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Result of the Saturday July 9, 2011 CSL game between TFC Academy vs Toronto Croatia played at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke at 2:00pm.

TFC Academy (all red, white numbers, black sleeves)

........................30 Chad Bush
14 Charles Dakar...3 Nathan Kelsey...4 Jordan Murrell (cpt)...5 Tyler Pasher
..........16 Omari Morris...19 Matt Gold...43 Michael Wagenknecht
...........9 Stefan Vukovic...10 Sergio Camargo...11 Tristan Jackman

Subs:...1 Angelo Cavalluzzo (gk)...6 Christopher Mannella (mid)...7 Joshua Gross (def)...8 Michael Petrasso (def)...18 Michael Bilak (fwd)
...21 Keith Makubuya (fwd)...47 Evan Brandon John (def)
team officials:...head coach Danny Dichio...assistant coach Michael Stefano...goaltending coach Paolo Ceccarelli...massage therapist Sebastian Buitragio

Toronto Croatia (all navy, white numbers)

.....................12 Antonio Ilic
8 Halburto Harris...4 Sven Arapovic...6 Mario Kulis...15 Ainsley Deer
11 Boris Tomac...25 Daniel Niksic...23 Tonci Pirija...10 Christopher Leko
...............20 Alex Arbelo...22 Tomislav Ples

Subs:...3 Jonatan Bustamante (mid)...9 Hugo Herrera (fwd)...14 Niko Pesa (fwd)...16 Tomislav Leko (mid)
team officials:...coach Miodrag Akmadzic...manager Perica Arapovic

Game offiicals:...referee Steve Senderovich...referee's assistants Andrew Wiles and Alex Themistocleous...fourth official Hassane Rifai ...(neon yellow shirts, black shorts and socks)

1st Half:...game starts 2:03pm...TFCA defend north end on this hot and humid day with a bright sun in the southwest.
I was caught in a traffic jam getting here and missed the first four minutes of action.
6 min...TC Arapovic just nods 7 yard header wide left on TC Pirija freekick from 25 yards on right.
7 min...TFCA Pasher 25 yard cross from right has TFCA Wagenknecht kick 7 yarder over net.
12 min...TFCA goalie just beats TC Harris to through ball making 8 yard block on dive.
16 min...TFCA Camargo feeds ball forward for TFCA Vukovic at 15 yards but defenders check ball away.
17 min...TC player's rush on left and cross from 25 yards has defenders clear ball as not TC forwards are in box.
18 min...TFCA Vukovic rolls pass across box on run to 15 yards on right and defender clears behind net.
19 min...TFCA Camargo cornerkick from right is over players and TFCA Pasher lines up 25 yard blast just over net.
21 min...TC Niksic 35 yard freekick from right has TC Pirija head ball down from 8 yards which bounces to goalie.
22 min...TC Niksic cross from 15 yards on right end line is caught by goalie.
23 min...TC Ples on left run passes short center to TC Deer who shoots wide right from 15 yards.
24 min...TC Tomac dekes defender on left and rolls cross cleared for cornerkick by sliding defender.
25 min...TC Pirija cornerkick from left has defender swat through box.
25 min...TC Pirija cornerkick from right has defenders head away.
26 min...TFCA Morris break through has defender kick for cornerkick.
27 min...TFCA player's cornerkick from left has goalie punch away.
28 min...TC goalie clears from TFCA Vukovic at 10 yards.
33 min...TFCA Morris rush to right end line and 10 yard cross is caught by goalie at near post.
33 min...TC goalie Antonio Ilic grabs at foot of TFCA Stefan Vukovic as he ran by him at 10 yards for a shot on goal. Referee Steve Senderovich gives Ilic a Yellow card and awards a Penalty shot.
34 min...TFCA Stefan Vukovic GOAL...Vukovic takes a low Penalty kick to the left that the diving goalie blocks. Vukovic gets the rebound back at almost the same spot he took the shot but a bit to his left. With the defenders slow to react he has time to take a low 10 yard shot to the now empty right side of the net.
39 min...TC goalie runs left to grab high pass in front of TFCA Vukovic at 10 yards.
40 min...TC YELLOW card...Tomac earns it for check on TFCA Kelsey at TFCA 33 yards.
41 min...TC goalie clears ball before TFCA Morris can get to it.
42 min...TC Arapovic leaves field for dressing room.
46 min...TFCA Camargo is given through ball pass up middle and 20 yard chip of goalie is also over net.
46 min...half ends 2:49pm.

2nd Half:...starts 3:02pm.
48 min...TC Deer low cross from 25 yards near end line has goalie dive forward to smother to stop TC player ready to make tap-in.
49 min...TC Tomac is injured in TFCA box on action in box. He's down until 52 minutes with a shoulder injury.
53 min...TC YELLOW card...Arbelo earns if for clip on ankles on TFCA Vukovic at TC 50 yards.
57 min...TFCA John (didn't know when he came into game) low 30 yard shot up middle is smothered by goalie.
58 min...TC sub...Herrera replaces Tomac.
58 min...TFCA Camargo cornerkick from left has TFCA Gold 25 yard blast is blocked by defender.
61 min...TC Ples cuts inside TFCA Pasher and low 18 yard shot bounces to goalie.
63 min...TFCA Sergio Camargo GOAL...Camargo rushes up the middle and avoids passing to the offside TFCA Omari Morris who wisely freezes. Camargo keeps rushing and takes a shot into the open net from 8 yards as he'd ran past the goalie standing at 12 yards.
63 min...TC sub...Bustamante replaces Leko.
........TFCA sub...Gross replaces Pasher.
66 min...TC sub...Pesa replaces Ples.
69 min...TC goalie slides out to grab through ball before TFCA Vukovic can get to it.
71 min...TC sub...Leko replaces Niksic.
72 min...TFCA YELLOW card...Kelsey earns it for trip of TC Arbelo at TFCA 22 yards.
72 min...TC player blasts 25 yard freekick into player wall and ball is cleared.
73 min...TFCA sub...Petrasso replaces Morris.
75 min...TFCA Vukovic has arm grabbed by goalie on right and TFCA player gets to ball on defender/goalie miscue and TFCA Camargo bicycle kick from 7 yards is wide right.
80 min...TFCA sub...Bilak replaces Jackman.
.........TFCA sub...Makubuya replaces Vukovic.
81 min...TC player's 50 yard freekick from left has defendeer head ball away in box.
84 min...TFCA sub...Mannella replaces Gold.
86 min...TFCA Makubuya is pushed pass over to right and he skies shot over box from 15 yards.
88 min...TFCA Makubuya shot from 12 yards on right end line is over net.
90 min...TC Harris rushes through middle and shoots 18 yarder over net.
92 min...TC Arapovic long throw-in and TC Deer heads centering pass and TC Herrera heads 6 yarder that goalie palms over net.
92 min...TC player's cornerkick from right is wasted.
93 min...TFCA Petrasso avoids passing and 25 yard shot through defenders in middle is caught by goalie.
93 min...TFCA YELLOW card...Gross earns it for clip on TC Harris at TFCA 47 yards.
94:20 min...game ends 3:51pm.

Final Score:........TFC Academy.............2................Toronto Croatia..............0..............

Attendance was about 60 people on this hot and humid afternoon. This game was played at Centennial Stadium which is the home stadium of Toronto Croatia and Serbian White Eagles. I expect the game was NOT scheduled in the downtown Toronto core to avoid traffic problems with the Molson Indy at the CNE grounds. Lamport Stadium is not on the exhibition grounds but is very close by. I was caught in a different traffic jam crossing east to west for lane repairs and missed the first four minutes of the game.

Chad Bush earned the shutout for TFCA and had to make a few stops to earn the win.

Best non scoring chances were at 6 minutes when TC Tonci Pirija took a 25 yard freekick from the right and TC Sven Arapovic nodded a 7 yard header wide left of the post. One minute later TFCA Tyler Pasher sent in a 25 yard cross from the right that had TFCA Michael Wagenknecht kick a 7 yard shot over the net. In first half injury time TFCA Camargo was given a through ball pass up the middle and he took a 20 yard chip over the goalie but also over the net. At 75 minutes TFCA Vukovic had his arm grabbed by the goalie on the right but he tapped a pass between the goalie and a defender miscue over to TFCA Tristan Jackman who took a bicycle kick from 7 yards that went wide right of the net. At 92 minutes TC Arapovic took a long throw-in from the right and TC Niko Pesa headed a centering pass and TC Hugo Herrera headed a 6 yarder that the goalie palmed over the net on about the only TC shot of the entire second half.

Toronto Croatia didn't look good at all. I noticed a few of their regulars were missing. CSL League administrator Pino Jazbec answered me after the game that five players stayed for an extra week's vacation in Croatia after Toronto Croatia won the international tournament in that country. Star player Tihomir Maletic was one of the five players who stayed behind. TC coach today was Miodrag Akmadzic rather than Velimir Crljen.

TFC Academy certainly deserved to win today. They have at last had their players away at the U-17 World Cup return to the lineup. MLS players Matt Gold as a midfield starter until 84 minutes and striker Keith Makubuya who subbed in at 80 minutes were the only players 'slumming it' by playing in this game. Makubuya was a graduate of the Academy last year while Gold was an MLS draft pick and was a college player before this year. After the game a punchline to a joke told by one of the the players while they wound down was to say to Gold they'd be to his wine and cheese party later...as Gold is already 23 while most of the TFCA players would be too young to be the legal drinking age. (in Ontario that's age 19).

Best players I thought were forwards Stefan Vukovic like I say most games and Omari Morris who has the build and speed of the MLS team's Joao Plata.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

no 'lineup' photos as I missed the first few minutes of the game.


TC Christopher Leko (10) on rush.


TC Ainsley Deer on run up sideline.


TFCA Stefan Vukovic lines up Penalty kick.


TFCA Stefan Vukovic takes Penalty kick.


TC Boris Tomac tries to make something happen on his own.


TC goalie Antonio Ilic makes big save on TFCA Omari Morris.


TFCA Stefan Vukovic (9) and Sergio Camargo line up for second half kickoff.


TC Hugo Herrera with ball.


TC player's freekick.

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