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Results of the Sunday September 26th, 2004 CPSL game between Vaughan Shooters and Windsor Border Stars played at the Ontario Soccer Centre in Vaughan at 7:30pm.
Vaughan Shooters (blue socks and shirts, white shorts and numbers)
...............................00 Roberto Scala
............17 Raj Takhar...2 Angelo Pollastrone...4 Jorge Molina
11 Branco Majstorivic...7 Cameron Medwin...10 Joey Todaro...8 Chris Turner...21 Marco Casilinuovo
.........................13 Mathey Palleschi...19 Jose Anikewe
Subs:...1 Pablo Alvarado (gk)...14 Eke Chibueze (mid)...22 Riccardo Forno (mid)...12 Fitzroy Powell (mid)...18 Ronaldo Inacio Junior (mid)...20 Steve Said (fwd)
team officials:...trainer coach Sam Mederios...head coach Tony DeThomasis...team manager Elio Scarcello...team therapist James Desento...equipment manager Enio Bruzzesse.
Windsor Border Stars (all orange, black numbers, white trim)
.............................23 Alan Placek
33 Justin Marshall...4 Filip Rocca...5 Scott Patriquin...19 Anthony Mascaro
2 Daniel Zalenski...18 John Roma...7 Jeff Hodgson...8 Mike Perica
...................9 Aaron Byrd...15 Steve Wonsch
Subs:...13 Neil McGill...14 JJ Dowhan
team officials:...manager Jeff Hodgson...coach Pat Hilton...assistant coach Scott Patriquin...officials Katie Vollett and Rosina Culleton
Game officials:...referee Ricardo Garcia (yellow shirt, black shorts and socks)...referee's asssistants Tony Cirillo and Paolo Cirillo (all black)...no fourth official
1st Half:...game starts 8:25pm...VS defend north end...all times are converted from my wristwatch.
1 min...VS Todaro chips 20 yard shot caught by leaping goalie.
4 min...VS Medwin cornerkick from right has VS Turner hop foot deflection from 10 yards for goalie to stop.
5 min...VS Casilinuovo cross from near left end line that's cleared from box.
6 min...VS Palleschi 25 yard shot from right is low and wide left.
8 min...WBS Wonsch 30 yard shot lobbed well over net on rush.
10 min...VS Casilinuovo rush on left and cross partially cleared but VS Todaro 15 yard blast has flying goalie bat ball wide left, more rebounds until ball deflected to goalie.
11 min...VS Todaro chips 15 yard cross from right is caught by goalie.
13 min...WBS Roma on right passes forward and center to WBS Wonsch whose low shot is just wide right from 12 yards.
16 min...VS Medwin cornerkick from right is tipped over box by WBS defender and cleared. VS Molina rebound from 35 yards away is low and wide left.
18 min...VS Medwin cross from near right end line is drifted over net.
21 min...WBS YELLOW card...Byrd for complaining after play resumed on VS freekick.
22 min...WBS Roma 22 yard shot of loose ball up middle, saved by goalie on left side.
24 min...VS Anikewe rush up right and 25 yard shot is deflected into right mesh of net.
24 min...VS player's cornerkick from right is headed away by leaping defender.
25 min...VS goalie and WBS Zalenski crash for ball on edge of VS box. Both players are injured. WBS Zalenski has a head injury including a bloody nose.
25 min...WBS sub...Dowhan replaces injured Zalenski.
28 min...WBS goalie charges out to catch cross from right.
29 min...VS Todaro 22 yard freekick is into leaping head in wall ball cleared.
33 min...WBS player can't get away shot in VS box.
34 min...VS Anikewe blasts 12 yard shot well over net.
35 min...WBS Byrd cornerkick from left headed behind for second cornerkick.
36 min...Border Stars Mike Perica GOAL...After Border Stars player's cornerkick from left is headed by Perica forward from 10 yards and Perica pushes ball in from 2 yards on left post in crowd of players.
38 min...VS player blast 20 yarder from left is well over net.
39 min...VS Todaro cross from left deflects of WBS player and lands on top of net.
40 min...VS Casilinuovo cornerkick from left is knocked around in box.
42 min...VS Takhar rush down right and gets away shot that's deflected wide left of cornerkick.
43 min...VS Takhar 30 yard shot just wide right after cornerkick is kicked around.
44 min...WBS player 30 yard freekick from left, WBS player heads ball wide left from 12 yards.
46 min...half ends 9:11pm.
2nd Half:...starts 9:30pm.
Halftime subs:...VS Said replaces Turner.
.................VS Forno replaces Casilinuovo.
47 min...VS Forno 35 yard shot up middle that's caught by goalie.
49 min...VS Medwin cross from right is caught well wide left of net by back tracking goalie.
50 min...VS Todaro runs up middle and 25 yard shot is wide right.
51 min...WBS YELLOW card...John Roma gets card for clips on VS Jorge Molina while Molina running back towards ball at own 25 yard line.
51 min...Shooters YELLOW card...Joey Todaro gets card for swearing after this incident.
51 min...Border Stars RED card...John Roma gets second YELLOW for swearing in this incident.
52 min...VS sub...Powell replaces Anikewe.
53 min...VS Todaro 35 yard freekick is blasted just over net.
55 min...WBS Marshall run on right gets cross to charging WBS Byrd whose 22 yard shot from left is pushed wide right by diving goalie.
56 min...WBS Byrd on second cornerkick is a row from right is knocked into net but play whistled down.
58 min...VS Forno 30 yard shot up middle caught by goalie.
59 min...VS Todaro 35 yard freekick, VS player from 10 yards pops up header that's caught by goalie.
60 min...WBS Dowhan (?) 35 yard freekick pushed wide left of post by diving goalie.
61 min...WBS Byrd cornerkick from left is swatted through box by goalie.
62 min...WBS player's 30 yard freekick from right is caught by goalie on left post.
63 min...VS Medwin 25 yard from right, VS Pollastrone blasts partial clearance from 25 yards through crowd of player's that goalie traps low on left post.
64 min...VS Todaro 30 yard freekick from left is palmed over net by goalie.
65 min...VS Medwin cornerkick from right clared but ball worked back for VS Todaro to rush into box but defender pokes ball away.
66 min...VS Medwin cornerkick from right has ball batted down and picked up by goalie.
69 min...WBS Wonsch recovers deflected ball and rush down left, 20 yard kick is blocked low by goalie on left post.
70 min...WBS sub...McGill replaces Wonsch.
75 min...Shooters Angelo Pollastrone GOAL...Shooters Fitzroy Powell runs across box and has ball blocked, recovers and blasts shot from 25 yards on left, goalie Alan Placek blocks shot and Pollastrone on left blasts rebound in from 7 yards to right side of net.
77 min...Shooters Pollastrone is called for catching and tripping up WBS Neil McNeil running into Shooters box. Referee Ricardo Garcia calls for a Penalty kick.
78 min...Border Stars Filip Rocca GOAL...Rocca blasts Penalty kick to top right corner leaving goalie Roberto Scala slumping in center of net.
80 min...VS Todaro ball in middle takes quick 20 yard shot lobbed wide right.
82 min...Shooters Joey Todaro GOAL...Todaro takes quick 20 yard freekick from left that's into right corner of net. The goalie holds onto ball from Shooters player frantically trying to get ball so game can be restarted.
84 min...VS Todaro 35 yard freekick from left is blocked by head in player wall.
85 min...VS Todaro lofts shot that goalie catches.
86 min...VS YELLOW card...Forno for swearing.
88 min...VS Todaro 40 yard freekick is headed away by defender on edge of box on left.
90 min...WBS player's cornerkick from right has WBS Byrd pop up header.
91 min...game ends 10:16pm.
Final Score:..........Vaughan Shooters........2..........Windsor Border Stars.........2.........
Attendance was about 70 on this warm humid night.
The biggest story of this game was that there were no game officials before the start of the game. I didn't notice who were supposed to be the officials earlier today when I checked the Soccer On-Line web site as details of this game had been dropped. The officials for the game earlier today in Brampton had been shuffled around with only one official listed actually being there but replacements were in place. A few frantic phone calls and it was settled on getting three guys who were finishing up refereeing an indoor game under the roof of The Ontario Soccer Centre. Ironically I drove one of the assistant referee's from the Brampton game inside the Toronto city limits so he could catch the bus home a lot easier. He was the one who filled me in on the officials’ changes at that game. Shooters officials kept the crowd informed of the delay and were quite honest with the reasons.
The game was close checking with plenty of rough play. Neither team liked the calls of referee Ricardo Garcia and the father/son referee's assistants Tony and Paolo Cirillo offside calls. However if both teams complained, it worked out to be an evenly called game. The 51 minute Yellow cards didn't cut down on the language so it felt like a double bill concert of 1980s comedians Eddie Murphy and Andrew Dice Clay.
Shooters Cameron Medwin took most of the cornerkicks and Joey Todaro handled the freekicks. Border Stars goalie Alan Placek controlled most of these shots into the box no matter how many players were crowding around. Roberto Scala had some crucial saves to make when the Shooters got caught short at the back.
Border Stars played well being a man down. They'd only brought two subs for this game yet they were different players than the two subs they had for yesterday's game at this field against North York Astros. One sub they needed to make was when their midfielder Daniel Zalenski and Shooters goalie Roberto Scala crashed together on the edge of the box going for a high ball. Zalenski was subbed with JJ Dowhan, one of the players not in yesterday's lineup.
The delay was really rough on the Border Stars because they were faced with a three hour return trip. Defender/assistant coach Scott Patriquin told us before the game he is a school teacher and he has to wake up at 6:00am to get ready for his day. He outlined his career playing for London City and even back to his Winnipeg Fury days and outlined his reasoning that these fiascos are a reason why this league doesn't attract the best available players.
The Border Stars getting a tie out of this game have guaranteed they finish second and will host a playoff game in Michigan because the Windsor Stadium won't be available. Actually most important is this game was eventually played because to expect the team would have to come back in the middle of the week to play would have been unthinkable. Shooters had pounded this team in Michigan 5-1 last month when Border Stars again had a red card problem. Shooters would have liked to win because now they have more chance of being caught by Metro Lions for second place and will lose the chance to host that playoff showdown.
Rocket Robin
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