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Result of the CPSL game of Friday June 28th, 2002 between Mississauga Olympians and London City played at Twin Arenas in Erin Mills at 8:30pm.
Mississauga Olympians (white socks, shorts, and numbers, blue shirts, black sleeves)
......................................1 Patrick Osunduba
5 Dean Campbell...4 Ian Cardey...20 Silvester Komlodi...2 Jason Lyall
6 Aaron Benjamin...18 Dave Nutt...19 Jimmy Kuzmanovsky...16 Wojciech Cwik
.............................8 Darren Tilley...15 Kevin DeSurpa
Subs:...17 Jason Pedra (def)...14 Ahmed Babayanju (mid)...11 Giovani Peart (fwd)
team officials:...coach David Gee...equipment manager John Gee...physio Erin Castleman...assistant coach Marco Benedekeyc.
London City (white socks and shirts, black shorts, red numbers)
........................................22 Anthony Camacho
15 Attila Salamon...6 Steven Flatt...29 Jeff Brown...27 Tyler Hemming
8 Gentian Dervishi...30 Ermal Murataj...16 Shawn Taggart...23 Eris Tafaj
...........................17 Gentjan Buzali...11 Sandro Costantin
Subs:...1 Altin Rucaj (gk)...2 Jonathan Hart (def)...12 Ken Kopko (mid)...13 Douglas Salgado (mid)...14 Johnny Paiva (mid)...19 Haidar Al-Shaibani (mid)...28 Anthony Vassallo (mid)
team officials:...club staff Harry Paul Gauss, Ryan Murray Gauss, Cam Vassallo, Jermaine Shakes, Anthoney Domenique.
Game officials:...referee Gord Arrowsmith...referee's assistants Justin Tasev and Calin Pintea...fourth official Alexander William (red shirts, black socks and shirts).
1st Half:...game start 8:39pm...MO defend North end...All times are converted from my wristwatch.
2 min...MO Tilley 15 yard shot bounced wide left of net.
4 min...MO player's freekick from left is wide right.
7 min...MO Campbell injured LC Tafaj on sliding tackle. LC Tafaj resulting 15 yard freekick from left is rolled forward but ruled offside.
12 min...MO goalie rushes right to beat LC Dervishi to ball and slide to grab it.
15 min...LC Dervishi 30 yard freekick is just wide right of net.
20 min...MO player's 25 yard freekick is tapped around and wasted.
21 min...MO goalie catches bouncer as he collides with LC Costantin.
22 min...MO Kuzmanovsky cuts around defender and 12 yard shot from right is pushed over net by goalie.
24 min...LC Taggart long throw-in from left, LC Costantin heads into box.
25 min...A shot deflects off LC Tafaj and goalie catches 5 yarder.
26 min...LC Buzali 40 yard shot caught by goalie.
27 min...LC Buzali rolls 25 yard shot wide left through crowd of players.
27 min...MO DeSurpa is injured near center circle.
28 min...LC YELLOW card...Taggart for clipping MO Tilley near center.
32 min...MO sub...Pedra replaces Campbell.
33 min...MO DeSurpa 25 yard freekick is blasted well over net.
35 min...MO Benjamin runs down right and cross/shot from 15 yards is pushed out by goalie and partial rebound is cleared.
39 min...LC Flatt freekick from 45 yards is headed out by defender.
40 min...LC Tafaj steps up middle and goalie leaps to palm 20 yard shot over bar.
41 min...MO goalie injured in scramble in box.
42 min...LC Dervishi cornerkick from left is cleared away by defender.
45 min...MO Benjamin cross from right into box that LC defender heads it through and out left.
46 min...LC goalie leaps to catch 40 yard cross from left.
47 min...half ends 9:26pm.
2nd Half:...starts 9:40pm.
47 min...LC goalie catches quick 40 yard freekick in front of charging MO forward.
48 min...MO Peart plays cross from right and takes diving header from 10 yards that's caught by goalie.
50 min...MO Jimmy Kuzmanovsky GOAL...MO Darren Tilley chips freekick from 40 yards, Kuzmanovsky heads ball from 5 yards on left into top right corner of net beyond leaping goalie Anthony Camacho.
52 min...LC Salamon ends pressure by turning and firing 30 yard shot well over net.
53 min...MO Tilley feeds ball ahead left to MO Kuzmanovsky and his 20 yard shot is low and hits right post and rebound blocked by defender.
55 min...LC Dervishi freekick from 45 yards is cleared by defender.
57 min...LC Dervishi cornerkick from right is cleared through box.
58 min...LC Flatt mid air 25 yard shot is wide right after receiving cross from right.
58 min...MO Cwik 35 yard freekick from left is into box. MO Tilley 20 yard blast off partial clearance on right is well high wide left.
62 min...MO Komlodi gets back to catch LC Costantin on through ball and hook away ball.
63 min...LC sub...Al-Shaibani replaces Buzali.
64 min...LC Flatt 55 yard freekick is caught by goalie in crowd of players.
66 min...LC Al-Shaibani follows up LC Tafaj 25 yard shot from left that was off bar and bounces forward by booting 25 yard shot well over net and over back fence.
67 min...City Eris Tafaj GOAL...Tafaj 20 yard blast from left is into top right corner of net behind Patrick Osunduba.
69 min...LC sub...Vasello replaces Costantin.
72 min...LC Tafaj on 2 on 1 but is run down on left and his 25 yard shot is wide right with open net as target.
73 min...LC sub...Kopko replaces Murataj.
74 min...MO Cwik cross from left into crowd of players and a header that may have come off a defender is palmed over goalie from 5 yards.
75 min...LC player takes 35 yard shot into box from left that's wide right of net.
77 min...MO goalie beats LC Tafaj to ball in box.
78 min...LC sub...Hart replaces Salaman who'd been injured in own end.
78 min...LC Dervishi is tapped cornerkick from right and his quick cross is blocked by foot of sliding goalie.
79 min...MO goalie runs through crowd after cornerkick from right to pick up ball.
81 min...MO sub...Babayanju replaces Nutt.
82 min...MO Tilley runs through middle after a bad LC back pass but he can't get clear shot and shanks 12 yarder well over net from left of net.
85 min...MO goalie runs out of box to boot away ball from charging LC Tafaj. Tafaj is injured on play.
86 min...LC sub...Paiva replaces injured Tafaj.
88 min...MO goalie picks up 30 yard roller.
89 min...LC Dervishi cornerkick from right is curled behind net.
91 min...game ends 10:27pm.
Final Score:.......Mississauga Olympians.........1.........London City.........1.......
Attendance was about 40 on this warm evening. I was offering my mosquito spray by the second half.
London City looked like the best I've seen them in a few years. They really limited the Olympians chances in the first half with solid defense. This was their first road game of the year. Anthony Vassallo subbed in at the 69 minute mark. He is the youngest player in the CPSL at age 15 and sure didn't look like the worst player on the field. Olympians had only three subs on their bench and looked like a few late subs could have given them some more chances later in the game with players tiring.
Referee Gord Arrowsmith called a solid game but the fourth official Alexander William had a tough time mistakenly ordering away both coach's sons off the bench despite them being official members of the coaching staff. Hey nothing wrong with having a teenage equipment manager and assistant coach.
The Rogers camera was at the game catching lots of footage for the hilight show. Host Alex B interviewed a few London City players including Steven Flatt, Tyler Hemming, and Anthony Vassallo.
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