....................................
Result of the CPSL game between Toronto Croatia and Brampton Hitmen played at Memorial Park in Streetsville (Mississauga) at 8:00pm.
....................................
Toronto Croatia (blue socks, white socks and numbers, red shirts)
......................................1 George Azcurra
2 Daniel Pilas...3 Ante Musa (cpt)...4 Frane Sain...5 Adrian Azcurra
6 Mario Kulis...7 Nino Adrijevic...8 Robert Fran...9 Woiciech Cwik
....................11 Samir Mesanovic...10 Peter Curic
Subs:...21 Tomislav Jolic (gk)...12 Paul Grguric (mid)...13 Meho Osmanovic (mid)...14 Vladimir Koval (mid)
team officials:...general manager Kruno Kulis...head coach Bruno Pilas...goalkeeping coach Tomo Boljkovac...bench manager Ivan Pavicic...doctor Zeljko Srbelg
Brampton Hitmen (all navy, black shoulders, white numbers and trim, red Real Image Graphic Inc logo)
.......................................1 Adrian Trueido
4 Milodrag Akmadic...6 Ricardo Jara...19 Sean Roberts...12 Gary Malone
10 Ivan Jurisic...11 Shawn Faria...22 Adolfo Mella...5 Rodrigo Flores
............................13 Phil Ionadi (cpt)...7 Jeff Sousa
Subs:...1 Gary Flaming (gk)...2 John Valentino...16 Robert Smith...15 Kurt Mella...17 Laryea Adjetey
team officials:...coach Jose DaSilva...assistant coach Pernell Mason...general manager Ruben Toro...chiropractor Cam Boraly.
Game officials:...referee Domenic Rosetto...referee's assistants Nick Minkin and Vito Curalli...no fourth official.
After the national anthem was played there was two minutes of silence for the victims in New York and Washington on September 11th.
1st half:...start 8:15pm...TC defend north end on this cold evening. All times are converted from my writst watch.
2 min...TC Curic heads 40 yard freekick over net from 12 yards.
3 min...TC Cwik cornerkick from right is punched forward by leaping goalie but play whistled down.
6 min...TC Pilas (?) dribbles down right and low cross from near cornerflag caught by goalie.
8 min...BH Flores cross from near left corner bounces through box.
9 min...BH goalie dives forward to grab ball in box.
11 min...TC Pilas long throw-in from right is headed around in BH box.
12 min...BH Adolfo Mella 35 yard freekick is caught by goalie on left side of net.
14 min...BH YELLOW card...Jara for pulling down TC player near left cornerflag.
16 min...TC Woiciech Cwik GOAL...'Chucky' sends in a 3 yard rebound while rushing into BH net.
17 min...TC YELLOW card...Adrijevic for not giving enough room on BH freekick.
18 min...BH Akmadic blasts 15 yard shot wide as he's being held back by a defender.
21 min...BH goalie catches chipped 5 yard cross from left.
22 min...BH Sousa 30 yard lob from right is just over net.
23 min...BH Adolfo Mella 25 yard shot into box is caught by charging goalie.
24 min...BH Malone 35 yard freekick, headed up by BH forward but goalie catches ball.
27 min...BH Adolfo Mella 40 yard freekick from right is headed away.
28 min...TC Curic 20 yard charging blast saved by goalie, TC Kulis blasts huge rebound off BH Malone's head for deflection out.
29 min...TC sub...Grugic replaces Cwik.
29 min...TC Mesanovic cornerkick from right is picked up off players on left by goalie.
31 min...TC Curic (?) 25 yard blast from left saved by diving goalie.
34 min...TC Curic good rush down left, 20 yard blast stopped by sprawling goalie.
35 min...TC Mesanovic corner from right is headed out by defenders for corner on left.
36 min...TC goalie leaps to punch for high ball in box but play whistled down when he's jostled.
37 min...TC YELLOW card...Fran for interfering with BH goalie's freekick from BH box.
38 min...TC Kulis has ball taken off his foot by diving goalie 10 yards out.
39 min...BH Flores freekick from 20 yards on left, ball squeezes through shadowing BH Adolfo Mella and goalie stops at last second on left post.
40 min...BH Adolfo Mella 15 yard shot rolled wide left.
44 min...BH RED card...Shawn Faria for swearing at referee when he crashes with a TC player and they started pushing each other. TC Ante Musa earned a Yellow card for this incident although I don't think he was involved in the initial crash.
46 min...half ends 9:01pm.
2nd Half:...starts 9:19pm.
46 min...TC Musa 40 yard freekick from left is headed over net from 5 yards.
47 min...BH Ionadi freekick from 35 yards on right caught by goalie but referee calls penalty kick when a BH player pushed over in box.
49 min...BH Phil Ionadi (?) blasts penalty kick to low left side of net and TC goalie George Azcurra who dives correctly and pushes ball wide left.
52 min...TC Mesanovic 25 yard freekick from left and charging TC Curic misses ball on right corner.
55 min...TC cornerkick from right is short but knocked out over line for goalkick.
56 min...BH goalie diving save on shot from 20 yards on right.
57 min...TC Grguric passes through to TC Curic whose 20 yard shot is saved by goalie.
58 min...BH Ionadi rolls 25 yard freekick around wall and just wide left of net.
59 min...BH subs...Kurt Mella replaces Flores.
....................................Adjetey replaces Jurisic.
60 min...BH Milodrag Akmadic GOAL...BH freekick from near left cornerflag, BH Laryea Adjetey rebounds in partially cleared ball pushing ball forward and Akmadic gets away 7 yard shot to center of net.
62 min...TC Curic 25 yard shot from extreme right is high wide left.
63 min...TC Sain leaps to pop up cross from left by heading ball up in TC box, goalie beats BH Sousa to ball by punching ball forward.
64 min...BH Malone 15 yard shot saved by goalie.
65 min...TC Fran gets long run and chips 15 yard shot from left when he's falling and ball is caught by goalie.
67 min...BH Kurt Mella flubs shot wide left from 15 yards ending BH rush.
70 min...TC Fran 20 yard shot on left is wide right after goalie on right bobbles and drops ball and TC player crosses over to left.
72 min...TC Sain 40 yard freekick from right is well high left of net.
74 min...TC RED card...Peter Curic earns this for what looked like a backheel kick of BH player on sideline near center
line.
77 min...TC YELLOW card...Curic for knocking down BH player on edge of TC box.
78 min...BH Adolfo Mella 20 yard freekick blast deflects off wall wide left.
80 min...TC cornerkick from right is cleared with players knocked over in box.
81 min...BH sub...Smith replaces Malone.
82 min...TC Mario Kulis GOAL...TC player takes long thrown in from left, the ball is passed by TC Samir Mesanovic to right side of box where Kulis gets 7 yard shot to left side of net over goalie Adrian Trueido. He celebrates goal by leaping onto the softball homerun fence and overbalancing.
88 min...BH Smith cross from right is caught by leaping goalie on left.
89 min...game ends 10:03pm.
Final Score:...............Toronto Croatia..............2...............Brampton Hitmen...............1...............
Attendance was about 100 people on this cold evening.
This was a rough game with two red cards and plenty of yellows and referee Domenic Rosetto couldn't satisfy either team. The referee's assistants also infuriated the players with offside calls but if one team complained, the other had to do the same so they may get a favourable call the next time.
Rocket Robin
robin@eol.ca
.
.