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Result of the Tuesday June 8th, 2004 CPSL game between North York Astros and Brampton Hitmen played at the Ontario Soccer Centre in Vaughan at 9:00pm.
North York Astros (all amber, navy numbers)
..........................12 Arthur Zaslavski
........22 Jermaine Johnson...20 Cesar Pagliere...2 Boris Krimus
19 Gabriel Salguero...8 Andrei Malychenkov...4 Alen Majstorovic...20 Cesar Pagliere...5 Peter Zorbas
....................9 Francisco Dos Santos...10 Mykola Voytsekhovsky
subs:...1 Ryan Kelly (gk)...3 Ryan Thompson...11 Alex Braletic...14 Kurt Ramsey...15 Jaime Orazco...16 Jean Pierre Melotte...18 Raffy Der Bedrossian
team officials:...manager Bruno Ierullo...coach Vittoria Villacis...assistant coach John Melotte...team officials Jose Diaz and Edward Elias
Brampton Hitmen (all blue, black shoulders, white numbers)
.......................1 Roy Blache
.........12 Alvardo Yaques...5 Milodrag Akamadzic...19 Sean Roberts
2 Arturo Alava...8 Bayette Smith...13 Phil Ionadi...11 Jonathan Bustamante...6 Maximiliano Andrada
.......................3 Sean Holmes...14 Ivan Jurisic
subs:...01 Tony Swaminathan (gk)...18 Daniel Zabalet (mid)...7 Marcin Wysocki (fwd)...17 Kurt Mella (fwd)...22 Nicolas Poku (def)...4 Stanislav Chinson (def)
team officials:...assistant coach Pernel Mason...general manager Ruben Toro...trainer Paolo Pichinone...team manager Hector Marinaro
Game officials:...referee Joe Fletcher...referee's assistants Amato DeLuca and Sultan Dawood...fourth official Geoff Gamble
1st Half:...game starts 9:09pm...Astros defend south end on this hot, humid evening. All times are converted from my wristwatch.
5 min...BH Andrada cornerkick from left is headed away by defender in box.
11 min...BH cornerkick from right is cleared.
13 min...BH Andrada tripped up just outside Astros box on left corner.
14 min...BH Bustamante curls 20 yard freekick from left to goalie reaching up just under bar.
15 min...Astros goalie scrambles out to pick up loose ball in box.
16 min...Astros Voytsekhovsky runs down right side and crosses along end line that is caught by diving goalie.
18 min...BH Ionadi 18 yard freekick lobbed into wall, BH Bustamante sends rebound through wall bounces to goalie.
22 min...Astros shot over crowd of players from 30 yards on left caught by goalie.
23 min...BH player receives cross and shoots 20 yarder wide right.
26 min...BH Bustamante runs up middle and 20 yard shot is just over bar.
27 min...Astros Dos Santos freekick from 25 yards is over player wall and leaping goalie palms ball over net.
28 min...Astros cornerkick from left is over crowd in box and Astros Dos Santos charges to send 5 yard shot into left outside mesh of net.
30 min...BH Smith freekick from 25 yard on left is tapped across to BH Ionadi on right who sends 20 yard shot wide right.
32 min...Astros Malychenkov 25 yard freekick is into box and headed away.
33 min...Astros Malychenkov freekick from 25 yard on left is lobbed wide left of net.
37 min...Astros Majstorovic on rush gives ball to Astros Voytsekhovsky who passes forward to charging Majstoroic whose 15 yard shot from right is well wide left of net.
39 min...Hitmen Phil Ionadi GOAL...Ionadi in crowd of players about 22 yards out blasts kick into right corner of net that flying goalie Arthur Zaslavski gets a hand to but can't push wide.
41 min...BH Bustamante cornerkick from left is cleared from box.
44 min...Astros Voytsekhovsky long runs on left and launches 20 yard shot wide left.
45 min...BH Bustamante dribbles and cuts 25 yard shot wide left.
45 min...Astros player's cornerkick from left is short and crossed to right where Astros Dos Santos charging in on right heads just wide right from 3 yards.
46 min...half ends 9:55pm.
2nd Half:...starts 10:14pm.
46 min...BH Bustamante dribble ball down middle and 20 yard shot blocked by diving goalie on right post.
49 min...Hitmen Ivan Jurisic GOAL...Jurisic in centre gets away shot from 20 yards to right side of net.
50 min...Astros YELLOW card...Pagliere for jostling BH player outside Astros box.
51 min...BH Bustamante 22 yard freekick from left is caught by diving goalie on right post.
53 min...Astros Dos Santos 25 yard shot from left that leaping goalie palms onto bar and deflected into play and cleared.
55 min...Astros sub...Ramsey replaces Malychenkov.
57 min...BH Yaques 20 yard shot is well over net and back fence.
61 min...BH Bustamante 20 yard freekick is tipped off wall and wide left for cornerkick.
63 min...BH cornerkick from left has BH player on right head 5 yarder to goalie.
64 min...Astros sub...Braletic replaces Salguero.
66 min...Astros Padron 30 yard shot caught by goalie in crowd of players.
68 min...BH sub...Wysocki replaces Jurisic.
69 min...BH Wysocki 30 yard shot from center after getting ball is caught by goalie.
73 min...BH goalie races out of box to clear through ball ahead of Astros forward.
75 min...Astros Melotte replaces Voytsekhovsky.
76 min...BH sub...Mella replaces Holmes.
76 min...Astros cornerkick from right is blocked about three times by defenders preventing shots.
78 min...BH sub...Poku replaces Bustamante.
81 min...BH Wysocki gets partially cleared header and 15 yard shot is well high of net.
82 min...BH Wysocki 25 yard shot over net and back fence.
86 min...Astros Dos Santos injury in center field with arm hurt and taken to sideline.
87 min...Astros sub...Der Bedrossian replaces injured Dos Santos.
88 min...BH Wysocki injured in collision at Astros 35 yard line.
89 min...BH Ionadi chips 25 yard freekick that goalie punches wide right before BH player can head it.
91 min...BH cornberkick from right is knocked around and cleared.
91 min...BH sub...Zabalet replaces Ionadi.
91 min...Astros cornerkick from right is headed away by defender.
93 min...game ends 11:02pm.
Final Score:.............North York Astros............0.................Brampton Hitmen.............2..........
Attendance was about 100 on this hot, humid evening. The late start of 9:00pm ensured no children were in the crowd. (Just like some of the posters on the Voyageurs board always dreamed). As we heard right after the game by a staff member of the Soccer Centre, the lights would cut off at 11:10pm by timer because of a city bylaw and the place would be in complete darkness. That's an encouragement to make sure the game starts on time. Fans should bring mosquito spray. This was the home opener for the Astros. All their games this year are scheduled for this field. Their home of last year Esther Shiner is having field turf installed (much like what they played on tonight). This Sunday the W-League Toronto Inferno has rescheduled their game for Esther Shiner Stadium from Birchmount Stadium which is never available until after the Robbie tournament.
Roy Blanche earned the shutout for the Hitmen. He's not very tall but has good leaping ability and pushed at least two balls off his crossbar. The game was fairly even with chances for both teams and after more games and practice, both teams' timing will be better as they were both being called offside a lot and missing that last pass or not shooting enough. Hitmen did not have any of their three players signed from Mexican club Deportivo Cruz Azul on the field tonight or on the bench. It was veterans Milodrag Akmadzic and Bayette Smith and Phil Ionadi who anchored the team.
Hitmen's assistant coach Pernel Mason was behind the bench tonight. He will be there another three games because head coach Steve Nijjar is still serving a suspension from last year for the way he protested a playoff game against Toronto Croatia. I at least confirmed with CPSL league director Stan Adamson that Toronto Croatia's player coach Vlemir Crljen is serving a much longer suspension.
Astros had Francisco Dos Santos and Mykola Voytsekhovsky get away some good shots. Referee Joe Fletcher kept play rolling along and tempers in check throughout the game.
Rocket Robin
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