{"id":17292,"date":"2017-05-17T11:42:53","date_gmt":"2017-05-17T15:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=17292"},"modified":"2017-05-17T11:42:53","modified_gmt":"2017-05-17T15:42:53","slug":"aurora-united-women-fall-after-early-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/aurora-united-women-fall-after-early-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"Aurora United women fall after early lead"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Both sides of the semi-pro Aurora United FC remain winless after two weeks of League 1 Ontario soccer action.
\nWith both teams hitting the road for their first matches of the season away from home on Friday, the women\u2019s side fell 3 \u2013 1 to Darby FC while the men were on the wrong end of a 4 \u2013 1 score.
\nThe loss was especially tough for the women, who took an early lead just four minutes into the match off the foot of Chloe Chefero.
\n\u201cI thought for the majority of the game we tried to stay a little disciplined,\u201d said head coach Gianni Cimini. \u201cWe\u2019re a young team and we came out very aggressive and confident and I was happy with them.\u201d
\nPlaying to a shut-down defensive strategy with the lead, Aurora was able to hold their opponents off the board until the 74th minute, before Darby took the lead in the 87th and added another in extra time.
\n\u201cThey just have to learn how to close games off in those situations. It becomes difficult because they will not control the game for the whole time, so they have to be better at adjusting when the tempo and the rhythm of the game goes against them.\u201d
\n\u201cWe asked them to be a little more patient in the second half because we thought they were turning the ball over a little too easily. We told them there was a lot of space to connect passes off every regain in possession and actually we demanded a little more build-up when we did regain possession. We wanted better connection on final passes near their eighteen yard box and we felt that when we did connect these passes we were able to expose them.\u201d
\nThe women are 0 \u2013 2 out the gate and will be looking for their first win on Sunday when they host the 0 \u2013 2 West Ottawa S.C.
\nKickoff is set for 1 p.m. at St. Maximilian Kolbe.
\nThe men were in tough early against Durham United FA when they allowed two goals less than a minute apart in the 16th minute of play.
\n\u201cWe started very poorly,\u201d said head coach Derek O\u2019Keeffe. \u201cWe gave up the first two goals as gifts. We lacked concentration and basic errors cost us. At that point we are chasing the game after fifteen minutes so at that point you are playing catch-up. Credit to Durham, they capitalized on our mistakes, but it just wasn\u2019t our day.\u201d
\nMatthew Caguana capitalized sixteen minutes later to cut the deficit to one, though a quick response from Durham and another in the second half was enough to put the game away.
\n\u201cI would say to the boys after this result that they are better than what they played in the first half. They weren\u2019t engaging the ball. They were watching the ball instead of watching the man, and not putting the pressure on.\u201d
\n\u201cThat will cost you in League1.\u201d
\nNext up for the 0-2-1 men is a date with Master\u2019s Futbol (0-3-0) of Toronto on Sunday, kicking off after the completion of the women\u2019s match.
\nFor stats and schedules, visit www.league1ontario.com.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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