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Result of the Thursday September 13, 2007 CSL game between Serbian White Eagles and Toronto Croatia played at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke at 8:00pm.

Serbian White Eagles (all white, blue numbers)

...............................22 Djordje Radan
16 Josh Gordon...6 Mirko Medic (cpt)...2 Ricardo Muguia...19 Dragorad Miracevic
.................9 Sasa Viciknez...8 Nenad Stojcic...13 Nikola Budalic
...............11 Gabriel Pop...7 Dragon Radovic...10 Alex Braletic

Subs:...3 Uros Stamatovic (mid)...4 Danilo Maksimovic (def)...15 Arthur Zaslavski...(gk)...16 Milos Scepanovic (fwd)...18 Noel Ellerton (fwd)...22 Rato Borado (def)...24 Mihailo Bacanin (mid)
team officials:...head coach Sinisa Ninkovic...assistant coach Aca Krivokapic...manager Dragisa Latinic...physio Philip Barros...trainer Milenko Matic

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

.............................1 George Azcurra
2 Robert Fran...4 Domagoj Sain...6 Mario Kulis...16 Halberto Harris
23 Boris Tomac...8 Hayden Firzwilliams...5 Jonatan Bustamante...19 Robert Grnja
...................22 Hugo Herrera...9 Tihomir Maletic

Subs:...21 Roy Blanche (gk)...3 Ante Brkic...7 Tomislav Ples...11 Mario Pupic...12 Marko Zuljak...15 Mario Belio...30 Tomy Granic
team officials:...head coach Milodrag Akmadzic...assistant coach Tomy Granic...manager Vlado Manjerovic...trainer/physio Milan Krljan

Game officials:...referee Isaac Raymond...referee's assistants Joe Fletcher and Mike Lambert...fourth official Geoff Gamble...(all black uniforms)

1st Half:...game starts 8:03pm...SWE defend north end.
15 sec...SWE Pop chips 20 yard shot up middle that's caught by goalie.
1 min...TC Herrera chips 20 yard shot up middle caught by goalie.
1 min...TC Fitzwilliams cornerkick from right is headed across box and cleared.
3 min...SWE Braletic cross from left has SWE player jump and lob 10 yard kick over net.
7 min...SWE Viciknez 20 yard freekick from right edge of box is bent just wide left of top corner.
11 min...TC Herrera finishes TC sustained pressure with 12 yard shot over net.
12 min...TC goalie punches out cross.
13 min...SWE Miracevic gets back to poke away TC player's break and forfeits cornerkick.
15 min...SWE goalie dives to block point blank shot on left from TC Fitzwilliams at 6 yards.
16 min...TC Bustamante 35 yard blast over players and over bar.
19 min...TC Grnja injured at center line.
22 min...SWE Radovic shot from left end line 15 yards into outside webbing of net.
23 min...Croatia Boris Tomac GOAL...TC Hayden Fitzwilliams crossed in low from left that has Tomac stop ball and send low 20 yard shot up middle into low right side of net under diving goalie Djordje Radan.
25 min...TC Maletic injured in SWE box waiting for throw-in.
26 min...TC Fran throw-in from right has defender head away. Fran's recross is also cleared and chiped back to right sideline but TC Tomac can't keep ball in play.
29 min...TC YELLOW card...Tomac for tripping SWE Viciknez on sideline.
30 min...SWE Viciknez 25 yard freekick from left sideline has TC Fitzwilliams head ball behind end line on right.
30 min...SWE Viciknez cornerkick from right has goalie punch ball through box out left side. SWE players cross try goes out for goalkick.
31 min...SWE YELLOW card...Radovic for tackle at center line sideline on TC Tomac injurying him. Radovic is also injured and limps around to recover.
33 min...SWE Miracevic injured at center line.
36 min...SWE Radovic blasts 22 yard shot well over net when he's rolled a pass from right.
37 min...SWE sub...Ellerton replaces still limping Radovic.
38 min...TC Bustamante 40 yard freekick from left has TC Tomac stop but his shot from the edge of the box is stopped.
42 min...SWE Gordon slides to poke away ball from TC Fitzwilliams rushing on left and gives up cornerkick.
42 min...TC Bustamante cornerkick from left is headed behind line for second cornerkick. TC Bustamante's cornerkick is over players in box.
43 min...TC Fran 35 yard freekick from right has SWE player head away.
44 min...TC Fitzwilliams 50 yard cross from left bounces to goalie.
45 min...SWE Viciknez throw-in from left has defenders clear from box.
46 min...half ends 8:49pm.

2nd Half:...starts 9;04pm.
46 min...SWE Braletic cross from right corner is headed out of box by flying defender.
47 min...SWE Viciknez 35 yard blast up middle over crowd of players well over net.
48 min...TC Fran cornerkick from right is low and cleared by defender.
49 min...TC Fitzwilliams 30 yard shot up middle is low and smothered by goalie.
50 min...SWE Stojcic gets shot from 20 yards that deflects off defender and hits crossbar. SWE Pop blasts 5 yard rebound over net!!
51 min...TC sub...Pupic replaces Harris.
52 min...TC goalie dives wide right to gather in TC defender's header.
53 min...SWE YELLOW card...Medic for hip check on TC Maletic stopping rush at SWE 30 yards on left.
54 min...TC Tomac blasts tapped over freekick well over net from 25 yards.
57 min...SWE Viciknez 25 yard freekick from left has defender head up but SWE Braletic blast tipped and SWE Pop blasts 7 yard shot from right saved by flying goalie.
58 min...TC sub...Ples replaces Herrera.
59 min...SWE Ellerton heads 10 yarder from left that's caught by goalie.
60 min...White Eagles Gabriel Pop GOAL...SWE Alex Braletic cross from left from 15 yards has Pop kick 8 yard ball into left corner of net past goalie George Azcurra.
62 min...TC goalie catches defender's ball headed back to him.
64 min...TC Sain 35 yard blast up middle deflects wide left for cornekick.
64 min...TC Pupic cornerkick from left has defender clear.
65 min...TC Tomac passed from right to cross and TC Maletic covered by two defenders and whistled down.
65 min...TC goalie catches 25 yard bouncer from left.
68 min...TC goalie on edge of box grabs through ball bouncer before SWE Ellerton can get to it.
69 min...SWE Braletic checked off ball on run on left.
71 min...SWE Viciknez 30 yard freekick up middle has diving goalie push ball wide right for cornerkick.
72 min...SWE Viciknez cornerkick from right has defender head over own net.
72 min...SWE Viciknez cornerkick from right has SWE Pop head ball over net from 6 yards.
73 min...TC sub...Brkic replaces Bustamante.
74 min...TC Tomac 35 yard freekick up middle has shot wide left and high of net.
77 min...SWE sub...Bacanin replaces Gordon.
78 min...SWE YELLOW card...Pop for injury to TC Sain when jumping for header at TC 30 yard line.
83 min...TC YELLOW card...Brkic for sliding tackle on SWE Viciknez at TC 35 yard line.
84 min...SWE Viciknez 35 yard freekick has defender head away.
86 min...SWE Viciknez cornerkick from right has SWE player head ball over net from 6 yards in crowd of players.
87 min...TC Tomac injured at TC 35 yard line.
90 min...TC sub...Granic replaces Tomac.
90 min...SWE Stojcic low 30 yard shot from right rolls to goalie.
90 min...SWE Budalic 35 roller up middle has goalie deflect up but catch unpressured.
92 min...TC sub...Belio replaces Grnja.
92 min...TC goalie stops bouncer from 30 yards.
93 min...TC YELLOW card...Ples for injurying SWE Medic at SWE 30 yard line.
94 min...SWE Viciknez taps header over net on pop up from 8 yards over net.
94 min...SWE Medic heads ball wide left from SWE Viciknez cornerkick from right with 8 yarder header in crowd of players.
95 min...game ends 9:54pm.

Final Score:…Serbian White Eagles………..1……………Toronto Croatia……….1………..

Attendance was about 1600 on this mild evening. It’s the largest crowd I’ve seen this year at a CSL game and at least double what most White Eagles home games have drawn that I’ve been at.

This was a very fast paced game with plenty of exciting action. Both teams had their chances but White Eagles took over in the last half hour of the game and Croatia was just hanging on at the end.

White Eagles had trouble scoring again just like last week against London City but this time they had far fewer chances against the solid defence of Croatia. Some of their second half chances included at 50 minutes when SWE Nenad Stojcic get a shot from 20 yards that deflected off a defender and hits the cross bar and Gabriel Pop blasted the 5 yard rebound over the net. At 57 minutes SWE Sasa Viciknez’s 25 yard freekick from left had a defender head the ball up but SWE Alex Braletic blast a shot that tipped to Pop and his 7 yard shot from right was saved by flying goalie George Azcurra. In added time Viciknez headed the ball over the net from 8 yards and on the last play of the game ad Viciknez send in a cornerkick from the right that had SWE Mirko Medic head the ball wide left from 8 yards in a crowd of players in the box. George Azcurra was brilliant in the nets for Croatia.

Isaac Raymond was tonight’s referee and he kept the game under control by giving out some timely Yellow cards for sliding tackles in this close checking game. The crowd was well behaved. It was 100% pro Serbian as mandated by the league for this designated as a ‘home’ game for White Eagles. Tickets were only distributed through the White Eagles and Serb ethnic shops and social clubs. (Croatia will have their ‘home’ game at this stadium on Tuesday October 2nd). The league was more concerned with stopping potential trouble than maximizing ticket sales for the game. They held it on a Thursday night to limit out of town troublemakers from coming to Toronto. Security guards gave people a patting down to make sure no one had objects to throw or flares to light. Players’ benches were placed on the far east side of the field for the first time this year to be away from the crowd. The tickets were limited to one side so no one would be in the stands causing fights. And…..it worked! This game was a great success. Most CSL teams play each team in their own division three or four times on the schedule but these teams were limited to the minimum twice. I could see the league giving them four games next year if the other game turns out this well run. The big gate helps the league and the teams.

I heard a rumour from a reliable source that BMO Field offered to rent out their stadium for $80,000 although they will rent it out for only $140.00 per hour to his supporter’s group later this year. Who needs that?

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca


White Eagles starters


Croatia starters


Getting ready for first half kickoff.

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