The win was the 200th against Central League opponents for Jorge Severini, who has been the Fords' head coach for 19 seasons.
"(DiPaola) dribbled between three people and put a left-footed shot to the right of the keeper from 18 yards out," Severini said. "It was a good game and a good shot. A very, very nice goal."
Severini realized he was approaching his 200th Central League victory but didn't talk about it with his players.
"I knew (about the milestone) at the beginning of the season and I forgot to tell people," Severini said. "I didn't say anything to anybody. I didn't want my players to worry about it. I think my wife was telling people.
"Two-hundred wins, that doesn't happen every day. I saw people saying congratulations to me. It was a different kind of congratulations than you get for just one game. The players started clapping for me."
In other Central League action:
Strath Haven 1, Harriton 0
Matt Kadoch's goal in the 78th minute lifted the Panthers over the visiting Rams. Kelsey Beck-Cullen had to make only one save to earn the shutout for the Panthers (3-0-1, 2-0), who got a solid defensive effort from Zach Ziegler.
Upper Darby 6, Garnet Valley 0
Thomas Arkue scored two goals for the host Royals, who led at halftime, 4-0.
Lawrence Sobah, Andrew Paulsen, Kehinde Abimbola and Sylvester Kolison also got goals and Anthony Santomieri made one save for Upper Darby.
Marple Newtown 2, Radnor 2
Anthony Pezzotti's goal, assisted by Steve Nucci, lifted the visiting Tigers into a tie with the Red Raiders.
Greg Gomolka scored in the first half for Marple Newtown, which got 18 saves from goalkeeper Austin Severino.
Peter Volpert had a goal in each half for Radnor, which got 10 saves from keeper Alex Walker-Drennen.
Lower Merion 5, Ridley 0
Chris Radabaugh and Dan Fida split 14 saves in goal for the Green Raiders.
Conestoga 2, Penncrest 1
Sandro Surabischwili scored in the second half for the visiting Lions (2-2, 1-1), which got eight saves from keeper Vern Dreyer. Bobby Pierce-Cooke scored a goal in each half for the Pioneers.
Catholic League
Arch. Carroll 8, Neumann-Goretti 1
Ryan Flynn and Pat Hanna both scored twice for the host Patriots, who outscored the Saints in the second half, 7-0. Neil Gilman, Emmett Filippelli, Chris Knowlton and Shaun Gallagher also had goals and Greg Salatek stopped five shots in goal for Carroll (3-1, 3-0), which remained unbeaten in league play.
Ches-Mont League
Kennett 3, Sun Valley 0
The visiting Vanguards were outscored in the second half, 3-0. Nick Curry turned away 15 shots for Sun Valley, Adam Junkin played well at forward and Josh Bloom was strong at midfield.
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