and needs trainer.
49 min...Scr Carlos 30 yard freekick up middle is blasted into player wall. The ball trickles through for goalie to pick up.
49 min...half ends 7:48pm.

Halftime: The subs on both teams warm up. The sun is now setting in the north west.

Second Half:...starts 8:04pm.
46 min...Scr player's 28 yard freekick from left has goalie catch between crowd of players.
47 min...Scr Zis cornerkick from right has goalie leap to catch.
47 min...ProStars Taha Ilyass GOAL...Ilyass gets to long ball sent down the right and he cuts in towards goal
and shoots in 12 yarder.
49 min...PS sub...Majel replaces injured Ilyass.
49 min...Scrosoppi Faris Ammari GOAL...Ammari receives low cross through box from right and shoots low 10 yarder
between players and past goalie to right corner of net.
52 min...Scr Carlos low shot up middle caught by goalie in between crowd of players.
55 min...Scr Carlos blocks clearance with his face in box and can't draw Penalty kick.
55 min...Scr Zis cornerkick from left has PS Noel duck and heads away.
56 min...PS Cabral is injured at PS 40 yard line and needs trainer.
58 min...Scr Skublak chips cross from left across box but bounces unplayed through box.
59 min...PS YELLOW card...Beader earns it for crash with Scr player at PS 40 yard line.
62 min...Scr Ammari cross taips off PS Bickford deflects over bar.
63 min...Scr Zis cornerkick from right has Scr Paiva pop header wide left from 8 yards in crowd of players.
63 min...Scr sub...Foster replaces Carlos.
67 min...PS Vaiano iss injured at PS 45 yard line this time not in endzone so play is stopped.
67 min...PS sub...Rehman replaces injured Vaiano.
69 min...PS Bickford is injured slipping on grass preventing him giving up cornerkick.
70 min...Scr sub...Eyubeh replaces Carlos.
71 min...Scr Ellis chips 20 yarder from right that has goalie make overhead catch.
72 min...Scr Dedomincis receives centering roller and shoots 18 yarder from slight left over the net.
74 min...PS Ntoukas gets behind Scr Ellis to prevent shot at 10 yards on right. Ntoukas is injured on the play.
75 min...PS Suarez cornerkick from right has PS Ilyas on left try to make play.
76 min...Scr Eyubeh shoots 18 yarder over net.
76 min...PS sub...Cerros replaces Beader.
79 min...Scr Zis 65 yard chip up middle has goalie all alone chest ball down rather than catch to kill time.
81 min...Scr sub...Sultani replaces Zis.
81 min...Scr Rafisamii chips 35 yarder from left that bounces unplayed out right side of box.
82 min...Scr Eyubeh rush on left but runs it over end line before he crosses.
84 min...Scr Rafisamii 40 yard freekick has goalie bat down and pick up in crowd of players.
85 min...Scr Skublak touches pass through defenders and goalie dives forward to beat Scr Ellis to smother ball.
87 min...PS Ubate is injured just outside PS box.
88 min...PS players take time wasting tapped cornerkick from right and win a throw-in.
89 min...Scr Dedomincis rolls cross from right that PS Cabral clears in 6 yard box.
92 min...Scr Skublak wins cornerkick on cross from left off defender.
93 min...Scr Dedomincis low 20 yard shot from left is caught by goalie on near post.
95 min...PS Cerros and Cabral take time wasting short cornerkick.
95 min...Scr Skublak rush up left while being held and passes to Scr Ellis who is tripped in box but can't win Penalty kick
and goalie smothers ball.
95 min...game ends 8:54pm.

Final Score: ProStars FC.......2.......Scrosoppi FC.......1........

Attendance climbed to about 110 by halftime. The final group matches of Group A in the COPA with Canada playing Chile and Argentina vs Peru started just after our halftime. The afternoon had the first two games of the Euros Round of 16. The weather was fine now with a bright sun in the northwest and it was still warm but the area had a heavy morning rain and it made the field wet with there still some boggy parts just outside the sidelines. About one-third of the fans were cheering for Scrosoppi (my estimate). This was certainly a shorter drive from Milton to Brampton—last season Scrosoppi fans had to continue the drive eastward all the way to Vaughan to play at the Ontario Soccer Centre as their grounds and school building, Bishop Reding was undergoing renovations.

Scrosoppi started the day as the last undefeated team in league play, now in Week 10 with them being 5 wins, 3 ties, 0 losses for 18 points. That was only good for fourth place because of the three teams all one point above them had played more games and most had fewer ties. ProStars started today ranked tenth (tied for ninth but with one less win than Guelph) with real worries about falling to twelfth (automatic relegation) or eleventh (playoff at the end of the season against the second place finisher of the second tier Championship Division).

Both coaches answered after the game that the stopped penalty kick and follow up save sequence was considered a huge turning point allowing ProStars to maintain their lead. Scrosoppi had only conceded four league goals until today so ProStars scoring more goals was unlikely.

Referee Hassane Rifai gave out only three Yellow cards with ProStars earning two—one for a player not giving ten yards on a quickly taken freekick inside the Scrosoppi end. Rifai was not giving another Penalty kick when Scrosoppi's Khody Ellis dived/was bumped over well into second half injury time. The officials ignored the complaints from the fans hollering from the stands.

There were a lot of injuries during the game. Not all from rough play as players had problems keeping their feet on the slippery ground. Rain had stopped well before game time and the natural grass field had drained completely except a few patches just beyond the sideline but after the game the ground looked like a horse race had taken place with divots kicked up. The deep-cleats shoes were the ones to wear today! Still Pro Stars head coach Danny Costa said he prefers this field to their second home at the Mattamy Centre in Mississauga because he said a lot of his players suffered injuries on the artificial turf.

This was the last game of the day so all places are confirmed for Saturday night with two more games to complete the weekend tomorrow.

ProStars jumps three places with a record of 3 wins, 5 losses, 3 ties for 12 points and a share of sixth place although ranked seventh because Blue Devils FC have played one less game.

Scrosoppi stay all alone in fourth place with a record of 5 wins, 1 loss, 3 ties for 18 points. A win would have got them into second place, behind only Woodbridge Strikers and with two games in hand. Can they catch them? Maybe but Alliance United are three points behind Woodbridge and have three games in hand. All these thunderstorm postponed games will cause scheduling havoc because almost all teams still have more than half their sehedule to play before the season wraps up on the Labour Day weekend.

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ProStars FC head coach Danny Costa

My post game interview with Pro Stars FC head coach Danny Costa: (8 minutes, 08 seconds)
Your thoughts on tonight's game?
Was the blocked/stopped Penalty kick a turning point?
What are your goals for the second half of the season?
Your home games are split between Mattamy Centre (field turf) and Victoria Park (grass), do you have a preference?
Does your team still push players on to European tryouts?

Scrosoppi FC forward Tomasz Skublak, head coach John Yacou, and goalkeeping coach Shayne Griffin

My post game interview with Scrosoppi FC head coach John Yacou: (4 minutes, 34 seconds)
Your thoughts on tonight's game?
Was that Penalty stop a turning point?
Any complaints about the field tonight?
This year with no playoffs, the regular season is all the more important?
How much of a benefit is it this year to be back at your home stadium in Milton?
Is your stingy defence a team effort rather than just your goalies'?
Is there a battle to sign players between the League1 teams?

ProStars FC starters