September 17, 2018 League 1 Ontario--Oakville Blue Devils vs Darby FC game review (from League 1 Ontario website)

Brace For Armstrong As Oakville Finish Season With 4-0 Win Over Darby
09/17/2018, 1:45pm EDT
By Kacian Whyte

Oakville Blue Devils wrapped up their regular season on Sunday with a resounding 4-0 victory
over Darby FC, securing third spot in the play-off zone.

A scorching hot turf set the scene as Blue Devils faced off against the white and navy blue
side Darby FC. The match kicked off with Darby's possessions of the ball, but was quickly
overturned as Oakville seized control of the game.

Despite's Oakville's efforts to break through Darby's back-line, the Darby defence proved
to be effective for much of the first half as they successfully managed to shut down attacks
led by Oakville's speedster and Golden Boot leading striker, Anthony Novak.

First half goals did not come until Tyriq Armstrong (42', 45' + 2') showed his own blistering
pace to score two very similar goals. The highlight of the two was Armstrong managing to carry
the ball from half, beat two defenders, and fire the ball home from the right corner
of the 18 yard box. Oakville went into half-time with a comfortable 2-0 lead.

The goals continued into the second half as half-time substitute Judah Hernandez (57')
secured the insurance goal after a give-and-go with captain Filip Vilela.

Less than two minutes later, Vilela (58') came back to extend the lead 4-0 and leave no doubt
of the victory for Oakville.

Oakville finish league regular play with a record of 10-1-5. Joint-second in the table
on points with FC London, Oakville will go into the play-offs in third position given the
first league tiebreaker of number of wins in regular season (Blue Devils 10 to FC London 11)

Darby continue their pursuit of the playoff zone with just one point needed from their final
two regular season matches.

Darby will next host Sigma FC on September 19 (8 p.m.) at the Whitby Soccer Centre, Whitby.

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