Soccer In Toronto 09.19.09

By Rocket Robin Soccer In Toronto

CSL Result
Saturday September 19th, 2009

Final Score
North York Astros 0, TFC Academy 8

Venue
Esther Shiner Stadium, North York

Kickoff
3:00 pm

Highlights
4 min … TFCA Doniel Henry GOAL
TFCA Jonathan Lao cornerkick from left has Henry in front of crowd in box head 5 yarder on left post into left corner of net.

23 min … TFCA Allando Matheson GOAL
TFCA Josh Janniere rush to shoot 20 yarder low from right that diving goalie Euloge Awitor pushes wide left of net. Matheson gets to 12 yard rebound on left and shoots 10 yarder to center of net over fallen goalie. Astros Alex Kawalit was injured on right side of box during play.

Astros switch goalies at halftime.

52 min … Astros RED card
Kurt Ramsey earns a direct expulsion from the game from referee Justin Tasev for pulling down TFCA Justin Maheu as last man back at 20 yards down middle.

61 min … TFCA Allando Matheson GOAL
Matheson given through ball chip from 55 yards that has him run in alone at 40 yards and kick 22 yard shot into left side of net beyond reaching goalie Arthur Zaslavski.

76 min … TFCA Allando Matheson GOAL
TFCA goalie Garrett Cyprus punts ball upfield and Matheson streaks in from 55 yards to get to ball at 45 yards and rolls 35 yard shot through goalie’s legs at 25 yards into center of net.

81 min … TFCA Jonathan Lao GOAL
Lao 30 yard chip over crowd of players from left has ball bend into top right corner of net.

82 min … TFCA Keith Makubuya GOAL
Makubuya on breakaway from 35 yards has 22 yard shot blocked by sliding goalie but then Makubuya gets his own rebound that he lofts over fallen goalie into center of open net from 20 yards.

86 min … TFCA Keith Makubuya GOAL
Makubuya taps in 3 yarder into open net when TFCA Nicholas Lindsay rolls ball by goalie on right side of box..

91 min … TFCA Nicholas Lindsay GOAL
Lindsay given ball up middle and his low 20 yard shot is into low left corner of net.

Notes
Attendance was about 200 on this warm afternoon with a bright sun in the south west and a light breeze from the west. The crowd included three girl’s Under 12 teams from the area which meant that family and parents were there too. Prize draws and t-shirt throws were held during halftime by team sponsor Moxie’s Classic Grill.

This game turned in to a rout at the time Astros Kurt Ramsey was red carded. He was their most experienced defender. The team didn’t adapt at bringing a player back to cover his spot and that’s what started a barrage of 2 on 1 or outright breakaways during the last 35 minutes.

Garrett Cyprus earned the shutout for the Academy although except for leaping to catch a few freekicks and cornerkicks into the box, he didn’t have much to do and nothing during the entire second half.

I was most impressed by Academy players Allando Matheson for being to capitalize on scoring chances unlike other times I’ve seen him this season. Jonathan Lao was impressive as the cornerkick and freekick taker although I’ve seen him consistently play well in other games this season.

TFC Academy coach Jason Bent did his best to not run up the score by pulling off Allando Matheson after his third goal. Jonathan Lao even took a cornerkick back upfield for TFCA Matthew Stinson to take a 35 yard blast well over the net rather than play the ball into the box. The substitutes through are playing for a spot on the main team and this was their chance to show what they can do for next year’s team as many of the season starters have left for college and university. Jason Bent said after the game he used a lot of his reserve players for this reason.

TFC Academy guarantee that they don’t finish 8th and likely avoid having to play Trois-Rivieres Attak in the first round of the playoffs. Jason Bent said it didn’t matter which team they played in the first round of the playoffs. He also said he couldn’t answer the rumour that the team would play its playoff home field at BMO Field.

There was no Danny Dichio at the game today. I said he was probably partying with the TFC team in Los Angeles. I am glad that Bent is still the coach! Let’s have Dichio start at a lower level of the Academy like the younger age groups that the team promises to start next year.

The TFC Academy has scored 15 goals in their last two games although these two games were against the only two teams that did NOT qualify for the playoffs (i.e. today and a 7-1 victory over London City).