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August 7, 2021 League1 Ontario Men's Premier--Masters FA vs Unionville Milliken SC game report (by Rocket Robin)

Masters FA (all red, white numbers and shoulders)

.....................00 Daniel Buckley
3 Justin Robertson...5 Anthony Wright...6 Eddy Dabire...13 Terrell Spencer
Jayden Meikle 17 Yasin Shahwan...20 Jaime Peters...12 Stefan Nikolic...11 Osman Hussein
................7 Francis Ameyaw...14 Triston Frankson

Subs:...1 Spiridon Koskinos (gk)...2 Atif Ali...4 Adam Waithe...8 Samer Hamade
...10 Devonte Brown...15 Mark Jankovic...18 Ray Jean-Marquis...19 Amichia Christian Eric Romeo
...30 Jayden Meikle
team officials:...team head coach Rick Titus...assistant coach Devon Porter...manager Hubert Groves

Unionville Milliken SC (black socks, shorts, and numbers, white shirts)

......................1 Aubrey Lowe
9 Saif Jaffer...2 Hans-Conny Chery...5 Jacob Begley...12 Justin Irwin
............6 Daniel Rafisami...7 Trivine Espirit...8 Elijah Lorenc-Clarke
.......21 Jordale Byers...10 Tre Crosby...11 Christopher Campoli

Subs:...1 Chimdubem Onyeka (gk)...3 Andrew Oh...4 Nicholas Assadourian...13 Christopher Badibengi
...14 Aidan Costillo...15 Alexandre Dacunha...17 Matthew Perovic...18 Jorge Gamas...22 Rasa Alibolandi
team officials:...team head coach Peyvand Mossavat...manager Moses Kgasa

Game officials:...referee Karim Zardi...referee's assistants Twayne Anderson and Daniel Boduryan
...fourth official Michelle Kwan...(all black uniforms)

First Half:...game starts 8:04pm...Masters defends south end. The DJ played music throughout the game.
1 min...Masters Hussein freekick from 25 yards on left is cleared by defender.
2 min...Masters Frankson cornerkick from right is short to Masters Spencer who crosses over box.
5 min...Masters Frankson cross from left across 6 yard box and cleared by defender.
8 min...Masters Ameyaw holds off two defenders on run on box and eventually is knocked over.
14 min...Masters Nikolic on 5 on 3 rush and UM Chery slides to check him off ball at 20 yards in middle.
15 min...UM Irwin leaves field injured hopping and needs Masters physio like he did before the game.
17 min...UM sub...Assadourian replaces injured Irwin.
18 min...Masters Frankson 22 yard freekick up middle has goalie fly and palm ball away from top left corner of net.
19 min...Masters Nikolic cornerkick from right has Masters Dabire pop header from 15 yards in crowd of players over net.
20 min...UM Chery 20 yard shot from right is bent around behind net.
22 min...Masters Shahwan rush on right and cross into box has goalie pick up ball after players in box head ball down.
23 min...Masters Nikolic cornerkick from right wins another cornerkick.
23 min...Masters Nikolic and Masters Robertson try a short cornerkick from right but play is wasted when not crosses into box.
24 min...Masters player's shot from right end line has goalie on near post parry ball into 6 yard box and ends with Masters
player's bicycle kick shot that's wide left.
25 min...Masters Frankson is rolled pass and blasts 8 yard shot from left that sprawling goalie on near post pushed wide near post.
26 min...Masters Spencer cornerkick from left is over players in box and out end line on right.
27 min...UM sub...Dacunha replaces Rafisami.
29 min...Masters Nikolic cornerkick from right is high and popeed up header on edge of 18 yard box.
30 min...UM player on break on left shoots 22 yarder well over net.
31 min...UM Crosby rolls centering pass and UM Dacunha shoots roller up middle wide left of post.
34 min...Masters Peters 35 yard shot up middle has Masters Ameyaw put leg up at 20 yards and tip ball to goalie.
36 min...UM DaCunha is set up on left edge of box but has two shots blocked.
38 min...Masters Nikolic 28 yard freekick from left near sideline is cleared in box.
39 min...Masters Nikolic 25 yard freekick from slight left is blasted into player wall and his rebound is chipped is cleared on edge
of 18 yard box.
40 min...UnMill Tre Crosby GOAL...UM Christopher Campoli steps forward and intercepts pass at 30 yards
and races down to right side of box and rolls pass to left for Crosby who rolls 12 yarder under sliding goalie
Daniel Buckley.
42 min...UM Chery 55 yard cross from right has goalie catch on left side of box in front of UM forward.
44 min...Masters sub...Ali replaces Nikolic.
49 min...half ends 8:53pm.

Second Half:...starts 9:11pm.
Halftime subs:...Masters Koskinas replaces Buckley in goal.
....................Masters Hamade replaces Hussein.
....................Masters Brown replaces Shahwan.
46 min...Masters Spencer cornerkick from right has Masters Dabire head from 8 yards on right and defender leaps and heads
away from top right corner of net.
51 min...Masters Frankson breaks in on left but runs it over end line before he can cross.
55 min...UM YELLOW card...Espirit earns it for tripping Masters Robertson at Masters 40 yard line.
56 min...UM YELLOW card...Jaffer earns it for ankle stop on Masters player near left UM cornerflag.
57 min...Masters player takes freekick from left over to right side of UM box. A cross is then centered and a Masters player's
blasts 12 yarder that's blocked by defender.
59 min...UM Crosby intercepts pass and rolls pass forward to UM Campoli up left and he crosses over open player in box.
61 min...Masters sub...Jankovic replaces Peters.
.........UM sub...Badibengi replaces Byers.
62 min...UM Campoli cornerkick from left is well over players in box and bounces out for throw-in.
67 min...UM Lorenc-Clarke cross from 25 yards on left is caught by goalie.
68 min...Masters goalie punches up cross from right into 6 yard box and catches it when it comes down.
69 min...YELLOW card is given out for knock down at UM 40 yard line. (I wrote it down as UM Dacunha but the L1O website
has Masters Ali earning a card at sometime in the game).
69 min...Masters Spencer 50 yard freekick into crowd of players on left side of box and is headed wide left.
70 min...Masters Frankson takes pass behind four defenders and rolls 20 yarder from left that goalie slides to smother at 6 yards
in center of box.
72 min...Masters sub...Meikle replaces Ameyaw.
73 min...UM player takes 35 yard freekick from right that has UM Christopher Campoli head ball from left across 6 yard box.
MFA Mark Jankovic chests it down and taps ball back to goalie Spiridon Koskinos who picks up ball. Referee Karim Zardi
calls for a direct freekick and gives the goalie a Yellow card for argueing call.
74 min...UnMill Christopher Campoli GOAL...With three UM players lined up at all angles to take the freekick,
Campoli steps up and blasts shot into top right corner of net over heads of ten man wall on goal line.
75 min..UM sub...Perovic replaces Jaffer.
78 min...Masters Spencer 45 yard freekick chip is headed away on edge of 18 yard box.
79 min...Masters Wright is injured on Masters end line and needs trainer and leaves game.
81 min...Masters player's cross from right to left side of box starts header ping pong between players but finally ball is cleared.
82 min...Masters sub...Jean-Marquis replaces injured Wright.
84 min...Masters Jean-Marquis cross from right has charging Robertson miss header as he may have been pushed away but wins cornerkick.
85 min...Masters player's cornerkick from right is cleared from box.
86 min...Masters Frankson gets by defender on right side of box but pushes ball too far ahead and goalie picks up.
87 min...UM Perovic is injured at Masters 30 yard line.
88 min...UM player's freekick from 30 yard line at right sideline is tapped around to waste time and wins throw-in.
89 min...UM YELLOW card...Perovic earns it for timewasting.
89 min...Masters Meikle high cross after run down right is well over empty box.
90 min...UM sub...Oh replaces Chery.
...........UM sub...Gamas replaces Crosby.
92 min...Masters Jean-Marquis is injured on Masters left end line and leaves field. Master's are out of subs.
95 min...UM Lorenc-Clarke on left is alone shoots 12 yarder past goalie but Masters defender gets back to stop at 2 yards on near post.
96 min...game ends 10:02pm.

Final Score:....Masters FA......0......Unionville Milliken SC........2.......

Unionville Milliken pick up their first win of the season to go with last week's tie against Darby FC. Their team has changed
quite a lot from the 2019 season with more young players. Gone are the older players from York Region Shooters brought over
by the owner (Tony DeThomasis) of that team when he withdrew from the outlawed Canadian Soccer League and partnered with
the UM youth teams. I'd been answered that DeThomasis no longer has any involvement with UM. Peyvant Mossavat is the new manager.
I've followed him over the years since his playing days with Toronto Lynx back in the 1990s and last I saw of him just two seasons ago
he was coaching a women's team before one of these men's L1O team started.

Master's record evens out at 1 win, 1 loss. Toight there were times when they dominated especially in the first half but
couldn't score then a mistake led to Unionville taking the lead and doubling it late in the game on another defensive miscue.

Post game interview with Unionville-Milliken SC head coach Peyvant Mossavat (audio by Rocket Robin)

Note: Christopher Campoli and Daniel Rafisami were the two CPL-USport picks in 2020 draft.
Tonight Rafisami started but had to be replaced at 27 minutes with some kind of leg injury.

My questions: What are your thoughts of tonight's game?
How about the peformance of York United FC draft picks Christopher Campoli and Danial Rafisami playing for UM tonight?
Will these two still be going to Ontario Institute of Technology?
How did you get this post (with UM)?
Please comment on how dominant the old Toronto Olympians were back in the day.

Masters starters

Unionville Milliken starters

Unionville Milliken Jordale Byers (21) takes opening kickoff.

Masters Terrell Spencer (13) takes freekick.

Action near Unionville Milliken bench.

More action near Unionville Milliken bench.

Masters Triston Frankson (14) and Stefan Nikolic (12) line up freekick.

Masters Francis Ameyaw (7) takes second half kickoff.

Unionville Milliken Christopher Campoli (11) will score on this freekick from 8 yards high to top right corner.

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