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Result of the Saturday October 2nd, 2010 CSL game between North York Astros and Hamilton Croatia played at Esther Shiner Stadium in North York at 3:45pm.
North York Astros (all orange, black numbers)
..................1 Lucas Birnstirgl
4 Victor Gallo...14 Kurt Ramsey...3 John Jung (cpt)...2 Anthony Valentine
13 Christian Campanella...9 Mauricio Chamale...16 Mohamed Aborig...5 Alexandre Oran
............8 Julio Alegre...7 Erik Grigore
Subs:...Subs:...20 Ivan Garcia (gk)...11 Patrick Dolowicz (mid)...12 Kishon Ross (def)...17 Roozbeh Houdaji (fwd)...18 Michael Lee-Chong (mid)...
19 Adrian Gallo
team officials:...sports director Jorge Collazo...coaches Gerardo Lezcano and Thomas Boljkovac...assistant manager Gerardo Lezcano Sr...general
manager Bruno Ierullo
FC Hamilton Croatia (white socks and numbers, blue shorts and shirts)
.................22 Melford James
7 Boris Vurdelja...18 Ivan Rzumovic...3 John Hudson...9 Tom Bilic (cpt)
19 Adam Leggett...50 Andres Leggett...20 Jamie Dodds...12 Danile Niksic
............10 Jerko Grubisic...14 Aidan O'Keefe
Subs:...1 Ante Culina (mid)...5 Pavel Kopelev (mid)...2 Domagoj Beslic (mid)...8 Ivan Grubisic (def)...6 Preston Corporal (fwd)
team officials:...head coach Ron Davidson...assistant coach Ante Culina...manager Michael Radencich
Game officials:...referee Steve Senderovich...referee's assistants Jason Hanley and Ramme Arbaji...fourth official Dave Ashfield... (all black uniforms, neon yellow trim)
1st Half:...game starts 3:52pm...Astros defend east end.
2 min...HC Leggett given pass back and his 18 yard blast down middle hits a defender inside box and the ball is cleared.
4 min...Astros Ramsey is passed a freekick along the 35 yard line and his chip from right is caught by goalie.
4 min...HC Grubisic cross from 12 yards along end line bounces to goalie.
5 min...HC O'Keefe cuts 22 yard roller up middle just wide left of post.
7 min...HC Niksic cross from 35 yards on left side line is over heads of leaping forwards at 8 yards and wide right of net.
9 min...HC Grubisic on 2 on 2 cross is deflected over line by defender.
10 min...HC player's cornerkick from right has passes to HC Niksic and HC Rzumovic and HC Grubisic stops shot at 5 yards and ball is cleared
before he can get away his own shot.
11 min...Astros Alegre on rush up middle passes over to Astros Aborig on right and 15 yard shot to short side has diving goalie push ball wide right.
12 min...HC Niksic cornerkick from right has Astros player head away.
13 min...HC Dodds 40 yard shot over crowd from right is caught by goalie.
17 min...HC O'Keefe cross from right along 22 yards has HC Grubisic blast shot that hits defender. HC Leggett blasts 22 yard rebound over net.
18 min...HC Niksic 20 yard shot through box is wide right.
19 min...Astros Aborig 35 yard blast up middle is well high and wide right of net.
20 min...Astros Oran rolls pass from right and Astros Ramsey shoots well wide left from 25 yards.
23 min...HC Rzumovic pulls down Astros Aborig to break up change in possession at 50 yards.
24 min...HC Dodds pushes pass up left to HC O'Keefe but he loses control of it at 10 yards.
25 min...HC O'Keefe cornerkick from left has HC player head on right of box from 10 yards but defender heads ball away. HC Vurdelja blasts 25 yarder
down middle well over net.
27 min...Astros Oran 35 yard freekick from right has defender head ball away from 10 yards.
28 min...Astros Oran 35 yard freekick from left has Astros player head 12 yarder on right just wide right of post.
30 min...HC O'Keefe rush on right beats offside trap and HC Grubisic given pass; Astros goalie dives for save and HC Leggett blasts shot over net from
12 yards.
32 min...HC Vurdelja cross from 45 yards on right has Astros Aborig 7 yard shot from right that goalie pushes wide left of net.
33 min...Astros Oran cornerkick from left has Astros Campanella heads 10 yarder that goalie palms over bar.
33 min...Astros Oran cornerkick from right has defender head ball away.
34 min...Hamilton Jamie Dodds GOAL...HC Tom Bilic from 40 yards on the left sends in a high pass to edge of box and Dodds on right side of box
pokes 10 yard mid-air shot over goalie Lucas Birnstirgl at 5 yards into center of net.
38 min...Astros Gallo snakes 30 yard shot over crowd of players that's caught by goalie.
38 min...HC O'Keefe charges to ball and one-touch 30 yard shot on right is high and wide right.
40 min...Astros Oran 30 yard shot over crowd down middle is over net.
42 min...Astros Alegre has good chances in box until Astros Aborig is offside.
42 min...HC sub...Beslic replaces Leggett.
43 min...Astrow YELLOW card...Gallo earns it for tackle at Astros 45 yard line.
44 min...Astros Grigore can't win penalty kick for grab on left side of box.
45 min...HC O'Keefe given pass on 3 on 3 rush on left has 20 yard shot as he's cutting in wide right of post as he can't bend it around goalie.
46 min...half ends 4:38pm.
2nd Half:...starts 4:52pm.
45 min...HC O'Keefe charges on left and runs along 15 yard line and cuts weak 15 yard shot that's caught by goalie in middle of box.
47 min...HC Dodds freekick has HC Grubisic flicks backwards header from 10 yards wide right of net.
50 min...HC Grubisic on break with nice pass to him at 20 yards has Astros Valentine bump him off ball and ball rolls wide right of net for cornerkick.
Astros Aborig is injured further down field.
52 min...HC Grubisic blasts 25 yard shot hits HC O'Keefe on left and deflects wide left of box.
52 min...HC Beslic 30 yard shot on right well left of net.
53 min...HC O'Keefe blasts 12 yard shot wide left of net with Astros Jung sliding in to attempt to block.
54 min...HC Grubisic leaps to kick 8 yarder wide left of net.
55 min...HC Beslic blasts 12 yard shot when HC player lets it go by him. The goalie stops it and the ball pops up. HC Niksic blasts 15 yarder well
over net.
56 min...HC Beslic 12 yard shot on right is low and into side webbing of net.
57 min...HC Leggett on rush on left blasts 15 yard shot that goalie stops on left post and defender clears when ball drops back to ground.
59 min...HC Dodds rolls ball up from 30 yards and HC O'Keefe tips it wide right from 12 yards when he misses it.
60 min...HC Leggett 20 yard shot from left has goalie save on short side.
61 min...HC O'Keefe rolls pass to HC Beslic and he can't control it as it rolls wide right across box.
61 min...Astros YELLOW card...Oran earns it for complaining about a teammate's offside call.
63 min...HC sub...Corporal replaces Grubisic.
65 min...HC goalie dives on ball ahead of Astros Grigore on left corner of box.
66 min...Astros YELLOW card...Chamale earns it for tackle on HC Leggett.
68 min...Astros Oran freekick from 30 yards on right rolled into players at 20 yards but blocked and cleared.
69 min...HC O'Keefe rolls pass from right 25 yards that has goalie dive to edge of box ahead of HC Corporal.
71 min...Astros Ramsey rush on right and low cross from 15 yards to Astros Grigore who blasts 12 yarder over net.
71 min...HC Corporal ball passed back and 20 yard blast is just over net.
72 min...HC Beslic low cross from near right cornerflag finds HC Corporal who blasts 18 yarder over net.
73 min...HC O'Keefe on 2 on 1 but cross to HC Corporal too far forward and goalie picks up ball.
74 min...HC Beslic 18 yard shot on right is chipped over net.
75 min...Astros Chamale 25 yard shot has goalie palm ball over net.
75 min...Astros Oran cornerkick cross has defenders clear.
76 min...Astros Alegre dekes goalie at 8 yards on right end line and recovers and his 5 yard shot is blocked by defender on right post.
77 min...Astros sub...Lee-Chong replaces Alegre.
77 min...Astros Valentine blasts 40 yarder from right well over net.
78 min...Astro sub...Dolowicz replaces Valentine.
81 min...HC Vurdelja 30 yard freekick from left is wide left of net.
82 min...HC Corporal 25 yard shot up middle is low and goalie saves on dive then saves HC Beslic when he makes point blank stop at 6 yards.
83 min...Astros Oran 25 yard shot down middle blast has goalie fly to block.
87 min...Astros sub...Gallo replaces Campanella.
87 min...HC players walk out cornerkick from right and win out.
88 min...HC O'Keefe 20 yard cross from left lands on top of net.
89 min...HC Niksic 25 yard cross from right has goalie catch over head of HC Corporal as it bounces.
90 min...HC Niksic rush on right end line takes 15 yard shot that's caught by goalie.
92:56 min...game ends 5:40pm.
Final Score:.....North York Astros.......0...........Hamilton Croatia...........1.............
Attendance was about 60 on this cold and damp afternoon. This was the final game for the Astros this season as they will not make the playoffs but this stadium may be used again as there are a few dates open if Toronto area teams can't find a place to play during the rest of the month.
Melford James earned the shutout for Hamilton although he needed help at 76 minutes when Astros Julio Alegre deked the goalie along the right end line and when Alegre recovered the ball when they both went down his 5 yard shot was blocked by a defender guarding the right post. He palmed a few sure fire goals just over the bar on jumps he had to make.
'Neutral' observer John Pacione (although he is an official to York Region Shooters who are trying to stay ahead of Hamilton Croatia to finish first in the league) was at field level and said Jamie Dodds was offside when he received the pass for the lone goal. However he also said Aidan O'Keefe sent in the pass while Dodds after the game said it was Tom Bilic who got the assist.
Hamilton Croatia didn't look good today. Momentum is so important just before the playoffs start. There timing was off with a lot of offsides and passes to no one or guys who gave up their runs. It also helped that Astros goalie Lucas Birnstirgl was brilliant. Andrew Leggett was a surprise starter for Hamilton. Preston 'Showtime' Corporal was penned in as the starter but he arrived after the game had already started and wasn't put in until subbed at 63 minutes for Jerko Grubisic.
Astros looked good and high marks for them not just phoning in their performance knowing for more than a month that they wouldn't be seeing post season action. Some of their late subs had played a Reserve league game earlier in the day.
Steve Sendrovich was the referee and gave out a few Yellow cards for some hard tackles later in the game.
It appears the incident involving (now former) Hamilton Croatia player/captain Antonio Zupan has been resolved. Zupan was arrested for assault after punching referee Gianni Facchini in the mouth. The referee insisted on pressing charges. On the court date, neither the referee nor the arresting officer showed up so Zupan had charges against him dropped. The league has suspended Zupan for one year. I was not at that game and heard only rumours about it and was criticized for reporting it without a lot of facts but I might as well continue by listening to more information from the same sources who let me know of the original incident.
This was the only game in the league today. Hamilton's win flips them over Milltown FC into third place by one point however Milltown has two games left and Hamilton has one.
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Astros starters
Hamilton Croatia starters
header in Astros end
Astros rush
HC Aidan O'Keefe recovers first to keep the rush going.
center line action
HC Aidan O'Keefe leads another rush
the ball is popped up
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