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Result of the Friday September 13th, 2002 CPSL game between Toronto Supra and Hamilton Thunder played at Brockton Stadium in Toronto at 8:30pm.
Toronto Supra (all navy, white numbers and trim)
....................................12 Carmine Isacco
8 Christian Lombardo...6 Peyvand Mossavat...3 Antonin Plachy...5 John Costa
9 Garvin Houston...23 Darryl Gomez...7 Paolo Valdez...18 David Mancini
.............................11 Jordao Camana...22 Luis Cazengue
Subs:...4 Amilcar Pascoal...19 Selmir Sehic...1 Michael Silva (gk)...2 Jorge Collazo...10 Pedro Dias
team officials:...manager Victor Cameira...coach Jose Silva...field trainer Albino Igreja...therapist Phil Corredoura
Hamilton Thunder (all red, black numbers that are hard to see, white sides)
.......................................1 Dino Perri
3 Salvadore Borgh...4 Danny Gallagher...10 Matthew O'Connor...13 Geoff Attard
6 Ricardo Marquez...11 Orlin Chalmers...21 Leo Laurito...5 Denny Velastegui
.........................29 Dave Simpson...24 Marc Wagenaar
Subs:...00 Roberto Ferrari (gk)...2 Fabien Pagani...7 Michael DeSimone...19 Ian Bennett...20 Murat Sukru...23 Ryan Thomson...26 Michael Mazzuca
team officials:...head coach Marko Maschke...assistant Sal DeSimone
Game officials:...referee Andrew Drazinski...referee assistants Calin Pintea and John Biondich.
1st Half:...game starts 8:44pm...Supra defend north end on this warm humid evening. All times are converted from my wristwatch.
4 min...HT Borgh 35 yard shot bounces through crowd to goalie.
4 min...TS Plachy 30 yard freekick from left over wall and goalie grabs on left side of net.
8 min...HT players cornerkick from left curls away from box and is cleared.
11 min...HT Velastegui 35 yard freekick from right is cleared by defender on edge of box.
15 min...TS Valdez kicks HT Laurito in face on high kick.
15 min...HT player's 45 yard freekick from right, one handed block by goalie.
16 min...HT Borgh heads back to goalie but TS Camana gets to ball but flubs 20 yard shot.
18 min...TS Mossavat gets cross on left and quick 15 yard blast knocked wide left by sliding goalie.
20 min...HT Chalmers 30 yard freekick caught by goalie under bar.
25 min...TS Cazengue 30 yard shot from right is wide left.
26 min...HT Wagenaar rush through box but defender checks him.
28 min...HT Velastegui freekick from 25 yards on right is just wide of left post but TS player heads then kicks it through box.
29 min...TS defender leaps to head away cornerkick from left.
30 min...HT Marquez cornerkick from right is whistled down for pushing in box.
33 min...The lawn sprinklers come on in the field soaking the field. The referee blows the whistle until the water could be stopped.
36 min...HT Simpson runs on right, crosses back to HT player for shot but TS Houston gets foot in as ball goes to left corner of net and knocks it up.
43 min...TS Valdez gets 30 yard shot through crowd wide right.
45 min...HT goalie jumps to knock down ball in box ahead of TS Cazengue.
47 min...TS Camana on rush down right puts shot wide left.
48 min...HT Borgh gets 40 yard shot on partial clearance is wide high left.
49 min...HT Marquez cornerkick from right is flown down in box.
51 min...TS player's 40 yard freekick rolled into wall.
51 min...half ends 9:36pm.
2nd Half:...starts 9:50pm.
47 min...HT player runs down left but defender catches him.
48 min...HT player's 35 yard shot is wide high right.
49 min...HT goalie races out to clear away bad back pass ahead of TS Cazengue.
50 min...TS Gomez races down right and slides cross in and TS Valdez 20 yard shot from right just wide left.
51 min...HT goalie stops low 40 yard shot.
52 min...HT sub...Thomson replaces Laurito.
54 min...TS Mancini rushes down left but hurries 40 yard shot wide left.
57 min...HT Velastegui freekick from 40 yards on left is blown down with jostling in box.
59 min...HT Marquez injured at center line.
60 min...HT Wagenaar shot in box from 10 yards is into box.
63 min...TS goalie catches popped up header after long rush.
65 min...HT Thomson 40 yard shot bounces to goalie.
66 min...HT Velastegui cross from left flag is headed away and HT Matthew O'Connor 40 yard shot on partial clearance is well wide high right.
70 min...TS goalie makes sliding save on cross from right, ball pops up but defender clears.
71 min...HT Thomson midair 30 yard shot is well over net after receiving cross from left.
72 min...HT sub...Sukru replaces Wagenaar.
..............TS sub...Sehic replaces Camana.
74 min...HT Velastegui 35 yard freekick from left is headed away in box.
76 min...HT player's cornerkick from right is low and booted away.
78 min...HT player runs down right and 20 yard shot well wide right.
80 min...HT Thomson quickly taps freekick on left 40 yard to HT Velastegui for long shot over net.
82 min...HT Thomson 40 yard freekick on left is headed away by defenders in box.
83 min...HT sub...DeSimone replaces Marquez.
86 min...HT player's 25 yard shot from near right end line is wide right.
87 min...HT goalie has to head ball away from TS Costa when he's caught well out of box.
90 min...HT player's cornerkick from right is headed over end line.
91 min...HT Thomson gets to partially cleared rebound of HT cornerkick and rolls and pops up ball which goalie grabs.
91 min...game ends 10:36pm.
Final Score:.......Toronto Supra........0.............Hamilton Thunder.......0........
Attendance was about 150 on this warm humid evening. The Supra will play their remaining games at Brockton Stadium in downtown Toronto (Dufferin subway station south of Bloor) for the rest of the year and into the future according to manager Victor Cameira. The smaller stadium gives a better atmosphere for crowd size than the cavernous Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke. I got fooled on Tuesday by stupidly driving to the wrong stadium and tonight someone beside me got a cell phone call that their friends had gone to Centennial.
This will be a tough one to type the details of the game once I get time when the season is over because I couldn't read the black numbers on red shirt Thunder uniforms so there'll be a lot of "A Hamilton player...." I stayed sitting with a group of Hamilton fans as they could yell out "nice shot Leo" and I'd figure out who it was and it was even worth putting up with EVERY close check a comment "Where's the card ref?", or "Hand ball". I though referee Andrew Drazinski maintained control of this game without giving out any caution cards.
The field was somewhat muddy although it hasn't rained in Toronto for weeks so it must have been watered. We were all surprised at 33 minutes when the sprinklers turned themselves on and started flooding the field. Sure they were eventually turned off but it turned the midfield even slipperier. The sound system was quite murky (they must have borrowed it from a TTC subway station). A travelling ice cream truck must have timed its run so its tune blotted out 'O Canada'.
Oh, the game? Carmine Isaaco earned the shutout for the Supra. The Thunder would work the ball up to just outside the box but would pass once too often and not get away a shot. Dino Perri earned the shutout for the Thunder and had less to do. The Thunder dominated overall in the game but the Supra had some good chances near the end to win.
Rocket Robin
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