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Result of the Saturday July 26, 2003 CPSL game between Metro Lions and Mississauga Olympians played at Birchmount Stadium in Scarborough at 3:00pm.

Metro Lions (white socks and numbers, navy shorts and shirts)

....................................25 Gregory Drakes
..............16 O'Neil Brown...13 Anton Skerritt...4 Jason Baker
20 Maxim Dorneval...8 Kareem Reynolds...23 Chris Handsor...10 Hayden Fitzwilliams...11 Marvin Raeburn
.............................7 Caswain Mason...21 Aaron Benjamin

Subs:...1 Courtney Campbell (gk)...3 Sherwin Blaize (def)...12 Mishel Levkov (mid)...5 Carlos Redman (fwd)...19 Craig Patton (fwd)...22 Christopher Clarke (fwd)
team officials:...coach Aldwyn McGill...assistant coach Junior Parker...technical director Dixon Modeste...equipment manager Ken Mollineau...trainer Paolo Pacione

Mississauga Olympians (all white, blue numbers)

...................................1 Brian Bowes
21 Dwayne Wright...4 Danny Gallagher...3 Sam Borgh...16 Geoff Attard
20 Ritchie Gayle...13 Fernando Tantalo...19 Jimmy Kuzmanovski...23 Paul Moore
.....................10 Darren Tilley...8 Johnny Matas

Subs:...9 Marco Bedejovic (fwd)...2 Anthony Whitney (def)...5 Craig Taylor (mid)...18 Colin Misuraca (def)...22 Nathan Greene (def)
team officials:...manager David Gee...equipment manager John Gee

Game officials:...referee Isaac Raymond...referee's assistants Zoran Kristo and Mike Lambert...fourth officials Alex Mariana...(yellow shirts, black shorts and socks)

1st Half:...game starts 3:11pm...ML defend north end on this hot humid overcast day. It starts to rain during the player intros...All times in the first half are converted from my wristwatch until the scoreboard is fixed.
19 seconds!...Olympians Darren Tilley running into Lions box is clipped by Lions defender O'Neil Brown and falls. Referee Isaac Raymond awards Olympians a Penalty kick.
1 min...Olympians Darren Tilley GOAL...Tilley blasts Penalty kick to low left side of net as goalie Gregory Drakes crumples to right side.
2 min...MO Gallagher in MO box concedes cornerkick on ML rush.
4 min...ML Fitzwilliams 20 yard header into box but MO goalie picks up ball.
5 min...ML Raeburn cornerkick from right is headed away.
7 min...ML Benjamin rushes to ball on left side of box and tries to kick it over head back into play but ball is ruled out.
8 min...MO Tilley runs up left eludes ML Skerritt but cross is caught by goalie.
9 min...ML cornerkick short from left is worked in to edge of box and goalie catches cross.
10 min...ML Mason crosses from 45 yards on right ML Fitzwilliams heads 12 yarder from left wide left.
12 min...MO Tantalo rolls weak 20 yarder up middle to goalie.
20 min...ML Fitzwilliams runs on left and rolls cross through box, ML Benjamin heads 12 yarder from left side wide left of net.
22 min...MO Tilley on right 15 yard shot caught by goalie.
23 min...ML Reynolds rolls ball through middle, ML Benjamin boots 18 yard roller just wide left of post.
25 min...ML Handsor rolls 20 yard ball that deflects off defender to goalie.
26 min...ML Benjamin passes through players, ML Mason 15 yard shot blocked by sliding defender.
28 min...ML Dorneval rushes to loose ball on right side of box, goalie deflects point blank shot from 15 yards on right end line.
32 min...ML Benjamin is pulled down and prevented from getting shot by ML Tilley in box but just a cornerkick is awarded.
33 min...ML Handsor 10 yard header palmed over net after cornerkick from left.
34 min...ML Benjamin finishes pressure by twist header from 7 yards that's caught by goalie after ML Reynolds heads ball forward from 20 yards.
37 min...MO Matas rush on right and rolls cross through goalmouth and defender concedes cornerkick to prevent MO Tilley rushing in for tap-in on left post.
38 min...MO Tilley cornerkick from left is punched away in crowd of players by goalie as he's plowed into.
39 min...MO Gayle 25 yard shot is wide left of goal.
40 min...ML sub...Campbell in an outfield jersey #9 replaces Raeburn.
..............ML sub...Patton replaces Benjamin.
43 min...MO Matas rush on left and 20 yard shot is caught by goalie.
45 min...ML Reynolds rolls ball through crowd in MO box wide left of net.
45 min...half ends...the rain had stopped.

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