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Result of the Saturday October 5th, 2002 CPSL game between Metro Lions and Montreal Dynamites played at Birchmount Stadium in Scarborough at 4:00pm.
Metro Lions (white socks, shorts and numbers, black shirts)
....................................1 Romal Bryce
17 Paul Okumu...14 Kevin Ricketts...16 O'Neil Brown (cpt)...4 Jason Baker
20 Caswain Mason...8 Rob Defaveris...10 Courtney Dennis...12 Carmen Allegranza
.......................9 Mike Glasgow...22 Peter Firebrace
Subs:...23 Jermaine Coleman...15 Fernando Tantalo...22 Mishel Levkov...21 Emil Calixterio...18 Carlos Redman...13 Anton Skerritt...00 Patrick Bradley (gk)
team officials:...coach Aldwyn McGill...assistant coach Junior Parker...manager Ralph Aquino
Montreal Dynamites (blue socks and shorts, black numbers, white shirts, with black pinstripes)
..........................................1 Nicolas Pinto
................3 Nicola Rotiroti...15 Gilbert Iloanusic...9 Nasson Theosmy
2 Alvaro Silvan...6 Santo Sorianoramier...8 Bruno Nue...10 Leonardo Incollingo...11 Gerry Pean
........................................14 Mensah Khalid
Subs:...29 Hamed Mahmoudi...18 Karl-Irvin Stephen...20 Vladimir Edouard...12 Jean-Marie Theosmy...16 Dave Cloutier...7 Rezar Trebicka...19 Sandro Addesa
team officials:...coach Nasson Theosmy...manager Franco Petruccelli...vice president Antonio Incollingo
Game officials:...referee Isaac Raymond...referee's assistants Justin Tasev and Neil Shofield...fourth official Alex Mariona...(yellow shirts, black shorts and socks)
1st Half:...game starts 4:07pm...Lions defend north end on this cool cloudy afternoon. As the pressbox was padlocked so the scoreboard wasn't available, all times are converted from my wristwatch.
3 min...Lions Okumu 50 yard freekick from right is headed by Lions player 10 yards from left post but ball is caught by goalie.
7 min...MD Theosmy 25 yard shot from left is wide left of net.
8 min...Lions Dennis 35 yard freekick from left is wide right.
12 min...MD Khalid and MD Pean break in on 2 on 0 from 45 yards and defender gets back in play, with pass over to left for MD Pean to roll ball into open net but offside flag is put up at 15 yards.
14 min...Lions goalie runs out to left to boot away through ball.
16 min...Lions Dennis pass forward and right to Lions Mason who shoots 20 yarder batted down on short right side and defender clears rebound.
18 min...MD Khalid gets to ball on 1 on 2 rush and pops 20 yarder high wide right.
19 min...Lions Ricketts sliding tackle injuries MD Theosmy near left corner of ML box.
20 min...MD Incollingo 45 yard freekick from left is curled to right edge of box but ball is headed away.
22 min...MD Khalid heads ball over Lions goalie from 15 yards but wide right.
23 min...Lions Firebrace rolls 40 yard ball into box from right is cleared for cornerkick by defender.
23 min...Lions Dennis cornerkick from left is blocked, Lions Dennis gets ball back and crosses over box.
26 min...Lions Firebrace gets long cross from right while wide left of box, crosses back over to right side but Lions Glasgow pokes at ball with defender on him and sends it wide right.
28 min...Lions YELLOW card...Dennis for hard tackle on sideline near center line.
29 min...MD Khalid leaping header from 15 yards caught by goalie after he receives long cross from right.
33 min...MD YELLOW card...Sorianoramier for sliding tackle in Lions end. Lions Baker has to leave for treatment on sidelines.
...............Lions YELLOW card...Baker for reaction to this incident.
35 min...Dynamites Mensah Khalid GOAL...Khalid following up play gets header from 18 yards over goalie Romal Bryce who'd come out to make leaping block on another Dynamites forward on edge of box on what looked like an offside bounce.
40 min...Lions Allegranza runs down left and crosses from end line but behind net.
42 min...MD goalie steps forward to catch bouncer ahead of Lions Glasgow who seemed to hesitate charging for ball waiting for offside flag.
43 min...Lions Glasgow wins cornerkick when on 1 on 2 play down middle.
43 min...Lions cornerkick from right is over box and 15 yard header from left is wide high left.
45 min...Lions Okumu 55 yard freekick is flick headed back to goalie by defender.
46 min...Lions Ricketts 60 yard freekick from right is batted away by leaping goalie in crowd of players.
48 min...half ends 4:55pm.
2nd Half:...half starts 5:08pm.
halftime subs:....MD Edouard replaces Pean.
........................Lions Calixterio replaces Allegranza.
........................Lions Bradley replaces Bryce in goal.
45 min...Lions Glasgow rushes down right and cross from endline hits football crossbar above soccer net.
47 min...MD Edouard runs down left and low cross from end line that's caught by goalie.
51 min...Lions YELLOW card...Glasgow for pushing incident in at MD 35 yard line.
52 min...MD Khalid receives long up field throw-in and 25 yard try from right is well wide left.
54 min...MD Selaidopoulos rolls 25 yarder through crowd to goalie.
55 min...MD Selaidopoulos cornerkick from left is over players in box.
57 min...MD Sorianoramier makes sliding tackle in box to knock away Lions Firebrace 10 yard shot.
58 min...Lions Mason cornerkick from left is headed away by defender on left post.
59 min...Lions goalie charges out to catch bouncer into box by MD Edouard.
60 min...MD Iloanusic injured Lions Glasgow on tackle near right corner flag. Lions player's 30 yard freekick is knocked around in box.
65 min...Lions Mason 25 yard shot in crowd is well over net.
66 min...MD Edouard passes over to MD Khalid on right and 25 yard lob is caught by goalie.
68 min...MD sub...Stephen replaces Khalid.
68 min...MD Incollingo 40 yard freekick from left is heaaded away by defender on edge of box.
72 min...MD YELLOW card...Selaidopoulos on call from referee's assistant.
.............MD sub...Jean-Marie Theosmy replaces Selaidopoulos.
77 min...MD sub...Cloutier replaces Sorianoramier.
78 min...MD Jean-Marie Theosmy 20 yard shot from left is wide right in box action.
79 min...Lions sub...Tantalo replaces Defaveris.
81 min...MD Nasson Theosmy cornerkick from left is curled out of box in wind and cleared starting fast break.
85 min...Lions sub...Redman replaces somebody.
86 min...Lions Redman crosses ball from left 20 yards and caught by goalie.
87 min...Lions goalie charges out to clear away through ball from MD Stephen.
89 min...Lions Tantalo tripped while running along edge of box.
89 min...Lions Glasgow 25 yard freekick is into head in defenders wall and ball is rebounded, blocked, and cleared.
92 min...Lions Glasgow long throw-in from right is headed behind line by defender.
92 min...Lions player's short cornerkick is worked out from right and crossed and leaping defenders on edge of box head ball away.
92 min...game ends 5:55pm.
Final Score:.........Metro Lions.........0............Montreal Dynamites...........1........
Attendance was about 75 on this sunny/cloudy/sunny late afternoon with the temperature falling enough and the wind picking up that by the end of the game, my hands were cold.
Lions couldn't score again in this game just like their last game two weeks ago against North York Astros but this time they looked worse, not getting a shot on net through most of the second half. Nicholas Pinto earned the shutout for the Dynamites. Lions used Romal Bryce in the first half and he looked shakey then had veteran Patrick Bradley play the second half and he was tested when the Lions opened up and left themselves open for counterattacks. Referee Isaac Raymond gave out some yellow cards to keep the rough tackles under control.
Rocket Robin
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