June 16, 2021...Match Report: Fort Lauderdale, Toronto Duel To Thrilling Draw (from USLLeagueOne.com)
Match Report: Fort Lauderdale, Toronto Duel To Thrilling Draw By USLLeagueOne.com Staff, 06/16/21, 9:45PM EDT THE YOUNG REDS EQUALIZED TWICE AS THE MATCH FINISHED 2-2 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Fort Lauderdale CF and Toronto FC II dueled to an entertaining 2-2 draw on Wednesday night at DRV PNK Stadium. Venton Evans opened the scoring for the home side in the 26th minute. The Fort Lauderdale forward picked up a pass from Brian Rosales near midfield, and with no one stopping him, dribbled all the way to the penalty area and fired an accurate low strike to the far post. It looked like Fort Lauderdale would hold the lead until halftime, but TFC II's leading scorer Garrett McLaughlin had other ideas. McLaughlin benefited from a smart layoff from teammate Mehdi Essoussi and bagged his fourth goal of the season to equalize with the last kick of the first half. The second half followed the same pattern, with Fort Lauderdale scoring first but the Young Reds drawing level later on. Evans provided the assist for the home side's second goal, beautifully setting up Shaan Hundal for his fifth of the season. It took until the 81st minute for TFC II to equalize for the second time on the night, when Jayden Nelson calmly tucked away a one-on-one chance with the goalkeeper to earn his side a point. The two teams will meet again in just three days at TFC II's temporary home ground of Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee, Fla. That game on Saturday will be the second of three June matchups between the Young Reds and Fort Lauderdale. USLLeagueOne.com Player of the Match Venton Evans, Fort Lauderdale CF - Evans played a role in both of his team's excellent goals on the night, scoring the first himself and laying the ball on a platter for Hundal to score the second. Goal Summary FTL (26') - Evans, assisted by Rosales TOR (45+6') - McLaughlin, assisted by Essoussi FTL (69') - Hundal, assisted by Evans TOR (81') - Nelson, assisted by Altobelli xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fort Lauderdale CF 2 - 2 Toronto FC II 4-4-2 4-3-3 June 16, 2021 7:30 PM Venue DRV PNK Stadium Referee Alyssa Nichols Attendance not listed Fort Lauderdale CF 18 Castanheira GK 19 Young Yellow 61 DF 32 Allen DF 2 Rosales Yellow 85 DF 5 Hardin (C) DF 6 Neville out 15 MF 16 Penn MF 30 Acosta MF 29 Caputo out 24 MF 9 Curry FW 10 Hundal GOAL 69, out 79 FW Substitutes 1 Zamudio Sub 13 Nodarse Sub 8 Evans in 24, GOAL 26 Sub 34 Poplawski in 15. Yellow 86 Sub 21 Raggio Sub 14 Saavedra in 79 Sub 36 Bucknor Sub Manager - Powell MAN Toronto FC II 40 Patterson-Sewell GK 62 Goulbourne DF 38 Petrasso DF 63 Singh out 70 DF 64 Politz (C) DF 97 Priso-Mbongue Yellow 52 MF 35 Essoussi out 77 MF 85 Carlini out 70 MF 49 McLaughlin GOAL 45+6 FW 11 Nelson GOAL 81, 84 out FW 81 Antonoglou out 77 FW Substitutes 60 Engbers Sub 48 Campbell in 77 Sub 34 Maples in 70 Sub 82 Altobelli in 70, Yellow 85 Sub 71 Bernat in 84 Sub 83 Mbongue Sub 52 Thompson in 77 Sub Manager - Muñoz MAN Fort Launderdale CF Toronto FC II Possession 44.8% 55.2% Duels success rate 44.4% 55.6% Aerial duels won 44.4% 55.6% Interceptions 13 17 Offsides 2 4 Corners 1 6 Passes 409 501 Long passes 56 54 Passing accuracy 83.9% 87.2% Passing accuracy in opponents' half (%) 71.2% 80.0% Crosses 8 18 Crossing accuracy 12.5% 33.3% Goals 2 2 Shots 10 15 Shots on target 5 6 Blocked shots 3 2 Shots outside the box 4 5 Shots inside the box 6 10 Shooting accuracy 50.0% 40.0% Tackles 12 13 Tackles success rate 75.0% 61.5% Clearances 17 4 Fouls conceded 11 13 Yellow cards 3 2 Red cards 0 0
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