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June 23, 2023 League1 Ontario...Darby FC vs Guelph United game report (by Rocket Robin)
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Result and details of the Friday June 23, 2023 League1 Ontario Men's Premier Division game between
Darby FC and Guelph United played at Whitby Soccer Centre Dome in Whitby at 8:00pm.
Darby FC (all navy uniforms, white numbers, yellow trim)
........................1 Matt Zaikos (cpt)
12 Dylan Campbell...16 Colin Reilly...15 Julian Gonzalez...2 Abdi Hamad
18 Matthew Perovic...47 Roberto Ccalos Edic...20 Michael Maiorano...7 Caleb Pierce
..............10 Kashiff Collins...9 Christopher Badibengi
Subs:...22 Kevon Grant (gk)...4 Michael Dirienzo...8 Logan Forster...11 Guedei Djimi
...13 Erion Metaj...21 Lucas Carvalho
team officials:...team head coach Hermann Kingue...assistant coaches Christopher Reilly and Patrick Tobo
...therapist Devon Jarrett
suspended player Tyler Sukovski
Guelph United (all white uniforms, black numbers)
........................1 Carter Robart
........4 Amardo Oakley (cpt)...22 Zachary Ellis-Hayden...5 Harvey Marchant
2 Anthony Ostrun...10 Jack Sears...21 Gray Yates...16 Camilo Vasconcelos...3 Colin Gander
.....................12 Milan Beader...11 Leo Shrimpton
Subs:...20 Daniel Novak (gk)...7 Parmpreet Johal...8 Welsey Cain...9 Jared Agyemang
...17 Damian Truong...18 Arman Moghadasi...19 Cedric MacNay
team officials:...team head coach Justin Springer...assistant coach Andrew Agyare-Tabbi
...equipment manager Edward Krasovsky...therapist Estee Black
Game officials:...referee Kevin McEleney...referee's assistant Daniel Jacob and Martin Harrison
...fourth official Ryan Schwenger...(chartreuse socks and shirts, black shorts)
First Half:...game starts 8:01pm...Darby defends east end of this indoor dome.
3 min...GU Vasconcelos taps ball across to FU Beader for low 12 yard blast which sprawling goalie saves on right post.
Darby defender kicks rebound behind end line.
4 min...GU player's cornerkick from right has defender head over players in box.
4 min...GU Yates cornerkick from left has leaping GU Beader not able to turn header at 10 yards on right.
5 min...GU Gander 30 yard freekick from right is over bar.
8 min...Darby Badibengi can't win Penalty kick on push over on right side of GU box.
9 min...GU Vasconcelos long run for through ball on left and low centering cross just ahead of charging GU Shrimpton at 7 yards.
14 min...Darby Badibengi throw-in from right corner has Darby Perovic slip and push ball over end line on right.
15 min...Darby Collins taps pass at 30 yards to Darby Badibengi who runs down middle and cuts left to round defender but
blasts 20 yarder well high and wide left of goal.
18 min...GU Sears backheel pass gives GU Shrimpton a clear shot at 15 yards and he shoots just over bar.
19 min...GU defenders prevent shot after Darby Badibengi's centering pass on right edge of box.
20 min...GU goalie is out to top right corner of box to beat Darby Hamad getting to ball after Darby Edic sky ball pass from 55 yards.
22 min...Darby Reilly 55 yard freekick from right has goalie catch near left end line in between Darby players waiting to head ball
into 6 yard box.
24 min...Darby Reilly 25 yard freekick on right edge of box has GU Oakley head over net.
25 min...Darby Edic cornerkick from left has Darby Gonzalez head 5 yarder forward that flying goalie catches on right side of net.
27 min...GU Gander centers 45 yard pass to FU Beader but Darby Reilly retreats to poke ball away before he can take 10 yard shot.
30 min...GU Vasconcelos cross forward from 35 yards on left catches GU Shrimpton for one-touch midair volley that tips off
defender and flying goalie catches on right post.
33 min...Darby Badibengi runs ball over end line on right trying to get around defender.
34 min...Darby Perovic blast from 25 yards on right wins cornerkick on deflection.
35 min...Darby Edic cornerkick from left is over players in box and wide right on bounce for goalkick.
35 min...GU Marchant sends long pass up left. GU Gander crosses low into box and GU Beader shot from right has goalie deflect
wide on right post for cornerkick.
36 min...Guelph Milan Beader GOAL...GU Colin Gander cornerkick from right has defender in box deflect ball and Beader
shoots 10 yarder from right into top left corner of net beyond goalie Matt Zaikos.
38 min...Darby Edic 25 yard freekick up middle is blasts into player wall. The rebound deflects to a Darby player at 22 yards
and his shot is also blocked.
39 min...GU Gander 45 yard freekick from left is headed away on edge of box.
40 min...Darby Edic blasts centered ball at 25 yards up middle and off defender that deflects over net.
41 min...Darby Edic cornerkick from right is out to Darby Hamad and his 25 yard shot has defender concede cornerkick.
46 min...GU Vanconcelos blast off Darby defender at 30 yards on left deflects to goalie for pick up at top left of box.
46 min...half ends 8:46pm.
Halftime: Both teams' subs warms up with lots of kids playing on the field at both goals and in the center circle as well.
Second Half:...starts 9:02pm.
49 min...Darby Badibengi tries to round defenders in middle and ends up with 20 yard roller that goalie smothers.
52 min...Darby Reilly 55 yard cross from left has goalie catch in 6 yard box under Darby Collins leaping over him.
54 min...Guelph Gander 28 yard freekick from right has Guelph player deflect ball wide left of net in crowd of players.
55 min...Darby YELLOW card...Maiorano earns it for knock over Guelph Shrimpton at Darby 30 yard line.
56 min...Guelph Gander 30 yard freekick from right has Guelph Ostrun facing him duck and head 10 yarder wide left of post.
57 min...Darby sub...Dirienzo replaces Hamad.
57 min...Darby Badibengi backheels pass across to center of box that Darby Collins has 10 yard roller stopped by sprawling goalie.
58 min...Guelph Vasconcelos gets to deflected ball for 15 yard quick shot that goalie stops on left post.
59 min...Guelph Beader is injured on tackle at center line and needs trainer.
61 min...Darby Reilly 55 yard freekick from center line has Guelph Oakley head away on left side of box.
63 min...Darby Sears is just a step behind getting to long chip downfield at 10 yard line.
66 min...Darby Maiorano 45 yard freekick from lefft bends for goalie to catch on right side of box.
68 min...Darby Campbell gets to his own rebound off defender and shoots low 22 yarder wide right.
70 min...Darby Gonzalez puts cross over own net from 5 yards while facing goal.
71 min...Guelph Shrimpton receives pass and bends 25 yarder from right that goalie palms over bar.
72 min...Guelph Gander cornerkick from right has Darby Collins head ball across box to left for another cornerkick.
72 min...Guelph sub...Agyemang replaces Shrimpton.
...........Darby sub...Forster replaces Edic.
74 min...Guelph Ellis-Hayden is injured in collision with Darby Badibengi at Darby 22 yard line and needs trainer.
78 min...Guelph Beader makes key block and Darby cross from right conceding cornerkick. Guelph Marchant is injured
away from play and needs the trainer.
79 min...Darby Reilly cornerkick from right is headed away in box. Darby Maiorano lobs 25 yard rebound over players that's
caught by goalie under no pressure.
81 min...GU sub...Cain replaces injured Marchant who hadn't returned.
82 min...Darby sub...Metaj replaces Maiorano.
83 min...Darby YELLOW card...Collins earns it for sliding tackle on Guelph Sears at Guelph 35 yard line.
83 min...Guelph Gander centering pass to Guelph Beader who shoots 20 yarder over net.
84 min...Guelph sub...Johal replaces Sears.
85 min...Darby Collins can't win Penalty kick on Guelph Oakley check on edge of box.
87 min...Guelph Vasconcelos cross from outside box on right has defender stop.
87 min...Darby Perovic 55 yard freekick from left is headed by Darby player at 22 yards on right into middle of box
but defenders clear.
88 min...Darby Collins gets to long cross on left and rolls ball back to Darby Pierce for low 25 yard shot that goalie smothers.
88 min...Guelph YELLOW card...Beader earns it at Darby 50 yard line for something.
89 min...Darby Collins shoots 22 yarder from left wide right of net.
90 min...Guelph sub...Truong replaces Beader.
91 min...Guelph Gander 40 yard freekick from left drops into box and is cleared.
92 min...Darby Collins is touched pass on left and shoots 20 yarder well over net.
93 min...Guelph players waste 90 seconds at Darby right cornerflag with short throw-ins and tap arounds.
95 min...Darby Dirienzo long throw-in from right is headed away in box.
96 min...Guelph Cain key tipped header to prevent Darby getting a shot.
97 min...game ends 9:54pm.
Final Score:......Darby FC.......0.........Guelph United.........1..........
The league website also lists Darby Badibengi earning a Yellow card at some time in this game. Attendance was about 140 with a good mixture of fans and parents with children. Coming through the doors tonight, I saw that a poster had been made that admission was free. I asked a team official if it was a special night and she said their admission is always free and they make up for that with their 50-50 draws. Well there you go folks, if you have a hard time finding the $10 for most grounds, you can support this team....you just have to find a way out to get to Whitby. This was a close game with chances until the last minute that could have turned the result around because Guelph couldn't score an insurance goal. Carter Robart earned the shutout for Guelph with a few key saves. He was assisted by a defensive line of captain Amardo Oakley, Zacahry Ellis-Hayden, and Harvey Marchant with midfielders coming back to help if necessary. Oakley prevented a few shots from Darby's forward line of Christopher Badibengi and Kashiff Collins. Darby's goalie/captain Matt Zaikos made some huge saves to keep them in the game until the final whistle. Darby has a respectable 20 goals against in 11 games and only allowed more than two goals in a game twice--against powerhouses Blue Devils FC and Vaughan Azzurri. Their problem is after their first two games of the season (both wins), they've only scored 8 goals in their last 9 games and have been tumbling down the standings. Referee Kevin McEleney gave out four Yellow cards (three to Darby). A surprise that so many sliding tackles were clean with key poke checks stopping runs or blocking a shot without knocking down a player. This is the first time over the years that I didn't see play whistled down because a ball hit one of the ceiling lanterns or guide-wires in this indoor stadium. This was the only game in the league tonight and with the result Guelph pulls into a tie for first place (one of four teams) until the other teams play this weekend. Blue Devils FC, Scrosoppi FC, and Sigma FC are also tied for first with Blue Devils and Scrosoppi playing one less game than the others. Guelph improves to 7 wins, 1 loss, 3 ties for 24 points. The start of today they were in sixth place which is the final playoff spot. A blip in last year's schedule had them not playing the last weekend of the season and they had to watch as other teams passed them and knocked them down to seventh. I remember seeing Tomasz Skublak at the last game on the last Sunday in Burlington when ProStars FC beat Burlington SC to flip over Guelph in the standings. A rough time for Guelph which had won the league the year before and represented L1O in the Canadian Championship in 2022 where they hosted CPL HFX Wanderers. Guelph lost some players to the 'Mike's Mercernaries' teams that have scooped up the top players to try to make the Top 12 for the Division split coming at the end of this season. I just watched Tomasz Skublak and Alexander Zis last Saturday playing for Scrosoppi and expect to see goalie Svyatik Artemenko now with Electric City in the next few weeks. Guelph has brought in former player Colin Gander who spent 2022 with CPL HFX Wanderers and have discovered speedy forward Camilo Vasconcelos who was just minutes away from getting into a CPL game when York United FC were short players earlier this month for a game against Atletico Ottawa but only brought in one young player substitute as they were trying to hold the lead with their regulars. I confirmed with Vasconcelos after the game that he will play at the University of Vermont when their season starts. Who else played there? Oh I see an online bio of tonight's scorer Milan Beader shows that he went to that school after a few years at York University. Who knows if he put in a good word? Guelph last week were the first team to beat last year's L1O champions Vaughan Azzurri. Who knows if this is a playoff preview in a few months? Darby's record slips to 3 wins, 7 losses, 1 tie for 10 points. They currently hold fourteenth spot in the twenty-one team league. In the crutial division split race, they also hold fourteenth place with 28.75 weighted points when combining last year's total. The elusive twelfth place combined season point team is Burlington SC with 33.25 points and that team and all the others can pull further ahead later this weekend when it's their turn to play.Rocket Robin
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Darby FC starters
Guelph United starters
Darby Abdul Hamad (2) takes opening kickoff.
A Guelph rush is crossing the center line.
Darby Colin Reilly (16) takes a freekick from near the center line.
Darby Colin Reilly (16) freekick is to the edge of the Guelph box.
Guelph Leo Shrimpton (11) takes second half kickoff.
Darby are pinned in their own end.
Guelph Anthony Ostrun and other teammates use short throw-ins and cornerkicks to kill off added time.
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