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Result of the Friday October 18th, 2002 CPSL Wild Card game to determine semi-finalists for the Rogers Cup between North York Astros and Mississauga Olympians.
North York Astros (white ocks, yellow shorts and shirts, navy numbers)
.......................................1 Luciano Miranda
21 Slobodon Ilic...14 Kurt Ramsey...2 Pablo Politi (cpt)...3 Ryan Thompson
5 Peter Zorbas...20 Maximiliano Andrada...19 Gabriel Salguero...16 Andrei Malychenkov
.........................17 Guillermo Compton Hall...7 Lucas Krakowiak
Subs:...12 Arthur Zaslavski (gk)...4 Tom Covello (def)...6 Marvin Azzopardi (fwd)...8 Jean Pierre Melotte (fwd)...15 Zoltan Zsibok (mid)...13 Gurbir Singh (def)...22 Alex Braletic (mid)
team officials:...head coaches Dejan Gluscevic and Pavel Zaslovski...physios Jenny & Vanessa...team manager Mario Ierullo...general manager Bruno Ierullo.
Mississauga Olympians (blue socks, shorts, and numbers, white shirts)
.........................................1 Patrick Osunduba
5 Mike Marshall...3 Jason Pedra...7 Brian Ashton...20 Shannon Machedo
19 Jimmy Kuzmanovski...9 David DiPlacido...6 Sean Faria...11 Joevannie Peart
..........................12 Hayden Fitzwilliams...8 Darren Tilley
Subs:...2 Alan Brown (def)...16 Damien Basek (fwd)...?? David Gee
10 Vahid Assandapour (mid) and 15 Adrian Serioux (def) both no shows.
team officials:...coach David Gee...physio Erin Castleman...equipment manager John Scarcelli.
Game officials:...referee Mike Lambert...referee's assistants Neil Schofield and Marvin Mohring (from Ottawa)...fourth official John Gray (from Nova Scotia)...red shirts, black shorts and socks)
Natasha Ursini sang O Canada.
1st Half:...game starts 8:10pm...Astros defend west end on this cold and rainy evening...there is a muddy center field.
4 min...MO Fitzwilliams crosses from left end line is high and through box.
6 min...MO Tilley rushes through middle but Astros defender even with him rides him off ball in box.
7 min...Astros Compton Hall flicks ball on bounce over net from 12 yards after Astros Ramsey 40 yard freekick from right.
8 min...Astros Compton Hall slips and pops 20 yard shot from left high over net.
10 min...Astros Compton Hall just inside MO box is tripped on sliding tackle by defender MO Ashton and referee Mike Lambert signals for a Penalty kick.
11 min...Astros Ryan Thompson GOAL...Thompson Penalty shot is lobbed to right side of net as goalie Patrick Osunduba shuffles over to left.
15 min...Astros Salguero 25 yard blast from left is batted down by goalie.
16 min...Astros Compton Hall cornerkick from left is blown down in box.
20 min...MO Ashton cornerkick from right is popped over net on 10 yard header over net.
23 min...MO Marshall knocks over Astros Compton Hall injuring him.
25 min...Astros Krakowiak beats man on left line and rolls cross to Astros Compton Hall who passes from 30 yards to right and open Astros Andradi has 20 yard shot stopped by sliding goalie.
27 min...MO Fitzwilliams 15 yard shot stopped point blank by goalie, MO DiPlacido curves 20 yard rebound wide left.
29 min...Astros Compton Hall dives in box after beating defender and cutting in from right. No call is given.
31 min...MO Pedra rebound blast after freekick is just over net from 25 yards.
34 min...MO Ashton 55 yard freekick from right is headed up and away in box.
36 min...Astros Salguero cornerkick from left is knocked around in box.
39 min...MO YELLOW card...Machedo for sliding tackle even though he was injured near center line.
48 min...half ends 8:58pm.
2nd Half:...starts 9:12pm.
47 min...Astros Compton Hall rush on left in for hopped and 20 yard shot is pushed wide left by flying goalie.
48 min...MO Peart gets ball crossed to him and blasts from left 20 yard roller wide left.
48 min...Astros Malychenkov 50 yard shot flies just wide right of net.
51 min...Astros Compton Hall gets short pass and 20 yard shot in crowd of players just wide left.
53 min...Astros Salguero (?) 35 yard shot is high wide left of net.
58 min...Astros Maximiliano Andrada GOAL...Astros Guillermo Compton Hall on endline on left passes low to Andrada who from 2 yards on left post takes quick shot that goes into net.
62 min...MO YELLOW card...DiPlacido for pushing in Astros end.
63 min...Astros YELLOW card...Ilic for tackle on edge of Astros box.
64 min...MO Tilley 25 yard freekick blast through wall of players low and skips wide left of goal.
69 min...Astros Andrada dives in MO box but no penalty called.
70 min...MO Fitzwilliams runs through to ball on left and rolls 5 yard shot that goalie slides to block.
71 min...MO Fitzwilliams has 20 yard shot deflected wide right by goalie.
72 min...MO Brown (when did he come on?) 20 yard leaping header hits cross bar.
72 min...Astros Andrada turns and cuts in 20 yard shot just over bar.
73 min...Astros Compton Hall runs into goalie and MO Pedra in MO box but injured himself.
75 min...MO Ashton 30 yard shot well over net.
78 min...MO Ashton 35 yard freekick blast that goalie pushes wide of top right corner.
80 min...Astros Andrada 40 yard shot is well over net.
80 min...MO goalie misses ball and lucky it misses left corner of net.
81 min...Astros sub...Zsibok replaces Compton Hall.
83 min...MO Brown charges to cross from right and slips over ball missing 3 yard shot to left post.
84 min...Astros Gabriel Salguero GOAL...Salguero gets to cross into box and sends 12 yard shot just under bar above waving goalie.
86 min...Astros Malychenkov freekick from 30 yards on left is deflected well over net for cornerkick.
88 min...MO Fitzwilliams run along left wing and flicks shot from left corner of box colliding with goalie and ball bounces wide right. Fitzwilliams was injured on play and must be helped from field.
92 min...game ends 9:59pm.
Final Score:.......North York Astros.......3..........Mississauga Olympians.........0........
Attendance was about 100 people on this miserably cold evening with a constant rain from half hour before the game started right through to well after the end. Still, the biggest crowd I've seen this year at an Astros home game but many folks were execs from other teams.
Luciano Miranda had the shutout for the Astros although he didn't have a lot to do. The Olympians were shorthanded again with two players not showing up from their listed lineup of fifteen. Coach David Gee was not happy with the no show of A-League Toronto Lynx 'professional player' Adrian Serioux. Hayden Fitzwilliams was injured with about five minutes to go and needed to be helped off the field and Olympians didn't even bother with a substitution.
Host team Astros have played a lot better with the addition of Argentinian import Guillermo Compton Hall now that he's settled in with the team the last few weeks. They now move into tomorrow's semi-final game against Toronto Croatia at 4:05pm. Ottawa Wizards and Metros Lions play their semi-final at 2:05pm.
Rocket Robin
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