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Result of the Sunday August 22nd, 2004 CPSL game between Vaughan Shooters and Toronto Croatia played at The Ontario Soccer Centre in Vaughan at 7:30pm.

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

........................1 Brian Bowes
..........17 Raj Takhur...2 Angelo Pollastrone...4 Jorge Molina
7 Cameron Medwin...10 Joey Todaro...6 Tony Marshall...16 Parminder Dhillon...21 Marco Casalinuovo
.................13 Mathew Palleschi...19 Jose Aniekwe

Subs:...00 Pablo Alvarado...11 Filipe Bento...14 Eke Chibueze...15 Fitzroy Christey...22 Riccardo Forno...12 Fitzroy Powell...24 Fabian Pacani
team officials:...manager Elio Scarcello...coach Tony DeThomasis...assistant coach Sam Mederios.

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

......................1 George Azcurra
6 Mario Kulis...8 Hugo Alstitud...20 Darek Ostazewski...14 Joseph Cosentino
3 Halburto Harris...5 Antonijo Zupan...10 Leo Laurito...9 Zvezdan Kresic
................7 Bart Ostazewski...16 Edin Kalic

Subs:...4 Rudy Spajic (mid)...11 Velemir Crljen (mid)...15 Joseph Lewe (mid)
team officials:...manager Theo Krajacic...head coach Aldo Krajcar...officials Josip Cvitanovic and Ivan Cuvalo

Game officials:...referee Manuel Orellana...referee's assistants Emile Schultz and Vladan Djordjevic...fourth official Afshir Korkosian...(yellow shirts, black shorts and socks)...match observer Dennis Newman

1st Half:...game starts 7:38pm...all times are converted from my wristwatch...VS defend north end.
4 min...VS Todaro 25 yard shot is low and wide right.
6 min...TC Laurito 35 yard shot deflects off goalie and caught by goalie.
7 min...TC Alstitud following up play gets 25 yard shot wide right with only goalie to beat.
12 min...VS Dhillon cross hits TC Zupan in face injurying him just outside TC box.
18 min...TC Kalic 25 yard shot is wide right.
19 min...TC Kresic 25 yard shot is just over bar.
19 min...VS Aniekwe rolls 22 yard shot from left that goalie smothers.
20 min...VS Todaro 27 yard freekick is blasted into wall and cleared.
21 min...Shooters Jose Aniekwe GOAL...Shooters Mathew Palleschi runs on right on a 2 on 1 rush and passes forward and left to Aniekwe who gets low 7 yard shot under sprawling goalie George Azcurra on short left side.
22 min...TC player's 20 yard shot is wide right.
25 min...VS Medwin cross chip is over box and VS player has shot blocked than an offside call is made.
26 min...VS Todaro flubs 20 yard shot and rolls ball to goalie.
29 min...VS player's cross into box from 40 yards on left, TC goalie palms ball over VS Todaro and TC Cosentino injured when they crash together.
30 min...TC Zupan 30 yard freekick blast has flying goalie push wide left.
31 min...TC Laurito cornerkick from left has ball cleared across box.
31 min...TC Kulis injured just outside center circle.
33 min...TC Darek Ostazewski 18yard freekick from left has ball deflect high off VS defender.
35 min...TC player's cornerkick from right has ball cleared.
39 min...VS Medwin 22 yard freekick from right is a short cross to VS Marshall but two shots are blocked by defenders.
40 min...VS player's cornerkick from left is over all players in box.
43 min...VS Takhur cross from right is through players in box.
45 min...VS Palleschi rushes up right and keeps ball on line despite TC Cosentino's pressure. He rolls cross past him to VS Pollastrone who runs, gets to ball and cuts in 7 yard shot that goalie pushes wide.
45 min...VS Palleschi at 18 yards cuts in low shot that's blocked in box.
46 min...Shooters Raj Takhur GOAL...Shooters Aniekwe gets to cross from left and hits bar from 7 yards on header, ball deflects back in play and Takhur leans into header to put it into top right corner from 5 yards.
46 min...half ends 8:24pm.

2nd Half:...starts 8:44pm.
47 min...VS Todaro 25 yard shot is pushed wide by flying goalie.
48 min...VS Pollastrone rush on left and 20 yard shot is blasted well over net.
49 min...TC Alstitud 20 yard shot from right is palmed over net by goalie.
50 min...TC Laurito cornerkick from left has leaping TC player head ball from 5 yards across box to left where it's cleared.
51 min...TC Kresic rolls cross from right through box.
53 min...TC player's cornerkick from right is short and TC Kresic cross from right is cleared.
55 min...Shooters Mathew Palleschi GOAL...Palleschi is pushed forward ball on left and his 20 yard shot is low and into right corner of net.
55 min...VS sub...Chibueze replaces Casalinuovo.
57 min...VS Todaro in crowd of players blasts 20 yarder well over net.
59 min...VS YELLOW card...Dhillon for injurying TC Alstitud in TC end just outside center circle.
61 min...VS sub...Powell replaces Aniekwe. Play has still not resumed.
62 min...TC Bart Ostaszewski cross from left end line 20 yards is caught by leaping goalie.
63 min...TC Bart Ostaszewski 20 yard roller has diving goalie make stop and get up in time to pick up ball still rolling.
64 min...TC player's cornerkick from right has goalie pick up bouncer deflected off player.
65 min...TC player's rush on right has goalie dive out and save cross for TC Kalic who was ready for tap-in.
67 min...VS sub...Forno replaces Marshall.
68 min...VS Forno blasts partial clearance but rolls ball wide left beyond diving goalie but play called offside.,
69 min...VS Todaro 30 yard blast is well over net.
70 min...VS sub...Christey replaces Chibueze.
72 min...TC Kresic 30 yard roller blasted to goalie.
75 min...TC sub...Crljen replaces Darek Ostazewski.
76 min...VS Powell rush from center on 3 on 2 on left and 30 yard low shot stopped by goalie.
77 min...TC Crljen 25 yard freekick from right is wide right of net.
79 min...VS Palleschi injured just outside TC box.
80 min...VS Todaro 20 yard freekick is blasted over net.
81 min...TC Kresic gets cross on right and 20 yard blast is wide right.
82 min...VS Christey rushes down left and crosses over box.
82 min...VS sub...Pacani replaces Medwin.
.............VS sub...#14 (Chibueze's number) replaces just injured Palleschi instead of signalled in Molina.
83 min...TC player's 25 yard freekick from left has ball headed from right post but saved. Cornerkick awarded.
84 min...VS goalie charges out to catch cross into box in crowd of players.
86 min...VS goalie catches 20 yard shot from right.
87 min...TC Kalic 20 yard shot is blocked and popped up for goalie to catch.
88 min...TC Alstitud injured near center line.
89 min...TC Velemir Crljen cuts around defenders on edge of Shooters box and as after he's in box, a player drags him down. Referee Manuel Orellano calls a Penalty kick.
90 min...TC Leo Laurito GOAL...Laurito Penalty kick is a low shot to right corner of net as goalie Brian Bowes dives left.
90 min...TC sub...Spajic replaces Bart Ostaszewski.
91 min...VS #14 on right crosses behind net.
92 min...TC player's cornerkick from right is short but play to work ball into box is blocked by defender.
93 min...VS Todaro rush on 2 on 1 to VS Dhillon who waits to try to chip goalie but goalie rushes to edge of box and blocks him.
94 min...TC Kalic 20 yard roller from right hits short side of net.
94 min...game ends 9:33pm.

Final Score:..........Vaughan Shooters...........3............Toronto Croatia.............1.............

Attendance was about 125 on this warm evening but the night brought about a drop in temperature.

Regular Shooters goalie Rob Scala is still serving a lengthy suspension for throwing the fourth official's table after a game sometime last month. Brian Bowes phoned the team and has been given the starting assignment. He had to come up sharp on a few occasions and he almost had a shutout. I counted eight minutes of extra time. George Azcurra had to make some good saves to keep Toronto Croatia in the game.

Toronto Croatia only brought three substitutes with them for tonight so getting fresh legs for a comeback wasn't easy. The Shooters have a new star in Mathew Palleschi with a lot of good runs tonight. Midfielder Joey Todaro continued to blast 20 to 30 yard shots soaring them well off target.

It turns out Toronto Croatia defender Joseph Cosentino is the nephew of long time CPSL player Willy Giummarra who now plays for the Brampton Hitmen. Both Giummarra and Brian Bowes played for the glory days of early league powerhouse Toronto Olympians.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

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