Sarnia Produce vs La Cantina
July 2, 2010

On a rare Friday night of soccer, Sarnia Produce faced heated rivals La Cantina in league play. An unusual short bench for Produce as they only had two subs for the game.  A very quick pace dictated early action with both teams looking for the primary advantage. Sarnia Produce struck first in the 25th min of play when Theo Tsaprailis was taken down in the penalty area. A penalty kick was awarded and also taken by  Tsaprailis who blasted it into the centre of the goal. It wasn't until the dying mins. of the half when La Cantina equalized. The perfect cross ended with a beautiful header by Cantina forward Rick Handy. Both teams went into halftime tied 1 - 1.

The second half opened with the same intensity. La Cantina took the lead in the 54th min. of play when veteran striker Victor DaSilva deflected a cross into the Produce goal. The goal seemed to ignite the Azzurri who from then on dominated play. In the 65th min. , not to be denied ,Theo Tsaprailis placed a left footed blast past a sprawling Cantina keeper.  Minutes later Produce took the lead and never looked back. On a corner kick, it was Theo Tsaprailis again scoring his third of the night when he headed the ball, which deflected off of three Cantina defenders, into the top corner of the net. The Azzurri continued pressuring and took a two goal lead when midfielder Dean Troiani fired a rebound into the top of the goal.  Produce finished the scoring in the late stages of the game when Peter Tavabis crossed the ball into the penalty area which was kicked in accidentally by a Cantina defender on an own goal. 

Final Score:  Sarnia Produce Azzurri 5 - La Cantina 2  .