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Result of the Thursday September 25th, 2003 CPSL game between North York Astros and London City played at Esther Shiner Stadium in North York at 8:30pm.

North York Astros (white socks and trim, navy shorts and shirts, yellow numbers)

........................................1 Luciano Miranda
13 Adam Young...6 Pablo Politi...20 Cesar Pagliere...5 Peter Zorbas
19 Gabriel Salguero...21 Alen Majstorovic...2 Boris Krimus...7 Fernando Flores
.......................8 Francisco Dos Santos...17 Guillermo Compton Hall

Subs:...18 Walter Pachon (gk)...3 Jose Martinez (def)...4 Mykola Voytsekhovskayy (fwd)...10 Sergio Gutierrez (mid)...11 Alex Braletic (mid)...15 Aldo Tari (def)...16 JP Melotte (fwd)
team officials:...staff Vittorio Villacis and John Melotte...general manager Bruno Ierullo.

London City (white socks and shirts, black shorts, red numbers)

.......................................21 Haidar Al-Shaibani
16 Jermaine Shakes...6 Justin Mediros...5 Mark Boyd...34 Marco Peeters
15 Attila Salamon...23 Philip MacDonald...20 Gentjan Buzali...13 Douglas Salgado
.......................26 Keith Andrew...35 Isa Bulku

#18 is listed as Jermaine Shakes but I'm putting him down as a starter.

Subs:...3 Erik Elmauer (def)...4 Sergio Seguenza Velis (def)...12 Ken Kopko (def)...22 Karim Ben Sari (fwd)...10 Andrew Loague (fwd)
team officials:...head coach and general manager Harry Paul Gauss...assistant GM Ron Cecchin...supervisor staff Dave Ladore...staff Ernie Tihanyi and Larry Watson.

Game officials:...referee Mike Lambert...referee's assistants Isaac Raymond and Calin Pintea...fourth official Ganesh Shamuggan

1st Half:...game starts 8:42pm.
1 min...Astros players freekick from left is knocked away by defender.
3 min...City Buzali 30 yard freekick knocked away in box.
5 min...Astros goalie catches volley into box.
6 min...Astros goalie slides out for through ball ahead of charging City Buzali.
10 min...Asros Salguero 45 yard shot from right is high wide left.
13 min...City MacDonald 35 yard shot is wide left.
17 min...City Buzali 27 yard freekick is low and rolls wide left of net.
20 min...Astros Young 45 yard pass from right into box is bounced wide left through box.
27 min...Astros YELLOW card...Pagliere for pulling down City Bulku.
27 min...City Shakes 22 yard freekick is lofted well over net.
28 min...Astros sub...Voytsekhovskayy replaces Compton Hall who was injured near center line.
34 min...City Shakes 40 yard shot on left through crowd of player is rolled to goalie.
36 min...Astros Krimus 35 yard freekick receives tap over and his shot is blocked on edge of box.
39 min...City Bulku charges through midfield and 25 yard chip is well over net past charging goalie.
40 min...Astros Voytsekhovskayy rolls ball to Astros Pagliere for him to scuff weak shot from 20 yards.
42 min...Astros Zorbas 35 yard shot over crowd well over net.
44 min...City Bulku rush down left and crosses through three players and goalie under no pressure picks up ball.
46 min...half ends 9:28pm.

2nd Half:...starts 9:43pm.
46 min...City goalie leaps to catch cross from right.
47 min...Astros Flores cross from left is over box.
48 min...Astros Majstorovic 30 yard through pass is picked up by goalie.
50 min...Astros Young blasts 30 yard shot from right well over net.
51 min...City sub...Ben Sari replaces Salgado.
55 min...Astros sub...Pachon replaces Flores in midfield position.
56 min...City Bulku shot from 35 yards on right is well over net.
57 min...Astros Krimus 30 yard shot is just wide left of post.
60 min...City sub...Elmauer replaces Andrew.
60 min...Astros Dos Santos chips 5 yarder over net when freekick from right finds him in City box.
62 min...Astros defender concedes cornerkick to stop City Bulku shot from 8 yards.
63 min...Astros Pachon 25 yard shot arched over net.
63 min...Astros sub...Melotte replaces Majstorovic.
64 min...City Salamon one touch 40 yard shot on left caught by goalie.
65 min...City player's cornerkick from left is blocked by first defender.
66 min...Astros Voytsekhovskayy 35 yard bouncer smothered by goalie.
66 min...Astros Melotte rush through middle with defender even with him and 3 yard shot near right end line chipped to goalie.
68 min...City Shakes blocks cross from right with his shoulder deflecting ball wide right.
69 min...City MacDonald rolls through ball to City Bulku but tackled in Astros box not getting away shot.
70 min...Astros Voytsekhovskayy 30 yard cross from right catches two Astros players offside.
73 min...City Shakes 30 yard freekick from right drifts into box and is cleared.
73 min...City Buzali gets pass in box with no offside call and 15 yard shot pushed wide right by goalie who injures himself.
75 min...Astros sub...Braletic replaces Dos Santos.
77 min...City YELLOW card...Salamon for injuring Astros Voytsekhovskayy near left cornerflag.
79 min...Astros Braletic pops header from 15 yards caught by goalie.
80 min...City MacDonald injured outside center circle.
81 min...City Bulku in Astros box bicycle kicks long throw-in from left over net.
82 min...Astros sub...Martinez replaces Salguero.
83 min...City Salamon 30 yard shot from right just snakes wide left of net.
83 min...Astros Young 30 yard shot well over net.
86 min...City sub...Kopko replaces Bulku.
87 min...City player's cornerkick from left is caught by goalie.
88 min...Astros Boytsekhovskayy cross from left and Astros Melotte nods header from 7 yards that goalie gets hand to as it's heading for right corner of net and goalie gathers up ball.
90 min...Astros Zorbas 45 yard freekick from left has Astros players miss headers on way to wide right.
91.58 min...game ends.

Final Score:.........North York Astros..............0...................London City..................0...................

Attendace was about 20 on this cool evening.

Astros goalie Luciano Miranda and City goalie Haidar Al-Shaibani both earned shutouts on this night. They had a few tough shots each but mostly it was inaccurate finishing that caused this game to be scoreless. Both teams had some good midfield work but were often broken up on the edge of the box or called offside. Referee Mike Lambert only gave out three cards tonight in a tame game. A tie was a fair result for these two evenly matched teams.

London City finished their schedule tonight and ends up behind the Astros in the standings. They now have eight days to prepare for hosting the wild card game of the CPSL Cup playoffs. Whether they play Brampton, St Catharines, or Toronto Croatia, their opponents will have to play one game this weekend to finish their regular season plus a midweek playoff game so could be tired and easy pickings for London. London won the Canada Open Cup back on the Labour Day weekend also as host.

Astros earned their second shutout in a row after holding back the Ottawa Wizards for a 0-0 draw. Astros offensive chances were hurt when Guillermo Compton Hall had to come off at the 28 minute mark when injured near the center line leaving Francsco Dos Santos to team up with substitute Mykola Voytsekhovskayy (now there'd be a guy that if the team had names on their uniforms would run right to the elbow!).

With the last few games I've attended both these also-ran teams deserve complements for bringing enough substitutes. City listed five and Astros had a full seven.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

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