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CPSL game of Sunday June 24th, 2001.

CPSL game between North York Astros and Glen Shields Sun Devils played at Esther Shiner Stadium in North York at 7:00pm. This was considered a League game.

North York Astros (yellow socks and shirts, blue shorts and numbers) new uniforms!

............................................1 Eddie Kehoe
..............4 Felix Gelt...14 Kurt Ramsey...6 Robert Rupf
16 Alex Nardi (cpt)...13 Qais Qamheiah...5 Peter Zorbas...15 Zoltan Zsibok...10 Marcelo Garcia
..........................11 Dejan Gluscevic...8 Jose Aniekwe

Subs:...0 Luciano Miranda (gk)...7 Kenrick Perry (def)...9 Kadian Lecky (fwd)...18 Jorge Collazo (def)...19 Michel D'Angelo (mid)...21 Fernando Garcia (mid)...22 GianPiero Marcantonio (fwd)
team officials:...head coach Tony LaFerrara...assistant coach Sam Medeiros...goalkeeper coach Pavel Zaslavski...team manager Mario Ierullo...kinesiologist Andy Ihasz.

Glen Shields Sun Devils (black socks and shorts, red & black striped shirts, white numbers and JVC emblem on chest)

.............................................1 Rob Tilley
17 Paul Hillman...5 David McDonald (cpt)...4 Kareem Morgan...6 Wilson Hugo
13 Chris Stefanazzi...19 Darren Nicholson...12 Agostino Vaglica...10 Marco Antonucci
................................2 Mike Glasgow...7 Eke Chibuezsie

Subs:...29 Adam Morandini (gk)...8 Fitzroy Powell...3 Mario Bonofiglio...20 Marco Casalinuova...14 Wellesley Robertson...21 Timothy Garzon...9 Chris Turner
team officials:...head coach Dave Benning...assistant coaches Hector Pena and Al Mowico...general manager John Knox...trainer Scott Hewitt.

Game Officials:...referee Denise Robinson...referee's assistants Gordon Arrowsmith and Steve Mortimer...fourth official John Lopes.

1st Half:...game starts 7:07pm...Astros defend west end on this hot sunny day with the sun in the north west.
0 min...Astros Aniekwe 5 yard scissor kick on right is just wide right.
2 min...Astros Aniekwe injured in center circle.
4 min...GS Chibuezsie curls 40 yard shot into box that goalie catches and GS forward is whisteld offside.
5 min...GS goalie pulls ball off feet of Astros Gluscevic in box as GS defender all over him.
9 min...GS Antonucci rolls rebounded cornerkick to Astros goalie from 20 yards.
12 min...GS Glasgow races on right but crosses over box.
14 min...Astros Aniekwe gets break on left line near center and after long run crosses low and wide right on tough angle.
16 min...Astros Gelt 45 yard freekick is caught by GS goalie.
19 min...GS sub...Turner replaces Hugo.
20 min...Astros Gluscevic cornerkick from right is rolled to Astros Nardi all alone 35 yard out and his shot blasted just over bar.
24 min...GS Nicholson pushes pass ahead to GS Glasgow who curls 25 yard shot wide left of net.
28 min...Astros YELLOW card...Gelt for tackle on GS Turner breaking in on left side.
31 min...GS Stefanazzi races in on right and cross low into box that Astros goalie slides out to get and GS Chibuezie trips over him and is injured.
32 min...Astros Aniekwe beats defender off ball but goalie boots away ball on edge of box.
35 min...GS Vaglica freekick from 40 yards on right GS McDonald header on left from 7 yards bounced wide right of net.
38 min...GS YELLOW card...Vaglica for tripping Astros Marcelo Garcia at center line, Astros Marcelo Garcia needs to be helped from the field.
41 min...Astros pass to Astros Gluscevic in middle who sidestips GS defender and lifts ball from 15 yards that goalie bats back, Astros Gluscevic flying header from 12 yards bounces wide left of goal.
43 min...Astros Aniekwe 10 yard header smothered by sprawling goalie after Astros Qamheiah cross from right.
44 min...GS YELLOW card...Stefanazzi for tackle on Astros Zsibok (?) on left side.
45 min...Astros Aniekwe blasts 12 yard popped up ball low to sprawling GS goalie who lets up big rebound to right but gets up and slides to pick up ball on right edge of box.
46 min...half ends 8:53pm.

2nd Half:...starts 8:07pm...the sky has gotten cloudier but there are still outbursts of the sun.
45 min...Astros Aniekwe taps ball over defender and Astros Zsibok on left from 20 yards boots ball high wide left.
49 min...GS Casilinuova (must have come on at halftime) on left crosses into box from 25 yards and GS Glasgow can't turn header.
50 min...Astros Zsibok shot along left goalline from 12 yards hits outside of left post and goes wide.
51 min...Astros Aniekwe short run to set up 20 yard shot on left that's just over bar.
52 min...GS sub...Powell replaces Stefanazzi.
53 min...GS YELLOW card...Casalinuova for pulling down player 25 yards out in GS end.
54 min...Astros Gluscevic 25 yard shot from left is just wide right of post.
56 min...On 22 yard freekick, Astros Marcelo Garcia rolls kick around GS wall and to GS goalie although Astros Aniekwe appeared to redirect it from 12 yards.
58 min...Astros Aniekwe race along left on break but rolls 25 yard shot just wide right of post.
60 min...GS sub...Garzon replaces GS Nicholson.
63 min...GS Vaglica 35 yard shot is well wide right.
64 min...Astros Zsibok injured at center line.
67 min...Astros goalie races left in box to dive for through ball.
68 min...GS Vaglica 30 yard shot deflected high for cornerkick.
69 min...GS Casalinuova cornerkick from left, headed twice in box including off crossbar and rebound headed over bar by Astros defender.
70 min...GS Casalinuova cornerkick from left caught by Astros goalie on right of box.
71 min...Astros sub...Collazo replaces Marcelo Garcia.
72 min...GS Morgan freekick from 60 yards rolled along left line but GS Antonucci ruled offside.
73 min...GS Garzon boots 30 yard shot that deflects off GS Powell at 25 yards and goes wide left.
76 min...Astros Zsibok 40 yard roller from left into box that GS goalie scoops up.
78 min...Astros Lecky (when did he come into game?) runs along right goalline, back heels ball to Astros Zorbas who crosses from right from 12 yards and Astros Gluscevic turns 5 yard header that diving GS goalie stops on left post.
81 min...Astros Lecky cross from right into box where Astros Gluscevic goes for bll and injures GS Turner.
86 min...Astros Zorbas 10 yard shot deflected wide for corner.
87 min...GS RED card...Glasgow for argueing call. Referee's assistant Gord Arrowsmith comes off his line to help separate the players and protect the referee. There was a pushing match among the players. The CPSL web site said that it was Timothy Garzon was the player who got red carded but they've been wrong before. I asked Gord Arrowsmith after I saw him referee the W-League Inferno game the next Friday and he confirmed it was Glasgow who was red carded.
89 min...Astros Ramsey freekick from 40 yards on left, Astros Gluscevic heads wide from extreme right.
92 min...GS goalie leaps high to catch cross from left over head of Astros Gluscevic.
92:41 min...game ends.

Final Score:...............North York Astros..........0...........Glen Shields Sun Devils............0..........

Attendance was about 100 people.

Glen Shields pick up their first points of the year. Another goal famine for the Astros in a game I expected they'd win. One point for a tie drops them further down the standings of the 12 team league.

The Astros were wearing new uniforms. Yellow socks now instead of blue. Their shirts are now a superbright yellow either neon or right out of those laundry commercials. For years they've been the only team that has only one uniform and always lucked in getting away with that as no other team wears yellow and blue.

The field at Esther Shiner Stadium is starting to look chewed up. The football yard lines have been painted on and this resulted in some confusion as to what was out of bounds and where to take a throw-in.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

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