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Result of the Sunday September 4, 2011 CSL game between Mississauga Eagles FC and St Catharines Wolves played at Hershey Fields in Mississauga at 7:00pm.

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

........................12 Melford James Jr
16 Shaun MacDonald...17 Brendon Wellington...13 Antoine Paul...26 Kwesi Klass
10 Martin Artale...15 Gregoire Akcelrod...23 Jose Melo...40 Gala Gabriel Gala
............27 Dave Simpson (cpt)...11 Joevannie Peart

Subs:...22 Joseph Kuta (gk)...3 Tristan Scott (fwd)...6 Darragh Roe (fwd)...7 Jose DeSousa (mid)...14 Omar Nakeeb (fwd)...19 Ryan Borg (def) ...21 James Langlois (mid)
team officials:...head coach Josef Komlodi...goalkeeping coach Bogdan Brasoveanu...assistant manager Tony Costa...physio Peter Kim

St Catharines Wolves (all black, white numbers)

........................21 Claudio Perri (cpt)
2 Danny Gallagher...12 Geoffrey Attard...3 Matthew Waddington...4 Matthew Dimaria
7 Marc Stencel...18 Rudy Pikuzinski...13 Scott MacLennan...8 Dana Heimbecker
...............17 Matthew Contino...9 Calvin Rosario

Subs:...5 Tony Mermigas (fwd)...14 Matthew Cain (fwd)...15 William Janetos (def)
team officials:...head coach Carlo Arghittu...manager Armand DiFruscio...director Angelo Pizzacalla

Game officials:...referee Steve Senderovich...referee's assistants Brian Butler and Jeff Fearnall...fourth official Marie-Soleil Beaudoin ...(neon yellow shirts, black shorts and socks)

1st Half:...game starts 7:04pm...MEFC defends south end.
3 min...MEFC Dave Simpson GOAL...MEFC Jose Melo cross from 20 yards on right is through defenders and Simpson on left post kicks to left short side between goalie Claudio Perri and post from 5 yards.
4 min...MEFC Melo 25 yard shot down middle low and diving goalie saves it.
5 min...MEFC Artale 30 yard shot from right is over net.
9 min...Wolves Contino cross from right 25 yards has Wolves Rosario blasts 9 yarder down middle well over net and back fence.
10 min...MEFC Gala cornerkick from right has leaping MEFC player not able to turn header at 10 yards.
13 min...Wolves Gallagher 45 yard freekick from right is over players on edge of box and bounces wide left.
14 min...MEFC Gala cross from 25 yards on left after run has goalie bat down in crowd of players and ball cleared.
17 min...MEFC Peart rolls ball from 20 yards on left through box and cleared.
17 min...MEFC YELLOW card...Artale for flying tackle on check attempt.
18 min...Wolves Stencel cross from near right cornerflag has defender deflect for cornerkick.
19 min...Wolves MacLennan cornerkick from right has defender near right post clear.
22 min...MEFC MacDonald cross from 25 yards on extreme right has goalie catch.
22 min...MEFC YELLOW card...Melo earns it after whistle for complaining on being knocked down during previous play.
24 min...Wolves Pikuzinski chips 28 yard pass down middle but bounces to goalie.
25 min...MEFC Gala runs down left but cross near cornerflag drifts behind net.
28 min...MEFC Gala chips 18 yard shot from far left and ball lands on top of net.
30 min...MEFC Gala 22 yard cross from left has Wolves Waddington retreat to head for cornerkick.
30 min...MEFC Gala cornerkick from left is partially cleared and MEFC Akcelrod shoots 30 yarder over net.
31 min...MEFC Gala cross from left from 25 yards has MEFC player dive to put ball into net but offside flag was up.
31 min...Rain starts to fall lightly.
34 min...Wolves MacLennan gets tapped back pass and blasts 30 yarder up middle through crowd and over net.
35 min...It's now raining harder.
36 min...Wolves Gallagher 40 yard freekick from left bounces through box and goalie gets hand to on right post to swat away.
37 min...MEFC Gala 25 yard cross from left has MEFC Peart head 6 yarder from right line and goalie charges forward to fly for save.
38 min...Wolves Stencel cross from 25 yards on right and defender on left head ball out for cornerkick.
39 min...MEFC Simpson and MEFC Peart break on 2 on 1 but MEFC repass has defender concede cornerkick.
40 min...MEFC Melo cornerkick from right has defender on right clear ball over end line for another cornerkick.
41 min...MEFC Gala cornerkick from left has goalie dive forward to save header from 8 yards.
42 min...MEFC Peart drops off pass to MEFC Gala and MEFC Melo ends pressure sliding to shoot 15 yard shot up middle wide left.
43:48 min...Referee Steve Senderovich calls a rain delay at 7:49pm with lightning in the distance. The end of the first half was tacked on to the second half except the teams changed ends after two minutes into the restart.

Time passes and it's 8:15pm. It's warming up and still raining hard.

game restarts 8:26pm.
44 min...MEFC goalie charges forward to clear through ball.
45 min...Wolves Contino gets through pass and 10 yard shot down middle is into right webbing of net.
46 min...half ends 8:29pm.

2nd Half:...half starts 8:30pm. Players switches ends.
46 min...MEFC Simpson passes to MEFC Peart who passes back to MEFC Simpson at 8 yards but goalie slides out to make save.
49 min...Wolves Stencel receives cornerkick from right but checked off ball in box.
50 min...MEFC Melo 25 yard roller up middle is blasts wide left of goal.
51 min...Wolves sub...Cain replaces Heimbecker.
.........MEFC sub...Scott replaces Gala.
the rain is slowing down.
54 min...MEFC goalie charges to right to pick up through ball.
55 min...Wolves YELLOW card...MacLennan earns it for sliding tackle on MEFC Peart blocking shot.
55 min...MEFC Melo 35 yard freekick up middle after MEFC Simpson tap over is blasted high and right of net.
58 min...MEFC play rolls cross from 30 yards on left through box wide right.
59 min...MEFC Melo 25 yard low blast up middle is wide right.
65 min...Wolves Stencel pushes 22 yarder over end line on rush.
67 min...MEFC Dave Simpson GOAL...MEFC Jose Melo cross from 25 yards on right finds Simpson who survives a hard body check knocking him about two yards further left and then he shoots 20 yarder down the middle into the top right corner of net.
67 min...MEFC sub...Nakeeb replaces Peart.
68 min...MEFC goalie smothers 20 yard shot from right.
69 min...MEFC Tristan Scott GOAL...Scott on a rush on left blasts a 22 yarder just under the bar in center of the net.
70 min...Wolves sub...Mermigas replaces Waddington.
71 min...Wolves MacLennan blasts 22 yard blast over net from right side.
72 min...MEFC Scott low cornerkick from left has defender clear for another cornerkick.
73 min...MEFC Scott cornerkick from left is also low and cleared from box.
75 min...MEFC YELLOW card...Akcelrod earns it for sliding tackle near center line.
76 min...Wolves Contino nods 5 yard header of chipped ball down middle that goalie catches.
77 min...MEFC goalie charges to line to clear through ball.
78 min...the rain has almost stopped.
78 min...MEFC Martin Artale GOAL...MEFC Kwesi Klass freekick from 50 yards on left and Artale heads 12 yarder over the goalie and under the bar.
80 min...Wolves Matthew DiMaria GOAL...DiMaria blasts in 8 yard shot in crowd of players that's stopped behind the line by goalie Melford James Jr near the right post. A Wolves player blasts in the rebound from 12 yards but the goal was already given.
80 min...Wolves sub...Janetos replaces Dimaria.
.........MEFC sub...Roe replaces Artale.
84 min...MEFC Scott on rush down left blasts 25 yard shot that goalie palms over net.
84 min...MEFC cornerkick from left has goalie leap to catch in crowd of players in box.
85 min...Wolves Janetos slides to poke ball from MEFC Nakeeb on rush down right for cornerkick.
86 min...MEFC sub...De Sousa replaces Melo.
86 min...MEFC MacDonald cornerkick from right is popped up header and cleared.
87 min...MEFC Nakeeb rush to ball on right and cuts 12 yard shot that rolls for goalie to stop.
88 min...MEFC Nakeeb cross from right and MEFC Simpson blasts 15 yarder up middle that's deflected off a defender's face for cornerkick on left.
89 min...MEFC De Sousa cornerkick from left is cleared by defender.
90 min...MEFC De Sousa rush on right rolls centering cross from 10 yards that goalie dives on. MEFC Scott low cross from left is through box and cleared.
91 min...MEFC sub...Kuta replaces James Jr in goal.
94 min...MEFC Darragh Roe GOAL...MEFC Omar Nakeeb rolls cross pass from 20 yards on right to Roe who shoots low 12 yard shot into right corner of net past diving goalie.
95 min...MEFC player's cornerkick from right has MEFC Paul head 10 yarder down middle wide right of net.
96 min...gane ebds 9:17pm.

Final Score:......Mississauga Eagles FC...........5...............St Catharines Wolves............1..........

Attendance was about 150 on this warm evening. There was no doubt that there would be rainstorm but the question was when. It started at 31 minutes and just got harder until it slowed down at 55 minutes and finally stopped before the end of the game. A rain delay was called just before the end of the first half because of lightning in the distance. That would have been interesting logistically because in this league once a game reaches the end of the first half, the result stands. This game would have had to be replayed from the beginning if there was no further play and playoffs start in just over a month. There is no shelter in the portable aluminium stands so most people during the 35 minute rain delay went to the large brick shelter which is the dressing rooms/washrooms/sheltered patio to wait it out. About half stayed until the end of the game. The ground is field turf so it just was slipperier but no deterioration of the field.

Best of the non-scoring chances were at 4 minutes when MEFC Jose Melo took a 25 yard low shot down the middle and the diving goalie saved it. 9 minutes had Wolves Matthew Contino cross from 25 yards on the right and Wolves Calvin Rosario blasted a 9 yarder down the middle well over the net and the back fence. 36 minutes had Wolves Danny Gallagher take a 40 yard freekick from the left that bounced theough the box and the goalie got a hand to it on the right post to swat it away. A minute later in the Wolves end MEFC Gabe Gala's 25 yard cross from the left had MEFC Joevannie Peart on the right end line head a 6 yarder across the box and the goalie flew forward to grab the ball. 45 minutes had Contino get a through pass down the middle and his 10 yard shot was into the right webbing on the outside of the net. Start of the second half had MEFC Dave Simpson and Peart team up for a pass and pass back on their rush but the goalie slid out to make a save on Peart. 76 minutes had a Wolves player chip a ball down the middle that had Contino nod a 5 yard header and the and the MEFC goalie caught it. 88 minutes had MEFC Omar Nakeeb cross from the right and Simpson blasted a 15 yarder up the middle that deflected off a defender's face for a cornerkick. 90 minutes had MEFC Josh De Sousa rush on the right and roll a centering cross from 10 yards that the goalie dived on to prevent a possible shot.

Wolves brought only three subs to tonight's game. Eagles had the luxury of a full bench and even brought in substitute goalie Joseph Kuta at 91 minutes to replace Melford James Jr.

Eagles jump from eighth to sixth place in this one result passing both Serbian White Eagles and Brampton City United although they have played more games then those teams. Their record improves to 10-8-2. Wolves stay in eleventh with a record of 4-12-3. Their last three games have all had 5-1 scorelines—losing by that score against SC Toronto on the road and winning at home to London City on Wednesday night.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca


parade of players and officials


Eagles starters


Wolves starters


Eagles kick off with Joevannie Peart (11) and captain Dave Simpson.


MEFC Antoine Paul header is over the net.


Wolves Danny Gallagher takes freekick.


MEFC goalie Melford James Jr throws clearance.


high ball


Wolves Scott McLennan (13) is blocked from ball.

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