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Results of the Tuesday June 29, 2004 CPSL game between North York Astros and Durham Storm at The Soccer Centre in Vaughan at 9:00pm.
North York Astros (yellow socks, amber shorts and shirts, navy numbers, white trim)
.............................12 Arthur Zaslavski
13 Tyler Nesbitt...14 Kurt Ramsey...21 Cesar Pagliere (cpt)...3 Ryan Thompson
4 Alen Majstorovic...2 Boris Krimus...5 Peter Zorbas...10 Radek Mickiewicz
................9 Daniel Jaroch...11 Alex Braletic
Subs:...1 Ryan Kelly (gk)...6 Ilya Orlov (--)...7 Eugene Ishchak (fwd)...15 Jaime Orozco (mid)...18 Raffy Der Bedrossian (mid)...22 Tom Cudzilo (def)
team officials:...manager Bruno Ierullo...coach Vittorio Villacis...assistant coach John Melotte and Thomas Boljkovac...team director Jose Diaz
Durham Storm (all dark green, white numbers, shoulders and sleeves)
.............................1 Zane Hendrickson
..............19 Drew Allan...12 Mark Stewart...2 Hussan Abdul-Ameer
14 Rashid Koriya...21 Domico Coddington...9 Ryan Dummett...16 Adam Vickers...20 Richard Lissone
......................11 Richard Gale...7 Jahmo Welch
Subs:...10 Denis Augustatos...18 Krisztian Kemenczy...17 Brian Rapier...22 Devon Spiers...23 Byron Brown
team officials:...manager Fred Haggerty...coach Derrick Bean...assistant coach John O'Neill... officials Treena Terry and Alicia Hagedorn
game officials:...referee Sylvio Petrescu...referee's assistants Oggi Panic and Yakov Keimakh...fourth official L Sarkany...(all black uniforms)
1st Half:...game starts 9:05pm...all times are converted from my wristwatch...Astros defend north end.
1 min...DS goalie catches cross from left cornerflag.
3 min...DS Gale injured in Astros box.
6 min...Astros Mickiewicz 35 yard shot from left is just off target.
7 min...DS Lissone runs to rescue through ball on left end line but crosses into webbing of net.
8 min...DS Welch on tapped freekick low 30 yard blast smothered by diving goalie.
11 min...DS Vickers 25 yard blast deflects off defender and diving goalie pushes ball wide right.
13 min...Astros Braletic gets ball up middle but rolls 15 yard shot just wide left.
17 min...Astros Jaroch beat first defender and kick blocked by second defender on edge of box. Jaroch recovers then oversteps defender and cuts 25 yard shot wide left.
20 min...DS Welch intercepts back pass and dekes goalie out of box, low shot blocked from 12 yards by Astros Ramsey along on line 3 yards.
21 min...DS Welch freekick from 25 yards when touched ball and lobs shot high wide right of net.
23 min...Astros goalie catches cornerkick from right.
25 min...Astros goalie outjumps DS player to catch cross on edge of box.
28 min...Astros Braletic is hurt when squeezed off ball charging into box by defender.
29 min...Astros Jaroch centered pass and quick 20 yard shot is wide right.
31 min...DS Lissone rush down left and low cross through box missed by two forwards.
32 min...Astros Mickiewicz rush down left and shot wide left from 20 yards.
33 min...DS Lissone curls cross over box from left.
34 min...Astros Daniel Jaroch GOAL...Astros Alen Majstorovic passes forward in middle, Jaroch dekes goalie Zane Hendrickson as he runs right and cuts 15 yard shot from right into top right corner of empty net.
39 min...DS Dummett freekick from 20 yards on right near end line, DS Korisya twists header on short right post over net.
41 min...Astros YELLOW card...Pagliere for pulling down DS player on edge of box.
42 min...DS Welch is touched freekick and 20 yard blast hits diving goalie's hand, left post and his hands again and deflects wide left for cornerkick.
44 min...Astros player's 30 yard freekick on left is popped up by Astros Braletic header and rolls off his foot for goalie to pick up.
45 min...half ends 9:50pm.
2nd Half:...starts 10:10pm.
46 min...Storm Jahmo Welch GOAL...DS had just been called for illegal cornerkick from left by referee Sylviu Petrescu and Astros defender was awarded a freekick. He crossed it along end line to goalie Arthur Zaslavski, Welch pressures him and both fall down, Welch recovers and boots ball into net before another defender can check him.
48 min...DS sub...Brown replaces Gale who had a leg injury.
50 min...Astros Braletic runs down left, cross into box where Astros Jaroch can't quite turn header from 7 yards.
52 min...Astros Boris Krimus GOAL...Krimus rushes on right wing and with three Astros forwards rushing to left post, Krimus takes 20 yard shot into top left corner of net.
55 min...DS Allan 35 yard freekick over crowd of players and wide right of net.
57 min...Astros player's 30 yard freekick from left, DS defender heads ball away from forward.
58 min...Astros Thompson cross from left is into box and cleared.
60 min...Astros sub...Ishchak replaces Mickiewicz.
61 min...Astros Daniel Jaroch GOAL...Jaroch sent away from 45 yards on right, he races in on 2 on 1 and lobs low shot over sliding goalie from 15 yards.
62 min...DS player rushed into left of box running toward goal and pushed over no call.
63 min...DS Dummett 22 yard freekick over wall and just over bar.
65 min...Astros Jaroch rush in on left on 1 on 2 with defenders squeezing towards him and runs towards left post and shot blocked.
67 min...Astros sub...Cudzilo replaces Zorbas.
...............DS sub...Augustatos replaces Stewart.
70 min...Astros Krimus 25 yard ball into box is well wide right.
71 min...DS sub...Kemenczy replaces Welch.
72 min...Astros Jaroch ends 3 man DS rush with 20 yard low shot easily saved.
73 min...Astros YELLOW card...Braletic for objecting to whistle on freekick in DS box.
75 min...DS YELLOW card...Abdul-Ameer for tackle.
75 min...Astros Ishchak tries scissor kick from 20 yards but can't connect properly.
76 min...Astros sub...Orozco replaces Majstorovic.
78 min...Storm Ryan Dummett GOAL...Dummett rush to left end line but tucks in 5 yard shot from left into right side of net.
81 min...Astros Braletic long run up left and cross is through box and cleared.
82 min...Astros Ishchak given through ball on left on rush and shot stopped by goalie on catch.
83 min...Astros Jaroch 20 yard shot is wide right of post.
84 min...DS Brown from right cuts 25 yard roller wide left.
85 min...DS Koriya 40 yard ball into box is wide left.
86 min...Astros Jaroch 25 yard shot is wide right.
87 min...Astros Braletic rush on left and he just rolls shot wide right from 15 yards.
89 min...DS player's 30 yard blast from left deflects over net off defender.
90 min...DS cornerkick from left has defender leap and boot ball out of box.
Final Score:.............North York Astros.........3..............Durham Storm...........2..........
Attendance was about 80 on this warm evening with the temperature gradually cooling. This is supposedly the last 9:00pm starting game as now games will start at 8:30pm. The City of Vaughan has a bylaw with The Soccer Centre that the spotlights will be turned off at 11:00pm which could cause problems if a game was still going on because of injury time. When I left though I didn't see the lights cut off. However starting at 8:30pm is more reasonable for the fans and players who have to work the next day. Astros pick up their first win of the season while the Storm remains winless. Against each other, these two cellar dwelling teams looked good with plenty of end to end action, rushes, counterattacks, and scoring chances.
Daniel Janoch had two of the Astros goals but had plenty of chances to make a hat trick as some of his shots were off target. In the first half Storm's Jahmo Welch was touched a freekick on the edge of the Astros box and his 20 yard blast hits the diving goalie's hand, then deflects off the left post and hits his hands again and deflects wide left for a cornerkick. This looked almost the same as the Wayne Rooney goal in England's Euro 2004 game against Switzerland.
Referee Petrescu gave out two Yellow cards to the Astros and one to the Storm but it was the awarding of freekicks that really favoured the Storm.
Rocket Robin
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