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Result of the Saturday August 28th, 2010 CSL game between TFC Academy and London City played at Lamport Stadium in Toronto at 3:00pm.
TFC Academy (all red, white numbers)
.................50 Xander Huggins
14 Dino Gardner...34 Parker Seymour...6 Jordan Murrell (cpt)...3 Vincenzo Sasso
.......20 Joshua Janniere...5 Arthur Casupanan...8 Oscar Cordon
.......25 Tristan Jackman...46 Sergio Camargo...10 Keith Makubuya
Subs:...22 Angelo Cavalluzzo (gk)...11 Ashtone Morgan (def)...18 Nicholas Lindsay (fwd)...41 Kevan Aleman (mid)
team officials:...head coach Jason Bent...assistant coach Anthony Capotosta...physio Heather Clegg...goalkeeping coach Paolo Ceccarelli
London City (all black, white numbers)
.................1 Scott Mueller (cpt)
2 Carson Green...27 Brody Vangestel...3 Abdo Halbouni...21 Jagger Hassan
4 Estevao Franco...7 Anasse Brouk...5 David Ortega...17 Justin Marques
...........26 Youna Samra...18 Michael Marcoccia
Subs:...12 Karim Ben Sari (mid)...13 Sergio Siguenza (def)...19 Stuart Wright (mid)...22 Nick Belanger (mid)...35 Andrew Loague (fwd)
team officials:...head coach Luka Shaqiri...manager Ryan Gauss...trainer Clint Jack
Game officials:...referee Joe Audi...referee's assistants Dan Popescu and Kosta Karamalis...fourth official Yusri Rudolph...(neon yellow shirts, black short and socks)
1st Half:...game starts 3:33pm...TFCA defends north end with a hot sun in the south west.
1 min...LC Samra blast from 20 yards on right is smothered on right post by goalie.
4 min...LC Samra 45 yard freekick down middle blast is high and wide left.
6 min...TFCA Camargo and TFCA Cordon work out cornerkick from right and earn another cornerkick on deflection. When they repeat this on the next
play, a defender clears.
8 min...TFCA Camargo 22 yard freekick off one-man wall on right near end line.
9 min...TFCA Janniere intercepts pass and quick chip in crowd of players is high and wide right of net from 25 yards.
10 min...TFCA Janniere cross from 15 yards on right has TFCA Cordon head 8 yarder over net from left post.
12 min...TFCA Gardner 35 yard shot on right is wide right of net.
13 min...LC Samra cornerkick from right has LC Marques tip ball back into box from left but defender clears.
14 min...LC goalie catches 20 yard shot from right.
16 min...TFCA Camargo and TFCA Cordon tap and take 28 yard freekick from left that's cleared from box.
17 min...LC Marcoccia cross from left has LC Samra pop 12 yard header wide right from right side.
18 min...TFCA Makubuya rush up middle and 15 yard shot is blocked.
18 min...City Youna Samra GOAL...Samra on a rush down the wing blasts a 22 yard shot from the right into the top left corner of the net over
goalie Xander Huggins.
22 min...TFCA Camargo cornerkick from right is rolled out to TFCA Casupanan who shanks 25 yard shot up middle well wide left of net.
23 min...TFCA Gardner cross from right has TFCA Camargo not able to redirect ball from 8 yards on midair kick.
25 min...LC Samra on rush blasts 30 yard shot from right that goalie pushes wide left of goal.
26 min...LC Samra cornerkick from left has defender clear from box.
26 min...LC sub...Wright replaces Franco who had suffered a leg injury.
30 min...TFCA Cordon cross from 15 yards near left end line but no TFCA player is in box.
33 min...LC Samra intercepts TFCA player and sends 30 yard shot down middle high and wide left of net.
38 min...TFCA Murrell 30 yard freekick down middle is well over bar and wide left.
39 min...LC Samra behind defenders turns and fires 15 yard roller smothered by goalie.
42 min...TFCA Camargo 20 yard freekick from right is cleared by defenders.
44 min...LC Marques has 12 yard shot on end line blocked by sliding goalie.
44 min...LC Marcoccia cornerkick from right is cleared from box.
45 min...LC YELLOW card...Ortega earns it for tackle when he pulls down player at 35 yards.
45 min...TFC player's freekick is wasted on too many passes at 30 yards and no shot is gotten away.
47 min...LC player's freekick from 25 yards on right has ball cleared through box.
48 min...half ends 4:21pm.
2nd Half:...starts 4:39pm.
halftime subs:...TFCA Morgan replaces Sasso.
.................TFCA Aleman replaces Camargo.
45 min...TFCA goalie dives right to stop through ball.
46 min...LC YELLOW card...Samra earns it for tackle on TFCA Jackman at center line.
47 min...LC defender misses ball and TFCA Aleman misses 5 yarder into open net.
47 min...LC goalie blocks 15 yard shot and defender concedes cornerkick from left.
52 min...LC Wright 35 yard freekick from left sideline has defender pop up header away from LC Brouk in box.
54 min...TFCA Morgan cross from 25 yards on left has TFCA Jackman backheel shot from 7 yards that goalie stops on right post.
56 min...LC sub...Siguenza replaces Halbouni.
58 min...LC Brouk 35 yard freekick is low and goalie smothers.
58 min...LC YELLOW card...Siguenza earns it for knocke down on TFCA Cordon at TFCA 40 yards.
59 min...TFCA Makubuya just a step behind pass into LC box on charge.
61 min...TFCA Makubuya rush on right is blasted from 22 yards well over net.
62 min...TFCA sub...Lindsay replaces Jackman.
63 min...TFCA Makubuya rush from 45 yards and rolls 20 yard shot that goalie smothers.
64 min...TFCA Kevan Aleman GOAL...TFCA Joshua Janniere has a break and rolls 15 yard shot that hits the left post past diving goalie Scott
Mueller and the ball deflects to the right and Aleman kicks in 8 yard shot into the open net.
65 min...TFCA YELLOW card...Aleman earns it for pulling his jersey over his head on the goal celebration.
69 min...LC Samra blasts 22 yard shot from left that goalie flies to push wide right of net.
70 min...TFCA goalie slides out to grab through ball.
........LC YELLOW card...Marcoccia earns it for touching the fallen goalie.
73 min...LC sub...Loague replaces Brouk.
74 min...LC Loague pokes pass through to LC Marcoccia who has TFCA Gardner get in way of 10 yard shot to deflect for cornerkick.
74 min...TFCA goalie punches away cornerkick from right.
77 min...TFCA Aleman cornerkick from left is low and defender clears.
79 min...TFCA Lindsay rolls 30 yard shot through crowd wide right of net.
81 min...LC Samra 20 yard shot is high and wide left of net.
83 min...TFCA Aleman 22 yard shot from right is caught by goalie.
84 min...TFCA Aleman 25 yard freekick from right is cleared over end line.
86 min...TFCA Lindsay 28 yard freekick down middle is well over net.
87 min...TFCA Aleman cornerkick from right has TFCA Lindsay head ball wide left from 12 yards on left.
88 min...LC YELLOW card...Green earns if for knock down at LC 20 yards.
89 min...TFCA Aleman 28 yard freekick down middle has ball cleared.
90 min...TFCA Lindsay has 4 yard shot saved on line.
90 min...TFCA Makubuya pops up 10 yard header that's cleared in LC box.
91 min...LC Samra pass on 2 on 1 rush at 12 yards has defender get foot in to break up play.
92 min...TFCA YELLOW card...Casupanan earns it for a tackle at TFCA 18 yards.
93 min...LC Samra 25 yard freekick from extreme left has LC Loague not able to turn ball at 6 yards on right.
94 min...game ends 5:28pm.
Final Score:........TFC Academy..............1.................London City...........1..............
Attendance was about 60 on this hot afternoon. The game was delayed by 30 minutes as the refereeing crew (Joe Audi-referee) were coming all the way from Ottawa. The game ending at 5:30pm still left fans 90 minutes to get to the MLS Toronto FC game at BMO Field on the Canadian National Exhibition grounds three blocks away. There was a very small contingent of TFC fans.
Both teams had chances to win this game. At 87 minutes TFCA Kevan Aleman took a cornerkick from the right that had TFCA Nicholas Lindsay head the ball wide left from 12 yards on the left. At 91 minutes City Youna Samra on a 2 on 1 rush passed the ball over at 12 yards but the defender got a foot in to break up the play. At 93 minutes Samra took a 25 yard freekick from the extreme left that had City Andrew Loague not able to turn a header from 6 yards on the right.
I asked Academy head coach Jason Bent before the game about Doneil Henry who was announced earlier in the week as signing a contract with Toronto FC. It appears doubtful that he will return to the Academy if they are in a playoff round and Henry is just spending time on the bench with the pro club. Academy have a makeup game on Monday against Toronto Croatia as their first try two weeks ago had the game rained out at 38 minutes. Bent confirmed there were no reserve division games on Sunday--they were playing on the Saturday just like this game so there won't be any players trying to play three games in three days. With the Academy losing players to college scholarships and today's reserve division game, the bench only had four substitutions available instead of the usual seven. Goal scorer Kevan Aleman came in at the start of the second half.
London City earned a tie and has been on a small roll lately with only one loss in their last four games. Manager Ryan Gauss told Alex B of "This Week in the CSL" show before the game that the team has won more games than last year (so far three vs one) and has been competitive in every game. Today's result pulls them even with the slumping North York Astros who they thumped 7-0 two weeks ago. Gauss said that goal scorer Youna Samra signed from the WOSL league within the last month and has scored four goals already. This brought to mind their goal scorer Paul Munster who set a record in this league for goal scoring in his brief time over here. Gauss said Munster now plays in the first division of his native Northern Ireland [Linfield FC].
A mistake in announcing a Yellow card at 88 minutes made it look like Michael Marcoccia earned his second Yellow and should have been ejected but it was actually Carson Green who picked up the card.
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TFCA starters
City starters
City waits for signal to kick off.
City throw-in.
City player takes shot on net.
2nd Half kick off.
TFCA pressure with Joshua Janniere (20) and Oscar Cordon (8).
TFCA Nicholas Lindsay takes freekick.
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