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Result of the Sunday July 12, 2009 CSL game between Portugal FC and Toronto Croatia played at Brockton Stadium in Toronto at 7:00pm.
Portugal FC (all white, green numbers)
................12 Adrian Ibanez
5 Giovanni Annisi (cpt)...21 Yanni Thompson...3 Andre Stewart...2 Jaroslaw Radzinski
7 Selmir Sehic...10 Ramon Bailey...8 Carlos Nogueira...22 Taylor Lord
............11 Jarvin Skeete...19 Gustavo Serrano
Subs:...1 Mike Silva (gk)...9 Mike DeLuca (fwd)...13 Seung Bok Lee (mid)...15 Kevin McIntosh (def/mid)...18 Biruk Nida (mid)...20 Danny Amaral (fwd)...23 Andrew Leite (def/mid)
team officials:...head coach Danny Amaral...assistant coach Jaime Carvalho...manager Tony Maia...trainer/physio Mike Peters
Toronto Croatia (blue socks, white shorts and numbers, red shirts)
.................1 Sandi Matika
16 Halberto Harris...3 Ante Brkic...21 Sven Arapovic...20 Ainsley Deer
.......14 Braeden Krampert...23 Tonci Pirija...8 Hayden Fitzwilliams (cpt)
........15 Niko Pesa...7 Tomislav Ples...10 Tihomir Maletic
Subs:...89 Marko Culjak (gk)...4 Antonio Zupan (def)...11 Ivan Zgela (mid)...17 Nicholas Goddard (def)...18 Mario Beljo (mid)...27 Ryan Tawill (--)...?? Krun Culjak (--)
team officials:...head coach Velemir Crljan...assistant coach Alen Vukobrad...manager Ivan Kulis...trainer/physio Rachel Leroux...team official Tom Granic
Game officials:...referee Geoff Gamble...assistant referees Joe Fletcher and Michael Anthony Izzo...fourth official David DiPasquale...(all black, white and yellow trim)
1st Half:...game starts 7:08pm...PFC defends north end on this mild evening with it cloudy then sunny and back. As this stadium did not have a working scoreboard, all times are converted from my wristwatch.
1 min…PFC player turns and shoots ball from edge of box which hits falling defender on hand at 12 yards. Referee Geoff Gamble calls a Penalty kick.
2 min…PFC Ramon Bailey GOAL…Bailey’s Penalty kick shot over diving goalie Sandi Matika to right side just inside post.
5 min...TC Pesa 25 yard blast from left is well high and wide right of net.
9 min...PFC Lord gets back to knock TC Krampert from getting control of cross in PFC end.
10 min...TC goalie catches high 45 yarder from right sideline.
12 min...TC Maletic cornerkick from right has TC Fitzwilliams nod 5 yard header down deflects off defender for cornerkick.
13 min...TC Pirija cornerkick from left is over players in box.
18 min…Croatia Sven Arapovic GOAL…Tonci Pirija 30 yard freekick from left sideline has diving goalie Adrian Ibanez punch ball but ball deflects off Arapovic’s side and into left side of net from 6 yards.
19 min...PFC Sehic blast from 20 yards on right is off TC Deer for cornerkick.
20 min...PFC Sehic cornerkick from right is low and cleared by nearest defender.
28 min...PFC Sehic blasts 30 yard shot from extreme right well over net.
29 min...PFC Sehic 30 yard cross from right is through box ahead of two charging PFC forwards for goalkick on left.
30 min...TC Ples taps pass from left to TC Pesa who takes one-touch 18 yard blast caught by sprawling goalie.
31 min...TC YELLOW card...Brkic earns it for sliding tackle on PFC Skeete.
32 min...PFC Thompson 45 yard freekick from left has PFC player 12 yard header wide right but called offside.
34 min...TC Maletic 35 yard freekick 35 yard freekick rolls down middle on trick play but ball is cleared on edge of box.
35 min...TC Pirija cornerkick from left is well over players in box.
37 min...PFC Serrano 30 yard freekick down middle is well wide left of post.
40 min...PFC Sehic cornerkick from right is over players in box.
41 min...PFC YELLOW card...Sehic earns it for shirt grab on TC Maletic at TC 50 yards.
42 min...PFX Sehic blasts 35 yard shot from right sideline is well high and wide right of net.
43 min...PFC Serrano charge to long cross and he blasts 22 yarder on right into outside webbing of net.
43 min...PFC Lord 35 yard freekick up middle has goalie dive to stop and PFC Skeeete from 8 yards kicks rebound off outside of right
goalpost.
45 min...TC Pirija chips 35 yard freekick from left that defenders clear from just inside box.
46 min...TC Harris charges to middle from 30 yards on right and cuts roller side right of net.
46 min...half ends 7:54pm.
2nd Half:...starts 8:12pm.
45 min...PFC Bailey 35 yard shot up middle is well wide right of net.
46 min...TC Maletic cornerkick from right has falling TC Zupan (must have come on at halftime) pop header over net from 5 yards.
50 min...TC Fitzwilliams 40 yard freekick from left is blocked and cleared in wall of players.
52 min...PFC Bailey 28 yard freekick down middle hits right goalpost and bounces through players in box untouched.
53 min...PFC YELLOW card...Annisi for elbow on TC Maletic.
54 min...TC Zupan 35 yard freekick from left is blocked in wall of players.
57 min...TC Deer checks and clears PFC player's rush on edge of TC box.
58 min...TC sub...Zgela replaces Krampert.
58 min...PFC Serrano breaks by defender and 20 yard shot on left hits left goalpost and deflects out of box.
60 min...TC Zupan sliding tackle pokes ball from PFC player rush on right.
61 min...PFC Serrano 22 yard freekick from right whistled down as TC Zupan slides in on indirect kick.
........TC YELLOW card...Zupan earns it on the last play.
63 min...PFC players mess up retake passing behind their players on tap back.
64 min...PFC Thompson important foot in to keep TC Ples from getting to through ball at 12 yards.
68 min...TC Pesa run on left and rolls centering pass to TC Maletic down middle has goalie slide for point blank shot.
69 min...PFC Skeete rush on 2 on 1 but freezes and is caught at 25 yards and ball poked away.
71 min...TC Pirija and TC Ples work give and go on left and pass to TC Pesa has defender clear for cornerkick at 10 yards on left.
72 min...TC Pirija cornerkick from left has ball whisteld down as goalie is injured in crash of players in box.
74 min...PFC sub...McIntosh replaces Thompson before play resumes.
79 min...PFC Sehic cornerkick from right is over players in box and PFC Nogueira can't change direction on header on far left.
81 min…Croatia Tihomir Maletic GOAL…TC Tomislav Ples on right charges for ball and rolls cross that TC Niko Pesa deliberately lets roll by him that pins defender to have to cover him. Maletic is alone and gets ball on left and shoots low 10 yarder into right side of net behind sliding goalie.
83 min...TC goalie catches high 30 yard cross from left from PFC Lord.
84 min...TC Maletic injured just inside of box on crash with defenders.
87 min...TC sub...Beljo replaces injured Maletic.
.........PFC sub...Leite replaces Radzinski.
.........PFC sub...Amaral replaces Nogueira.
88 min...TC Beljo blasts 22 yarder from left well over net.
89 min…PFC Danny Amaral GOAL…PFC Selmir Sehic keeps ball in play on run up right sideline and crosses high from right corner flag to Amaral who heads ball from 5 yards on left to right side of net.
90 min...TC sub...Goddard replaces Pesa.
90 min...PFC goalie has time to crawl and garb dropped ball without TC Fitzwilliams kicking at him.
91 min...PFC Bailey blast from right 20 yard hits right post. PFC Lord shoots 15 yard rebound low and wide left.
92 min...TC goalie grabs ball off PFC Amaral's head at 5 yards.
94 min...game ends 9:01pm.
Final Score:……..Portugal FC……..2…………..Toronto Croatia…………..2………..
Attendance was about 250 with supporters for both teams on this mild evening with the weather altering between sunny and cloudy several times during the game.
PFC coach Danny Amaral was very effective putting himself into the game at 87 minutes and scoring two minutes later.
This game was rough but very exciting. Portugal FC hit the goalpost four times during the game. Jarvin Skeete hit the first at 43 minutes from 8 yards on a freekick rebound. In the second half Ramon Bailey hit the post on a 28 yard freekick. At 58 minutes Gustavo Serrano broke by a defender and his 20 yard shot on left hit the left goalpost. At 91 minutes, Ramon Bailey blasted a shot from 20 yards on the right and it hit the right post and then Taylor Lord shot the 15 yard rebound low and wide left. Toronto Croatia players had just as many chances to score themselves. Both goalies had to make spectacular saves or the score would have been much higher.
This game was moved from Friday night at 8:00pm because Lamport Stadium is not available while during the City of Toronto’s workers strike. This stadium is operated by the Toronto Sporting Club and I’ve heard they’ve been renting out the stadium almost every night of the week so the field is being torn up with use and looks much worse than last week. A bit more of this and it will be in the same shape as when the CSL decided not to use this field anymore.
Toronto Croatia retains first place in the International Division and remains undefeated so far this season.
Rocket Robin
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Portugal starters
Croatia starters
Croatia Halberto Harris ready for freekick.
PFC Jaroslaw Radzinski throw-in.
PFC Selmir Sehic lines up freekick.
Croatia Hayden Fitzwilliams freekick blast.
PFC players set up freekick late in the game.
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