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Result of the Sunday June 20th, 2004 CPSL game between Vaughan Shooters and Brampton Hitmen played at The Soccer Centre in Vaughan at 7:30pm.

Vaughan Shooters (white socks and shirts, blue shorts and numbers)

.............................00 Robert Scala
17 Raj Takhar...5 Jeff Russell...2 Angelo Pollastrone (cpt)...4 Jorge Molina
7 Cameron Medwin...8 Chris Turner...20 Danny Sanna...23 Aundrae Rollins
....................13 Mathew Palleschi...10 Joey Todaro

Subs:...16 Jerome Mills (--)...6 Nico Martinez (mid)...21 Marco Casilinuovo (fwd)...12 Fitzroy Powell (mid)...19 Jose Anikewe (fwd)...14 Eke Chibueze (mid)...18 Paul Sinisi (fwd)
team officials:...head coach Sam Mederios...team manager Elio Scarcello...assistant coach Philip Bento...team therapist Scott Howitt

Brampton Hitmen (blue socks, shorts and shirts, black shoulders, white numbers)

..............................00 Roy Blanche
................5 Milodrag Akmadzic...19 Sean Roberts (cpt)...2 Arturo Alava
12 Alvaro Yaquez...11 Jhonny Bustamante...8 Bayete Smith...22 Nicholas Poku
............20 Jusif Yawando...14 Ivan Jurisic...17 Kurt Mella

Subs:...1 Tony Swaminathan (gk)...13 Phil Ionadi (mid)...7 Marcin Wysocki (mid)...3 Sean Holmes (fwd)...18 Daniel Zabalet (def)...9 Dario De Gregorio (fwd)
team officials:...assistant coach Pernell Mason...trainer Paolo Pachione...team manager Hector Marinaro...general manager Ruben Toro

Game officials:...referee Frank Marciello...referee's assistants Amato De Luca and Greg Fabi...fourth official Ganesh Shanmugan

1st Half:...game starts 7:40pm...all times are converted from my wrist watch...VS defend north end.
30 sec...BH goalie catches 30 yard shot from left.
4 min...BH Bustamante 25 yard shot from left is headed out of box by defender.
8 min...BH Bustamante 40 yard freekick is bounced through crowd of players to diving goalie on left post.
10 min...VS goalie dives in box to stop centering pass.
12 min...BH Yawando throw-in from right cornerflag is headed away on edge of box by defender.
13 min...VS goalie races out to kick ball from BH Poku charging in, kicks loose ball over side fence!
15 min...BH player's low freekick from 25 yards on right is whistled down in box.
18 min...VS Medwin low cross from right is tipped over net by foot of defender.
18 min...VS player's cornerkick from left is deflected away by defenders.
20 min...VS Russell run on right to get to ball and cross from right is blocked but play flagged down offside. VS Turner injured on play.
25 min...VS Todaro rush even with 15 yard line racing left and he cuts a shot wide left.
28 min...BH Poku 45 yard shot bounces to goalie.
30 min...BH Yawando runs down right and crosses through box missing everyone.
31 min...BH Bustamante bases through defenders but rolls 20 yard shot wide right.
33 min...VS Todaro cornerkick from left is headed out for another cornerkick. VS Todaro cornerkick from left stopped by closest defender. VS Medwin ends pressure with volley from 25 yards on right that's directly bounced to goalie.
36 min...BH Poku leaping midair shot from 15 yards wide right.
37 min...VS YELLOW card...Sanna for foul at center circle.
40 min...VS Todaro cornerkick from right has VS Turner leaping header from 12 yardss that goalie flies to tip over bar.
41 min...VS Todaro cornerkick from right has charging VS Takhar run in and send 10 yard header wide left.
43 min...VS Todaro gets rebound and freekick and 25 yard shot caught by goalie.
45 min...VS Medwin cross from right sideline, leaping VS Palleschi 20 yard header is wide left.
46 min...BH Alava 12 yard header bounces in crowd of players and goalie punches ball wide.
47 min...BH player's cornerkick from left has BH player scissor kick ball down from 12 yards and it bounce to goalie in crowd of players.
48 min...half ends 8:28pm.

2nd Half:...starts 8:48pm.
halftime sub:...BH Ionadi replaces Jurisic.
47 min...VS Sanna freekick from 35 yards on right is over player wall. BH Akmadzic blocks it. VS players boots rebound off target.
49 min...VS Todaro cornerkick from left is over players in box.
50 min...the game is stopped as the net needs fixing.
54 min...VS Russell breaks through into BH box and taps pass and VS players shot saved.
57 min...BH Mella 25 yard shot through crowd of players and ball caught by goalie.
59 min...VS Rollins rush on left and cross that goalie palms wide right, VS Medwin pounds shot from right well over net.
63 min...BH Ionadi 25 yard freekick rolls ball through wall of players and shot stopped by diving goalie on left post.
65 min...BH Ionadi 35 yard freekick bounced to goalie.
67 min...BH goalie charges out to beat VS Todaro to through ball.
68 min...BH player's cornerkick from left has leaping goalie punch out ball and start fast break.
70 min...VS Sanna 30 yard freekick from left is rolled forward to charging VS Todaro but ball crosses endline before cross is made.
72 min...BH Poku injured and needs treatment off field.
73 min...VS sub...Anikewe replaces Todaro.
75 min...VS Rollins long throw-in from left has VS player pop up header wide left.
76 min...VS Palleschi cuts in shot from 20 yards on left that goalie stops.
77 min...VS Sanna cornerkick from left that leaping VS Takhar heads over net.
78 min...VS Rollins cross after run on left is low and caught by goalie.
80 min...VS sub...Powell replaces Rollins.
82 min...BH Yawando long throw-in from right is cleared.
82 min...VS Turner long run down left and cross is cleared.
84 min...BH Ionadi pushes through ball to right and charging BH player cross from right corner is caught by goalie.
a few offside calls are called against each team.
88 min...VS Russell player injured outside center circle.
93 min...BH Akmadzic injured in own end near sideline.
95 min...BH Ionadi pass to BH Yaquez who crosses to left and BH Yawando (?) sends header to goalie.
96 min...game ends 9:39pm.

Final Score:.........Vaughan Shooters............0............Brampton Hitmen............0..............

Attendance was about 110 on this warm evening that got quite cool by the end of the game.

This was an entertaining game but with bad finishing and a lot of justifiable offside calls against both teams. Lots of balls bounced over the sidelines as if the players weren't used to playing on artificial turf. Lots of good sideline runs were made by the wingers but crosses were mostly headed away by defenders or caught by the goaltenders. Plenty of balls sailed over the side fences by defenders clearing. The tackling was rough but I only noticed referee Frank Marcello give out one yellow card the whole game. The second half had five minutes of injury time because there was a lot of time needed for the knocks absorbed by the players.

Goalie Robert Scala earned the shutout for the Shooters and Roy Blanche for the Hitmen. Both goalies had some good saves and were daring coming out of their nets to kick away through balls.

The Hitmen were playing with seven players injured so although they had six subs listed, only Phil Ionadi was used. The team has still not received the international release of the three players from Mexican league team Cruz Azul so so far we have only seen them in exhibition games. Hitmen owner/coach Steve Nijjar will have finished his suspension tomorrow after being out since the playoffs last season.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

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