July 3, 2016 League 1 Ontario--Woodbridge Strikers vs North Mississauga Panthers (by Rocket Robin)

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Result and details of the League 1 Ontario game between Woodbridge Strikers
and North Mississauga Panthers played Sunday July 3, 2016 at Vaughan Grove in Vaughan at 7:00pm.

Woodbridge Strikers (all blue, white numbers)

....................23 Matt George
8 Gabriel Sosa...15 Cameron Brooks (cpt)...5 Francesco Sinopoli...12 Zarhary Kalk
2 Darian Bygrave...10 Christian Cavallini...13 Mario Orestano...19 Ignazio Muccilli
.............11 Stephen Almeida...16 Dylan Carreiro

Subs:...21 Joshua Portillo...14 Mikateko Zwane...22 Michael Bilak...7 Nicholas Chiarot
...20 Damiaon Scott
team officials:...team head coach Peter Pinizzotto...assistant coach Damion Scott...manager John Scarlato
...equipment manager Eric Mokri...therapist Justin Miranda

North Mississauga Panthers (red socks and shirts, black shorts and numbers, white shoulders)

......................1 Daniel Gosciniak
12 Tom Wrobel...23 Austin Bryan...5 Kevin Dhillon...13 Antoine Paul
8 Michael Krzeminski...9 Bradley Fenton...7 Jose De Sousa...20 Adam Boafo
.............16 Lee Victor Massunda...10 Jose Melo (cpt)

Subs:...86 Gregory Chac (gk)...18 Shawn Brown...21 Andres Duenas...17 Johnson Amoo
...6 Jamar Redhead...4 Samuel Paul
team officials:...head coach Rick Titus...team official Chris Hogg

Game officials:...referee Fabrizio Stasolla...referee's assistants John Vlahos and Nicholas Piperno
...fourth official Jessica Patton...(teal shirts, black shorts and socks)

1st Half:...game starts 7:02pm...WS defends south end on this hot, humid evening with a bright sun in the north west.
3 min...WS Bygrave cross through box from right and WS Carreiro blasts 10 yard shot on far left well over net.
4 min...NMP Fenton wins cornerkick on 15 yard blocked shot on right.
5 min...NMP De Sousa cornerkick from right is over leaping goalie on right post and out left side for goalkick.
7 min...WS Brooks slides to end NMP Krzeminski long run up right deflecting ball for cornerkick.
8 min...NMP De Sousa cornerkick from right is over players in box.
14 min...WS Carreiro low cornerkick from right is stopped by nearest defender.
17 min...NMP Krzeminski and NMP Fenton short cornerkick is worked out from right and Fenton can't win Penalty kick on knock down.
17 min...WS Cavallini wins cornerkick on MNP Krzeminski sliding tackle on left side of NMP box.
18 min...WS Muccilli cornerkick from left is high and headed away on right.
19 min...WS Muccilli low 40 yard freekick from right has nearest defender clear on edge of box. WS Orestano low shot up middle is wide left from 35 yards.
23 min...WS YELLOW card...Sosa earns it for tackle on NMP Melo on edge of NMP box.
24 min...NMP Melo 20 yarde freekick is tapped to NMP De Sousa whose 20 yard shot pinballs off defenders and his 15 yard rebound shot from left is low and wide right of net.
27 min...NMP Jose De Sousa GOAL...NMP De Sousa gets to loose ball up middle and shoots low 20 yarder into left corner of net beyond diving goalie Matt George with NMP Jose Melo acting as a distraction while on his back clutching his leg and yelling in pain at 18 yards after being tackled.
29 min...NMP player's long throw-in has goalie catch on bounce a split second ahead of NMP player's midair kick at 6 yards on left post.
33 min...NMP player's long throw-in from left has NMP Melo leap and flick header on left is into box and NMP Antoine Paul rushes midair shot from 10 yards well over net.
33 min...NMP Melo can't win Penalty kick on rush for ball near left end line.
39 min...NMP Krzeminski long run down left sideline and crosses from end line through box unplayed.
42 min...WS Almeida long run on right and cross into box has WS Sosa head ball backwards from 10 yards away from net for self clearance.
45 min...half ends 7:48pm.

2nd Half:...starts 8:04pm.
halftime subs:...WS Portillo replaces Brooks.
.................WS Chiarot replaces Sinopoli.
.................NMP Amoo replaces Boafo.
47 min...NMP Krzeminski runs ball over end line on run up right.
48 min...WS Cavallini rolls ball from 15 yards on right into box but ball cleared.
49 min...WS Muccilli cornerkick from left has goalie punch ball foward and WS Sosa blasts 22 yard midair rebound well over net.
50 min...NMP De Sousa low 22 yard shot has goalie dive to smother on left post.
50 min...NMP Antoine Paul long throw-in from left has NMP Melo leap and head ball at 20 yards across box and BNMP player shoots 20 yard sghot wide left.
53 min...WS Cavallini run on right but pushes ball over end line trying to get around defender.
54 min...NMP Melo cross from 28 yards on right has defender head ball away.
58 min...NMP Antoine Paul dribbles upfield on left regaining possession and 30 yard shot up middle is just wide right.
60 min...WS sub...Zwane replaces Cavallini.
........NMP sub...Redhead replaces De Sousa.
61 min...NMP Antoine Paul chips 40 yard shot from left is high and wide left of net.
62 min...WS goalie runs out to 25 yards to beat NMP Amoo to clear ball.
65 min...WS Almeida has shot from 15 yards blocked.
66 min...WS Almeida and WS Zwane waste cornerkick from right not even getting ball into box.
66 min...WS Carreiro slides to ball at 12 yards but defender clears.
67 min...NMP YELLOW card...Krzeminski earns it for pulling down WS Chiarot at 25 yards on left.
67 min...WS player's freekick from 25 yards on left has WS Brooks flick header while even with left post wide right of net.
68 min...WS Carreiro rush down middle and 22 yard shot is saved by flying goalie in middle.
71 min...WS Sosa chips ball from 40 yards too far forward for WS Portillo and goalie smothers at 15 yards.
73 min...WS Zwane on run on left has NMP Wrobel check him off ball on left side of box.
77 min...NMP YELLOW card...Fenton earns it for shoulder grab on WS player at NMP 28 yards.
79 min...NMP sub...Samuel Paul replaces Massunda.
81 min...WS sub...Bilak replaces Almeida.
83 min...NMP Johnson Amoo GOAL...NMP Samuel Paul receives long pass up right at 20 yards and sends low cross into box. Amoo shoots 10 yarder from middle into right side of net beyond sprawling goalie.
84 min...WS Muccilli low 10 yard shot from right has goalie make point blank save at 7 yards.
85 min...WS Muccilli lofts 30 yard freekick well over net.
86 min...NMP sub...Duenas replaces Fenton.
86 min...WS Zwane is just a step too far back to body in 4 yarder and instead falls over sprawling goalie.
87 min...WS Muccilli cornerkick from left has goalie make overhead catch and is bumped over at 1 yard although referee blows whistle.
88 min...NMP Melo follows up partially cleared ball with 28 yard shot down middle that goalie palms up and catches on way down ahead of charging NMP players.
89 min...WS YELLOW card...Carreiro earns it for tackle at NMP 30 yard line.
90 min...NMP YELLOW card...Dhillon earns it for timewasting.
90 min...WS Sosa 45 yard freekick from right has defender clear from box.
91 min...WS Carreiro on run has second defender make sliding tackle strip him of ball at 10 yards.
92 min...WS Chiarot recevies ball on cross into NMP box but is called for hand ball.
93 min...game ends 8:52pm.

Final Score:....Woodbridge Strikers....0....North Mississauga Panthers......2....

Attendance was about 100 on this hot evening with a bright sun in the north west. It still wasn't dark by the time the game ended. The Strikers Women's team had just finished beating FC London 2-0 in League 1 Ontario action one hour before this game started.

Referee Fabrizio Stasolla gave out five Yellow cards (three to the Panthers) although most--for both teams--were for professional fouls like pulling a man down outside the box so he wouldn't get away or time wasting.

Daniel Gosciniak earned the shutout for NMP. He had a few key saves to make but if there was ever a clean sheet given out to all the defenders, this was the night. There were all kinds of blocked shots, clean sliding tackles to strip the ball, and multi defenders swarming to prevent Strikers players getting away shots. Tom Wrobel, Austin Bryan, Kevin Dhillon, and Antoine Paul were the starting defenders and played all played the entire 90 minutes.

Strikers were frustrated and this was concluded with an injury time chest high cross that found Nicholas Chiarot with an open space in the NMP box. He twisted to get the ball and it hit him on the arm. He didn't protest the referee's whistle and the crowd let out a groan as it was one of those nights. They'd given up on the homer shouts of "call it both ways ref" and cries for freekicks as time ran down.

Best non-scoring chances were at 3 minutes when WS Darian Bygrave crossed through the NMP box from the right and WS Dylan Carreiro blasted a 10 yard shot from the far left well over the net. 24 minutes had NMP Jose Melo's freekick tapped to NMP Jose De Sousa whose 20 yard shot pinballed off a few defenders and himself and his 15 yard rebound shot was low and wide right. 42 minutes had WS Stephen Almeida make a long run on the right and crossed into the NMP box and WS Gabriel Sosa leaned in for a header at 10 yards but it appeared to hit the back of his head and deflected out of the box. 84 minutes had WS Ignazio Muccilli take a low 10 yard shot from the right that forced the goalie to make a point blank save at 7 yards. Two minutes later WS Mikateko Zwane was just a step behind connecting on a cross at 4 yards which he tried to chest in and fell over the goalie. 87 minutes had WS Muccilli take a cornerkick from the left which the goalie made an overhead catch then survive a bump at 1 yard although he won a freekick from the referee. 88 minutes had NMP Melo blast a WS clearance ball from 28 yards down the middle that the goalie palmed upward and caught on the way down ahead of a charging NMP player.

Woodbridge Strikers record drops to 8 wins, 2 losses, 1 tie for 25 points but hold on to first place in the East by one point over Vaughan Azzurri who won against Western Conference first place team Sigma FC earlier today. Azzurri have a game in hand on Strikers.

North Mississauga Panthers record improves to 4 wins, 3 ties, 4 losses for 16 points and a tie for fourth with Windsor Stars who lost this afternoon. Panthers have had a very good week with a 1-1 tie last week against Vaughan Azzurri although I was a little reluctant with my praise because they played a man up for most of the second half. They won their Wednesday night game against Toronto Skillz 3-0. I commented to Panthers head coach Rick Titus that they are getting better and he agreed that it's just taken some time. Since you must win the conference to make the playoffs, Panthers have a long way to go to catch Sigma FC at 27 points although that team lost their second game in a row to fall to 9-2-0. All eight of the West Conference teams were knocked out of the League Cup in the first round so this is all they have left to play for.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

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