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Result of the Sunday September 10, 2017 League 1 Ontario game between Toronto FC III and Windsor TFC Stars
played at the KIA Training Centre in Downsview at 1:00pm.

Toronto FC III (white socks and shirts, blue shorts, red numbers)

.......................1 Gianluca Catalano
23 Riley Ferrazzo...2 Afram Gorgees...5 Rocco Romeo...3 Anthony Osorio
11 Luca Uccello...14 Noble Okello (cpt)...10 Matthew Srbely...13 Luca Petrasso
.............9 Cyrus Rollocks...20 Daniel DaSilva

Subs:...12 Sebastian Sgarbossa (gk)...6 Jordan Faria...8 Christopher Castillo...15 Steven Furlano
...16 Josh Moreira...17 Zakaria Abdi...18 Olakunia Dada-Luke
team officials:...team head coach Danny Dichio...assistant coaches Gianni Cimini, Laurent Guyot, and Phil Boerger
...manager Seth Greenan...therpist Fabian Casal and Kevin Halford

Windsor TFC Stars (all red, white numbers)

......................48 Shervin Mollahassani
20 Griffin Fenton...21 Max Baker-Young...12 Jamar Kelly (cpt)...18 Robert Moy
2 Shihab Al-Khulaidy...5 Chrs Campbell...9 Ganni Ferri...14 Paul Di Meo
...........19 Vladimir Zoksimovski...10 Davide Dipoce

Subs:...22 Markus Aguilar (gk)...3 Chad White...6 Lucas Spadafora...7 Levin Sico
...29 Jayden McTavish
team officials:...team head coach Zibby Piatkiewicz...managers Daryl Muscat and Vancho Cirovski

Game officials:...referee Fabrizio Stassolo...referees assistants John Leuser and Jonathan Atkinson
...fourth official Phil Benevides...(yellow shirts, black shorts and socks)

First Half:...game starts 1:00pm...TFC defends north end on this mild afternoon with a bright sun
in the south with a breeze from the east.
2 min...TFC DaSilva low 18 yard shot from left on run is smothered by goalie.
4 min...TFC Srbely cornerkick from right is out to 25 yards and rolled forward on right but cleared.
5 min...TFC Rollocks cross from right after run is caught by goalie on left post.
6 min...TFC Uccello 18 yard shot on left is stopped by goalie.
7 min...TFC DaSilva 22 yard shot from right is stopped by goalie.
8 min...TFC Uccello receves backheel pass from right and he blasts 15 yarder that hits bar.
9 min...W Di Meo cornerkick from right is low and the eventual recross is called offside.
11 min...TFC Matthew Srbely GOAL...Srbely runs into top right corner of W box and takes low 15 yard
shot from left past sliding goalie Shervin Mollanassani on left post and into right corner of net.
12 min...TFC Uccello 15 yard blast from right is saved by goalie.
13 min...TFC Osorio rolls cross from left at 20 yards to TFC DaSilva who has shot partially blocked
by W Baker-Young and ball rolls to goaolie before TFC Rollocks can get to it at 3 yards.
14 min...TFC Osorio rush to pass to far left and he rolls centering cross which sliding TFC DaSilva and
W Al-Khulaidy both miss at 8 yards and TFC Srbely standing beside them further right shoots 8 yarder forward
which goalie bats wide left on right post. Both sliding players were hurt on play.
15 min...W sub...Spadafora replaces injured Al-Khulaidy.
16 min...TFC Petrasso cornerkick from right has W Kelly leap and head away in crowd of players. The ball is
eventually crossed back in from right and TFC Rollocks heads 8 yarder from left back across box and TFC Romeo
jabs at ball at 6 yards poking it away from goal for TFC DaSilva to shoot low 15 yarder through crowd
of players that goalie dives forward to save.
17 min...TFC Rollocks is given pass at 30 yards and shoots 15 yarder from right that goalie at 8 yards bats
to right. A defender partially clears but TFC Ferrazzo runs up right and shoots 12 yarder over net.
18 min...TFC Petrasso rush on left and his 18 yard shot is wide.
19 min...TFC Uccello cornerkick from right has defender concede cornerkick.
19 min...TFC Uccello cornerkick from right is short. He then crosses into box over players in box.
21 min...TFC Luca Uccello GOAL...Uccello is given ball at 30 yards and runs forward even with
right post and his low 15 yard shot is into left corner of net.
23 min...TFC Uccello 30 yard freekick from left is blocked and rebound cleared by wall of players outside of box.
25 min...TFC Okello threads pass to TFC Rollocks at 25 yards on right for short run but fumbles trying to get
around goalie who smothers at 5 yard line.
26 min...W Di Meo cornerkick from left to W Campbell out at 25 yards on left and he crosses to right post but goalie
catches in front of players waiting for tap-in.
28 min...TFC Ferrazzo cornerkick from left is headed away. TFC player chips to edge of box and TFC Okello
shoots 18 yarder up middle just wide left of post.
30 min...W Ferri breakaway pass received and 22 yard roller up middle has diving goalie push ball wide right of post.
30 min...W player's cornerkick from right is cleared from box.
32 min...Windsor RED card...Jamar Kelly earns a direct ejection from referee Fabrizio Stassolo for pushing down
TFC Luca Uccello near edge of the W box and as he was the last man back, he was sent off.
34 min...TFC Luca Uccello GOAL...Uccello blasts 19 yard freekick from slight left into top right corner of net.
36 min...W goalie dives right at 10 yards to intercept pass meant for TFC Rollocks.
36 min...W sub...White replaces Zoksimovski.
37 min...W Di Meo 15 yard shot deflects off back of TFC Gorgees and over net.
38 min...W Di Meo cornerkick from left is headed away in crowd in box.
38 min...W Rollocks blasts 20 yard freekick from left is well high and wide right of net.
40 min...W YELLOW card...Moy earns it for tripping TFC Rollocks at W 33 yard line.
42 min...TFC Cyrus Rollocks GOAL...TFC Matthew Srbely gives short pass to Rollocks who shoots 12 yarder down
middle that banks in off the right post.
44 min...TFC Daniel DaSilva GOAL...TFC Luca Uccello rolls 22 yarder through ball pass to DaSilva up middle
and he rolls 12 yarder into right corner of net.
45 min...half ends 1:45pm.

Second Half:...starts 1:58pm.
halftime subs:...TFC Sgarbossa replaces Catalano in goal.
.................TFC Furlano replaces Osorio.
.................TFC Faria replaces Uccello.
46 min...W goalie catches cross from 25 yards. W goalie then dives to stop 30 yard roller up middle.
52 min...TFC Faria makes short run on left low cross has TFC Okello shoot 18 yard roller that diving
goalie smothers on right post.
53 min...TFC Daniel DaSilva GOAL...DaSilva receives chipped cross from TFC Steven Furlano on right
and blasts 8 yarder up middle into top left of net.
54 min...TFC DaSilva receives through ball pass up middle at 22 yards and rounds goalie but tangles over
himself at 12 yards near endline trying to beat defender and ball rolls over end line.
55 min...TFC Steven Furlano GOAL...TFC Luca Petrasso on right edge of 6 yard box rolls cross
to TFC Cyrus Rollocks who taps ball back to Furlano who blasts 12 yarder that deflects off
defender at 6 yards and into left side of net as goalie dives right.
57 min...TFC Petrasso shoots 18 yarder up middle just wide right.
58 min...TFC Furlano gets pass on right but TFC Faria steps in front of him and blasts 12 yarder over
net on tip off defender.
59 min...TFC Petrasso cornerkick from right is headed away on right side of box.
60 min...W sub...Aguilar replaces Mollahassani.
.........TFC sub...Castillo replaces Srbely.
61 min...TFC Faria cornerkick from left is cleared on left post.
62 min...TFC Cyrus Rollocks GOAL...TFC Steven Furlano pass from 30 yards on right finds
TFC Jordan Faria rushing at 10 yard line on left and his low cross along 6 yard line has Rollocks charge
in for tap-in.
64 min...TFC Petrasso low 22 yard shot from rght is smothered by goalie.
65 min...TFC Daniel DaSilva GOAL...TFC Jordan Faria cross from 15 yards on left has DaSilva
stop ball and blasts 12 yarder into top center of net.
66 min...TFC Rollocks 22 yard shot up middle has goalie stop point blank at 15 yards.
68 min...TFC Ferrazzo cornerkick from left is knocked around on edge of box then shot high wide left of net.
68 min...TFC Furlano blasts 20 yarder from right just wide left.
69 min...TFC Rollocks turns defender nside out at 20 yards and blasts into right side of net but play
is called offside.
72 min...TFC Okello is tapped back pass and 28 yarder down middle is caught by goalie.
72 min...TFC Petrasso is injured at W 20 yard line.
74 min...TFC sub...Dada-Luke replaces injured Petrasso.
75 min...TFC Dada-Luke blasts 15 yarder off right goal post and gets follow up scissor kick deflects for cornerkick.
76 min...TFC Ferrazzo blasts 22 yarder that goalie palms away from top left corner.
77 min...TFC Rollocks 22 yard shot that's stopped by sliding goalie.
77 min...TFC Rollocks chips 20 yarder lands on top of net.
78 min...TFC player's shot from 25 yards is stopped by sprawling goalie. TFC Romeo wins cornerkick on rebound
that defender clears on line.
79 min...TFC Faria turns and blasts 20 yarder through defenders and goalie pushes wide left.
81 min...W Ferri cornerkick from left is over players in box.
82 min...W goalie smothers ball before TFC Faria can get to it at 15 yards on left.
83 min...TFC Ferrazzo cornerkick from left is upfield for TFC Okello and attempt wasted after many passes.
85 min...TFC Steven Furlano GOAL...TFC Jordan Faria sends in low cross from 15 yards near left end line
has Furlano put 4 yard tap-in on right post.
87 min...TFC DaSilva blasts 25 yarder through traffic and flying goalie pushes wide right.
88 min...W goalie charges to 15 yards to smother through ball.
89 min...W goalie beats TFC Rollocks to grab through ball at 12 yards.
90 min...TFC DaSilva blasts 25 yarder up middle high and wide right.
91 min...TFC Cyrus Rollocks GOAL...TFC Daniel DaSilva touches pass to Rollocks and he shoots low
from 12 yards on right to low left corner of net.
91 min...game ends 2:44pm.

Final Score:...Toronto FC III....11...Windsor TFC Stars...0..

Attendance was about 60 on this warm day with a bright sun 
from the south. There is hardly any breeze which is a surprise 
at this usually gusty venue.

Referee Fab Stassolo gave out only one Yellow card 
(to Windsor) besides the Red. The game was a shooting 
gallery for TFC right from the beginning. TFC head 
coach Danny Dichio even yelled out "Noooo, referee!" 
when the Windsor player was Red carded. He answered 
me later that it wasn't a reckless challenge and the 
visiting team had come five hours to get here. He didn't 
blame the referee because those are the rules. I felt 
he wanted to play 11 v 11 for a better test for his players.

There were a few injuries. Windsor had to replace 
injured Shihab Al-Khulaidy with Lucas Spadafora at only 
the 15 minute mark. 74 minutes had TFC replace 
Luca Petrasso with Olakunie Dada-Luke. Luca Petrasso 
is the brother of Canadian national team player 
of Michael Petrasso who we saw play last Saturday 
against Jamaica. I have a few match reports of Michael 
playing in the TFC Academy in 2011. If you read carefully 
below you'll see I mention two Osorio brothers who are 
with the TFC programs besides national team 
player Jonathan.

I have watched Windsor come to the GTA with not enough 
players this season. A ten man team is the main reason 
Toronto Skillz won their first game of the year 
last month. Today they had a starting eleven and listed 
five on the bench. (I only counted four). Of course 
it's the quality of the players that also has a effect. 
W officials said they'd lost 14 players to University 
teams. An L1O official said the entire University 
of Windsor starting eleven were from the L1O team.

There's been gradual changes in players to the 
Toronto FC III team too. This season TFC does not have 
a PDL team so they had university players on their 
L1O club. Thanks to head coach Danny Dichio for helping 
me fill in the blanks for the 'where is...?' questions 
I had. Midfielder Kota Sakurai is away at Dartmouth 
in New Hampshire. Forward Ethan Beckford has started 
at Penn State. Goalie Brogan Engbers is at Libery 
University (in Virginia). He said they have more 
players at Canadian Universities...Nicholas Osorio, 
Nikola Stakic, Marko Mandekic are with University 
of Toronto while Andrew Dias, and Robert Boskovic 
are attending Ryerson University (in downtown Toronto). 
Also defender Julian Dunn-Johnson and midfielder 
Dante Campbell have moved up to TFC II (USL).

To make up today's numbers, TFC III had two regulars 
from TFC II who had 'moved down' to get playing time 
while they recover from injury—Luca Uccello (three 
goals and he only played the first half!) 
and Anthony Osorio.

Uccello's freekick was right out of the Sebastian 
Giovinco book. I wonder how close they work with 
the first team?

Both Windsor goalies had to make some spectacular 
saves or the game could have been doubled. There were 
times that the action was so fast I couldn't write 
it all down. Official league stats listed TFC 
out-shooting Windsor with 'shots on goal' as 15 to 1.

There isn't usually music played during any L1O game 
(before the game and during halftime is normal) but 
we could hear music from a TFC staff, players and 
family picnic. When I got here today, the TFC II squad 
(who I watched last night at BMO Field play New York 
Red Bulls II) were still practicing two fields over. 
Next Saturday I may be here at something similar 
(depends on lottery between TFC season seat 
holders—I didn't 'win' last year). I wonder if after 
the national anthem was played the speakers were 
dismantled and carted away to provide the sound 
system for the party. Just as well as this would 
have been even more humiliating for Windsor. There's 
no scoreboard here.

The win improves TFC III's record to 11 wins, 
4 losses, 2 ties for 35 points and a tie for third 
in the eight team Western Conference.

They have one more win than Sigma so are listed 
first. Oakville holds the West playoff berth for 
the championship against the East with 48 points (
late afternoon game update) with only four more 
weeks to go.

Windsor's record falls to 5 wins, 9 losses, 
4 ties for 19 points and they are sixth in the West.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca
twitter @RocketRobin01

Toronto FC starters

Windsor TFC Stars starters

Windsor Vladimir Zoksimovski (19) takes opening kickoff.

Windsor goalie smothers ball.

TFC Luca Uccello (11) will send this freekick into top corner of net.

Windsor Gianni Ferri (9) charges up for freekick.

TFC Cyrus Rollocks (9) takes second half kickoff.

TFC Jordan Faria (6) charges in on break up left.

TFC Christopher Castillo (8) charges up middle.

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