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Result and details of the Wednesday October 5, 2016 League 1 Ontario game between Aurora United FC and Master's Futbol played at Sheppards Bush in Aurora at 7:00pm.

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

.......................1 Alexander Jakma
17 Barrett Scott...11 Gianmariano Della Serra...19 Mark Savella...2 Peter Ruberto
9 Nicholas Theodorakakis...6 Conor Woodroffe...20 Christopher Cifuentes...8 Niklas Seidel
............10 Simon Adjei...16 Dylan Rennie

Subs:...3 Ruben Campos...4 Adam Scanion...7 Jonathan Parolini...15 Moray Doner
...5 Inder Thind...14 Dave DiPlacido
team officials:...head coach Jimmy Brennan...other team officials Marco Ciampa, David DiPlaccido, and Marcia Quiroga

Master's FA Saints (all red, white shoulders and numbers)

.......................0 Timofei Sandhu
17 Yasin Shahwan...5 Aaryn Massy...16 Prince Apawu...3 Ashton Hyde
7 Tyrell Rayne...12 Marc Blackburn...20 Levonte Johnson...13 Camarri Johnson
..............9 Alex Dimitriu...11 Justin Robertson

Subs:...8 Jaleni Grant...15 Sherwin Emmanuel...10 Allando Matheson...14 Jevon Alleyne
...4 Santi Aguilar
team officials:...head coach Andrey Savelev...other team officials Junior Groves, Santi Aguilar, Matthew Ali, Taylor Plaja, and Christina Inchima

Game officials:...referee Marc Henoud...referee's assistants Afshin Behpour and Jason Thomas ...fourth official Cyrus Eshafi...(teal shirts, black shorts and socks)

1st Half:...game starts 7:06pm...AU defends south end on this cool night.
5 min...MFS Levonte Johnson low 22 yard shot after cutting to middle rolls wide right of post.
6 min...AUFC Niklas Seidel GOAL...AUFC Nicholas Theodorakakis cross from 22 yards on right has Seidel head 10 yarder from middle into left corner of net.
8 min...AU Woodroffe 25 yard freekick from righty has ball headed down on left side of box and AU Della Serra receives tap back and shoots 8 yarder wide left.
9 min...MFS Rayne 40 yard freekick from right has goalie step between players and catch ball at 10 yards.
10 min...MFS sub...Alleyne replaces Apawu.
11 min...MFA Camarri Johnson GOAL...MFA Alex Dimitriu blasts a 20 yarder up middle that flying goalie Alexander Jakma stops on left post. Johnson blasts 12 yard rebound from left banking it off the underside of the bar in the center of goal.
13 min...AU goalie dives forward to smother ball at 15 yards on right preventing MFS Rayne running any further.
13 min...AU Woodroffe blasts 25 yarder down middle over bar.
14 min...MFS Camarri Johnson rolls 15 yard shot wide right after cutting to middle from right.
19 min...AU Adjei 28 yard shot up minddle is wide left.
20 min...AU Adjei bicycle kick from 18 yards up middle that goalie pushes wide left of post.
21 min...AUFC Simon Adjei GOAL...AUFC Conor Woodroffe cornerkick from left is knocked down in box on right and Adjei kicks in 5 yarder from right post into center of net.
24 min...MFS Robertson sends skyball cross from 30 yards on right that goalie catches at 15 yards in crowd of players.
26 min...MFS Massy low 35 yard freekick up middle that goalie dives to smother on right post.
27 min...AU Cifuentes rolls 28 yard shot up middle through goalie that goalie picks up.
28 min...MFS sub...Grant replaces Robertson.
.........MFS sub...Emmanuel replaces Blackburn.
29 min...MFS Shahwan is given crossfield pass at 25 yards on right, he runs forward and 15 yard blast has goalie push wide left of post.
30 min...MFS Emmanuel eventually gets ball sent into box from cornerkick on left and blasts 20 yarder over bar.
31 min...AU goalie bats down 20 yard shot from right and has time to recover to run forward and pick up rebound.
32 min...AU Seidel gets away to blast 20 yard shot that goaolie bats away. AU Adjei gets tapped back pass and blasts 15 yarder that goalie palms over net.
33 min...AU Woodroffe cornerkick from left is bodied wide right by AU player in crowd at 5 yards wide right for goalkick.
34 min...MFS Rayne shot from 20 yards on right is over net.
35 min...MFS Shahwan cross from 25 yards on right has charging MFS player on left.
36 min...MFS Rayne rush down right and low 15 yard shot has sprawling goalie save and defender clear.
40 min...AU goalie rushes out to 30 yard line on right sideline to slide and prevent MFS Rayne from getting breakaway and kicks ball away for throw-in.
42 min...MFS Rayne rush up right and beats defender and low cross into box has another AU defender miss and MFS Camarri Johnson blasts 18 yarder well over net.
44 min...AU goalie dives to smother through ball pass before MFS Camarri Johnson can get to it at 12 yards.
46 min...MFS Lavonte Johnson 35 yard blast up middle has goalie get hand to and knocks wide right.
47 min...half ends 7:53pm.

2nd Half:...starts 8:08pm. The weather is a lot colder.
Halftime subs:...MFS Matheson replaces Dimitriu.
.................AU Donor replaces Seidel.
.................AU Parolini replaces Scott.
49 min...MFS Tyler Rayne GOAL...MFS Allando Matheson taps pass from 35 yards in middle to charging Rayne who races in on right and his low 18 yard shot is under the sprawling goalie into the short side of net with an MFA player in center waiting as a decoy.
50 min...AUFC Nicholas Theodorakakis GOAL...AUFC Dylan Rennie on left end line rolls pass to center and Theodorakakis taps low 5 yard shot up middle to left side of net.
51 min...MFS Rayne makes midair flick kick from 15 yards that goalie cantes at 10 yards.
55 min...MFS Shahwan rush on right and rolls centering cross that's eventually cleared.
57 min...AU Woodroffe long throw-in from right has AU Adjei flick 8 yard header from right that goalie catches.
57 min...AU Adjei has 12 yard shot on run on left is deflected for cornerkick by defender.
58 min...AU Cifuentes cornerkick from left has MFS player head ball away on right of box.
58 min...AU Rennie taps pass up middle and AU Adjei shoots low 10 yarder that has goalie make point blank stop.
59 min...AU Cifuentes cornerkick from left is whistled down in box.
60 min...MFS Matheson cuts to right and rolls 15 yard shot that rolls to goalie.
63 min...AU Parolini long rush up left and cross near end line is high and through 6 yard box unplayed.
65 min...AU Cifuentes cornerkick from right has AU player pop 10 yard header well over net.
66 min...MFS Matheson taps pass up middle too far forward for MFS Rayne can get to and ball rolls over end line.
67 min...MFS Camarri Johnson run up left and 10 yard shot deflects back off him and over end line for goalkick.
68 min...AU Rennie bends 20 yard shot from left is wide right of net.
69 min...AU Adjei receives low cross from left and 12 yard flicked shot over net.
70 min...MFS Rayne can't win Penalty kick on run up middle but wins cornerkick.
71 min...MFS Grant cornerkick from right has ball knocked down and AU player taps ball away to start fast breakout.
72 min...AU Adjei shot down middle from 28 yards is over net.
74 min...MFS Rayne gets pass in middle and turns to run forward and crashes with goalie at 15 yards. AU win freekick. The goalie needs trainer.
76 min...MFS Grant cornerkick from right. MFS Shahwan blasts low partial clearance from right that goalie pushes wide right for cornerkick.
77 min...MFS player's cornerkick from right is cleared from box.
79 min...MFS Emmanuel rolls 30 yarder up middle between players that goalie dives to stop on right post.
84 min...AUFC Simon Adjei GOAL...AUFC Christopher Cifuentes runs in on right and his 10 yard shot has goalie Timofei Sandhu stop at 5 yards and Adjei steps past him to shoot in rebound into open net.
85 min...AU sub...Campos replaces Theodorakakis.
86 min...AU Cifuentes run up left and low 20 yard shot rolls just wide right of post.
86 min...AU sub...Thind replaces Woodroffe.
87 min...AU Ruberto is injured in own box and needs treatment. He's down for about four minutes.
90 min...AU Doner rolls 25 yard shot up middle wide left.
91 min...MFS Rayne blasts shot into left side webbing of net from 10 yards.
92 min...MFS Matheson blasts 20 yard shot around defender but high wide right of goal.
94 min...MFS Rayne can't control pass to him at 12 yards on right.
94 min...game ends 8:57pm.

Final Score:.......Aurora United FC.......4.......Master's Futbol........2.......

Attendance was about 25 on this cool night with the temperature dropping fast after it got dark soon after the game started. The game was being recorded for Rogers Cable channel and is scheduled for broadcast this Saturday from 4pm to 6pm and again at 10:00pm to 12:00am for customers in the Vaughan and Richmond Hill area. I thought the Captiv8 recording of the game might catch the Rogers commentator's call of the game as they were set up so close to each other but it mostly only picks up the wind and the player's onfield shouts.

There was no announcing of goals nor subs and it was dark in the stands so for the second half I stood near the opposite sideline to watch the players come into the game and take better photos.

Referee Marc Henoud (who I saw officiate Friday's Durham vs North Toronto red cards/yellow cards rough game) gave out no cards tonight in a game that was wide open and either team could have won.

Master's looked like they were going to start the game shorthanded as they warmed up with only ten players but did end up with a full bench. They did make three first half subs before the 30 minute mark to, I'd assume, get the players on the field that they really wanted. Still not having a proper warm up probably messed up their early strategy and coordination. I was surprised the game started this early on a weeknight. Two different cities decided to repair different sections of Bayview Avenue so that made my route here a zigzag north from Toronto through rush hour traffic. Their one star player Allando Matheson who I'd compare to the Jozy Altidore of the TFC Academy back in the day came in as a halftime sub. He played more as a midfielder and was feeding balls forward to teammates.

AUFC certainly looked better than Sunday night when I saw them lose 5-0 against Woodbridge although I will say that game only got away from them in the second half. Conor Woodroffe was their best players with him controlling the midfield and taking most of the cornerkicks and freekicks.

I was piecing the assists together after the game with AUFC assistant coach David DiPlacido helping me (he was listed as a sub but didn't enter the game which showed AUFC tonight was also looking for players) and I reminded him one of my favourite memories of him with Toronto Lynx was when the local press came out the one game all season to watch Romario (Brazilian superstar finishing his days with Miami FC in the A-League in 2006) and the matinee crowd of schoolchildren were instead chanting "We want David" to come in as a second half sub because he had come to their school to put on a soccer clinic! He was their hero.

AUFC head coach is Jim Brennan who Thursday was in the Sportsnet studio offering analysis of the Italy vs Spain Euro qualifier.

I really wanted to go to this game tonight. Master's was the only team of the sixteen in the league that I hadn't seen at least three times this season. Took me 35 league games to do it!

The league has listed one more game to play—Friday night in London with FC London against Sanjaxx. Another game—Windsor vs Sanjaxx which was cancelled last Friday because of the flooding in Windsor has not been rescheduled.

This was the final league game of the season for both of tonight's teams.

AUFC finishes the season with a record of 4 wins, 15 losses, 3 ties for 15 points. The win vaults them past Toronto Skillz FC by two points into sixth place of the eight team Eastern Conference.

The result confirms Master's record as 3 wins, 17 losses, 2 ties for 11 points and eighth in the East and is also the lowest point total for both conferences. Their plus/minus record for goals for and against of 38 for, 92 against equals -54 is also the worst in the league.

Tonight's duel between the two teams was for the bottom of the league but there's still the one game league championship on October 15 between 'first place in the East' Vaughan Azzurri (17 wins, 1 loss, 4 ties for 55 points) and 'first place in the West' FC London (14 wins, 5 losses, 2 ties for 44 points) at the Ontario Soccer Centre in Vaughan at 4:00pm. No league team uses the OSC as a home field this season. Both Woodbridge Strikers (47) and North Toronto Nitros (45) finished with more points but they are in the East. At least Woodbridge can say they won the League Cup trophy back in July.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

Aurora United FA starters

Master's Futbol Saints starters

MFS Alex Dimitriu (9) and Justin Robertson (11) take opening kickoff.

MFS Tyrell Rayne (7) takes throw-in.

MFS Levonte Johnson (20) rush into box.

AU Niklas Seidel (8) waits for pass.

AU Jonathan Parolini (7) and Simon Adjei (10) takes second half kickoff.

AU Dylan Rennie (16) controls ball.

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