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Result of the Sunday June 20th, 2010 CSL game between Toronto Croatia and Montreal Impact Academy 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...4 Sven Arapovic...17 Federico Vaccaro...15 Ainsley Deer
21 Braeden Krampert...23 Tonci Pirija...20 Alex Arbelo...11 Ivan Zgela (cpt)
..............10 Tihomir Maletic...8 Hayden Fitzwilliams

Subs:...12 Antonio Ilic (gk)...3 Robert Fran (def)...5 Jonathan Bustamante (mid)...13 Alex Radic (mid)...16 Daniel Leko (mid) ...18 Dani Jankovic (fwd)...22 Mark Spehar (def)
team officials:...manager Ivan Kulis...assistant coach Alen Vukobrad...assistant manager Perica Arapovic...head coach Kreso Granjto...physio Rachel Leroux

Montreal Impact Academy (white socks and shirts, blue shorts and numbers)

..................40 Maxine Crepeau
24 Francesco Augustin...21 Bonheur Aubrey...23 Kevin Cossette...12 Karl Ouimette (cpt)
..........16 Filix Cardin...14 Valentin Radevich...34 Kevin Luarca
..........17 Hussein Awaca...19 Armel Dagrou...28 Anthony Jackson

Subs:...6 Hugo Lapointe-Senecal...5 Dominique Morin...18 Guillaume Heroux...7 Yannick Rome-Gosselin...3 Alessandro Riggi...8 Dicerot Nana
team officials:...head coaches Philippe Eullaffroy and Alex Menard...assistant coach Olivier Brett

Game officials:...referee Richard Oliveira...referee's assistants Gianni Fachinni and Matt Arduini...fourth official Andrew Wiles...yellow shirts, black shorts and socks)

1st Half:...game starts 8:16pm...TC defend south end on this hot evening with the sun in the north west.
4 min...TC Zgela run up left and 30 yard blast pushed right by diving goalie and TC Maletic is called offside.
5 min...TC Pirija 25 yard shot up middle is wide right of net.
10 min...TC Krampert cross in from right has ball pinballed around and TC Arapovic has blast from 12 yards that deflects off defender out of box.
11 min...MIA has offside call at TC 5 yard line on cross into box.
15 min...MIA Augustin 25 yard blast from right is high and wide right of net.
16 min...MIA Awaca is injured crashing out of bounds on cinder track.
18 min...MIA Radevich gets cross from left and mid air kick from 10 yards has flying goalie push wide right for cornerkick. TC goalie was hurt on the play.
19 min...MIA Luarca cornerkick from right is rolled out of box and TC players clear ball preventing shot.
21 min...TC Arbelo cornerkick from right has TC player get 10 yard kick in crowd of players and defender clears ball on line.
23 min...MIA Radevich cornerkick from right has TC players prevent shots just inside box.
23 min...MIA Luarco cornerkick from right has TC players prevent shots just inside box.
26 min...MIA Cossette 35 yard freekick from right has goalie fly to push ball wide left of net as it looked like it would have been wide anyway.
27 min...MIA Luarca cornerkick from left finds MIA Aubrey on left and his midair shot is wide right of net from 12 yards.
28 min...TC Arbelo 30 yard freekick from right sideline has play whistled down in box.
28 min...TC YELLOW card...Maletic earns it for dissent.
29 min...TC Krampert cross from 35 yards on right has MIA Aubrey head ball over own net to prevent TC Maletic from a play at 10 yards.
30 min...TC player's cornerkick from right is over players in box. TC Pirija blast from 20 yards on left is blocked.
31 min...MIA Cardin 55 yard freekick from right is over players and bounces ball wide left for goalkick.
33 min...TC Krampert rush to ball on right and he blasts 25 yard shot that has ball deflect off defender just wide right of post.
34 min...TC Pirija is injured at MIA 35 yards.
36 min...MIA Radevich quick freekick forward on left has MIA player cross ball through box unplayed.
37 min...TC Zgela 25 yard blast from right is caught by goalie.
39 min...TC Harris cross from right is blocked by defender.
40 min...MIA Bonjeur Aubrey GOAL...MIA Kevin Luarca cornerkick from right has leaping Aubrey head ball into right corner of net from 5 yards on left.
42 min...TC Fitzwilliams 25 yard shot from extreme right is caught by goalie.
44 min...TC YELLOW card...Arapovic earns it for knocking over MIA Radevic running through center circle.
46 min...half ends 9:02pm.

2nd Half:...starts 9:16pm.
46 min...TC YELLOW card...Krampert earns it for knocking down MIA Luarca at TC 50 yards.
48 min...MIA Luarca 30 yard low shot through crowd of players is smothered by goalie.
49 min...MIA YELLOW card...Awaca earns it for bumping TC Maletic on rush on left at 20 yards.
50 min...Croatia Ivan Zgela GOAL...Zgela's low 22 yard freekick blast from left is to low right side of goal.
50 min...TC sub...Bustamante replaces Krampert.
52 min...TC Maletic has goalie take ball off his head at 15 yards on through ball bouncer.
54 min...MIA Cossette 25 yard shot from left is caught by goalie.
58 min...MIA Cossette long throw-in from left has defender head for cornerkick.
59 min...MIA Luarca cornerkick from left has ball cross through box and out right side of box.
60 min...MIA sub...Heroux replaces Jackson.
61 min...MIA sub...Rome-Gosselin replaces Dagrou.
61 min...MIA Luarca 25 yard cross from left has defender head away from edge of box.
62 min...MIA Luarca cross from left has MIA Rome-Gosselin nod header from 10 yards wide left of net.
63 min...MIA sub...Riggi replaces Awaca.
63 min...TC Harris 35 yard blast deflects off defender and rolls to goalie.
65 min...TC sub...Fran replaces Vaccaro.
66 min...TC player's cross from right has TC Arbelo blast 18 yarder from right that goalie gets hand to and while down swats ball away for defender to clear.
68 min...MIA YELLOW card...Augustin earns it for tackle just left of box.
68 min...TC Zgela 25 yard freekick is off defender from left has ball deflect into box.
70 min...MIA sub...Morin replaces Cardin.
70 min...Croatia Ivan Zgela GOAL...TC Robert Fran 55 yard freekick from left is lofted into box and Zgela heads 15 yarder just over flying goalie Maxine Crepeau to right corner of the net.
71 min...TC sub...Leko replaces Zgela.
72 min...MIA Rome-Gosselin is half step behind ball sent into box and goalie smothers ball.
75 min...TC YELLOW card...Fran earns it for his part in a pushing match with MIA Ouimette.
.........MIA YELLOW card...Ouimette earns it for his part in a pushing match with TC Fran.
this incident began with TC Leko was injured when he took a ball to the head.
76 min...MIA goalie charges out of net to poke ball away from charging TC Fitzwilliams.
78 min...MIA Cossette 45 yard cross from left bounces just a step in front of MIA Rome-Gosselin so the ball bounces to goalie.
79 min...MIA Luarca cornerkick from right has MIA Augustin chip 30 yarder from right just wide left of leaping MIA player for goalkick.
82 min...MIA Riggi 18 yard shot is blocked by sliding TC Bustamante injuying him.
83 min...MIA Cossette 30 yard freekick curves through box.
84 min...TC Fitzwilliams rushes to through ball as he's not offside and MIA goalie charges out to 35 yards on left upending and injurying him.
86 min...MIA Cossette rush up left and 40 yard cross from left is through box and throw-in giving.
88 min...MIA Rome-Gosselin 7 yard header has goalie palm ball over net when MIA player heads ball forward from 12 yards after receiving cross from right.
88 min...TC sub...Jankovic replaces Arbelo.
90 min...MIA Guillaume Heroux GOAL...An MIA player takes a 55 yard freekick from the right and Heroux tips header from 15 yards and ball bounces into net over goalie Sandi Matika.
91 min...Croatia RED card...Tihomir Maletic earns his second Yellow card from referee Richard Oliveira for grabbing an MIA player by the neck at the MIA 50 yard line. He had picked up his first Yellow at 28 minutes for dissent.
93 min...TC Jankovic rush on right on break and cross cleared from box.
94 min...TC Jankovic leaps for head-high foot in to tip ball past goalie into net at 10 yards but goal called back.
94 min...Referee Richard Oliveira ejects a coach from the MIA bench for yelling insults.
96 min...Croatia Sven Arapovic GOAL...Arapovic heads 3 yarder into net over goalie to left corner of net. TC Halburto Harris gave him the pass.
97 min...MIA Cossette sideways kick from 15 yards is well over net.
97:30 game ends.

Final Score:........Toronto Croatia.............3...............Montreal Impact Academy.........2.......

Attendance was about 100 on this hot evening.

This game was fairly even with both teams having numerous chances. Best non-scoring chances came at 21 minutes when TC Alex Arbelo took a cornerkick from the right and a TC player got a 10 yard kick in through a crowd of players that a defender cleared off the line. At 66 minutes a TC cross from the right had Arbelo blast an 18 yarder from right that the goalie gets a hand to and while he was down he swatted away the ball for a defender to clear. At 88 minutes, MIA Yannick Rome-Gosselin gets a 7 yard header that the goalie palmed the ball over the net when an MIA player heads a ball forward from 12 yards after receiving a cross from the right. Impact Kevin Cossette supplied some great crosses into the box for MIA players throughout the game which they couldn't finish.

Croatia fans were whistling for the referee to end the game from the 88th minute on but were glad that an extra seven minutes were played so they could get the winning goal.

Impact stayed in Southern Ontario over the weekend with a day's rest as opposed to previous visits when they play Friday night and again the next day so they can get back to Montreal. The extra day's rest meant that they didn't get so tired in the second half. This time their weekend didn't work out because they lost their Friday night game played right here at Centennial Stadium against Serbian White Eagles also by a 3-2 score. Next Sunday night, Toronto Croatia plays White Eagles right here at 8:15pm. White Eagles first play London City on the Friday night also at this stadium.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca


Croatia starters


Academy starters


players line up for cornerkick.


Croatia clears ball from own end.


Croatia player's long throw-in into Academy box causes problems.


midfield play


play in center circle

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