July 29, 2017 League 1 Ontario--Pro Stars FC vs Toronto Skillz (by Rocket Robin)

    
Result and details of the Saturday July 29, 2017 League 1 Ontario game between 
Pro Stars FC and Toronto Skillz scheduled to be played at Avondale Stadium 
in Brampton at 7:00pm.

The game was NOT played and will have to be rescheduled.   I thought I was 
in luck when I saw players in the parking lot after I raced here from the 
Hershey Centre after the Sigma vs Durham game.  

I didn't expect they'd be in what we called Victoria Stadium which was 
somehow damaged after the fire at the adjoining Victoria Park Arena last June.  
The team was using a practice field which suited the needs of the small 
crowds they attract.  I learned that the City of Brampton called off the game 
because of the wet field.  Some kids had been playing on it and stomped it up.  
It didn't rain at all yesterday in my city next door.  I didn't go over 
to check it myself.  Well this after praising Brampton two weeks ago with 
their truck logos of 'Garden City'.  

These were the only two teams who had not won a game this year and here 
we are in week 14.  Nathaniel Martin, another writer for Northern Starting XI, 
was here too—wow coverage like this was the L1O finals.  

I talked with league commissioner Dino Rossi at the Sigma game this afternoon 
about this game—no he would not be tweeting his congratulations to the winner 
like he did for the first four weeks of the season.  
Yeah I thought so—too embarrassing.  

I recognized Josef Komlodi, the head coach of Pro Stars.  I went over to say 
it was too bad about the cancelled game and he said he had some news about 
the trip to the Czech Republic.  Hmm I'm interested.  

The tourney was held in Prague.  He said they had three players signed by the 
Slovakian second division team KFC Komarno.  The players are midfield brothers 
Adel Rahman (age 22), and Navid Rahman (age 21) and 20 year old 
Troy Ferreirinha-Boorman (who I looked up on L1O rosters and has not played 
in an L1O game so I expect he's on their U21s).  He said Navid has already 
scored in an exhibition game for Komarno.  Their regular season kicked 
off today.  

Komladi whom I've known since coaching CPSL Mississauga Eagles and 
North York Astros before his L1O days says he's always pushing his players 
to sign contracts in Europe.  He boasts that he's placed more players 
in Europe than all the other coaches in L1O put together.  He said he got
Atiba Hutchinson at age 18 over to Europe.  Also David Simpson and
Jose Melo.  He turns his players over once they turned 24.  

He says players just use "but my parents aren't from Europe/so I can't 
get a European passport" as an excuse.  The Rahman brothers are actually 
of Pakistani heritage.  

I think it's great that he chooses this method balanced against other 
teams bragging about how many scholarships they've ensured for their players.  

This game will have to be rescheduled.   There's still enough time 
in the season that it shouldn't have to go in the archives as a 0-0 tie 
to balance the season standings.  

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca
twitter RocketRobin01

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