CNSL game of Saturday July 12, 1997.

Here are the results of the CNSL game Saturday July 12, 1997 between Kosova Albanians and North York Talons played at Esther Shiner Stadium in North York at 8:00pm. Kosova was designated the home team as both teams use this stadium as their home. This was considered a Cup game.

Kosova Albanians (red socks and shirts, black shorts and numbers).

...............................................22 Wender Sosa
5 Loli Fama....13 Jerek Radzinski....3 Marcos Jaramillo....4 Gentian Cara
8 Denis Islami....6 Francis Rigoult....7 Edmond Lezha....11 Marco T Ponce
.........................15 Steven Bryce.............10 Biron Vargas

Subs:...1 Juan Argueta (gk)...9 Garvin Huston (fwd)...14 Yuri Castillo (mid)...18 Ardian Strefi...17 G Mendozo (def)...
Team officials: Coach Jose Volencin, Trainer Oscar Aguero, President Faik Shavani, Manager Gerge Nikola.

North York Talons (white socks, shorts and numbers, black shirts, green shoulders, black and white striped bibs).

...............................................0 Patrick Osunduba
16 Alex Nardi....2 Andrew Czalij....3 Rene Martin....6 Marco Bonofiglio
..............13 Audley Taffe....15 Michael Marshall....18 Ken Omorogbe
...................8 Ian Bryan....11Gary DeLeon....7 Ednei Tavares

Subs:...14 Chanzo Greenidge (fwd)...9 Pernell Mason (mid)...12 Ike Davis (def)...
Team officials: Head coach Alcides Jose Diaz, Assistant coach Thomas Boljkovac...General Manager Bruno Ierullo. Lalo Maradona was not dressed for the game but was on the players bench.

Officials:...Referee Teddy Tanashi...Linesmen Jock Kelly and Mike Long.

1st Half: (Kosova defend East goal in 1st, 8:12pm kickoff on this hot humid evening with a bright sun in the northwest).
9 min...Talons YELLOW card...Omorogbe on edge of box for knockdown.
10 min...Kosova Jaramillo curls freekick just over left cornerbar.
14 min...Talons YELLOW card...Czalij for knocking down Kosova Islami(?).
17 min...Kosova YELLOW card...Rigoult for tripping Talons Taffe at midfield. Kosova Islami injured just 10 seconds earlier.
20 min...Kosova Islami gets beaten to through ball by charging goalie who clears it.
25 min...Kosova Bryce has short sided blast on left side tipped over bar from 7 yards.
29 min...Talons DeLeon gets 40 yard shot through crowd saved by goalie near right post.
34 min...both Talons Bryan(?) and Kosova Rigoult hurt in collision. Kosova play short handed as Righoult is treated on the sidelines.
39 min...Kosova player blast shot from left side wide right from 20 yards.
43 min...Kosova sub...Castillo replaces Righoult who still hasn't returned.
46 min...Talons GOAL...DeLeon twists header to top left corner from 5 yards after receiving headed pass. Corner kick to start play from left corner from Tavares.
half ends after kick off.
Kosova RED card...unknown to fans and the press box, referee gives card to Jaramillo as both teams and officials make there way to dressing rooms in East end zone.

2nd half:
46 min...Kosova Vargas gets cross through box that was missed by two charging forwards.
48 min...Talons goalie charges out for ball and beats Vargas.
49 min...Kosova Ponce blasts 20 yard shot high left of goal.
52 min...Talons 2nd YELLOW card...Czalij for stepping into Ponce. That put an end to Czalij's evening.
54 min...Kosova YELLOW card...Lezha for foul near centre circle. Lezha actually limps off field for treatment.
57 min...Kosova Vargas chips ball wide left from 7 yards.
59 min...Talons Taffe breaks away and tripped up but weak point blank shot saved by goalie.
62 min...Kosova YELLOW card...Fama for pushing forward. Kosova goalie scoops up freekick blasted into wall on resulting freekick.
64 min...Talons Taffe gets 10 yard kick stopped point blank by goalie.
64 min...Kosova sub...Huston replaces Lezha who still had not returned to the game.
65 min...Talons sub...Davis replaces Taffe.
68 min...fights break out as it looks like referee is going to give RED card to Kosova Fama. Referee flees towards dressing room after man in undershirt took a run at him. The man is tackled by Kosova players. It turned out to be a fan who'd jusmped from the stands. From the other side of the field a Kosova track jacket wearing man came running from off the bench down to East end zone. The referee fled the rest of the way to the dressing room and locked the glass doors. Some body tackles the jacket wearing man on the track. The other officials make their way back to the dressing room. Two squad cars of police enter through the main dressing room doors not the field side entrance. The players mill around the field for about 15 minutes then go back to the locker rooms. Team officials for both sides agree the officiating was poor. The game is not restarted.

Final Score:........Kosova Albanians............(0) 0........North York Talons........(1) 1....

Right away this looks bad for Kosova as this is the 2nd incidence of fan trouble in the last 3 weeks. The team may be suspended from the League for this action. This week the team made sure the holders of the Albanian national flags were children and not the adult tough guys who threatened the Hamilton White Eagles players with the poles held like pikes in the movie 'Braveheart'.

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