{"id":14938,"date":"2016-08-10T17:05:53","date_gmt":"2016-08-10T21:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=14938"},"modified":"2016-08-10T17:05:53","modified_gmt":"2016-08-10T21:05:53","slug":"aurora-united-fc-sides-blanked-at-sheppards-bush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/aurora-united-fc-sides-blanked-at-sheppards-bush\/","title":{"rendered":"Aurora United FC sides blanked at Sheppard\u2019s Bush"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Jake Courtepatte<\/strong><\/p>\n

Neither side of the semi-pro Aurora United Football Club could find the back of the net in a full day of action Sunday at Sheppard\u2019s Bush.<\/p>\n

The Aurora women fell victim to the Vaughan Azzurri 2 \u2013 0, while the men followed up with a similar 2\u2013 0 loss to the Sanjaxx Lions.<\/p>\n

It was a tougher matchup for the women\u2019s squad, who were up against the recently-crowned League 1 Cup champs, a season-long knockout tournament that culminated last week.<\/p>\n

“It was a little bit of a test for us against the Cup-winning team,” said Aurora head coach Arman Mohammadi. “And I think we were able to show that we are able to play and compete against them. They had that motivation to go with them and I can’t say if there was anything else in it. I feel it was a pretty balanced 90 minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Aurora kept Vaughan off the board until the 39th minute of play, when Ashley Nater sailed in a long strike past Aurora keeper Marissa Zucchetto.
\nThey doubled their lead after 65 minutes and held the game scoreless the rest of the way.<\/p>\n

“First half, it was a little bit of a struggle for us to try and get our little momentum into the game and Vaughan did a good job of pressing in our half,\u201d said Mohammadi. \u201cBut second half I think we dealt with it a little bit. We informed the girls a little bit of what we wanted to do to change that and I think we created a lot of chances so we had momentum.”<\/p>\n

“Unfortunately we weren’t able to score and in football, if you don’t score, the other team will put the ball in the back of your net.”<\/p>\n

The men\u2019s side followed up by giving Sanjaxx the early lead, a corner kick that was converted in close. Sanjaxx put Aurora away for good with under four minutes to go.<\/p>\n

Though showing flashes of brilliance from some All-Star players throughout the season, both the men and women of AUFC have struggled to find their footing in their inaugural season of League 1 football.<\/p>\n

Sunday\u2019s loss was a crucial blow to the Aurora women, who will need to put up a combination of wins and ties in their final three regular season games to have any hope of moving up the standings ladder.<\/p>\n

Aurora sits seventh in the nine-team league, five points back of both North Mississauga FC and the Kingston Clippers. Next Saturday\u2019s challenging match with Durham United FA (7-1-3) could be the decider, as the women close out the season at home against the two lower-ranked teams, the Sanjaxx Lions (1-10-0) and Darby FC (1-8-2).<\/p>\n

The men\u2019s side sits one point up on Scarborough\u2019s Masters Futbol for seventh in League 1\u2019s East division.<\/p>\n

The final three games of the season are a three-way battle for sixth between the two and Toronto Skillz FC, currently three points up on Aurora. The rest of the East has locked in a winning season against the three.<\/p>\n

Aurora\u2019s final road game of the season will be Sunday at 3pm against the Oakville Blue Devils (5-6-3) before contests at Sheppard\u2019s Bush the following two weekends hosting the Kingston Clippers (7-3-5) and Durham United FA (8-3-2).<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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