August 15, 2010 CSL--York Region Shooters vs Serbian White Eagles (by Rocket Robin)

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Result of the Sunday August 15, 2010 CSL game between York Region Shooters and Serbian White Eagles played at St Joan of Arc Catholic High School in Maple at 6:00pm.

York Region Shooters (black socks, shorts, and numbers, sky blue shirts)

....................1 Camilow Benzi
13 Aundrae Rollins...2 Rick Titus...4 Marcelo Capazolo...6 Fitzroy Christey
20 Matthew Groves...21 Darryl Gomez...99 Ryan Dummett...14 Anthony Bahadur
............9 Jason DeThomasis...11 Kadian Lecky (cpt)

Subs:...00 Yosuto Hoshiko (gk)...5 Nicolas Martinez (mid)...12 Alex Trujillo (def)...8 Chris Turner (def)...10 Franck Koue'Bi (fwd) ...19 Julio Garcia (mid)...15 Luke Stedmond (fwd)
team officials:...manager John Pacione...head coach Tony Dethomasis...coach Hubert Groves...physio Erick Yuill

Serbian White Eagles (all white, red numbers)

..................1 Milos Kocic
28 Goran Vlaski...5 Mark Jankovic...4 Milos Vucinic...19 Dragaorad Milicevic
99 Sasa Vickinez (cpt)...7 Kirie Dimitrov...10 Alex Braletic...29 Stefan Vukovic
...........11 Milos Scepanovic...8 Shawn Brown

Subs:...1 Milos Djurkovic (gk)...14 Uros Stamatovic (mid)...16 Viktor Anastasov (fwd)...18 Andre Orlando (mid)...20 Milan Janosevic (mid) ...26 Marko Ivantic (def)...31 Misel Kilsara (def)
team officials:...head coach Dusko Prijic...assistant manager Karolin Bujack...assistant coach Sasa Vukovic

Game officials:...referee Manuel Orellano...referee's David DiPasquale and Mike Izzo...fourth official Mike W???????...(neon yellow shirts, black shorts and socks)

1st Half:...game starts 6:14pm...YRS defend south end on this hot humid evening with the sun in the north west.
30 sec...SWE Dimitrov cornerkick from left is over players in box.
5 min...YRS Gomez cornerkick from right has defender clear from box.
9 min...SWE Brown rolls 20 yard cross near left end line that goalie picks up.
10 min...SWE Viciknez low 40 yard freekick from right is stopped on edge of box.
12 min...SWE Brown blasts roller from 30 yards that deflects off defender to goalie.
14 min...SWE Scepanovic cornerkick from right is low and YRS Christey as nearest defender clears.
15 min...SWE Braletic rolls ball up middle and SWE Brown at 15 yards on right blasts roller wide left.
16 min...SWE Viciknez 30 yard freekick from left has YRS DeThomasis head ball away. SWE Dimitrov blasts 25 yard rebound down middle well over net.
18 min...YRS Gomez cornerkick from right has YRS DeThomasis one-touch mid-air 20 yard shot off defender for cornerkick.
19 min...YRS Gomez cornerkick from right has defender at 20 yards head away ball for fast break.
21 min...YRS Christey long throw-in from left has defenders head ball away and YRS DeThomasis takes 22 yard blast up middle just wide left of net.
23 min...White Eagles Stefan Vukovic GOAL...SWE Sasa Viciknez stops on run on right at 30 yards, he rolls pass forward through legs of YRS Rick Titus and SWE Shawn Brown at 20 yards passes left where Vukovic in open blasts low 25 yard shot to low right corner of net beyond diving goalie YRS Camilo Benzi.
26 min...SWE Viciknez blasts 28 yard freekick from right that goalie deflects off right goalpost for cornerkick.
26 min...SWE Scepanovic cornerkick from right has goalie catch in center of 6 yard box.
28 min...SWE goalie chests ball down when SWE Jankovic passes back from 20 yards under threat and goalie clears.
31 min...YRS DeThomasis 30 yard freekick from right has blast hits head in player wall.
34 min...YRS Gomez blasts 35 yard freekick from left is off player in two man wall.
36 min...YRS Christey pops header back to goalie when SWE Brown threatens on right at 22 yards.
38 min...YRS DeThomasis cornerkick from left has defender concede cornerkick to prevent YRS Lecky getting to ball at 7 yards.
38 min...YRS DeThomasis cornerkick from left is high and cleared away.
39 min...SWE Dimitrov can't win Penalty kick when he's grabbed by defender on rush to left side of net.
41 min...SWE Scepanovic 30 yard freekick from right is bent to goalie on right side of goal.
42 min...YRS DeThomasis 28 yard freekick up middle is low around wall but goalie smothers.
45 min...YRS Rollins rolls ball up middle from 30 yards that defender misses and YRS Lecky rolls 10 yard shot wide right of post.
46 min...half ends 7:00pm.

2nd Half:...starts 7:17pm...the sun is now behind clouds.
47 min...Shooters Jason DeThomasis GOAL...DeThomasis on right cuts to center and blasts low 22 yard shot into left side of net beyond diving goalie Milos Kocic.
50 min...SWE Viciknez 35 yard freekick from right is low and cleared by defender before it reaches box.
51 min...SWE Viciknez 30 yard freeekick from right is into player wall just outside box.
54 min...YRS sub...Trujillo replaces Dummett.
55 min...YRS Gomez cornerkick from left is over players in box.
58 min...YRS Bahadur low 20 yard shot rolls to goalie from left.
60 min...YRS DeThomasis 30 yard shot up middle saved by goalie.
62 min...SWE Dimitrov cornerkick from left is caught by goalie.
63 min...YRS Lecky rolls cross from near left end line has YRS DeThomasis whiffs on 20 yard shot.
63 min...YRS Gomez 35 yard freekick from right is cleared from box.
67 min...YRS sub...Koue'Bi replaces Groves.
68 min...SWE sub...Stamatovic replaces Vukovic.
71 min...SWE Scepanovic cornerkick from left is over players in box.
72 min...YRS Titus has clearance deflect off SWE Brown but goalie charges out and smothers ball at 15 yards before Brown can get to it.
73 min...YRS Gomez blasts 30 yarder down middle well over net.
75 min...YRS sub...Martinez replaces Bahadur.
76 min...SWE goalie catches YRS Koue'Bi 12 yard pop up header from right.
78 min...SWE Vucinic bends cross from 20 yards to SWE Viciknez who blasts 10 yard shot that goalie bats down and ball cleared.
79 min...YRS Martinez threads up middle from 30 yards and YRS Lecky chips 15 yarder well over goalie and net.
80 min...SWE Scepanovic whiffs on shot at 10 yards on left side resulting in goalkick.
81 min...YRS Koue'Bi rush and crosses from right but ball cleared.
82 min...SWE Brown rush on left to end line then chips ball over box.
83 min...YRS Lecky gets away shot as SWE Jankovic tangles with him wins cornerkick.
84 min...YRS sub...Garcia replaces Lecky. Christey becomes the captain.
84 min...YRS player's cornerkick is cleared from box.
85 min...SWE YELLOW card...Milicevic earns it for hand ball at SWE 45 yard line.
89 min...YRS Trujillo 35 yard shot over players on right is caught by goalie.
90 min...YRS Garcia cornerkick from right has YRS Koue'Bi head 10 yarder over net.
92 min...game ends 8:04pm.

Final Score:........York Region Shooters..........1.................Serbian White Eagles............1............

Attendance was about 300 people on this hot humid early evening with the sun in the north west. The game ended just 20 minutes before a thunderstorm was overhead. It was a mix of fans from both teams.

Both teams had chances to get a winner. At 78 minutes SWE Milos Vucinic bends a cross from 20 yards to SWE Sasa Viciknez who one-touch blasts a 10 yard shot that the goalie bats down on the line and the ball is cleared. One minute later YRS Nicolas Martinez threads a pass up the middle from 30 yards and YRS Kadian Lecky chips a 15 yarder well over the bar with the goalie caught 8 yards off his line. At 90 minutes YRS Julio Garcia took a cornerkick from the right and YRS Frank Koue-Bi leapt and sent a 10 yard header over the net.

Referee Manuel Orellano gave out few cards (much to the disappointment of the White Eagles fans) in this mostly wide open game.

Both teams were strong defensively with White Eagles using Goran Vlaski, Mark Jankovic, Milos Vucinic, and Dragaorad Milicevic. Regulars Mirko Medic was sitting out a suspension for picking up five Yellow cards and Taylor Lord still was suffering from a muscle injury. Shooters defence was Aundrae Rollins, Rick Titus, Marcelo Capazolo, and Fitzroy Christey. Forwards for both teams would get by one defender but in the time it took to do that, another defender would be right behind the first one or check the striker off the ball. It was only the 17th goal that Shooters had conceded in 16 games--and the 8th goal White Eagles have given up in 14 games. I suppose I shouldn't have expected a 5-5 tie!

I felt the Shooters had the advantage over White Eagles in the second half but a tie was a fair result. This was a battle before the 1st and 2nd place teams in the league. The result does more good for White Eagles as they stay two points up on the Shooters and have two games in hand.

I was asking around about what happened in the Friday night game in Hamilton between Hamilton Croatia and Toronto Croatia that is not updated on the CSL website yet. Apparently Antonio Zupan of Hamilton Croatia had picked up his second Yellow card at the end of the first half (Zupan played last year for Toronto Croatia last year) and either pushed or punched referee Gianni Facchini (he was a spectator at today's game but I missed getting his side at the end of the game). Facchini then stopped the game and no second half was played. As Toronto Croatia had a 1-0 lead when this happened, it would seem easiest if Toronto was given the win. There's a new schedule with seven rescheduled games. Toronto Croatia is only playing their 12th game today whereas some teams have played 16 or 17 already. Toronto Croatia are also going to British Columbia to represent the CSL against a BC league. They always leave the Labour Day weekend open to play at a Croatian cultural tournament usually in the USA. The league will decide the result later this week.

Rocket Robin
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