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Result of the Sunday September 19th, 2010 CSL game between North York Astros and Portugal FC played at Esther Shiner Stadium in North York at 3:45pm.

North York Astros (all orange, black numbers)

..............1 Kingsley Alarcon
4 Victor Gallo...6 Eugene Gorditsa...3 John Jung (cpt)...2 Anthony Valentine
18 Michael Lee-Chong...15 Jevon Vanderreyden...14 Kurt Ramsey...5 Alexandre Oran
..........8 Julio Alegre...7 Erik Grigore

Subs:...9 Maricio Chamale (mid)...11 Nikola Miodrag (mid)...12 Kishon Ross (def)...13 Christian Campanella (def)...16 Martin Urraburu (mid)
17 Roozbeh Houdaji (fwd)...19 Adrian Gallo (fwd)
team officials:...sports director Jorge Collazo...coach Gerardo Lezcano and Thomas Boljkovac...assistant manager Gerardo Lezcano Sr...general manager Bruno Ierullo

Portugal FC (all red, white numbers)

..............1 Mike Silva (cpt)
......16 John Louis Perruzza...15 Andre Stewart...3 John Jonke
20 Dominic Oppong...23 Marko Bedenikovic...11 Luca Forno...22 Francesco Capone
......14 Jarek Whiteman...9 Andrea Lombardo...13 Massimo Mirabelli

Subs:...12 Matt Dias (gk)...24 Maleagi Ngarizemo (def)...19 Blake Richard (mid)...6 Jaroslaw Radzinski (def)
team officials:...assistant coach Patrice Gheisar...manager Jimmy Carvalho

Game officials:...referee John Oliva...referee's assistants Jeff Fearnall and James Bliss...fourth official Steve Senderovich...(yellow shirts, black shorts and socks)

1st Half:...game starts 3:53pm...Astros defend east end on this warm afternoon with bright sunshine in the west.
1 min...PFC player's cornerkick from right has goalie bat ball away and defender clears.
2 min...Astros goalie charges to edge of box and grabs through ball ahead of PFC Lombardo.
6 min...PFC Jarek Whiteman GOAL...PFC Marko Bedenikovic sent ball forward from left from 25 yards and Whiteman deflects ball in from 10 yards with foot into left side of net.
8 min...PFC Bedenikovic 32 yard freekick blast down middle is low and around player wall and bounces to goalie on right post.
8 min...PFC Jarek Whiteman GOAL...PFC #21 (although they say they didn't have that number) cross from 22 yards on left had Whiteman shoot-one touch redirection from 10 yards on left. Goalie Kingsley Alarcon can't squeeze ball and it's into right corner of net.
10 min...Astros goalie catches 60 yard kick while staring into the sun.
12 min...Astros Alegre squeezed off ball at 18 yards on run up middle.
13 min...PFC Forno cornerkick from right is over players in box.
14 min...PFC Andrea Lombardo GOAL...Lombardo gets long pass from left on charge down middle at 40 yards and is in all alone and his 25 yard volley as he cuts towards goal is lofted over goalie and into right side of net.
17 min...Astros Gallo 35 yard shot from right is wide right of net.
21 min...PFC Jarek Whiteman GOAL...PFC Dominic Oppong freekick from left near left corner flag (after PFC Luca Forno faked that he would take the kick) is into box and charging Whiteman on right headed ball downward from 6 yards and it one-bounces into left side of net.
23 min...Astros sub...Houdaji replaces Gorditsa.
24 min...PFC Mirabelli cross from left 20 yards on end line has goalie palm ball up. PFC Lombardo kicks 12 yard partial clearance that defender blocks and clears.
27 min...Astros Ramsey gets ball crossed from left and 25 yard shot is wide right.
28 min...PFC Bedenikovic 40 yard freekick down middle hits top of bar and deflects over net.
32 min...Astros Alegre pounces on miscue and quick 20 yard shot has goalie make point blank save.
34 min...PFC Forno can't tip header on cross from right and pops up header behind him at 12 yards.
34 min...PFC Capone cross from 45 yards on left has PFC Forno not able to redirect header from 10 yards and wide right for goalkick.
36 min...Astros Oran ends Astros pressure with low 28 yard roller through crowd wide right of net.
38 min...PFC Mirabelli cross from 25 yards high and over players in box.
41 min...Astros goalie charge out to clear through-ball pass before PFC Whiteman can get to it.
43 min...PFC Lombardo 20 yard shot as he falls low on right and ball is saved by goalie.
45 min...(1st half)...PFC RED card...Luco Forno earns a direct ejection from referee John Oliva for violent conduct at center line.
.......................Astros RED card...Jevon Vanderreyden earns a direct ejection for violent conduct for his part in this incident.

47 min...half ends 4:40pm.

2nd Half:...starts 4:57pm.
halftime subs:...PFC Ngarizemo replaces Whiteman.
..........Astros Gallo replaces Lee-Chong.
48 min...Astros goalie catches 15 yard cross from left end line.
50 min...PFC players work out short cornerkick from right but give ball away.
50 min...PFC Bedenikovic can't quite get on sliding to save ball just over end line.
52 min...PFC Bedenikovic cornerkick from left has play whistled down on PFC Lombardo high kick at 10 yards.
58 min...PFC YELLOW card...Bedenikovic earns it for complaining about call well away from the play.
59 min...Astros Oran freekick from 45 yards on right has Astros Houdaji heads 10 yarder off bar and his 8 yard rebound is blocked by defender.
62 min...PFC YELLOW card...Oppong earns it for delaying Astros freekick at Astros 30 yard line!
64 min...Astros Gallo cornerkick from left has goalie catch on right in crowd of players.
65 min...Astros Oran 28 yard shot from right is wide left of net.
67 min...PFC Lombardo gets long pass and runs up left line and his shot is blocked.
69 min...PFC sub...Richard replaces Mirabelli.
70 min...PFC sub...Radzinski replaces Perruzza.
.........PFC sub...Dias replaces Silva as goalie. Stewart becomes the captain.
72 min...Astros Houdaji rush through middle beats new goalie (from 2 minutes earlier) Matt Dias and rolls shot wide left from 15 yards on roller but goalie tripped him up. Referee awards Astros a Penalty kick. Dias earns a Yellow card for this tackle.
73 min...Astros Erik Grigore GOAL...Grigore blasts shot off inside of bar at back of net on left side. (I didn't realize that it had gone in as it sounded like the plonk off hitting the goalpost and it bounced out so fast.
76 min...Astros Houdaji rush for through ball and goalie slides to block 15 yard shot and ball pops up and PFC Jonke heads over own net from 5 yards.
77 min...Astros sub...Urraburu replaces Alegre.
77 min...Astros player's cornerkick from right has goalie catch cross from left.
79 min...PFC Oppong on left chips goalie at 15 yards but ball is into ouside left webbing of net.
82 min...Astros Grigore stops his dribble down middle to blast 25 yarder around PFC Jonke and flying goalie catches ball on right post at 5 yards.
83 min...Astros Oran blasts 28 yarder from left that's caught by goalie.
85 min...PFC Stewart gets 18 yard shot on right that's caught by goalie.
87 min...Astros Grigore 20 yard shot up middle is saved point blank by diving goalie.
87 min...Astros Erik Grigore GOAL...Grigore beats offside trap at 20 yards up middle and he rolls 15 yard shot into low left corner of net.
89 min...Astros Oran and PFC Stewart in altercation. Stewart was knocked down and Oran had blood in his mouth.
91 min...Astros YELLOW card...Oran earns it for argueing on the field.
.........PFC YELLOW card...Lombardo earns it for argueing on the field.
92 min...Astros Alexandre Oran GOAL...Oran blasts 32 year freekick from right that bends ro right and into top corner of net. Oran and PFC Andrew Stewart had just earned a Yellow card for an altercation. I don't know if Oran was complaining that his mouth was bleeding. That got the referee to send him off for treatment but he was waved back into play to take this kick.
93 min...PFC goalie catches cross from left end line.
94 min...game ends at 5:46pm.

Final Score:.............North York Astros..........3..............Portugal FC............4..............

Attendance was about 40 on this warm sunny day. All the goals were scored in the east end with the goalies staring into the sun.

Portugal ripped four goals in the first 21 minutes of the game however no lead is safe so they had to take advantage when they could before the Astros could settle the game down. Mike Silva was the PFC goalie in the first half and stayed in until the team made wholesale changes at 70 minutes. They had only brought four subs for this game. Some of their players had played for the Reserves team the night before. Head coach Carmine Isacco was away coaching the York University soccer team this afternoon.

Portugal started the game with deflections and tip-ins for their goals but Astros were working at getting through balls for their breaks. There was usually always a last defender back to break up the plays until the comeback in the second half.

PFC could have ended the comeback momentum when at 79 minutes Dominic Oppong was in alone on the left and he chipped the goalie at 15 yards but the ball hit the outside left webbing of the net for a goal kick. Astros had three other late game chances where it turned out they could have earned a tie or got the win. At 76 minutes Roozbeh Houdaji rushed for through ball and the goalie slid to block his 15 yard shot. The ball popped up and PFC defender John Jonke headed the ball over his own net from 5 yards to stop Houdaji who was charging in at full speed. At 82 minutes Astros Erik Grigore stops dribbling down the middle and blasts 25 yard shot around Jonke and the flying goalie catches on the right post at 5 yards. At 87 minutes Grigore again took a 20 yard shot up the middle was saved point blank by the diving goalie at 15 yards however followed up a half minute later by a Grigore goal..

PFC should solidify their place in 5th place in the league with this afternoon's victory and the tie on Friday night against St Catharines Wolves. Astros were just finishing out the schedule and are in 11th spot out of 13 in the league. It was a good, never give up game and closed in but ran out of time.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca


Astros starters


Portugal FC starters


PFC kickoff in 1st half


PFC Jarek Whiteman sets up this play.


Astros break over center


Astros Julio Alegre on rush.


Astros late cornerkick


Astros Erik Grigore scored on this penalty kick.


Astros Erik Grigore with ball.

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