CPSL game of Sunday September 26th, 1999.
Here are the results of the CPSL game between the CPSL All Stars and 'Canada's Development Team' played at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke at 1:00pm. This was considered an Exhibition game.
CPSL All Stars (white socks, numbers, and trim, black shorts and shirts)
........................................29 Adam Morandini
................5 Dave McDonald...15 Mike Marshall...25 Gerald Gallacher
8 Mike Kim...10 Juric Grobcenski (cpt)...13 Lucio Ianiero...7 Phil Ionadi...4 Mike Glasgow
...............................11 Willy Giummarra...17 Marco Antonucci
Subs:...1 Rafael Carbajal (gk)...12 JP Rickwood (def)...18 Dave Kohak (fwd)...16 Alex Nardi (fwd)...9 Adrian Sciarra (fwd)...6 Anthony Whitney (def).
coaching staff Tony La Ferrara (London City) and Dave Benning (Glen Shields).
Canada Development Team (all red, white numbers and trim)
.........................................1 Steve Cox
2 Carl Fletcher...3 Victor Oppong...5 Marco Reda...6 Nevio Pizzollito
4 Adrian Serioux...8 Miles O'Connor...11 Toll Dasterridis...12 Jordan Gillespie
.......................9 Semir Mesancvic...10 Dwayne DeRosario
Subs:...22 Alim Hassin (gk)...17 Matt Smith (def)...14 Jamie Dodds (mid)...7 Adrian Llewellyn (fwd)...16 Atiba Hutchinson (fwd).
coach Paul James
Game Officials:...referee Nigel Johnson, referee's assistants Steve Cahoon and OJ Panic, 4th official Stephanie Denhamm.
1st Half:...starts 1:03pm...CPSL All Stars defend north end.
2 min...Can goalie catches high header bouncer ahead of charging AS Ionadi.
9 min...Can Serioux 20 yard shot from right well over net.
12 min...AS goalie slid out to stop ball but forwarded ahead. He put his hand over box line to drag ball to his body but freekick called by referee not linesman.
13 min...Can GOAL DeRosario...DeRosario chips 20 yard shot over wall and just under bar as goalie steps forward.
16 min...Can Dasteridis pulls down AS Grobcenski for freekick outside box on shoulder grab.
17 min...AS GOAL Giummarra...Giummarra 25 yard freekick low around wall on left, goalie dives left gets a piece of it but ball trickles in corner.
23 min...Can Serioux long cross from right bounces wide left.
29 min...Can DeRosario give and go from 40 yards ends with DeRosario 20 yard shot from right pushed wide right by goalie for cornerkick.
30 min...AS Glasgow heads out corner from right into box.
35 min...AS sub...Nardi replaces Grobcenski.
..............AS sub...Whitney replaces Gallacher.
37 min...Can DeRosario in box but surrounded passes to Can Fletcher who fritters chance away. Can Fletcher later sends nice cross from right that bounces right through box.
42 min...AS Glasgow rolls ball from left too far for AS forward and Can goalie picks up ball.
43 min...Can Mesancvic runs through center and passes right to Can DeRosario who one touches ball 15 yards well over bar.
45 min...AS Antonucci 25 yard shot from left well over bar.
46 min...half ends 1:49pm.
2nd half:...starts 2:03pm.
AS sub...Scierra replaces ???????
AS sub...Rickwood replaces ???????
AS Ianiero is now the team captain.
51 min...AS Giummarra injured at center line twisting his ankle.
53 min...Can O'Connor rolls 20 yard shot wide right.
55 min...AS Giummarra 40 yard freekick well over bar.
59 min...Can DeRosario in box pass back to Can Fletcher on edge of box who dribbles along edge of box and cuts low shot wide right of net.
60 min...Can YELLOW card...Mesancvic for tackle from behind on AS Ianiero.
61 min...Can DeRosario from left 20 yards blasts ball well over net.
62 min...Can sub...Llewellyn replaces Dasteridis.
63 min...AS sub...Kohak replaces Glasgow.
65 min...Can O'Connor 25 yard shot from right is pushed ahead by diving goalie on left post.
66 min...Can Llewellyn charging 7 yard header over bar on cross from left.
69 min...Can DeRosario rolls 20 yard shot from right that goalie stops on dive just wide right of post.
70 min...Can sub...Dodds replaces Fletcher.
74 min...Can YELLOW card...Serioux for hard tackle on AS Ionadi injuring him.
75 min...Can Llewellyn 20 yard shot from left well over net.
76 min...AS Giummarra on 1 on 1 has shot from right deflect high.
77 min...AS goalie charges off line to boot away through ball and 80 yard clearance gets AS Giummarra away on rush.
78 min...AS sub...Ionadi (on again) replaces Rickwood.
81 min...AS GOAL Giummarra...AS Ianiero earns assist as he loops pass from left around goalie. Giummarra taps bouncer from 10 yard into open net.
85 min...AS sub...Carbajal replaces Morandini in goal.
I noticed that Can Serioux sure takes long throw-ins.
90 min...AS goalie smothers 30 yard shot surrounded by three Can players.
91 min...AS McDonald 35 yard freekick wide left of top corner.
92 min...game ends 2:50pm.
Final Score:.......CPSL All Stars........2...........Canada Development Team........1.....
The CPSL All Stars consisted of the six teams that didn't qualify for the Cup Final played at 3pm.
A very even game with the CPSL All Stars scoring near the end and hanging on. They wouldn't have played together before and the Canada team were probably strangers too.
The Canada starters were: (I'll put their ages where I usually type uniform numbers)
....................17 Steve Cox...................
28 Carl Fletcher....17 Victor Oppong....22 Marco Reda...26 Nevio Pizzolito
20 Adrian Serioux....17 Miles O'Connor....17 Toli Dasteridis....18 Jordan Gillespie
18 Semir Mesancvic....22 Dwayne DeRosario
Subs actually used:...17 Adrian Llewellyn...17 Jamie Dodds
Other subs listed:...16 Alim Hassin (gk)...16 Matt Smith (def)...16 Atiba Hutchinson (fwd)
Affiliation listed:
National Training Center (NTC) Cox, Oppong, Dodds, Llewellyn, Hassin, Smith, Hutchinson.
Toronto Lynx...Reda and Serioux (both also NTC)
Hampton Roads...Fletcher
Richmond Kickers...Pizzolito, DeRosario (also NTC)
Lille France...O'Connor (also NTC)
Darlington England...Dasteridis (also NTC)
Saskatoon...Gillespie
London City (CPSL)...Mesancvic (also NTC) he played against All Star teammates.
A great step to credibility for the CPSL who put together a team with no one from their two best teams Toronto Olympians and Toronto Croatia playing each other in the League Cup Final at 3pm.
CPSL affiliation:
North York Astros...Carbajal, Marshall, Nardi.
Glen Shields Sun Devils...Morandini, McDonald, Antonucci, Glasgow, Ionadi.
York Region Shooters...Giummarra, Kim, Sciarra.
St Catharines Roma Wolves...Ianiero.
London City...Gallacher, Rickwood, Grobcenski.
Oshawa Flames...Whitney, Kohak.
Attendance was about 130 but picked up for the League Cup Final to about 450 to 500 as the afternoon wore on.
The Direct Kicks soccer crew were filming hilights and interviews so you may see this footage squeezed into their fall/winter 'reruns' replacing older material.
Rocket Robin
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