CNSL game of Sunday July 20, 1997.

Here are the results of the CNSL game of Sunday July 20th, 1997 between North York Talons and Toronto Croatia played at Esther Shiner Stadium in North York at 4:00pm. This was considered a Cup game.

North York Talons (white socks, shorts, and numbers, black shirts, green shoulders, black and white striped bibs).

.........................................0 Patrick Osunduba
18 Robin Kanhai....2 Andrew Czalij....3 Rene Martin....13 Kerwin Skeete
16 Alex Nardi....15 Michael Marshall....6 Marco Bonofiglio....7 Ednie Tavares
........................14 Chanzo Greenidge........11 Gary DeLeon

Subs:...8 Ian Bryan is the only sub as the team was unsure at the beginning of the week that this game would be played so they had to scramble to get a full roster to the stadium.

Toronto Croatia (all blue, white numbers).

..........................................1 Luboj Lindra
............2 John Annisi.......4 Daniel Pilas.......3 Milodrag Akmadzic
20 Ante Musa....7 Darko Pantalon....12 Frankie Celisimunovic....13 Ivica Soch
...........10 Zoran Marianovic......17 ?????????..........11 Ante Bralo

Subs:...14 Domogoj Sain...16 Kristian Belin...22 Pave Milkovic...6 Steve Smintich...?? Damir Cerkic...There also seemed to be players wearing numbers 5 and 18.

Officials:...Referee Peter Eleftehoglou...Linesmen Walter Kirshner (the referee-in-chief of the league) and Rick Olezif.

1st Half (warm afternoon with overcast skies).
1 min...Talons Martin injured in Talons box in scramble.
9 min...Croatia Marianovic rolls freekick cross to box and Pilas steps up and blasts ball high and wide right from 7 yards.
12 min...Croatia GOAL...Musa gets tap in from 5 yards after Talons goalie clears ball all of 3 yards by bouncing it off Musa. Musa is left in front of the net with goalie behind him.
17 min...Talons Martin curls 20 yard kick to top right corner of net but goalie tips it over bar.
28 min...Talons Marshall gets 15 yard low shot tipped wide by diving goalie.
31 min...Croatia Marianovic crosses through box, goalie gets enough of it to push all away to stop Bralo from teeing it up.
32 min...Croatia Bralo has 20 yard blasts knocked down by goalie.
34 min...Talons goalie dives down and picks up ball from dribbling Croatia Bralo.
35 min...Croatia YELLOW card...Akmadzic for clutching DeLeon on break along left side.
38 min...Croatia goalie dives and tips ball from DeLeon shot from 15 yards.
very light rain starts but doesn't last long.
43 min...Talons DeLeon bends freekick around wall but over bar.
ref stops play at exactly 45 min.

2nd Half:
halftime substitute...Talons Bryan replaces Marshall.
47 min...Croatia goalie catches DeLeon cross.
50 min...Croatia Bralo blasts 25 yard freekick over wall and well over bar.
54 min...Talons GOAL...DeLeon dribbles through defense and slides ball by goalie low to centre of net from 5 yards.
65 min...Talons DeLeon cuts against defense and blasts 15 yard shot just high over right of bar.
66 min...Talons in flurry of activity. DeLeon gets a few good shots blocked by defenders but Nardi missed the best chance.
73 min...Talons Greenidge squeezes shot through box.
75 min...Talons DeLeon rolls low 20 yard shot through box.
76 min...Talons Nardi gets weak rolling shot from 20 yards right at goalie.
77 min...Talons goalie dives and tips Croatia Musa's 25 yard shot wide.
80 min...Croatia sub...Sain replaces Musa.
86 min...Croatia Marianovic hurt at midfield when shoved in back.
Croatia sub...Belin replaces Marianovic.

Final Score:.......North York Talons............(0) 1........Toronto Croatia........(1) 1....

Attendance was about 60 people.
I thought Croatia would bring in their substitutes earlier to pressure the lack of bench strength of the Talons. The Talons had just as much chance of winning as Croatia as the game wore on. This game was in the schedule from the beginning of the year however it appears the Talons were unsure it would be played. It may not be all their fault as there was a game Wednesday involving Talons that was scheduled but officials couldn't confirm it so I missed it. I contact the league offices to confirm games but this one even fooled me so I wonder how much effort the everyday fan is supposed to go to to know if a game will be played.

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