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Result of Sunday September 29th, 2002 CPSL game between Ottawa Wizards and Toronto Croatia played at Cove Road in London at 3:15pm. This was the Final of the CPSL Canada Cup.
Ottawa Wizards (all white, black numbers)
........................................1 Sa Brahma Treore
............22 Abraham Francois...18 Shurland David (cpt)...24 Roger Groome
4 Russell Shaw...7 Peter Moonda...3 Kwame Telemaque...17 Urbain Some...21 Robin Hart
.........................8 Kevin Nelson...9 Abraham Osman
Subs:...5 Simon Bonk (def)...11 Brent Antoine (fwd)...14 Nicola Brkljaca (mid)...15 Sanjeev Parmar (mid)...19 Mario Andrijanic (fwd)...29 Hubert Busby (gk)...2 Danny Sanna (mid)
team officials:...head coach Klaus Linnenburger...general manager Jim Lianos...trainer Tony Carbonetti...president Omur Sezerman
Toronto Croatia (blue socks, white shorts and numbers, red shirts)
...............................................1 George Azcurra
5 Robert Fran...3 Daniel Pilas...4 Domagoz Sain (cpt)...2 Adrian Azcurra
8 Hugo Alistud...9 Mladen Dikic...14 Velimir Crljen...17 Paul Grguric
..............................13 Josip Curic...11 Ivica Sola
Subs:...10 Peter Curic (fwd)...18 Ivica Sola (mid)...7 Nikola Andrievic (mid)...15 Joseph Lewe (mid)...16 Danan Baljic (mid)
team officials:...coach Drago Santic...bench manager Kruno Kulic...manager Mile Brkic...goaltending coach Tom Boljkovac
Game officials:...referee Mike Lambert...referee's assistants Amato Deluca and Joe Fletcher...fourth official Nick Minten
O Canada is sung by Natasha Ursini after Happy Birthday. London's lady mayor took the ceremonial kick off.
1st Half:...game starts 3:16pm...TC defend south end on this hot sunny afternoon...All times are converted from my wristwatch as I sat on the same side as the scoreboard.
2 min...TC Dikic rolls 35 yard freekick just wide left of net although goalie saves ball anyway.
6 min...TC Fran cross from far right 30 yards is caught by goalie in front of TC Curic.
9 min...OW David trips up TC Sola on rush into OW end.
10 min...TC Sola 25 yard freekick from left is just over bar.
11 min...OW Telemaque charges up to centered ball from right and blasts 25 yard roller wide right.
12 min...TC Fran backheeled to TC Sola on right sideline and cross over box to TC Grguric to nod 3 yarder near left post but play blown down.
13 min...TC Grguric 25 yarder caught by goalie.
14 min...TC Sola 25 yard shot from right bounces well wide left.
15 min...OW sub...Sanna replaces Shaw.
17 min...OW goalie badly clears dangerous backpass straight out to TC Alistud where he boots 20 yarder from right that sprawling goalie stops and grabs as it almost spins over him.
19 min...OW Hart taps back for OW Mponda to blast 25 yarder well wide right.
22 min...TC Josip Curic injured on left end line but wins cornerkick.
23 min...TC Alistud cornerkick from left, ball is knocked out for TC Crljen to have 25 yard blast blocked on line and rebound from even further on right lofted onto top of net.
26 min...TC Alistud cornerkick from left is popped by TC Dikic on 7 yard header caught by goalie under bar in center of net.
28 min...TC defender makes last second check on OW Sanna who'd gotten ball up middle.
29 min...TC Dikic steps around defender then cuts 25 yard roller wide right.
30 min...TC Josip Curic lofts ball over falling goalie on left end line and ball open in box one yard out and OW David kicks off line.
31 min...TC goalie catches cross into box from right in crowd of players.
32 min...TC Fran kicks ball away as TC Dikic had worked ball around goalie who missed bouncer.
34 min...OW Sanna cornerkick from left is headed away by first defender on edge of box.
35 min...OW Nelson rolls cross across box as goalie beaten on far right and ball put into box but defender blocks shot.
37 min...TC Josip Curic stops and lobs 25 yard shot from right that goalie catches.
38 min...OW Some cornerkick from right is over head of leaping OW palyer and defender clears.
39 min...OW Some passes off to OW Telemaque who blasts 25 yard shot well over net.
44 min...TC Fran throw-in from right, ball is headed back to him and he crosses behind net.
47 min...OW Nelson rolls ball from right and TC Fran makes sliding stop to prevent OW player from blasting 20 yarder.
47 min...half ends 4:03pm.
The Rogers Cable set up has their generators running and it smelled like the exhaust in a bus station so I didn't spend long near the broadcast booth.
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