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Result of the Friday July 15th, 2005 CPSL game between Toronto Croatia and Hamilton Thunder played at Memorial Park in Streetsville at 8:00pm.
Toronto Croatia (blue socks, white shorts and numbers, red shirts)
.........................1 George Azcurra
.............2 Robert Fran...20 Tom Granic...4 Domogoj Sain
3 Halburto Harris...7 Caswain Mason...18 Leo Laurito...5 Antonijo Zupan...8 Hayden Fitzwilliams
...............9 Peter Curic...11 Leo Marasovic
Subs:...12 Vinka Kozina (gk)...6 Mario Kulis (def)...13 Roman Harapyn (gk)...14 Miles O'Connor (mid)...15 Ante Pavlovic (mid)...16 Edin Kalic (fwd)...23 Rudy Spajic (fwd)
team officials:...head coach Velemir Crljen...assistant coach Kruno Culjak...club official Ivan Cuvalo
Hamilton Thunder (all navy, white numbers and trim)
.......................83 Roberto Ferrari
3 Ricardo Marquez...17 Fusini Dauda (cpt)...4 Giovanni Annisi...18 Zeljko Dukic
13 Kiminori Kitazawa...10 Adrian Ramos...6 Danijel Milojevic...19 Lazo Dzepina
.................15 Juan Cruz Real...20 Ian Bennett
Subs:...5 Sean Holmes (def/mid)...11 Lee O'Connell (mid)...16 Christopher Rowe (mid/fwd)...7 Gerrald Stewart (mid)...8 Murat Sukru (def)...12 Niki Milodrag (fwd)
team officials:...manager Paul Ferguson...head coach Jorge Armua...assistant coach Bosko Borjan
Game officials:...referee Sylviu Petrescu...referee's assistants Paul Bottos and Michael Winstanley...fourth official Milorad Donev...(yellow shirts, black shorts and socks)
1st Half:...game starts 8:18pm...TC defend south end on this very hot, humid evening with a nice breeze and shadows covering most of the field. All times are converted from my wrist watch.
2 min...HT Bennett is centered cross and his 20 yard shot is well over bar.
3 min...HT Kitazawa 25 yard shot from right is deflected off defender and sliding goalie stops it.
6 min...TC Harris 20 yard midair kick up middle is well over net.
7 min...TC Fizwilliams 35 yard freekick from right sideline is headed through box by defender.
7 min...TC Laurito cornerkick from left is swatted away by goalie from box.
8 min...TC Curic 30 yard freekick from left bounces wide left of post but goalie saves.
11 min...HT Marquez pass to HT Bennett and 15 yard shot caught by goalie under bar.
13 min...TC Fran 40 yard freekick has TC Curic head ball wide left of net through box.
14 min...TC Harris dekes defender and 10 yard shot on right is batted up by goalie and caught.
15 min...HT player's cross through TC box from left is over players' heads.
20 min...HT Dzepina cornerkick from right is blocked by closest player, HT player's rebound shot is blocked by defenders.
23 min...HT Marquez cornerkick from right through players in box but deflected by TC defender.
24 min...HT player's cornerkick from left cleared by defenders.
25 min...TC Curic pokes through-ball on right past charging goalie from 20 yards but shot is wide left of net.
27 min...TC Mason chips 25 yarder over defenders and HT Marquez kicks ball over end line near right post.
28 min...TC Curic gets to knocked cornerkick from right and knocks ball to left and 12 yard roller is wide left.
30 min...HT YELLOW card...Ramos for sliding tackle on TC Fitzwilliams on sideline near center line.
31 min...TC Fran 45 yard freekick from left is headed away.
32 min...TC Fran 30 yard freekick from right is knocked to left but TC Mason can't connect on left.
34 min...TC Marasovic hurt by HT Dauda push in HT box.
36 min...TC sub...Kalic replaces injured Marasovic.
37 min...HT Dauda 50 yard freekick from right has TC goalie and HT forward crash together on right.
38 min...TC Sain clears through ball off HT Bennett at TC 25 yards. Bennett has blood gushing from his face. Sain is also hurt and both need treatment and both end up leaving field.
41 min...HT sub...Rowe replaces injured Bennett before play resumes. TC Sain returns about 1 minute later.
43 min...HT Kitazawa recovers deflection up middle and 25 yard shot up middle rolled wide right.
44 min...HT goalie on edge of box catches high through-ball.
49 min...HT Rowe on short run up middle and his 30 yard shot is wide left.
49 min...half ends 9:07pm.
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