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Result of the Friday July 9, 2010 CSL game between Serbian White Eagles and Brantford Galaxy played at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke at 8:00pm.

Serbian White Eagles (white socks and numbers, blue shorts, red shirts)

......................1 Milos Kocic
3 Taylor Lord...5 Mark Jankovic...6 Mirko Medic (cpt)...28 Goran Vlaski
11 Milos Scepanovic...14 Uros Stamatovic...10 Alex Braletic...7 Kirie Dimitrov
...............8 Shawn Brown...29 Stefan Vukovic

Subs:...1 Milos Djurkovic (gk)...16 Viktor Anastasov (fwd)...20 Milan Janosevic (mid)...30 Ivan Stojankovic (mid)...99 Sasa Viciknez (fwd) ...4 Milos Vucinic (def)...18 Ahorg Orlgaldo (mid)
team officials:...manager Mario Ostojic...head coach Dusko Prijic...assistant coach Sasa Vukovic...therapist Karolina Bujak

Brantford Galaxy (red socks, white shorts and shirts, black numbers)

.......................1 Ante Domjanovic (cpt)
4 Zachary Tait...25 Nyema Patric Gerhardt...3 Stanko Karacic...12 Robert Turnbull
16 Mark Reilly...7 Ben Turnbull...14 Austin White...2 Kyle Grootenboer
..............5 Drazen Vukovic...11 Ranko Golijanin

Subs:...1 Kyle Bissonnette (gk)...6 Kyle Campbell (mid)...8 Marsalis Benkford (fwd)...9 Jake Simmons (fwd)...15 Marc Bijman (def) ...20 Trevor Schein (def)
team officials:...head coach Lazo Dzepina...assistant coach Trevor Guy...assistant managers Alexander Krunej, Shawn Engell, and Matthew MacDonald

Game officials:...referee Joe Audi...referee's assistants Goce Vasileski and Dan Popescu...fourth official Matt Arduini...(all black uniforms, yellow trim)

1st Half:...game starts 8:05pm...SWE defend south end.
1 min...SWE Dimitrov cuts in from left along 22 yard line and shot is well over net.
3 min...SWE Brown at 18 yards can't connect on shot in clear down midddle.
6 min...SWE Brown run on right crosses from 15 yards and defender heads through box for SWE throw-in on left.
8 min...BG Robert Turnbull 25 yard pass in from left rolls for SWE goalie to pick up.
13 min...SWE Dimitrov passes forward through two fallen defenders on left shoots ball just high and wide left of net.
16 min...SWE Vukovic tips ball up around defender at 25 yards and SWE Brown gets to it but goalie bats his chip away on edge of box. Defenders come back to cover.
18 min...BG White blast up middle from 55 yards is caught by goalie.
18 min...SWE Brown sidesteps BG Gerhardt on rush up left and 12 yard low shot is blocked by sliding goalie.
19 min...BG Vukovic one-touch blasts pass from left down middle from 18 yards just wide right of post.
21 min...BG Reilly cornerkick from left is high and BG Tait heads ball from 12 yards on right across box but defender clears.
22 min...BG Karacic rescues ball on left end line and crosses to BG Robert Turnbull who knocks ball over line.
23 min...SWE player's cross from right end line is cleared by defenders in box.
24 min...BG Vukovic low 30 yard blast is caught by goalie.
26 min...BG Karacic is injured and treated on sideline for two minutes.
32 min...SWE Scepanovic cornerkick from left has BG Tait nearest defender clear away SWE Braletic at 25 yards on left chips ball into box and SWE Jankovic heads ball wide right of net from 12 yards in crowd of players.
34 min...SWE Stamatovic intercepts clearance and dribbles up middle and his 22 yard shot is caught by goalie.
36 min...BG Gerhardt gives bad header back to goalie from 25 yards and SWE Brown steps between them and 15 yard shot is stopped point blank by goalie at 10 yards.
37 min...SWE Scepanovic cornerkick from right has SWE forward not able to get clear shot on net from 10 yards on right.
38 min...BG Vukovic great dekes but 20 yard chip has defender hook away ball.
39 min...SWE Dimitrov run on right and cross from 25 yards has SWE Brown head 8 yarder wide left of net.
40 min...SWE Brown leaps to head SWE Dimitrov cross from right end line and twists header from 4 yards behind him away from net.
41 min...SWE Brown beats BG Gerhardt again on right and cross from 20 yards on end line has goalie catch cross over head of SWE Vukovic at 1 yard.
44:58 min...half ends 8:51pm.

2nd Half:...starts 9:08pm.
Halftime sub:...SWE Viciknez replaces SWE Brown.
...............BG Simmons replaces BG Golijanin.
45 min...BG Robert Turnbull cuts in from left and blasts 15 yard shot that diving goalie pushes wide left of net.
46 min...BG Vukovic recross of cornerkick from left is blasted from end line is right through box unplayed.
48 min...SWE Lord cross from 30 yards on right but no players on left side near end line so ball bounces for goalkick.
51 min...SWE Scepanovic 25 yard shot deflects high and wide left for cornerkick.
51 min...SWE Scepanovic cornerkick from left has SWE player on left tip ball to right but step ahead of SWE player on right post.
54 min...SWE Vlaski cross from left has SWE Dimitrov by pass defender and 15 yard blast is deflected by another defender over net.
55 min...SWE Scepanovic second cornerkick from right is over players in box for goalkick on the left.
56 min...BG Vukovic 25 yard low blast from left is caught by goalie.
56 min...BG goalie outjumps SWE Viciknez for high ball but steps out of box.
57 min...SWE Viciknez curls low freekick from 18 yards from right off left post.
58 min...SWE Viciknez runs up middle cutting in from left rolls weak kick wide right.
60 min...SWE Lord charges back to head ball away from BG Grootenboer for cornerkick.
61 min...BG player's short cornerkick from left has ball rolled by BG Robert Turnbull through players from 20 yards for goalie.
62 min...SWE goalie charges out to beat BG Vukovic to through ball.
62 min...SWE Alex Braletic GOAL...SWE Sasa Viciknez rolls pass up middle that SWE Kirie Dimitrov pokes by as defender Nyema Patric Gerhardt falls over to Braletic who kicks in 8 yarder to right side of net freezing the goalie.
64 min...BG YELLOW card...Stanko Karacic earns it for tripping up SWE Sasa Viciknez in BG box although it looked like Viciknez would have rolled the ball wide right over the end line before bringing it under control. Referee Joe Audi signalled for a Penalty kick.
65 min...SWE Milos Scepanovic GOAL...Scepanovic blasts Penalty kick to center of net over goalie Ante Domjanovic who was diving right.
67 min...SWE Vukovic gets ball behind defenders and 30 yard chip down middle is well over net.
68 min...SWE goalie catches popped up header from 12 yards in crowd of players.
69 min...BG sub...Beckford replaces Reilly.
70 min...SWE Viciknez rolls pass to left for SWE Dimitrov and his low 20 yard shot is saved by diving goalie on left post.
72 min...SWE Braletic 30 yard ball up middle rolls over end line as SWE forward is worried about being offside so leaves ball unplayed.
73 min...SWE sub...Janosevic replaces Stamatovic.
76 min...BG sub...Schein replaces Grootenboer.
76 min...BG Karacic 24 yard freekick down middle has goalie palm ball over net.
77 min...SWE sub...Vucinic replaces Lord.
78 min...BG (SWE own goal) GOAL...BG Nyema Patric Gerhardt cornerkick from right had SWE Kirie Dimitrov raise his foot to deflect ball back as a shot on his own net that goalie Milos Kocic flew to right to push away but he only pushed it just inside the right post. The BG players congratulated Austin White who appeared to take a 15 yard shot up the middle but replays on television showed it was an own goal.
79 min...BG sub...Campbell replaces Ben Turnbull.
80 min...SWE Scepanovic with ball on right charges to center along 20 yards and shoots 20 yarder over net.
82 min...BG Vukovic 30 yard freekick blast from left has diving goalie push wide right for cornerkick.
82 min...BG sub...Vijman replaces Tait.
82 min...BG Beckford cornerkick from right wins another cornerkick.
82 min...BG Beckford cornerkick from right is low and defender clears.
85 min...SWE Viciknez pushes ball through middle for SWE Vukovic who's all alone and he blasts 20 yard shot that has goalie bat down with left hand and defender dives to head ball back but ball is given to SWE Vukovic who has 10 yard blast pushed wide right by goalie.
87 min...SWE Vukovic is in alone behind defenders and rolls 15 yarder wide right of post.
88 min...SWE Braletic is in alone and his 15 yard shot has goalie make huge save. The ball is deflected back to Braletic and he gets roller past goalie from 20 yards but defender clears from 5 yards.
90 min...SWE Sasa Viciknez GOAL...SWE Sasa Viciknez can tell he's offside so he stops his run for the ball at BG 45 yards after a BG goalkick and the ball runs to the right corner flag but SWE Milos Scepanovic charges to stop ball. He rolls the ball back to Viciknez at 22 yards on right. Viciknez works a give and go with SWE Stefan Vukovic who taps him back the ball at 15 yards by fallen BG Nyema Patric Gerhardt and Viciknez shoots 10 yard shot into far left corner of net.
90 min...SWE YELLOW card...Viciknez runs to the crowd across the track and pulls his shirt off drawing a Yellow card before play resumes.
91 min...BG Karacic 45 yard freekick blast is well over net.
93:16 min...game ends 9:56pm.

Final Score:........Serbian White Eagles...............3......................Brantford Galaxy...........1...........

Attendance was about 400 on this warm summer night. This has been one of the White Eagles biggest crowds this year and didn't have any singing or fireworks from the Serb Ultras group.

The White Eagles threatened to run away with the game in the first half with all the chances given to forward Shawn Brown but this wasn't his night. This reached a nadir at 40 minutes when he leapt to head a Kirie Dimitrov cross from the right end line and his twist of the header from 4 yards actually went behind him as if he was crossing away from the net. His other chances were either blocked by the goalie, off target or passed or while trying to pass to other players--intercepted by defenders. The fans in the crowd were groaning and that turned to laughter as the half wore on. At the half, the White Eagles subbed him with veteran Sasa Viciknez. Viciknez is now usually a 60 minute sub as he's not able to train as much now holding a full time job plus he's in his mid 30s. He didn't even take the Penalty kick last night as I'd heard he's had goalie's guess right too many times.

Another difference in this game was Alex Braletic was allowed to play the entire 90 minutes and actually looked better later in the game. In the games I've seen of the White Eagles, I don't remember seeing him play more than 60 or 70 minutes for the last two years.

Aside from the own goal which left Milos Kocic no chance, Kocic had huge saves at 76 minutes when BG Stanko Karacic took a 24 yard freekick down the middle which he palmed over the net and at 82 minutes when BG Drazen Vukovic took a 30 yard freekick blast from the left that Kocic dived right and pushed the ball wide for a cornerkick. The next morning he was warming up at BMO Field as the third string goaltender for the MLS Toronto FC.

Referee Joe Audi gave out only the two cards (that I can remember) the whole evening and that was for the Penalty kick and the goal celebration. It was a wide open game but the White Eagles defence of Taylor Lord, Mark Janovic, captain Mirko Medic, and Goran Vlaski kept most of the Galaxy shots to 20 yards out or further. The fans didn't like the referee's assistants for flagging so many White Eagles offsides and some sarcastic fans starting calling out everything as offside and laughing.

White Eagles now trail the Galaxy by only three points in the standings but have played three games less. In 6th place out of 13 teams they haved played either three or four games less than all the competition ahead of them.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca


White Eagles starters


Galaxy starters


Galaxy Drazen Vukovic (5) and Ranko Golijanin wait for signal to kick off.


White Eagles player takes high throw-in.


White Eagles player checks Galaxy player off ball.


Galaxy Rankin Golijanin rush along left sideline.


Galaxy Drazen Vukovic chips ball in.


White Eagles Milos Scepanovic ready to take Penalty kick.


Galaxy throw-in

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