May 10, 2010 CSL Brampton Lions vs North York Astros (by Rocket Robin)

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Result of the Sunday May 10th, 2010 CSL game between Brampton Lions and North York Astros played at Victoria Park in Brampton at 3:00pm. This was the league opener for both teams.

Brampton Lions (white socks, numbers, and trim, blue shorts and shirts)

..................1 Roy Blanche (cpt)
22 Martin Artale...6 Nico Poku...3 Mike Marchese...4 Peter Petropanagos
11 Kevin Omokhua...9 Daniel Nascimento...20 Daniel Cameira...13 Sebastian Busto
..........21 Blazej Skoczylas...10 Judah Hernandez

Subs:...-- Kodzo Euloge Awitor (gk)...2 Chiron Robinson (def)...19 Mohammed Kanu (fwd)...7 Cam Medwin (mid)...14 Liam Martin (def) ...18 Matthew Rios (fwd)
team officials:...coach Goran Rapaic...assistant coach Dragan Mladenovic...trainer Pernell Mason

North York Astros (orange socks and shirts, black shorts and numbers)

..................20 Ryan Zamora
4 Victor Gallo...3 John Jung (cpt)...6 Peter Dimitrakopoulos...12 Alex Kawalit
9 Mauricio Chamale... 8 Camilo Moreno...16 Mohamed Aborig...7 Erik Grigore
...........11 Roozbeh Houdaji...17 Mahyar Kohbad

Subs:...1 Shahab Noorafkan (gk)...2 Jaksa Wabinski (mid)...5 Alexandre Oran (mid)...15 Manuel Calleja (mid)...18 Diego Bonilla (fwd)
team officials:...head coach Michael Ridout...assistant coach Gerardo Lezcano...goalkeeping coach Thomas Boljkovac...team manager Santo Briguglio ...assistant manager Gerardo Lezcano Sr...football director Jorge Collazo...therapist Krans Fernando

Game officials:...referee Yusri Rudolph...referee's assistants Andrew Wiles and Scott Decker...fourth official Richard Oliveira (all black uniforms)

1st Half:...game starts 3:07pm...BL defend south end on this warm afternoon with a bright sun in the south west.
There was a long warm up after the national anthem so the game could be shown live on local television.
3 min...Astros Dimitrakopoulos cross from 20 yards on right end line that's caught by goalie with Astros Aborig bumping him and injurying him.
5 min...BL Marchese 55 yard freekicik is caught by goalie 5 yards off the right post.
6 min...Astros goalie dives on ball before BL Skoczylas can get to it at 7 yards on right post.
8 min...Astros Moreno blasts 15 yard roller up middle well wide left of net.
9 min...Lions Blazej Skoczylas GOAL...Lions Judah Hernandez beats defender along left end line at 18 yards and sends cross across box past Astros goalie Ryan Zamora guarding left post where Skoczylas has 2 yard tap-in into empty net.
12 min...Astros YELLOW card...Kawalit earns it for grab at Astros 40 yard line on BL rush.
13 min...BL Nascimento 55 yard freekicik from right is headed away on edge of box by defender.
16 min...BL Omokhua rolls 30 yard shot is into outside right webbing of net with goalie caught out of position.
17 min...BL goalie grabs ball loose in box eluding Astros Chamale who bumps him.
19 min...BL Nascimento 55 yard freekick from right is headed away on edge of box by defender.
19 min...Astros Chamale blasts roller from 15 yards that goalie smothers when Chamale is given short pass from center.
22 min...BL YELLOW card...Petropanagos earns it for tackle on Astros Dimitrakopoulos near center line.
22 min...Astros Gallo 60 yard freekick from right is over players and caught by goalie.
25 min...BL Skoczylas blasts 35 yard freekick from right is headed away and he charges for rebound and blasts 20 yard rebound well high and wide left of net.
26 min...BL goalie beats Astros Houdaji to through ball bouncer at 15 yards to grab it.
30 min...Astros player's blast from 25 yards has goalie catch.
30 min...BL Hernandez cross from left end line from 20 yards has goalie catch and get knocked over in crash with BL player dropping ball but play is whistled down.
32 min...Astros YELLOW card...Gallo earns it for pulling down BL Hernandez at Astros 50 yards.
34 min...BL Omokhua sent through ball from center and rush on right wing to hit right post from 20 yards on deflection for cornerkick.
36 min...BL Hernandez 22 yard freekick from left is low and through four man wall and diving goalie saves on left post.
37 min...Astros Mohamed Aborig GOAL...Aborig gets deflection off left post on another player's shot and he kicks in 8 yarder from left into right side of net over fallen goalie Roy Blanche.
41 min...Astros Gallo 60 yard freekick from right has ball headed around on left side and cuaght by charging goalie at 10 yards.
43 min...Astros Kohbad rush on left and goalie pushes 6 yard low shot wide left for cornerkick.
45 min...Astros Kawalit 50 yard freekick down middle is caught by goalie.
46 min...BL Nascimento heads over goalie from right side and BL Skoczylas just can't get good shot and shoots wide left from end line.
46 min...half ends 3:53pm.

2nd Half:...starts 4:11pm.
halftime subs:...BL Medwin replaces Busto.
...............BL Rios replaces Dameira.
50 min...BL Rios chips 25 yarder from right is wide left on bad clearance from goalie out of his box.
51 min...BL YELLOW card...Nascimento earns it for clip on Astros player at Astros 40 yard line.
54 min...Astros Kawalit 35 yard freekick from left has charging goalie punch out ball from box.
55 min....Lions RED card...Daniel Nascimento picks up his second Yellow card in four minutes for a tackle at Lions 30 yard line knocking a player down.
56 min...Astros Houdaji 35 yard freekick from right is caught by goalie.
59 min...Astros sub...Oran replaces Houdaji.
63 min...BL Hernandez 30 yard freekick fromn left is blocked in player wall.
65 min...BL sub...Kanu replaces Skoczylas.
69 min...The referee has to separate the BL goalie from Astros Gallo in shoving incident.
70 min...Astros Jung makes bad pass that has a BL player pass to BL Omokhua but Jung get back to break up play.
71 min...BL Rios chips shot over Astros net.
72 min...Astros Dimitrakopoulos 30 yard shot up middle has flying goalie push ball wide left of net.
72 min...Astros Dimitrakopoulos cornerkick from left has ball knocked around in box finally play is whistled down.
73 min...Astros Aborig receives 25 yard cross from right and heads ball over net from 12 yards.
74 min...Astros Moreno chips 15 yarder to goalie who's 8 yards off his line.
76 min...BL Kanu on rush up left chips 35 yarder high and wide right of net.
77 min...Astros Mohamed Aborig GOAL...Astros Peter Dimitrakopoulos cornerkick from left has leaping Aborig on right in crowd of players head 6 yarder into right side of net.
78 min...BL sub...Martin replaces Artale.
78 min...Astros goalie dives right at 12 yards to beat BL Omokhua to through ball pass from 22 yards.
79 min...Astros Kohbad 30 yard shot is wide left of net.
79 min...BL Omokhua is injured in own end.
82 min...BL sub...Robinson replaces injured Omokhua.
83 min...Lions RED card...Mike Marchese earns it for a hip check on Astros Mahyar Kohbad injuring him on left wing at Lions 30 yard line. Marchese was the last player back and earned the direct ejection.
85 min...Astros Oran 30 yard freekick from left is bent to right for easy headed clearance from box.
86 min...Astros Erik Grigore GOAL...Astros Victor Gallo takes 45 yard shot into box from right and ball bounces past a charging Astros player in middle but Grigore about even with left post shoots 10 yarder into high right side of net.
88 min...Astros sub...Calleja replaces Dimitrakopoulos.
.........Astros sub...Bonilla replaces Kohbad.
90 min...BL player's cornerkick from left has BL Poku blast low 22 yard shot on right that defender blocks at 10 yards.
92 min...Astros Bonilla chips 40 yard shot from left is caught by goalie.
93 min...BL goalie comes out to center line to get involved in BL pressure.
94 min...BL YELLOW card...Robinson earns it for bashing into goalie when goalie punches ball away on cross into box.
95 min...game ends 5:01pm.

Final Score:........Brampton Lions........1.............North York Astros...........3...........

Attendance was about 400 people with about 60 supporters actually cheering for the Astros.(that's better than some of their home crowds last year). It was a warm day with a bright sun in the south west.

Referee Yusri Rudolph had to give out seven cards to keep the game under control even after giving players verbal warnings earlier in the game.

Astros controlled the game after the Lions first Red card with most of the scoring chances from that point on.

Both teams had many chances at full strength and could have done with more accurate shooting and timing their runs better to avoid offside calls.

Astros have few returnees from last year's ninth place out of ten team finish. This year after year wearing mostly yellow uniforms or navy alternatives they wore orange shirts with black shorts and numbers.

New head coaches for both teams this year. Astros have Michael Ridout and Lions have Goran Rapaic.

This game was broadcast live by Rogers and could be seen on the Rogers Community Channel. Fans in Toronto will see the rebroadcast Monday at 8:00pm. The league had listed Brantford Galaxy FC vs Portugal FC as the only television game this weekend.

Lions now have to play their next game on Saturday at BMO Field against TFC Academy (right after the MLS game between Toronto FC and New England Revolution) without defender Mike Marchese and forward and MVP Daniel Nascimento whose played a few games for Toronto FC when the MLS used to have a Reserves League.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

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