MATCHDAY 8 Roster presented by

0 Gereon Bayer 1 Chester Ashby

2 Abi Madaraka 3 Sundin Esperance 4 Ivica Sunjka 5 Luke Rankin 6 Damion Scott

7 Darren Gertiesingh 8 Chris Simm 9 Rahim Thorpe 10 Lee-Victor Massunda 11 Ali El Zeir

12 Jamie Scott 13 Nick Russo 14 Luca Pacheco 15 Adam Boafo 19 Jordan Prescod

20 Moses Toe

“We've been working on our ability to keep the ball and transition quickly,” Panthers said Balta. “Durham have some effective pieces and we’ve looked to neutralize them in the match tonight.”

With a match in hand, the Panthers hope to keep pressure on the other vs Oakvilleplayoff positioned sides. That match-in-hand coming from a postponed game on May 25th vs Brampton-based ProStars (rescheduled for July 3rd in Blue DevilsBrampton ). With a victory this evening, we have the potential tie for fourth place with Aurora FC, which Balta and his team hopes leads to bigger things.

“We are prepared and organized enough to beat any team in this league,” Match said Balta.

Coach Balta Preview By Dan Smeenk confirmed that one new player, Moses Tonight’s Match against Durham United FA, and the men are looking Toe, will be inserted forward to coming back to a familiar place. into the line-up for After spending more than a month on the road, the team is now home for Friday’s game against the next three weeks. Tonight’s match will be only our second home tilt, Durham. after the home opener (a 1-1 draw against Unionville Milliken SC). Since General Manager then we have gone on to beat last year’s regular season champions, London Chris Keem FC, and travel to play South United, then onto Aurora FC. mentioned “We have Coach Balta says he appreciates this venue because of the quality of the been waiting a while field and the benefits of being at home. to get Moses into the side. His ITC (International Clearance) has taken longer than expected. He has a great story, is a refuge and is a fierce “We have great fans,” said Coach Balta. “So, it will be treat to be back.” tackler. We hope that this helps lock down the middle of the park for us”.

Tonight we are facing a team which has a lot to prove. Durham United FABalta also said that aside from a few injuries and absences, the core of the has not had a good year so far, with only one point in six games, though team will be intact for the game as well. three of those losses only came by one goal.

But that does not mean that Coach Balta is taking them lightly. We suffered our first loss of the year in a competitive game against first-place Alliance United FC in Markham last Thursday, a game in which we led 2-0 until a red card early in the second half started a collapse which led to a 3-2 loss.

Balta said that coming that close against the first-place side proved they can beat anyone, but as the Alliance game revealed, the team has things it has to work on in order to be the best. The squad hopes that what they have worked on in practice and in scouting sessions can be used immediately in this home match-up.

nd Oakville Blue Devils (6W, 1L, 0D, 18 points, 2 Place) June 21, 2019

Spencer Barber Lucas Birnstingl Braden Culver

Sani Dey Carlo DiFeo

Zachary Drake Brandon Duarte Jacob Dyck

Khody Ellis Adrian Gallo Victor Gallo

Marco Gennaccaro Manvir Gill

Juah Hernandez Evan James Hitesh Joshi

Rajvir Kahlon Aaron McKenna Mario Mclennon

Mario Mclennon Matthew Monteiro

League1 Men’s Coaching Staff st Aleks Balta – Head Coach, 1 year Cormac Cleary – Assistant Coach, 1st year Patrick Guirguis – Assistant Coach, 2nd year st Justin Silveira – Goalkeeper Coach, 1 year Christopher Keem – General Manager – 1st year Ryan Flammini – Game Day Ops – 3rd year

North Mississauga SC Board of Directors

Joe Alves, President Marina Johnson, Vice President Matthew Trudgill, Secretary

Rob Siconolfi, Treasurer Claude Armstrong, Director Competitive Sandro Cosentino, Director Development Shandelle Randall, Director at Large Men’s Home Matches Patrick Guirguis, Director at Large

rd Friday, May 3 vs Unionville Milliken 1-1 Staff

Kelly Langton-Trott, Registrar Friday, June 14th vs Durham United FA, 3-2 Arielle McCarthy, Recreational Programs

Ryan Flammini, Volunteer & High Performance Friday, June 21 vs Oakville Blue Devils, 7:45pm Christopher Keem Business Operations Mgr

Jhon Ardila, Technical Head Coach Friday, June 28th vs Vaughan Azzuri, 7:45pm Cormac Cleary, Recreational Head Coach

Jordan Cardinale, Technical Assistant Friday, July 19th vs Woodbridge, 7:45pm

Friday, August 9th vs TFC Windsor, 7:45pm

Friday, August 16th vs Sigma, 7:45pm