Sat September 24, 2016 League 1 Ontario--Aurora United FA vs North Toronto Nitros (from League 1 Ontario website)

MacDonald And Ngah Lead Nitros To 2-0 Win Over Aurora
09/26/2016, 10:00am EDT
By League1 Ontario staff

Niba MacDonald (22') and Felix Ngha (70') led the way for Nitros, combined with 
the clean sheet earned by keeper Connor Bullen, en route to a 2-0 win over hosts, 
Aurora United FC. 

"We played a really good game today," said MacDonald. "We have been working 
on some many things at practice, to build out of the back and play high pressing. 
I think it really paid off for us today."

"The positivity of our play was really good as well, and I'm proud of the guys."

Nitros were not intimidated on the road, ensuring possession of the ball 
as much as possible and demonstrating a confidence and defensive integrity 
that has been a hallmark of play during their debut League1 Ontario season.  

"We've been very focused on building from the back and trying to move 
forward - that has been our gameplan the whole season," continued MacDonald. 

"My goal was a penalty, and I just had to put it in to boost the team. 
I'm just happy we were victorious in the game."

Aurora found it difficult to penetrate the North Toronto defence, and tensions 
were evident in late match play.

"Frustration gets to players eventually," said Aurora coach Arman Mohammadi. 

"It was a good ninety minute battle, and then a couple calls went the other 
way and some players got angry and released in certain ways. When you're 
down two nothing in the ninetieth minute, tempers can boil over a little 
bit, but thankfully it didn't get excessive."

"We were able to build and had some chances to expose but we weren't able 
to execute that," he added. "We had the right action, but weren't able 
to maintain it throughout the game, and credit to North Toronto - they 
came and did what they had to do."

"They had the ball for the majority of the time, and I think they 
deserved to win."

Despite the loss, there were some positives for Aurora, as they were 
able to draft through some young talent late in the match. 

"We were able to get the young players involved in the second half 
so that is a positive aspect of the game and for the club," said Mohammadi. 

"These are our U17 players getting a taste of League1, and that is what 
this league is about at this stage. You want to bring players from 
within your club and give them a taste of this action because this 
is what their goal should be for now so that they can move 
on to higher levels."

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