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May 7, 2022...League1 Ontario Pro Stars FC vs Guelph United (game report by Rocket Robin)
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Results and details of the League1 Ontario Men's Premier Division game of Saturday May 7, 2022
between Pro Stars FC and Guelph United played at Victoria Park in Brampton at 7:00pm.
Pro Stars FC (all blue uniforms, white numbers)
....................24 Dante Ferraro
38 Sanad Khanat...33 Isaiah Noel...6 Victor Gallo (cpt)...2 Martim Lopes
........25 Joshua Parades...29 Julian Desousa...42 Mashhood Rehman
..........41 Marklyan Voytsekhovskyy...7 Faris Ammari...10 Ameer Kinani
Subs:...66 Baryal Khan (gk)...12 Maceo Harrison...32 Milos Garhovac...34 Marco Polancec-Marin
...35 Mario McLennon...36 Nathaniel Noel...39 Miguel Lopes...40 Chidiebere Nnolim
team officials:...team head coach John Yacao...assistant coach Josef Komlodi...managers Gabriel Pop
and John Portolese...equipment manager Rahael Bell...therapist Gabriellle Boulding
Guelph United (black socks, shorts, and numbers, amber shirts)
.......................20 Samuel Spoelstra
4 Amardo Oakley...5 Harvey Marchant...2 Marko Maletic...15 Dion Stergiotis
........................17 Regianld Laryea
...........7 Alexander Zis...18 Parmpreet Singh Johal...12 Marcel Zajac
..................16 Jack Sears...10 Jace Kotgsopoulos (cpt)
Subs:...1 Svyatoslav Artemenko (gk)...6 Ian Vidovic...8 Gray Yates...11 Evan Dick
...13 Luke Rankin...19 De Vante Walker
team officials:...team head coaches Keith Mason and Justin Springer...assistant Don Ferguson
suspended player: Lucas Doros
Game officials:...referee Ryan Schwenger...referees assistants Mehdi Boutarfa and Gianluca Di Carlo
...fourth official Nivin Raizada (pink shirts, black shorts and socks)
First Half:...game starts 7:02pm...PS defend north end.
3 min...Guelph Zajac taps centering pass for Guelph Kotsopoulos but PS Gallo intercepts ball and clears.
4 min...Guelph Oakley 35 yard shot from right is over players and high to left of net.
5 min...PS YELLOW card...Khanat earns it for pulling on shirt of Guelph Zajac run on left wing.
5 min...Guelph Zis low freekick from 40 yards on left is stopped and cleared by defener at 15 yards.
8 min...Guelph Sears 25 yard shot down middle which diving goalie pushes wide right of post.
9 min...Guelph Zajac recovers cleared cornerkick from right on left and cuts over to center to pass
and Guelph Kotsopoulos rolls shot wide left from 12 yards.
10 min...PS Desousa rush into box on right and slips without getting away shot!
12 min...Guelph Zajac receives pass on left and cuts to middle and low 28 yard shot is wide left.
13 min...Guelph Zajac pass from left end line has goalie catch then Guelph Kotsopoulos boot 4 yarder into net
when goalie dropped it. Referee rules play was already dead.
14 min...Guelph Maletic is injured on bump at Guelph 30 yard line winning freekick call.
17 min...PS Parades high bending cross from 40 yards on right has defener leap to kick away at 15 yards.
18 min...Guelph Johal cross from 20 yards on left has defendeer head onto top of own net.
19 min...Guelph Jace Kotsopoulos GOAL...Guelph Alexander Zis takes cornerkick from left that has Kotsopoulos
on left post step forward in front of defender and hip bump ball into short side of net from 3 yards beyond goalie
Dante Ferraro guarding center of net.
20 min...PS YELLOW card...head coach John Yauch earns it for something he said from the PS bench.
24 min...Guelph goalie dives for cross but misses but he's able to smother ball before PS Rehman can get to it at 8 yards
and reaches back to smother.
25 min...Guelph Kotsopoulos receives partial clearance and blasts 22 yarder down middle well high and wide right of net.
26 min...Guelph Stergiotis cross from left end line is high and over players in box.
28 min...Guelph Kotsopoulos low centering pass from left end line has Guelph Zajac miss 1 yard tap-in on right post as ball
gets by him.
32 min...PS Gallo outduels Guelph Kotsopoulos to get to Guelph pass at 22 yard line preventing break-in.
34 min...PS Gallo checks Guelph Johal off ball on edge of PS box.
36 min...PS Voytsekhovskyy cross from 30 yards on left. PS Rehman volleys midair shot just over bar from 15 yards.
38 min...Guelph Marcel Zajac GOAL...Guelph goalie Samuel Spoelstra sends a chipped through ball pass
to Zajac at 28 yards. He keeps on run and shoots 22 yarder from slight left into top left corner of net.
40 min...PS sub...Nnolim replaces Khanat.
44 min...PS Ammari run down left line and low cross has diving goalie smothers on end line near post.
47 min...PS Desousa 28 yard freekick from riht is high over left side of box unplayed.
48 min...half ends 7:50pm.
Halftime: The Guelph starting goalie stays out with the subs at halftime to warm up the backup goalie !
Second Half:...starts 8:08pm.
halftime sub:...Artemenko replaces Spoelstra in goal. Artemenko is fresh from a tour of duty with the army in Ukraine.
He's back in Canada!
45 min...PS Voytsekhovskyy slides and just misses tap-in of low cross along the right end line at 1 yard.
47 min...PS Voysekhovskyy low cross from 15 yards near end line has goalie smother on right post.
49 min...Guelph Oakley cross from near right cornerflag is headed away in box.
50 min...PS player sends a low shot/cross from right end line has goalie fumble ball and two PS players can't put ball in net.
51 min...PS Ammari 22 yard roller after rush down right has shot roll wide left of net.
51 min...Guelph goalie is hurt away from play.
54 min...PS Lopes is injured at PS 50 yard line and needs trainer.
56 min...PS Voytsekhovskyy pokes ball forward from 25 yards past PS forwards and Guelph goalie runs out to smother ball at 12 yards.
59 min...PS player's quick short freekick from right has PS Ammari win cornerkick on deflection.
60 min...PS cornerkick has PS Parades 28 yard shot over players has goalie catch under bar.
61 min...PS Ammari receives centering pass and 20 yard shot is over net.
61 min...Pro Stars Ameer Kinani is awarded a Penalty kick when Guelph goalie grabs him on edge of box running in for loose ball.
.........Guelph YELLOW card...Goalie Artemenko earns it on the last play.
63 min...Pro Stars Ameer Kinani GOAL...Kinani S-step pattern Penalty kick run and shoots low to middle as goalie dove left.
64 min...Guelph subs...Walker replaces Laryea.
............Guelph sub...Dick replaces Johal.
............Guelph sub...Rankin replaces Maletic.
66 min...Guelph Zajac 30 yard freekick down has goalie catch at top right corner of net.
66 min...PS Ammari gets long through ball pass on left and rolls centering cross which goalie picks up unpressured.
67 min...PS Desousa 35 yard blasts down middle is high wide left.
71 min...Pro Stars are awarded a Penalty kick for a hand ball in the right side of the box as seen by Pro Stars fans
and more important the referee's assistant standing on the right sideline. Referee Ryan Schwenger awarded it after
consulting with that ref assistant.
72 min...Pro Stars Julian Desousa GOAL...Desousa blasts his Penalty kick low to right side of the net as the goalie dove left.
72 min...Pro Stars Ameer Kinani GOAL...Kinani rushes in on right and low 22 yard shot is into the left corner
of the net past the diving goalie.
73 min...PS YELLOW card...Kinani earns it before the game restarted either for excessive celebration or mouthing off.
74 min...PS Parades freekick from 40 yards down left has PS Desousa high cross over players in box.
75 min...Guelph YELLOW card...Kotsopoulos earns it for tripping of PS Parades.
76 min...PS Rehman leaps to pop up header at 25 yards and ball pops to goalie.
78 min...PS goalie swats cross overhead out right side of box over Guelph player on cross from left end line.
79 min...PS sub...Grahovac replaces Desousa.
80 min...PS Ammari cornerkick from right has defender head away on right edge of 6 yard box. PS Nnolim blasts 35 yarder
from slight right off the top of the bar.
83 min...Guelph Zis 25 yard freekick down middle that's bent wide left of net.
84 min...PS YELLOW card...Lopes earns it for tripping player from behind.
85 min...Guelph Zis 30 yard freekick from right has defender head ball away on left side of net.
86 min...PS Voytsekhovskyy 20 yard roller from right has goalie dive forward to smother.
87 min...PS defender makes key headed clearance in 6 yard box.
89 min...PS sub...Harrison replaces Voytsekhovskyy.
90 min...Guelph Oakley long throw from right has defender head ball out left side of box. Guelph Sears low 25 yard shot
has goalie smother wide left of net.
91 min...PS Kinani is injured in front of PS bench.
92 min...Guelph sub...Agyemang replaces Stergiotis.
.......(PS sub...McLennon comes into the game at around this time according to the League website).
93 min...PS goalie is injured in box on wild scramble with duels of midair shots and clearances.
95 min...Guelph player's cornerkick from left is over everyone in box and out for throw-in.
98 min....game ends at 9:01pm after exhausting even the most critical of Guelph soccer parents who were waiting for a last
chance in the six minutes of scheduled added time. Good one was hearing a father yelling at the referee for a PS player's
injury as 'time wasting' when even after he was up, it was Guelph still organizing a player sub at the same time.
Final Score:.....Pro Stars FC........3..........Guelph United........2.........
Attendance was about 150 people. This was the first game Pro Stars have hosted at Victoria Park this season. It has lush natural grass. Their first 'home game' was last Saturday and was held at Terry Fox Stadium, 3.1 km away which has artificial turf. Fans of 1812 FC Barrie may remember that as the home stadium for that one-year lived team playing in that Covid year 2021. Of course Brampton won't allow games at Victoria Park before the start of May. If Pro Stars make the six team playoff (for the 22 teams in L1O), they just might be able to play a home game at Victoria Park before the city shuts them out. (I remember other league's with October playoffs where Brampton teams had to make alternate plans). The motto of Brampton is 'The Flower City' which I've seen on City of Brampton trucks although I picture more like Clint Eastwood scowling “Get off my lawn”. With Pro Stars sporting two wins (Sigma FC and now 2021 L1O champs Guelph United) in three games, it may be a possibility. The afternoon weather had been nice but the temperature dropped like a rock. I went back to my car before the game started and switched my hoodie for my parka and didn't regret it. Halftime found fans bringing in blankets to hold off the cold. My hand was shaking like a leaf when I held my phone to interview Guelph co-head coach Keith Mason after the game. This turnaround was eerily similar to last Sunday's game where I saw North Mississauga score two goals in two minutes to turn a loss to a win although they waited until 75 and 76 minutes. I didn't know if Guelph was distracted by thinking ahead to them hosting a game on Tuesday in the Canadian Championship preliminary round against HFX Wanderers FC of the Canadian Premier League. Guelph has one player from their 2021 team claimed by HFX in the U-Sports draft in the spring and that is defender Colin Gander. Guelph was playing without Lucas Doros who was serving a suspension for picking up a Red card in last Saturday's game against Alliance United FC. I saw Thomas Skublak in the stands. He said that's it's uncertain if he'll play on Tuesday. (HFX fans will remember him playing for them in 2019 although he came from L1O Vaughan Azzurri before that time). I don't see him on the league stats for this third week of the season so far. Reginald Laryea (has famous Cdn national team brother) had a strong game in defence...he came over from last year's Eastern Conference champions Vaughan Azzurri. Guelph has a deep roster with players they can call up from the university. I suppose it was like Vaughan was able to do with York University players who would play if they didn't have a school game that weekend but they'd have alumni able to play anytime. Pro Stars (this is the first L1O team I've seen twice this season) looked a lot better than their opening weekend against Vaughan. They have a solid young team with 14 of the 20 in today's roster born this century! 2001 born Chidiebere Nnolim had the best non-goal shot of the game with a mid-air blast of a partially cleared ball from 35 yards from the slight right off the top of the bar. Also in the stands were CPL York United FC forward Lowell Wright and his father who is easy to spot as he wears his son's numbered York away kit to each game he attends. Lowell answered me after the game that he used to play for Pro Stars in their academy team so I can see this would be a good way to catch up with old friends. He is a 2003 so he'd know a lot of them. Coming from a different generation of York United.....oops York 9 FC is Justin Springer the co-head coach of Guelph who was a defender on the 2019 team. Guelph's record falls to 1 win, 1 tie, 1 loss in this young season. The league is looking forward to Guelph giving a strong performance to showcase League1 Ontario. Even a Pro Stars team official said to Keith Mason “See you on Tuesday” on his way off the field.
Pro Stars FC starters
Guelph United starters
Pro Stars Ameer Kinani (10) takes opening kickoff.
Guelph Dion Stergiotis (15) finds limited options down left wing.
Pro Stars Sanad Khanat (38) applies pressure in Guelph end.
Pro Stars Julian Desousa (29) takes freekick.
Guelph Jace Kotsopoulos (10) has taken second half kickoff.
Pro Stars Martim Lopes (2) takes throw-in.
Pro Stars Ameer Kinani (10) will score on this Penalty kick.
Post game interview with Keith Mason (7 minutes, 16 seconds) (audio recorded by Rocket Robin) Your thoughts on tonight's game? Anything else about HFX Wanderers you are playing in the Canadian Championships on Tuesday? For League1 Ontario you broadcast all your home games live? How important will it be to you and your program to survive the 12/10 division split in 2024? Your welcome for goalie Svyatick Artemenko returning from the war in the Ukraine? Your university players are in-house? Your pick up of defender Reggie Laryea from Vaughan Azzurri?
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