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Result of the CPSL game of May 31st, 2002 between Mississauga Olympians and Toronto Croatia played at Erin Mills Twin Arenas field in Mississauga at 8:00pm.
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Mississauga Olympians (dark green socks and shirts, black shorts and shoulders, white numbers, yellow 'Coffee Time' logo on chest)
...............................................1 Patrick Osunduba
18 Dave Nutt...5 Craig Williams...17 Jason Lyall...3 Dve Bilcharski
6 Aaron Benjamin...10 Paul Moore...8 Darren Tilley...9 Marko Bendenikovic
.........................15 Kevin DeSerpa...19 Jimmy Kuzmanovski
Subs:...7 Pierre Miggone (mid)...14 Ahmed Bayanju (def)...16 Silvester Komlodi (def)...11 Jorvonnil Peart (fwd)...4 Alan Brown
team officials:...coach David Gee...equipment manager John Gee...trainer Erin Castleman.
Toronto Croatia (blue socks, white shorts and numbers, red shirts)
.............................................1 George Azcurra
3 Daniel Pilas...5 Robert Fran...4 Domogoj Sain...2 Adrian Azcurra
18 Brian Seljanic...10 Peter Curic...9 Mladen Dikic...8 Hugo Alstitud
.......................11 ??????????...14 Semir Mesanovic
Subs:...15 Robert Kutlesa (mid)...19 Scott McDonald (def)...21 Anthony Brala (gk)
team officials:...head coach Zarko Brala...goalkeeping coach Tomo Boljkovac...bench manager Kruno Kulis.
Game officials:...referee Amata Deluca...referee's assistants Alex Williams and Frank Marcello...fourth official Justin Tasev...their was a fifth official in charge of game logistics in the stands.
Ceremonial kickoff for the first CPSL game at Erin Mills was CPSL president Vince Ursini and the president of the Erin Mills soccer club.
1st Half:...game starts 8:07pm...Miss Oly defend east end on this warm evening. There is no scoreboard so all times are converted from my wristwatch.
1 min...MO Tilley kicks 20 yard shot over end fence into the forest.
2 min...MO DeSerpa low 15 yard shot from right is blocked by goalie.
4 min...MO DeSerpa freekick from left corner of box is caught by goalie.
6 min...TC Alstitud bounces 20 yard shot through crowd of players to goalie.
7 min...TC Curic rolls 25 yard shot well wide right.
9 min...MO Tilley 15 yard shot from right is tipped into mesh of net for cornerkick.
10 min...MO goalie and TC #11 crash together in box.
12 min...Olympians Darren Tilley GOAL...MO Paul Moore chips ball from 25 yards with Tilley heading into open net from 7 yards as goalie George Azcurra came out to play ball.
13 min...MO Tilley 25 yard freekick from left is lofted over net.
18 min...TC Robert Fran GOAL...Fran takes 35 yard shot that flies straight into top right corner of net beyond leaping goalie.
20 min...TC Curic 30 yard freekick blast off right post about 4 feet high, rebound cleared for cornerkick. TC had drawn this freekick while TC Fran was running up the middle.
24 min...TC Mladen Dikic GOAL...TC Semir Mesanovic dekes ball on rush through legs of defender and passes to Dikic who has to turn for ball on the run and blast low 12 yards shot to right corner of net.
27 min...MO YELLOW card...Moore for pulling down TC Alstitud in center circle.
29 min...TC #11 runs up right wing, low cross to middle where TC Mesanovic has 12 yard shot pressured by defender saved on right side by diving goalie.
30 min...TC goalie catches long cross from right.
32 min...MO DeSerpa 20 yard freekick from left 20 yards is punched out by leaping goalie.
36 min...MO Bedenikovic cross from left drifts behind net.
37 min...TC Pilas 45 yard cross from right into box, goalie catches ball on left side of net.
39 min...MO Bedenikovic runs down left, sends low cross to MO DeSerpa beating goalie but TC Sain prevents him from shot and concedes corner.
40 min...TC Mesanovic can't control pass to him in MO box.
41 min...MO Tilley blasts 20 yard shot over net after goalie makes point blank save on MO DeSerpa 10 yards on right.
43 min...MO Bilcharski 20 yard shot into box where defender heads ball away but the offside flag was up anyway.
45 min...MO DeSerpa freekick from 25 yards is into wall 30 yard rebound is cuahgt in box by leaping goalie.
47 min...TC goalie catches MO Moore 40 yard kick from right.
47 min...half ends 8:54pm.
2nd Half:...starts 9:07pm.
47 min...MO Tilley touches quick freekick, MO DeSerpa turns around defenders and 18 yard shot snakes over net wide left.
49 min...MO player injured near left sideline in TC end.
50 min...TC Fran heads ball back to goalie when he breaks up MO play.
51 min...TC YELLOW card...Curic for foul at center line.
56 min...MO sub...Bayanju replaces Nutt.
58 min...TC Bucic good cut in from left and he sends low cross that charging TC#11 can't turn in from 5 yards wide right!
60 min...MO goalie sprawls to grab ball on right corner of net.
61 min...MO sub...Peart replaces Moore.
62 min...TC Semir Mesanovic GOAL...TC Peter Curic good run up middle deking players and passes off to Mesanovic who chips in 7 yard shot to center of open net as goalie Patrick Osunduba had to play Curic.
63 min...MO Kuzmanovski has ball saved by goalie inside box pushed wide left for corner. TC defender is injured in the box.
67 min...TC YELLOW card...Mesanovic for sliding tackle on MO Bayanju near center circle.
68 min...TC goalie makes point blank save on right end line from 5 yards.
70 min...TC goalie slides out for through ball ahead of MO Peart on edge of box.
72 min...TC Mesanovic (?) weak shot from 10 yards that goalie catches after another TC player had a good run coming in from the left wing.
73 min......TC Josip Bucic GOAL...Bucic takes 30 yard chip in crowd of players and ball dips just under bar behind goalie who's just off his line. (the CPSL web press release gives the goal to #18 Brian Seljanic .)
74 min...TC Mesanovic cornerkick from right is high over box.
76 min...MO cornerkick from right that MO Alstitud can't turn header.
78 min...MO sub...Komlodi replaces Benjamin.
79 min...MO goalie punches ball out of box to end TC pressure.
79 min...MO sub...Brown replaces Williams.
80 min...TC Dikic passes back to TC#11 who blasts 20 yard shot just wide right.
82 min...MO Tilley freekick from near right corner is caught by leaping goalie.
83 min...MO Peart slides ball from right across box but noone there to make play.
84 min...TC sub...McDonald replaces Dikic.
................TC sub...Kutlesa replaces Seljanic.
85 min...TC #17 (?) bounces 15 yard shot through players to goalie on left.
86 min...MO sub...Miggone replaces Kuzmanovski.
86 min...TC goalie charges out to pick up bouncer being headed around.
88 min...TC YELLOW card...Sain for verbal abuse in center circle.
................MO YELLOW card...Bucic for verbal abuse in center circle.
89 min...MO quick freekci on edge of box that is blocked.
90 min...MO Peart low 15 yard shot from left blocked by goalie.
90 min...TC goalie catches cornerkick from left.
92 min...MO Peart 12 yard shot blocked by goalie, noone in place for rebound.
92 min...game ends 9:54pm.
Final Score:........Mississauga Olympians.......1.......Toronto Croatia......4...........
Attendance was about 100 persons for this first ever game at Olympians new home on this hot night. The mosquitos will be worse as the season goes on.
There were some exciting goals scored tonight off opportunities taken coming from nowhere. There were also some point blank stops by each goalie.
Toronto Croatia starts the season with a 2-0 record. Olympians record falls to 1-1. Both teams are in the Western Conference.
Rocket Robin
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