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CPSL game of Wednesday July 12, 2000.
CPSL game between Toronto Croatia and York Region Shooters played at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke at 8:00pm. This was considered a Cup game.
Toronto Croatia (blue socks, white shorts and numbers, red shirts)
...............................................1 George Azcurra
.............8 Anton Granic...5 Milodrag Akmadzic...6 Domagoj Sain
12 Toni Preci...11 Paul Moore...17 Piter Bedenikovic...10 Tomislav Granic...7 Deni Draganic
................................9 Leo Marasovic...20 Genti Buzoli
Subs:...14 Ivica Jelic (mid)...3 Ervin Ruta (def)...22 Robert Fran (def)...15 Robert Mandekic (fwd)
coach Velomir Crljen, doctor Paul Bjonalic, bench manager Ivan Pavicic.
York Region Shooters (white socks and shirts, black shorts, black hollow numbers)
...................................................22 Vince Varvara
3 Lui Catenaccio...8 Mike Mazza...6 Gary Barbara...4 Wayne Mills
19 Mike Kim...9 Adrian Sciarra...7 Damian Puranda...14 Michael Aquino
.............................15 John Bottineau...10 Willy Giummara (cpt)
Subs:...1 Luciano Miranda (gk)...21 Mich D'Angelo (fwd)...16 Joe Montagnese (mid)...20 Paulo Denicola (fwd)...11 Daniel Wrong (mid)...18 Angelo Covello (def)...17 Bing Gao (fwd)
coach Brjan Azizi, assistant coach/goalkeeping coach David Rumack, manager Ralph Aquino, operations manager Jamie Teixeira, team president /owner Frank Bisceglia.
Game Officials:...referee Steve Mortimer, referee's assistants John Lopes and Denise Robinson, 4th official Herminio Lopes.
1st Half:...game starts 8:08pm...TC defend north end on this warm sunny evening. The scoreboard is not working so all times are from my wristwatch.
1 min...YS Kim receives drop pass and rolls 25 yard shot wide left.
2 min...YS goalie steps on backpass, trips on ball! TC Marasovic shoots 3 yard tap-in wide right as YS goalie pushes him over. There's no foul call.
4 min...YS Bottineau beats offside trap to get header from 15 yards wide left of net.
6 min...TC Moore heads from 3 yards off right post as TC Preci cornerkick from right is crossed to left of box and headed back right.
8 min...YS Kim dekes defend on right sideline closes in and 20 yard shot from right is palmed over bar by TC goalie.
9 min...YS Giummara is injured in TC end.
11 min...TC Preci chips 25 yard shot from right wide left of post.
13 min...YS Aquino blasts 20 yard shot over net.
16 min...YS Giummara 25 yard blast from right is over net.
18 min...TC Moore rolls 10 yard shot to goalie when he gets his foot to low cross from left.
20 min...TC Preci cross from 40 yards on right is directly to goalie.
21 min...TC Marasovic gets perfect through ball and rolls 15 yard shot off left post.
22 min...TC GOAL Moore...Moore on 7 yard shot low to right corner of net after TC Preci rolls a cross from right.
26 min...TC Dragonic dribbles into left of box and slides 12 yard shot that sliding goalie knocks wide left.
27 min...TC cornerkick from left is partially cleared and rebound by TC player is taken behind his back from 18 yards and hooked over bar.
29 min...YS Aquino heads 7 yarder from left is wide left after receiving cross from right.
32 min...TC Moore pushes through defenders and 15 yard shot is stopped by sprawling YS goalie. TC Preci gets rebound on right and crosses across box where two TC players miss headers.
33 min...YS goalie leaps in crowd of players to catch cross from TC Preci on right into box.
34 min...TC goalie falls on ball to prevent YS forward getting to ball on break.
35 min...TC Marasovic on breakaway from 30 yards hounded by YS Sciarra has 15 yard shot blocked by sprawling goalie.
37 min...TC Buzoli 25 yard freekick from left over crowd right to YS goalie.
38 min...YS Kim cross from 35 yards on left to YS Giummara who one touches 15 yard shot off crossbar.
42 min...YS Giummara 30 yard freekick is just wide left of post.
46 min...half ends 8:54pm.
2nd half:...half starts 9:02pm.
46 min...TC GOAL Marasovic...Marasovic from 10 yards to net as he deked two defenders and slid ball by YS goalie.
50 min...YS sub...Wrong replaces Aquino.
................YS sub...Gao replaces Bottineau.
50 min...TC Buzoli 30 yard shot is wide left.
53 min...TC Tomislav Granic rolls 15 yard shot to goalie through crowd.
58 min...TC Marasovic 10 yard shot to goalie but whistled offside.
59 min...YS Dragonic blast 25 yard shot over net after long cornerkick from left.
61 min...YS Wrong shot in box blocked by defender.
62 min...TC Sain injured in YS box after jostling incident waiting for cornerkick.
67 min...YS YELLOW card...Barbara for roughing at center line.
68 min...TC Moore has header saved by goalie, puts foot in webbing of net in anger, is caught offside but runs out of play, YS goalie injures TC Buzoli on break but no call.
70 min...YS Kim rolls 12 yarder through crowd but directly to TC goalie.
72 min...TC Marasovic 40 yard break and 20 yard kick is blocked by sliding goalie on right.
73 min...TC sub...Fran replaces Draganic.
75 min...YS goalie picks up 25 yard roller into box.
78 min...TC Fran hooks away ball bouncing across box after being redirected by arm near right post of TC.
79 min...TC sub...Mandekic replaces Moore.
80 min...TC goalie slides out to grab through ball before YS Wrong can get to it.
82 min...YS Giummara 35 yard freekick wide right across box.
83 min...YS sub...#5 a player not listed on the line up sheets replaces a YS player.
85 min...TC sub...Jelic replaces Tomislav Granic who'd been injured.
.................TC sub...Ruta replaces Buzoli.
86 min...YS YELLOW card...????? for sweater pulling preventing a breakaway 25 yard inside YS end.
87 min...TC Akmadzic rolls cross from left, TC Mandekic blasts ball high over bar from 5 yards.
90 min...TC Catenaccio 40 yard freekick from left rolls through box wide right.
90 min...TC GOAL Marasovic...Marasovic breaks through 25 yards and slides 15 yard shot to left corner of net.
91 min...TC YELLOW and RED card...Ruta for hip check then given a Red card near center line for argueing?
93 min...TC YELLOW card...Jelic for tripping YS #5 in YS end at 40 yard line.
93 min...YS GOAL Barbara...Barbara rolls 20 yard shot from left to right corner of net beyond sliding goalie.
93 min...game ends 9:50pm.
Final Score:...........Toronto Croatia...............3.............York Region Shooters..........1.........
Toronto Croatia had many more chances in this game than their Sunday game against the Astros and scored three goals on maybe twelve tries...about the 25% conversion rate I talked about.
Attendance was about 150.
Rocket Robin
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