ECFC Men And Women Both Unable To Secure A Win This Weekend

The Electric City FC Men’s and Women’s sides were unable to pick up points over the weekend. The ECFC Women fell 1-0 to FC London on Saturday at Fleming College, after the Men fell 3-1 to Scrosoppi SC on Friday night in Milton.

Photo by David Pickering.

The ECFC Women (6-5-1) fought hard but were unable to come out on top against the League 1 Ontario leaders FC London (10-1-1) on Saturday afternoon. ECFC and FC London battled the wind in a scoreless first half that saw ECFC control possession and create many positive chances. Both goalkeepers came up with key saves to keep the game scoreless through the first 45 minutes.

The tie was broken in the 84th minute when FC London’s leading scorer Julia Benati scored on a long-distance shot, her 8th tally of the season.

“We were excited for this game, playing against a good opponent coming in, we had a chance to show that we can compete with the best in this league, and I thought we did,” said head coach Randy Ribeiro. “I thought we were unfortunate to concede a goal late, but sometimes the ball does not bounce your way.”

Saturday’s match against FC London completed a string of 3 matches in 7 days for ECFC, and although they were only able to accrue 1 point in the standings, Coach Ribeiro liked a lot of what his club showed in their matchups against both Simcoe County and FC London.

Forward Aysia King was named the Marks Work Warehouse Hardest Working Player of the Match.

“She is a fantastic player; she is one of the top young players in this league and she has shown that in her performances all season. She has done jobs for us out of position and now she is in her natural position and showing that she is a threat.”

ECFC Women head to Burlington for their next match on Wednesday night when they face Burlington SC (0-11-0) in an 8 p.m. kickoff.

Photo by Casey Telford.

On Friday night in Milton, the ECFC Men (3-4-2) dominated possession and had numerous chances to score but ultimately fell 3-1 to Scrosoppi SC (4-6-1) in League1 Men’s action.

ECFC trailed early in the match after Anthony Wright found the net for his first goal of the season in the 9th minute of action. ECFC was able to respond in the 25th minute, when Reza Nafar tied the game, with his 2nd goal of the season and continued to threaten the entire half, but was unable to put one past the Scrosoppi keeper. In the second half, the men continued their pressure but again could not find the back of the net, only for Scrosoppi to hit them on the counter twice to seal the game with Cyrus Rollocks and Jaedyn Saunders scoring goals.

Coach Ribeiro said that although he thought his team deserved a better result based off their play, the bottom line is that they did not find ways to score and that’s what decides games.

“That’s the unfortunate part and something that is very difficult to deal with you try to figure out how to fix it and at the end of the day we need to find a way to win games and we are not going to come out and make excuses. We need to find a way to put the ball in the net and we did not do that.”

Friday night’s loss compounded a troubling trend for ECFC as they have still not been able to register a victory on the road this season. Through their first 6 road matches, ECFC sits with an 0-4-2 record away from home. Ribeiro said his team will try to wipe the slate clean and head back to the drawing board as they prepare for their next matchup.

“You know what that is something that I have learned, the quickest way to forget about the game is to play the next one. It is a quick turnaround for the men, it is something we haven’t really had to experience yet this season, so we will reflect and look back at our previous match and what went well and what didn’t and prepare like we do for any other match.”

ECFC will be back on the pitch on Wednesday night when they return home where they are undefeated on the season to host BVB IA Waterloo (4-4-1) in an 8 p.m. kickoff at Fleming College. Tickets are available at electriccityfc.com/tickets and at the gate.

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