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Result of the CPSL game of Saturday June 22nd, 2002 between Toronto Croatia and Ottawa Wizards played at Memorial Park in Streetsville (Mississauga) at 5:00pm.
Toronto Croatia (blue socks, white shorts and numbers, red shirts)
...................................1 George Azcurra
................5 Robert Fran...4 Domagoz Sain...6 Semir Mesanovic
19 ??????????...10 Peter Curic...9 Mladen Dikic...8 ???????????
.........................11 Josip Bucic...16 Brian Seljanin
12 Hugo Alstitud (may have worn the #19 shirt on left wing...18 Paul Grguric was also listed as a starting defender...17 Nicola Andrijevic was also listed as a starting midfielder. Also I asked at the next Toronto Croatia game I saw who was wearing #6 and team officials said it was Semir Mesanovic who had been listed as wearing #8. .
Subs:...21 Antony Brala (gk)...14 Velimir Crljen (mid)...2 Adrien Azcurra...15 Robert Kutlesa
team officials:...head coach Zarko Brala...bench manager Ivan Kojundzic...general manager Tomo Boljkovac...assistant coach Mario Skara.
Ottawa Wizards (all white, black numbers)
....................................1 Sa Brahima Treore
...............3 Kwame Telemaque...18 Shurland David...5 Roger Groome
4 Russell Shaw...20 Allan Popazzi...17 Urbain Some...2 Danny Sanna...21 Robin Hart
..............................8 Kevin Nelson...9 Abraham Osman (cpt)
Subs:...10 Samir Karaga...11 Brent Antoine...12 Goran Zivkovic...14 Nikola Brkzjaca...19 Mario Andrijanic...22 Alan Perryman...29 Hubert Busby (gk)
team officials:...head coach Klaus Linnenburger...general manager Jim Lianos...director of discipline Mike Ozses...equipment manager Engin Sezerman...trainer Tony Carbonetti.
Game officials...referee Sylviu Petrescu...referee's assistants Justin Tasev and Amato DeLuca...fourth official Stephanie Den Haan.
1st Half:...game starts 5:12pm...TC defend south end on this warm humid day under cloudy skies. All times are converted from my wristwatch.
2 min...TC Dikic 40 yard shot just into side mesh of net on left side.
2 min...TC goalie catches OW Popazzi high cross from right corner of field.
3 min...TC Dikic 30 yard roller just wide right.
4 min...OW David on left wing 35 yard freekick low into wall of players, a high cross on rebound headed away by goalie.
7 min...TC Curic long throw-in from left corner, headed away and TC #8 bicycle kick is blocked.
8 min...OW Some 45 yard freekick from right, OW Sanna tips header wide left.
9 min...TC goalie beats OW Osman to ball to kick away on edge of box.
11 min...TC Seljanin 30 yard shot from right is well over net.
12 min...TC Bucic steps across middle on and 25 yard shot low to goalie.
13 min...OW Shaw 30 yard shot from right is just over bar.
15 min...TC goalie is deked by OW Osman but TC Fran slides in check to poke ball away and goalie recovers to clear ball.
17 min...OW Shaw cross from right, OW Osman twists header from 10 yards over bar.
20 min...OW goalie catches long TC throw-in from right.
25 min...TC Mesanovic cornerkick from right, ball is caught by leaping goalie in crowd of players who falls over but hangs on.
27 min...OW Shaw cornerkick from right is over box OW Hart 25 yard shot from left is wide right.
28 min...OW Shaw cross from right, OW Osman pops up 10 yard header caught by goalie.
29 min...TC Mesanovic cornerkick from right is headed away by first defender. TC Seljanin 25 yard rebound hits defender charging out.
32 min...TC goalie catches 40 yard shot with sun now out.
32 min...OW goalie charges out to catch 50 yard shot into box.
33 min...OW Popazzi turns and rolls 20 yarder to TC goalie.
35 min...OW Osman tips ball forward to OW Nelson who rolls weak 10 yarder to goalie as he's distracted by shirt tug.
36 min...OW YELLOW card...Sanna for tackle on OW 45 yard right sideline.
36 min...OW goalie catches long freekick from TC Fran wide left of net.
39 min...TC Curic mid air 35 yard kick well over net.
40 min...OW YELLOW card...Hart for grabbing player near center sideline.
44 min...TC Dikic bashes through middle and ball is deflected for cornerkick.
45 min...TC Mesanovic cornerkick from left is cleared and rebound blocked by defenders.
46 min...half ends 5:58pm.
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