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Result of the Sunday August 26, 2007 of CSL game of North York Astros and Toronto Croatia played at Esther Shiner Stadium in North York at 6:00pm.

North York Astros (white socks and trim, navy shorts and shirts, yellow numbers)

.......................12 Ratko Ivanovic
6 Marco Pacione...14 Kurt Ramsey...2 Frank Iaizzo...3 Jorge Calzato
10 Diego Maradona...4 David DiPlacido...22 Paulo Astorga...5 Brian Carbajal
................9 Selvin Lammie...11 Jose Perez

Subs:...12 Haidar Al Shaibain (gk)...8 Alessandro Bancleri (fwd)...13 Omar Samuels (def)...16 Francesco Uescio (mid)...18 Umberto Benedito (fwd)...19 David Antonczyk (def)...21 Julio Vazquez (mid)
team officials:...head coach Rafael Carbahal...assistant coach Paolo Pacione...equipment manager Mark Atia...trainer/physio Martin Espinoza...team official Bruno Ierullo

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

.....................1 George Azcurra
2 Robert Fran...16 Halberto Harris...11 Mario Pupic...4 Domagoj Sain
6 Mario Kulis...19 Robert Grnja...5 Jonatan Bustamante...8 Hayden Fitzwilliams
..................7 Tomislav Ples...9 Tihomir Maletic

Subs:...21 Roy Blanche (gk)...3 Ante Brkic...12 Marko Culjak...15 Mario Belio...2 Hugo Herrera...23 Boris Tomac...30 Tomy Granic
team officials:...head coach Milodrag Akmadzic...assistant coach Tomy Granic...manager Vlado Majerovic...trainer/physio Kruno Tuljak...team official Milan Krljan

Game officials:...referee Justin Tasev...referee's assistants Paul Bottos and Michael Izzo...fourth official J P Carlston...(yellow shirts, black shorts and socks)

1st Half:...game starts 6:10pm...Astros defender east end on this hot evening with a bright sun in the west.
3 min...TC Grnja cross from near left cornerflag is cleared.
4 min...Croatia Tihomir Maletic GOAL...TC Robert Grnja feeds ball up middle from 30 yards to Maletic who kicks low 15 yard shot from left into right corner of net beyond goalie Ratko Ivanovic.
7 min...Astros Calzato cross from left is just wide of top right corner of net.
10 min...TC Fran charges from defence position on right and receives pass in open and fires 15 yard shot off right post.
11 min...Astros Maletic 22 yard shot up middle hits left goalpost.
12 min...Croatia Tomislav Ples GOAL...Ples’s 12 yard shot from right is into top left corner of net.
14 min...TC Ples bursts through middle between defenders and low 20 yard shot is saved by sliding goalie.
15 min...Astros goalie charges out to beat TC Maletic to ball at 20 yards.
17 min...TC Fran cross from right end line is caught by goalie.
21 min...Astros Astorga freekick cross from left 30 yards has defender head away.
24 min...TC Maletic cross from left 15 yards has defender concede cornerkick.
27 min...Astros sub...Benedito replaces Astorga.
29 min...TC Ples 15 yard shot from extreme right is over net.
31 min...TC Ples rush on right and cross near end line is caught by goalie.
32 min...TC Maletic cornerkick from right has nearest defender kick away.
33 min...TC goalie dives left to stop low 15 yard shot.
35 min...Croatia Tomislav Ples GOAL...Ples’s low shot from right 15 yard has diving goalie get piece of ball but tips it into low left side of net.
37 min...Astros Carbajal 25 yard freekick cross is over players in box.
38 min...Astros sub...Samuels replaces Calzato.
39 min...Croatia Robert Grnja GOAL...TC Tihomir Maletic on right is surrounded by four defenders and is tripped but gets ball centered to Grnja who blasts 18 yarder into top left corner of net.
40 min...TC YELLOW card...Maletic before play resumes after goal. He was injured immediately after the goal so it must have been for something verbal.
42 min...Astros Maradona cornerkick from right is over players in box.
42 min...Astros Lammie 30 yard blast has ball squeezed through goalie but ball trickles wide left.
44 min...TC Sain injured in TC box after Astros cornerkick.
46 min...Astros DiPlacido(?) 25 yard freekick up middle is stopped.
48 min...half ends 6:58pm.

2nd Half:...starts 7:14pm.
Halftime subs:...TC Blanche replaces Azcurra in goal now that TC has to look into the sun.
...................TC Belio replaces Fitzwilliams.
47 min...Astros Perez 22 yard shot is low and wide left of net.
51 min...Astros Benedito 25 yard blast from right is well over net.
51 min...TC Grnja is injured near center line.
54 min...TC Ples gets ball in Astros box and slides to connect on 6 yard shot that goalie palms over net.
54 min...TC Pupic cornerkick from left is headed over net by Astros Ramsey.
55 min...TC Pupic cornerkick from left is caught by goalie.
55 min...The referee gives a YELLOW card to someone.
57 min...TC sub...Brkic replaces Sain.
...............Astros sub...Vazquez replaces Pacione.
58 min...TC Harris 60 yard high ball into Astros box and it's caught by goalie.
The sun is no longer a factor.
60 min...Astros Samuels is injured in center circle.
61 min...TC sub...Herrera replaces Maletic.
63 min...Astros DiPlacido rush down right and low cross has defender concede cornerkick.
64 min...Astros sub...Antonczyk replaces Benedito.
66 min...TC Pupic cornerkick from left has goalie palm ball up but Astros defender behind him clears ball.
68 min...TC sub...Granic replaces Bustamante.
69 min...TC goalie leaps over Astros players to catch ball that Astros player had popped up.
69 min...Astros DiPlacido 35 yard blast up middle is high and wide right through crowd of players.
71 min...TC Ples rush on right rolls centering pass from 20 yards and TC Herrera deflects 10 yard shot that diving goalie stops at 3 yards.
72 min...Astros sub...Uescio replaces Samuels.
74 min...Astros DiPlacido 30 yard freekick from right has defender block.
74 min...TC YELLOW card...Kulis for tripping Astros Lammie at 30 yards.
76 min...TC Pupic cross from left end line caught by goalie along line.
79 min...Croatia Robert Grnja GOAL...TC Tomislav Ples rush on right from 35 yards when he gets ball and then rolls cross to Grnja who taps in 10 yarder into empty net as goalie was playing the cross.
80 min...Astros Vasquez 25 yard shot up middle is over net.
87 min...Astros DiPlacido run up middle and taps pass to Astros Maradona who cuts low 15 yard shot that sprawling goalie stops.
88 min...Astros goalie catches 30 yard bouncing ball up middle.
89 min...Astros DiPlacido 30 yard shot through crowd of players is cleared.
89 min...TC Belio pushes ball by fallen defender and his 12 yard low shot from right is smothered by falling goalie.
90 min...Astros Lammie picks up loose ball and blasts 10 yarder well over net. TC Fran is injured on play.
92 min...game ends 8:01pm.

Final Score:………North York Astros……0………Toronto Croatia…….5……….

Attendance was about 120 on this hot evening with a bright sun in the west. Attendance was better than the Astros usual number thanks to having ball boys which results in their parents coming along and the mostly pro-Croatian fans in the crowd.

Toronto Croatia put this game out of reach early with the early goals. Just one minute before the second goal, Selvin Lammie took a 22 yard shot up the middle that hit the left goalpost. Another inch further over and that would be a goal and possibly a turn in momentum. Astros had some other chances later in the game but the score was already out of reach.

Croatia was anxious to put this game away early because these teams met up on Friday night in Mississauga and the Astros came back twice to earn a 2-2 result.

Today was not a rough game and referee Justin Tasev gave out few cards.

George Azcurra and Roy Blanche shared the shutout for Croatia. Blanche had the tougher time as in the second half he had to squint into the sun for the first 15 minutes until the bright sun was safely behind the horizon.

Toronto Croatia remains undefeated in league play this year and with their games in hand, could catch Italia Shooters for first place in the standings.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca


Astros starters


Croatia starters


Players walk back to center circle after another Croatia goal.


Astros defender clears ball.

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