October 2, 2021 League1 Ontario Men's Premier--1812 FC Barrie vs North Toronto Nitros game report (by Rocket Robin)

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Result and details of the Saturday October 2, 2021 League1 Ontario game between 1812 FC Barrie and North Toronto Nitros
played at Terry Fox Stadium in Brampton at 6:30pm.

1812 Barrie FC (all red uniforms, white numbers)

.....................18 Quillan Roberts
.........21 Ilelabola Avolonto...5 Tyler Miranda...7 Darren Gertiesingh
17 Estevan Carles...8 Navid Rahman (cpt)...4 Moses Toe...11 Ali El-Zeir...6 Markell Saddler
.............9 Johnson Amoo...10 Adel Rahman

Subs:...3 Andrew Misner...13 Frank-William Andreacchi...16 Youssef Zaghloul...19 Victor Frohmann
...22 Gregory Moulopoulos
team officials:...team head coach Trevor Guy...assistant coach Carlos Pereira...manager Casey Telford
...therapist Kyle Poland

North Toronto Nitros (green socks and shirts, black shorts, white names and numbers)

.....................99 Daniel Delo
........24 Barry Khan...5 Alessandro Farigone...17 Daniel Casa (cpt)
31 Christian Ferlisi...28 Matthew Lee...27 Aidan Hugo...34 Zahith Silva Fonseca
..........3 Easa Alex...30 Ryan Campbell...1 Joshua Solomon

Subs:...22 Alessandro Farigran...25 Coulter Delagran...38 Nima Khodaii...--Djordje Milanovic
...--Quinton Chung
team officials:...team head coach Marko Milanovic...assistant coaches Aloysius Adolf, Billy Watson, Marc Maunder
Sam Gevaux, and Shawn Sawyers

Game officials:...referee Timothy Wong...referee's assistants Amanda Kwan and Daniel Gianotti
...fourth official Adam Chorazyczewski...(all black uniforms)

First Half:...game starts 6:35pm...1812 defends west end on this overcast evening with the setting sun not a factor.
25 seconds...1812 FC Ali El-Zeir GOAL...An 1812 player runs down the right and centers a pass along the end line.
El-Zeir taps the ball into the center of the net from 3 yards.
2 min...B Saddler run up left and rolls cross to center but defnder clears from box.
3 min...B Adel Rahman run up middle and rolls pass to B Saddler on left and 15 yard roller is smothered by goalie.
4 min...NTN Farigone 45 yard f reekick from right has NTN Fonseca on left end line bounce header from 6 yards into outside
mesh of net.
5 min...B Navid Rahman cuts to middle and 15 yard shot is between players and caught by flying goalie.
14 min...B YELLOW card...El-Zeir earns it for kick at NTN Casa at NTN 30 yard line injurying him in midsection.
16 min...NTN Hugo 40 yard freekick from near right sideline hits charging NTN Solomon in back and deflects back for
defenders to clear.
17 min...B Amoo blasts 25 yarder on left between players and sprawling goalie saves. B Gertiesingh was in for rebound
but is flagged offside.
18 min...NTN Solomon eludes defender on right but goalie is out to edge of box to collect bouncer.
19 min...NTN Hugo long run on left includes give and go with NTN Solomon and Solomon cross deflects off defender and Hugo
shoots 8 yarder that looks it's off the bar and out of play.
20 min...NTN Ferlisi chips 15 yard shot from right that's caught by goalie.
20 min...B Saddler and B Adel Rahman can't get by two defenders at 15 yards and ball rolls for goalie to pick up.
21 min...1812 FC Johnson Amoo GOAL...Amoo on run eludes a defender at 15 yards and taps ball from left into right
corner of net beyond goalie Daniel Delo.
23 min...NTN Solomon blasts 25 yard shot well over net.
27 min...Multi NTN players can't get ball into box along left end line.
28 min...B Gertiesingh bends 30 yard shot from left that goalie catches in crowd of players at 5 yards on right post.
30 min...B Saddler can't connect of diving header at 6 yards n low cross from right. B Amoo cross from left is then called offside.
32 min...B goalie is out to 22 yards on right to beat NTN to through ball.
33 min...NTN YELLOW card...Solomon earns it for slide for loose ball as goalie was smothering it at 3 yards on right post.
37 min...NTN Solomon 30 yard freekick from left is blocked by player on left side of box.
41 min...NTN Hugo 45 yard freekick has B Miranda heads over own net with two guys behind him.
42 min...NTN Solomon cornerkick from left is over players in box and bounces over end line.
44 min...B player rushes up right and defender rolls over endline.
45 min...B Carles cornerkick from right has defender head away.
46 min...half ends 7:21pm.

Second Half:...starts 7:36pm.
47 min...NTN Solomon cross from right is between defenders in 6 yard box and out left side.
49 min...NTN Casa makes key clearance retreating from edge of box preventing a tap-in.
50 min...1812 FC Darren Gertiesingh GOAL...Gertiesingh blasts 22 yarder from left into top right corner of net
beyond flying goalie.
53 min...1812 FC Johnson Amoo GOAL...1812 Markell Saddler after run up wing crosses from near left end line
which gets past goalie on near post and Amoo taps in a 1 yarder.
55 min...B Avolonto gets away with check knocking over charging NTN player on the sideline.
57 min...B sub...Moulopoulos replaces Navid Rahman. Adel Rahman becomes the captain.
59 min...NTN Campbell is squeezed off ball on edge of box on 1 on 2 rush.
60 min...B players blasts 25 yarder from left is well over net.
61 min...B sub...Zaghloul replaces El-Zeir.
............NTN sub...Arezina replaces Alex.
62 min...1812 FC Darren Gertiesingh knocks over an NTN player rushing for the net and referee Timothy Wong awards
NTN a Penalty kick.
63 min...NTN Aidan Hugo rolls Penalty kick down the middle and goalie Quillan Roberts sprawls and makes an easy save.
67 min...B YELLOW card...Avolonto earns it for tripping NTN Solomon on 1 on 4 rush.
67 min...NTN Farigone 22 yard freekick around player wall but caught by goalie on bounce in center of net.
68 min...NTN goalie is out to 30 yards on right to clear through ball.
70 min...NTN Zahith Silva Fonseca GOAL...Fonseca receives ball on the left and bends an inward turning 30 yard shot
into the top right corner of net with the goalie 10 yards off his line.
73 min...NTN player's cornerkick from right has NTN Solomon head ball down. NTN Hugo gets 12 yard shot from right
that goalie sprawls to catch on right post.
75 min...NTN Fonseca receives 60 yard freekick from right behind defender and 28 yard shot from left is caught by goalie.
77 min...NTN Hugo 35 yard chip from left has NTN Solomon step in front at 15 yards to skip-tip ball but goalie still catches.
79 min...NTN Solomon is injured at 40 yard line.
80 min...NTN sub...Khodaii replaces injured Solomon before play resumes.
81 min...B sub...Frohmann replaces Adel Rahman. Amoo now becomes captain.
82 min...NTN Fonseca breaks out of left corner and passes out ball. NTN Khodaii 15 yard shot has goalie bat ball away
on tap left corner for cornerkick.
84 min...NTN Hugo 45 yard freekick from left has goalie step to right to catch in front of charging NTN forward.
85 min...B sub...Andreacchi replaces Saddler.
86 min...B sub...Sadeghi replaces Avolonto.
86 min...NTN Fonseca is injured on sideline near center line.
88 min...NTN Fonseca short run to left end line and rolls 12 yarder and goalie dives forward to smother.
92 min...B YELLOW card...Moulopoulos earns it for tripping NTN Hugo at 45 yard line.
93 min...NTN YELLOW card...Khan earns it for foul.
95 min...B Andreacchi long run down right and eludes defender and on end line chips goalie on end line into 6 yard box
and defender clears.
96 min...game ends 8:27pm.

Final Score:....1812 FC Barrie........4.......North Toronto Nitros.......1.........

Attendance was about 60 on this relatively mild evening—certainly not what we deserve for the first week
of October. A windbreaker was not necessary. Tough to pick up a fan base as 1812 has been forced
to play 105 km away from Georgian College because of the school making a decision to restrict access
because of the pandemic back in July when the league was preparing their schedule and made it season
long instead of just taking it weeks or months at a time. Downsview, home of NTN, a sub-suburb of the
northern part of Toronto would have found this place only a 32 km drive. I've considered that 1812 players
being an 'all star' team put together from other L1O teams at least this season has more players living
in the GTA than up in Barrie anyway.

This game was almost over in the first minute. I was waiting for the doors to come off but NTN held
on to leave the first half with a respectable score—down by only two. They played much better in the
second half and made Quillan Roberts make some tough saves—but that Penalty kick wasn't even a challenge.

Nitros drew a Yellow card at 33 minutes for Joshua Solomon sliding for a loose ball at 3 yards on the
right post just as Roberts was smothering it. 1812 must have drawn a sigh as Roberts eventually got up
to continue. He is still the only goalie they have under contract even now, ten weeks into the season.

Nitros roster has gotten even younger than last week. Two 2002s and everyone else is 2003 and 2004.
This team has none of it's Ryerson University players who would have returned to school by Week 2
if not sooner. These boys are high schoolers. I attended Ryerson back in the late 1970s before it was
a university. It was nicknamed 'Rye High' because it accepted students 'too stupid' to get into
University of Toronto or York University. Maybe next year with a late April start they can use their
Ryerson players during the summer and fizzle in the September playoffs with their youngsters.
This hybrid season is one of the reasons why Alliance United and others elected to not play at the
'Premier League' division level this year.

I've got to thank fourth official Adam Chorozyczewiki for letting me take a picture of the game sheets.
Tonight neither team had made extra copies to give to 'the media'. The league says teams are to make
eight copies and give three to the game officials. The eighth copy goes to the media. I always say
if someone from the CBC comes to the game I'll give up my copy then smirk as I'm all that ever turns up.
Not the end of the world as I have to handwrite it out at home adding 30 minutes but while the game is on
it's a bunch of numbers running around. Someone said I should talk to NTN's Rahbar Wahed Khan for being
called up to the Bangladesh National team. Might have been interesting as brothers Navid and Adel Rahman
have played for the Pakistani national team. If this was before 1949 that would be the same team if soccer
had been as organized back then. It looked like Khan wasn't here tonight. Defender 'Barry Khan' is a 2003
which is much younger than the 25 year old callup mentioned in the article. He was just #24 until
I got home. Once again, if I can't see their names until I get home, no story!

I'd also like to thank NTN coach Marko Milanovic for helping me sort out the scorer of their second goal
last weekend. It was Alexander Arezina who did wear #41. The game sheets had him listed as #22.
I had no #41. The league had Arezina as a halftime sub but I saw him come in at 64 minutes. Tonight he
had his #22 jersey back.

Nitros are the only team I've seen this year that have names on the back of their jerseys. Only problem
is some of the players have left the team and so a replacement ends up with that jersey. Christian Ferlisi
is about the best...his #31 has the numeral '3' about half peeled off so it may not hold out to the end
of the season. Best player talent wise is #1 Joshua Solomon a forward which is a first for me while
goaltender Daniel Delo wears #99.

1812 improves their record to 4 wins, 4 losses and is in third place in the East. Their social media has
given up on winning the conference with two losses to first place Vaughan Azzurri but they can still catch
Masters FA. They have a midweek make up game against Masters—I was at their game August 28th that was
postponed because of thunderstorms.

NTN's record falls to 1 win, 6 losses, 1 tie for sixth place although because they've played one more game
than Woodbridge who also have four points, NTN is listed as seventh ie last in the East.

1812 FC Barrie starters