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Result of the Sunday July 22, 2007 CSL game between Canadian Lions and London City played at Birchmount Stadium in Scarborough at 8:00pm.

Canadian Lions (navy socks and shorts, blue shirts, white numbers)

.....................1 Matthew Willis
12 Aram Doski...10 Dejan Jakovic...16 Marc Jankovic...18 Alen Keri
5 Eric Asanin...17 Marko Milanovic...7 Joe Rini...3 Milos Vuciluc
...............9 Evan Milward...8 Nordo Gooden

Subs:...2 Jamaal Smith (def)...4 Ryan Reese...6 Sasha Kosanovic (mid)...11 Lexton Hurlock...13 Nikola Miodrag...15 Beleshi Misiari...21 Jelani Smith (fwd)
team officials:...head coach Goran Miscevic...assistant coach Blagoje Bratic...manager Ken Mollineau...trainer/physio Doug Neal...team official Peter Milkovic

London City (white socks and shirts, black shorts and numbers)

.....................0 Tommy Bianchi
..........34 Marco Peeters...41 Gesi Commisso...29 Jeff Brown
21 Roy Bizhuzsen...20 Miguel Knox...35 Dennis Peeters...2 Mochine Talouti...38 Phil Gordon
..............10 Bueno Mota...27 Giurion Hazel

Subs:...1 Mike Frost (gk)...19 Eugeen Nelson (def)...39 Dumtru Ionita (fwd)...40 Travis Gordon (fwd)...43 Jorge Cota (def)...42 Scott Clark (mid)
team officials:...head coach Sean Gauss...assistant coach Jeff Brown...manager Jory Graham...trainer/physio Bill Miller...club official Ryan Gauss

Game officials:...referee Isaac Raymond...referee's assistants Yusri Rudolph and Gianni Facchini...fourth official S Senderovich...(red shirts, black shorts and socks)

1st Half:...game starts 8:17pm...Lions defend north end on this mild, calm evening with the sun in the north west...as the scoreboard doesn't work, all times are converted from my wristwatch.
3 min...City Mota 30 yard shot up middle is picked up by goalie.
4 min...City Mota rush on left gets around defender Lions Jakovic for 6 yard shot that goalie bats down.
4 min...City Hazel shoots past goalie from 15 yards but ball rolls wide right of post.
8 min…Lions Nordo Gooden GOAL…Lions Aram Doski from 60 yards chips ball to City defender and he heads ball back to goalie but Gooden intercepts and with goalie Tommy Bianchi who’s standing near edge of box chips ball over him from 22 yards and it one-bounces into the center of net.
8 min...City YELLOW card...Dennis Peeters earns card for something I didn't notice.
9 min...City goalie leaps and catches popped up ball in box on left post.
12 min...City Marco Peeters cross from 22 yards near right end line drifts behind net.
13 min...Lions Milward rolls pass forward on left sideline to Lions Rini(?) whose cross drifts behind net.
15 min...City Talouti blasts roller from 25 yards on left through defenders to goalie.
16 min...Lions Milward rush on right cross from 25 yards right of box. Lions Vuciluc charging and can't quite turn header from 5 yards and ball is wide left of net.
Lions players keep being caught offside.
18 min...Lions goalie leaps to catch deflected ball from 22 yards and holds ball out of net just under bar.
19 min...Lions Asanin rush on right side is crossed wide left for goalkick.
20 min...Lions Milward can't draw penalty kick when Lions Gooden doesn't touch pass meant for him and Milward steps behind defender for break on left but defender catches him.
20 min...Lions YELLOW card...Jakovic or Jankovic earns this card for something I didn't catch.
22 min...Lions Milward rush on left has cross to Lions Gooden and header into net called back as he boosted himself on defender's back.
24 min…Lions Nordo Gooden is pulled down in left side of City box and referee Isaac Raymond awards them a Penalty kick.
25 min…Lions Evan Milward GOAL…Milward blasts Penalty kick low to left as goalie dives left but ball squeezes just inside left post.
26 min…Lions Joe Rini GOAL…Rini rush on right on 2 on 1 break and goalie is decoyed by other player so Rini fires shot himself low from 15 yards and ball is around goalie and into center of net.
27 min...Lions Rini gets pass from left and goalie makes point blank save at 7 yards to block shot.
Lions are caught on two more offsides.
31 min...City Phil Gorden 25 yard freekick from right through players and is caught low by goalie.
33 min…City Bueno Mota GOAL…Mota given pass on right at 20 yards and fires blast in to left side of net past goalie Matthew Willis.
36 min...Lions Brown 50 yard freekick has Lions Marco Peeters head ball along edge of box from left but defenders clear.
37 min...Lions Milward rush on right sends cross through box but defender clears from three Lions players waiting for ball.
38 min...City player's cornerkick from right is short but crossed again and cleared.
40 min...Lions Vuciluc cornerkick from right has goalie catch ball in crowd of players.
41 min...Lions Vuciluc cross from left after run is just over Lions Gooden trying for header from 5 yards.
41 min...Lions Vuciluc misses connecting on scissor kick just outside box.
43 min…Lions Marc Jankovic GOAL…Jankovic sends in shot blasted from 35 yards through crowd of players and into right corner of net beyond flying goalie.
45 min...Lions Vuciluc cornerkick from right has first defender head away. Lions Rini shoots low shot from 35 yards back into crowd of players and Lions Gooden backheels ball from 15 yards but goalie picks it up.
46 min...half ends 9:19pm.

2nd Half:...starts 9:19pm...the sun has now set.
Lions players are caught on two more offsides.
50 min...City Knox bends in 30 yard cross from right tha goalie picks up.
51 min...Lions Milward rush on left, he stops and crosses and ball is headed around until Lions Vuciluc blasts shot from 18 yards that deflects off defender and wide right for cornerkick.
52 min...City sub...Ionita replaces Hazel.
52 min...City Knox 25 yard shot is over crowd of players wide right.
53 min...City YELLOW card...Knox for kicking ball away after Lions Vuciluc won a freekick at Lions 30 yard sideline for being knocked over.
54 min...Lions Milanovic 35 yard cross that goalie gets hand to then traps.
57 min…City RED card…Head coach Sean Gauss on the bench is ejected for constantly complaining about calls.
59 min...City Gordon 35 yard freekick from right has City player head ball up but defender clears.
60 min...Lions Milward rush and 25 yard shot stopped by goalie.
60 min...Lions Milward rush and 20 yard shot is over net.
60 min...Lions sub...Reese replaces Asanin.
61 min...Lions Gooden 25 yard shot is low and stopped by goalie.
62 min...Lions Vuciluc 20 yard shot from left is into outside webbing of net.
62 min...City YELLOW card...Commisso for knock on Lions player near sideline.
65 min...City Knox 25 yard scissor kick on rebound is just over net.
67 min...Lions sub...Kosanovic replaces Milanovic.
68 min…Lions Evan Milward GOAL…Lions Milos Vuciluc cross from left 12 yards has leaping Milward head ball in from right to left corner of net with two defenders jumping but missing blocking ball.
69 min...Lions Vuciluc cornerkick from right has Lions Keri not quite able to turn header so ball is wide left.
70 min...City goalie stops Lions player's 12 yard shot as he falls over.
70 min...Lions Milward has no offside call on him and takes 25 yard shot that's saved point blank by goalie.
71 min...City YELLOW card...Ionita earns this for smashing check on Lions Keri.
72 min...City sub...Travis Gordon replaces Mota.
...........Lions sub...Miodrag replaces Gooden.
74 min...City Phil Gordon freekick from 22 yards has either City Bizhuzsen or Marco Peeters head ball over net from 2 yards as they charge in.
75 min...Lions YELLOW card...Keri for tackle on City Brown.
77 min…A big fight breaks out in the City end with most players on the field getting into the melee.
…………..Lions RED card…Marc Jankovic for his part in fight.
………….City RED card…Dennis Peeters for his part in fight. 79 min...City sub...Nelson replaces Commisso.
80 min...Lions sub...Misiari replaces Vuciluc.
82 min...Lions sub...Hurlock replaces Rini.
..........Lions sub...Jelani Smith replaces Milward.
84 min…Lions (City own goal) GOAL…Lions Ryan Reese cross from right side of box has City Eugeen Nelson unpressured 1 yard away on the left post head ball into own net.
86 min...City YELLOW card...Phil Gordon earns this near the sideline for something.
88 min…Lions Lexton Hurlock GOAL…Hurlock is given pass up middle and after rush from 20 yards shoots into net on 16 yards shot.
90 min...Lions Misiari 20 yard blast after run is caught by goalie.
91 min…Lions Jelani Smith GOAL…Smith on right side rush boots in 15 yard shot over sprawling goalie to center of net.
92 min...game ends 10:06pm before restart after last goal.

Final Score:……..Canadian Lions…….8………London City……..1………

Attendance was about 50 on this mild, calm evening.

Lions kept being called offside in the first part of the game but eventually timed their runs better and were beating any kind of organized offside trap although the City defence collapsed as the game wore on.

City coach Sean Gauss was ejected by referee Isaac Raymond for complaining from the bench. He came into the stands and continued to give orders. Easy to hear in the sparse crowd and with a deep voice like the singer in the speed metal band Sepultura. He definitely played a part in the brawl with his commands to “Finish the job”, “Take him out”, for his players to deliberately injure Marc Jankovic. He was marked for this treatment after his goal at 43 minutes and his reaction to scoring. He flapped his arms like a bird on his run to celebrate. Looking more like a 5 year old and very funny for a man about 6ft5in of more. I don’t think his action was to rub it in but genuine joy as I don’t remember this big defender scoring before. Also more serious was Gauss running onto the field from the stands to join the fight after being ejected. That’s the kind of action that gets the league to give out suspensions.

I talked to City goalie Tommy Bianchi before the game about the professional indoor soccer leagues in North America. He had a gallows humour about tonight’s game. They had been beaten 4-0 by Serbian White Eagles on Friday night. I wouldn’t blame him for any goals and the score could have been twice as much without some point blank saves. Matthew Willis was goalie for the Lions and had some key early saves to prevent City getting an early goal or later to stop them getting back into the game.

Evan Milward and Nordo Gooden are the fastest on the Lions for runs down the middle. Joe Rini and Milos Vuciluc can send in crosses from the wings and cornerkicks although the City defence had an easy time pushing those two small players over.

This was the first win of the season for the Lions in this their twelfth game of the season in both league and Open Canada Cup play. They’ve also had four ties. What a way to end that slump! I was wondering whether the team would keep their morale--in that they hadn’t lost by more than two goals all year or would they start losing by let’s say an 8-1 score, lose hope and become like Durham Flames, Durham Storm, or Caribbean Selects where by the end of the season they had trouble fielding a full team as their players became more frustrated? There was no let up because the Lions scored three of their goals in the last ten minutes when they made a last mass substitution and two of those players scored goals. A hungry bench is good.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca


Lions starters


City starters


City players ready to start the game.


Evan Milward of Lions scored on this penalty kick.

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