Louisville City FC missed out on an opportunity to clinch the Eastern Conference Wednesday night, falling to Toronto FC II 1-0. Goalkeepers from both teams had strong performances at the Ontario Soccer Centre.
“It’s very frustrating,” said Coach James O’Connor after the loss. “It’s happened too often this season with that type of game where we end up losing a game we completely dominated… For all intents and purposes, when you completely dominated the game, you make mistakes, you’ve been the source of your own downfall.”
Despite an uneventful first half, LouCity was dominant in possession, having the ball 59% of the time. Defender Sean Totsch had a strong defensive performance for LouCity, helping keep Toronto scoreless in the first half.
Cameron Lancaster came out of halftime ready to play for his team, taking three shots in a two-minute span. Toronto FC II goalkeeper Angelo Cavalluzzo saved two of the three shots by Lancaster, with the third going wide of the goal.
LouCity’s closest chance to get on the board came in the 59th minute, when a header by Brian Ownby on a kick from Sean Totsch went over the line. The referee called Ownby offsides, therefore disallowing the goal and keeping the game knotted at nil.
Brian Ownby got another chance in the 69th minute, sending a shot high and on the path to going in the net, but Angelo Cavalluzzo made a big save for Toronto FC II to keep the game tied at 0.
Greg Ranjitsingh kept Louisville City FC in the game for as long as he could, making two saves before conceding a goal to Toronto’s Shaan Hundal in the 73rd minute. Despite having six minutes of stoppage time, Louisville City could not find the equalizer before the final whistle.
LouCity remains in first place in the Eastern Conference after tonight’s match. They will look to secure their Eastern Conference crown, as well as home field advantage, Saturday when they take on the Rochester Rhinos.
Game Summary
Match: Toronto FC II vs. Louisville City FC
Date: September 27, 2017
Venue: Ontario Soccer Centre | Ontario, Canada
Kickoff: 7:35pm
Attendance: 726
LouCity Man of the Match: Brian Ownby
Scoring
Toronto FC II (0,1,1)
Louisville City FC (0,0,0)
Goals
Toronto FC II:
74’ – Shaan Hudal scored the first goal of the match after beating Louisville City FC keeper Greg Ranjitsingh and sneaking the ball into the lower left corner.
Lineups
Toronto FC II starting lineup: 80 Angelo Cavalluzzo, 52 Julian Dunn-Johnson, 42 Mitchell Taintor (c), 35 Lars Eckenrode (77 Brandon Onkony, 79’), 63 Liam Fraser, 50 Matthew Srbely, 46 Jordan McCrary, 58 Anthony Osorio (54 Ryan Telfer, 62’), 64 Shaan Hundal, 56 Malik Johnson (67 Daniel DaSilva, 61’), 55 Aiden Daniels
Toronto FC II subs: 70 Gianluca Catalano, 45 Luca Uccello, 61 Rocco Romeo, 20 Sergio Camargo
Head coach: Jason Bent
Louisville City starting lineup: 1 Gregory Ranjitsingh, 15 Sean Reynolds, 18 Paco Craig, 4 Sean Totsch, 36 Paolo DelPiccolo (c), 80 Devon Williams, 19 Oscar Jimenez, 24 Kyle Smith, 10 Brian Ownby (23 Richard Ballard, 77’), 9 Cameron Lancaster (12 Luke Spencer, 65’), 11 Niall McCabe (7 Mark-Anthony Kaye, 59’)
Louisville City subs: 22 George Davis IV, 6 Tarek Morad, 8 Guy Abend, 28 Tim Dobrowolski
Head coach: James O’Connor
Discipline
Toronto FC II:
52’ Liam Fraser, yellow card (foul)
Louisville City FC:
86’ Paco Craig, yellow card (foul)
90’ Paco Craig, red card (second yellow)
Stats
Toronto FC II / Louisville City FC
Shots: 9/18
Shots on target: 3/4
Possession (%): 43.5/56.5
Passes: 429/549
Corners: 4/8
Fouls: 12/10
Officials
Referee: YUSRI RUDOLF
Assistant referee 1: Peter Pendli
Assistant referee 2: Fabrizio Stasolla
4th official: David Barrie
