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Result of the Friday May 21, 2010 CSL game between Serbian White Eagles vs St Catharines Wolves played at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke at 8:00pm.

The officiating crew ruled the field unplayable so the game was cancelled.

A City of Toronto crew were working on the field right up to game time at 8:00pm and the game was initially postponed until 8:30pm. I didn't look too closely until the game was called off and the people starting drifting away but there were at least 150 people still there. What was the city doing between Monday and Thursday?

The field problem was part of the same problem that caused the Toronto Croatia vs London City game being called off. On that night there was plywood under a long strip of the east sideline caused by the district high school track meet earlier that week. By tonight the plywood had been removed but the field turf was secured to the ground by a combination of Velcro and roofing nails.

It is possible that a softer referee might have let the teams play because I seen bad conditions in mud puddles, baked grass, patchy worn out Astro Turf etc. There is nothing to guarantee that the field will be 'playable' on the next scheduled game between Toronto Croatia and Brantford Galaxy on Sunday night. CSL Executive Director Stan Adamson felt the game should have been played. Will a different officiating crew say there's nothing wrong with the field and let them play? I'll know before I go to any game at that stadium next time. I could easily go to the Portugal FC vs Toronto Croatia at Lamport Stadium in Toronto which is the television game of the night but I only get a chance to see the Wolves only a few times during the season. Portugal won that game 4-2.

Like London City last week, the trip from St Catharines resulted in the team having the expense to rent a bus for the night to get here. Last year tonight's teams had a game called off by a thunderstorm but this cancellation was from human error/misjudgement.

The starting goalie for Serbian White Eagles was going to be Milos Kocic who is the number three goalie on the MLS Toronto FC. He is on loan to White Eagles so he can get some playing time.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca


Wolves warm up


City of Toronto work crew making repairs up to the last minute.


What the City considered a fixed field. It does look better than last week.


The turf is still too easy to lift. This was held down by velcro and roofing nails.

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