July 22, 2011 CSL--Toronto Croatia vs Brampton City United (by Rocket Robin)

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Result of the Friday July 22, 2011 CSL game between Toronto Croatia and Brampton City United played at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke at 8:00pm.

Toronto Croatia (blue socks, white shorts and numbers, red shirts)

..........................1 Sandi Matika
6 Mario Kulis...4 Sven Arapovic...7 Halburto Harris...15 Ainsley Deer
21 Lee Hagedorn...14 Augustin De Medina...23 Tonci Pirija (cpt)...11 Boris Tomac
.................10 Marin Vucimilovic Grgic...9 Hugo Herrera

Subs:...12 Antonio Ilic (gk)...5 Jonatan Bustamante (mid)...16 Tomislav Leko (mid)...19 Niko Pesa (fwd)...20 Alex Arbelo (mid)
...25 Daniel Niksic (mid)
team officials:...head coach Velimir Crljan...assistant coach Miodrag Akmadzic...manager Ivan Kulis...assistant manager Perica Arapovic

Brampton City United (white socks and shirts, navy shorts and numbers)

.........................1 Kodzo Awitor
12 Kevin McIntosh...5 Giovanni Annisi...14 Greg Skoczylas...3 Denny Velastegui
6 Andrew Da Silva (cpt)...15 Marcos Nunes...16 David Velastagui...4 Cameron Medwin
..................10 Richard West...7 Kevin Omokhua

Subs:...00 Jacob Matthews (gk)...2 Arman Grewal (def)...8 Tarik Robertson (mid)...9 Jeremy Shepherd (fwd)...11 Quante Abbott-Hill-Smith (def)
...17 Judah Hernandez (fwd)...18 David Ferreira (def)
team officials:...assistant coaches Joan J Barreto and Pernell Mason...manager Michael DiMatteo

Game officials:...referee Rich Oliveira...referee's assistants Vito Curalli and Mike Bradley...fourth official Alex Vaughan...(all black uniforms, neon yellow trim)

1st Half:...game starts 8:06pm...TC defend north end.
3 min...TC Marin Vucimilovic-Grgic GOAL...TC Tonci Pirija sends in through ball pass to 30 yards for Grgic who runs in and rolls 15 yard shot under sprawling goalie Kodzo Awitor at 8 yards.
6 min...TC Vucimilovic Grgic rush on right and low cross has sliding TC Herrera just miss at 6 yards.
10 min...TC DeMedina taps over freekick from 25 yards to center and TC 11 blasts roller from 22 yards that goalie smothers.
12 min...BCU Omokhua gets to bouncer at 25 yards and chips goalie but ball bounces wide right.
15 min...TC Deer rush near left end likne and cross has TC Hagedorn miss connecting at 8 yards.
16 min...BCU West rolls cross from left 20 yards that BCU Velastegui deliberately oversteps so BCU player shoots 10 yarder as he falls. The shot is blocked and hits him on the arm for whistle.
23 min...BCU Nunes 15 yard shot from right deflects off defender and pops up for goalie to catch.
27 min...TC Harris blasts ball from 35 yards well over net. TC Deer rushes up field from 45 yards on short freekick and cross into box has defender clear in crowd of players.
29 min...TC Vucimilovic Grgic cross from left after run downfield and TC Hagedorn misses 10 yard shot by a step in middle.
30 min...TC Hagedorn rush on right and cross from 15 yards has BCU Annisi kick behind net.
32 min...TC player crosses from 20 yards along right end line and goalie catches and TC Arapovic plows into him. The goalie hangs on but is injured.
........TC YELLOW card...Arapovic earns it for his part in the last play.
36 min...BCU YELLOW card...Da Silva earns it for somthing at BCU 30 yards.
38 min...BCU Da Silva knocks over TC De Medina at center line.
38 min...BCU goalie catches 20 yard shot from left.
39 min...BCU Velastagui gets into bouncer that goalie fumbles at 10 yards.
40 min...TC Herrera leaps for cross from left from 15 yards and pops header wide right from 6 yards.
41 min...BCU Da Silva 45 yard freekick has goalie catch.
42 min...BCU Richard West GOAL...West gets pass at 12 yards on left from BCU Cam Medwin and nutmegs sprawling goalie Sandi Matika at 5 yards into right side of net.
43 min...BCU Omokhua falls over in box but tap over at 12 yards has BCU Nunes shot blocked.
45 min...BCU YELLOW card...Nunes earns it for something at BCU 35 yards.
45 min...TC player's 35 yard freekick tapped over to right and ball shot into box where frantic kicking including bicycle kick but nothing was on net and the ball is finally cleared.
46 min...half ends 8:52pm.

2nd Half:...starts 9:09pm.
halftime sub...BCU Hernandez replaces Nunes.
47 min...TC goalie catches 40 yard shot from left.
47 min...BCU Judah Hernandez GOAL...Hernandez bends 25 yarder from right into left side of net beyond flying goalie.
50 min...BCU YELLOW card...Skoczylas earns it for tackle at BCU 30 yards.
50 min...TC Tomac blasts 30 yard freekick down middle is well over net.
52 min...BCU YELLOW card...Velastequi earns it for something at right corner flag.
53 min...TC Pirija freekick from right cornerflag has BCU Da Silva heads away for throw-in.
58 min...TC sub...Pesa replaces Herrera.
59 min...BCU Medwin 40 yard freekick from right has goalie palm ball wide left for cornerkick.
60 min...TC YELLOW card...Tomac earns it for tackle on BCU Hernandez at TC 25 yards on right.
63 min...BCU Medwin 40 yard freekick from right has goalie catch.
63 min...TC Deer shanks shot from 30 yards that spins for throw-in.
64 min...TC sub...Niksic replaces Kulis.
65 min...BCU McIntosh tugs on TC player who can't draw Penalty kick.
66 min...BCU Velastagui rolls shot from 22 yards that goalie picks up.
67 min...TC RED cards...manager Ivan Kulis and assistant coach Miodrag Akmadzic are ejected by referee Rich Oliveira for continuing to complain about a non-call of what they thought should have been a Penalty kick two minutes earlier.
70 min...BCU Omokhua rolls 25 yarder from left wide right of net.
71 min...TC sub...Bustamante replaces De Medina(? or at 73 minutes).
72 min...TC Vucimilovic Grgic rush on left and low cross by defender has TC Pesa take 8 yard shot that goalie makes point blank stop.
72 min...TC YELLOW card...Niksic earns it for tackle at BCU 35 yards.
73 min...TC sub...Arbelo replaces someone (or this might be when De Medina was replaced).
74 min...TC Vucimilovic Grgic low 25 yard shot from left on run bounces to goalie.
75 min...TC Vucimilovic Grgic pass from left has sliding TC Arbelo poke ball into outside left webbing of net.
77 min...TC Pirija 22 yard freekick from far left well over net.
79 min...TC Harris makes block on BCU shot from 15 yards.
80 min...BCU Da Silva blasts 30 yard shot is well over net.
81 min...TC Pesa checked off ball in box at 7 yards before getting away shot.
82 min...TC Vucimilovic Grgic cross from left is blocked by defender.
84 min...TC Alex Arbelo GOAL...TC Ainsley Deer takes 40 yard freekick from left sent into crowd of players in box that has Arbelo in open space get to ball and kick in 7 yarder from left into net.
86 min...BCU sub...Shepherd replaces Omokhua.
88 min...BCU Medwin given pass down middle and one-touches 18 yard shot over net.
90 min...BCU RED card...Denny Velastegui earns his second Yellow card (his first was at 52 minutes) after BCU actually were given a favourable call on a TC offside. It must have been for something he said.
93 min...TC Bustamante shoots 30 yarder well over net from right on sky ball.
95 min...TC Pirija cornerkick from left has defender chest ball behind net.
96 min...TC Pirija cornerkick from left has TC Arbelo get to ball he heads down and shoots 7 yarder off bar.
96 min...BCU Shepherd on 1 on 1 rush has shot wide left from 25 yards down middle.
97 min...BCU sub...Ferreira replaces injured Velastagui.
98 min...game finally ends at 10:02pm.

Final Score:........Toronto Croatia........2........Brampton City United........2......

Attendance was about 120 with support for both teams on this hot and humid and overcast evening. There had been a pre-game sprinkling of rain but no more fell until the game was over.

Toronto Croatia's new signing Marin Vucemilovic-Grgic didn't take long to make his presence felt with a goal at 3 minutes. He played for Croatian team NK Mosor Zmovnica who played in the Croatian 2nd division but were relegated to the 3rd division at the end of the just completed 2010-2011 season. The town of Zmovnica is on the Croatian coast near Split which was where Toronto Croatia played and won a world Croatian tournament a few weeks ago. Vucemilovic-Grgic is age 23. He was double-teamed for some of the game and adjusted by sending in passes to teammates. Best non-scoring chance was at 72 minutes when he rushed in on the left and sent a low cross by a defender that had TC Niko Pesa take an 8 yard shot that had the goalie stand and make a point blank save.

To beat that for efficiency, Judah Hernandez came in at the beginning of the second half and scored in the first two minutes.

A 2-2 tie was a fair result although both teams had chances to win this game.

After the tieing goal, at 88 minutes BCU Cameron Medwin was given a pass down the middle and one touched an 18 yard shot over the net. At 96 minutes TC Tonci Pirija's cornerkick from the left had TC Alex Arbelo get to the ball and head it down and shoot a 7 yarder off the bar. That same minute BCU Jeremy Shepherd was on a 1 on 1 rush and had his shot down the middle from 25 yards sail wide left of the net.

BCU had Kodzo Awitor as the goalie tonight with Jacob Matthews as the back-up. Awitor started the last name after regular goalie Roy Blanche was serving a suspension from receiving a Red card the game before. From what I've heard, Blanche has signed a contract for a team in Qatar.

This was a game between the seventh and eighth place teams—the last playoff spots. Both teams have a better than .500 record but Toronto Croatia although in eighth four points behind Brampton have three games in hand. Both teams will be playing on Sunday.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

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