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Result of the Saturday August 6, 2011 CSL game between Toronto Croatia and Capital City FC played at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke at 8:30pm.
Toronto Croatia (blue socks, white shorts and numbers, red shirts)
.......................12 Antonio Ilic
21 Lee Hagedorn...4 Sven Arapovic...7 Halburto Harris...15 Ainsley Deer
25 Daniel Niksic...11 Boris Tomac...14 Augustin DeMedina...23 Tonci Pirija (cpt)
..............10 Bozenko Lesina...8 Hayden Fitzwilliams
Subs:...13 Ivan Skoko (gk)....3 Connor Mullana (def)...5 Jonatan Bustamante (mid)...6 Mario Kulis (def)...9 Hugo Herrera (fwd)
...19 Niko Pesa (fwd)...20 Alex Arbelo (mid)
team officials:...head coach Velimer Crljan...massage therapist Rachel Leroux
Capital City FC (all black, black numbers inside white outline)
.........................1 Clinton Irwin (cpt)
3 Julien Edwards...12 Casey Cordray...5 Joel Bagby...24 Andre Manders
13 Kenny Caceros...4 Collin Harrison...10 Damiem Rolan Merette...25 Akil Defreitas
.................9 William Beauge...15 Sullivan Silva
Subs:...22 Karl Gouabe (gk)...2 Taylor Benjamin (def)...14 Garrett Webb (fwd)...17 Francis Le Tourneau (def)...18 Evryo Junior Ellis (fwd)
...19 Nathaniel Foster (fwd)...21 Odaine Demar (def)
team officials:...head coach Shaun Harris...assistant coach Kevin Lawson...physions Brendan Hickey and Sunya Rego
Game officials:...referee Hassane Riffai...referee's assistants Ljubisa Vrljes and Steve Senderovitch...fourth official Ben Jacobs...(neon yellow shirts, black shorts and socks)
1st Half:...game starts 8:34pm...TC defend south end on this hot, very humid night. The rain had stopped before the game and is overcast.
There's a light drizzling rain later in the first half.
2 min...TC Tomac blasts 30 yard shot down middle is just wide left of post.
5 min...TC DeMedina 30 yard freekick blast is blocked in player wall.
8 min...TC Lesina taps 8 yarder up middle wide right of net.
10 min...TC Fitzwilliams loops shot with back to net from 15 yards on left that's caught by goalie.
12 min...CCFC Merette rolls 22 yard shot up middle that's smothered by goalie.
14 min...TC Boris Tomac GOAL...Tomac in crowd of players blasts 25 yarder up the middle into top left corner of net beyond flying
goalie Clinton Irwin.
16 min...CCFC Caceros cornerkick is tapped out to CCFC Edwards who crosses in from 25 yards and CCFC player heads from left. CCFC Cordray
rolls 20 yard shot wide right of net.
19 min...TC Lesina cuts direction in middle and shoots 25 yarder down middle over net as he falls.
22 min...TC Niksic rolls cross that sliding defender knocks over line for cornerkick.
22 min...TC Pirija cornerkick from right and partial clearance on header has TC Niksic shoot over net from 25 yards.
25 min...TC Hagedorn 40 yard cross from right is wide left of net.
29 min...CCFC goalie flubs clearance and ball deflects wide left for a cornerkick.
30 min...TC Pirija cornerkick from left has TC Fitzwilliams nod header from 4 yards but but its behind net on right.
34 min...TC Hayden Fitzwilliams GOAL...TC Tonci Pirija in middle at 22 yards pushes pass to left and Fitzwilliams shoots low 15 yarder to far right
corner of net past goalie diving at 5 yards.
35 min...CCFC player's 30 yard freekick blast up middle is blocked by defender.
37 min...TC Lesina chests ball down on cross at 10 yards but can't control ball.
38 min...CCFC sub...Ellis replaces someone.
39 min...CCFC Caceros 40 yard freekick from left has goalie step forward and punch ball forward out of box.
47 min...TC YELLOW card...Lesina earns it for tapping ball away after an offside call at 20 yards.
48 min...TC YELLOW card...Niksic earns it for sliding tackle on TC 40 yard sideline.
48 min...half ends 10:22pm.
The referee talks to both coaches about a post half scuffle.
2nd Half:...starts 9:39pm.
48 min...TC YELLOW card...De Medina earns it for injurying CCFC Beauge at TC 40yards.
48 min...CCFC player's 42 yard freekick from left is cleared from edge of box.
50 min...CCFC YELLOW card...Cordray earns it on delayed call for tugging on TC Tomac.
51 min...CCFC Ellis long run through middle but checked on edge of box.
53 min...TC Fitzwilliams is injured at CCFC 35 yards.
54 min...TC Pirija 40 yard freekick from left is headed away by defender.
55 min...CCFC Beauge blasts low 25 yarder up middle that diving goalie saves on left post.
56 min...CCFC Defreitas on rush has TC Hagedorn get to ball on right of box to clear.
59 min...CCFC Silva cross from left has sliding TC Arapovic knock ball behind end line.
60 min...CCFC player's cornerkick from right has defender clear.
60 min...CCFC Silva blasts low 12 yard shot from right that goalie smothers.
61 min...TC Deer is injured at CCFC 20 yards on left sideline.
62 min...TC Pirija 40 yard freekick from left sideline has defender head ball away.
62 min...CCFC player's freekick from 40 yards on right has defender clear. Another player's 35 yard chip bounces to goalie.
64 min...CCFC Edwards cross from 25 yards on right has goalie flying forward knock down at 10 yards in middle and crawl to smother ball.
66 min...CCFC Silva 22 yard freekick is low and into wall. CCFC Caceros blasts 25 yard rebound down middle and over net.
70 min...TC Pirija 38 yard freekick from left has defender in box head ball away.
73 min...CCFC sub...Foster replaces Silva.
74 min...CCFC Caceros 25 yard freekick from right is over players in box and bounces for throw-in.
75 min...TC sub...Bustamante replaces Niksic.
76 min...CCFC Caceros 25 yard freekick from left is low and eventually cleared from box with no shot.
78 min...CCFC sub...Demar replaces Harrison.
78 min...CCFC Defreitas flubs 8 yard shot that bounces to goalie.
79 min...CCFC Demar 60 yard freekick from left is wide right for goalkick but just steps ahead of charging CCFC players.
80 min...TC sub...Arbelo replaces De Medina.
........CCFC sub...Webb replaces someone.
81 min...CCFC Defreitas 22 yard bent shot from left is caught by goalie.
82 min...TC Tomac rush is upright and low cross from end line is caught by diving goalie.
84 min...TC sub...Herrera replaces Lesina.
85 min...CCFC Silva 60 yard freekick up middle bounces through players wide left for a goalkick.
86 min...CCFC Webb leaps to get to 55 yard cross and heads just over net from 10 yards on left.
89 min...TC Fitzwilliams rush on left and ball rolled through box from 25 yards is over line for goalkick.
91 min...TC player's 45 yard freekick from left has TC Herrera turn and left 18 yard shot from left that flying goalie palms wide right of net.
91 min...TC player's cornerkick from right has defender head ball away.
94 min...CCFC YELLOW card...Caceros earns it for argueing TC freekick call at CCFC 50 yards.
95 min...CCFC RED card...Akil Defreitas earns a direct ejection from referee Hassane Rifai for a vicious sliding tackle on TC Boris Tomac at CCFC
35 yard right sideline injurying him.
96 min...TC Bustamante 33 yard freekick from right is bounced left through box.
97 min...game ends 10:31pm.
Final Score:......Toronto Croatia........2...........Capital City FC........0.......
Attendance was about 125 on this hot and humid evening with a light drizzle falling for much of the game.
Capital City looked tired as the night wore on. They had played the night before in London. Many of their freekicks and cornerkicks were over the players they were meant for and bounced harmlessly out of play.
Antonio Ilic earned the shutout for Toronto Croatia by making a few key saves. Most other shots were from a great distance or blocked by defenders before getting to him. The dangerous second half ones were at 55 minutes when CCFC William Beauge blasted a low 25 yarder up the middle that Ilic dived to save on the left post, at 60 minutes when CCFC Sullivan Silva blasted a low 12 yard shot from the right that he smothered, at 64 minutes when CCFC Julien Edwards crossed from 25 yards on the right that had him fly forward to knock the ball down at 10 yards in the middle and crawl to smother the ball, and at 78 minutes when CCFC Akil Defreitas flubbed an 8 yard shot that bounced to him.
Capital City wore black names and numbers on their black uniforms so it was very difficult to tell them apart. This is not the American Olympic basketball team with white on white so no superstar will feel more important than any other teammate. Real fans could tell that team apart. CCFC will never attain this recognition especially on the road where fans in each city will see them once a year.
Capital City had a chance to leap into a tie for first place with SC Toronto although SCT has three games in hand. Instead they stay in second because Montreal Impact Academy lost earlier in the day to Brantford Galaxy. Toronto Croatia with tonight's win jump two teams and move into fifth place. With their games in hand, if they win them, they can pass everyone except SC Toronto as both of them have only played 13 games so far this season.
Rocket Robin
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Croatia starters
Capital City starters
Croatia players wait to kickoff.
TC Augustin De Medina takes freekick.
TC Hayden Fitzwilliams on sideline.
CCFC second half kickoff.
Action in midfield
CCFC freekick
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