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Result of the Friday October 8th, 2004 CPSL game between Brampton Hitmen and Toronto Croatia played at Victoria Park in Brampton at 7:30pm. This was considered the Wild-Card game of the Rogers Cup tournament.

Brampton Hitmen (all white, baby blue shoulders and sleeves, black numbers)

...............................1 Tony Swaminathan
18 Lovemore Ncube...22 Nicholas Poku...5 Milodrag Akmadzic...19 Sean Roberts
11 Jonathan Bustamante...13 Phil Ionadi (cpt)...8 Bayete Smith...6 Maximilliano Andrada
..................10 Adolfo Mella...9 Hugo Herrera

Subs:...12 Paul Daccobert...3 Sean Holmes...29 Ricardo Isgro...20 Yusif Jawando...14 Ivan Jurisic...17 Kurt Mella...7 Jean Cruz Real...15 Angel Velasquez
team officials:...coach Steve Nijjar...manager Hector Marinaro...assistant coach Pernell Mason...officials Ruben Toro

Toronto Croatia (blue socks, white shorts and numbers, red shirts)

.............................1 George Azcurra
2 Ante Pavlovic...5 Antonijo Zupan...3 Halburto Harris...6 Mario Kulis
9 Zvjezdan Kresic...11 Velemir Crljen...8 Hugo Alstitud...21 Marko Milicevic
....................10 Leo Laurito...16 Edin Kalic

Subs:...12 Vinko Kozina (gk)...4 Rudy Spajic...7 Andrew Saulez...14 Joseph Cosentino...19 Peyman Charkhzarin...23 John Solo
team officials:...manager Theo Krajacic...coach Josip Cvitanovic...assistant coach Ivan Cuvalo

Game officials:...referee Steven DePiero...referee's assistants Isaac Raymond and Yakov Keimakh...fourth official Tamara Reitsman...(all black)...match observer Walter Kirchner

1st Half:...game starts 7:44pm...BH defend north end.
3 min...TC Kulis bursts along right wing and 15 yard shot is wide high left.
5 min...TC Laurito low 15 yard shot from left rolled to goalie.
6 min...TC Pavlovic 20 yard shot from right is well over net.
8 min...TC Kalic 25 yard in middle deflects wide left for cornerkick.
10 min...TC player shanks cross from left well wide of net from 15 yards.
14 min...TC player crosses from right has TC Zupan flick 10 yard header from right is pushed wide right by goalie.
16 min...TC goalie catches 50 yard lob over crowd of players.
19 min...BH Andrada dribble up middle and 30 yard shot in crowd well high wide right.
20 min...BH YELLOW card...Herrera for unsportsmanlike conduct.
21 min...BH Ionadi cornerkick from right is over crowd of players and BH player pops up header but play whistled down.
24 min...BH player's cornerkick from left is headed away by defender.
25 min...BH player's shot up middle from 35 yards deflects to goalie.
26 min...TC Kresic 35 yard shot from left is just wide right of net.
27 min...TC Crljen 40 yard freekick deflects off head in wall and pops up wide left of net.
30 min...BH Herrera injured just outside TC box.
34 min...TC player rushes left to catch ball and bounces over head but play whistled down for bumping in box.
35 min...TC Kulis 45 yard kick from left but caught by goalie.
36 min...TC YELLOW card...Kulis for hard tackle on BH Adolfo Mella near center.
37 min...Hitmen Jonathan Bustamante GOAL...Bustamante recovers ball in TC box in crowd of players and slides 15 yard shot from left into low right corner of net.
39 min...TC Zupan 30 yard freekick from left is caught by goalie under bar.
41 min...TC Crljen cornerkick from right is knocked around in box. TC player injured in box and ball cleared.
42 min...TC Crljen cornerkick from right is palmed through box by leaping goalie.
44 min...TC Milicevic on rush and dribbling on left and 20 yard cross is well wide left.
46 min...TC Crljen cornerkick from right is caught by goalie in crowd of players.
46 min...half ends 8:30pm.

2nd Half:...starts 8:48pm.
halftime sub:...TC Saulez replaces Pavlovic.
48 min...TC Milicevic cross from left has TC Kresic 25 yard shot that's blocked by defender.
48 min...TC Alstitud 10 yard header caught by goalie.
50 min...Toronto Croatia Zvjezdan Kresic GOAL...Kresic 27 yard freekick up middle is a hard blast that deflects off end-man in BH wall of players and ball bounces into right side of net. Hitmen's Milodrag Akmadzic had just picked up a Yellow card for not giving 10 yards in the wall.
58 min...BH Smith long throw-in from right is headed through box by TC defender and cleared.
61 min...TC player's 35 yard freekick from right is knocked around in box and cornerkick awarded.
62 min...TC player's cornerkick from right is well wide left and goalie catches.
63 min...TC Kalic injured on left side of box. BH Ncube tries to bait TC player's bench and TC player squirts him with a water bottle.
64 min...BH Akmadzic 40 yard cross from right has BH player just miss connecting on header. TC injured in box.
64 min...BH YELLOW card...Adolfo Mella for his part in last play.
67 min...BH sub...Daccobert replaces Adolfo Mella.
68 min...Toronto Halburto Harris GOAL...TC Zvjezdan Kresic cornerkick from left has Harris flick 12 yard header that BH defender and goalie Tony Swaminathan gets a piece of it but ball trickles into right corner of net.
71 min...BH goalie catches high bouncer on edge of box.
72 min...BH sub...Real replaces Herrera.
73 min...TC Harris runs down right and cross is missed by TC player waiting to blast it.
74 min...BH Bustamante 55 yard freekick from left is wide right.
75 min...BH Bustamante gets to centered pass from left and pokes 20 yard shot that's caught by goalie.
76 min...BH Smith 22 yard shot over crowd is wide right.
77 min...BH sub...Jawando replaces Poku.
78 min...BH player rolls cross from right through box that four players miss!
79 min...TC Milicevic 30 yard freekick from left sideline is cleared from box.
81 min...BH sub...Jurisic replaces Andrada.
82 min...BH Akmadzic 40 yard shot into box has goalie charge out in crowd to catch ball.
83 min...TC sub...Solo replaces Kresic.
84 min...TC Crljen cornerkick from right has goalie push ball near right corner of net off TC player's head for goalkick.
88 min...BH Ionadi 30 yard shot in crowd of players is just over net.
89 min...BH Smith cornerkick from is kicked around in box including TC goalie pushing 5 yard shot off right post for cornerkick.
89 min...BH Ionadi cornerkick from right is knocked through box.
90 min...TC YELLOW card...Kalic for kicking ball after whistle.
91 min...BH player in crowd in TC box misses bicycle kick.
92 min...BH Ncube cross from right has BH Bustamante from 25 yards kick ball that goalie stops on right and dives for rebound.
93 min...Toronto Leo Laurito GOAL...TC Halburto Harris on 2 on 1 on right has short pass to Laurito in center and Laurito's low 15 yard shot is into low left of net.
93 min...game ends 9:36pm.

Final Score:.......Brampton Hitmen........1.........Toronto Croatia.........3............

Attendance was about 225 on this warm night. The crowd was divided between Hitmen and Toronto Croatia supporters.

Toronto Croatia kept the pressure on for the first ten minutes of the game but after that the Hitmen finally worked their way out of their own end and the game was fairly even. The game was rough especially near the end with a lot of fouls comitted and referee Steven DePiero had to hand out some Yellow cards.

Toronto Croatia goalie George Azcurra had to be sharp at the end of the game to prevent the Hitmen from scoring the equalizer. Hitmen poured everyone forward during injury time for three cornerkicks and missed on a bicycle kick in the box and had a good shot by Jonathan Bustamante pushed wide by the goalie. The Hitmen were left short at the back and that resulted in them being caught for the third goal.

Toronto Croatia now moves on to the semi-final against Hamilton Thunder tomorrow at 1:00pm. Whoever won this game would be exhausted in having to play the conference winning Thunder so soon after this game.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

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