September 10, 2016 League 1 Ontario--Sigma FC vs North Mississauga Panthers (by Rocket Robin)

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Result and details of the Saturday September 10, 2016 League 1 Ontario game between Sigma FC and North Mississauga Panthers played at Hershey Centre 1 in Mississauga at 4:00pm.

Sigma FC (blue socks and shirts, black shorts, white numbers)

....................1 Triston Henry
2 Malcolm Duncan...4 Faisal Ghaffur...3 Jerome Smith...5 Matthew Krucko-Moeller
7 Olumide Soji Olatoye...6 Simon Triantafillou...8 Manvir Brar (cpt)...11 Mansoor Alfazy
...............10 Justin Stoddart...17 Jordan Kalonji

Subs:...31 Kyle Birnek...9 Abdul Musah...12 Daniel Whyte...14 Dumebi Iheanacho...18 Jesse Samaniego
...20 Lucas Ferritto...22 Noah Jensen
Team officials:...head coach Bobby Smyrniotis...other team officials John Zervos, James Haloulos, and Mike Matic

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

.....................1 Daniel Goschiniak
20 Tristan Gayle...5 Kevin Dhillon (cpt)...13 Antoine Paul...22 Gabe Gala
6 Shawn Brown...8 Michael Krzeminski...17 Johnson Amoo...3 Jordan Montoya
............7 Jose De Sousa...9 Bradley Fenton

Subs:...21 Andres Duenas...23 Austin Bryan...19 Tremayne Julien...2 Brandon Wellington
14 Marko Grubisic...15 John Yacou...12 Nordo Gooden
team officials:...team head coach Rick Titus

Game officials:...referee Michael Stenbring...referee's assistants Scott Bowman and Keith Yuen
...fourth official Jessica Patton...(team shirts, black shorts and socks)

1st Half:...game starts 4:01pm...Sigma defends south end on this mild afternoon with a stong wind from the west. The game started sunny but soon became overcast.
3 min...NMP Gayle 22 yard cross from far right drifts behind net.
9 min...NMP Montoya passed ball from middle to 25 yards on left and he shoots low that goalie smothers on left post.
10 min...NMP Gala is injured inside NMP box while blocking shot.
12 min...Sigma goalie kicks ball out of bounds on bad back pass.
13 min...NMP Brown cross from 25 yards on right is over players in box.
13 min...NMP Michael Krzeminski GOAL...NMP Gabe Gala takes 35 yard freekick from left that's cleared on edge of box by defender. Gala chips in the partial clearance from 30 yards on left. Krzeminski knocks ball down at 12 yards between defenders and shoots forward into top of net over sprawling goalie Triston Henry.
14 min...Sigma Olatoye rush in from right and shoots 15 yard roller wide left for throw-in.
16 min...NMP Montoya 22 yard shot from left is well high wide right of net.
18 min...NMP Krzeminski 12 yard shot from right through traffic to short side has goalie dive to push wide right of post.
18 min...NMP Dhillon knocks down cornerkick from right at 10 yards on left but rolls ball over left end line.
24 min...Sigma Jordan Kalonji GOAL...Sigma Simon Triantafillou crosses in from 22 yards on right for Sigma Justin Stoddart who chests down and over as he's being pulled back by defender at 7 yards for Kalonji who kicks 7 yarder up right under diving goalie into right side of net.
26 min...NMP De Sousa low cross from 22 yards on right edge of box has NMP playewr stop ball but defender clears behind end line for cornerkick.
27 min...NMP De Sousa cornerkick from right is over players in box.
27 min...NMP Antoine Paul knocks pulls over Sigma Justin Stoddart on rush into right side of box. Referee Michael Stenbring calls a Penalty kick.
28 min...Sigma Justin Stoddart GOAL...Stoddart places Penalty kick low to right corner of net beyond diving goalie Daniel Gosciniak who guesses correctly but just out of reach.
34 min...Sigma Triantafillou is tapped over pass from left and his 30 yard shot down middle is wide right of net.
38 min...Sigma Alfazy chips pass from 45 yards on left too far forward for Sigma Triantafillou and ball bounces to goalie.
40 min...Sigma YELLOW card...Stoddard earns it at centerline for bodycheck on NMP player.
41 min...NMP Paul 55 yard freekick is cuaght by goalie wide left of net.
44 min...Sigma Stoddart receives short throw-in on right and crosses from 25 yards on far right and NMP Brown heads ball at 3 yards near left post for cornerkick to prevent Sigma tap-in.
45 min...Sigma player's cornerkick from left has defender clear insdie box with kick to centerline.
45 min...half ends 4:46pm.

2nd Half:...starts 5:03pm.
halftime sub:...Sigma Whyte replaces Krucko-Moeller in defence.
46 min...NMP YELLOW card...Fenton earns it for tackle on Sigma Stoddart at NMP 50 yard line.
47 min...Sigma player has 8 yard shot blocked after receving cross in box. Sigma Triantafillou is injured on play.
49 min...NMP Fenton cornerkick from right has MNP Dhillon head 7 yarder from left that goalie catches under bar.
50 min...Sigma Kalonji receives offside pass to shoot 7 yarder into net.
53 min...MNP sub...Wellington replaces Krzeminski.
54 min...Sigma goalie catches 30 yard chip inside box in front of players that were flagged offside.
55 min...NMP sub...Bryan replaces Amoo.
the sun comes out again.
57 min...Sigma Kalonji gets cross from left in box and turns steps forward and fires 12 yard shot that the goalie sprawled to save at 6 yards.
58 min...Sigma Triantafillou has a 12 yard shot from the right that the goalie bats down and a defender clears.
58 min...Sigma Olatoye shoots 15 yarder that the goalie stops on sliding save.
59 min...NMP RED card...Bradley Fenton earns his second Yellow card for sliding tackle at Sigma 35 yard line.
62 min...NMP sub...Julien replaces Gala.
.........NMP sub...Gooden replaces De Sousa.
62 min...Sigma Stoddart cornerkick from right has defender head ball away.
63 min...Sigma Brar rolls pass forward to Sigma Triantafillou from 20 yards but goalie dives on it at 8 yards.
65 min...NMP sub...Duenas replaces Montoya.
66 min...MNP Dhillon 50 yard freekick from right has goalie rush forward and catch on edge of box when ball held up in wind.
69 min...Sigma Olatoye taps pass to Sigma Alfazy who quickly fires 25 yard shot wide right of post.
72 min...Sigma sub...Musah replaces Alfazy.
73 min...Sigma sub...Ferritto replaces Kalonji.
75 min...NMP goalie drifts out to edge of box to catch NMP Julien heading ball back to him against two Sigma players at 25 yards.
76 min...Sigma Triantafillou gets foot in midair to hook away cross from right.
77 min...NMP goalie to edge of box to grab ball before Sigma Ferritto can get to bounce.
78 min...NMP Wellington long run down right is finally deflecgted wide right on his 18 yard shot.
79 min...NMP Dhillon cocrnerkick from right has NMP Wellington head 8 yarder in crowd of players that goalie catches on right side of net.
81 min...Sigma sub...Jensen replaces Stoddart.
83 min...NMP YELLOW card...Dhillon earns it for grabbing Sigma Ferritto on run at NMP 25 yard line.
84 min...Sigma Jensen low 28 yard freekick from left is through players and bounces to goalie.
87 min...Sigma Jensen 30 yard freekick from left has goalie drift to right post to make overhead catch.
87 min...NMP Brown 33 yard cross from rigfht is batted down then picked up at 15 yards in crowd of players.
88 min...Sigma YELLOW card...Brar earns it for timewasting on freekick from NMP 45 yard line.
89 min...Sigma Musah 25 yard shot is wide left of net.
90 min...NMP Paul cornerkick from left is over players in box. NMP Wellington blasts 12 yard shot from right then fires rebound over net.
91 min...NMP Dhillon 40 yard freekick from right has goalie leap and punch away.
91 min...NMP player's long throw-in from right has NMP Gooden bicycle kick from 8 yards down the middle that's over net.
92 min...Sigma goalie out to 25 yards to kick away ball before NMP Brown can make a play.
94 min...NMP Dhillon cocrnerkick from right has ball flicked across box on header and NMP Brown diving header from 7 yards saved.
94 min...NMP Dhillon cornerkick from right has header flicked across box and goalie charges to left to grab it.
96 min...game ends 5:54pm.

Final Score:......Sigma FC........2.......North Mississauga Panthers.......1.....

Attendance started off slow but eventually climbed to about 120 on this mild afternoon. This game was a 'home' game for Sigma although NMP shares this facility. NMP officially plays on Field '2' which is beside the endzone of #1. A 'home' game for the NMP women's team started near the end of this game against Woodbridge losing 3-1 to make it a bad day for the NMP teams but by then I was off to another men's game in Brampton.

Just eleven days ago I wrote that when NMP won 4-2 against FC London with NMP playing with ten men from the 12 minute mark as my 'Game of the Year' but today felt different. The second Yellow was so unnecessary as Bradley Fenton made a sliding tackle while 75 yards away from goal. NMP had only about three good chances from the 59 minute mark in today's game.

Suspended for this game for NMP were David Alva (who took the Red in the London game) and captain Jose Melo from Yellow card accumulation (he drew a Yellow card in the London game). Melo is their leading scorer with 11 goals but in last week's game he was all over the field taking cornerkicks, freekicks, and setting up teammates. He was certainly missed in this game.

Sigma have lost Leaford Allen for the season as he's returned to school at University of Charleston. He has been gone for a month and leads the team with 17 goals. Today Justin Stoddart tied for second leading scorer for Sigma with 5 goals!

Referee Michael Stenbring gave out two Yellow cards to each team besides the Red card to NMP.

Best non-scoring chances were at 18 minutes when NMP Michael Krzeminski took a 12 yard shot from the right though traffic to the short side and the goalie dove to push the ball wide right of the post. Sigma had a two minute fury starting at 57 minutes when Sigma Jordan Kalonji got a cross from the left inside the box and turned and stepped forward and fired a 12 yard shot that the goalie sprawled to save at 6 yards. Sigma Simon Triantafillou had a 12 yard shot from the right that the goalie batted down and a defender cleared. Sigma Olumide Soji Olatoye shot a 15 yarder that the goalie stopped on a sliding save. 79 minutes had NMP Kevin Dhillon take a cornerkick from the right that NMP Brandon Wellington in a crowd of players headed an 8 yarder that the goalie caught on the right side of the net. 94 minutes had NMP Dhillon with another cornerkick from the right had the ball flicked across the box on a header and NMP Shawn Brown dove to head from 7 yards that was saved.

Sigma's record improves to 13 wins, 5 losses, 2 ties for 41 points. They flip back into first place by one point in the eight team Western Conference over FC London who had jumped them on Friday night with a win at home against Oakville. London has two games in hand.

North Mississauga's record falls to 9 wins, 5 losses, 5 ties for 32 points and are tied for third in the West with TFC Academy.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

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