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CPSL game of Friday September 25, 1998.
Here are the results of the CPSL game between Toronto Olympians and St Catharines Roma Wolves played at Birchmount Stadium in Scarborough at 8:00pm. This was considered the final leg of the Cup Final aggregate. The teams were tied 0-0 after a scoreless tie in St Catharines on Wednesday September 16th.
Toronto Olympians (white socks and shirts, blue shorts and numbers and trim)
..........................................1 Brian Bowes
...........20 Danny Ziannis...4 Ian Cardey...5 Tony Marshall
......................................16 Daryl Holmes
17 John Matas...6 Peyvand Mossavat...7 Lei Gong...10 Chris Handsor
......................23 Eddy Berdusco...11 Gus Kouzmanis
Subs:...15 Louie Katlinirias (def)...12 Louie Oupoutzaglou (def)...8 Bayette Smith (mid)...2 Ian Carter (mid).
Team Officials:...coach David Gee, trainer Phil Corrdora, general magager Doug Innis.
St Catharines Wolves (all red, white numbers and trim)
..................................1 Dino Perri
3 Joe Carbonara...7 John McNeil...6 Keith Moore...4 Albert Reinhart
8 Pat Dugas...13 Lucio Ianiero...22 Gary McGuchan...10 Tony Carbonara
...................18 Carlo Arghittu...14 Anwar Ahmao
Subs:...9 Gerry Cipriani (fwd)...17 Marco Antonio Marino (mid)...15 Luciano Berarocco (fwd)...21 Brian MacDonald (gk).
Team Officials:...coach Dino Perri, assistant coaches Lucio Ianiero and Carmen DeRose, manager Armand Difruscio, trainer Tony Pittui/ Sam Migliacci, assistant manager Tony Pecchia.
Game Officials:...referee Frank Marciello, referee's assistants Silviu Petrescu and Amata DeLuca, 4th official Manuel Orellana.
1st half:...start 8:26pm...Olympians defend north end on this breezy (from southeast) mild and dark night.
2 min...TO Kouzmanis 10 yard blast saved by sprawling goalie, ball deflects off defender wide left.
3 min...StC goalie catches low cross from right.
4 min...StC McGuchan 20 yard freekick blast blocked by leaping goalie on left.
6 min...TO Berdusco 20 yard blast tipped wide left by diving goalie.
6 min...StC goalie barrels over TO Holmes to left of box.
8 min...StC shot from left bounces wide right of goal.
12 min...StC player takes 45 yard freekick from left caught by goalie well wide right of net.
15 min...TO Gong corner kick from right blocked by defender. StC goalie catches rebound.
18 min...StC McNeil hard sliding tackle on TO Berdusco on left sideline.
19 min...TO Cardey treated for hand injury on bench.
22 min...StC goalie boots out through ball ahead of charging Kouzmanis.
24 min...StC Arghittu injured in leg in TO's right corner of field.
27 min...StC goalie catches bouncer on edge of box ahead of TO Berdusco.
29 min...TO Berdusco can't redirect header from right far enough from 5 yards so ball flies wide left.
30 min...StC goalie charges left to pick up roller in box.
32 min...StC sub...Cipriani replaces Ahmao.
37 min...TO YELLOW card...Holmes for protesting freekick awarded after sliding tackle into StC Arghittu on right touchline.
38 min...StC Joe Carbonara shanks kick well wide right with at least 15 players waiting in the box.
40 min...StC YELLOW card...Joe Carbonara for pushing TO Holmes at center line.
42 min...StC McNeil clears from foot of TO Berdusco who'd received through ball from TO Ziannis.
43 min...TO Marshall bicycle kick from 15 yards after corner kick from left is kicked wide right.
44 min...StC goalie makes point blank save on TO player.
44 min...TO GOAL...Kouzmanis on 30 yard kick to top right of net beyond leaping goalie.
45 min...StC player shot from kickoff wide right but goalie caught off line. (so was I still making notes).
half ends 46 minutes 9:12pm. An incident occured in the tunnel on the way to the dressing rooms and the rumours flew. Two StC players not dressed for the game but on the StC bench were harassing the officials.
Apparently StC player/coach Dino Perri was jostling with TO goalie Brian Bowes when TO coach David Gee intervened and Perri punched him.
2nd Half:...starts 9:28pm
Consequences of first half ending incident:
StC RED card...Perri comes back on the field to formally presented with RED card.
TO RED card...Coach David Gee. He ends up giving orders from the stands further upsetting the StC players bench.
The StC players not in uniform are ordered into the stands.
StC sub...MacDonald comes in to play goal replacing defender Reinhart. StC are forced to play with just 10 men.
52 min...TO YELLOW card...Ziannis for slamming StC Cipriani at midfield.
53 min...TO Marshall injured on edge of TO box.
55 min...StC Ianiero kicks TO Gong but only offside call results in some extremely rough play.
58 min...StC McNeil blocks TO Kouzmanis cross to TO Berdusco on 2 on 1 break. StC Moore pushes TO Gong.
63 min...TO GOAL...Berdusco pushes in 3 yard shot beyond defender and sprawling goalie after TO Kouzmanis crosses from right.
66 min...TO GOAL...Kouzmanis finishes off TO Gong quick freekick from 20 yards as he's unmarked from 12 yards on right and slides in low shot.
67 min...StC YELLOW card...Moore for pushing at center box.
69 min...StC Ianiero hooks 25 yard freekick from left high right of net.
69 min...StC sub...Marino replaces Joe Carbonara.
71 min...TO YELLOW card...Gong.
72 min...TO Smith replaces TO Gong.
73 min...StC Dugas shoots 15 yard rebounder from corner well over goal.
74 min...StC blasts partially cleared ball off fallen player and tipped to goalie.
75 min...StC Moore and TO Handsor both injured when they crashed together in TO end.
79 min...TO Smith blasts 30 yard shot over net.
80 min...TO Berdusco blast 25 yard shot over net.
82 min...TO sub...Oupoutzaglou replaces Holmes.
..............TO sub...Katlinirias replaces Handsor.
82 min...TO Oupoutzaglou blasts 15 yard sitter over bar.
89 min...StC Cipriani gets feet up on TO Mossavat.
92 min...TO Kouzmanis pass on 2 on 1 from left and TO Berdusco blasts over bar.
game enbds in 92 minute at 10:14pm.
Final Score:........Toronto Olympians...........3.......St Catharines Roma Wolves.......0...
Toronto Olympians win the League Cup with this victory (3-0 on aggregate). Olympians had more chances in the 1st half but with a man advantage in the 2nd half, they dominated. No one has beaten the Olympians this year so you can't beat them while one man down.
Attendance was about 300 people. Birchmount Stadium still has a broken scoreboard that will take $11000 to fix. I was using wrist watch time. For tonight's game, the Olympians had their two coffee cup mascots there (Coffee Time Donuts is a league sponser and the president Tom Michalopolous owns the Olympians franchise). The coach's or owner's young son was dressed as an ancient Greek Olympic athlete complete with toga and foam muscles.
Toronto Olympians players presented gift baskets to the media at the game. I was in line for one but someone stepped in front of me. Damn just wished there was one less reporter for the game.
I walked over from the west to the east stand before the first half ended to meet one of my web readers and was not far from the tunnel incident but didn't realize what all the fracas was about at the end of the half.
Rocket Robin
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