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Result of the Sunday August 7, 2011 CSL game between Mississauga Eagles FC and London City played at Hershey Fields in Mississauga at 7:00pm.

Mississauga Eagles (all white, green numbers and one stripe on chest)

.....................5 Melford James Jr
17 Mohammed Habibzi...16 Shawn MacDonald...13 Antoine Paul...15 Dante Monti
...........9 Shawn Brown...19 James Langlois...4 Ivan Juric
...........23 Jose Melo...27 Dave Simpson (cpt)...3 Tristan Scott

Subs:...22 Allen Tiano (gk)...8 David Guzman (mid)...10 Damion Scott (mid)...11 Omar Nakeeb (fwd)...20 Jose De Sousa (mid) ...26 Kwesi Klass (def)...30 Orane Swaby (mid)
team officials:...head coach Josef Komlodi...assistant coach Paul Dhillion...goalkeeping coach Bogdan Brasoveaunu ...assistant manager Alex Szczofka...physio Peter Kim

London City (all black, white numbers)

....................33 Fabian Knezevic
17 Justin Marques...18 Brody Van Gestel...2 Erald Pope...16 David Harriman Duke
.........14 Ermal Murataj (cpt)...6 Thomas Beattie...7 Elvir Gigolaj
.........15 Younan Samra...20 Genti Buzali...11 Eris Tafaj

Subs:...1 Scott Chalmers (gk)...10 Michael Marcoccia (mid)...12 Matsuo Yo (mid)...13 Lucian Birnaure (mid)...19 David Inglas (def) ...23 Christopher Harrington (mid)...27 Reece Benjamin (def)
team officials:...head coach Luka Shaqiri...manager Ryan Gauss...medical official Nathalie Gagnon-Wease...club offical Josh Caranci

Game officials:...referee Matt Arduini...referee's assistants Alexis Vaughan and Sharon Welsby...fourth official Matt Chapiany...(neon yellow shirts, black shorts and socks)

1st Half:...game starts 7:04pm...MEFC defend southe end on this warm evening.
1 min...MEFC Simpson high cross from left end line is over box recross bounces to goalie.
1 min...MEFC Melo 15 yard shot on left deflects for cornerkick.
2 min...MEFC Melo cornerkick on left has goalie punch ball away.
7 min...MEFC Tristan Scott crosses behind net near 20 yards on left endline.
9 min...MEFC Melo give and go with MEFC Simpson who taps him over pass on rundown center and low 18 yard shot is spun off diving goalie at 10 yards and defender kicks wide left for throw-in.
11 min...MEFC RED card...Ivan Juric is directly ejected from the game by referee Matt Arduini for a sliding tackle on LC Brody Van Gestel at LC 45 yards. Gestel wasn't subbed and returned to the game at 18 minutes.
14 min...LC Samra chips 45 yard shot from right is high and left over net.
15 min...MEFC Brown passes from left to MEFC Simpson who takes low 25 yard shot up middle that's smothered by goalie.
16 min...LC Tafaj cornerkick from right is over players in box and out left side of box.
18 min...LC Van Gestel returns to field at last.
19 min...MEFC Brown low cross from 22 yards near left end line is cleared by defender for throw-in.
21 min...MEFC MacDonald cornerkick from right has MEFC Simpson rolls low 20 yard shot from left that goalie picks up.
22 min...LC Samra rushes to ball on right and 25 yard shot is deflected to LC Buzali on right. LC Buzali taps pass over to LC Murataj who charges to blast 25 yarder down middle just wide right of net.
24 min...MEFC Monti 28 yard shot from left is bent well wide left.
25 min...MEFC Brown cuts towards middle from left sideline at 30 yards and cut 25 yard shot over net.
26 min...LC players continuously pass to LC Samra down right wing but no shot is taken.
28 min...LC Harriman Duke rolls pass forward on left for charging LC Gigolaj but goalie beats him to pick up ball.
31 min...MEFC Melo chips 40 yard freekick down left and MEFC Simpson is checked off ball on left edge of box.
........MEFC YELLOW card...Simpson earns it for pushing incident on last play.
33 min...LC Gigolaj flubs 22 yard shot down middle and goalie picks up.
35 min...MEFC Melo 25 yard freekick from right is over player wall and caught by goalie.
37 min...MEFC Brown cross out from 20 yards on right end line. MEFC Tristan Scott heads ball forward down middle from 15 yards and MEFC Simpson heads 6 yarder onto top of net.
38 min...MEFC Melo low 22 yard shot from right is smothered by goalie.
39 min...LC Beattie chips 40 yard freekick from left that defender heads away.
42 min...MEFC Brown diving header from 6 yards on left is wide left as MEFC Melo crosses over four defenders to find him.
45 min...MEFC Simpson holds onto ball on edge of box against three and stubs pass to MEFC Tristan Scott down middle just over net on shot from 15 yards.
47 min...MEFC Melo chips 30 yard freekick from left into right side of box and ball eventually cleared.
47 min...half ends 7:51pm.

2nd Half:...starts 8:07pm.
halftime sub...LC Birnaure replaces Marques.
46 min...LC Tafaj cornerkick from right is kicked around in box and no handball call is given.
47 min...MEFC Simpson run down right and cross from 20 yards on endline is behind net. LC Murataj was hurt at LC 25 yards earlier in play.
49 min...MEFC MacDonald low 25 yard shot from right is wide left as no one charges to get pass.
50 min...MEFC Brown beats defender on charge down right and crosses over box.
53 min...LC Beattie eludes defender grabs and turns and fires 20 yard shot from left wide left of net.
56 min...LC Gigolaj pushes ball over end line on right when pressured by defender.
57 min...MEFC sub...Guzman replaces Tristan Scott.
.........LC sub...Marcoccia replaces Buzali.
59 min...MEFC Guzman 35 yard shot from left is wide left of net.
60 min...MEFC Brown charges to save ball on right end line and low cross is through box.
61 min...MEFC Guzman 25 yard low cross from left is saved by goalie diving forward.
62 min...MEFC YELLOW card...Habibzi earns it for football tackle on LC Gigolaj at MEFC 40 yards.
64 min...MEFC Dave Simpson GOAL...MEFC David Guzman cross from left from 25 yards has Simpson stop at 15 yards and spin around defender to get away 12 yard shot down middle into top center of net over goalie Fabian Knezevic.
66 min...LC sub...Harrington replaces Pope who is injured.
67 min...MEFC Brown rush down midddle as defender retreats and 18 yard shot is caught by flying goalie.
69 min...LC Samra cornerkick from right is through box and LC Marcoccia shoots 22 yarder from left wide left of net.
70 min...MEFC Melo blasts 30 yard freekick up middle just over bar.
71 min...MEFC Guzman gets cross pass in center at 28 yards and runs to left and cuts low 25 yard shot that's smothered by goalie.
72 min...LC Gigolaj gets pass up right and charges to 30 yards and low shot is smothered by goalie.
73 min...MEFC Guzman cross from left 25 yards bounces through box as MEFC Simpson is knocked over.
74 min...MEFC Brown dekes goalie on right at 8 yards but defender prevents shot. MEFC Simpson can't get to pass across box and MEFC Guzman on left shoots 15 yarder into outside webbing of net.
75 min...MEFC sub...Damion Scott replaces Brown.
.........LC sub...Benjamin replaces Harriman Duke.
77 min...MEFC Melo gets pass on right and 22 yard cross from right is wide left for goalkick. There were no MEFC players far enough in so MEFC Melo should have aimed at goal.
78 min...LC Marcoccia 22 yard low shot through defenders on left is smothered by goalie.
79 min...LC Samra can't draw Penalty kick on rush on right and ball rolls for goalie to smother.
81 min...LC YELLOW card...Benjamin earns it for grabbing MEFC Simpson on rush down left.
81 min...MEFC Melo 30 yard freekick from left has defender leap to head ball out of box.
83 min...MEFC Melo flick header from 30 yards has MEFC Simpson away up middle but defender slides to block at 15 yards.
83 min...MEFC Harriman Duke cross from end line on right is into outside webbing of net.
86 min...LC Tafaj 25 yard freekick from left has partial clearance and LC Marcoccia rusn to right and crosses through box that LC Gigolaj flies on left at 5 yards and heads wide right.
86 min...MEFC Simpson blasts low 20 yard shot from right that hits left post.
87 min...MEFC Simpson cross from right is through box and cleared.
88 min...MEFC YELLOW card...Langlois earns it for tackle on LC Gigolaj at 22 yards.
89 min...LC Beattie 25 yard freekick from left has goalie punch ball out of box.
90 min...MEFC sub...De Sousa replaces Simpson.
90 min...MEFC goalie catches 50 yard chip shot.
93 min...LC YELLOW card...Gigolaj earns it for tackle at MEFC 22 yards injurying defender.
95 min...LC player wins freekick near edge of MEFC box when MEFC defender has ball deflect up and hit his arm.
96 min...LC Beattie freekick from 20 yards on right is blasted into player wall.
96 min...game ends 8:58pm.

Final Score:......Mississauga Eagles FC........1.........London City........0.......

Attendance was about 120 on this warm evening. We were lucky in that it didn't start raining until about 20 minutes after game time. That would effect both their Reserve League teams who started within a few minutes of the conclusion of this game. Two hours to hang around for the main team players from London? Nope, the bus driver confirmed. The main team got here on their own and would drive themselves back. This time of night that would be about three hours away.

With time added, it was over 80 minutes that MEFC were shorthanded. That immediately changed the strategy of the game. London had not got out of their own half until the Red card. After that, the game was very even. Melford James Jr earned the shutout for MEFC having to make a few key saves.

Best non-scoring chances were at 9 minutes when MEFC Jose Melo played a give and go with Dave Simpson who tapped him over a pass on Melo's run down center and his low 18 yard shot was spun off the diving goalie at 10 yards and a defender kicked it wide left for a throw-in. At 37 minutes MEFC Shawn Brown on the right end line crossed out from 10 yards away and MEFC Tristan Scott headed the ball forward down the middle from 15 yards and Simpson headed the ball from 6 yards onto the top of the net. At 42 minutes Melo crossed over four City defenders to find Brown take a diving header from 6 yards on the left just wide left of the post. At 45 minutes Simpson held onto the ball on the edge of the City box against three defenders and stubbed a pass to Scott down the middle who took a shot from 15 yards just over the net. At 67 minutes Brown rushed down the middle as a defender retreated and his 18 yard shot was caught by the flying goalie. 74 minutes found Brown deking the goalie on the right at 8 yards but a defender prevented shot and his cross had Simpson missed in middle but MEFC David Guzman on left shot a 15 yarder into the outside webbing of the net. At 78 minutes LC Michael Marcoccia took a 22 yard slow shot through defenders on the left that was smothered by the goalie. 86 minutes had City Eris Tafaj take a 25 yard freekick from the left had MEFC defenders make a partial clearance and LC Marcoccia ran to the right and crossed through the box that LC Elvir Gigolaj flew on left at 5 yards and headed the ball wide right. That same minute MEFC Simpson blasted a low 20 yard shot from the right that hit the left goalpost. Last chance at 96 minutes had LC Thomas Beattie blasted a 20 yard freekick into the player wall.

Eagles record improves to 7-7-1 (8th place, the final playoff spot) after splitting their games on the weekend. They lost Friday night to league leading SC Toronto. London City lost both games this weekend having been defeated by Capital City 5-1 in London on Friday. Their record falls to 1-8-3 for 13th out of 14 teams.

Tonight's game was broadcast by Roger's Community Channel to cable subscribers in Mississauga. I had been hanging around west of Toronto since early this afternoon not getting the message that the game at Victoria Park in Brampton between Brampton City United and York Region Shooters had been cancelled by the City of Brampton because of the wet field. (I could see through the fence and the field didn't look too bad but I wasn't at a good angle). Shooters are from the GTA so this game shouldn't be too difficult to reschedule.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca


Eagles starters


City starters


Eagles kickoff.


ball in midfield.


Eagles Jose Melo freekick into City box.


Eagles Shawn Brown with ball.


Eagles Dante Monti cross to edge of box.


Eagles Jose Melo takes another freekick.


City Elvir Gigolaj on rush.

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