2nd Half:...starts 4:16pm.
Halftime subs...OW Tiamuh replaces Nelson. Yobe pushes up, Tiamuh plays on right wing.
...............DF Emo replaces Mattin.
46 min...DF Mills 20 yard shot from left caught by goalie.
47 min...Flames Ryan Dummett GOAL...Dummett in middle gets to loose ball and chips from 18 yards and just under bar over goalie Simon Eaddy who is off his line after making play.
49 min...DF Mason 30 yard shot from left is just wide left of net.
49 min...OW Tiamuh rushes down right and rolls cross across DF box just too far in front of OW Osman.
50 min...OW Dow cornerkick from left is cleared from box.
50 min...OW Dow cross from left is behind net.
53 min...DF Humphrey good run down left beating defender but crosses through box.
59 min...OW Some 25 yard off-balance shot rolls wide left.
61 min...OW Osman rush up middle on 1 on 1 and goalie makes pointblank save for roller from 15 yards with player trying to sidestep defender.
61 min...DF Emo steals pass between OW defenders from 25 yards but doesn't get away a good shot.
63 min...OW Jehs bumps DF Mills off ball when he crosses into box on left.
64 min...OW sub...Lucas replaces Mponda.
64 min...DF sub...Thompson replaces Mills.
65 min...DF YELLOW card...Mason for stepping in front of ball before OW freekick deep in OW end.
66 min...Wizards Abraham Osman GOAL...Osman pushes ball through defenders on left and he chips 12 yarder into right corner of net.
71 min...OW Tiamuh long run down right, cross over box to OW Lucas who heads 15 yarder from left to goalie.
72 min...DF goalie catches cross from left in crowd of players.
74 min...OW sub...Bonk replaces Dow.
75 min...OW Yobe on rush sends low 30 yard shot that bounces to goalie.
76 min...OW Roldage (when did he get into game?) injured at OW 40 yard line and needs help to limp off field.
77 min...OW sub...Lewe replaces injured Roldage.
77 min...Flames Adam Vickers GOAL...Flames player's freekick into box and Vickers boots 7 yarder through crowd of players and ball bounces over fallen goalie into center of net.
79 min...OW Some runs up left and rolls cross into box where OW Osman trips on ball.
81 min...Wizards player is tackled in Flames box. Referee Calin Pintea calls a Penalty kick.
82 min...Wizards MacDonald Yobe GOAL...Yobe slots shot into low right of net with goalie sliding left.
83 min...DF goalie dives forward to take ball off feet of OW forward cutting in from left.
84 min...OW YELLOW card...Lucas replaces injured DF Methven near center line.
84 min...DF sub...Brown replaces injured DF Methven near center line.
85 min...DF Humphrey low 30 yard roller from left is picked up by OW goalie after DF Mason passes back to him on short freekick.
86 min...DF goalie picks up bouncer ahead of charging OW Osman.
87 min...A scramble in DF box as OW Some shanks blocked by defender and goalie runs back to smother it.
88 min...DF Humphrey 35 yard chip into box bounces wide left.
90 min...DF Brown long throw-in from left is caught by goalie.
92 min...OW Some run on left and goalie blocks shot from 12 yards.
92 min...DF goalie catches cross from left.
93 min...game ends 6:04pm.
Final Score:........Durham Flames.........2............Ottawa Wizards.........5......
Attendance was about 125 on this hot afternoon. Wizards haven't lost this year and Flames have only won once so having patience most outside observers could have predicted the end result of this game. A window in the press box had a bullet hole in it from a pellet gun.
Flames had only one good shot in the first half but the goalie was up to the challenge. Otherwise they could have used a lawn chair. Seeing Wizards head coach Hubert Busby listed as the backup goalie (hey he was number 1 on the Toronto Lynx 1998 team with Theo Zagar as the backup) on the roster I asked him about goalie Salbrahima Trarore but was assured he didn't make the trip for just this one weekend. MacDonald Yobe was brilliant in the first half with runs down the wing and crosses into the box.
Flames picked up their chances in the second half but opening up left them open in the back and more brilliant runs by the Wizards forwards. Kevin Nelson was substituted at halftime but the Wizards have a game tomorrow afternoon against Metro Lions. I had an interview with Wizards midfielder/defender Robin Hart, the scorer of the winning goal at last year's Rogers Cup and will pitch that to Inside Soccer magazine. Oh yeah, Robin Hart played defender today and was his reliable self.
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