CNSL game of Saturday June 28, 1997.
Here are the results of the CNSL game of Saturday June 28, 1997 between Kosova Albanians and Hamilton White Eagles played at Esther Shiner Stadium in North York at 8:00pm.
Kosova Albanians (red socks and shirts, black shorts and numbers).
..................................................1 Luciano Miranda
13 Jerek Radzinjki....3 Marcos Jaramillo....5 Loli Fama (cpt)....6 Francis Rigoult
11 Denis Islami....2 Favian Melo....7 Edmund Lezha....17 Sean Carrasquero
............................9 Garvin Huston............12 Marco Ponce
Subs:....8 Gentian Cara (def)...18 Ardian Strefi (def)...1 Wender Sosa (gk)
Hamilton White Eagles (all white, red numbers).
...................................................1 Bogdan Jovicic
3 Ryan Steele....4 Alex Vukcevic....6 Maric Wurton....2 Predrag Janicovic
15 Anton Skerritt....5 Patrick Tobo....16 Rob Anderson....8 Mike Palomitta
.............................9 Ramin Kiaiefar............10 Sasa Vukovic (cpt)
Subs:....12 Nick Katic...13 George Rajic...11 Bojan Budisavctevic...14 Stevan Pojic...7 Steven Warren...
Officials: Referee Hugh Elliot...Linesmen Mike Long and Nadi Tanashi.
1st half: (Kosova defends east end in 1st half. Hot evening, kickoff 8:15pm)
3 min...KA Jaramillo bends 25 yard freekick high over bar from right side.
11 min...KA goalie catches cross as WE Vukovic curls in kick along line and WE forward had it lined up for header.
13 min...KA Huston heads ball over bar from 3 yards as perfect cross from left side.
20 min...WE YELLOW card...Janicovic for tripping Lezha who's injured. KA Huston is knocked down 5 yards further upfield resulting in 20 yard freekick. KA Jaramillo curls it low and wide but no KA player rushed in for it.
32 min...WE Vukovic bends 25 yard freekick low which KA goalie blocks and picks up rebound.
34 min...WE goalie rushes out of box, KA Huston and he both connect and go down, scramble of players ensues.
35 min...WE YELLOW card...Wurton for dissent (?).
............KA Jaramillo gets 30 yard freekick blocked by goalie. Big rebound which KA Huston connects with knee high but booms ball high.
39 min...KA YELLOW card...Islami but I didn't see why.
41 min...KA Islami curls in 25 yard low shot that WE goalie traps on right post.
2nd Half starts at 9:15pm.
Halftime sub: WE Budisavctevic replaced Vukovic at forward either at beginning of half or within first ten minutes.
47 min...KA Rigoult gets own rebound on freekick along goalline but WE goalie catches rebound.
50 min...KA Rigoult gets low shot from 20 yards that goalie had fallen for but punches ball wide after it hits bump and bounces up.
54 min...KA YELLOW card...Fama for knocking down Kiaiefar after referee consulted linesman.
60 min...WE Budisavctevic blasts shot high from 30 yards.
61 min...KA sub...Strefi replaces Melo.
70 min...Referee calls drop ball in WE box as KA Huston is trampled on a scramble and ball is kicked under him.
71 min...WE YELLOW card...Vukcevic for knocking down KA Cara, KA Carrasquero puts 35 yard freekick high.
73 min...KA Lezha in box from only 3 yards trickles shot saved by diving goalie.
75 min...WE goalie and KA Carrasquero injured in crash on edge of box each racing for loose ball.
Referee gives YELLOW card to WE bench for some comments.
82 min...KA Huston gets head to corner kick cross that goalie jumps for. Ball is headed off line by defender. WE goalie is injured on play. KA Huston tries bicycle kick on rebound but mishits it wide and high.
85 min...KA YELLOW card...Jaramillo for forearming WE player in stomach to prevent breakaway at centre.
Referee gives YELLOW card for dissent to WE player I didn't see.
89 min...KA GOAL...Carrasquero gets hard 10 yard shot from right side of net to left corner. Corner kick was from left side of net.
92 min...KA Ponce gets 25 yard shot wide left.
94 min...WE players and bench jostle officials after game ends in 94th minute. Referee keeps writing notes as other officials form phalanx like Roman legion for self protection. Some Kosova fan 'tough guys' jump onto the field to square off against White Eagle players but some cooler heads on both teams push their teammates out of trouble.
Final Score:...Kosova Albanians............1 (0).............Hamilton White Eagles.......0 (0)..
Attendance was about 80.
This close fought game could have gone either way and a scoreless tie may have been expected before the Kosova goal so late in the game.
Rocket Robin
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