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Result of the Saturday May 29, 2010 CSL game between North York Astros and Montreal Impact Academy played at Esther Shiner Stadium in North York at 1:15pm.
North York Astros (orange socks and shirts, black shorts and numbers)
.................20 Nelson Ryan Zamora
4 Victor Gallo...3 Jongwon Jung (cpt)...14 Kurt Ramsey...12 Alex Kawalit
6 Peter Dimitrakopoulos...9 Mauricio Chamale...5 Alexandre Oran...7 Erik Grigore
..............8 Camilo Moreno...17 Mahyar Kohbad
Subs:...1 Shahab Noorafkan (gk)...2 Jaksa Wabinski (mid)...11 Roozbeh Houdaji (fwd)...16 Mohamed Aborig (mid)...18 Diego Bonilla Melo (fwd)
...13 Andrew Mbala (def)
team officials:...head coach Michael Ridout...assistant coach Gerardo Lezcano...goalkeeping coach Thomas Boljkovac...team manager Santo Briguglio
...field director Jorge Collazo...general manager Bruno Ierullo
Montreal Impact Academy (all white, blue numbers)
.................40 Maxime Crepeau
24 Fracesco Augustin...25 Ismail Benomar...12 Karl Ouimette...15 Maxim Tissot
16 Filix Cardin...8 Diderot Nana...3 Alessandro Riggi...23 Kevin Cossette
............17 Hussein Awada...18 Guillaume Heroux
Subs:...22 Dominique Provost (gk)...2 Bastien Bourgault (mid)...5 Dominique Morin (mid)...6 Hugo Lapointe-Senecal (def)...9 Valentin Radevich (mid)
...10 Joey Cortese (mid)...33 Amine Mefrouh (--)
team officials:...head coach Philippe Eullaffroy...assistant coaches Olivier Brett and Alexis Menard...manager Alexis Pinard
Game officials:...referee Gianni Facchini...referee's assistants Jeff Fearnall and David Ashfield...fourth official Peter Pendli...(yellow shirts, black shorts and socks)
1st Half:...game starts 1:14pm...Astros defend east end staring into the sun. The wind is from the north.
5 min...Astros Chamale cornerkick from right has defender head ball away.
7 min...Astros Ramsey 40 yard blast up middle through crowd of players is caught by goalie.
8 min...MIA Awada 35 yard low blast up middle on run is just wide left of net.
9 min...MIA Cossette 25 yard freekick from left is bounced to right of net and MIA Heroux slides to shoot 5 yarder wide right of net.
13 min...Astros Chamale cornerkick from right has Astros Kohbad leap and twist 8 yard header wide left of net.
15 min...MIA Cardin rush down middle and defender pokes ball away at 15 yards conceding cornerkick.
16 min...MIA player's cornerkick from right has MIA Ouimette on short right heads ball wide left from 10 yards.
19 min...MIA Riggi 30 yard freekick from right sideline has Astros defender head ball away.
20 min...Astros Kohbad skuffs 25 yard roller down middle to goalie.
21 min...MIA Awada passes left to middle and MIA Heroux heads ball forward and Astros goalie picks up on edge of box.
24 min...MIA Riggi cross from right 20 yards is blocked twice.
26 min...Astros YELLOW card...Kohbad earns it for argueing an offside call.
29 min...MIA Cossette 30 yard freekick from right (on trick play) is low and smothered by goalie.
30 min...Astros Dimitrakopoulos blast from right 25 yards has goalie palm ball over net.
31 min...Astros Chamale cornerkick from right has ball knocked around in box.
31 min...Astros Kohbad pops up ball on rush at 20 yards and goalie catches chip attempt.
33 min...Astros players have a few balls knocked around in MIA box including Astros Chamale with a blocked shot at 12 yards.
35 min...Astros Kohbad and Astros Moreno on give and go pass has Kohbad checked off ball at MIA 20 yards before he can get away shot.
38 min...MIA Heroux on run up center blasts 35 yard shot well over net.
40 min...Astros Ramsey 30 yard shot near left end line is picked up by goalie.
43 min...Astros Ramsey long throw-in from left has defender clear.
44 min...Astros Grigore 15 yard shot on left has diving goalie deflect ball across end line.
45 min...Astros Chamale cornerkick from left has him get ball back and his low cross rolls to goalie.
47 min...half ends 2:01pm.
2nd Half:...starts 2:17pm.
47 min...MIA Riggi rush on right and cross behind charging forward but MIA Tissot slips up and misses ball at 12 yards. MIA Cossette kicks 22
yarder from left well over net.
51 min...Astros players have trouble clearing and MIA Awada gets in two headers in box.
51 min...MIA YELLOW card...Awada earns it for diving on check at Astros 20 yard line near sideline.
52 min...MIA Awada shot stopped by defender on edge of box.
53 min...MIA Francesco Augustin draws Penalty kick on right edge of box awarded by referee Gianni Facchini.
55 min...MIA Hussein Awada GOAL...Awada blasts Penalty kick low to left side as goalie Nelson Ryan Zamora dives to right.
57 min...Astros goalie stops but drops ball at 4 yards on MIA Awada's rush. Goalie dives back to grab it. Awada checks him off ball but on goalline,
play is whistled down.
59 min...Astros sub...Aborig replaces Moreno.
59 min...Astros player's cornerkick from right has defender clear ball away.
62 min...Astros Oran 35 yard blast is well over net.
63 min...MIA sub...Cortese replaces Nana.
64 min...Astros Chamale 35 yard shot is just over net but he wins cornerkick.
64 min...Astros Chamale cornerkick from right has ball blocked in box.
65 min...Astros Chamale cornerkick has Astros Aborig 5 yard header over net on charge into goalie. Aborig is injured on the play.
67 min...MIA Bourgault cross has MIA Radevich (when did both these players come into game?) take 12 yard shot that goes wide left of net.
68 min...Astros YELLOW card...Jung earns it for trip on MIA Ouimette at left at 20 yards.
71 min...Astros Aborig 15 yard shot is saved by goalie.
72 min...MIA sub...Mefrouh replaces Tissot.
75 min...Astros Dimitrakopoulos 28 yard freekick down middle has falling goalie punch ball wide right.
77 min...MIA Grigore cross from 20 yards on right end line deflects for cornerkick.
78 min...MIA Grigore cornerkick from right has Astros defenders block two shots.
78 min...Astros sub...Houdaji replaces Kohbad.
79 min...MIA player blasts 12 yard rebound over net from 10 yards.
80 min...Astros YELLOW card...Houdaji earns it for throwing ball at MIA player.
80 min...Astros Dimitrakopoulos 45 yard shot on left bounces to goalie.
81 min...MIA Cortese chips 35 yard shot down middle is caught by goalie.
82 min...MIA sub...Lapointe-Senegal replaces MIA Awada.
83 min...Astros Roozbeh 'Michael' Houdaji GOAL...Astros Victor Gallo cross from right 35 yards near extreme right has leaping goalie Maxime
Crepeau catch ball but drop it in crowd of players at 5 yards. Houdaji at 10 yards on left shoots low shot into right corner of net behind
fallen goalie.
87 min...Astros Kawalit is injured near sideline at 20 yards.
88 min...MIA Bourgault cross from right 20 yards has MIA Radevich not able to control ball.
89 min...MIA goalie slides out to beat Astros Houdaji to ball.
90 min...Astros Ramsey cross from left has defenders clear in box.
90 min...Astros Dimitrakopoulos 30 yard blast from right hits right post.
92 min...Astros Chamale pushes ball forward from 30yards but goalie beats Astros forward to ball.
95 min...end 3:07pm.
Final Score:.........North York Astros........1...........Montreal Impact Academy............1............
Attendance was about 50 fans on this very hot sunny day. Just before the end of the first half, a group of about six fans came in with a drum, balloons and streamers and staked out a row to make as much noise as they could. Insiders say they were actually players from their reserve team.
The penalty call was fair because just two minutes before the referee's call, he gave the Academy's Hussein Awada a Yellow card for diving on a check at the Astros 20 yard line near the sideline.
I was waiting for the Academy team to tire as they had just played a game on the previous evening. The owner had gone out of his way to reschedule so he could bring his team home by Saturday night. Astros Peter Dimitrakopoulos took a 30 yard blast from the right that hit the right post at 90 minutes and almost won the game for the Astros.
The Academy used six different starters (including goaltenders) then those used on Friday night and it would be difficult to pick out which team was stonger. The Academy does pick up 4 points out of 6 on this short weekend. The unused starters today were on the substitutes bench.
The game was fairly even overall and a 1-1 draw was a deserved result.
Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca
Astros starters
Impact Academy starters
Impact waiting to start game.
Imp Kevin Cossette takes freekick.
ball in Astros box
Astros band
Astros Victor Gallo on run.
Impact Hussein Awada takes penalty kick.
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