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CPSL game of Sunday June 3rd, 2001.
CPSL game between North York Astros and Toronto Croatia played at Esther Shiner Stadium in North York at 7:00pm. This was considered a League game.
North York Astros (blue socks, shorts, and numbers, yellow shirts)
...................................1 Eddie Kehoe
.............4 Felix Gelt...14 Kurt Ramsey...6 Robert Rupf
9 Kadian Lecky...5 Peter Zorbas...16 Alex Nardi (cpt)...10 Marcelo Garcia...15 Zoltan Zsibok
....................11 Dejan Gluscevic...8 Istvan Dombovari
Subs:...0 Luciano Miranda (gk)...2 Kashka Walker (fwd)...3 GianPiero Marcantonio (mid)...7 Kenrick Perry (def)...17 Diego Saenz (def)...13 Andrei Malychenkov (mid)...18 Jorge Collazo (mid)
team officials:...head coach Tony LaFerrara...assistant coach Sam Medeiro...equipment manager Juan Jose Zamora...team manager Mario Ierullo...kinesiologist Melanie...goalkeeper coach Pavel Zaslavski...physiotherapist Sam Maggissano...team physician Dr Bradley Sugar.
Toronto Croatia (all blue, white numbers and trim)
........................................1 George Azcura
..............2 Daniel Pilas...3 Ante Musa...4 Domagoz Sain
7 Nikola Andrijevic...6 Mario Kulis...8 Samir Karaga...5 Frano Sain...9 Wojciech Cvik
.........................11 Peter Cuzic...10 Josip Bucil
Subs:...13 Paul Gzavric...14 Alen Majstorovic...15 Meho Osmanovic...16 Sasa Komocar...19 Vladimir Koval
team officials:...coach Bruno Pilas...trainers Ivo Pavicic and Zegkco Sabej...assistant coach Tomo Bojiovic...manager Micie Krijan
Game Officials:...I don't find out who the officials are; the players lineups weren't even delivered to the pressbox until 20 minutes into the game.
1st Half:...start 7:07pm...Astros defend east goal on this warm evening with a slippery field.
1 min...TC Cuzic rolls cross from right side endline that Astros goalie picks up.
2 min...TC Bucil 30 yard blast sails over the net.
4 min...Astros Lecky 25 yard shot from right is over net.
6 min...TC goalie outjumps Astros Dombovari for ball in box. Dombovari is injured on play.
8 min...Astros Zsibok shoots 25 yard roller wide left of goal.
10 min...Astros goalie slides out to edge of box to beat TC Andrijevic to ball.
14 min...Astros goalie slides out for ball. TC Cuzic gets piece of it and ball rolls wide right.
20 min...Astros Dombovari sidesteps TC Frane Sain on right wing and crosses from near right line but ball drifts over net.
21 min...TC YELLOW card...Kulis for pulling down Astros Zsibok on left wing.
22 min...Astros Gluscevic pops up shot from 10 yards that goalie catches after Astros Garcia 35 yard freekick from left.
23 min...Astros Gelt pushes ball into TC box from right and Astros Nardi hooks shot cross just wide.
26 min...Astros GOAL Dombovari (assist Gluscevic)...Gluscevic pushes pass through and Dombovari 15 yard shot is partially stopped by sliding TC goalie on right but momentum rolls ball over him.
28 min...Astros Gluscevic cornerkick from left, Astros Zorbas on left post sprawls to flick low header up and just wide right of bar.
32 min...Astros Dombovari 30 yard shot from left is deflected off sliding defender and caught by TC goalie.
33 min...TC Cvik cross from left, Astros goalie catches ball ahead of spikes up TC Gluscevic.
35 min...TC Karaga scoops rebound shot over net, after TC Musa freekick from 45 yards on right that goalie has bounce off hands leaving the 12 yard rebound.
40 min...TC Musa cornerkick from left, over head of leaping Astros goalie and ball rolls wide right of goal.
42 min...Astros defenders clear low TC freekick from right.
43 min...Astros RED card...Coach Tony LaFerrara tossed from game for argueing a play.
47 min...Astros goalie again rushes out of net to boot ball but this time TC Bucil elbows him.
47 min...Astros YELLOW card...Rupf for retaliating against TC Bucil.
48 min...half ends 7:55pm.
2nd Half:...starts 9:07pm.
halftime sub...TC Gzavric replaces Cvik.
47 min...Astros defenders head away TC Karaga 25 yard shot from left.
48 min...Astros Dombovari chips through ball from 15 yards just over TC bar.
50 min...Astros Gelt 45 yard freekick from right bounces too far for charging forwards.
56 min...TC YELLOW card...Domagoz Sain for check at center line.
57 min...Astros YELLOW card...Dombovari in own end may have been for complaining call.
59 min...TC Karaga injured just outside Astros box.
................Astros Gluscevic injured at center line is helped from field and he limps off with help and eventually carried back to dressing room on a stretcher.
63 min...TC sub...Majstorovic replaces Karaga.
................Astros Marcantonio replaces Gluscevic.
68 min...TC GOAL Cuzic...Cuzic receives pass from left and 12 yard shot from center is just under bar.
70 min...Astros Lecky 20 yard shot is well high of net.
73 min...Astros Garcia freekick from 50 yards deflects off TC Kulis at 40 yards and goalie has to palm ball over net.
75 min...TC goalie charges left to block Astros player's cross.
78 min...Astros sub...Walker replaces Dombovari.
80 min...Astros goalie beats TC player to through ball.
83 min...TC sub...Koval replaces Bucil.
84 min...TC Kulis taps 10 yard shot after cross right to Astros goalie.
91 min...Astros Garcia freekick from 50 yards on left is headed out of TC box.
91 min...Astros Marcantonio turns and lofts 25 yard shot over net.
92:45 min...game ends 8:55pm.
Final Score:....North York Astros........1..........Toronto Croatia........1........
Attendance was about 200 which was a huge increase from the games of last year. The school principal and many students and parents from Baycrest Public School were in attendance. Team officials are working hard to boost attendances at Astros games this year. This year a team mascot, Astroman, has been created with a vampire's cape, a green mask and blue tinsel hands giving candy to the kids. Maybe he beat out Zoltan Zsibok for the part because noone could explain why the Astros midfielder had dyed his hair green.
Astros remain undefeated in their two games so far this year and seem to have picked up where they left off at the end of last season when they won two of their last four games and leaped from eighth to sixth in the 2000 league standings.
Rocket Robin
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