{"id":18207,"date":"2017-08-30T16:51:06","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T20:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=18207"},"modified":"2017-08-30T16:51:06","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T20:51:06","slug":"late-strike-sends-aurora-fc-over-west-ottawa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/late-strike-sends-aurora-fc-over-west-ottawa\/","title":{"rendered":"Late strike sends Aurora FC over West Ottawa"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Jake Courtepatte
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\nA lone goal with under twenty minutes to spare was enough for the Aurora FC women to snap a two-game losing streak against West Ottawa SC on Saturday.
\nCourtney Chocol notched her third goal of the season in the 73rd minute to capture Aurora\u2019s fourth win in six games, giving goalkeeper Meaghan Phillips her second clean sheet of the season.
\nSitting at a record of 8-8-0 with the end of the regular season fast approaching, Aurora won the game while fielding mostly inexperienced, up-and-coming players.
\n\u201cWe had two 2002s in the team, our centre-back and our striker, who scored a goal, and we have a couple national team players in the team and at least 13 or 14 provincial players,\u201d said Aurora team official Siamac Kavianpour. \u201cWe have a good group and we are trying to improve our program every day.\u201d
\nKavianpour was especially pleased with the play of Chocol, whose third goal of the season came in only her second game with the team.
\n\u201cWe had an aggressive run by our striker Courtney, and she made three or four runs like that tonight, which was a big reason we got the result.\u201d
\nAurora now takes a week\u2019s break in the schedule before returning to action next Saturday against Durham United FA (7-6-3) at St. Maximilian Kolbe field.
\nThe men\u2019s side was on the wrong end of a 2 \u2013 0 score against Durham on Saturday, their first action in two weeks after last Saturday\u2019s matchup in Oshawa was postponed.
\nDurham took a 1 \u2013 0 lead into the half after scoring at the 31st minute, though Aurora changed strategies after the break and nearly broke even.
\n\u201cIt was a tactical change,\u201d said Aurora head coach Derek O\u2019Keeffe.
\n\u201cWhen they scored their first goal, we just wanted to be a bit more direct. We brought on Aidane (Elder), whose first game it was. He\u2019s a big man so we just decided to go more route one football, try and knock it up to him. It nearly worked. We hit the post twice and I think we just caused them a lot more problems because we were tiring in the middle previously and not linking with the front men as we should have been.\u201d
\nDurham cashed in again at the 65th minute, eventually earning the clean sheet.
\nThe men sit at a record of 2-13-1 in their sophomore season, one point up on the last place Toronto Skillz FC.
\nThey return to the pitch next Sunday after a week\u2019s break to take on the North Toronto Nitros (9-5-3) on the road.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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