CNSL League game of Sunday July 14th, 1996.

Here are the results of the CNSL game of Sunday July 14th, 1996 between North York Talons and Toronto Italia played at Esther Shiner Stadium in North York at 3:00pm. This was considered a League game.

North York Talons (white socks, shorts, and numbers, black shirts with green sleeves, black & white striped bibs)

............................................00 Roydel Porter
2 Patrick Osunduba....5 Easton Garvey....16 Kenneth Omorgbe(cpt)....6 Colin Peters
17 Karl Grant....8 Michael Fairclough....10 Hugh Foster....14 Binyan Wondim
...............................15 Patrick Laineus.....13 Anthony Dominique

subs:...1 Hollis Fyfe (gk)...18 Franklyn Odunsi...11 Lincoln Williams...3 Miguel Gordon ...12 Fitzroy Bailey...4 Rashid Yousuf

Toronto Italia (blue socks and shirts, white shorts and numbers)

..................................................1 Joe Ciaravino
..................4 Richard Alexander.....3 Franco Spadafina.....5 Tom Perks
2 John Annisi....16 Garvin Houston....6 Jack Zomparelli....11 Marco Antonucci(cpt)
..................................................10 Lalo Maradona
...........................12 Anthony Zanini........................23 Phil Caporrella

00 Mike Ivancescu(gk)...7 Miguel Ferreira...9 Ryan Gamble...14 Franco Vaiano...20 Nick Maxwell

Officials: Referee Norma Clark, linesmen Graham Williams and Dave Tacconelli

In pregame ceremony, Roydel Porter gets award for being named Talons Player of the Week. Talons captain Kenneth Omorgbe has a brief biography read from the announcers booth.

1st Half (Talons defend east end in 1st half on this sunny hot day).
Game actually starts at 3:15pm as there's a delay to clear the stadium from a previous soccer game.
1:30 min Italia GOAL Houston has a sitter thanks to Caporella knocking down a header on a long cross.
3 min Talons goalie stops breakaway on Caporella even though through ball looked offside.
4 min Talons Dominique gets shot caught by goalie.
8 min Italia Antonucci gets hard shot stopped.
9 min Italia GOAL Caporrella gets open centering shot that he pounds in from 5 yards.
10 min Talons goalie saves Caporrella's shot on 2 on 0 break! Defender prevents rebound.
11 min Talons Yellow card to Omorgbe for clipping Caporrella just outside box near end line. Caporella's down for about four minutes.
14 min Italia GOAL Maradona chips freekick that Zanini charges in from 15 yards out and gets head to from 3 yards out.
16 min Italia Maradona's freekick from 20 yards is punched wide by goalie as he tried for short side.
29 min Talons sub Laineus replaced by Yousuf.
31 min Italia's goalie wins multihead and punch out (the ball) with Talons Yousuf.
40 min Talons Yellow card to Omorgbe for standing on the ball delaying freekick. That's his second yellow which means his ejection. He pulls off his shirt and stomps off the field which isn't exactly the behaviour and sportsmanship of a leader (just me trying to remember that pregame praise). Fairclough takes over as captain.
41 min Italia chip shot by Maradona deflected wide by jumping head in five man wall.
whistle blown at 45:27 despite what appeared to be Talons on a breakaway.

Halftime Score: North York Talons..........0.......Toronto Italia..........3

2nd half
Halftime subs:...Talons sub goaltenders...(Porter replaced by Fyfe)
............................Talons sub Williams replaces Grant (he usually films the games from the press box with a camcorder)
.............................Italia sub Maxwell replaces Antonucci
46 min Talons corner, Williams heads it wide from five yards through crowd.
49 min Italia goalie makes jumping save.
50 min Talons Williams squeezed on through ball gets shot away just wide.
51 min Italia GOAL Caporrella gets around goalie on left side and fires to left corner of net.
51 min Italia sub...Zomparelli replaced by Vaiano.
............Talons sub...Foster replaced by Bailey.
54 min Italia sub goaltenders...(Ciaravino replaced by Ivancescu)
55 min Italia Alexander blasts shot high in player crowd from 5 yards.
56 min Italia sub Zanini replaced by Gamble.
58 min Talons Yellow card for dissent.
60 min Talons Fairclough gets weak header right to goalie.
64 min Italia GOAL Gamble chips shot over goalie's head to right corner from 25 yards.
70 min Italia GOAL Maradona blasts shot off sliding defender into net. (set up by Gamble's quick freekick).
70:50 min Talons GOAL Williams gets shot over goalie and into net.
78 min Italia Gamble blasts shot high from only five yards out after rebound came right to him.
81 min Italia GOAL Gamble...Maradona from left side 20 yards out crosses to Maxwell who's 15 yards past right side of net, Maxwell one touches it on low centering shot to Gamble who redirects it in from close range.
84 min Italia Spadafina gets called for handball about two yards inside box.
.............Talons GOAL on Penalty...Dominique takes low shot to right corner. Goalie crumples to his right then buckles left but not close.
89 min Italia GOAL Maradona has ball come to him standing still on 3 on 0 breakaway. Maradona takes shot from 20 yards to middle of net as goalie falls.
90 min Italia Caporrella chips ball to goalie who jumps and catches it.

Final Score: North York Talons........2.........Toronto Italia...............8...

Attendance was the largest of the year at approx 130 persons. Most of the crowd was Italia supporters. The best team and worst team in the League. I was thinking of a 5-1 score but I was wrong! Wow 10 goals.

I was given a CNSL media pass so I can get into the rest of the game's free. With the Sunday morning radio show 'Soccer Canada' being cancelled, I seem to be the only source of information in the English speaking press!

I saw this game and the evening Astro game instead of going to the Canadian National vs Portuguese Olympic Team game (ended in a 1-1 tie) which was downtown at Varsity Stadium.

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