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Result of the CPSL game of Saturday June 8, 2002 between Toronto Croatia and Montreal Dynamites played at Memorial Park in Streetsville at 2:00pm.
Toronto Croatia (blue socks, white shorts and numbers, red shirts)
...........................................1 George Azcurra
3 Daniel Pilas...5 Robert Fran...4 Domagos Sain...2 Adrien Azcurra
6 Mario Kulis...17 Nino Andrijevic...10 Peter Curic...14 Semir Mesanovic
............................11 Josip Bucic...9 Mladen Dikic
Subs:...21 Anthony Brala (gk)...16 Brian Seljan (mid)...18 Paul Grguric (mid)...19 Scot McDonald (def)...15 Robert Kutlesa (mid)...8 Hugo Alstitud (mid)
team officials:...head coach Zarko Brala...assistant coach Mario Skara...bench manager Kruno Kulis...assistant coach Tomo Boljkovac.
Montreal Dynamites (blue socks, shorts, and numbers, white shirts)
..................................1 Nicholas Pinto
...............15 Gilbert C Ilooanusi...3 Nicolas Rotiroti...9 Nasson Theosmy
2 Alvaro Silvan...21 Kyrianos Selaidopoulos...6 Keith Moore...10 Leonardo Incolingo (cpt)...11 Gerry Pean
..............................20 Vladimir Edouard...18 Karl I Stephen
Subs:...17 Mohamed Ridovahi...29 Hamed Mahmoudi...16 Dave Cloutier...22 Jean-Marie Theosmy...7 Rezar Trebicka
team officials:...coach Mohamed Hilen...director Philippe Ciarlo.
Game officials:...referee Silviu Petrescu...referee's assistants Angelo Gertsaris and John Oliva...fourth official John Biondich.
1st Half:...game starts at 2:08pm...TC defend west end on this hot humid afternoon that's overcast... All times are converted from my wristwatch.
1 min...TC goalie catches 25 yard shot from right.
3 min...TC Fran clears MD cross on shot into box from left.
8 min...TC Bucic receives long through ball up the middle and on breakaway rolls 10 yard shot just wide right of post.
10 min...MD Incolingo freekick from left 30 yards is headed out by defender with MD forward trying for it.
12 min...TC Fran cornerkick from right is rolled into box but cleared.
13 min...TC Mesanovic cornerkick from right is headed behind end line by defender.
13 min...TC Kulis cornerkick from left is cleared.
15 min...TC Mesanovic from right is caught by leaping goalie.
17 min...MD YELLOW card...Pean for sliding tackle on TC Kulis in MD end.
17 min...TC Mesanovic curves in 25 yard freekick from right, ball is caught by goalie on left post.
19 min...TC Kulis ends TC pressure with 20 yard shot through crowd of players wide left.
21 min...TC Curic 30 yard freekick roller that goalie picks up wide left of net.
23 min...TC Peter Curic GOAL...TC Josip Bucic quick cross from right end line knocked in by charging Curic from 1 yard out beyond goalie Nicholas Pinto.
24 min...MD Selaidopoulos cornerkick from left is cleared by TC Fran on left side of box.
26 min...MD Karl I Stephen GOAL...MD Stephen gets pass on right wing and with goalie George Azcurra on right edge of box he rolls 25 yard shot into left side of goal.
27 min...TC Kulis 30 yard cross from right is caught by goalie on left side of net.
29 min...TC Mesanovic cornerkick from left is cleared by MD Rotiroti diving header.
32 min...MD Selaidopoulos cornerkick from left is worked out with MD Ilooanusi and Selaidopoulos blasts 20 yard roller wide left.
34 min...TC Incolingo 35 yard freekick low and stopped by sprawling goalie.
35 min...MD Pean long throw-in from left bounces through box.
36 min...TC Mesanovic 25 yard freekick from left is deflected off wall of players for cornerkick.
38 min...MD Incolingo 30 yard freekick from right is blasted well over net.
40 min...TC Kulis cornerkick from right is cleared.
41 min...TC Andrijevic injured in MD end by hard tackle.
43 min...TC Adrien Azcurra chips ball too far right for charging TC Bucic, a cross from right end line is caught by goalie.
45 min...TC Fran steps up middle and 30 yard blast stopped by goalie.
46 min...TC Fran 30 yard blast wide left.
47 min...half ends 2:55pm.
2nd Half:...starts 3:06pm.
Halftime subs...TC Seljan replaces TC Pilas.
..................TC Grguric replaces Mesanovic.
..................TC Alstitud replaces Adrien Azcurra.
48 min...TC Mladen Dikic GOAL...TC player takes freekick from right 25 yards, TC Dikic boots in 7 yarder from left to high left side of net.
50 min...MD Incolingo 30 yard freekick blasted into wall.
51 min...TC Fran cross from right corner is caught by goalie.
52 min...TC Curic lofts 25 yard shot well over net after getting pass on rush.
56 min...TC Mladen Dikic GOAL...Dikic 15 yard shot from right finds net although it looked to me like MD Gilbert C Ilooanusi trying to rescue it knocked it into own net.
59 min...MD Silvan long throw-in from right that TC Sain tips over own bar.
59 min...MD Incolingo cornerkick from right is partially cleared by TC Fran.
60 min...MD Moore cornerkick from left is over box but TC Sain injured chasing ball. TC plays short for awhile while he's being treated off the field.
61 min...MD sub...Ridovahi replaces Silvan.
63 min...MD Ilooanusi crosses from right, MD Pean scissor kick from left 10 yards is caught by diving goalie on left post.
65 min...MD Selaidopoulos 30 yard freekick blasts low shot into TC wall of players.
67 min...TC Kulis 40 yard freekick from right is cleared on edge of box.
68 min...TC Grgulic cross from left is well over box wide right.
71 min...TC Curic 40 yard freekick blast is well high and wide left.
75 min...TC goalie charges to edge of box to beat MD Eduoard to bouncing ball.
76 min...MD Rotiroti injured with ball in face just outside MD box.
76 min...TC Brian Seljan GOAL...TC Peter Curic on right leading rush rolls pass and halftime sub Seljan rolls 10 yarder into left corner of open net.
77 min...MD Stephen rolls weak 12 yard shot to goalie.
79 min...MD Cloutier replaces Pean.
80 min...MD Curic cornerkick from right is caught by goalie.
80 min...TC Seljan rolls across box from right.
80 min...TC sub...McDonald replaces Sain.
82 min...MD Vladimir Edouard GOAL...MD Dave Cloutier rolls 10 yard shot to left post for diving goalie but ball rolls over him. (I suppose Edouard must have got a foot in there somewhere along the way).
84 min...MD Selaidopoulos rolls 15 yard kick to goalie.
85 min...furious action in TC box.
85 min...TC Fran blocks cornerkick from right. TC goalie punches clearing ball on cross.
86 min...TC goalie makes diving save on left post.
87 min...TC sub...Kutlesa replaces Curic.
88 min...TC Seljan cornerkick from right, TC McDonald cross from left is behind net.
89 min...MD Ilooanusi chips through ball up middle and TC goalie beats MD player to ball.
90 min...TC Bucic leads 2 on 1 break on right but rolls 15 yard shot that's stopped by sliding goalie.
91 min...MD furious in TC box action.
92 min...MD Cloutier (?) freekick from 25 yards on left end line MD Selaidopoulos blasts 20 yard shot wide right.
Final Score:........Toronto Croatia.......4........Montreal Dynamites.........2.........
Attendance was about 150 on this hot humid afternoon of mostly overcast skies. It's too bad there weren't more of the fans that were horn-honking in the main streets of Streetsville with the national Croatian flags showing up for this game. This could have easily doubled attendance.
The Toronto Croatia players looked good today. Maybe a big morale boost from the World Cup game earlier today with a 2-1 victory over Italy. Also they now have a CPSL leading record of 3-0 in League play so far this season. They don't travel to the Eastern Conference's Montreal this year for a return match.
So players from last year's playoff champs Roma Wolves split squads between St Catharines and Hamilton Thunder and Voyageur fan favourite Keith Moore ends up on the roster of Dynamites !
Rocket Robin
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