CNSL game of Sunday September 15, 1996.
Here are the results of the CNSL game of Sunday September 15, 1996 between Scarborough Astros and North York Talons played at Rainbow Creek Stadium in Woodbridge at 6:00pm. This game was originally scheduled to be played at Birchmount Stadium in Scarborough but that stadium was unavailable so it was moved to the home of Toronto Italia. This was considered a League game.
Scarborough Astros (blue socks, shorts, and numbers, yellow shirts)
..........................................1 Milan Popov
4 John Dibuono...2 Andrew Czalij...3 Rene Martin (cpt)...8 Kerwin Skeete
17 Andy Mondello...15 Michael Marshall...5 Leo Lopez...16 Alex Nardi
.............................10 Marco Bonofiglio.....11 Audley Taffe
Sub:...12 Greg Drakes (gk)...14 Bill Heaney...6 Samson Oshorinde...18 Angelo Espinoza...9 Devon Kenlock
North York Talons (white socks and shirts, black shorts, hollow black numbers, three black stripes on right shoulder)
..............................................00 Patrick Osunduba
13 Lloyd Allen...14 Donovan Gordon...5 Douglas Bell...6 Rashid Yousuf
.............2 Trevor Dennis.....9 Michael Fairclough (cpt).....12 Ian Bryan
............17 Lincoln Williams.....11 Franklyn Odunsi.....4 Anthony Dominique
Sub:...0 Kevin Aldred (gk)....15 Patrick Jones....?? Patrick Laineus....3 Rohan Thomas...
7 Hugh Foster...10 "Charlie Chaplin"
Officials...Referee Gustavo Calzato....linesmen Bruno Calucci and Franco Marcello
1st Half: (Astros defend south goal in 1st half) ground is soft but not muddy as it's rained for the last few days. Temperature is about 15C.
5 min...Talons Allen gets free kick from 25 yards over wall but caught by goalie.
14 min...Astros Yellow card...Lopez for rough play.
22 min...Talons goalie comes out and forced to make point blank save, rebound off forwards hand so whistled down. Rain starts not hard but stops before half is over.
Talons often testing danger with pass backs.
32 min...Talons Yellow card...Allen for rough play.
34 min...Astros goalie makes good jumping catch on corner kick.
36 min...Astros goalie good diving save on Dominique's shot from 20 yards on left of goal.
45 min...1st half ends.
2nd Half:
Halftime subs:....Talons....Jones replaces Dennis.
.............................Astros.....Kenlock replaces Mondello.
46 min...Astros Yellow card...Skeete for knocking down Talons forward preventing breakaway.
47 min...Talons Bell gets 30 yard free kick over wall and dips to diving goalie.
52 min...Astros Bonofiglio loops 20 yard kick over three man wall but well over net.
57 min...Astros Yellow card...Dibuono for tripping Talon forward.
58 min...Talons Bryan 20 yard corner goes wide right.
62 min...Talons Allen cramps up and Gordon gets knocked down so there's two Talons rolling around.
63 min...Astros Taffe chips shot over defender from 15 yards but goalie catches it.
63 min...Talons sub..."Charlie Chaplin" replaces Dominique.
71 min...Talons Chaplin crosses along line but no teammate there for tap-in.
73 min...Astros Taffe dekes defender to right of net, passes back to Dibuono whose shot caught by goalie.
74 min...Astros Dibuono crosses to Nardi whose diving header from 10 yards saved by goalie who smothers rebound.
76 min...Astros Taffe dekes defender but 15 yard shot wide right of net.
77 min...Talons Yellow/Red card...Allen for tackle on Taffe. This hockey bodycheck knocked Taffe about 3 feet in air and was Allen's 2nd yellow of the night. The play was about midfield so must have been one of frustration.
78 min...Astros Lopez has 45 yard freekick caught by goalie.
80 min...Astros Yellow card...Czalij for bodycheck on forward breaking for net.
82 min...Astros Taffe shot saved by goalie.
84 min...Astros Lopez gets 25 yard shot caught by goalie.
85 min...Astros Dominique blasts ball from 25 yards well over net.
86 min...Astros Taffe dekes defender on right side, gets shot away as second defender checks him; ball squeezed wide by falling goalie. Taffe is injured with a twisted ankle on play.
90 min...game stopped (I was expecting a few minutes of injury time).
Final Score:.......Scarborough Astros...........0.........North York Talons..........0...
So a battle of the league's two worst teams ends in a 0-0 tie. It was actually a good game. Some of the shots were taken from a little too long range to have a good chance of going in.
Attendance was about 65 people. The threat of rain, the chilly night and the fact that even the League office answering machine didn't mention that the game was to be played in Woodbridge kept the crowd down. About a third were Talon fans. Ennio the Astros announcer gave away some more cell phones. At this late in the season, most fans have already won one so he can just find someone he knows and just outright ask them. There are fans who actually get phone calls at these games.
After the game I tried to get the name of the Number 10 for Talons who wasn't listed in the line-up. Even a Talons official couldn't go beyond calling him "Charlie Chaplin" which was what the Talons fans chanted when he took the ball and had some excellent 60 yard runs. He was a sub in the 2nd half and because he had fresh legs, he ran about 30% faster than anyone else so looked like those old silent movies which don't synch with today's projectors. Hey I'll go along with that name. He created a lot of excitement and Talons had momentum until the red card when they were forced to hang on.
.
.