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Result of the Sunday September 15th, 2002 CPSL game between North York Astros and Toronto Croatia played at Esther Shiner Stadium in North York at 7:00pm.
North York Astros (yellow socks and numbers, blue shorts and shirts, white trim)
.........................................1 Luciano Miranda
14 Kurt Ramsey...6 Tyler Nesbitt...19 Gabriel Salguero...2 Pablo Politi
20 Maximilano Andrada...13 Gurbir Singh...11 Eduardo Munoz...22 Carlos Grassino
.......................5 Peter Zorbas...7 Lukasz Krakowiak
Subs:...12 Arthur Zaslavski (gk)...3 Ryan Thompson (def)...4 Tom Covello (def)...8 Jean Pierre Melotte (fwd)...15 Nathan Hagreen (mid)...17 Guillermo Compton Hall (mid)...21 Slobodan Ilic (fwd)
team officials:...staff Pavel Zaslavski, Dejan Gluscevic and Mario Ierullo...physiotherapists Vanessa and Jenny...general manager Bruno Ierullo
Toronto Croatia (blue socks, white shorts and numbers, red shirts)
..........................................1 George Azcurra
6 Mario Kulis...4 Domagoj Sain (cpt)...7 Anikola Andrievic...2 Adrien Azcurra
.............8 Hugo Alistud...14 Velemir Crljen...17 Paul Grguric
.............13 Josip Juric...10 Peter Curic...9 Mladen Dikic
Subs:...21 Anthony Brala...16 Brian Seljan...5 Robert Fran
team officials:...coach Drago Santic...bench manager Kruno Kulis...manager Mile Brkic...staff Tom Boljkovac
Game officials:...referee Domenico Rossetto...referee's assistants Yakov Keimakh and Joe Fletcher...no fourth official...(dressed in all black)
Hey I made it....(after a long drive from watching a game in Brampton)
1st Half:...game starts 7:13pm...Astros defend west end on this warm evening with a light rain falling)
2 min...Tor Croatia Hugo Alistud GOAL...TC Velemir Crljen 35 yard freekick from left bounces across box and finds Alistud open to 7 yard shot from right to short right corner of net beyond diving goalie Luciano Miranda.
5 min...Astros Krakowiak 40 yard shot rolls to goalie.
5 min...TC Kulis injured in TC end.
8 min...Astros Politi freekick from 50 yards on left is headed away in box.
10 min...TC Alistud in box has shot blocked on right by defender.
11 min...Tor Croatia Josip Juric GOAL...TC Mario Kulis cornerkick from left is sent into box and leaping Juric heads 5 yarder on short left into right corner of net.
12 min...Astros Lukasz Krakowiak GOAL...Krakowiak gets pass in box and shoots low 12 yard shot into left corner of net before goalie George Azcurra can get over to that side of net.
17 min...Astros Munoz short 45 yard freekick from left to Astros Salguero on left but TC defenders block his cross attempt.
21 min...TC goalie rushes out right of box to boot away through ball.
25 min...TC Curic 35 yard freekick from left into the wall, TC Grguric kicks 30 yard rebound over bar.
27 min...Astros Politi 50 yard freekick, Astros Salguero knocks ball down left of post but can't get away shot.
29 min...TC YELLOW card...Curic for knocking down Astros Grassino in TC end at 50 yards.
30 min...Astros player's cornerkick from right is cleared away from box. TC Alistud is injured in box as play carried on.
32 min...TC Dikic pushed ball but turns and has 25 yard shot blocked by defender.
35 min...TC Adrien Azcurra crosses from left end line but ball headed away.
40 min...TC Kulis cross from right is knocked away from box by defenders.
43 min...TC Juric gets ball on right and 12 yard blast is pushed wide left by diving goalie's hand.
44 min...Astros goalie palms away TC cornerkick cross from left for another cornerkick.
47 min...half ends 8:00pm.
2nd Half:...starts 8:17pm.
halftime subs:...Astros Compton Hall replaces Munoz.
.................Astros Ilic replaces Singh.
49 min...Astros player's 50 yard chip into box on left and Astros Compton Hall pops header on left wide left.
52 min...Astros Compton Hall cornerkick from right is over box and sliding Astros Ramsey on left from 3 yards is wide left.
55 min...TC Crljen freekick from 35 yards from left is headed away by Astros Ramsey.
56 min...TC sub...Fran replaces Grguric.
57 min...Astros Krakowiak pushes 18 yard shot to goalie, after partial clearance rolls to him.
62 min...Tor Croatia Josip Juric GOAL...TC Peter Curic races down left wing and crosses to box where Juric flying header from 5 yards banks in off inside left post with goalie guarding center of net.
63 min...TC Adrien Azcurra race down left and cross is caught by goalie.
63 min...Astros Politi clears away chip into box when goalie trapped out of box and checked from behind.
64 min...TC Curic 10 yard shot wide left.
66 min...TC player's cornerkick from right but Astros Zorbas heads ball wide left.
71 min...Astros YELLOW card...Zorbas for injuring TC Alistud.
72 min...TC sub...Seljan replaces injured Alistud.
74 min...Tor Croatia Hugo Alistud GOAL...Alistud freekick on 45 yards from right is into left side of net possibly on a deflection. (the league report was phoned in with Domagoj Sain as the goalscorer but I asked after the game, maybe Alistud didn't leave the game after all).
75 min...Astros Grassino cornerkick from right is headed across box by forward but wide left.
78 min...Astros Compton Hall 20 yard freekick is pushed wide left by diving goalie.
78 min...Tor Croatia Mladen Dikic GOAL...TC player rolled Dikic a cross from right and leading a two man break on the left he sends a 20 yard shot that rolls under sprawling goalie.
80 min...Astros player's cornerkick from lelft is headed away by leaping goalie.
84 min...Tor Croatia RED card...Peter Curic picks up his 2nd Yellow card for his part in a pushing incident in Astros end. Referee Domenico Rossetto sends him off.
87 min...TC Dikic rushes down left and rolls cross but defender clears.
88 min...TC Velemir Crljen freekick from left edge of box about 7 yards from end line is rolled through box but TC player is pulled down. Referee awards penalty kick.
89 min...Tor Croatia Velemir Crljen GOAL...Crljen chips his Penalty kick into right side of net with goalie holding up in the center of net.
91:50 min...game ends.
Final Score:........North York Astros..........1............Toronto Croatia..............6.........
Attendance was about 50 people on this miserable warm but drizzly night. The rain never stopped.
Toronto Croatia knew who won the game earlier today because I told them as they came onto the field. Astros best forward Kadian Lecky was in the press box serving a suspension. He also plays for the Seneca College Sting. In less politically correct times they were called the Braves but it's less likely Gordon Sumner will start a lawsuit. :)
Toronto Croatia pulled away in the second half when the Astros opened up.
Rocket Robin
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