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CPSL game of Sunday June 7, 1998.
Here are the results of the CPSL game between North York Astros and St Catharines Roma Wolves played at Esther Shiner Stadium in North York at 7:30pm. This was considered a League game.
North York Astros (blue socks, shorts and numbers, yellow shirts)
..........................................1 Greg Drakes
16 Alessandro Nardi...15 Michael Marshall...3 Rene Martin...4 Boris Lopez
.............7 Gad Espinosa.....2 Andrew Czalij......14 Ednei Tavares
............5 Adrian Moura......11 Gary DeLeon......13 Audley Taffe
Subs:...12 Joe Fiocco (gk)...6 Kerwin Skeete (def)...8 Sebastian Busto (mid)...9 Rohan Scott (mid)...10 Eugenio Raso (fwd)
Head Coach Jorge Armua, Assistant Coach Tomas Boljkovac, Trainer David DeDonato, Physio Ruben Delembert, Equipment Juan J Zamora, Manager Frank Kontos.
St Catharines Roma Wolves (red socks, shorts and shirts, white numbers)
..........................................20 Dino Perri
7 John McNeil...10 Tony Carbonara...3 Savatore Borgh...14 Anwar Ahmad
4 Joe Carbonara...11 John Sozio...6 Keith Moore...21 Gary McGuchan
......................15 Luciano Berardocco...18 Carlo Arghittu
Subs:...9 Jerry Cipriani...13 Lucio Ianiero (injured list)...17 Marco Marino...10 Patrick Dugas
Head Coach Dino Perri, Assistant Coaches Lucio Ianiero and Carmen DeRose, Trainer Dr Daniel Perossa, General Manager Armand Difruscio, Assistant Manager Tony Pecchia
Officials:...Referee Glen Sharkey...Refereees Assistants Alfredo Baladan and Paul Fragomeni...4th Official Isaac Raymond
Game starts at 7:37pm on this cold cloudy evening.
1st Half:...Astros defend East end.
1 min...NY Tavares 20 yard shot from left side caught by goalie.
6 min...StC Ahmad lobs 25 yard freekick right to goalie.
7 min...NY corner from right side, batted down thaen picked up by goalie.
15 min...NY Tavares gets long 45 yard shot stopped by goalie.
20 min...StC Joe Carbonara corner kick caught by goalie in leaping grab.
22 min...StC McGuchan gets cross 10 yards to left of net and shoots wide left.
27 min...NY Taffe receives corner from left side near left post but ball for point blank save.
27 min...StC goalie punches out corner kick in crowd.
31 min...StC McGuchan gets 30 yard freekick kicked around in box.
34 min...StC Arghittu injured near midfield takes ball in face.
2nd Half: start 8:39pm.
46 min...StC cross from right touch line trickles right across box.
54 min...StC Arghittu steals ball from defender and 15 yard shot saved by sliding goalie.
56 min...NY goalie drifts back to catch high lobbed 30 yard cross.
62 min...NY DeLeon blasts 15 yard shot from left side.
73 min...NY Tavares balsts 20 yard cross over bar.
75 min...NY GOAL...DeLeon on 20 yard freekick over 5 man wall dips into net.
76 min...NY sub...Scott replaces Moura.
76 min...NY player puts 15 yard shot over bar.
77 min...NY Yellow card...Marshall in own end.
78 min...NY Martin injured and comes off for three minutes.
81 min...NY sub...Busto replaces injured Martin.
83 min...StC GOAL...McGuchan from corner kick gets head to it on short left side directed to right corner of net. StC goalie was also up in Astros box for the play and ball went over his head but he forced an Astro to mark him.
85 min...StC McGuchan gets hard 25 yard shot that rolls right to goalie.
91 min...StC GOAL...McGuchan gets 35 yard bullet shot with goalie caught off line. Shot was a one touch from left of goal to right side of net which would look great in the World Cup.
Final Score:...North York Astros......1.......St Catharines.........2....
The Astros have most of their players back after the franchise's one year absence from the CNSL league however some of the team played for North York Talons last year. The Wolves weren't playing too well tonight nor last Wednesday said general manager Armand Difruscio in the press box but turned it around in the last ten minutes of the game.
Attendance was about 125 people. Wolves had some fans but they weren't the travelling group I've seen before but personal fans of Anwar Ahmad.
Rocket Robin
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