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Result of the CPSL game of Saturday June 29th, 2002 between York Region Shooters and Metro Lions played at Highland Park in Aurora at 2:00pm.

York Region Shooters (amber socks and shirts, black short and numbers)

..........................................1 Peter Libicz
22 Angelo Pollastrone (cpt)...7 Parminder Dhillon...24 Andres Arango...10 Peter Stefanovski
17 Adrian Llewllyn...2 Adrian Cann...18 Bill Androutsos...5 Michael Cipriani
..........................23 Joey Todaro...20 Paul Sinisi

Subs:...00 Robert Scala (gk)...16 Paulo Hurtado (mid)...19 Andrea Rollins (mid)...21 Stuart Black (mid)...11 Toli Dasteridis (??)...6 Cameron Medwin...9 Jason Dethomasis (fwd)
team officials:...trainer/coach Sam Mederios...team manager Elio Scarcello...trainer/coach Vito Colangelo.

Metro Lions (all blue, black shoulders, white numbers)

.........................................1 Sean Grant
22 Nicholas Pokukofi...5 Mike Mazza...16 O'Neil Brown...17 Paul Okumu
7 Eugene Phillips...4 Darryl Gomez...14 Ferdinando Tantalo...19 Caswain Mason
........................8 John Matas...9 John Lawrence

Subs:...6 AJ Lee...00 Kostas Floros...10 Loui Karailias...3 Dennis Gyamfi...15 George Timotheou
team officials:...head coach Tony Laferrara...manager Ralph Aquino...assistant coach/goaltending coach Dave Rumack.

Game officials:...referee Steve Delpiero...referee's assistants John Olivera and Angelo Grstakis...fourth official John Biondich (all black)

1st Half:...game starts 2:03pm...YR defend west end on this sunny very hot humid afternoon. All times are converted from my wristwatch.
4 min...Lions player 35 yard freekick from left is tipped by Lions Gomez at 10 yards but stopped by diving goalie on right.
6 min...YR Todaro 15 yard shot is just over bar.
7 min...Lions Gomez cornerkick from right is over box. Lions Tantalo bounces 20 yard shot wide right on partially cleared rebound.
10 min...Lions Gomez cornerkick from right is low and Lions Matas shanks 15 yard shot from right well over net.
12 min...Lions Gomez 25 yard freekick from right is headed away by defender.
14 min...YS Paul Sinisi GOAL...Sinisi and YS Dethomasis find themselves alone on breakaway 25 yards out on right side and goalie must play Dethomasis on edge of box and he rolls a pass to Sinisi who rolls 10 yarder into open net.
16 min...ML Ferdinando Tantalo GOAL...ML Darryl Gomez freekick from near right flag, he crosses to Tantalo whose 18 yard shot curls out to top left corner of net.
20 min...ML John Matas GOAL...ML Tantalo on left breaks up defenders clearance and rolls to center for Matas to roll ball around a sliding defender and diving goalie into left corner of net from 15 yards.
23 min...YS goalie catches cross from left by Lions Mason.
24 min...ML goalie catches YS Sinisi chip from 10 yards on break on right.
25 min...YS goalie catches Lions Mason freekick from left near sideline 10 yards from end line.
29 min...YS goalie catches cross from left by Lions Mason.
30 min...YS Todaro has shirt grabbed to distract him from getting to high ball in Lions box.
34 min...YS Cipriani freekick from 30 yards on right is headed wide left by forward about 10 yards on left of net.
35 min...Lions Gomez cornerkick from right is partially cleared by Lions Matas shanks ball to near left corner flag.
37 min...Lions sub...Timotheou replaces Phillips.
38 min...Lions Pokukofi long run up middle and 25 yard shot deflected off defender's shin and rolls to goalie.
39 min...Lions Matas 30 yard freekick on left into side outside left webbing of net.
41 min...YS players work out cornerkick from left but cross ball over box.
42 min...Lions Pokukofi injured in own end.
44 min...YS Todaro heads 5 yarder after getting to cross from right and ball from left is caught by goalie.
45 min...YS Pollastrone is hurt at center line.
46 min...Lions sub...Karailias replaces Pokukofi.
48 min...Lions goalie dives to save 30 yard low blast to right post and makes point blank save on YS Sinisi from 3 yards.
49 min...half ends 2:52pm.

2nd Half:...starts 3:07pm.
halftime YS sub...Medwin replaces Llewellyn.
.............YS sub...Rollins replaces Stefanovski.
.............YS sub...Dethomasis replaces Sinisi.
47 min...Lions player's 30 yard shot from left is wide left.
50 min...Lions Mason 7 yard soft shot on right is easily caught by goalie.
54 min...YS Arango makes check on Lions Lawrence in box to prevent shot.
55 min...YS Joey Todaro GOAL...YS Andrea Rollins slides ball from right to center for Todaro to roll 7 yarder into open net.
58 min...Lions YELLOW card...Mason for plowing into YS Cipriani on sideline in Lions end.
61 min...Lions Matas cuts in and 20 yard shot is well over net.
62 min...Lions Timotheou cross through box from right but goalie chases ball down.
65 min...YS sub...Black replaces somebody.
...............Lions sub...Gyamfi replaces Karailias.
66 min...YS YELLOW card...Dethomasis for swearing.
................Lions YELLOW card...Brown for swearing.
67 min...Lions Lawrence rolls 15 yard shot just wide left of net beyond diving goalie.
68 min...Lions YELLOW card...Okumu for tackle on YS Androutsos.
70 min...Lions Paul Okumu RED card...Okumu earned his second Yellow card in just 2 minutes for a follow up incident.
71 min...YS Medwin cross from left, YS Androutsos 20 yard shot is wide left.
72 min...YS Dethomasis tripped inside of Lions box.
73 min...YS Joey Todaro Penalty Kick GOAL...Todaro blasts Penalty Kick just under the bar in center of net as goalie Sean Grant slumps low to center of net.
76 min...YS Stuart Black GOAL...YS Joey Todaro short cornerkick worked out and crossed and YS Andrea Rollins fakes shot and lets ball get by him for Black to tap in 2 yarder on left side of net.
79 min....Lions goalie races YS Todaro to ball, YS Black chips 35 yard shot just wide right.
80 min...YS sub...Hurtado replaces Cann.
81 min...YS Dethomasis injured near center circle.
83 min...YS RED card...Jason Dethomasis earns a 2nd card for diving or swearing at a non-call in own end. (*description below).
87 min...Lions Gomez freekick from 35 yards on left is just over bar.
88 min...Lions Tantalo quick freekick from 30 yards on right is passed forward but cleared by defenders.
89 min...Lions Tantalo ends Lions pressure with 15 yard shot from right that's deflected over net.
90 min...Lions Tantalo cornerkick is over box.
91 min...Lions goalie charges up to palm ball forward.
92 min...YS player has long run up middle on 3 on 0 but shoots 15 yarder into short right mesh of net.
94 min...game ends 3:56pm.

Final Score:.........York Region Shooters..........4...........Metro Lions...........2..........

*Journalist Dave Bailey (does some work for the Metro Lions) said Dethomasis initially refused to leave the field and kicked at some empty pop cans and hit a spectator in the head with one of his launches. He then slammed the door on the clubhouse snackbar/dressing room. I'd switched sides of the field so I could be near the fourth official and pick out the subs so I missed the details of this incident.

David Bailey added this e-mail reply:...Just to clarify ...by David Bailey

.... the below section of another superb report from Robin, when Jason got his red card, he walked along the sideline "on" the field instead of exiting the field causing the game to be delayed until he was gone. It wasn't like he was actually refusing to leave. He was forcing everyone to wait for him.
He did kick a couple of empty cans, just missing me, clanking a Shooters fan in the noggin. He was fine but they could have easily hit somebody in the eye.
He stormed into the dressing room to the sounds of the owners wife (and his mom) yelling at him as she chased after him.
Great job Robin.
Oh ya, I ain't no journalist, but thanks for the compliment, and while I did do some stuff for the Lions, I'm not with them at the moment.
db

Attendance was about 60. This was the hottest day of the year so far with high humid air and it must have been killer to play a man down in the 2nd half until the red cards evened out.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

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