Result of the CPSL game played Wednesday August 15th, 2001 between Toronto Croatia and London City at Memorial Field in Mississauga at 8:00pm.

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Toronto Croatia (blue socks, white shorts and numbers, red shirts)

..................................1 George Azcurra
2 Sasa Komecar...3 Ante Musa (cpt)...4 Daniel Pilas...5 Adrien Azcurra
6 Mario Kulis...8 Paul Grguric...10 Peter Curic...7 Robert Fran
..........................11 Vladimir Koval...9 Woicech Cwik

Subs:...21 Tomislav Jolic (gk)...12 Meno Osmanovic (mid)...13 Semir Mesanovic (fwd)...14 Peter Fereira (def)...15 Kory Jazbec (fwd)...16 Domogoj Sain (def)
team officials:...general manager Kruno Kulis...coach Bruno Pilas...goalkeeping coach Tom Boljkovac...bench manager Ivan Pavicic.

London City (white socks and shirts, black shorts and numbers, red stripes on shorts sides and shoulders)

...................................1 Scott Mueller
14 Bobby Stipancic...25 Gerald Gallacher...29 Jeff Brown...6 Steven Flatt
13 Janko Stukic...27 Tyler Hemming...24 Tonino Commisso...10 Jurek Gebczynski
.......................8 Sandro Costantin...20 Gentian Buzali

22 Mark Fernandes (gk)...28 Johnny Paiva (def)...15 Keon Jordan (def)...12 Cameron Medwin (def)...26 John Hart (fwd)...X Paul Victor (def)
Subs:...technical director and general manager Harry Paul Gauss...assistant coach and goalkeeping instructor Brian Kalman.

Game Officials:...referee Gorden Arrowsmith...referee's assistants Vito Curalli and Ian Adair...fourth official Kamalesh Visavadia.

1st Half:...game starts 8:30pm...TC defend North end (?) on this warm evening with the field getting very chewed up without rain in seven weeks. All times are converted from my wristwatch.
1 min...TC Kulis 25 yard shot from right is well over net.
2 min...TC Cwik gets long bouncing throw-in from right but 10 yard shot is blasted over net.
5 min...TC Cwik runs down left wing, passes over to TC Curic but he rolls 25 yard shot wide right.
6 min...City goalie beats TC Curic to through ball on right.
10 min...City player bounces shot from 25 yards to TC goalie.
11 min...TC Curic rolls 15 yard shot wide right.
15 min...City Gebczynski head flicks 50 yard freekick from 15 yards that's caught by TC goalie.
19 min...City Brown freekick from 25 yards on right is blown down offside.
20 min...TC Curic gets through ball and rolls 10 yard shot that sliding feet first goalie pushes wide left.
21 min...TC Curic leaping heads cornerkick from TC Cwik wide left from 7 yards.
24 min...TC Musa 30 yard freekick from left is through leaping crowd of players including goalie wide right.
26 min...TC Fran 40 yard freekick caught by goalie under bar.
28 min...City goalie races right and dives on through ball.
33 min...City Gallacher 55 yard freekick from right is caught by goalie.
34 min...TC Grguric 35 yard freekick is blasted into wall as is rebound.
36 min...City Gebczynski one touches short pass wide left from 10 yards.
37 min...TC Vladimir Koval GOAL...Koval holds off defender City Jeff Brown when he gets bouncing pass 30 yards from goal and his 20 yard shot is into top right corner of net.
41 min...Referee lectures City Buzali and TC Kulis for pushing incident in TC end.
43 min...City YELLOW card...Buzali for plowing into TC Fran on center line.
43 min...TC Musa 50 yard freekick bounces wide left.
44 min...TC Curic pushes through ball after long run but goalie rushes out to pick up ball.
46 min...TC cornerkick from right is cleared by first City defender before it reaches box.
46 min...half ends 9:16pm.

2nd Half:...starts 9:31pm.
47 min...TC Komecar from 50 yard on right to TC Curic on right whose shot is just wide left but charging TC Koval is shot just wide right of net.
49 min...LC Brown 30 yard shot low is deflected to TC goalie.
50 min...LC Hemming chips ball to LC Costantin who's pulled down in box.
51 min...LC Jeff Brown GOAL...Brown on Penalty shot gets low shot to left corner with goalie crumples to center of net.
51 min...TC sub...Mesanovic replaces Koval.
52 min...TC Curic bounces 15 yard shot to City goalie.
53 min...TC Musa freekick from 45 yards on left is headed wide right by defender.
56 min...City Kulis pops partially cleared ball.
57 min...TC Curic 30 yard cross/shot from right after 1-2 pass is caught by City goalie.
58 min...City Buzali 45 yard freekick is caught by goalie on right.
59 min...TC Musa 40 yard freekick from right is headed wide left by defender.
59 min...TC Fran chests down cornerkick from left but blasts 25 yard shot well high and left.
60 min...TC goalie beats City Stipancic to bouncing through ball. City Costantin was injured at center line and is down for 6 minutes. City Costantin stays in game!
67 min...TC Mesanovic gets bouncing through ball and touches 12 yard shot that flying goalie stops with hand.
68 min...City Gebczynski 35 yard freekick tipped wide right by TC Musa behind wall.
69 min...City Brown 40 yard freekick is headed down by LC Gebczynski and goalie picks up ball.
70 min...TC Mesanovic chips up 15 yard shot over defender on left but goalie catches.
71 min...City sub...Paiva replaces Costantin.
72 min...TC Fran rush through defender on left and short chip that charging TC Curic heads off City defender for cornerkick.
72 min...TC Gebczynski leaping header from 7 yards bounced wide right after cornerkick from left.
75 min...TC sub...Sain replaces Cwik.
75 min...TC Sain leaping header receiving cornerkick from right and heads from 7 yards on left just missing top right corner.
77 min...City defenders clear freekick from TC Kulis from near right cornerflag.
78 min...TC Fran run on left centers pass to TC Curic whose shot is blocked by goalie from 20 yards and goalie also blocks TC Curic's rebound.
80 min...TC Kulis injured near right corner flag.
81 min...TC Pilas or Musa freekick from 40 yards on left is headed wide right by TC player 15 yards.
82 min...TC Musa 40 yard freekick is caught by goalie just under bar on left.
84 min...TC Fran chips 30 yard shot from left that goalie stops.
84 min...City Buzali freekick from 25 yards is chipped in and headed away.
85 min...TC Gebczynski given through ball on right and 20 yard shot is over bar.
87 min...TC goalie slides out to prevent City Brown crossing from right.
89 min...TC goalie catches through ball bouncing shot.
89 min...TC Musa cornerkick from left is caught by goalie.
90 min...TC Musa freekick from 30 yards on right is headed wide by goalie.
91 min...TC Sain leaping header from 10 yards hits top of bar after TC Musa cornerkick from right.
94 min...TC Grguric rolls 25 yard shot wide left.
95 min...game ends 10:21pm.

Final Score:.............Toronto Croatia............1............London City..........1..............

Attendance was about 150 on this warm evening.

Toronto Croatia should have won this game. It seemed like London City were hanging on at the end and only played long ball the entire second half. TC forward Peter Curic must have had at least ten to twelve chances. City goal keeper Scott Mueller made about three tough saves to keep them in the game.

One good play by LC Tyler Hemming (some of you always want to know). He chipped a pass ahead to Sandro Costantin just inside the TC box and a defender grabbed his shoulder to pull him down and referee Gord Arrowsmith calls the 51 minute penalty shot.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

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