Sat July 9, 2016 League 1 Ontario--Pro Stars FC vs Aurora United FA (from League 1 Ontario website)

Pro Stars Stave Off Aurora United To Share Points After 2-2 Draw
07/10/2016, 1:45pm EDT
By League1 Ontario staff

A back-and-forth battle in Brampton on Saturday resulted in hosts Pro Stars 
sharing the points with visitors Aurora United FC after a 2-2 draw. 

Pro Stars Erick Olazabal (10') got the home team off to the right start 
inside ten minutes, but Aurora bounced back well with two before the half 
from Gianmariano Della Serra (17') and Simon Adjei (43'). 

"We felt the two goals they scored, including the set piece, was pretty 
much unlucky on our end," said Pro Stars assistant coach, Stiven Mikhail. 
"Every chance they got they seemed to score. We were just dominating 
the game and so didn't really change our tactics too much going into 
the second half. 

Pro Stars seemed in the ascendency during the second half, levelling 
the score at the hour mark through Courtney Mitchell-Smith (60'). 

Fortune appeared to smile on Pro Stars as Aurora substitute Dylan Rennie 
was dismissed in the 75th minute - 12 minutes after entering the match 
- but the Stars could not take advantage. 

"They received a red card and so we did change up our formation late 
on in the match, using four substitutes," said Mikhail. "We got the one 
goal we were looking for, but were unlucky not to get the game winner."

Aurora head coach Jimmy Brennan had mixed feelings about his team's 
performance after losing the lead in the second half. 

We wanted to keep pushing forward, even after going a man down, because 
we felt we were going to get further opportunities and could hopefully 
put one of them away. 

"When we started the second half we were up one and we just wanted 
to manage the lead, and that's where we let ourselves down a little 
bit today - game management," he said.  

"We were up 2-1, we were controlling and winning, and we should have 
held off, finished the ninety minutes and take the three points, but 
we let ourselves down with the second goal we conceded and obviously 
had a man sent off, which didn't help either."

"Overall I thought we did well, created some chances, and now we're 
looking to get ready for the next game."

Aurora United FC will play FC London next on July 16 (7 p.m.) 
at Sheppard's Bush, Aurora. 

Pro Stars will face Woodbridge Strikers on July 17 (7 p.m.) 
at Vaughan Grove, Woodbridge.

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