June 4, 2022 League1 Ontario...Sigma FC vs Windsor TFC game report (by Rocket Robin)

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Results and details of the League1 Ontario Men's Premier Division game of Saturday June 4, 2022
between Sigma FC and Windsor TFC played at Paramount Fine Foods Centre fields in Mississauga at 4:00pm.

Sigma FC (blue socks and shirts, black shorts, white numbers)

...................1 Dino Bontis
......5 Malcolm Duncan...3 Santiago Frias...4 Oluwageun Oyegunle
6 Faisal Ghaffur...8 Andrew Delascio...21 Soji Olatoye...12 Nino Nikolovski
...........11 Hilli Goldhar...9 Marcus Caldeira...10 Noah Mehta

Subs:...31 Jack Cristini (gk)...2 Kamran Tejumola...14 Yousef Helmy...16 Mateo Marques
...17 Kadell Thomas...18 Robbie Cleary...19 Jason Squeo
team officials:...team head coach John Zervos...assistant coach David Igreja...therapist Liam MacPherson

suspended Kai Garvey (player)

Windsor TFC (all white uniforms, red numbers and pinstripes on chest)

..................1 Joshua Savoni
2 Stephen Belanger...3 Ilija Pavicic...4 Bastian Aguilera...6 Cesar Salan
10 Jonathan Agapito...8 Kellan Landefeld...11 Mohamed Teffahi...5 Khalifa Ihmouda
...........7 Dylan Satto...9 Nestor Lopez

Subs:...12 Denys Cuevas (gk)...13 Dillon Hayes...14 Hassani Kamara...15 James Clarke
...16 Zachary Thomas...18 Theodore Hirst...19 Marc David Siegel...22 Paolo Davia
team officials:...team head coach Valter Cosenza...manager Shane Topalovic and Vancho Cirovski
...equipment manager Paulo Parreira...therapists Bogdan Suciu and Ryan Thomas

First Half:...game starts 4:01pm...Sigma defends south east end on this warm afternoon with a bright sun in the southwest.
There's a strong gusty wind from the north.
1 min...Sigma Ghaffur blasts 30 yarder down middle well high and wide right of net.
2 min...Sigma Goldhar gets point blank shot on rush to 12 yards stopped by goalie and ball deflects for cornerkick.
2 min...Sigma player's cornerkick on left is cleared by defender on near post.
3 min...Sigma Marcus Caldeira GOAL...Sigma Noah Mehta on run down right sends low cross near right end line.
Caldeira pounds in 7 yard shot to right corner of net after defender and goalie Joshua Savoni get touch to it.
4 min...Sigma Nikolovski cross from left end line is well over box.
5 min...Sigma Caldeira shot right near end line cross is caught by goalie.
6 min...W Agapito cornerkick from right is sent back to him and he crosses over box.
6 min...Sigma Delascio is injured at W 30 yard line near sideline for freekick call.
11 min...Sigma Olatoye break away up left from 35 yards and his low 15 yard shot is stopped point blank by sliding goalie
at 12 yards. The ball deflects back to him then deflects back to goalie to catch while on ground.
15 min...W Teffahi takes too long for clear shot at 20 yards and has shot blocked.
17 min...Sigma goalie bats down 30 yard blast on right post and smothers ball at 10 yards in front of W Landefeld.
21 min...Sigma players are caught offside on through ball chips twice in two minutes.
23 min...W Agapito wins cornerkick on 1 v 2 rush into box.
24 min...Windsor Jonathan Agapito sends in cornerkick from right and Windsor win Penalty kick for pull down of player
in crowd of players in box.
25 min...Windsor Kellan Landefeld GOAL...Landefeld blasts Penalty kick low to left. Goalie Dino Bontis dives to save it
and it deflects off his hands and over to tuck in just inside right post.
27 min...W sub...Siegel replaces Salan.
28 min...W Siegel 45 yard freekick on left is cleared from box.
29 min...Sigma Frias eventually slides to clear ball when W Lopez charges forward to try to break up play between Frias
and Sigma goalie as ball is rolling towards goal.
31 min...W Salan gets to ball on right and shoots roller from 22 yards that goalie picks up.
32 min...Sigma Goldhar passes forward in box to Sigma Mehta but goalie beats him to it to smother at 6 yards on right post.
34 min...W Agapito gets pass from right on cross from left, knocks it down but his 20 yard shot is well over net.
35 min...W Ihmouda is injured crashing with Sigma goalie who'd dived for ball at 20 yards. W Teffahi has to temporarily
leave the game with blood on his knee.
37 min...W goalie beats Sigma Mehta to rush for through ball to smother it at 15 yards.
38 min...W Teffahi is back in game.
39 min...Sigma YELLOW card...Nikolovski earns it for complaining about an offside call when it appeared three Sigma
players beat an offside trap on the left.
40 min...W goalie is out of box to clear away ball.
41 min...Sigma Nosha Mehta GOAL...Sigma Andres Delascio crosses 25 yarder from right near end line on run
and Mehta flicks 8 yard header from middle to top left corner of net.
45 min...Sigma Nikolovski rolls pass forward to Sigma Caldeira but goalie smothers through ball at 15 yards.
46 min...Sigma Goldhar 25 yard freekick from slight left is chipped into box but defenders clear.
47 min...half ends 4:48pm.

Second Half:...starts 5:03pm.
46 min...Windsor Nestor Lopez GOAL...W Kellan Landefeld rolls through ball pass up middle from 35 yards.
Lopez rolls in 12 yard shot to left side of net past sliding goalie.
47 min...A W player's cross from right is just over head of W Lopez at 8 yards.
49 min...Sigma Delascio low 28 yard shot is between players and goalie catches on bounce.
52 min...Sigma Soji Olatoye sends low cross from near right end line and W Marc David Siegel slides in box at 8 yards
and kicks it into his own hand. Referee awards a Penalty kick.
53 min...Sigma Hilli Goldhar GOAL...Goldhar sends Penalty kick low to center of net as goalie dives to left post.
54 min...Sigma Caldeira 22 yard shot has goalie slide and palm ball high and wide right.
55 min...Sigma Goldhar cornerkick from right is over box and out for W throw-in.
56 min...Sigma sub...Helmy replaces Delascio.
............W sub...Kamara replaces Teffahi.
60 min...W YELLOW card...Aguilera earns it for pulling down Sigma Olatoye at 25 yard line as he cut to middle.
61 min...Sigma Mehta 28 yard freekick from left has goalie palm over bar.
61 min...Sigma Mehta cornerkick from left is through 6 yard box and wins cornerkick on right.
62 min...Sigma Goldhar short cornerkick from right is wasted as the ball is never crossed into the box.
64 min...W YELLOW card...Lopez earns it for kicking ball away after whistle after being knocked over when
two players check him.
65 min...Sigma sub...Thomas replaces Olatoye.
68 min...W YELLOW card...head coach Valter Cosenza earns it for complaining about play where W wins a freekick
but no Sigma player is shown a card.
68 min...Sigma RED card...Youself Helmy is sent of with a straight Red for him part in a pushing match after Windsor
were awarded a freekick at the Sigma 25 yard line down middle. The Sigma players were complaining that Windsor kept
moving the ball closer to the edge of the box. Referee Bradley Doubrough had been summoned over by the referee's assistant
and fourth official to give a card to the Windsor head coach Vanccho Cirovski who'd been complaining about Windsor
deserving a Penalty kick so while he was over at the bench the pushing match ensued.
......Sigma YELLOW card...Ghaffur earns it for complaining about Helmy being sent off.
72 min...(play finally resumes) W Cesar Salan then blasts the 25 yard freekick up the middle hitting a head in the player wall
and the subsequent pass to a player behind the wall was ruled offside.
73 min...Sigma Mehta cornerkick from left has defender pop up header and goalie catches on left post surviving being knocked over.
74 min...W YELLOW card...Landefeld earns it for kicking the ball away after Sigma were awarded a freekick call
at Sigma 25 yard line.
........W YELLOW card...Satto earns it for complaining about that last call.
76 min...Sigma sub...Marques replaces Goldhar.
79 min...Sigma Nikolovski freekick near top right corner of box is over Sigma Mehta on left side and out for goalkick.
80 min...W Belanger bends 25 yard cross from right over left end line for goalkick.
82 min...W Agapito cross from right is through players in box.
83 min...A W player is injured trying a bicycle kick and kicks face of Sigma Nikolovski inside the Sigma box.
83 min...Sigma sub...Tejumola replaces Nikolovski.
..........Sigma sub...Cleary replaces Caldeira.
85 to 89 minutes...Sigma players have been clearing balls before they get into their box.
92 min...W Pavicic 45 yard cross from left has W Siegel hip ball down at 15 yards but ball is cleared before he can control.
93 min...W Belanger rolls cross from right side of box and W Lopez get touch to it but is injured. He is treated behind
the Sigma net.
94 min...Sigma goalie dives on through ball to smother before W Landefeld can get to it at 15 yards.
95 min...Sigma Oyegunle makes big header on edge of Sigma box to clear danger.
95 min...game ends 5:53pm.

Final Score:...Sigma FC......3.......Windsor TFC......2.......

Attendance was only about 50 people. This was only the second home game for Sigma this season
in their eighth game so far. I'd have expected with North Mississauga SC moving to a new facility,
Sigma would have the choice of any dates they wanted but the City of Mississauga decided to keep
the bubble up until mid May because they can rent it out as an indoor facility for something
like 4X the $ than having it rented as an outdoor facility. I got fooled by the change in starting
time from 2:00pm to 4:00pm so also ended up watching a U-13 game between Sigma and London TFC.
Sigma appears to be in good hands as they won 6-0. I wasn't sure of the rules but the games
are divided into quarters and the teams only change ends at each half. Also the players can be
subbed off and then subbed back on against at least once as I witnessed that on a few occasions.
Sigma U-13 pulled away with four goals in the second half as a combo of the strong wind at their
back and the other team tiring. Attendance to this youth game was about 100 parents and siblings.

A strong wind from the north west was a factor holding up goal kicks and making high clearances
difficult for Sigma in the first and Windsor in the second half. Too windy for mosquitoes today
was a good thing and easier for team officials to search for balls kicked over the side fencing
to the forest in the east.

Referee Bradley Doubrough gave out seven Yellow card (five to Windsor including the one to the
head coach) and the direct Red to Sigma. Players and coaches were calling out for Penalty kicks
but the ones he gave were the only ones that were deserved. All the Yellows I marked down were
for complaining or kicking out. It was a warm day but not hot enough for official waterbreaks
so thirsty players came to the sidelines during injuries when the trainer was needed.

I was pleasantly surprised by Windsor as they came to the game in the Lambton College bus/coach
for transportation and they had eight available subs. I've been looking at the L1O linescores
and seeing their road games they get beaten often with only 13 or 14 players. As I asked their
coach and a player today, it was about a 4 1/2 hour drive to get here (this city is west of Toronto
so they didn't even have to enter Toronto and it took that long and this was a weekend so much
less traffic and it still takes that long!). No wonder it makes road trips not too popular.
That's 9 hours travelling time. This bus though had room for double the number of seats then
people on it so there was room to stretch out. Also the team was on an uptick winning their
first game of the season last week.

Sigma improves to 3 wins, 3 losses, 1 tie for 10 points. While this was the first game completed
today, they move from eighteenth to at least eleventh although there are still games tonight
and tomorrow. There's a lot of teams in the middle of the pack in this 22 team division.

Windsor's record drops to 1 win, 5 losses, 2 ties for 5 points and they stay in twentieth place
at least for now. A good effort today and a win last week makes them a lot more upbeat than
earlier in the season.

Life is returning to normal as once again the field is back in the flight path of planes taking
off from Pearson airport and they were whizzing by at 5 minute or less intervals like
the pre-covid days. I'd never seen planes before with logos now painted on their bellies
as well as their tail fins. Not just one airline either.

**News told to me before the beginning of this game is that two Sigma home games have been moved
from this Paramount location to Tim Horton's Field in Hamilton to be the end of a double header
after the CPL Forge FC home games. Saturday July 23rd against Hamilton United
and Saturday August 6th against Unionville-Milliken SC. Sigma won't be the first L1O game played
there this season as Sat May 17th St Catharines Roma Wolves 'hosted' North Toronto Nitros after
the Forge vs At Ottawa game. North Toronto Nitros also moved one of their home games
to York Lions Stadium after the York United vs Cavalry FC match on Sunday May 29th. They lost
to Vaughan Azzurri 1-0. About 400 (my estimate) of the 1267 at the CPL game stayed for the L1O game.
Good promotion to youth teams (must have been 14-16 shown on the scoreboard). Sounds promising!

My post game interview with Windsor TFC head coach Valter Consenza   6 minutes, 03 seconds   
(audio recorded by Rocket Robin) 

What did you think about today's game? 
How are you getting more players to come out on these long road games now? 
What's it like playing in Amherstburg? 
Is there any co-operation between your team and the proposed CPL team in Windsor? 
What are the benefits to you with your relationship to MLS Toronto FC?
Do you have any relationship with the University of Windsor? 
How important is it for your team/fans/Academy program that you survive in the Top 12 for
this division split in 2024?

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca
twitter @RocketRobin01

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