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Result and details of the Sunday October 2, 2016 League 1 Ontario game between Woodbridge Strikers and Aurora United FC played at Vaughan Grove at 7:00pm.

Woodbridge Strikers (all blue, white numbers)

..................23 Matt George
11 Stephen Almeida...8 Gabriel Sosa...15 Cameron Brooks...7 Nicholas Chiarot
22 Michael Bilak...16 Dylan Carreiro...6 Andrew Derayeh...12 Eric Soares
.............9 Oscar Cordon...21 Richard Parker

Subs:...1 Nicholas Maffeo (gk)...17 Jonathan Rivera...24 Luca Baldassarre...18 Emmanuel Issac
team officials:...team head coach Peter Pinizzotto...assistant coach Damion Scott...manager John Scarlato
...equipment manager Eric Mokri...therapist Justin Miranda

Aurora United FA (yellow socks and shirts, black shorts and numbers)

...................1 Alexander Jakma
15 Morey Donor...17 Mark Savella...4 Maxwell Wolfesberger...2 Peter Ruberto
14 Joe Tituana...13 Christopher Cifuentes...6 Conor Woodroffe...7 Jonathan Parolini (cpt)
................16 Dylan Rennie...9 Nicholas Theodorakakis

Subs:...12 Adam Scanlon (gk)...8 Abdul-Hasib Mirza...19 Inder Thind...20 David DiPlacido
team officials:...head coach Jimmy Brennan...other team officials Marco Ciampa, David DiPlacido and Marcia Quiroga

Game officials:...referee Scott Bowman...assistant referees Joseph D'Onofrio and Bradley Doubrough
....fourth official Keith Yuan...(all black uniforms)

1st Half:...game starts 7:02pm...WS defends south end on this rainy night.
5 min...WS Cordon taps centering pass over from right and WS Almeida shoots 15 yarder over net.
7 min...WS Almeida rolls centering pass from 15 yards on right past goalie on end line but defender concedes cornerkick.
8 min...WS Carreiro cornerkick from right is high and into box but cleared.
9 min...AU Woodroffe cornerkick from left has goalie punch ball forward from near right post.
10 min...AU Doner is tapped over freekikc at 40 yards and he blasts low 40 yarder from right wide left of net.
13 min...WS Oscar Cordon GOAL...WS Nicholas Chiarot rush on left has shot from 15 yards blocked. Cordon following up blasts 10 yarder into top center of net over goalie Alexander Jakma.
14 min...AU Tituana 30 yard blast up middle has deflection off defender and goalie dives to smother ball on left post.
19 min...WS Soares intercepts pass of 40 yards and centers for WS Cordon who blasts 20 yarder that goalie bats away to left.
20 min...WS Bilak backheels pass forweard for WS Almeida to run down right wing and rolls centering pass and WS Parker slides to rolls 15 yard shot up middle that goalie smothers.
20 min...AU Rennie lofts 30 yard shot down middle that goalie catches.
22 min...WS goalie smothers shot from 25 yards on right post.
25 min...AU Tituana 30 yard freekick from left is into box where two AU players miss chances and defender clears.
26 min...WS Cordon rush up right and 22 yard shot wide left of net.
27 min...AU Savella 25 yard shot up middle is well over net.
29 min...WS Cordon is rolled pass upfield on left and turns and fires low 22 yarder wide right of post.
31 min...AU Theodorakakis dribbles down middle and 20 yard shot deflects off defender wide left of post. WS goalie nees treatment on leg.
32 min...AU Woodroffe cornerkick from left has goalie knock ball down and defender clear from 6 yard box.
38 min...AU Woodroffe cornerkick from right has defender head away.
39 min...WS Cordon cross from 20 yards on far right has defender on left head ball behind end line.
40 min...WS Soares cornerkick from left has ball cleared at 15 yards.
41 min...WS Parker rush on left cutting in and goalie smothers ball before he can get away shot at 10 yards. Parker flips over him.
43 min...AU Parolini blasts 30 yard shot wide left of net.
44 min...AU Tituana 30 yard shot up middle dips just over bar.
45 min...WS Almeida cross from 20 yards on right has defender clear from left post.
46 min...WS Sosa 35 yard shot up middle has goalie smother.
47 min...half ends 7:49pm. It's now raining hard.

2nd Half:...starts 8:04pm.
halftime sub:...AU Scanlon replaces Jakma in goal.
47 min...AU Rennie rush on left and low 18 yard shot from far left is just wide right.
48 min...WS Cordon long run down left and cross from 25 yards into box. WS Almeida follows up after WS player has blocked shot with 15 yard shot over net from right.
52 min...AU Woodroffe long throw-in from right has defender clear away.
54 min...WS sub...Rivera replaces Soares.
56 min...WS sub...Baldassarre replaces Parker.
58 min...WS Luca Baldassarre GOAL...WS Oscar Cordon runs down left after turning two AU players at 40 yard line to get ball. Cordon passes centering pass at 25 yards, WS Jonathan Rivera taps pass from center and Baldassarre takes 12 yard shot that bends inwards around diving goalie Adam Scanlon and into right corner of net.
60 min...AU Parolini 28 yard shot is high wide right.
61 min...WS Baldassarre can't get around defender sho slides at 5 yards on left post to poke away ball.
64 min...WS Cordon at 30 yards tries to chip goalie who blocks without his hands at 27 yards.
65 min...WS Almeida shoots 30 yarder well over net.
66 min...WS Bilak blasts from 25 yards up middle hits top of bar.
67 min...AU sub...Mirza replaces Ruberto.
69 min...WS Luca Baldassarre GOAL...WS Stephen Almeida cornerkick from right is through players who miss it. WS Michael Bilak then rolls pass between players at 20 yards up middle. A WS player taps ball and Baldassarre shoots low 7 yarder inside the right post.
71 min...WS Cordon cross after run up left is through players and WS Almeida 12 yard shot has goalie save on short right post.
74 min...WS Oscar Cordon GOAL...Cordon is given pass at 30 yards and he runs up the middle and takes low 15 yard shot into left side of net.
75 min...AU Rennie 20 yard shot from left has goalie sprawl to save and has time to crawl over and smother.
76 min...AU sub...Thind replaces Cifuentes.
77 min...WS Cordon rush up left and 15 yard shot is into side webbing of net.
79 min...WS Rivera cornerkick from left is headed away to right.
80 min...WS Almeida shot up middle after tic-tac passing is deflected for cornerkick.
82 min...WS Rivera cornerkick from right has defender clear.
84 min...WS Derayeh 30 yard shot through crowd of players that's stopped.
85 min...WS Baldassarre pass rolled to WS Cordon who rolls 7 yarder wide right of post.
86 min...WS sub...Maffeo replaces George in goal.
86 min...WS Almeida pass cross from 25 yards on right and WS Cordon has 12 yard shot blocked by defender.
87 min...WS Luca Baldassarre GOAL...WS Michael Bilak sends low cross from 22 yards on right and Baldassarre shoots low 8 yarder up middle into left side of net.
90 min...AU parolini low 25 yard shot that diving goalie pushes wide left of post.
91 min...AU Woodroffe cornerkick from left has AU Rennie shoot 10 yarder well over net.
92 min...AU Rennie blasts 15 yarder up middle high and wide right.
92 min...game ends 8:51pm.

Final Score:....Woodbridge Strikers........5.........Aurora United FC.......0......

Attendance was about 40 on this wet night with alternating light rain, harder rain, and no rain switching every few minutes. Tonight I begged to stand under the fourth officials/relay message operator's tent so I could make notes like I always do from pen to notebook.

This time of year, rosters are thin. Both teams only had four subs including a spare goalie.

Matt George and Nicholas Maffeo earned the shutout for Woodbridge with George playing the first 83 minutes and made a few routine saves. Maffeo did have one shot to stop. Aurora started with Alexaander Jakma in net and subbed in Adam Scanlon at halftime.

Strikers must be grateful for the League's slow disiplinary process. Both Oscar Cordon and Stephen Almeida were Red carded in the team's Wednesday game, a 2-0 loss against North Toronto Nitros yet got to play tonight. Whether this will mean the suspension will take place at the beginning of next season, no one was quite sure. They were a scoring threat all night.

The subbing of Luca Baldassarre for Richard Parker at 56 minutes made coach Peter Pinizzotto look like a genius. Within two minutes he had scored and finished with a hat trick. He is one of the few players I've ever seen who wears a pair of strap-on glasses.

Referee Scott Bowman gave out no cards tonight in a game that was pretty tame. Strikers players were hard to catch.

Best non-scoring chances were at 14 minutes when AU Joe Tituana took a 30 yard blast up the middle that had a deflection off a defender and the goalie dove to smother on the left post. 19 minutes had WS Eric Soares intercept a pass at 40 yards and centers for WS Oscar Cordon who blasted a 20 yarder that the goalie batted away. 41 minutes had WS Richard Parker rush on the left cutting towards the middle and the goalie smothered the ball before Parker could get away a 10 yard shot then survived Parker flipping over him. 66 minutes had WS Michael Bilak blast a shot from 25 yards up the middle that hit the top of the bar.

This was the last game of the season for Woodbridge. The win moves them back into second place over North Toronto Nitros who won Friday night. Strikers finish the season with 15 wins, 5 losses, 2 ties for 47 points. The finish 8 points behind Eastern Conference champs Vaughan Azzurri. They can take pride in only allowing 17 goals in 22 league games which was best in the league.

Aurora, one of the new teams this year, stays in seventh place in the eight team East with a record of 3 wins, 15 losses, 3 ties for 12 points.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

Woodbridge Strikers starters

Aurora United FA starters

AUFA Christopher Cifuentes (13) and Dylan Rennie (16) take opening kickoff.

AUFA Joe Tituana (14) takes freekick.

midfield action

WS Oscar Cordon (9) and Richard Parker (21) take second half kickoff.

WS Dylan Carreiro (16) dribbles over center line.

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