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Result of the Monday August 30th, 2010 CSL game between Toronto Croatia vs TFC Academy played at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke at 7:30pm.

Toronto Croatia (blue socks, white shorts and numbers, red shirts)

.................1 Sandi Matika
7 Halburto Harris...6 Ante Zurak...4 Sven Arapovic...15 Ainsley Deer
21 Braeden Krampert...23 Tonci Pirija...11 Ivan Zgela (cpt)...16 Boris Tomac
.........18 Dani Jankovic...10 Tihomir Maletic

Subs:...12 Antonio Ilic (gk)...3 Robert Fran (def)...8 Hayden Fitzwilliams (mid)...19 Niko Pesa (fwd)...20 Alex Arbelo (mid)...25 Lukas Pesa (mid) ...30 Tomislav Leko (mid)
team officials:...head coach Daniel Leko...manager Ivan Kulis...assistant coach Alen Vukobrad...assistant manager Perica Arapovic...physio Rachel Leroux

TFC Academy (all white, black numbers)

..............22 Angelo Cavalluzzo
14 Dino Gardner...21 Parker Seymour...6 Jordan Murrell (cpt)...11 Ashtone Morgan
.......25 Tristan Jackman...5 Arthur Casupanan...19 Kevan Aleman
.......20 Joshua Janniere...18 Nicholas Lindsay...8 Oscar Cordon

Subs:...12 Justin Silveira (gk)...3 Vincenzo Sasso (def)...10 Keith Makubuya (fwd)...17 Sergio Camargo (mid)
team officials:...head coach Jason Bent...assistant coach Anthony Capotosto...goalkeeping coach Domenic Ientile...physio Sabrina Morelli

Game officials:...referee Justin Tasev...referee's assistants Gianni Facchini and Zac Taylor...fourth official Leo Monaco...(all black uniforms, neon red trim)

1st Half:...game starts 7:34pm...TC defend north end.
1min 25 sec...Academy Tristan Jackman GOAL...Jackman takes low 22 yard shot up the middle into left corner of net beyond diving goalie Sandi Matika.
4 min...TFCA Lindsay gets through ball pass up middle and pushes ball past goalie at 25 yards but over end line.
4 min...TC Krampert cross from 20 yards on right is caught by goalie.
6 min...TC Jankovic ends TC cornerkick pressure with 15 yard shot well over net after receiving blocked shot.
8 min...TC goalie out at 25 yards heads ball away from TFCA forward running for through ball pass.
13 min...TC YELLOW card...Zurak earns it for holding back TFCA player on rush. It was a delayed call.
13 min...TFCA Aleman 30 yard freekick from left is caught by goalie.
17 min...TC Jankovic kicks 7 yarder that goalie pushes wide right after TC Harris crossed ball into box from right.
19 min...TC Harris 60 yard freekick from right bounces to goalie.
21 min...TFCA Seymour short cornerkick from right is cleared from box.
21 min...TFCA Seymour 25 yard shot from left over crowd bounces to goalie.
25 min...TC Pirija 20 yard shot through crowd is just over bar.
29 min...TC YELLOW card...Pirija earns it for knock down of TFCA Morgan at 35 yard sideline.
30 min...TFCA Aleman 40 yard freekick from left is just over heads of players in box and drops wide right for goalkick.
31 min...TC Tomac rushes to recover ball up middle but final shot blocked.
32 min...TFCA Lindsay 30 yard shot from left is well wide left of net.
33 min...TFCA Jackman(?) is injured near center line.
35 min...TFCA Aleman and TFCA Cordon work up freekick from 25 yards but pass into box has TC defender block and clear ball.
36 min...TC Tomac break in on left past defender and 18 yard shot is over net.
36 min...TC Krampert injured at center line and needs treatment off field.
41 min...TFCA YELLOW card...Janniere earns it for trip on TC Jankovic at TFCA 30 yards.
42 min...TC Zurak 30 yard freekick blast up middle is just over net.
44 min...TC Pirija 35 yard blast down middle is well over net.
45 min...TFCA Janniere 30 yard shot from right is high wide right.
47 min...TC player's 35 yard freekick from left has defender clear ball wide left for throw-in.
47 min...half ends 8:21pm.

2nd Half:...starts 8:37pm.
halftime subs:...TC Arbelo replaces Krampert.
.................TC Fitzwilliams replaces Jankovic.
50 min...TC Pirija cornerkick from left is short and intercepted by defender on near post.
53 min...TFCA Cordon backheel to TFCA Janniere whose 12 yard shot is stopped.
53 min...TFCA player's cornerkick from left has defender into outside right webbing of net.
53 min...TFCA player's cornerkick from left has TFCA player head 6 yarder to left and defender clears.
54 min...TC Tomac 25 yard shot from left is well over net.
57 min...TFCA Jackman turns and cuts 25 yard shot from left just wide left on roller.
59 min...TC YELLOW card...Arapovic earns it for knock over of TFCA Janniere on right sideline at TC 38 yards.
60 min...TFCA Aleman 42 yard freeekicki from right sideline has defenders clear.
63 min...TC Arbelo cuts to middle on run and low 30 yard blast is stopped by goalie diving to left.
64 min...TFCA Aleman blasts 25 yard blast is over net.
66 min...TC Arbelo 30 yard roller up middle is smothered by goalie.
69 min...TC Deer rush on right and rolls cross into box that goalie picks up.
70 min...TC sub...Leko replaces Zgela.
72 min...TC YELLOW card...Tomac earns it for tripping TFCA Gardner.
73 min...TFCA sub...Makubuya replaces Janniere.
74 min...TC Fitzwilliams on 1 on 2 squeezed off ball in left side but wins cornerkick.
75 min...TC sub...Fran replaces Tomac.
75 min...TC player's cornerkick from left is well over players in box and TC player's shot is well over bar.
78 min...TC Fitzwilliams 18 yard rolled cross from right has defender clear in box.
81 min...TFCA YELLOW card...Cordon earns it for not giving 10 yards on TC 35 yard freekick.
81 min...TC Arbelo 35 yard freekick is over player wall but well wide right of net.
83 min...TC Maletic 20 yard freekick is off head in player wall only 8 yards away.
85 min...TC Leko 25 yard shot from left is well over net.
86 min...TC Fran high cross from 25 yards on extreme right is caught by goalie.
87 min...TFCA YELLOW card...Cordon earns it for pull down on TFCA 28 yards. (that would have been his second card so I suppose at 81 minutes he only got a verbal warning.
87 min...TC Arbelo 30 yard shot from right is bounced to goalie.
89 min...TC Fitzwilliams 30 yard shot from right is bounced to goalie.
89 min...TC player's cross from 25 yards on right has TC Deer just a step away on diving header at 8 yards.
93 min...game ends 9:25pm.

Final Score:......Toronto Croatia......0.........TFC Academy............1...........

Attendance was about 120 on this hot and humid evening. This game was rescheduled from Sunday August 15th at 8:15pm. That game actually got started but was stopped at 38 minutes with Toronto Croatia holding a 1-0 lead and a thunderstorm interrupting and not stopping until the game was stopped. This game started from 0 minutes and went the full 90 minutes. With the scheduled game of Sunday between Toronto Croatia and York Region Shooters being postponed to give Croatia time to recover after their trip to British Columbia to play an exhibition game (watched by 4400 at Swangard Stadium in Vancouver said message board posters), tonight's open spot was a good time to play this game with Croatia holding five games in hand on a few teams in the league and with less than five weeks left in the regular season.

This game was over very quickly with the early goal. I couldn't have expected any more scoring as TFC Academy have not allowed more than one goal against since five games ago when they allowed three goals in a 3-1 loss to--Toronto Croatia. Croatia had not allowed more than one goal for their last six games.

TFC Academy continues to perform well despite losing players to call-ups to the MLS team and scholarships. Their bench was thin again for the second game in a row with only four players listed. It appears it's their junior academy team that is suffering because they lost for the second week in a row with many players moving up the senior academy team to fill in the roster spots.

Angelo Cavalluzzo earned the shutout for the Academy without having to make many tough stops. Croatia was limited by play of Academy defenders Dino Gardner, Parker Seymour, captain Jordan Murrell, and Ashtone Morgan. Croatia's shooting needed improvement with most the freekicks and shots skied over the net. Croatia's best chance was at 17 minutes when Halburto Harris crossed a ball into the box from the right and Dani Jankovic kicked a 7 yard shot that the goalie pushed wide right of the post.

Referee Justin Tasev had an easy game to officiate between the two disciplined teams.

Tonight's win and Saturday's tie for TFCA moved them up to 2nd place in the standings only one point behind Serbian White Eagles however TFCA have played more than York Region Shooters and Milltown FC who are just behind them in the standings. Toronto Croatia is stuck in 9th place; one place out of the playoffs but holding six games in hand on Montreal who are only one point ahead of them.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

Croatia starters

TFCA starters

TFCA Nicholas Lindsay close check.

Croatia player is injured.

Croatia player gets in a poke check.

Croatia freekick is sent over the net.

TFCA Kevan Aleman takes a freekick.

Referee takes the time to set up this freekick.

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