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CPSL game of Wednesday August 5, 1998.
Here are the results of the CPSL game between Toronto Croatia and North York Astros played at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke at 8:00pm. This was considered a League game.
Toronto Croatia (blue socks, white shorts and numbers, red shirts)
.........................................1 Dariusz Ostaszewsky
18 Adis Salkic...7 Adam Lee...8 Czeslaw Zajac...9 Meho Osmanovic
3 Daniel Pilas...14 Howard Christie...22 Denny Jogdincic...10 Tomo Granic
.......................11 Steve Smintic...6 Tomislav Milkovic
Subs:...5 Sead Kalic...17 Ivan Palma...15 Jaroslav Gierejkivich...19 Blair Corcel...20 Morris Shirald
Team Officials:...head coach Rudi Belin, assistant coach Maritan Bilic, trainer Ivan Pavicic.
North York Astros (blue socks, shorts, and numbers, yellow shirts)
....................................1 Alejandro Protti
16 Alejandro Nardi...15 Michael Marshall...2 Andrew Czalij...4 Boris Lopez
5 Sebastian Busto...8 Alejandro Martinez...10 Jorge Aviles...13 Audley Taffe
..................18 Rodrigo Flores...17 Ivan Jurisic
Subs:...12 Greg Drakes...3 Rene Martin...9 Adrian Moura...11 Gary DeLeon...14 Ednei Tavares
Team Officials:...head coach Jorge Armua, assistant coach Thomas Boljkovac, trainer Dave DeDonato, masseur Ruben Delembert, equipment Juan Jose Zamora.
Game Officials:...Referee Manuel Orellana, referee's assistants Glen Sharkey and Zack Kontoulis, 4th official Frank Marciello
1st Half:...breezy mild evening, Croatia defends North end.
2 min...Astros Flores receives cross from right side and curls ball from left just over bar.
3 min...Astros Taffe rolls 15 yard shot from left hit directly to goalie.
4 min...Astros goalie catches low cross from left.
5 min...TC Milkovic rolls through ball from 15 yards right to goalie.
6 min...Astros GOAL...Martinez gets 7 yard shot from tough angle on right to left corner of net.
7 min...TC goalie catches through ball before Astros Flores can get to it.
10 min...TC GOAL...Milkovic from 20 yards rolls ball under charging Astros goalie into center of net.
12 min...TC Milkovic with goalie beaten receives short pass within box but point blank shot blocked by defender and quickly cleared upfield.
12 min...Astros GOAL...Flores on 2 on 1 break slides ball from 10 yards beyond sprawling goalie.
17 min...Astros Jurisic turns and fires 15 yard shot batted down by goalie.
19 min...TC GOAL...Pilas on 5 yard header after receiving bouncing ball in box.
20 min...TC Milkovic blast in box tipped wide right.
22 min...TC Granic beats defender and breakaway from 10 yards on Astros goalie. Goalie dives and takes ball off his feet and is injured as it looks like he was kicked in the face.
24 min...TC Milkovic knocked down in box. Penalty shot awarded!
25 min...TC Smintic appears to scuff penalty kick and it rolls just left of post. Astros goalie injured in dive for ball he doesn't get to.
28 min...TC Zajac 35 yard freekick well over net.
30 min...TC Granic from left side 15 yard shot wide right of net.
38 min...Astros Taffe lobbed shot from 15 yards that goalie tipped over net.
half ends at 8:55pm.
2nd Half:
halftime sub...TC sub...Sirald replaces Osmanovic.
48 min...Astros Nardi rushes 10 yard shot wide left.
50 min...Astros player takes 30 yard freekick lob, Astros Jurisic misses teeing off bouncing shot 7 yards out.
53 min...TC Smintic from left side cuts 15 yard shot well wide left.
56 min...TC Smintic through ball pass gathered up by Astros goalie on edge of box.
57 min...TC goalie gathers up through ball.
57 min...TC sub...Corcel replaces Salkic.
60 min...Astros DeLeon replaces Flores.
61 min...TC GOAL...Milkovic has 5 yard tap in after TC Zajic pulls out goalie and crosses ball over him on left side.
62 min...Astros GOAL...Martinez slides 12 yard shot into right corner of net under kneeling goalie.
69 min...Astros Nardi coils 20 yard shot over bar.
72 min...Astros Nardi rolls 20 yard rebound off freekick into wall right to TC goalie.
74 min...Astros Taffe shot from 15 yards batted out by goalie.
75 min...Astros Jurisic lobs ball from 20 yards over charging goalie. Ball bounces once then hits left goal post, TC goalie and TC Corcel injured in collision.
77 min...Astros Busto blasts 35 yard shot wide left of corner.
80 min...Astros goalie catches long throw in into box from right side.
81 min...TC sub...Kalic replaces Jogdincic.
82 min...Astros GOAL...DeLeon breaks in on left side 2 on 2 and slides ball on edge of box by sliding TC goalie who came out for shot inside right post.
83 min...TC sub...Gierejkivich replaces Christie.
84 min...TC Smintic breaks in on right side and 25 yard shot just wide right of post.
85 min...Astros YELLOW card...Busto for not giving enough room on freekick.
86 min...Astros sub...Tavares replaces Busto.
88 min...TC player from right blasts cross that deflects off TC Jogdincic's head wide left of post.
90 min...Astros Lopez 'pulls down' TC Smintic inside right side of box. Referee awards penalty kick.
91 min...TC Penalty kick...Zajac blasts ball well over bar! In fact ball appears to fly over the endzone embankment more than 30 yards behind the net.
91 min...TC YELLOW card...Nardi for heckling referee or TC players.
game over at 92 minutes just as a light rain starts.
Final Score:......Toronto Croatia.........3.........North York Astros.........4.........
Attendance was about 150 people. Toronto Croatia missed two Penalty kicks including a last minute effort that would have tied the game! Croatia put on a much better effort then when the two teams played two weeks earlier when they brought no reserve players to North York.
Rocket Robin
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