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Result of the Sunday August 16, 2009 CSL game between Brampton Lions and St Catharines Wolves played at Victoria Park in Brampton at 3:00pm.

Brampton Lions (all white, blue numbers)

............1 Kevin Doyle
........20 Daniel Cameira...2 Mo Karanoum...5 Mike Marchese
13 Agustin Demidina...8 David Guzman....10 Cameron Medwin...7 Alex Arbelo (cpt)...4 Peter Petropanagos
..........11 Andrew DaSilva...9 Daniel Nascimento

Subs:...00 Amardeep Kharod (gk)...3 Nico Poku...12 Nordo Gooden...17 Alban Vuktilaj...19 Jeremy Shepperd...22 Orlin Chalmers
team officials:...head coach Armando Costa...assistant coach Pernel Mason...manager Victor Cameira...trainer/physio Mike Montalto

St Catharines Wolves (black socks and shorts, blue shirts, red numbers)

...................1 Claudio Perri (cpt)
8 Derek Spry...12 Geoffery Attard...11 Stefan Kamendy...6 Joe Conte
17 Simon Murphy...3 Joseph Delpriore...13 Scott MacLennan...23 Tony Mermigas
.........10 Carlo Arghittu...9 Julian Fabiani

Subs:...21 Tony Visca (gk)...7 Brandon Jones (mid)...14 Matthew Cain...15 Martin Mamic (mid)
team officials:...head coach James McGillivray...assistant coach Carlo Arghittu...manager Armand DiFuscio...trainer/physio Cal Mendonca

Game officials:...referee Gianni Facchini...referee's assistants Andrew Woiles and Leif Maitland...fourth official Steve Senderovich...(all black, white and yellow trim)

1st Half:...game starts 3:03pm...Lions defend east end.
2 min...Lions goalie catches 30 yard coss from right.
3 min...Lions Guzman cornerkick from left has leaping Lions DaSilva who's not able to turn header but play was whistled down.
4 min...Lions DaSilva 25 yard shot is through crowd of players and over net.
5 min...W goalie beats Lions DaSilva to through ball to edge of box to pick up ball.
6 min...Lions goalie beats W Fabiani to through ball up middle to catch ball.
11 min...Lions DaSilva rush along middle and drops pass to Lions Demedina who blasts 22 yard shot from right that bends just wide left of post.
14 min...Lions Nascimento 25 yard freekick from left is directly for goalie to catch on line.
18 min...Lions DaSilva beats offside trap on run up left but crosses after ball already over end line.
19 min...Lions Guzman cornerkick from left was Lions Karanoum pop up 12 yard header on right that goalie catches at 3 yards.
20 min...W Spry 50 yard cross from right is caught by goalie with offside flag up for nearby forward.
21 min...Lions DaSilva rush on right and pushes ball too far forward over end line.
23 min…Lions Daniel Nascimento GOAL…Lions Alex Arbelo follows up on a Wolves partial clearance with a cross to the left for Lions David Guzman at 22 yards to roll a centering pass to charging Nascimento who eludes defender at 20 yards and kicks in 8 yarder to right side of net.
25 min...Lions Arbelo blasts low 25 yard shot wide of net for defender to clear.
26 min...W MacLennan 40 yard chip down middle to far right where W Murphy cross from 20 yards is caught by goalie.
29 min…Lions Daniel Nascimento GOAL…Lions defender Mo Karanoum in center circle chips to right for Nascimento at 40 yards and he runs unchallenged along right to 25 yards where he chips goalie Wolves Claudio Perri who was standing at 5 yards to cut down the angle and the ball drops just below the bar into center of net.
32 min...Lions DaSilva injured at W 35 yards.
32 min...Lions sub...Shepperd replaces DaSilva.
33 min...W MacLennan steals ball off player at 40 yards and run in and low 22 yard shot is saved by sprawling goalie at 15 yards in center of net.
39 min...W MacLennan(?) 40 yard shot down middle bounces to goalie.
42 min...Lions Marchese 40 yard freekick from left bounces for defender to kick ball away.
44 min...Lions Arbelo low 30 yard shot up middle is picked up by goalie.
45 min...W DelPriore shoots 22 yard rolller up middle wide right of net.
46 min...half ends 3:49pm.

2nd Half:...starts 4:06pm.
48 min...W Fabiani heads 3 yarder wide left on left post.
48 min...W goalie slides out of box to poke ball away from Lions Guzman.
53 min...Lions Guzman on right of box has ball checked off him at 6 yards.
54 min...W DelPriore 22 yard shot deflects off defender and flies just wide left of net for cornerkick.
54 min...W player's short cornerkick has cross over players in box.
55 min...Lions Guzman 35 yard shot blast is over net.
56 min...Lions Guzman has W Attard keep him from getting to shot in box.
57 min...W sub...Cain replaces Murphy.
58 min...Lions Demedina cross from right has Lions Guzman take point blank shot from 8 yards that goalie stops and rebound is through legs of Lions Nascimento at 10 yards.
58 min...Lions Demedina cross from right 25 yards has goalie fly over to catch.
61 min...Lions player's 30 yard shot is wide right of net.
63 min...Lions Arbelo rush and 30 yard roller shot up middle is saved by goalie.
64 min...W sub...Mamic replaces Arghittu.
65 min...Lions Guzman tips ball over defender and charge down left and 15 yard shot is into webbing of net.
66 min...Lions Shepperd can't connect on bicycle kick at 28 yards after goalie is tapped ball away from him.
67 min...W Kamendy cross from left is centered for W Spry to blast 28 yarder down middle for goalie to catch.
67 min...Lions Shepperd 20 yard shot on left is blocked point blank by sliding goalie on edge of box.
68 min...Lions Guzman 15 yard blast is blocked by goalie and Guzman's 8 yard rebound is wide right of net.
69 min...Lions sub...Chalmers replaces Guzman.
70 min...W sub...Jones replaces Fabiani.
73 min…Lions Cameron Medwin GOAL…Lions Jeremy Shepperd sends pass from 35 yards that goes through off defender’s leg to Medwin who is in open up middle and he blasts 15 yarder that goalie gets piece of but ball squeezes through his hands into middle of net.
75 min...Lions sub...Poku replaces Marchese.
76 min...W Cain is gifted a shot when defender crosses ball across face of box and goalie has to make point blank shot at 10 yards.
78 min...Lions goalie catches 40 yard shot from right.
80 min...Lions Shepperd charges up left from center line and rolls cross from end line to Lions Chalmers who blasts 15 yard shot that goalie stops on left post.
81 min...Lions sub...Karod replaces Doyle in goal.
.........Lions sub...Fooden replaces Demedina.
82 min...W Kamendy cross from left 20 yards has goalie palm ball in crowd of players on right post and defender clears.
83 min...W Cain at 25 yards runs from right to center andcuts shot that goalie bobbles and picks up on left post.
85 min...Lions Medwin 22 yard shot around defender and goalie dives left to make save.
86 min...Lions Nascimento blocks ball on sliding tackle then runs in from 40 yards on left and 22 yard shot on left is chipped over net.
87 min...Lions Gooden alone on pass to 10 yards and his 8 yard blast is pushed wide right of post for cornerkick.
90 min...Lions Nascimento cornerkick from left is short and cross from left when ball is tapped back is bounces to goalie.
93 min...game ends 4:54pm.

Final Score:……..Brampton Lions……….3………..St Catharines Wolves………..0………..

Attendance was about 120 on this very hot and sunny day.

It kept being announced that this was a game for second place (in the National Division) although yesterday TFC Academy won to become three points ahead of both teams but has played more games. It was hard to believe that Wolves had played 10 games and had scored 11 times yet had a stellar defensive record of 11 goals against. I couldn’t blame the hot temperature which had players grabbing water bottles at any sign of injury or substitutions as the Wolves were pinned in their own end right from the start of the game. Only escape was the long ball which would mean that the Lions would just start another play into the Wolves end. Maybe the Lions played better at Victoria Park because the City cut the grass making the ball roll easier.

Kevin Doyle earned the shutout for Brampton only being called on for a few key saves—most important at 33 minutes when Scott MacLennan stole the ball off a player at 40 yards and ran in and took a low 22 yard shot that was saved by the sprawling goalie at 15 yards. Actually back up goalie Amardeep Kharod shared the shutout when he came in at 81 minutes to earn some playing time. Claudio Perri had to be sharp in the net to keep the score down when the Wolves were forced to open the game up in the second half and he had to make some point blank saves on Lions breakaways. He also had to the edge of his box or outside it to make clearances of through balls.

Referee Gianni Facchini gave out a few Yellow cards in what was not a rough game. The Wolves were more upset at the referee’s assistants because only about 50% of their offside traps earned them the call they wanted.

The game was certainly a contrast to last Sunday night’s game when the Wolves were in the GTA to play Toronto Croatia and the game couldn’t be started because of a thunderstorm. Wolves then went home on Wednesday and tied Italia Shooters. The Lions scored five goals in last week’s game against North York Astros.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

Lions starters

Wolves starters

Lions kick off

Lions Agustin DeMedina passes ball in Wolves end.

Wolves Joe Conte clears ball from own end.

Wolves on rush

Wolves Stefan Kamendy on run.

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