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Result of the Wednesday September 18, 2002 CPSL game between Metro Lions vs London City played at Birchmount Stadium in Scarborough at 8:30pm.
Metro Lions (black socks, blue shorts and shirts, white numbers)
.............................................00 Patrick Bradley
3 Jermaine Coleman...17 Paul Okumu...8 Rob DeFaveri...4 Jason Baker
19 Mishel Levkov...15 Ferdinando Tantalo...10 Courtney Dennis...12 Carmen Allegranza
............................20 Caswain Mason...9 Mike Glasgow
Subs:...7 Kevin Galindo...13 Anton Skerritt...5 Julius Caesar...1 Roman Bryce...6 Brent Martin...21 Emil Calixterio
team officials:...head coach Aldwyn McGill...assistant coach Junior Parker...manager Ralph Aquino...trainer Paolo Pacione
London City (white socks and shirts, black shorts, red numbers)
.................................................1 Altin Ruci
18 Jermaine Shakes...14 Matt Szydlowski...29 Jeff Brown...26 Jonathan Hart
19 Zheger Hassan...27 Tyler Hemming...20 Gentjan Buzali...13 Douglas Salgado
...........................11 Sandro Costantin...15 Attila Salamon
Subs:...12 Ken Kopko...28 Anthony Vasallo (fwd)...31 Joshua Wagenaar (gk)...34 Adam Legg (mid)
team officials:...staff Harry Paul Gauss...Ian Knight...Cam Vassallo...Gariela Weber
Game officials:...referee Neil Schofield...referee's assistants Frank Marchiello and Isaac Raymond...fourth official Ganesh Shammugan...(red shirts, black shrots and socks)
1st Half:...game starts 8:33pm...ML defend south end on this cool evening with the game played on a wet field.
2 min...ML Mason runs down right and can't quite chip diving goalie wide right.
3 min...LC Buzali 45 yard freekick, LC Costantin twists 15 yard header wide right.
7 min...ML Glasgow pushes ball up middle but no one gets to ball in box.
11 min...Lions Mike Glasgow GOAL...Lions Carmen Allegranza works out a short cornerkick from right and passes to Glasgow on ground and he redirects ball into short right corner of net.
(alternate opinions have it a London own goal and Allegranza said he scored the goal. I was surprized to see the ball roll through the net so I thought it might be wide).
14 min...LC Buzali freekick from 35 yards is blasted well over net.
16 min...LC Buzali cornerkick from right is headed away by first defender.
17 min...ML Mason pass back to ML DeFaveri who chips 20 yard shot into box for goalie to grab.
18 min...ML Coleman right 50 yard high freekick into box, defender heads back from wide left causes goalie to make diving save from 7 yards.
23 min...ML Levkov centers ball in box, ML DeFaveri deflected point blank from 7 yards well high wide left.
24 min...ML player's cornerkick from left is well over box.
26 min...ML player's good run down left and cross over to right, ML player's 20 yard shot caught by goalie.
31 min...ML Mason injured in LC end just outside center circle.
32 min...ML Mason rushes down left but defender deflects cross behind line.
33 min...ML player's cornerkick from left is well over box.
34 min...ML Dennis cross over crowd of players from 35 yards is caught by charging goalie.
34 min...LC YELLOW card...Brown for some reason at about this time.
35 min...Lions Carmen Allegranza GOAL...Lions Mishel Levkov pushes the ball through the center to Allegraza and he dekes falling goalie Altin Ruci 15 yards out and shoots low shot into center of net that defender just misses by a step.
36 min...ML Tantalo 25 yards through crowd, LC player steps over ball goalie scoops up ball.
40 min...Lions Caswain Mason GOAL...Mason gets low centering pass at 30 yards and dekes charging goalie on edge of box and slides 18 yarder into open net.
41 min...LC Shakes injured at center line.
42 min...LC sub...Vassallo replaces injured Shakes.
43 min...ML Mason pushes ball through middle, an off balance ML Glasgow blasts ball high just wide right of net from 10 yards.
46 min...half ends 9:19pm.
2nd Half:...starts 9:33pm.
halftime sub...ML Calixterio replaces Mason.
47 min...LC Buzali rolls 15 yard shot wide left of net.
49 min...LC Buzali 35 yard freekick headed away by defender.
50 min...LC YELLOW card...Buzali at center line for something.
54 min...LC Szydlowski 35 yard freekick is low and into player wall.
55 min...ML Dennis fakes freekick and ML Glasgow takes it from 30 yards is over wall and caught by leaping goalie just under bar.
56 min...LC goalie runs to edge of box to catch cross.
60 min...ML Allegranza good run on right wing but he pushes ball too far ahead over end line.
66 min...LC sub...Kopko replaces Hassan.
67 min...LC player's 35 yard shot from left that LC player deflects on kick wide right of net.
69 min...ML sub...Caesar replaces Levkov.
70 min...LC Salgado 40 yard cross from right, LC Costantin nods 15 yard header from left wide left.
74 min...ML Dennis 40 yard cross from right is caught by goalie.
75 min...ML YELLOW card...Dennis for something.
76 min...ML Dennis hooks overhead kick on left edge of box and ML Calixterio 12 yard header caught by goalie.
77 min...LC Szydlowski injured in won end on late tackle.
78 min...LC YELLOW card...Salamon for cleats up tackle on ML Dennis running through middle.
79 min...ML Dennis 40 yard freekick blast into wall of players.
81 min...LC sub...#21 replaces Vassallo.
83 min...LC Hemming 25 yard freekick on right is low and into wall of defenders.
84 min...City #21 GOAL...City player crosses from left into box and #21 beats defenders to ball to pound in 10 yarder with goalie Patrick Bradley out of play on left side of box. #21 had only been in the game for 3 minutes.
(Adam Legg is the only outfield sub I couldn't account for).
85 min...LC goalie catches 20 yard header on left post.
86 min...ML sub...Galindo replaces Tantalo.
89 min...LC Buzali 30 yard freekick from left is palmed over bar by leaping goalie.
90 min...LC Buzali 25 yard freekick from left is over bar.
93 min...game ends 10:21pm.
Final Score:............Metro Lions........3.............London City.........1.........
Attendance was about 75 on this cool evening with a wet field. Referee Neil Schofield gave out a few yellow cards but it wasn't really a rough game.
This is now six wins in a row for Metro Lions!
Rocket Robin
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