June 28, 2009 CSL Italia Shooters vs Portugal FC (by Rocket Robin)

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Result of the Sunday June 28, 2009 CSL game between Italia Shooters and Portugal FC played at St Joan of Arc Catholic High School in Maple at 5:00pm.

Italia Shooters (all blue, white numbers)

...............1 Camilo Benzi
12 Alvaro Yacques (cpt)...2 Gaston Orique...4 Fitzroy Christey...16 Endri Begaji
23 Aundrae Rollins...6 Julio Garcia...19 Johan Carrera...7 Samuel Hazan
............18 Michael Gioia...13 Kadian Lecky

Subs:...1 Vito Pittelli (gk)...3 Fabrizio Castiglione (def)...15 Francesco Gioia (mid)...17 Mario Orestano (mid)...24 Marcos Cotarelo (fwd)...25 Domenic Sciculano (mid)
team officials:...head coach Roberto Pugliese...assistant coach Alex Burrecci...manager Tony DeThomasis...trainer/physio Sean Latimor...team official John Pacione

Portugal FC (all red, yellow numbers, white trim)

................1 Mike Silva
.......21 Yannik Thompson...3 Andre Stewart...5 Giovanni Annisi (cpt)
23 Andrew Leite...10 Ramon Bailey...15 Kevin McIntosh...8 Carlos Nogueira...20 Taylor Lord
...........16 Jonathan Pacheco...19 Gustavo Serrano

Subs:...12 Adrian Ibanez...18 Jaime Carvalho...11 Nana Amponsen...17 Aaron Thompson...6 Ahmed Hersi
team officials:...head coach Danny Amaral...assistant coach Jaime Carvalho...manager Tony Maia...trainer/physio Chris Myers...team official Tony Maia

Game officials:...referee Gianni Facchini...referee's assistants Hassane Rifai and Steve Senderovich...fourth official Rich Oliveira...(all black, white and yellow trim)

1st Half:...game starts 5:04pm...IS defend south end on this warm have overcast evening with a breeze from the east.
45 sec...IS Yacques cross from 25 yards on left is caught by goalie to right of net.
5 min...PFC McIntosh cross from 20 yards on right endline has PFC Bailey 8 yards left of post head ball wide left of net.
6 min...PFC Lord crosses in ball from 25 yards on left and PFC Serrano chips 5 yarder onto top of net but whistle is made for either a hand ball or offside.
9 min...IS Yacques 35 yard freekick has PFC Stewart head ball away on edge of box.
10 min...PFC Serrano is injured near center line.
12 min...IS Garcia short pass that defender misses has IS Lecky kick 20 yarder from left wide right of net.
12 min...IS Rollins long throw-in from right has goalie step along end line to beat IS Lecky to ball.
15 min...IS Micheal Gioia 25 yard freekick up middle dips low for goalie to catch below knees.
16 min...IS Bagaji long throw-in from left has ball given back to him but can't get away cross.
18 min...PFC McIntosh 60 yard freekick from right has goalie catch in crowd of players.
19 min...IS Lecky flubs midair shot from 15 yards on left and spins for goalkick.
22 min...IS Garcia cornerkick from left has goalie leap and catch in crowd of players.
24 min...IS Rollins(?) pops cross from right that has goalie leap to make catch.
.........IS YELLOW card...Hazan earns it for running into goalie on last play.
25 min...PFC Annisi 50 yard freekick has PFC Serrano head 12 yarder from right that goalie catches under bar.
26 min...PFC Serrano 25 yard cross from right has goalie catch well wide left of net.
27 min...A clearance put the ball onto the school roof.
27 min...IS Garcia cornerkick from left has ball headed for another cornerkick.
The sun comes out.
28 min...IS Garcia cornerkick from left has goalie punch ball away at left post.
33 min...IS sub...Sciculano replaces Michael Gioia.
34 min...IS Hazan rolls cross from left has PFC Yonnik Thompson get foot out to block shot at 5 yards.
34 min...IS Lecky cross from 10 yards on left end line has IS Rollins not able to turn header at 5 yards on right near endline.
37 min...PFC Lord run to ball on left but from near cornerflag crosses behind net.
39 min...IS Christey 55 yard chip down middle bounces to goalie although IS Lecky looked like he got foot to it.
40 min...PFC Serrano 20 yard shot from left is well over net on slide to ball.
41 min...IS Garcia ball from 50 yards up middle and IS Hazan taps it from 20 yards but rolls to goalie.
42 min...PFC Bailey 35 yard freekick from left has PFC Lord blast 15 yard shot from right wide right of net.
44 min...PFC Annissi 60 yard freeekick from left is headed away on edge of box.
46 min...IS Rollins rushes to shoot 7 yarder on left deflected by defender for cornerkick on left.
47 min...IS Bagaji blasts partial clearance after ball worked out on cornerkick from 22 yards well wide left of net.
47 min...half ends 5:51pm.

2nd Half:...starts 6:06pm.
Halftime subs:...PFC Amponsen replaces Pacheco.
...............PFC Aaron Thompson replaces Leite.
46 min...IS goalie blasts away clearance on through ball.
47 min…PFC Carlos Nogueira GOAL…PFC Gustavo Serrano cross from left near left corner flag has Nogueira wait for ball to settle down and his 12 yard shot up middle is into low left of net beyond diving goalie Camilo Benzi.
49 min...PFC Aaron Thompson long low cross from 30 yards on left has PFC Lord blast 15 yarder from right into outside webbing of net.
50 min...IS Garcia blasts partial clearance from 22 yards is well over net.
52 min...IS Hazan 30 yard freekick rolled right upfield to IS Sciculano who crosses from 12 yards that's caught by goalie.
54 min...IS Lecky 20 yard shot from left deflects off defender for cornerkick.
55 min...IS Rollins 3 yard header after cross from left has goalie's arm deflect ball wide left while standing for cornerkick.
59 min...IS Hazan 35 yard freekick from extreme left has PFC Stewart deflect through box wide left.
60 min...PFC YELLOW card...Annissi for hand ball deflection of IS Yacques second blast of clearance attempt.
61 min...IS Hazan 22 yard freekick up middle around player wall and is smothered by goalie.
64 min...PFC Annissi 45 yard cross from right is caught by goalie.
66 min...IS Hazan turns and blasts 25 yard shot from left that's caught by goalie.
67 min...PFC sub...Hersi replaces McIntosh.
67 min...IS Rollins injured on edge of PFC box.
69 min...IS sub...Cotarelo replaces injured Rollins before play resumes.
70 min...IS Orique 45 yard freekick is cleared from left side of box.
72 min...IS player's cornerkick from left has defender head away. IS Sciculano cross from right end line is headed away by defender.
73 min...IS Garcia cornerkick fromleft has IS Hazan head across box from left but ball is cleared.
74 min...IS Sciculano pushes ball up for IS Lecky and his cross has goalie push ball for cornerkick from right.
75 min...IS Garcia cornerkick from right has ball bounce through box and defender blocks shot from left.
77 min...PFC sub...Carvalho replaces Serrano.
78 min...PFC YELLOW card...Hersi earns it for something; maybe dissent.
79 min...IS Yacques 55 yard ball into box has PFC Lord stop it and clear.
80 min...PFC Amponsen injured at PFC 40 yard line.
81 min...IS Cofarelo cross from right has goalie catch.
81 min...PFC Hersi 30 yard cross from left has goalie catch.
84 min...PFC Amponsen returns to the game after treatment for his injury.
84 min...IS Yacques cornerkick from right has IS Carrera head 15 yarder to goalie.
85 min…Shooters Julio Garcia GOAL…Garcia blasts 22 yard freekick from left just under top right corner of net before goalie Mike Silva could move.
86 min...IS Sciculano rolls ball on right for IS Lecky but can't get control before ball crosses end line.
87 min...PFC Bailey 38 yard freekick down middle is caught by goalie.
92 min...IS Lecky turns to elude defender and cross from 5 yards on right is well over box.
93 min...IS Yaques pass from 40 yards is up middle to left and has defender intercept ball in box.
94 min...IS Yaques taps over cross and IS Carrera chips 22 yard shot from left well wide right of net.
95 min...game ends 6:56pm.

Final Score:………Italia Shooters………..1…………Portugal FC…………1……….

Attendance was about 70 on this warm overcast day with a breeze from the east. It had rained earlier in the afternoon which may have scared some of the walk up crowd from coming and it rained a few hours after the game but there was no rain during the game. Still slightly better than the Astros 50 fans and TFC Academy’s 60 fans at yesterdays games. Geez where is everybody?

The tie was a fair result but the Shooters dominated the second half after the PFC goal. I thought the Shooters had at least six cornerkicks in the second half. PFC was really in a defensive mode and the players were looking for counterattacks which didn’t seem to materialize. Kadian Lecky was playing upfront for the Shooters but the PFC defenders always did enough to keep him from having a clear, direct shot. Shooters Aundrae Rollins had the best chance for a game winner at 55 minutes when he received a cross from the left and connected on a 3 yard header but goalie Mike Silva stood and got his arm on it deflecting it wide left of the post.

Referee Gianni Facchini called a lot of free kicks for fouls but didn’t give out many cards.

With this tie the first for Italia Shooters this season their record rises to 2 wins, 3 losses, 1 tie and PFC record stays a place ahead of the Shooters at 2 wins, 1 loss and 3 ties. Next game for Shooters is another home game on Sunday July 5th at 5:00pm against Serbian White Eagles. Portugal’s next game is supposed to be Friday at Lamport Stadium but may have to be moved because of the City of Toronto’s employees strike.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

Shooters starters

Portugal starters

Shooters #18 Michael Gioia and Kadian Lecky start the game.

waiting for restart

ball was popped up high

PFC freekick

Shooters Kadian Lecky with the ball.

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