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Result of the Saturday July 10th, 2010 CSL game between TFC Academy and North York Astros played at Brockton Stadium in Toronto at 3:00pm.

TFC Academy (all white, black numbers)

......................1 Garrett Cyprus
2 Casey D'Mello...24 Daniel Fabrizi...3 Vincenzo Sasso...6 Jordan Murrell
..........18 Nicholas Lindsay...15 Matthew Stinson (cpt)...23 Brennan McNicoll
...........20 Joshua Janniere...9 Allando Matheson...8 Oscar Cordon

Subs:...22 Angelo Cavalluzzo (gk)...4 Doneil Henry (def)...10 Keith Makubuya (fwd)...11 Ashtone Morgan (def)...14 Dino Gardner (def) ...16 Jonathan Almeida (mid)
team officials:...head coach Jason Bent...assistant coaches Anthony Capotosto, Zenia Martynkiw and Sebastian Buitrago

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

......................1 Nelson Zamora
4 Victor Gallo...15 Jevon Vander Reyder...3 Jongwon Jung (cpt)...6 Nicholas Rom Colthoff
2 Anthony Valentine...9 Mauricio Chamale...14 Kurt Ramsey...16 Mohamed Aborig
..............17 Mahyar Kohbad...7 Erik Grigore

Subs:...1 Luis Gonzalez (gk)...5 Alexandre Oran (mid)...8 Camilo Moreno (mid)...11 Roozbeh Houdaji (fwd)...13 Andrew Mbala (def)...18 Diego Bonillo Melo (fwd)
team officials:...coach Gerardo Lezcano...team manager Santo Briguglio...general manager Bruno Ierullo...therapist Ruben Val Mendoza...goalkeeping coach Thomas Boljkovac

Game officials:...referee Richard Oliveira...referee's assistants Joe Sa and Cosmo Iavazzi...fourth official John Oliva...(yellow shirts, black shorts and socks)

1st Half:...starts 3:02pm...TFCA defend south end on this hot and humid day with a bright sun in the west. The grandstand being on the east side makes this a tough squint. As there is no scoreboard, all times are converted from my wristwatch.
1 min...TFCA D'Mello long throw-in from right has defender head ball away.
3 min...TFCA McNicoll 40 yard freekick has Astros Ramsey duck to head ball behind end line.
4 min...TFCA McNicoll cornerkick from left has TFCA Matheson head ball wide left from 8 yards on left.
10 min...TFCA Lindsay bends 20 yard freekick up middle just over bar.
12 min...TFCA McNicoll 40 yard freekick from left has defender tip header at 20 yards and goalie flies to catch it.
13 min...Astros Kohbad weak 25 yarder up middle around defender but goalie picks up shot.
13 min...Astros Oran(was he a starter?) cornerkick from left has defenders clear out right side of box.
15 min...TFCA Matheson bumps defender off ball near left end line and low cross through box unplayed.
16 min...TFCA McNicoll cornerkick from right has defender heads keep it away and stop TFCA player shots.
18 min...TFCA Brennan McNicoll GOAL...McNicoll takes quick 30 yard freekick down the middle while that Astros are setting up their wall and the shot is bent into the left corner of the net just inside the post beyond flying goalie Nelson Zamora.
19 min...Astros YELLOW card...Vander Reyder earns it for knocking over TFCA Lindsay on left sideline.
19 min...TFCA McNicoll 45 yard freekicik from left has defender head away.
20 min...TFCA Fabrizi cross from right has Astros goalie catch.
21 min...TFCA McNicoll 40 yard freekick from right has flying goalie push wide right of net.
21 min...TFCA McNicoll cornerkick from right is over everyone in box.
22 min...Astros Aborig pushed ball up left and 20 yard shot from left is just wide right of post.
24 min...TFCA Matheson has to leave field on referee's orders waiting for throw-in.
29 min...TFCA Matheson came back into game wearing #21 uniform. (other one had blood on it).
30 min...TFCA Fabrizi chips 55 yard pass that TFCA Matheson deflects to goalie.
32 min...Astros YELLOW card...Chamale earns it for shirt grab on TFCA Cordon at TFCA 30 yards.
33 min...Astros Gallo 40 yard freekick from right has derfender head balll out right side of box.
37 min...Astros Erick Grigore GOAL...Astros Mahyar Kohbad gets to ball when goalie Garrett Cyprus dives forward to intercept pass to Kohbad at 15 yards. Kohbad recovers the loose ball and passes back for Grigore to shoot low 20 yarder past goalie and defender at 5 yards into center of net.
39 min...Astros Grigore on rush beats TFCA D'Mello check and goalie dives forward at 12 yards to smother ball.
41 min...Astros Chamale blasts 35 yard shot through crowd of players just high and wide right of net.
42 min...Astros Vander Reyder blasts 40 yard shot through crowd of players well over net.
45 min...TFCA Janniere charges to cross ball on right end line but just over charging player on left post.
46 min...TFCA McNicoll cornerkick from right has defender tips header through box.
46 min...half ends 3:48pm.

2nd Half:...starts 4:04pm.
halftime subs:...TFCA Henry replaces D'Mello.
...............TFCA Gardner replaces someone.
48 min...TFCA McNicoll 35 yard freekick from left rolls ballover end line beyond charging player but goalie dives and misses pushing ball over line for a cornerkick on the left.
49 min...TFCA Cordon pass centered to TFCA Stinson who blasts 15 yard shot from left is well wide right.
50 min...Astros Gallo rush on right and cross has TFCA goalie palm ball on left of net and Astros Grigore heads 5 yarder off left post.
53 min...Three Astros players strip TFCA Matheson off ball at Astros 22 yard line.
54 min...Astros player's cornerkick from right has defender head ball away.
55 min...TFCA McNicoll(?) cornerkick from right has defender nearest right edge of box head ball away.
56 min...TFCA Janniere 22 yard shot has goalie palm ball off post.
57 min...TFCA player's cornerkick from right is partially cleared and TFCA player's blasts low shot from 30 yards through crowd of players wide left of net.
59 min...TFCA sub...Morgan replaces Sasso.
61 min...TFCA Lindsay cuts 22 yard shot from left that deflects off defender wide right of net.
61 min...TFCA McNicoll cornerkick from right has Astros Ramsey head ball away and TFCA Stinson blast 25 yarder that goalie flies left to push wide of post.
62 min...TFCA McNicoll cornerkick from left is whistled down in box.
63 min...Astros Oran 40 yard shot from left is caught on left post.
65 min...Astros Gallo 25 yard freekick down middle is popped up and cleared in wall of players.
66 min...Astros Ramsey rolls in cross from right and goalie dives forward to stop it.
67 min...TFCA goalie cahrges right and left to make two important fist-outs on edge of box.
69 min...Astros players at 10 yards can't get away shot with goalie trapped on left of net.
71 min...TFCA McNicoll 30 yard freekick on right sideline has goalie dives to right post to smother deflections.
73 min...Astros Gallo 60 yard high freekick is caught by goalie charging to edge of box.
74 min...Astros YELLOW card...Aborig earns it for tackle on TFCA Stinson at Astros 45 yards.
74 min...TFCA McNicoll 50 yard freekick from left is through players is wide right for goalkick.
75 min...TFCA goalie 30 yards out to head ball away ahead of Astros Kohbad.
76 min...TFCA YELLOW card...Morgan earns it for sliding tackle on Astros Gallo near cornerflag on right.
76 min...Astros Gallo 25 yard freekick from extreme right has to TFCA players head away. Astros Ramsey blasgts from 30 yards is wide right.
79 min...TFCA Almeida shot deflected from 30 yards to TFCA Matheson at 22 yards and he rolls shot wide left of net.
79 min...TFCA Mateson gets ball up middle but defender catches him to poke ball away. TFCA Matheson is injured in fall at 12 yards on left.
81 min...TFCA McNicoll cornerkick from right is over players in box. TFCA Henry ball rolls weakly to goalie on deflection.
83 min...TFCA Brennan McNicoll GOAL...TFCA Dino Gardner gives McNicoll a short pass from the right and he blasts a low 35 yard shot to the left corner of the net beyond diving goalie. The shot actually went right through the net as the webbing wasn't well secured at the bottom.
84 min...TFCA sub...Makubuya replaces Matheson.
84 min...TFCA McNicoll shot from left 25 yards deflects to goalie.
85 min...Astros sub...Moreno replaces Colthoff.
85 min...Astros Gallo low 35 yard freekick is smothered by goalie.
86 min...Astros YELLOW card...Moreno earns it for complaining about a call. Already? only 2 minutes after coming into the game.
88 min...TFCA Makubuya 15 yard shot is saved by goalie on right. 88 min...TFCA Makubuya 15 yard shot chip is stopped by sprawling goalie.
93 min...TFCA goalie out to edge of box to twice break up plays.
93 min...game ends 4:52pm.

Final Score:.....TFCA Academy..............2..............North York Astros..........1................

Attendance was about 40 on this very hot day with a bright sun in the west shining into the eyes of the fans. This game had been moved to Brockton Stadium which is about six kilometres away from BMO Field where the MLS game had just ended one hour earlier. Previous TFCA games had been played at BMO Field but that convenience had not kept fans staying behind to watch and were played before crowds of 50 fans. Two fans in TFC shirts were held up for $10 admission whereas when they played at BMO Field it was part of your MLS ticket. The travelling time was a worry for me because I don't think I would have made it by the start of the game. There were no buses loading at the Dufferin Gates when I walked by and I almost made it 3/4s of the way there before a bus finally passed and I squeezed on.

Allando Matheson played the last 60 minutes of the game wearing the number 21 jersey when referee Richard Oliveira ordered him to change his blood stained #9. Matheson was the big forward down the middle but the Astros kept him from being too threatening by being able to catch him or knocking him over when he was on a run.

Astros players kept reminding the referee to blow his whistle before any freekick as that really bothered them about the first goal. I can't say that I heard it before McNicoll's first goal. Oliveira gave out a few Yellow cards to keep the players' discipline in check.

Academy goalie Garrett Cyprus was aggressive in coming off his line for balls. Mostly charging to the edge of the box to dive on through balls or fist them away but also once when he had to head a ball from 30 yards when he was well out of his box. Brennan McNicoll took almost all the TFCA cornerkicks and freekicks.

Astros almost took the lead five minutes into the second half when Victor Gallo rushed along right wing and crossed near the end line that had the TFCA goalie palm the ball over to the left and Astros Eric Grigore head a 5 yarder off the left post.

Although the crowd was small, about ten were from the Astros supporters who brought drums and sang in what I expect was Spanish. They had to compete with the DJ who played music every second that the ball was out of play even when his discs were caught in a rut and kept repeating the same sound blip.

Brockton Stadium has been used by the CSL league before. Portugal FC was using it a few years ago before settling on Lamport Stadium (which is much closer to BMO Field). Lamport Stadium is often used by TFC Academy when they play on dates when Toronto FC is not scheduled. Brockton doesn't have a scoreboard and washrooms I'm not sure of their existance. The field is natural grass and was in fairly good shape--lots of rain the last two months but enough sun that it dries the surface. The field is also maintained by a local Portuguese community group for their own team that takes much better care than when the City overused it with too many permits.

BMO Field is now ready to have unrushed post game sponsored events like "Take A Shot on Tony The Tiger" without a time limit because of TFC Academy games. Today's Toronto FC program had a story about the Academy tieing the travelling Colo Colo (famous Chilean championship team) in Kitchener within the last two weeks but fans curiosity would be dulled with the effort required to see this game. A page reprinted in the program still had the game being scheduled at BMO Field.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

TFC Academy starters

Astros starters

TFCA Nicholas Lindsay takes freekick.

Players line up for Astros freekick.

TFCA goalie rushes well out of net.

Astros continue rush with TFCA player falling over.

Astros breakout rush.

TFCA Matthew Stinson challenges Astros player.

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