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Result of the Sunday May 30, 2010 CSL game between Toronto Croatia and St Catharines Wolves played at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke at 8:15pm.
Toronto Croatia (blue socks, white shorts and numbers, red shirts)
........................1 Sandi Matika
7 Halburto Harris...5 Jonathan Bustamante...17 Federico Vaccaro...15 Ainsley Deer
30 Tomislav Leko...23 Tonci Pirija...20 Alex Arbelo...16 Daniel Leko
............10 Tihomir Maletic (cpt)...8 Hayden Fitzwilliams
Subs:...12 Antonio Ilic (gk)...18 Dani Jankovic (fwd)...19 Niko Pesa (fwd)...21 Braeden Krampert (mid)...23 Mark Bosnjak (def)...26 Lucas Pesa (def)
...22 Mark Spenar (def)
team officials:...head coach Kreso Ganjto...manager Ivan Kulis...assistant coach Alen Vukobrad...manager Perica Arapovic...physio Rachel Leroux
St Catharines Wolves (black socks and shorts, blue shirts, red numbers)
........................1 Claudio Perri
17 Simon Murphy...7 Daniel Mazzuca...4 Matthew Dimaria...12 Danny Gallagher
.........11 Stefan Kamendy...16 Clint Holcomb...20 Matthew Stillman
.........14 Matthew Cain...8 Dana Heimbecker...23 Tony Mermigas
Subs:...21 Michael Pratley (gk)...27 Kosta Brajisnik (fwd)...9 Aaron Vanvelzen (fwd)...10 Carlo Arghittu (fwd)...26 Brock Thom (mid)
...6 Joe Conte (def)
team officials:...head coach James McGillivray...assistant coach Angelo Pizzacalla...manager Armand DiFruscio...assistant manager Carl J Mendonca
Game officials:...referee Jeff Audi...referee's assistants Ken Van Dyk and Costa Kanamalis...fourth official Goce Vasileski...(yellow shirts, black shorts and socks)
1st Half:...game starts 8:22pm...TC defends north end.
1 min...TC Bustamante 22 yard freekick from left hits bar on right and ball deflects out for defender to head ball away at 7 yards.
2 min...TC Harris hurt at W 25 yards.
6 min...TC Maletic cuts around defender and cuts low 15 yard shot that goalie smothers.
7 min...W sub...Thom replaces still injured Mermigas.
12 min...W Stillman has goalie bump him at 18 yards and ball falls for W Cain to shoot 8 yarder on right into open net but he rolls it off right post for
a goalkick.
13 min...TC Maletic cornerkick from left has TC Harris blast partial clearance over net from 25 yards from right.
16 min...Croatia Daniel Leko GOAL...TC Hayden Fitzwilliams rushes on right down wing and cuts low cross from 15 yards near right end line. The
ball rolls through a crowd of players in box and charging Leko rolls ball into left corner of net from 5 yards beyond goalie Claudio Perri.
17 min...W player 25 yard cross from right is caught by goalie.
21 min...TC goalie long kick up field over charging TC Maletic and goalie catches on bounce.
22 min...TC Pirija rolls ball back from 10 yards on right for TC Tomislav Leko who shoots wide right from 12 yards.
24 min...W Gallagher 40 yard freekick from right has defender pop up header on edge of box.
25 min...W Stillman 35 yard freekick down middle is blasted into player wall.
29 min...TC Fitzwilliams 20 yard shot from extreme right is caught by goalie.
32 min...W Heimbecker cross from right corner is over goalie but defenders clear in box with no W players threatening.
33 min...TC player's 50 yard chip from left is caught by goalie.
Both teams are caught on offsides.
43 min...TC Deer 25 yard roller from left is saved by goalie.
44 min...TC Tomislav Leko 25 yard shot from right is deflected wide right of net.
45 min...TC Harris low 35 yard shot from right is picked up by goalie.
46 min...TC Harris gets head in to knock ball away from W Thom on left run to pass at 15 yards.
49 min...half ends 9:11pm.
2nd Half:...starts 9:26pm.
46 min...Wolves Brock Thom GOAL...Thom gets mid air volley blast from 22 yards that drops into left side of net on arc beyond goalie
Sandi Matika.
47 min...TC Maletic cuts 18 yard shot up middle just over bar.
48 min...Croatia Tihomir Maletic GOAL...TC Halburto Harris rush up middle to 20 yards passes over to right to TC Hayden Fitzwilliams who crosses
to left and Maletic kicks 3 yard shot on left past the goalie standing up for shot.
50 min...Wolves Dana Heimbecker cross from right has Wolves player botch bicycle kick but he does connect with the ball and it hits a defender's
arm so referee Jeff Audi calles a Penalty kick call. He also gave a Yellow card to that defender.
51 min...Wolves Matthew Stillman Penalty kick blast has diving goalie pushes wide left of net.
55 min...W Gallagher 60 yard cross from right has goalie catch in front of charging W player.
55 min...TC sub...Krampert replaces Daniel Leko.
56 min...W YELLOW card...Mazzuca earns it for sliding tackle on TC Fitzwilliams injuring him at center line.
61 min...W Kamendy cornerkick from left has defender on left head ball away.
62 min...W Kamendy low 35 yard blast is wide left of post.
70 min...W sub...Vanvelzen replaces Thom.
75 min...W Mazzuca cross from 35 yards on right has W Heimbecker on left end line shoots wide left of net.
77 min...TC Fitzwilliams shot around defender from 10 yards on left is just wide of net.
81 min...W sub...Arghittu replaces Mazzuca.
82 min...W Gallagher 45 yard cross from right has defender head ball away on edge of box.
82 min...TC Fitzwilliams rush up right but cross is deflected to goalie.
83 min...TC Vaccaro heads back to goalie to prevent break by W Vanvelzen at 22 yards.
84 min...W goalie falls back to palm ball over net on TC player's 15 yard chip in crowd of players.
85 min...W YELLOW card...Heimbecker earns it for check at W 50 yards.
86 min...W sub...Brajisnik replaces Heimbecker.
87 min...W Gallagher 35 yard freekick from left has leaping W player heads ball wide right of net.
88 min...TC Vaccaro kicks ball back onto top of own net.
91 min...TC Arbelo 40 yard freekick is low deflects off defender.
93 min...TC Vaccaro clears ball behind own line.
93 min...W goalie clears ball from TC Krampert on break on left end line.
93 min...game ends 10:16pm.
Final Score:......Toronto Croatia...........2...........St Catharines Wolves..........1...............
Attendance was about 125 on this hot evening.
Both teams had a few chances to score in the last half hour of the game. The difference for the Wolves turned out to be not being able to score on the Penalty kick. The other good chance for Wolves was early at 12 minutes when Matthew Stillman has the goalie bump him at 18 yards off the ball but the ball falls to Wolves Matthew Cain who from 8 yards shoots from the right to the open net but he sent in off the right post for a goal kick.
Repairs to the Centennial Stadium turf have been made well enough that there should be no more games called off. St Catharines were here the Friday before when a game against Serbian White Eagles was postponed at game time because of loose fitting turf. Toronto Croatia's game here on May 16th against London City was postponed and last Sunday's game against Brantford Galaxy was moved to Lamport Stadium so this was the first home game actually played at this stadium.
These were the first points for Toronto Croatia after losing their first two games. Wolves record falls to 1-2 but they haven't played a home game yet.
Rocket Robin
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Croatia starters
Wolves starters
Captains Claudio Perri and Thiomir Maletic decide on coin flip.
Croatia lines up for penalty kick.
Wolves cornerkick
loose ball
Players lign up to start the second half.
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