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Result of the Friday September 20th, 2002 CPSL game between York Region Shooters and Hamilton Thunder played at Highland Park in Aurora at 8:30pm.

York Region Shooters (amber socks and shirts, black shorts and numbers)

...........................................1 Peter Libicz
..........6 Joe Grande...22 Angelo Pollastrone (cpt)...4 Jorge Molina
10 Stalin Cardenas...21 Stuart Black...8 Cameron Medwin...7 Parminder Dhillon...11 Toli Dasteridis
...........................23 Joey Todaro...15 Robert Black

Subs:...00 Roberto Scala (gk)...20 Paul Sinisi (fwd)...12 Steve Said (mid)
team officials:...head coach Vito Colangelo...trainer coach Sam Medeiros...team therapist Lenny Visconti...team manager Elio Scarcello

Hamilton Thunder (red socks and shorts, white numbers, blue shirts and red stripes)

...........................................0 Roberto Ferrari
.............4 Mike Mazzucco...3 Martin Rogozenski...81 Donnis Gughomin
6 Ricardo Maryuol...8 Miles O'Connor...10 Mathew O'Connor...11 Orlin Chalmers
..............27 David Simpson...20 Murat Sukru...19 Ian Bennett

Subs:...22 Dan Dolc (gk)...18 Adam Leggett (mid)...9 Gaston Bizzorra (fwd)...17 Jason Crnic (fwd)...25 Kerar Harvin (fwd)
team officials:...general manager Italo Ferrari...head coach Andre Jasinski

Game officials:...referee Steve Cahoon...referee's assistants Jeff Simai and Yakov Kemakh...4th official Nathan Walsh...(red shirts, black socks and shirts)

1st Half:...game starts 8:37pm...YS defend west end...a light rain is falling on the slippery field. All times are converted from my wristwatch.
2 min...YS Robert Black gets ball in middle but 15 yard shot blasted high to right over net.
9 min...HT player 25 yard shot from right is deflected wide left for cornerkick. The cornerkick is then partially cleared and knocked down and lobbed back into box.
11 min...YS goalie punches out cornerkick from right that starts out fast break.
15 min...YS Medwin finishes YS pressure by rolling 20 yards shot wide right.
16 min...HT Mathew O'Connor races down left, HT Bennett twist header from 10 yards on cross just wide right of net.
17 min...HT Sukru races up middle but knocked over in YS box.
18 min...YS Stuart Black races in on right and centered high with a YS forward popping up 5 yard cross from left post but no on is on right side of net to knock in ball.
20 min...YS Todaro freekick blasts 35 yard bouncer to goalie.
22 min...YS Todaro crosses from right corner flag, ball is knocked down on left post in crowd of players by goalie who catches it on bounce.
26 min...HT player's cornerkick from right is headed away.
28 min...YS YELLOW card (?)...to a player for complaining at center line.
29 min...YS player's 30 yard freekick from left, YS Todaro leaping backheel tip from 5 yards is popped just over bar.
31 min...HT Sukru bounces 40 yard shot through crowd wide right.
33 min...HT Miles O'Connor stops and cuts 30 yard roller to goalie.
35 min...YS Todaro cuts 35 yard shot from left bounces to goalie.
37 min...YS Cardenas races down right, cross into box but headed away by defender.
38 min...HT Sukru 15 yard blast from left is shanked wide left.
39 min...HT Simpson 25 yard rolling blast deflected for cornerkick.
40 min...YS Robert Black gets ball that squirts to him on left after cornerkick but blasts low 12 yard shot wide left.
43 min...YS Dasteridis freekick from 40 yards on left is chipped into box but headed away.
44 min...HT YELLOW card...Mazzucco for tripping YS Medwin near left corner flag.
45 min...half ends 9:22pm.

2nd Half:...starts 9:36pm...the officials change to dry black shirts...A real downpour starts.
halftime sub...YS Sinisi replaces Robert Black.
46 min...HT Maryuol cornerkick from right. HT Simpson knocks ball down in box but defender clears.
47 min...HT Sukru injured in tackle with YS Sinisi.
48 min...HT Miles O'Connor 35 yard freekick from right is caught by goalie.
49 min...YS Medwin centred ball and 35 yard shot is over net.
54 min...YS Sinisi on edge of box, ball is tapped to YS Medwin who rolls ball just wide left although play is called offside by official.
55 min...HT Bennett rushes on right, 25 yard shot from extreme angle slips through goalie's wet hands but wide left and defender clears.
57 min...YS Sinisi rush on right, cross that leaping HT Mazzucco heads away before a YS forward can get to header.
58 min...HT Bennett races in from right, defender gets back to knock away break before he gets away shot.
59 min...YS sub...Said replaces Dhillon.
61 min...HT Sukru cross from left is deflected along line and goalie charges to catch it.
63 min...HT goalie beats YS Sinisi on edge of box as both charge to ball and knocks it away.
64 min...Shooters Steve Said GOAL...The ball is partially cleared to left side and Said blasts 40 yard shot from left that curls into right side of net just inside post beyond goalie Roberto Ferrari.
66 min...YS Said rolls 20 yard shot to diving goalie on left post.
67 min...YS Sinisi leads 2 on 0 break with YS Todaro and rolls 20 yard shot off left post that's cleared.
69 min...HT sub...Leggett replaces Miles O'Connor.
70 min...YS Todaro flick-heads ball through defenders at center line and YS Sinisi gets break on left.
71 min...HT Chalmers freekick from 45 yards is headed away on edge of box.
72 min...YS player injured on hard tackle near center line.
72 min...HT sub...Bizzorra replaces Rogozenski.
75 min...HT sub...Crnic replaces Sukru.
78 min...HT goalie beats YS Todaro to ball and HT defender heads ball back to him for catch.
80 min...YS goalie punches away YS Pollastrone high ball tip caused by him breaking up HT cross.
81 min...YS YELLOW card...Pollastrone for complaining about rough play in box.
84 min...HT Simpson short cross from left is nodded down by defender on left post.
85 min...YS player injured on left side of box.
86 min...HT Chalmers cornerkick from right, HT Maryuol (?) charges to right and 10 yard cross is just wide right.
87 min...YS YELLOW card...Sinisi for tackle near center line.
90 min...Thunder RED card...Orlin Chalmers tackles Shooters Paul Sinisi who'd just slide tackled him and won the ball. This was a bearhug from behind and football sack ! Referee Steve Cahoon had an easy call on this play.
92 min...HT Bizzorra freekick from 35 yards on right is over box.
93 min...HT Bizzorra stops his rush and rolls 15 yard shot to goalie who smothers ball.
94 min...YS Medwin injured near sideline by tackle.
95 min...YS player 45 yard shot from right is well over net.
95 min...game ends 10:26pm.

Final Score:...........York Region Shooters........1...........Hamilton Thunder.........0........

Attendance was about 60 on this miserable hot humid evening with showers starting at various times during the game. The officials even changed their shirts at halftime. The Thunder lineup was made up by mostly their Under 21 team in a complicated situation (or simple if you think about it) that I'll describe in a separate post. Shooters had a few more chances to increase their lead but missing those opportunities kept it close. Shooters goalie Peter Libicz earned the shutout. The fourth official had a tough time controlling both benches.

'Big Show' Paul Sinisi came on as a halftime sub again for the Shooters. I finally asked head coach Vito Colangelo and he said it was purely tactical strategy. "Maybe if he weighed 130 pounds (he'd be a starter)..." he said. No I can understand why this Garrett Kusch/Peter Zezel style basher is used for half a game. He hit a goalpost and kept the defence tied up and frustrated Chalmers into resorting to a quarter sack to stop him.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

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