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Result of the Saturday October 19th, 2002 CPSL game between Ottawa Wizards and Metro Lions played at Esther Shiner Stadium in North York at 2:05pm. This was the first semi-final in the Rogers Playoff Cup.
Ottawa Wizards (all white black numbers), considered the home team
.............................................1 Sa Brahima Tradre
18 Shurlan David (cpt)...22 Abraham Francois...3 Kwame Telemaque...21 Robin Hart
7 Peter Mponda...17 Urbain Some...23 James McMillan...2 Danny Sanna
.........................8 Kevin Nelson...9 Abraham Osman
Subs:...33 Roberto Canales (gk)...4 Russell Shaw (mid)...5 Simon Bonk (def)...10 Samir Karaga (fwd)...14 Nicola Brkljaca (def)...16 Norm Gates (def)...19 Mario Andrijanic (fwd)
team officials:...head coach Klaus Linnenburger...general manager Jim Lianos...trainer Tony Carbonetti...president Omire Sezerman...equipment manager Marc Ozses
Metro Lions (all blue, white numbers, black sleeves and shoulders, black pinstripes on shirts)
................................................00 Patrick Bradley
...............14 Kevin Ricketts...16 O'Neil Brown (cpt)...4 Jason Baker
21 Emil Calixterio...10 Courtney Dennis...13 Anton Skerritt...17 Paul Okumu...12 Carmen Allegranza
............................20 Caswain Mason...9 Mike Glasgow
Subs:...1 Sean Grant (gk)...15 Ferdinando Tantalo (mid)...19 Mishel Levkov (mid)...18 Carlos Redman (fwd)...3 Jermaine Coleman (def)...8 Rob DeFaveri (mid)
team officials:...head coach Aldwyn McGill...assistant coach Junior Parker...manager Ralph Aquino...doctor Robert Gringmuth
Game officials:...referee Manuel Orellana...referee's assistants John Oliva and Calin Pintea...fourth official Nathan Walsh...(yellow shirts, black short and socks)
1st Half:...game starts 2:04pm...OW defend east end. Strong wind from the west on this cold sunny day, clouds take over later.
2 min...ML Mason leaps to tap waist high ball wide right of short side from 3 yards!
3 min...ML Baker rolls 35 yard freekick from left that's kicked around in box.
4 min...ML Baker long throw-in from left bounces to goalie.
11 min...OW Nelson breaks away on left for 2 on 1 but oversteps ball on edge of box.
12 min...OW Sanna injured on sideline in ML end.
15 min...ML Calixterio cross in from right is caught in crowd by goalie.
16 min...ML Ricketts 50 yard freekick from middle of field is caught by goalie.
16 min...OW goalie catches cross from left.
18 min...ML Mason high cross from left, ML Calixterio heads from right 10 yards and caught by goalie.
19 min...ML Glasgow cross from left after rush caught by goalie.
23 min...OW Mponda rush to end line on right and crosses high over box.
23 min...ML Glasgow 15 yard shot that sliding goalie deflects wide right.
24 min...ML Okumu just misses connecting on 5 yard header near left post.
25 min...ML Dennis injured in OW end and he limps but stays in game.
27 min...ML Mason throw-in from left is cleared from box.
29 min...OW Hart cornerkick from left is cleared from box.
31 min...OW Sanna gets ball on edge of box and sliding 20 yard shot blocked on left by sliding goalie.
34 min...OW Some high step kick to clear ball behind own net.
35 min...ML goalie comes out of box to chest away ball.
36 min...OW goalie flies to right to push away 25 yard shot.
38 min...OW Telemaque after some fakes takes 25 yard freekick from left that's low blocked by sliding defender.
39 min...ML Mason cornerkick from left is partially cleared and ML Skerritt has 20 yard roller deflect wide left.
40 min...OW Sanna receives short pass and 25 yard shot is over net.
42 min...ML Baker 45 yard freekick from left is caught by leaping goalie.
43 min...OW Mponda snakes 20 yard shot that goalie catches.
43 min...OW Some 18 yard shot from right is just over bar.
45 min...ML Mason cross after rush down left and charging ML Allegranza can't quite turn header from 7 yards sending ball wide right.
47 min...half ends 2:51pm.
2nd Half:...starts 3:08pm.
45 min...OW David 35 yard freekick from left is just ahead of charging OW Osman so ball is wide right.
48 min...OW Osman charge down right, OW Nelson gets cross but slips trying for waist high kick and defender clears before OW Some gets away shot.
50 min...OW David 35 yard freekick is blasted well over net.
53 min...OW Nelson gets to a pushed through ball but defender even with him prevents him getting away shot.
55 min...OW Sanna cornerkick from left that charging OW Some misses ball on right.
58 min...ML Brown raises Brown raises arm to bat ball over OW Osman as both run into Lions box and referee Manuel Orellana has no hesitation pointing for a Penalty kick.
59 min...Wizards Kevin Nelson penalty kick is rolled to left and goalie Patrick Bradley dives to block it, then crawls to pick it up. Lions Paul Okumu had his hand on Nelson's shoulder before the kick in an effort to psyche him out.
64 min...ML Skerritt 40 yard freekick from left sideline is knocked out of box.
68 min...OW McMillan 40 yard shot in crowd bounces to goalie and although bobbled, he picks it up.
70 min...ML sub...Coleman replaces Calixterio.
71 min...ML sub...Redman replaces Allegranza.
73 min...OW Nelson runs down right and rolls cross that ML goalie dives forward for save ahead of OW Osman waiting for ball.
76 min...OW Hart 40 yard freekick from left. is knocked out for cornerkick.
77 min...OW Some cornerkick from right is chested down and cleared by first defender.
78 min...OW sub...Karaga replaces Sanna.
.............ML sub...DeFaveri replaces Glasgow.
80 min...ML Ricketts injured near sideline in own end.
83 min...Wizards Samir Karaga GOAL...Wizards Kevin Nelson rushes down left and crosses across box that Lions defender misses and Karaga who tries to stop ball in midair but pokes ball in from 7 yards to right side of net.
84 min...ML Mason 20 yard shot just wide left of net.
85 min...ML sub...Tantalo replaces Ricketts.
I noticed that OW Shaw was in game.
87 min...ML Redman bashes through to endge of OW box and rolls ball across to ML Mason who pushes ball too far wide to ML Dennis, OW goalie flies to catch cross back from Dennis.
89 min...ML sub...Levkov replaces Okumu.
91 min...ML DeFaveri overhead bicycle kick from 25 yards is caught by goalie on left.
91 min...game ends 3:54pm.
Final Score:............Ottawa Wizards...........1..........Metro Lions...........0........
Attendance was about 125 on this cold afternoon with a very strong wind from the west. The game started up in the sun but it soon clouded over.
Which team looked better? Well it was whoever was defending the west end because there was a strong wind that caused every shot from the west to blast eastward. Sa Brahima Tradre earned the shutout for the Wizards with a few tricky saves in the first half on wind aided shots and then not much to do in the second half.
Rocket Robin
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