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Result of the Sunday September 11, 2011 CSL game between Brampton City United and London City played at Victoria Park Stadium in Brampton at 3:00pm.

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

.......................00 Roy Blanche
2 Andrew Leite...5 Giovanni Annisi...12 Kevin McIntosh...3 Denny Velastegui
6 Marcos Nunes...10 Richard West...4 Cameron Medwin...11 Andy Garcia (cpt)
...............8 Judah Hernandez...9 Jeremy Shepherd

Subs:...1 Kodzo Awitor (gk)...14 Yousif Walied (mid)...15 Quante Abbott-Hill-Smith (def)...16 Jose Morreira (--)...17 Oswald Adu (mid) ...18 Nikola Miodrag (fwd)...19 Mohamed Diaby (--)
team officials:...head coach Armando Costa

London City (all black, white numbers)

.......................33 Fabian Knezevic
17 Justin Marques...2 Erald Pope...14 Ermal Muratai...6 Thomas Beattie
23 Christopher Harrington...11 Eris Tafaj...8 Gentjan Dervishi...19 Gent Miftari
...............20 Geni Buzali...10 Michael Marcoccia (cpt)

Subs:...1 Scott Chalmers (gk)...13 Scott Mueller (gk)...5 Sean Alden (fwd)...12 Omar Brani (--)...18 Micah Wohlgeschaffen (mid) ...27 Ramez Al-Hebish (mid)
team officials:...head coach Luka Shaqiri...manager Ryan Gauss...medical staff Nathalie Gagnon-Weasse...team official Ryan Gauss

Game officials:...referee Steve Senderovich...referee's assistants Alexis Vaughan and Zac Taylor...fourth official Justin Tasev ...(neon yellow shirts, black shorts and socks)

1st Half:...game starts 3:05pm...BCU defend east end on this mild and sunny afternoon.
1 min...LC Tafaj 35 yard freekick from left has defender boot up ball and goalie catch pop up.
2 min...BCU Judah Hernandez GOAL...Hernandez gets low pass from the left by BCU Richard West and from 20 yards down middle takes low shot to left side of net.
3 min...BCU Nunes low cross from 25 yards on right has LC Pope stop ball and clear at 6 yards.
4 min...BCU West blasts 22 yarder down middle that goallie bats down under bar.
5 min...BCU West bends 20 yard low shot that diving goalie stops wide left of post.
6 min...BCI West low 25 yard shot rolls wide right of net.
7 min...BCU Shepherd cornerkick from right has defender clear.
10 min...LC Marcoccia blasts 30 yard shot well high and wide right of net.
11 min...BCU West passes over to BCU Hernandez while both are on rush and low 18 yard shot is stopped by sliding goalie at 10 yards tipping it for cornerkick.
11 min...BCU Shepherd cornerkick from left is over box and BCU Annisi heads at 8 yards on right wide right of net.
15 min...BCU goalie charges out to beat LC Buzali to through ball cross from left center line.
16 min...BCU West pushes pass forward and LC Pope blocks BCU Hernandez 22 yard shot.
19 min...BCU Shepherd 18 yard shot from left wins cornerkick on pinball deflection that goalie saves behind end line.
19 min...BCU Shepherd cornerkick from left has LC defenders clear.
23 min...BCU Shepherd cuts in from right parallel to 28 yards and cuts in a shot that's stopped in box.
23 min...BCU Nunes gets past defender's block and takes 12 yard shot that's saved point blank by goalie.
24 min...BCU West leaps for ball sent forward from 30 yards and heads 12 yarder over net.
25 min...BCU Garcia cornerkick from right has three BCU players jump at 5 yards on left post and header bounces to goalie.
26 min...London Eris Tafaj GOAL...Tafaj blasts 28 yard freekick down the middle that's into top left corner of net.
28 min...LC Buzali can't draw Penalty kick with dive in BCU box.
34 min...BCU Garcia touched back pass from 28 yards and blasts 33 yard shot up middle low and wide left of net.
35 min...BCU Garcia blasts 25 yard shot that deflects off defender for cornerkick.
36 min...BCU Shepherd cornerkick from right has BCU Hernandez head ball wide left down middle from 8 yards in crowd.
36 min...BCU Garcia bends 28 yard shot that's just wide left of post.
38 min...BCU Hernandez high cross from 25 yards on far left has BCU Shepherd one-touch mid air 15 yarder from right low and wide left of net.
40 min...BCU Garcia 45 yard chip has LC goalie beat BCU Medwin to grab bouncer.
40 min...BCU West low 22 yard shot up middle through players that's smothered by goalie.
42 min...BCU Nunes flicks kick from 8 yards over net and he's injured on bump on play.
45 min...BCU YELLOW card...Nunes earns if for sliding tackle on LC Buzali at center line injurying him.
45 min...LC Dervishi 50 yard freekick from middle bounces well wide right.
47 min...half ends 3:52pm.

2nd Half:...starts 4:10pm.
halftime sub...BCU Abbott-Hill-Smith replaces Medwin.
46 min...BCU Nunes receives 20 yard high pass getting to ball at 10 yards and chips shot that goalie catches overhead.
53 min...BCU Shepherd good rush down middle from center line touches pass to BCU Nunes and 20 yard shot deflected wide left for throw-in.
59 min...BCU Leite blasts low 35 yard shot through crowd of players well wide left of net.
60 min...BCU Judah Hernandez GOAL...BCU Richard West rush on right passes to BCU Jeremy Shepherd who passes through to Hernandez who rolls 15 yarder under sliding goalie Fabian Knezevic at 10 yards.
63 min...LC sub...Brani replaces Pope who had been injured at the beginning of the goalscoring play.
63 min...BCU Hernandez cornerkick from left is short and rolled up to BCU Garcia who crosses from 22 yards from left and charging BCU Shepherd heads ball wide left of goal from 5 yards.
65 min...LC Buzali 28 yard shot over crowd of players well high and over net.
65 min...BCU sub...Miodrag replaces Nunes.
68 min...BCU Hernandez chips cross from 25 yards on left is just step ahead of BCU West running to right post.
70 min...BCU Velastegui 40 yard freekick is tap over to BCU Garcia who never gets into LC box.
72 min...London Omar Brani GOAL...LC Christopher Harrington keeps ball in play on right sideline at 35 yards and pass forward to LC Michael Marcoccia who crosses to Brani on left who shoots 5 yarder that squeezes between post and goalie Roy Blanche.
73 min...BCU Shepherd rush on right and 15 yard kick is deflected wide right.
73 min...BCU Shepherd cornerkick from right has leaping defender head ball over box.
74 min...BCU Jeremy Shepherd GOAL...BCU Richard West is surrounded but taps over to Shepherd at 10 yards and he shoots low from right that diving goalie gets hand to but ball rolls into left corner just over the line.
77 min...BCU Richard West GOAL...BCU Andy Garcia crosses from 12 yards on right near end line and West heads 6 yarder down middle into net over flying goalie.
78 min...BCU West fed ball and blasgts 20 yard shot up middle well high and left of net.
79 min...BCU sub...Diaby replaces Garcia.
80 min...BCU Velastegui cross almost blows into own net but results in LC cornerkick.
81 min...BCU Richard West gets through pass from BCU Nikola Miodrag and charges in from 40 yards on left. West has goalie slide and trip him up on the left of the box. Referee Steve Senderovich gives goalie Yellow card and awards BCU a Penalty kick. West is injured and needs to be replaced.
83 min...LC sub...Wohlgeschaffen replaces Tafaj before Penalty kick taken.
83 min...BCU Denny Velastegui GOAL...Velastegui blasts Penalty kick to top left corner as goalie shuffles right.
84 min...BCU sub...Walied replaces Shepherd.
.........BCU sub...Adu replaces injured West who left field and was given a pack of ice for his knee. He'd left field for injury treatment before Penalty kick was taken.
84 min...LC Harrington 30 yard freekick on left has LC Alden (when did he come into game?) ruled offside when he knocks ball down.
85 min...BCU Moreira replaces BCU Hernandez.
85 min...LC Buzali 22 yard shot down middle has goalie catch.
87 min...BCU Miodrag low cross from 20 yards on left has LC Harrington slide and knock ball over own net.
88 min...BCU Walied blasts 25 yard shot from right is well wide left after cleared cornerkick played back into box.
91 min...LC Buzali 30 yard freekick from left has goalie able to push wide right of net.
92 min...LC Marcoccia blasts partially clearance wide left of net. The clearance was on a BCU player's bicycle kick of an LC cornerkick from right.
92 min...game ends 4:57pm.

Final Score:........Brampton City United........5...........London City........2..........

Attendance was about 80 people on this warm sunny day. The game was not broadcast on television and the league will be disappointed by this small crowd. There were few children here. I notice that fact every year once school starts in September which means the parents don't come either.

The scoreline was deceptive (think Canada vs St Lucia) as this game was in doubt until at least 74 minutes when BCU scored the winning goal to break a 2-2 tie and pulled away after that.

BCU started strong and had the run of play until the first London goal which came 16 minutes after their last chance before that. There was more even play after that but London would keep pumping up long balls which would be called back offside while BCU were better at passing in all directions to work their way upfield.

Richard West scored once today to bring his league leading goal total up to 17 for the season. I was asking him to help me fill in assists for the goals and he had a big ice pack on his knee. I told him on the game I saw on Friday night, Toronto Croatia's Tihomir Maletic had scored four goals. West said he wanted to take the Penalty kick on the foul that injured him but the referee told him he'd already been signalled to be subbed off.

BCU goalie today was Roy Blanche who missed the last month signing for a futsal team in Qatar but their season ended.

Best non-scoring chances were at 4 minutes when BCU Richard West blasts 22 yard shot down the middle that the goalie batted down under the bar. 11 minutes had West pass over to BCU Judah Hernandez wile both were on the rush and took a low 18 yard shot that was stopped by the sliding goalie at 10 yards tipping it for a cornerkick. At 23 minutes BCU Jeremy Shepard got past a defender's block of his shot and his 12 yard shot was saved point blank by the goalie. A minute later West leapt for a ball sent forward from 30 yards and he headed a 12 yarder over the net. The next minute had BCU Andy Garcia take a cornerkick from the right that had three BCU players jump at 5 yards near the left post and the header bounced to the goalie. 36 minutes found Shepherd take a cornerkick from the right that had Hernandez in the middle from 8 yards in crowd of players head the ball wide left. That same minute then had Garcia bend a 28 yard shot that was just wide left of the post. 46 minutes had BCU Marcus Nunes get to a ball at 10 yards and chip a shot that the goalie catches over his head. 63 minute had Hernandez cornerkick from the left be short rolled upfield to Garcia who crossed from 22 yards and the charging Shepherd head wide left from 5 yards. Injury time had LC Genti Buzali take a 30 yard freekick from the left that had the goalie able to push the ball wide right of the net.

Before the game what I thought I heard was there was to be a moment of silence to mark the tenth anniversary of 9-11. OK. People were standing and then the DJ started playing the song “I'll Be Missing You”. What? From 1997. Young people don't remember. By Puff Daddy who became P. Diddy who became Diddy. Sung with Faith Evans who is the widow of The Notorious B.I.G who the song is really dedicated to. Hmm now old folks don't remember...it contains the riff and some of the lyrics of “Every Breath You Take” by The Police. Well not exactly a moment of silence. My mind was racing but it was about music as the trivia buff that I am.

Seeing London City today means that I've now seen all fourteen of the league teams at least four times. Some of the GTA area teams I've seen between eight to eleven times already. I'll post something next month on my choice for MVP, Rookie of the Year, best team/worst team etc like I answered on a survey last year.

BCU's win today makes their record improve to 10-7-3 which means they hop over Mississauga Eagles into seventh place. London's record drops to 2-15-4 and leaves them in thirteenth out of the fourteen teams.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca


BCU starters


London starters


BCU Richard West (10) and Judah Hernandez (8) take opening kick off.


BCU goalie Roy Blanche grabs ball.


BCU Judah Hernandez on rush.


BCU Richard West on rush.


BCU Judah Hernandez (8) and LC Gent Miftari (19) battle for ball.


LC Eris Tafaj scores on this freekick.


BCU Judah Hernandez with ball chased by LC Christopher Harrington has BCU Marcos Nunes (6) and Richard West (10) racing in for a pass.

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