CNSL Cup game of Sunday July 7th, 1996.
Here are the results of the CNSL game of Sunday July 7th, 1996 between Scarborough Astros and Oakville Canadian Westerns played at Birchmount Stadium in Scarborough at 7:00pm. This was considered a Cup game.
Scarborough Astros (blue socks, shirts, and numbers, yellow shirts)
.................................................1 Bernardo Velha
4 John Dibuono....2 Andrew Czlij....3 Rene Martin....8 Kerwin Skeete
16 Alex Nardi....5 Leo Lopez....10 Marco Bonofiglio....17 Ednei Tavares
...............................9 Devon Kenlock....14 Bill Heaney
Subs:...7 Gad Espinosa....6 Samson Oshunrinde....15 Michael Marshall....18 Angelo Espinoza....Milan Popov
Oakville Canadian Westerns (white socks and shirts, red shorts and numbers)
.............................................1 Hubert 'Junior' Busby
.................7 Ralph Golan....5 Jens Kraemer....3 Devere Hurley
11 Dana Peoples....10 Mike Mazza....8 Mike Palmiotta....6 Darryl Mackereth....4 Michael Fedoruk
.....................................9 Huntley Madely....17 Bart Ostasweski
Subs:...12 Pat Dovgas....14 Marco Armellini
Officials:...Referee Zoran Pitkouski, linespeople Norma Clark and Alfredo Buladair
1st Half (Astros defend north end in 1st half)
13 min CW Palmiotta blasts shot high from 7 yards out.
23 min Astros goalie surrenders freekick for catching ball outside box. Good excuse for not being tossed were the thick football lines confusing the faded soccer markings.
27 min CW Madely chips shot on open net wide to left side from 10 yards wide and 5 yards off line.
36 min Weather: It starts to rain.
39 min CW goalie catches long cross/shot from 35 yards.
Halftime The rain really starts to pour. I'd say the 2nd half was deliberately delayed by five minutes before the players came back on the field. The rain had stopped. The rest of the game was played in wet conditions.
2nd Half
Halftime Astros sub Gad Espinosa replaces Bonofiglio.
54 min CW goalie catches cross then takes elbow in back.
58 min Astros Tavares dekes one guy but another slides across preventing good shot from 10 yards out.
67 min CW Golan chips free kick over wall from 25 yards that goalie catches.
73 min CW GOAL Ostasweski gets through ball from 25 yards, dekes around goalie by left side and rolls it into open net.
80 min CW goalie punches out cross.
81 min CW sub Armellini replaces Ostasweski.
.............Astros sub Marshall replaces Skeete.
82 min CW Armellini tripped up by goalie sets up penalty shot.
.............Astro Yellow card to Martin for complaining.
.............CW Mazza shoots to low left corner, goalie dives to his right and gets hand on it and turns it wide.
87 min CW goalie catches corner kick in box.
89 min Astros yellow to Lopez(?) for tripping up player who'd just made cross that CW Heaney couldn't change direction of with header.
Final Score:.........Scarborough Astros..........0.........Oakville Canadian Westerns......1
This was the first time I've been to an Astro home game this year. They're playing at the same time as last year but since Italia has now moved their games to Sunday nights too, I've missed their other home games.
Attendance was about 80 which is a normal draw I heard in the pressbox.
The Astros are struggling this year on the field as they have not won a game this year in either League or Cup play.
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