Sun June 5, 2016 League 1 Ontario--North Toronto Nitros vs Woodbridge Strikers (from League 1 Ontario website)

Woodbridge Defence Wins The Day With Dereyah Tally Over North Toronto
06/06/2016, 11:45am EDT
By League1 Ontario staff

Woodbridge Strikers continued their domination of the east division after 
a 1-0 away win over North Toronto Nitros at Varsity Stadium.

Captain Andrew Derayeh (16') got the only goal of the day on a strike 
from 20 yards that surprised the North Toronto keeper and snuck 
in at his near post. 

Woodbridge's keeper Matt George added his third clean sheet in league 
play, and ensured an energetic and well-organized Nitros could not 
find a way through to net.  

"That's my job," he said. "Go out to be the goalie and help the 
guys out. But they bailed me out enough this year so I might 
as well return the favour."

"The defence did amazing," he added. "For two years now we have 
been in the best goals against and hopefully that doesn't 
change anytime soon."

"Defence keeps us in games and it is what it is."

Although Woodbridge head coach Peter Pinizzotto was happy 
to get three points, he was not at all happy with the 
performance of his team.

"We're lucky that Matt [George] our goalie was in the 
game today, he saved the result," said Pinizzotto. 
"I thought the back four did well, but then going into 
midfield and going forward we struggled."

"We didn't create many chances, so basically Toronto 
dictated the game and we were just hanging there."

North Toronto has shown quality and youth, attacking verve, 
pace in possession and the ability to work hard as a unit 
to keep clean sheets.

However, assistant coach Ilya Orlov pointed to one key element 
his team need to address if they want to win the big matches.

"We had the majority of the ball, but we just need to create 
more in the attacking half, and especially near the goal," 
he said. "We obviously had more possession. We out played them 
in the second half, but we need to create more goal scoring 
opportunities." 

"We're going to keep the same way" he added. "Probably the only 
phase of the game we need to improve is the final third."

"So we're going to be work on that and creating chances and 
finishing. But besides that, we're not going to change much 
defending." 

Nitros are back at home in Varsity Stadium for matchweek seven, 
facing Kingston Clippers on June 12 (3 p.m.). North Toronto 
finishes matchweek six in fifth position, only one point behind 
Durham United and two points behind Kingston Clippers.

Woodbridge remains in first place on 16 points in the east 
division, and will look to extend their unbeaten streak 
to seven matches when they host Durham United FA 
on June 12 (7 p.m.).

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