August 29, 2021 League 1 Ontario Men's Premier Division...Vaughan Azzurri vs Unionville Milliken SC (game report by Rocket Robin)

Result and details of the Sunda August 29, 2021 League1 Ontario Men's Premier League game between
Vaughan Azzurri and Unionville Milliken SC scheduled to be played at North Maple Regional Park in Maple 
at 8:30pm.     
  
This game was never started because of thunder and lightning in the distance.  I should have seen this 
coming as I had to pull my car onto a parking lot of a small business on the drive up there because 
I couldn't see where I was going despite the wipers on full.

I thought the storm had passed through when I restarted my drive but it would get worse.  The players 
on Vaughan had their warmups in an unused field as a community group were playing on the main field.  
I got a copy of the game day rosters from each team so went over to the stands of the main field expecting 
protection under one of the shelters like a plastic overhead canopy shaped like a beach umbrella.  
It didn't offer much protection from the splashing off the concrete.  Then I made my way to my car holding 
my own umbrella from turning inside out in the gusts of wind.  The rain ruined the business cards in my back 
pocket and proof of vaccination papers (I made extra copies in case this happened) and even my phone said 
it had taken on moisture and needed hours before it would let me transfer files and recharge it. 

I didn't officially know the game was called off until the next day but the parking lot was emptying 
out and I'm pretty sure some
of those cars were driven by players.  

This would have made a good day if I'd seen both the two best teams in the West (Blue Devils 
and Guelph United) and tonight's game with the two best teams in the East. 

No pictures tonight as by the time I thought about it, I would have risk camera damage.
 

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