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Result of the Sunday June 27,2010 CSL game between North York Astros and Milltown FC played at Esther Shiner Stadium in North York at 3:45pm.
North York Astros (orange socks and shirts, black shorts and numbers)
....................20 Ryan Zamora
9 Victor Gallo...11 John Jung (cpt)...5 Andrew Mbala...12 Anthony Valentine
..........8 Alexandre Oran...6 Kurt Ramsey...3 Mahyar Kohbad
...........2 Erik Grigore...4 Mohamed Aborig...7 Camilo Moreno
Subs:...1 Luis Gonzalez (gk)...5 Roozbeh Houdaji (fwd)...13 Jevon Vaderreyden (def)...16 Mauricio Chamale (mid)...17 Peter Dimitrakopoulos (def)
...14 Alex Kawalit (def)
team officials:...head coach Michael Ridout...assistant coach Gerardo Lezcano...goalkeeping coach Thomas Boljkovac...team manager Santo Briguglio
...therapist Ruben Val
Milltown FC (all white, black numbers, red trim)
....................1 Scott Cliff
5 Christopher Suta...2 Thierry Mangwa-Batomen...3 Ben Ragan...4 Eric Batchanou
6 Jess Mahal...8 Erik Olazabal...7 Agustin De Medina...10 Martijn Kuijpers
.............9 Eros Olazabal...11 Gersi Xhuti
Subs:...12 Daniel Mendez (gk)...13 Chad Fernandez (def)...15 Danilo Richards (fwd)...16 Cordell Benjamin (mid)...17 Ranginho Hussein (mid)
...18 Tristan Scott (fwd)
team officials:...head coach Rafael Carbajal...assistant coach Vladimir Klinovsky...stregth coach Paolo Pacione...medical staff Robert Gringmuth
Game officials:...referee Manuel Orellano...referee's assistants Ramme Arbaji and David DiPasquale...fourth official David Soriano...(yellow shirts, black short and socks)
1st Half:...game starts 3:48pm...Astros defend east end on this hot, humid afternoon with a hazy sun in the west.
4 min...Astros Oran cornerkick from left is headed through box.
5 min...Astros Oran cornerkick from right is partially cleared. Astros Ramsey shanks 22 yard shot and ball trickles over end line wide right of net.
8 min...Astros Grigore is upended rushing towards left side of MFC box.
9 min...Astros Moreno 25 yard freekick from left has leaping goalie palm ball over net.
11 min...Astros Oran cornerkick from right has leaping Astros Aborig head 5 yarder that goalie palms over net.
11 min...Astros Oran cornerkick from right has play whistled down in box.
15 min...MFC player's 40 yard snaking shot from left is just over bar.
18 min...MFC player's cross from 25 yards from left is caught by goalie.
19 min...MFC DeMedina kicks 25 yard shot is caught by goalie.
21 min...Milltown Eros Olazabal GOAL...MFC Eros Olazabal 20 yard shot from right is into left corner of net beyond flying goalie Ryan Zamora.
24 min...Astros Gallo 35 yard freekick has Astros Aborig on left pop 12 yard head over net.
26 min...Astros Oran cornerkick from right has Astros player knock ball dwon but defender clears ball.
27 min...MFC Batchanou long throw-in from right has Astros defenders head away from box.
32 min...MFC Erik Olazabal rush up left and cross from left has defender head ball away. MFC Kuijpers shot from 25 yards is deflected for cornerkick.
38 min...Milltown Agustin De Medina GOAL...DeMedina takes short cornerkick from left. MFC Martijn Kuijpers taps ball back to him and he bends
low 20 yard shot from left into right corner of net.
42 min...Astros Ramsey collides with MFC Kuijpers injurying both of them but Kuijpers is down for longer.
43 min...Astros sub...Chamale replaes Moreno.
46 min...Astros Mahyar Kohbad GOAL...Astros Erik Grigore sends low cross from 20 yards on right through defenders. Kohbad has time
to set ball and kick 7 yarder into roof of net over goalie Scott Cliff.
46:13 min...half ends 4:38pm.
2nd Half:...starts 4:49pm.
halftime subs:...MFC Scott replaces Xhuti.
.................MFC Fernandez replaces Mahal.
.................Astros Dimitrakopoulos replaces Gallo.
.................Astros Vaderreyden replaces Mbala.
46 min...Astros Dimitrakopoulos blasts 30 yard freekick well over bar.
47 min...Astros Aborig injured at center line.
49 min...MFC De Medina cornerkick from left has leaping Astros Ramsey head ball behind net.
50 min...Milltown Martijn Kuijpers GOAL...MFC Agustin De Medina cornerkick from left is short and Kuijpers takes 15 yard shot from left into
right corner of net.
51 min...MFC Richards (when did he come on?) 28 yard low shot is smothered by goalie.
54 min...Astros Dimitrakopoulos 25 yard shot is well over net.
61 min...MFC sub...Benjamin replaces Eros Olazabal.
62 min...MFC Scott cross from left 25 yards is drifted over net.
66 min...MFC Benjamin on left from 15 yards takes low shot that's wide right for goalkick.
68 min...Astros Chamale 30 yard shot from left is wide right of net.
68 min...MFC De Medina chips from 25 yards is caught by goalie.
69 min...MFC Suta 50 yard freekick from right is caught by goalie.
72 min...Astros sub...Houdaji replaces Vaderreyden.
73 min...MFC Mangwa-Batomen 50 yard freekick from right has goalie catch in box in front of crowd of players.
76 min...MFC sub...Hussein replaces De Medina.
77 min...Milltown Thierry Mangwa-Batomen GOAL...MFC Erik Olazabal cornerkick from left has Mangwa-Batomen head 6 yarder down middle just
under bar.
78 min...Astros Grigore cross from 20 yards on right has goalie catch.
80 min...Astros Oran 25 yard freekick from right has ball blocked in wall.
82 min...MFC Batchanou 22 yard shot from right is saved.
83 min...Astros sub...Kawalit replaces Vaderreyden.
84 min...MFC Scott on run shoots 20 yard shot over net.
84 min...MFC Erik Olazabal cornerkick from right has goalie catch in crowd of players is box.
85 min...MFC player's cornerkick from left has MFC player tip ball off bar.
87 min...Astros Mahyar Kohbad GOAL...Kohbad takes low 10 yard shot up the middle inside the right post.
94:07 min...game ends 5:38pm.
Final Score:........North York Astros.............2.................Milltown FC...............4.............
Attendance was about 40 on this hot, humid day with a hazy sun in the West but by the last ten minutes of the game, it was raining.
Milltown forward Gersi Xhuti played for the Astros last year and was an early signing when the city got their franchise.
Manuel Orellano was the referee and as a rarity in CSL games, there were no Yellow or Red cards given out this game.
I can only remember Milltown taking three cornerkicks but scoring on two rehearsed plays is a high success rate. The third one was more standard and had a leaping Astros defender head over his own net just before their goal at 50 minutes.
Astros are one of the few teams in the league that give out a program at the game but today it didn't make sense as to keep an edge they decided to change numbers before the game. Milltown FC seems to follow a tradition I remember a coach of Toronto Croatia did years ago by having all his starters wear numbers 1 to 11. That meant half their team didn't match the program neither. Lucky I had access to an official gamesheet so I could sort out the goal scorers.
Milltown FC has twin brothers Erik and Eros Olazabal on their team. Eros plays as a forward while Erik is a midfielder. They both played for TFC Academy last year but became too 'old' for the team as their program provides a system like the movie 'Logan's Run' getting rid of older players so they can stay a teenage team. With the MLS having no reserve league any longer, that's a huge jump to make to latch on to the pro team. Players like the brothers are free to join other CSL teams and play against TFC Academy. I asked the brothers if they go to school. Yes! to Brooklynville College in New York City. They can answer questions at the same time. Fun! I was talking to Milltown exec Lino Terra in the parking lot about something I wrote the other time I've seen their team this season about a reluctance to use their substitutes. I hadn't realized that caused a misunderstanding. Now off topic I realized the CSL schedule extends with playoffs to near the end of October but school starts in September. It's unsure if the brothers will leave on time for the next semester or stay with the team.
Milltown moves to second in the standings. This was a rare road game for them in a flock of home games in which they can consolidate their position. Astros are still above a .500 record and are having their best start in many years.
The rain would get a lot worse later and eventually led to the cancellation of the Toronto Croatia vs Serbian White Eagles later in the evening but not until I drove all the way out to Centennial Stadium after supper. Two games a day was enough anyway (I'd been to the PDL Toronto Lynx vs Indiana Invaders earlier in the afternoon).
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Astros starters
Milltown starters
midfield action
Astros Kurt Ramsey (6) organizes defence
Astros player runs up for freekick.
Players shake hands in the rain after the game.
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