Sat August 20, 2016 League 1 Ontario--Sanjaxx Lions vs Sigma FC (from League 1 Ontario website)

Sigma See Off Sanjaxx 2-0 After Goals From Stoddart, Alfazy
08/21/2016, 7:00pm EDT
By League1 Ontario staff

Justin Stoddart (19') and Mansoor Alfazy (60') scored for Sigma FC while 
the clean sheet was maintained by Triston Henry in a 2-0 win over Sanjaxx 
on Saturday.

"We were telling the guys to keep things simple and move the ball around 
a little bit more, try and keep our legs fresh for later in the game," 
said Sigma head coach, John Zervos. 

"We wanted to manage the game as we normally would, not changing anything, 
but just giving the guys confidence, keeping possession, and creating 
chances in the final third with good football actions."

Despite the gap in points between Sigma (the first place team in the 
west division) and Sanjaxx (the seventh place team in the west), 
the contest was a close one.

"I think we played well against them," said Sanjaxx player, 
Hilliard Serrao. "I think we have improved recently, although the coach 
left so that has been a big thing for us, but I think we did pretty 
well today."

"We have played them before and I think a lot of their older players 
have left, so they have a young team and I thought we played them 
pretty well," he added. "It was a close game."

Sigma FC had a number of new players on the pitch after much of their 
personnel returned to college and university programs, but the team 
functioned smoothly on the day. Zervos explained how Sigma prepares 
for the squad turnover. 

"Usually we try and get some of our younger players in early on to just 
gel with the group and try to get things going. That pushes them in one 
sense, but it's also about slowly getting them minutes and 
responsibilities and then as we get later into the season we give 
them more responsibilities."

Sigma remain top in the west with the result, on 38 points 
from 18 matches. FC London is hot on their heels however, with 34 points 
from only 15 matches. Both teams face an anxious runout to the 22 match 
season to determine who will enter the League1 Ontario 2016 final against 
the winner of the east division.  

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