July 25, 2010 CSL--North York Astros vs Serbian White Eagles (by Rocket Robin)

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Result of the Sunday July 25, 2010 CSL game between North York Astros vs Serbian White Eagles played at Esther Shiner Stadium in North York at 3:45pm.

North York Astros (all orange, black numbers)

..................20 Ryan Zamora
15 Jevon Vanderreyden...3 Jongwon Jung (cpt)...2 Anthony Valentine...6 Nicholas Rom Colthoff
4 Victor Gallo...14 Kurt Ramsey...9 Mauricio Chamale...19 Andrew Mbala
............11 Roozbeh Houdaji...7 Erik Grigore

Subs:...1 Luis Gonzalez (gk)...12 Alex Kawalit (def)...13 Julio Alegre (mid)...17 Mahyar Kohbad (fwd)...18 Diego Bonilla (mid)
team officials:...sports director Jorge Collazo...coach Gerardo Lezcano...goalkeeping coach Thomas Boljkovac...therapist Ruben Val Mendoza ...assistant manager Gerado Lezcano Sr...general manager Bruno Ierullo

Serbian White Eagles (all white, red numbers)

..................1 Milos Kocic
3 Taylor Lord...6 Mirko Medic (cpt)...5 Mark Jankovic...4 Milos Vucinic
11 Milos Scepanovic...22 Adrian Tismenar...10 Alex Braletic...7 Kirie Dimitrov
.............29 Stefan Vukovic...8 Shawn Brown

Subs:...1 Milos Djurkovic (gk)...14 Uros Stamatovic (mid)...16 Vuktor Anastasov (fwd)...19 Dragaorad Milicevic (def)...20 Milan Janosevic (mid) ...28 Goran Vlaski (def)...30 Ivan Stojankovic (mid)
team officials:...assistant coach Sasa Vukiovic...head coach Dusko Prijic...terapist Karolina Bujak...manager Mario Ostojic

Game officials:...referee Hassane Rifai...referee's assistants Kevin Van Dyk and Alexis Vaughan...fourth official Peter Pendli...(all black uniforms, neon red trim)

1st Half:...game starts 3:53pm...Astros defend west end.
1 min...SWE Scepanovic rush to right and rolls cross into box from 15 yards along right end line that's saved by diving goalie.
2 min...SWE Shawn Brown GOAL...SWE Stefan Vukovic rushes along right and sends low cross to Brown at 5 yards who kicks ball into empty net with defender and goalie guarding right side of goal.
4 min...SWE Dimitrov cornerkick from left has goalie in crowd swat ball out of box.
7 min...SWE Brown charges for ball and 15 yard shot from extreme left is plamed wide through box.
7 min...SWE Dimitrov cornerkick from left has SWE Jankovic on right kick 10 yarder that's blocked in box.
8 min...SWE Scepanovic and Astros goalie bump at 15 yards when he tries to cross from right.
9 min...SWE Lord rush up middle and taps through pass that has SWE Brown shoot low 10 yard shot that deflects for cornerkick.
10 min...SWE Scepanovic cornerkick from right has SWE Brown head ball over net from 10 yards on left.
11 min...SWE Vukovic 20 yard shot down middle is just wide left of post.
18 min...SWE Brown pushes first-touch from left at 18 yards over end line for goalkick.
19 min...Astros goalie beats SWE Vukovic to dive on through ball on right.
20 min...SWE Scepanovic cornerkick from right has Astros Chamale pop up header.
21 min...SWE Dimitrov cross from left has SWE Brown kick 12 yarder that's deflected wide right for cornerkick.
22 min...Astros Houdaji cross from left is through box that Astros Grigore misses.
24 min...SWE Milos Scepanovic GOAL...SWE Milos Vucinic cross from 30 yards on left has Scepanovic get tap over pass from a SWE player and takes 12 yard shot that diving goalie Ryan Zamora gets hand to and pushes into right side of net.
25 min...SWE Tismenar(?) 20 yard shot from right is wide left of net.
27 min...SWE YELLOW card...Medic earns it for knock down at Astros 50 yard line.
30 min...SWE Vukovic dekes defender on right and low cross has SWE Brown tap forward from 6 yards and goalie dives to save.
33 min...SWE sub...Vlaski replaces Medic. SWE Jankovic takes over as captain.
34 min...Astros goalie dives back and smothers ball on SWE cross from left.
35 min...SWE Brown 12 yard shot from left deflects for cornerkick.
35 min...SWE Dimitrov cornerkick from left has Astros player head ball behind own net on left post.
37 min...SWE Dimitrov 25 yard freekick is caught, dropped, and picked up by goalie.
39 min...SWE Scepanovic cross from right has SWE Vukovic 7 yard shot stopped by goalie.
41 min...SWE Scapanovic 30 yard freekick from right has goalie swat down and pick up.
48 min...half ends 4:41pm.

2nd Half:...starts 4:58pm.
halftime subs:...Astros Kohbad replaces someone.
................Astros Alegre replaces someone.
46 min...Astros YELLOW card...Jevon Vanderreyden earns it for tackle on SWE Shawn Brown just left of post. Referee Hassang Rifai calls for a penalty kick.
47 min...SWE Milos Scepanovic GOAL...Scepanovic chips Penalty kick to left side of net freezing goalie in middle.
49 min...SWE Kirie Dimitrov GOAL...Dimitrov cornerkick from left has goalie palm ball but into top right corner of net. The kick was bending towards the net already rather than being aimed to drop into the box.
53 min...Astros Gallo cornerkick from right has SWE Jankovic head ball out of box.
56 min...Astros YELLOW card...Gallo earns it for pulling down SWE Dimitrov on right sideline at SWE 30 yards.
59 min...SWE sub...Janosevic replaces Tismenar.
61 min...SWE Scepanovic freekick from 40 yards on right has SWE Vukovic head 15 yarder up middle that goalie stops.
63 min...SWE sub...Anastasov replaces Dimitrov.
66 min...Astros Gallo 30 yard freekick from right is caught by goalie under bar.
67 min...SWE YELLOW card...Anastasov earns it for kicking ball after whistle at Astros 30 yard line.
69 min...SWE Lord slides to poke ball from left inside box from Astros Grigore as he rushes toward goal.
70 min...SWE Jankovic blasts 20 yard shot up middle that goalie bats down. SWE Janosevic blasts 10 yard rebound and ball deflects off bar for cornerkick.
73 min...SWE Scepanovic blasts 35 yard freekick from right sideline well over net.
76 min...SWE sub...Stojakovic replaces Braletic.
76 min...SWE YELLOW card...Janosevic earns it for knock over of Astros Gallo at SWE 35 yard sideline.
77 min...Astros Gallo 40 yard freekick from right sideline has defender pop up header and clear ball from box.
80 min...Astros Alegre rolls ball over end line has him holding off three defenders at SWE 15 yards.
81 min...SWE Brown 12 yard roller is behind defender and picked up by goalie.
82 min...Astros YELLOW card...Chamale earns it for dissent talking to fourth official.
83 min...SWE Vukovic low 20 yard shot on tap back has sprawling goalie save after good SWE pressure.
84 min...Astros Gallo 25 yard shot from left is wide right of net.
85 min...SWE Janosevic rolls ball forward and SWE Anastasov runs behind defender but goalie picks up ball.
86 min...SWE Viktor Anastasov GOAL...SWE Shawn Brown taps short pass from middle to SWE Milos Scepanovic who from 10 yards near right end line rolls it back to Anastasov whose low 10 yard shot is into short right side of net.
88 min...Astros Grigore 25 yard shot from left has sprawling goalie stop on left post.
89 min...SWE Lord low cross from right cornerflag has goalie pick up.
91 min...SWE Brown rush on left wing and pushes ball just over end line before cutting in shot.
92 min...Astros Grigore 22 yard shot from left is caught by goalie.
93:09 min...game ends 5:46pm.

Final Score:..........North York Astros.............0..............Serbian White Eagles...............5.................

Attendance was about 175 on this hot day which is higher than what they get at their regular games. At least half the fans were cheering for the visiting White Eagles. The Astros had a fan club of drummers and singers chanting for them in Spanish. In the second half at the other end of the stands, a huge flag with the three stripes of Serbian was unfurled.

Milos Kocic earned the shutout for the White Eagles. I didn't catch one save he had to make in the first half with one-way traffic towards the Astros end. I counted him making three stops in the second half but all from between 20 to 30 yards. Kocic had played the second half and penalty shootout in net for MLS Toronto FC when they played Bolton Wanderers from England in a special international friendly. White Eagles defender and (today's) captain Mirko Medic played 73 minutes of that game and was subbed just a few minutes after getting injured. He only played the first half of today's game and drew a Yellow card in the first half.

Shawn Brown broke out of a scoring slump at only the two minute mark but after that he was back to missing close-in shots or having them saved. White Eagles regular forward and captain Sasa Viciknez was not listed as a player for this game*. He had scored the only goal in their win over Hamilton Croatia on Friday night. With two victories over the weekend, White Eagles move from sixth to third place. (*as pointed out on a message board, Viciknez was Red carded in the game on Friday night).

Astros lost on Friday too on a trip to Milton to play Milltown FC. Today's game made it five losses in a row. This is the fourth game in charge for new coach Gerardo Lezcano who had started the season as the assistant coach while Michael Ridout was the head coach.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

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