Sat September 10, 2016 League 1 Ontario--Kingston Clippers vs North Toronto Nitros (from League 1 Ontario website)

Doyle And Elkinson Strikes Get Nitros 2-0 Result In Kingston
09/12/2016, 11:15am EDT
By League1 Ontario staff

Strikes from Jaden Doyle (17') and Killian Elkinson (90') gave North Toronto all 
three points at the final whistle as Nitros beat hosts' Kingston Clippers 2-0.

North Toronto's clean sheet was earned by keeper Connor Bullen.

"It took us a while to settle into it," said Kingston coach, Bob Minor. "They created 
some pretty nice chances in the first half and I thought we were lucky to go into 
half-time only one nil down to be honest."

"Second half I thought we totally controlled it, and was obviously very upset 
at giving up the second goal," he said. "The way it went in with the deflection 
keeping the player onside - that's the way our luck goes at the moment."

"We're really not getting a great deal of luck, but I was impressed with how 
we were creating chances."

North Toronto coach Gary Fleming spoke of his side's greater attention to detail 
in preparing for this road match, compared to one earlier in the season to Windsor. 

"We were a bit more prepared because we played in Windsor this year, and it was 
a Friday game so just getting out of Toronto on a Friday takes about an hour and 
then you have four hours there," he said. "This time we gave ourselves a little 
more time." 

"You could still see in the first half that our legs were heavy, and also - similar 
to Kingston probably - we have lots of new players in the team because many have 
departed for university. So we are quite proud of the result, and think the trip 
to Windsor earlier in the year helped us with that preparation."

Kingston's Minor spoke to the frustration his side felt trying to break through 
the Nitros defence, but was suitably impressed by the performances of his 
new charges. 

"I was very impressed with their central defender," he said. "He was solid 
all the way through, and read everything very well, so it was very difficult 
to break through." 

"Some of the young guys we brought on - some of them sixteen, some of them 
seventeen - did really well," he added. "I don't think they looked out 
of place at all." 

"There is obviously things we need to work on, which we will try to do, 
but I was very pleased with the central defender that we put out. He's seventeen, 
this was his first game, and we put him in from the start. He worked out 
very nicely. Hopefully he will gain a lot of confidence from that because 
that is what we are trying to achieve as a club - give these young guys 
a chance and not worried too much about the result." 

"We want to see these young guys develop, and hopefully we've achieved some 
of that today."

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