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Details of the CPSL game of Sunday July 20, 2003 between Metro Lions and Ottawa Wizards played at Birchmount Stadium in Scarborough at 4:00pm.

Metro Lions (white socks and numbers, navy shorts and shirts, white "ING Direct" logo on chest)

.....................................25 Gregory Drakes
............13 Anton Skerritt...16 O'Neil Brown...4 Jason Baker
9 Darryl Gomez...10 Hayden Fitzwilliams...5 Carlos Redman...6 Sean Critchlow...11 Marvin Raeburn
..................19 Craig Patton...21 Aaron Benjamin

Subs:...1 Courtenay Campbell (gk)...3 Serwin Blaize (def)...12 Michel Levkov (mid)...14 Kevin Ricketts (def)...20 Maxim Dorneval (mid)...22 Craig Williams (def)...24 Dixon Modeste (def)
team officials:...head coach Aldwyn McGill...assistant coach Junior Parker...trainer Paolo Pacione...equipment manager Ken Mollineau

Ottawa Wizards (white socks, shorts and shirts, black numbers, yellow shoulders)

......................................29 Simon Eaddy
.............21 Robin Hart...14 Greg Jehs...5 Kwesi Loney
22 MacDonald Yobe...7 Peter Mponda...17 Urbain Some...23 Charles Gbeke...16 Robert Dow
.......................9 Abraham Osman...8 Kevin Nelson

Subs:...3 Simon Bonk (def)...12 Arius Roldege (def)...18 Roland Tiamuh (mid)...20 Joseph Lewe (mid)...24 Dwayne Lucas (mid)...-- Hubert Busby (gk)
team officials:...head coach Hubert Busby...general manager Mike Ozses...owner/president Omur Sezerman...equipment manager Marc Ozses...physio "Mark".

Game officials:...referee Zoran Kristo...referee's assistants Michael Lambert and Yakov Keimakh...fourth official Russ Hepworth...(yellow shirts, black shorts and socks)

1st Half:...game starts 4:13pm...ML defend north end on this sunny hot afternoon on this water soaked field.
1 min...OW Nelson runs down right wing and crosses but OW Osman can't get away shot.
2 min...OW Osman redirects low cross from left that goalie picks up from 5 yards.
4 min...OW Yobe short cornerkick from right, OW Mponda crosses from right, and scramble in box.
5 min...Wizards Charles Gbeke GOAL...OW MacDonald Yobe runs down right cross into box and leaping Gbeke heads from 5 yards on left to right side of net beyond goalie Gregory Drakes.
7 min...OW Mponda 35 yard blast through crowd of players is caught by goalie.
8 min...OW Jehs cross from 25 yards on left is just over net.
10 min...OW goalie catches 40 yard freekick.
12 min...ML player's freekick from 30 yards on right is just over net.
17 min...OW goalie picks up through ball bounced into box by ML Brown.
18 min...ML diving defender heads away cross into ML box for about the third time in five minutes.
19 min...OW Nelson pushes ball from right over to OW Gbeke who scuffs low shot from 15 yards on right that's saved.
23 min...Wizards Abraham Osman GOAL...Osamn runs in from left on 2 on 0 with two defenders almost even with them and he slides 15 yarder into right corner of net.
25 min...ML Fitzwilliams steps up middle to connect with 25 yard shot just over net.
26 min...OW Gbeke scuffs 25 yarder from right that's low and to goalie.
27 min...OW Mponda cross from near right flag is punched forward by goalie.
28 min...ML goalie dives forward to pick up low 20 yard shot.
29 min...OW YELLOW card...Dow for not giving 10 yards on a freekick.
30 min...ML Gomez freekick from 35 yards from right is headed away on edge of box.
31 min...OW Mponda freekick from 35 yards on left is cleared.
34 min...ML Patton freekick from 30 yards hits head in player wall and deflects high left for cornerkick.
36 min...ML Raeburn cornerkick from left is knocked away.
37 min...ML Benjamin steps up middle and 30 yard shot deflects off defender's foot and bounces to goalie.
38 min...OW Nelson 15 yard blast from right after short cross is off right post. Rebound can't be controlled and ball is knocked out wide left but offside flag is up.
40 min...OW Dow cornerkick from left is headed over box by ML defender, whistle is blown for a push in the box.
42 min...OW YELLOW card...Mponda for tripping up ML Redman near center line.
43 min...ML players have good ball control while OW Some is getting treatment on sideline.
46 min...half ends 4:59pm.

2nd Half:...start 5:17pm.
46 min...OW Yobe runs down right and low cross has OW Nelson make play.
47 min...OW Greg Jehs grabs Lions Hayden Fitzwilliams running into box and pulls him down, referee Zoran Kristo calls Penalty kick.
48 min...Lions Darryl Gomez GOAL...Gomez low blast on Penalty kick to left corner of net has goalie Simon Eaddy dive wrong way.
51 min...OW goalie fumbles ball into own net but play was whistled offside.
52 min...ML YELLOW card...Redman for checking OW Gbeke on sideline.
54 min...ML sub...Blaize replaces Redman.
..............OW sub...Bonk replaces Nelson.
..............OW sub...Tiamuh replaces Some.
56 min...ML Raeburn cornerkick from left is headed out.
57 min...ML Critchlow long throw-in from left, OW player heads ball behind line.
57 min...ML Gomez cornerkick from left is over box.
59 min...ML Raeburn cornerkick from left is over box, ML player knocks ball back to center and ML Blaize 22 yard shot is wide left of goal.
61 min...ML Blaize gets ball knocked back to him in crowd of players and his 20 yard shot is wide left.
63 min...OW Yobe runs on right and 25 yard cross is smothered by goalie.
64 min...OW Yobe misses bicycle kick from 7 yards.
65 min...OW Loney long throw-in from left has diving defender head back over left.
67 min...OW Hart 35 yard freekick from right sideline is eventually partly cleared, OW Hart crosses back into box and goalie punches ball away. ML player is injured in ML box.
69 min...ML Fitzwilliams 40 yard cross from left is caught by charging goalie.
70 min...ML goalie beats charging OW forward to ball in box.
72 min...OW Mponda 45 yard freekick from left is caught by goalie.
73 min...ML Benjamin has ball come dribbling to him after defender partially blocks 30 yard shot, Benjamin hooks his 20 yard shot over net.
75 min...Wizards MacDonald Yobe GOAL...Yobe on right side with clear shot on net gets 20 yard blast into left side of net.
79 min...OW Dow gets elbow in face off play just outside center circle.
79 min...ML RED card...Gomez gets the red card on the previous play after referee consults with assistant.
79 min...ML sub...Dorneval replaces Patton.
82 min...ML Raeburn 30 yard shot into OW box has goalie catch ball as he drifts wide right.
83 min...OW Osman runs into box and backheels to OW Yobe who has defender block 5 yard shot from right.
84 min...OW Bonk flick heads ball in OW box for cornerkick.
86 min...ML goalie pounces on loose ball in box.
88 min...ML Fitzwilliams has ball deflect off a few people and is all alone from 10 yards but can't score.
89 min...ML sub...Levkov replaces Raeburn.
..........ML sub...Williams replaces Benjamin.
90 min...ML goalie has clearance blocked by OW Gbeke but recovers deflection to prevent shot.
91 min...ML Williams on left has 8 yard shot pushed wide left by sliding goalie.
91 min...ML goalie makes another save in the box.
92 min...ML Fitzwilliams 30 yard freekick from left has ML Levkov send 15 yard header that's caught on bounce by goalie.
94 min...OW goalie catches 30 yard freekick from right in crowd of players.
94 min...game ends 6:06pm.

Final Score:........Metro Lions........1.........Ottawa Wizards..............3............

Attendance was about 125 with most fans arriving just before game time as a one hour rain storm before the game soaked the field and seats in the stadium. This was a much closer game than yesterday's opponents Durham Flames and a tieing goal looked possible until Yobe's 75 minute play. Three minutes after the Lions goal, the Wizards goalie fumbled the ball back into his own net but was fortunate to have the play whistled offside.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

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