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Details for the CPSL game between York Region Shooters and Mississauga Olympians played Friday May 24th, 2002 at Highland Park in Aurora at 8:30pm. This was considered a League game.
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York Region Shooters (all black, yellow numbers and trim)
......................................................1 Peter Liebez
...................2 Angelo Pollastrone...6 Parminder Dhillon...5 Frank De Francesco
7 Toli Dasteridis...8 Orlando Rizzo (cpt)...3 Enzo Bruzzese...18 Bill Androutsos...10 Peter Stefanovski
............................12 Mike Glasgow...11 Stalin Cardenas
Subs:...00 Robert Scala (gk)...14 Mark White (def)...24 Cameron Medwin (mid)...16 Joseph Grande (mid)...17 Adrian Llewellyn (mid)...19 Adrian Cann (def)...20 Robert Black (fwd).
team officials:...general manager Ralph Aquino...trainers/coaches Sam Mederios and Steve Medwin...team manager Elio Scarcelle...doctor Fabio Distefano.
Mississauga Olympians (all white, blue sides, numbers and trim)
................................1 Patrick Osunduba
............12 Anthony Pfeiffer...11 Mario Haliper...17 Daryl Holmes
6 Aaron Benjamin...14 Ahed Babayavju...8 Darren Tilley...19 Jimmy Kuzmanovsky...9 Marko Benenikovic
.......................18 Rich Saunders...15 Kevin Desurpa
Subs:...7 Pierre Migone (mid)...4 Alan Brown (mid)...16 Dave Silva (mid)...13 Rene Martin (def)...2 David Gee (def)...5 Vahid Assuspour (mid).
team officials:...coach David Gee...physio Cam Brody...trainer Dean Campbell
Game Officials:...referee Calin Pintea...referee's assistants Yakov Rymakh and Isaac Raymond...fourth official Amata DeLuca. (the new fifth official in charge of logistics was not here tonight).
League president Vince Ursini took the opening kickoff.
1st half:...game starts 8:46pm...Shooters defend west end on this cold windy night. There is no scoreboard so all times are converted from my wristwatch.
4 min...MO goalie charges out to tip YS Rizzo charging 20 yard shot wide right for cornerkick.
7 min...YS goalie picks up through ball rolling into box.
10 min...YS Cardenas (?) 25 yard shot is wide.
12 min...MO Tilley freekick from 30 yards is into box., MO Haliper first loses ball than has cross from right cleared.
15 min...YS Glasgow short cross from left, YS Cardenas taps a 15 yard shot that spawling goalie pushes wide left.
17 min...MO Benenikovic rushes in from left and 20 yard shot is wide left.
21 min...MO Babayavju 30 yard shot in traffic well wide left.
23 min...MO Benjamin backheel chips ball forward from 35 yards, MO Saunders 20 yard chip bounces just wide right.
27 min...Olympians Kevin Desurpa GOAL...Desurpa rolls 7 yard shot into right corner of net after a short cross from an Olympians player.
28 min...YS Cardenas 20 yard freekick that defender misses ball, YS Glasgow has point blank shot saved by goalie.
30 min...MO Pfeiffer long cross caught by goalie on left post.
31 min...YS Dasteridis races along left and has goalie play him, cross to tip by YS Cardenas who rushes 12 yard shot that hits outside of crossbar above right goalpost with open net awaiting.
32 min...MO Tilley 20 yard shot deflected for cornerkick.
33 min...YS player brought down just inside right edge of MO box. Referee points to penalty spot as player takes time to recover from injury.
34 min...Shooters Parminder Dhillon blasts penalty kick to left side of net but
lunging goalie pushes ball wide and defenders clear!
37 min...YS goalie charges out to take ball off MO player's head before he could tip it in.
41 min...MO Haliper freekick from left edge of box hits crossbar, pressure applied but eventual rebound tipped over net for cornerkick.
43 min...YS Glasgow can't control pass into MO box and goalie picks up ball.
46 min...half ends 9:32pm.
2nd Half:...starts 9:45pm.
Halftime subs:...YS Medwin replaces Stefanovski.
.......................YS Cann replaces Bruzzese.
......................YS Llewellyn replaces Rizzo. (Androutsos is now captain).
47 min...YS player crosses from right well behind MO net.
49 min...MO cornerkick from right is eventually cleared.
51 min...YS player deflects roller wide right from 15 yards.
54 min...MO Kuzmanovsky rolls cross in from left that goalie picks up.
55 min...YS Cann rolls 20 yard shot to goalie.
58 min...Olympians Kevin Desurpa GOAL...Desurpa short 10 yard shot to low right corner of net after pass from Olympians Rich Saunders.
59 min...MO player blasts 25 yard shot well hight and wide left of net.
60 min...YS goalie catches ball from right.
62 min...MO Babayavju injured just outside MO box.
63 min...MO Saunders blasts 20 yard shot touched to him that goalie blocks on top right corner.
65 min...YS Medwin cornerkick from right, YS Glasgow heads it wide left of net from 7 yards.
69 min...Shooters Mike Glasgow GOAL...Glasgow gets a breakaway from center line as the offside trap didn't get the call. Goalie charged out and is caught 30 yards off line where Glasgow dekes him and runs in and rolls ball in from 3 yards with goalie in pursuit.
72 min...YS YELLOW card...Cardenas for jostling defender.
73 min...YS goalie dives forward to stop low cross from right. This was in the middle of several moments of end to end action by both teams.
75 min...YS sub...Black replaces Dasteridis.
................MO sub...Martin replaces Saunders.
75 min...MO player blasts 20 yard shot over net.
78 min...YS goalie catches high cross into box.
83 min...MO Silva replaces Babayavju.
84 min...YS Cardenas rolls 15 yard shot wide.
85 min...YS Medwin runs down right and rolls cross but YS Glasgow flubs kick trying to blast ball.
88 min...YS Black chips ball ahead, YS Glasgow 10 yard shot caught by goalie.
89 min...YS Androutsos 20 yard quick shot stopped by sprawling goalie.
90 min...MO YELLOW card...Desurpa for foul.
91 min...YS Medwin blasts shot wide.
91 min...YS Cann rolls shot well wide across box.
91 min...Olympians Kevin Desurpa GOAL...An Olympian player makes a behind the back scissor check on Shooters defender just over center line and Olympians Marko Benenikovic races in on 2 on 1 break and passes to Desurpa who sends a 12 yard shot into short right side of net over goalie.
92 min...YS Cardenas 12 yard shot is wide left.
Final Score:.....York Region Shooters...1...Mississauga Olympians.....3....
Attendance started at about 200 but gradually emptied out as the weather turned cold in the night air.
The York Region Shooters players are actually about fourteen of the 2001 Canadian U-19 Club Champions Vaughan Azzuri plus about three to five from last year's Shooters.
Kevin Desurpa scored all three goals and quickly takes the CPSL goalscoring lead in only one game.
Mississauga Olympians have noone from the 2001 Toronto Olympians on their roster although coach/owner David Gee has some soccer veterans like former Lynx defender Daryl Holmes, and A-League traveller Darren Tilley. Also last year's Lynx player Aaron Benjamin.
York Region Shooters had enough chances in the second half alone to win but sent some sitters wide of goal or had the goalie make the necessary save.
Only thing I didn't like about the Olympians is the numbers on their uniforms were small and narrow. Thanks to the fans and club officials who helped me read them. Also the longer report I'll come up with won't have my most descriptive notes because I was freezing my hands off and it's the first game of the season.
York Region Shooters moved back to Highland Park after a few years absence but not much has changed except the portable stands have been moved to the south side of the field leaving most of tonight's crowd milling around the north side so they could duck into the warm clubhouse. The east goal still has a forest behind it but has strung up extra netting besides the fence to stop the ball being lost on high miskicks. The west goal is still in front of the parking lot which was filled early (it doubles as a depot for schoolbuses). I'm only mentioning this because I'd commented earlier on the team taking out a full page ad in Inside Soccer pleading for each of the 35000 registered soccer players to come to one of their twelve home games and they'd average 8000 fans a game. Umm couldn't squash them in at Highland Park anyway!
Rocket Robin
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