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CPSL game of Wednesday August 16th, 2000.

CPSL game between York Region Shooters and Toronto Olympians played at Richmond Green in Richmond Hill at 7:00pm. This was considered the first game of a home and home quarterfinal in the Cup competition.

York Region Shooters (all dark green, white numbers and trim)

.........................................00 Vincenzo Varvaro
18 Angelo Covello...8 Michael Mazza...11 Daniel Wrong...6 Gaby Barbara
19 Michael Kim...13 Rob Pagliaroli...21 Michel D'Angelo...9 Adrian Sciarra
..............................15 John Bottineau...17 Bing Gao

Subs:...1 Luciano Miranda (gk)...16 Joel Montagnese (mid)...12 Tony Backhurst (def)...3 Lui Catenaccio (def)...5 Robert Krstevski (def)...20 Matthew Palkschi (fwd)
coach Bijan Azizi...manager Ralph Aquino.

Toronto Olympians (white socks and numbers, blue shorts and shirts, white logo 'The Friendly Greek' on chests)

........................................1 Brian Bowes
............5 Tony Marshall...13 Danny Sanna...8 Bayette Smith
18 Phil Capporella...6 Peyvand Mossavat...20 Danny Ziannis...10 John Matas
.............11 Gus Kouzmanis...23 Eddy Berdusco...9 Elvis Thomas

Subs:...15 Louie Katzavidas (def)...12 Louie Ouroutznglou (def)...14 Arte Alkatov (fwd)...7 John McNeil (mid)...16 Ron Belfon (mid)...22 Foti Protopapas (gk)
coach David Gee, physio Phil Couradoma, equipment manager Doug Innes, assistant coach Nick Lagongas.

Game Officials:...referee Silviu Petrescu, referee's assisistants Steve Cahoon and Peter Mingos, fourth official Vedran Kolovat.

1st half:...game starts 8:02pm...Shooters defend west goal on this cool windy evening. There's no scoreboard up here so all times are converted from my wristwatch.
2 min...YS Bottineau 12 yard shot from right is blasted well over net.
5 min...TO Berdusco long cross from left bounces into box ahead of charging TO Kouzmanis.
8 min...YS Wrong 45 yard freekick from left almost headed in by TO defenders head but goalie catches ball on left post.
13 min...TO Kouzmanis passes too far forward for TO Thomas and charging goalie picks up ball on edge of box.
17 min...TO Thomas cross from extreme right, TO Kouzmanis from 15 yards heads into dirt beating goalie but defender boots over end line for cornerkick.
19 min...TO Marshall injured near center line away from play with a leg injury.
23 min...YS Wrong chips into box from 30 yards but goalie beats YS Kim to bouncer.
24 min...TO Ziannis chips from 25 yards directly to goalie.
26 min...TO Kouzmanis rolls centering cross, TO Berdusco taps over to TO Capporella to blast 10 yard shot so hard off bar that the ball deflects back 30 yards.
27 min...YS YELLOW card...YS Barbara for grabbing TO Thomas's sweater as he gets by him on the right side.
28 min...TO GOAL Mossavat...Mossavat charges in for 5 yard header to left side of net after TO Thomas freekick near right corner.
29 min...TO YELLOW card...Thomas earns one near center line but I didn't catch reason.
30 min...TO Thomas flubs 20 yard shot weakly rolling ball to goalie.
32 min...TO GOAL Berdusco...Berdusco has clear shot alone on net and redirects 7 yarder to center of net to right of goalie after TO Capporella cross from near right sideline in midair gets over two defenders.
34 min...YS sub...Catenaccio replaces Kim.
36 min...YS Pagliaroli 25 yard shot well over net.
39 min...TO Capporella cross from right that goalie dives forward to catch roller on bobble with two TOs waiting to tap-in.
40 min...TO Thomas freekick from right kicked around on edge of box then TO Matas blasts 20 yarder well over net.
46 min...half ends at 8:48pm.

2nd Half:...starts at 8:57pm.
halftime sub...YS Miranda replaces Varvaro in goal.
46 min...YS goalie catches high cross from right.
50 min...TO Marshall 45 yard hight shot caught by leaping goalie wide right of net.
53 min...TO sub...Belfon replaces Capporella who was hurt near the sideline.
56 min...TO Matas 60 yard run up middle but jostled by YS Wrong coming back into play.
57 min...YS goalie slides to edge of box to grab through ball.
60 min...TO Thomas rushes along right and slides 25 yard shot that sliding goalie stops.
61 min...YS sub...Palkschi replaces Gao.
62 min...YS goalie races out to catch bouncer into box in front of two TO forwards.
63 min...YS goalie catches TO cross from extreme right.
65 min...YS Pagliaroli freekick from right, YS Barbara charges into box but his header wide left off a TO player's head for corner.
67 min...TO Smith injured in own box.
70 min...TO Berdusco passed to all alone and short run and goalie makes point blank save, the ball bounces up and TO Berdusco controls ball and lobs 12 yard shot wide right of top corner of net.
73 min...TO Thomas on rush on right sideline, TO Kouzmanis heads cross from 10 yards bouncing it just wide left.
74 min...TO defender clears YS Catenaccio cross into box from right.
76 min...TO GOAL Kouzmanis...Kouzmanis slides in low 10 yard shot to right corner of net under sliding goalie after TO Thomas low cross from right.
76 min...TO sub...Ouroutznglou replaces Thomas.
78 min...YS players have two great chances finished with 10 yard blast over net after TO defender hooks out sure goal.
80 min...TO subs...Alkatov replaces Berrdusco.
..............................Katzavidas replaces Marshall.
82 min...YS Sciarra 7 yard header from left is caught by goalie on near post.
82 min...TO Kouzmanis 15 yard shot from right is blocked by sprawling goalie.
83 min...YS Sciarra 12 yard roller caught by diving goalie on right post.
86 min...YS goalie catches ball deflected by defender racing back to block cross.
88 min...YS goalie picks up low cross from right by TO Kouzmanis.
90 min...TO Alkatov midair spinning kick from 15 yards goes straight to goalie.
91 min...TO GOAL Belfon...Belfon slides in 12 yard shot to low right corner after he ran through middle, pushed a pass to TO Kouzmanis whose shot was blocked by sliding goalie on right but the rebound came straight to Belfon.
92 min...game ends 9:44pm.

Final Score:...York Region Shooters.........0............Toronto Olympians...........4.........

This was Game 1 of a two game quarterfinal playoff in Cup competition. The win gives Toronto Olympians a 1-0 game lead. If Shooters win the rematch by any score, the teams will be tied at one game each and a mini game will immediately be played right after that game. This may have been the reason that Shooters pushed up and left themselves open for counterattacks instead of taking a 2-0 loss if it was a total goals for series.

***Actually as I found out later, this playoff system works that it is a two game aggregate so the Shooters in effect started the rematch behind 4-0.***

Attendance was about 40 persons. The game had been scheduled for 7:00pm but didn't start until 8:00pm. There may have been some fans who didn't fight the rush hour traffic to get up here as they thought they'd miss the game so they didn't bother coming out. The weather temperatures dropped as the game went on and I had my hands in my pockets near the end.

Toronto Olympians had the players who left to try out with Greek teams return plus injured Eddy Berdusco back and looked awesome. They could still easily win the Triple Crown competition like last year.

Rocket Robin
robing@clo.com

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