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CPSL game of Sunday June 17th, 2001.
CPSL game between Toronto Olympians and North York Astros played at Birchmount Stadium in Scarborough at 6:30pm. This was considered a League game.
Toronto Olympians (white socks and shirts, blue shorts and numbers)
..............................................1 Brian Bowes
................5 Tony Marshall...12 Danny Sanna...7 Tommy Granic
14 Dave Mancini...20 Danny Ziannis...13 Courtney Dennis...4 Tommy Kouzmanis
................10 Willie Giummarra...9 John Matas...19 Leo Marasovic
Subs:...1 Sakis Rizos (gk)...3 Danley Johnson...11 Gus Kouzmanis...16 Ron Belfon...23 Eddy Berdusco...18 Paul Moore
team officials:...coach David Gee...physio Phil Couradora...equipment manager John Gee
North York Astros (blue socks, shorts, and numbers, yellow shirts)
..........................................0 Luciano Miranda
....................4 Felix Gelt...14 Kurt Ramsey...6 Robert Rupf
5 Peter Zorbas...9 Kadian Lecky...16 Alex Nardi (cpt)...10 Marcelo Garcia...15 Zoltan Zsibok
.............................11 Dejan Gluscevic...8 Jose Aniekwe
Subs:...1 Eddy Kehoe (gk)...2 Jorge Collazo...3 Gian Piero Marcantonio...7 Kenrick Perry...13 Qais Qamheiah...17 Kyle Jones...18 Fernando Garcia
team officials:...head coach Tony Laferrara...assistant coach Sam Medeiras...goalie coach Pavel Zaslavski...team manager Mario Ierullo...general manager Bruno Ierullo.
Game Officials:...referee Dominic Rosetto...referee's assistants Joe Licandro and Justin Tasev.
1st Half:...game starts 6:41pm...TO defend north goal on this warm sunny evening.
3 min...Astros Gluscevic 30 yard freekick blasts low shot directly to TO goalie.
5 min...TO Ziannis steps up middle and 25 yard shot wide right.
7 min...TO Marasovic races for ball in middle and 20 yard shot deflects off outside of right post.
8 min...TO cornerkick looked blocked by defender but ref called TO handball in furious Astros box action.
9 min...TO Giummarra launches 30 yard freekick from right well over net.
11 min...TO goalie rushes up and catches headed ball on edge of box.
12 min...TO Sanna shoots 20 yard roller to Astros goalie.
15 min...TO Giummarra long 70 yard freekick through ball picked up wide left of net by Astros goalie.
17 min...Astros Lecky and Astros Zorbas hurt on the same sliding tackle near centre line.
18 min...Astros Gluscevic sliding shot after cross from right rolls to him and 7 yard shot grabbed by diving TO goalie reaching behind himself.
22 min...Astros YELLOW card...Nardi although I didn't notice reason.
24 min...TO Matas breaks into Astros box but overruns bouncing ball.
25 min...Astros Gluscevic and Astros Lecky look free on 2 on 0 break but offside flag given.
26 min...Astros Gluscevic stalls and rolls 20 yard shot to TO goalie.
26 min...TO Mancini skies 35 yard shot over Astros net.
28 min...Astros Aniekwe cuts kick from 25 yard and it hits high up on left post.
29 min...Astros goalie races out of box to beat TO Matas to through ball.
32 min...TO Marshall pushes ball to TO Marasovic who cuts in cross from right goalline. Astros Rupf gets back to deflect ball back towards line and Astros goalie dives back to stop it. A freekick is given on this passback.
33 min...Olympians GOAL Giummarra...Giummarra gets a tapped back freekick from 10 yards inside the Astros box and blasts low ball through charging Astros goalie's legs and through eight Astros defenders standing on the goalline.
36 min...TO Tommy Kouzmanis cross from 35 yards on left is caught by Astros goalie.
38 min...TO players mess up a 2 on 1 break by passing offside.
39 min...Astros sub...Jones replaces Zorbas.
40 min...TO Giummarra 35 yard shot well hight wide left.
43 min...Astros Gluscevic 25 yard freekick over wall and TO goalie catches it moving to left corner of net.
44 min...TO Mancini 25 yard shot deflects wide right for cornerkick.
45 min...TO Giummarra cornerkick from right is cleared from box.
45 min...TO Giummarra cornerkick from left hits inside of left post but he's given rekick. On that rekick, a leaping TO player heads ball over bar from 7 yards.
46 min...half ends 7:27pm.
2nd half:...starts 7:43pm.
46 min...Astros GOAL Gluscevic...Marcelo Garcia takes 45 yard freekick from left and it's blocked by diving TO goalie on right but Gluscevic blast 3 yard rebound over him.
48 min...Astros Lecky 25 yard shot is blasted well over net.
49 min...TO Giummarra 25 yard freekick from right is headed out by Astros defender.
50 min...TO Dennis 15 yard blast on left is well right. TO Marshall was injured at centre line and needed to be treated on the sideline.
52 min...TO Giummarra pushes pass into Astros box and TO Matas blast deflected well wide left for cornerkick.
54 min...TO Matas cuts back cross from right, TO Giummarra chest ball down and 25 yard shot pushed wide left by flying Astros goalie.
59 min...TO sub...Belfon replaces Tommy Kouzmanis.
60 min...Astros YELLOW card...Marcelo Garcia for cleats up tackle near centre line.
61 min...TO Matas cross from right is caught by diving goalie.
64 min...TO Dennis pushes ball to TO Granic who lofts 20 yard shot over bar.
65 min...Astros Gluscevic freekick from right line is cleared by TO Marshall on left side of box.
66 min...Astros Marcelo Garcia 40 yard freekick from left deflects up and TO defender heads behind own net.
67 min...Astros Gluscevic 35 yard shot into box from right is caught on bounce by TO goalie on left post.
68 min...Astros Lecky rolls weak roller from 25 yards as he's ridden out by TO Sanna.
69 min...TO Mancini cross into box from right is caught by Astros goalie.
70 min...TO sub...Gus Kouzmanis replaces Ziannis. TO Matas drops back to midfield.
73 min...Astros Marcelo Garcia cornerkick from right is right over box. Astros Ramsey rolls 25 yard shot from left that TO goalie picks up.
77 min...Olympians GOAL Granic...Granic gets 5 yard shot over sliding Astros goalie after TO Matas cut pass to him from right end line through defenders.
79 min...TO Giummarra freekick from right edge of box to left side where leaping TO Dennis heads it over net.
80 min...TO Giummarra cornerkick from left but knocked down and Astros defender clears.
82 min...Astros sub...Perry replaces Zsibok.
83 min...Astros goalie slides out to beat TO Dennis to through ball.
83 min...TO Marasovic ruled offside when he gets behind Astros defence.
85 min...Astros Lecky takes long pass at centre between two defenders but 25 yard shot is over net on play that looked offside.
86 min...Astros sub...Fernando Garcia replaces Lecky.
88 min...TO Giummarra freekick from left off head of leaping Astros Gluscevic. TO Giummarra again with rebound kick cleared by defender.
88 min...TO Berdusco replaces Marasovic.
90 min...Astros Gluscevic freekick is punched out of box by TO goalie on 35 yarder from left.
90 min...Astros Fernando Garcia shot from right 25 yards is pushed over bar by TO goalie.
91 min...Astros Nardi shanks rebound partially cleared corner wide right from 30 yards.
93 min...game ends 8:31pm.
Final Score:..........Toronto Olympians.............2.........North York Astros..........1...........
Attendance was about 90 people.
Olympians are a collection of league superstars. They've added Toronto Croatia players Tommy Granic, Leo Marasovic and Paul Moore from the 2000 team. They have Courtney Dennis from Glen Shields of 2000. They've added Tommy Kousmanis with brother Gus Kouzmanis. Gus and Eddy Berdusco are recovering from injuries. I was talking to Olympians coach/owner David Gee a week earlier and he said he has 10 of the 15 leading CPSL scorers from 2000 on this year's team!
Astros look good but let's hope some close losses and ties don't frustrate the team.
Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca
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