June 17, 2007 CSL Canadian Lions vs St Catharines Roma Wolves (by Rocket Robin)

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Result of the Sunday June 17, 2007 CSL game between Canadian Lions and St Catharines Roma Wolves played at Birchmount Stadium in Scarborough at 6:00pm.

Canadian Lions (all white, blue numbers)

..................1 Matthew Willis
15 Kevin Ricketts...10 Dejan Jakovic...2 Jamaal Smith...18 Alan Keri
5 Eric Asanin...7 Joe Rini...6 Ainsley Romany...4 Ryan Reece
.............9 Evan Milward...13 Joseph Vaz

Subs:...8 Nordo Gooden (fwd)...11 Lexton Hurlock (fwd)...20 Serhey Marcho (mid)...3 Marc Jankovic (mid)...21 Jelani Smith (fwd)...17 Marko Milanovic (mid)...14 Adam Peros (def)
team officials:...head coach Goran Miscevic...assistant coach Blagoje Bratic...manager Goran Rapajic...trainer/physio Dadias Nval and Peter Mickovic

St Catharines Roma Wolves (black socks, shorts and numbers, sky blue shirts)

................1 Claudio Perri
19 Daniel Gallagher...11 Stefen Kamendy...4 Matthew Waddington...5 Joe Conte
14 Geoffrey Attard...15 Tony Mermigas...8 Arnaldo Magnotta...25 Nick Aragona
................9 Antonio Stranges...20 Marc Morrency

Subs:...6 Rudy Pikuzinsky (mid)...7 Paul Delano (def)...10 Carlo Arghittu (fwd)...12 Tanardo Copeland (def)...18 Dan Mazzuca (mid)
team officials:...head coach james McGillivray...assistant coach Carlo Arghittu...manager Armand DiFruscio...trainer/physio Sonia Lepera and Carl Mendonca

Game officials:...referee Mercy Watfa...referee's assistants Kim Babb and Paul Bottos...fourth official Ashin Korkorian...(yellow shirts, black shorts and socks)

1st Half:..game starts 6:04pm...as the scoreboard is not working, all times are converted from my wristwatch.
30 sec...Lions Asanin 30 yard shot is wide left.
1 min...Wolves Attard cornerkick from left is cleared from left edge of box.
3 min...Lions Reece cross from 30 yards on left is popped up and goalie catches ball on bounce.
6 min...Wolves player's get two shots including Wolves Morrency 25 yard blast that's blocked by defender on edge of box.
7 min...Wolves goalie catches Lions Romany 35 yard shot on bounce.
13 min…Wolves Antonio Stranges GOAL…Lions goalie Matthew Willis flubs on kicking a back pass and ball gets by him. It looks like he’s already in the net when he kicks it off left goalpost out and it hits charging Antonio Stranges about one yard off line but referee’s assistant had already signalled a goal.
15 min...Wolves player crosses from left and Stranges flicks header that pops up from 8 yards for goalie.
16 min...Lions Reece cornerkick from left is headed through box and out right side.
20 min...Lions Milward 22 yard blast is just over bar.
22 min...Wolves Magnotta cornerkick from right has Lions Rini pop up header and another defender clears.
23 min...Lions Reece 25 yard shot through crowd of players is caught by sprawling goalie.
25 min...Lions Romany freekick from 30 yards on right has Wolves Aragona head ball away from 10 yards on left.
26 min...Wolves Aragona cross from 10 yard line near left sideline bends ball behind net.
27 min...Lions Milward gets to ball when cross eludes two defenders and goalie and 12 yard blast deflects off defender for cornerkick.
28 min...Lions Rini 22 yard shot is wide left.
30 min...Wolves Waddington on give and go ends with 40 yard blast up middle that's high and wide left of net.
32 min...Lions goalie charges right to get to Wolves through ball.
32 min...Lions Reece 15 yard shot from extreme left is caught by goalie.
36 min...Wolves goalie misses catch but defender clears ball to left of net.
37 min...Wolves player's 40 yard freekick is wide right.
40 min...Lions Jamaal Smith chip from 55 yards over players bounces to goalie.
43 min...Lions Rini cross from left 20 yards near end line is caught by goalie after cross from right over players in box.
44 min...Lions player crosses from right over players in box and out left side.
45 min...Lions Milward 35 yard blast deflects off defender to left sideline.
45 min...half ends 6:49pm.

2nd Half:...starts 6:58pm.
halftime sub:...Wolves Pikuzinsky replaces Magnotta.
45 min...Wolves goalie flies to right to make save.
46 min...Lions Romany 25 yard freekick up middle is caught by goalie.
52 min...Wolves sub...Mazzuca replaces Kamendy.
54 min...Lions Milward rushes by two defenders on 60 yard run up right wing and cross is just a step ahead of charging Lions Jakovic in box.
55 min...Wolves Conte bounces 35 yard cross from left that's caught by goalie.
56 min...Wolves Morrency through ball up middle and 20 yard shot is wide right.
58 min...Wolves Morrency is pushed off ball on rush into box on left and rolls ball wide left for goalkick.
60 min...Wolves sub...Copeland replaces Mermigas.
62 min...Wolves Mazzuca 40 yard cross from left but can't get away shot and ball checked away.
63 min...Lions Milward 30 yard blast from right is wide of net left and low.
65 min…Lions Ryan Reece GOAL…Lions Joe Rini run on left cross in from 20 yards and Reece kicks in 6 yarder to right side of net beyond goalie Claudio Perri.
69 min...Lions Vaz rush on right and rolls cross from 25 yards and goalie dives forward to prevent play.
72 min...Wolves Morrency on rush is hurt on Lions Jamaal Smith and Lions goalie crash. Smith limps and needs treatment in end zone.
74 min...Lions sub...Gooden replaces Jamaal Smith before play resumes.
74 min...Wolves Aragona cross from left has Wolves Copeland pop header over net from 7 yards.
77 min...Wolves Aragona one-touch mid-air blast from 20 yards is blocked.
78 min...Wolves sub...Arghittu replaces Morrency.
78 min...Wolves Waddington 45 yard freeekick from left is through box high and wide right.
80 min...Lions Gooden cross from right has ball knocked down but Lions player can't get away shot.
81 min...Wolves players scramble in Lions end but can't get away a good shot.
85 min…Wolves Carlo Arghittu GOAL…Wolves Tanardo Copeland passes to set through ball for Arghittu who rushes on left and cuts towards middle and his 18 yard roller is just inside right post with goalie sprawling at 5 yards.
87 min...Wolves sub...Delano replaces Stranges.
88 min...Lions Asanin cornerkick from right has defender knock ball away.
89 min…Wolves Nick Aragona pass from left has Wolves Tanardo Copeland get ball and goalie grabs his ankle on his way by near the end line on left of net. Referee Mercy Watfa calls for a Penalty kick.
90 min…Wolves Carlo Arghittu GOAL…Arghittu’s Penalty kick is low to right corner as goalie sprawls in middle of net.
91 min...Lions Reece freekick from 40 yards on left is cleared by defenders.
92 min…game ends 7:45pm.

Final Score:……...Canadian Lions……..1………St Catharines Roma Wolves………3……..

Attendance was about 90 people on this very hot and humid early evening with a bright sun from the north east.

I was at the Toronto FC game earlier today. I took my car for the first time this year as I found a cheap place to park then drove cross-town to get to this game with plenty of time to spare. For the first time at a CSL or Lynx game I saw a Toronto FC fan. It was “David CFS” of the Ultras and he’d gone to both games too.

Carlo Arghittu played a very effective game as he only came in at the 78 minutes mark to replace Marc Morrency. Tanardo Copeland had come in at 60 minutes to replace Tony Mermigas.

The Lions were repeatedly caught offside on most of their rushes which really broke up their momentum. Evan Milward was once again the fastest player on the field and his best play was at 54 minutes when he rushed by two defenders on a 60 yard run up the right wing and his cross into box was just a step ahead of the charging Dejan Jakovic. The Lions were in the game until the second goal being scored so late in the game and it was quite competitive up to that point.

It was my first game at Birchmount Stadium this season. The scoreboard was not working. They grounds crew did not put any corner flags up until well into the first half so small cones were used at the start of the game. There were plenty of kids invited from the games of earlier in the day but none of them were used as ball boys and that was delaying because of the very deep end zones at both ends that this stadium has. The team has a promotion for sports reporters to file weekly reports on their club. There’s a chance to win a 40” colour television for anyone interested. Telephone (416) 875-5916. Sounds like a tough job as officials didn’t bring a copy of the Lions roster to the press box until halftime.

Canadian Lions now have just two ties and no wins in their six league games this year. The Wolves record goes to two wins, one loss and one tie this early in the season.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

Roma Wolves starters

Lions starters

Nick Aragona leads a rush down the left wing.

Nick Aragona pulls further ahead on this rush. The yellow line is the sideline.

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