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Result of the Sunday June 21st, 2009 CSL game between Toronto Croatia and Italia Shooters played at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke at 8:15pm.
Toronto Croatia (blue socks, white shorts and numbers, red shirts)
...............1 Sandi Matika
16 Halberto Harris...2 Antomi Skara...13 Braedan Krampert...20 Ainsley Deer
13 Sven Arapovic...11 Mario Pupic (cpt)...10 Tihomir Maletic...8 Hayden Fitzwilliams
...........7 Tomi Ples...9 Hugo Herrera
Subs:...9 Marco Culjac...17 Nikolas Goddard...18 Mario Beljo...5 Johnny Bustamante...3 Ante Brkic...23 Tonci Pirija...19 Niko Pesa
team officials:...head coach Milodrag Akmadzic...assistant coach Allen Vukobred...manager Ivan Kulis...trainer/physio Rachel...team official Tom Granic.
Italia Shooters (white socks and shirts, blue shorts, white numbers)
...............10 Camilo Benzi
23 Aundrae Rollins...2 Gaston Orique...6 Fitzroy Christie...7 Samuel Hazan
.........8 Nick Cisternino...12 Alvaro Yacques...19 Johan Carrera
.........14 Joey Todaro (cpt)...13 Kadian Lecky...22 Daryl Gomez
Subs:...1 David Ragno (gk)...21 Vince Forestri (fwd)...5 Julio Garcia (def)...15 Gonzalo Lopez (mid)...16 Endri Begali (def)...17 Mario Orestano (fwd)...25 Marcus Cotadello (fwd)
team officials:...head coach Roberto Pugliese...assistant coach Alex Burecci...manager Tony DeThomasis...trainer/physio Sean Latimour...team official John Pacione
Team officials:...referee Yusri Rudolph...referee's assistants Derek Asroms and Julien Doria...fourth official David Barrie...(all black, yellow and white trim)
1st Half:...starts 8:20pm...TC defend south end on this mild evening with a wind from the north.
2 min...IS goalie dives forward to fall on cross ahead of TC Herrera just inside box.
6 min...TC Skara 50 yard chip on left is over players and caught by goalie.
10 min...TC Pupic 30 yard freekick chip has IS Christey head ball away.
11 min...IS goalie treated for thigh injury.
13 min...TC Arapovic 35 yard blast from right is wide left of net.
18 min...IS Gomez rolls 15 yard shot through crowd of players wide left of net.
20 min...IS Todaro 30 yard freekick from left is just over bar.
21 min...TC player cornerkick from right has goalie in crowd of players punch ball away.
22 min...TC Arapovic cross from right near cornerflag drifts behind net.
23 min...TC Pupic 35 yard freekick from left has offside flag raised when TC Ples tips ball wide right of net from 7 yards.
25 min...IS Todaro turns and fires 25 yard shot that diving goalie pushes wide left of net.
26 min...IS Lecky cornerkick from left is into box but defender clears.
28 min...TC YELLOW card...Deer for knockdown of IS Cisternino at TC 50 yards.
29 min...IS Todaro 40 yard blast is well over net.
31 min...IS Rollins injured near sideline (IS goalie, IS Christey and Rollins all have leg injuries).
32 min...TC Deer 45 yard cross has goalie catch ball on bounce wide right of net.
33 min…Shooters Kadian Lecky GOAL…Shooters Alvaro Yacques pushes ball from 35 yards through to Lecky at 20 yards and he rolls ball through goalie Sandi Matika‘s legs at 12 yards into center of net.
34 min...IS Cisternino injured at center line and must be carried from field.
36 min...IS sub...Orestano replaces injured Cisternino before play resumes.
39 min...TC Fitzwilliams pushes through ball from 20 yards on left but TC Ples falls over rushing shot wide left of net from 12 yards.
40 min...TC Herrera 20 yard freekick from left end line has diving goalie catch on left post diving forward.
44 min...TC Fitzwilliams injured at IS 40 yard line.
46 min...TC Deer 30 yard cross into box to TC Herrera who pushes pass wide right for TC Arapovic to boot 20 yarder well over net.
49 min...TC Pupic 20 yard freeekick from left is rolled to TC Ples near center but he's checked off ball.
49 min...half ends 9:09pm.
2nd Half:...starts 9:24pm.
Halftime sub...TC Pirija replaces Krampert.
46 min...TC Pupic 28 yard freekick from right has IS Christey head away. TC Arapovic 25 yard low shot is just wide right.
48 min...TC YELLOW card...Pirija earns it for a check near center line.
49 min...TC Fitzwilliams 45 yard chip from left has defender head back to goalie.
50 min...TC Harris blasts 25 yard shot on run down right hits right goalpost and tip for goalkick.
52 min...IS YELLOW card...Yacques for knock down at TC 35 yards.
52 min...IS Todaro takes ball off defender and shoots 25 yarder over net.
54 min...TC Harris cross from 40 yards on right is over head of TC Maletic 10 yards left of net.
56 min…Croatia RED card…Forward Hugo Herrera earns a direct ejection by referee Yusri Rudolph for knock down on Shooters defender Samuel Hazan injuring him in Shooters box.
57 min...IS Lecky cross from 22 yards on extreme right drifts behind net.
63 min...TC sub...Pesa replaces Maletic.
.......IS sub...Garcia replaces Carrera.
64 min…Shooters defenders Gaston Orique and Aundrae Rollins squeeze Croatia’s Hayden Fitzilliams between them in Shooters box on his run and referee awards a Penalty kick.
64 min…Croatia Mario Pupic GOAL…Pupic blasts penalty kick low to left corner of net as goalie Camilo Benzi crumples to the right. (Benzi had earned a Yellow card before the kick for a pre-kick pat on the back of Pupic.
66 min...TC Fitzwilliams steps into pass at 30 yards beating defender and kicks 25 yarder on left over net.
68 min...IS Yacques 22 yard shot on run down middle is wide right of net.
69 min...TC sub...Bustamante replaces Pirija.
70 min...IS Garcia blast partial clearance attempt over net from 25 yards down middle.
71 min...TC Bustamante 30 yard bounces shot down middle for goalie to grab on right.
73 min...IS sub...Forestri replaces Todaro. Yacques is now the captain.
75 min...TC Skara 65 yard ball from right bounces through to goalie wide right of net.
77 min...TC Bustamante 40 yard shot down middle is well over net.
78 min...TC Pupic 35 yard shot from left is just over net.
80 min…Croatia Mario Pupic GOAL…TC Hayden Fitzwilliams 30 yard shot has TC Tomi Ples 3 yards wide right of net on end line push ball over to Pupic who puts in 1 yarder on right post. Pupic then earns a Yellow card for running over to the stands and pulling his shirt off.
83 min...IS sub...Cotadello replaces Lecky.
........TC sub...Brkic replaces Bustamante.
86 min...IS Orestano cross from left into box from 20 yards but cleared.
87 min...TC Arapovic run down right and crosses through box from 20 yards for goalie to catch wide left unchallenged.
89 min...TC Arapovic rush on right and cross into box from 20 yards has TC Pesa take bicycle kick from 12 yards that's caught by goalie.
91 min...IS Orique is injured.
91 min...IS sub...Begali replaces injured Orique.
91 min...IS Hazan heads 12 yarder onto top of net just over bar.
92 min...TC sub...Goddard replaces Deer.
93 min...TC sub...Beljo replaces Arapovic.
94 min...TC YELLOW card...Beljo earns it for knock down at TC 40 yard line.
94 min...IS player's 40 yard freekick is over everybody up for play whistled down.
95 min...TC Pupic 25 yard freekick up middle is blasted well over net.
96 min...game ends 10:15pm.
Final Score:……Toronto Croatia……..2…………..Italia Shooters………..1……….
Attendance was about 150 mostly pro-Croatia fans on this mild evening.
This was an exciting game with Croatia playing better when they were reduced to ten men. Both teams had plenty of scoring chances and there were a lot of fouls and injuries. Most serious was to Shooters Nick Cisternino who needed to be helped off the field at 34 minutes.
Two goals by Mario Pupic but a team official said he’s returning to Croatia (the country) soon and won’t be back.
This game was held at Centennial Stadium one of the facilities that will be shut during the strike by city workers. It was only a few weeks ago that soccer games had to be postponed because the field wasn’t ready as contractors were late laying down field turf in a major makeover of the stadium. There are no seats/benches in the stands so fans sit on the terraced ‘steps’ of the stadium. There is no warning tape on the real steps so it will be almost expected that someone will eventually fall down the stairs not seeing the depth of the battleship gray coloured paint.
The league may do some ground sharing during the labour dispute with those teams not in the city of Toronto or play on non-city owned fields. Serbian White Eagles and Toronto Croatia normally play at Centennial, North York Astros play at Esther Shiner Stadium, and Portugal FC and TFC Academy play at Lamport Stadium. That’s half the league so it will be a major inconvenience.
Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca
Toronto Croatia starters
Shooters starters
Shooters throw-in
clearance play
Shooters defender passes back to own goalie.
Croatia players came over to salute their fans after the game.
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