Match Day 3 Report: QPR 3, Etobicoke FC 3

Queen's Park Rangers resumed league play on Sunday evening with a strong showing against Etobicoke FC. 

QPR had a thundering start by blasting two goals passed Etobicoke FC's goalkeeper in the first five minutes of play. 

First, it was QPR's new addition Alex "Number 4" Manore who won a ball in front of Etobicoke's defence and shot it passed the opposition's faultless goalie. Then it was Dan "Kwadwo" Yanful who met a low cross by Paul Bovdis and blasted it in, diagonally. 2-0 QPR.

Etobicoke FC showed that they were no pushovers and climbed back to score two goals, assisted by luck, which saw the first half come to a close with the score tied at two goals each. 

In the second half QPR took measures to adjust to a midfield battle that they lost in the first half, switching to a canonical 4-4-2 formation. 

About 10 minutes into the first half, a free kick by Rocco Fasano was met by Cam "Powerhouse" Power who slammed a goal in from close range after some chaos in Etobicoke's small box. 3-2 QPR.

But it wasn't to be. QPR's credit with Lady Luck increased when an unfortunate ricochet saw an attempted clearance hit off of an Etobicoke forward for a goal for a 3-3 final score. 

"I am happy with our effort out today, but we must make our chances count. We were very unlucky and deserved to win. We'll face one of our division's perfect teams next week and we will seek to use the lessons we learned today to produce a win next week. We're still forming, showed character even in tough situations", team captain Fasano remarked at game's end.

Box Score

QPR 3, Etobicoke FC 3

QPR Roster:

Goalkeeper: Roman Pasternak
Defenders: Kevin Gocool, Adam Guirguis, Marc Mulchan, Cam Power, Michael Allison, Andrew Sansalone, Marco Covi.
Midfielders: Bernardo Melendez, Paul Bovdis, Rocco Fasano, , Alex Manore, Ezra Houser, Enan Hoque, Dan Yanful,   

Forwards: Hadi Fazli, Soben Durai.

Absent: Ryan Chippy, Sergio Guillermo, Frederic Kodjayan