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CPSL game of Wednesday August 2, 2000.
CPSL game between York Region Shooters and North York Astros played at Richmond Green in Richmond Hill at 8:00pm. This was considered a Cup game.
York Region Shooters (all dark green, white numbers and trim)
........................................1 Luciano Miranda
...........19 Mike Kim...6 Gaby Barbara...11 Daniel Wrong
10 Willy Giummarra (cpt)...18 Angelo Covello...7 Damian Puranda...8 Mike Mazza...9 Adrian Sciarra
................................17 Bing Gao...15 John Bottineau
Subs:...22 Vince Varvara (gk)...16 Joe Montagnese (fwd)...3 Luigi Catenaccio (def/mid)...20 Paolo Denicola (fwd)...4 Wayne Mills (def)...13 Rob Pagliaroli (fwd)...14 Mike Aquino (mid)
coach Bijan Azizi, assistant coach and goalkeeping coach David Rumack, manager Ralph Aquino.
North York Astros (blue socks, shorts, and numbers, yellow shirts)
......................................1 Peter Libicz
2 Platon Krivochtchenkov...4 O'Neal Brown (cpt)...8 Jason Davis...14 Eugene Khylymin
7 Kenrick Perry...17 Gianpiero Marcantonio...10 Pierre Migone...9 Kajian Lecky
..............................5 Gaston Bizera...6 Leo Laurito
Subs:...12 Eddie Kehoe (gk)...3 Sam Medeiros...13 Andrei Malychenkov...11 Felipe Pereira
head coach Rafael Carbajal, equipment manager Juan Jose Zanora, general manager Bruno Ierullo, physiotherapist Andy Ihasz.
Game Officials:...referee Sylviu Petrescu, referee's assistants Stephen Cahoon and Alexander William, 4th official Ogi Panic.
1st half:...game starts 8:20pm...YS defend west end on this warm evening with a damp field. There is no scoreboard at Richmond Green so all times are from my wristwatch.
1 min...Astros Perry rolls cross from right end line that's picked up by YS goalie.
3 min...YS Gao chips short pass to YS Bottineau who rolls shot from left across box for Astros goalie to stop.
4 min...YS Giummarra rushes along right, rolls shot from right that goalie pushes wide right.
4 min...Astros goalie catches cornerkick from right on left post.
5 min...YS GOAL Bottineau...YS Gao rush on left side centers to YS Bottineau who stops, spins around defender and gets 12 yard shot into top right corner of net.
7 min...YS Gao has ball hop between his legs when ball is crossed to him in Astros box.
8 min...Astros Bizera flicks 12 yard header that's caught by goalie just under bar.
9 min...YS Gao rolls 10 yard shot from left wide right of post.
11 min...YS Sciarra crosses ball from right side into box where YS Bottineau heads 5 yard shot straight down into dirt.
13 min...YS Puranda injured on edge of YS box.
14 min...YS sub...Aquino replaces injured Puranda.
15 min...Astros Laurito 25 yard bicycle kick is well over YS net.
16 min...YS goalie's hand touches ball outside box and freekick called.
17 min...Astros Migone blasts 20 yard freekick into wall and rebound is shot low and wide left.
20 min...YS Wrong long cross from left is caught by charging Astros goalie on edge of box.
22 min...YS Gao shoots 20 yard shot over net and over back fence.
26 min...YS Sciarra launches 25 yard shot well over net.
27 min...Astros Perry 40 yard freekick from right is caught by goalie on efge of box.
32 min...YS Sciarra (?) crosses ball in from right and YS Gao flicks 10 yard header directly to goalie.
33 min...YS Barbara 7 yard header after cornerkick from right is bobbled by leaping Astros goalie who crashes with defender but he dives to pick up loose ball.
35 min...YS GOAL Gao...Gao heads 7 yarder on left post to right that rolls between diving goalie's hands after YS Covello had sent in a good cross from right.
36 min...YS Sciarra 35 yard freekick from right is palmed wide right by goalie.
37 min...YS Barbara pops up header from cornerkick from right.
39 min...YS Giummarra one touch shot from 15 yards is pushed wide right by diving goalie.
43 min...YS Wrong 40 yard shot on left is over crowd and caught by goalie wide right of net.
45 min...half ends 9:05pm.
2nd Half:...half starts at 9:11pm. The dressing rooms were locked so the players stayed at their benches.
48 min...YS goalie catches cross from right into box.
49 min...Astros goalie gets whistle after leaping over YS forward.
50 min...Astros GOAL Bizera...Bizera slides 15 yard shot from right under sliding goalie into left corner of net.
52 min...YS YELLOW card...YS goalie Miranda earns it for pushing over Astros Lecky after save when he broke in.
55 min...YS Gao hipchecks Astros Migone on Astros 40 yardline when he crosses field injuring him.
57 min...YS Giummarra on 3 on 3 take 20 yard low shot that diving goalie dives and grabs on left post.
58 min...YS Bottineau flicks header wide right after high cross from left.
62 min...YS Gao 20 yard shot from far left, sopeed by diving goalie on left post, YS Bottineau rebound is deflected wide left over fallen goalie.
63 min...Astros sub...Malychenkov replaces Migone.
64 min...Astros Lecky breaks through four guys on middle and rolls rushed shot wide right.
66 min...YS sub...Pagliaroli replaces Sciarra.
67 min...Astros sub...Medeiros replaces Marcantonio (?).
67 min...YS GOAL Bottineau...YS Giummarra gets ball in box passes to YS Bottineau who's one touch shot from 12 yards into net.
70 min...Astros sub...Pereira replaces Lecky.
71 min...YS goalie catches cross from right into box.
72 min...YS GOAL Montagnese...Montagnese gets loose ball after defender only partially cleared and curls 15 yard blast into left side of net. (I didn't notice when he entered the game).
73 min...Astros goalie dives to catch shot from left.
77 min...Astros Marcantonio (?) cross from left that goalie dives forward to prevent Astros tap in.
78 min...YS sub...Denicola replaces Bottineau.
...............YS sub...Catenaccio replaces Covello.
80 min...Astros Malychenkov 25 yard shot from left is high wide right of net.
82 min...YS defenders clear for corner when ball kicked around like a pinball in YS box.
84 min...Astros Brown pulled down in YS box and Penalty kick called.
84 min...Astros Bizera penalty kick to right corner, YS goalie dives right to deflect wide right.
85 min...YS YELLOW card...YS Giummarra for dissent. Goalie had moved forward on the penalty so a rekick was ordered.
86 min...Astros Pereira gets repeat of penalty kick and chips it to left, YS goalie leaps and bats ball wide left.
87 min...YS goalie catches cornerkick from left from Astros Bizera.
88 min...Astros goalie catches YS Kim cross from right.
90 min...Astros goalie smothers YS Denicola roller from right.
91 min...YS Giummarra 20 yard shot chipped will wide left.
93 min...Astros Khylynin 40 yard shot into box caught unopposed by YS goalie.
93 min...game ends 9:58pm.
Final Score:.............York Region Shooters................4..................North York Astros...................1...............
Attendance was about 50 people.
The Shooters win their third game in a row and clinch a position in the Cup playoffs. They are looking better each game.
The Shooters continue to have problems with the City of Richmond Hill. A team official was on the field in the early afternoon and saw the lines had not been repainted after the rains of the last few days. This was the same problem that forced the cancellation of the July 19th league game between the Shooters and Oshawa. There was enough time to have the lines repainted for tonight's game. The dressing room doors were locked so both teams had to change outside and noone from the City was available to unlock them. A team official was visited by a policeman while the game was in progress for trying to get into the dressing rooms anyway. These recent events will be discussed with City officials in the next week.
My extra complaints. The mosquito problem was bad tonight and the City doesn't bother to cut the grass on the east side beyond the fence which is where they thrive. It's tough to find balls that go over the fence.
Rocket Robin
robing@clo.com
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