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2nd Half:...starts 4:12pm.
47 min...YS Stuart Black almost chips over goalie from 20 yards but leaping goalie catches ball 12 yards out.
48 min...YS Rizzo 35 yard freekick blasted into two man wall.
49 min...MD sub...Selaidopoulos replaces Colagiacomo.
51 min...MD Theosmy cross from 30 yards on left, MD Djukic heads just wide right from 7 yards.
52 min...YS goalie bats away through ball just below MD Roy can get to it on wide left.
54 min...MD goalie picks up YS ball pushed too far ahead on edge of box.
59 min...YS Rizzo 30 yard freekick from right is headed away.
61 min...MD sub...Guerra replaces Roy.
65 min...YS Stuart Black header from 10 yards after receiving cross from right is just over bar.
65 min...MD goalie dives left to prevent through ball.
66 min...MD goalie beats YS Forestieri to through ball.
67 min...YS Forestieri 30 yard shot is well high and left of goal.
70 min...YS Forestieri injured at MD 25 yard line when clipped from behind but play carried on.
71 min...YS Andreotti fed through ball and short 15 yard shot rolls through goalie's hands wide left and two defenders cover up but falling Andreotti pushes ball just wide left from 7 yards.
74 min...YS Pozo 45 yard cross from right is caught by goalie just left of net.
76 min...MD Hue 20 yard shot is blocked point blank by goalie.
79 min...YS YELLOW card...Mazza for upending MD Stephen near center line.
80 min...MD player 55 yard freekick while players and goalie argueing at 30 yards just bounces wide of net.
80 min...MD Guerra short pass from right and MD Selaidopoulos chips 20 yard shot that's caught by goalie.
81 min...MD Guerra header is deflected just wide right.
81 min...MD Stephen cornerkick from left is low and cleared.
82 min...MD Guerra header caught by goalie from 15 yards.
82 min...YS sub...Rocca replaces Marshall.
86 min...MD YELLOW card...Francois for argueing YS freekick call.
86 min...YS sub...Baldassarra replaces Alviani.
87 min...YS Rizzo freekick from 35 yards near right sideline is crossed to box and cleared wide left, crossed back to right but ball cleared for cornerkick.
88 min...YS goalie hand ball outside box on miscue with YS defender, quick MD freekick has MD Djukic 20 yard shot blocked point blankd from 10 yards, MD Djukic blasts rebound from right of net from 15 yards off right post.
89 min...MD Selaidopoulos runs down right side and crosses MD Stephen backheels wide left from 5 yards.
91 min...YS Stuart Black injured on MD end line.
93 min...MD Guerra races in on 2 on 1 break from center but rolls 20 yard shot wide left of post.
94 min...MD Selaidopoulos 25 yards blast stopped point blank by goalie.
95 min...game ends 5:02pm.
96 min...a short pushing match ensues.
Final Score:............York Region Shooters............1..........Montreal Dynamites...........2...........
Attendance was about 25. The game was originally supposed to start at 1:00pm and I got there just in time to
see noone there. I didn't get out of my car and sped off to Richmond Green where their refurbished field was supposed to be ready by now. Only 4 kms away but with signs saying the park was under construction. There must be more than 12 play areas here but many were baseball diamonds. I walked around the hub and it was about as big as Toronto Zoo but I didn't see anything except a lot of softball games going on. Finally into the exhibit hall after seeing no open offices in the hockey arena. The caretakers said they hadn't heard there'd be a soccer game. Since it was on my way home, I stopped once again at Crosby Park and saw a figure walking across the field. Shooters general manager Ralph Aquino told me the game had been rescheduled to 3:00pm. There was a sign taped up to
the entrance for the new time (another lesson to get out of my car to look). He said the Montreal team bus had broken down (well good excuse). On the way out I asked the driver of the bus and she said nothing had happened and the game had been rescheduled from Friday night. She also had the same conversation with the hot dog vendor. Of the 25 people, many looked like they were just passers-by who stopped walking their dogs or playing with their children to look things over.
And just last week I held my tongue while journalist Rick Boulton got in the punchline, "...what time does the game start? What time can you get here?" (Oh that's right, I talk about games on this board right?). I was
really surprized after the predictable first 15 minutes when the Dynamites scored twice against the Shooters who've only actually won one game this season (plus one result-reversal win) because after those two goals they took over and dominated the game. A lot better effort than their 8-0 loss to Olympians the last time I saw this team nearly two months ago. Dynamites had beaten Toronto Supra last weekend. It shows there are no pushover teams at this time of
year.
Dynamite goalie Nikola Pinto got into a pushing match with his defender Philippe-Andre Moreau about missing his marking. Maybe that was a warm up for the after game pushing match between the two teams. Still I thought
referee Joe Licandro did a great job between the two whining teams. He yelled out something like "Geez even I can see that was offside, although a few of you have accused me that I don't have that ability".
Rocket Robin
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