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Result of the Thursday September 3rd, 2003 CPSL game between Metro Lions and Brampton Hitmen played at Birchmount Stadium in Scarborough at 8:00pm.
Metro Lions (white socks numbers and trim, navy shorts and shirts)
...........................................1 Gregory Drakes
................14 Kevin Ricketts...16 O'Neil Brown...4 Jason Baker
12 Mishel Levkov...15 Nikola Vignjevic...7 Caswain Mason...10 Hayden Fitzwilliams...9 Darryl Gomez
..........................20 Maxim Dorneval...19 Craig Patton
Subs:...13 Anton Skerritt...6 Marko Janzicen...5 Ilan Friedman...11 Pop Gabriel Salustius
team officials:...coach Goran Miscevic...staff Lugo Lugomirski, Ken Moulineau, Goran Zubic and Blagoje Bratic.
Brampton Hitman (all white, blue numbers and trim)
..........................................00 Roy Blanche
...............6 Alvaro Yaguez...8 Luca Centurione...19 Sean Roberts
18 Lovemore Ncube...4 Alex Morrison...12 Jonathan Bustamante...10 Adolfo Mella...13 Phil Ionadi (cpt)
.........................17 Kurt Mella...2 Maximiliano Andrada
Subs:...9 Sean Holmes (fwd)...7 Marcin Wysocki (fwd)...16 Robert Fran (mid)...5 Milodrag Akamazic (def)...20 Jusif Yawando (mid)...01 Ricardo Sgro (gk)
team officials:...head coach Steve Nijjar...assistant coach Pernel Mason...team manager Hector Marinaro...therapist Kirnjeet Dhaliwal
Game officials:...referee Denise Robinson...referee's assistants Amato Deluca and John Lopez...fourth official Herminio Lopez.
1st Half:...game starts 8:13pm...ML defend north end...there's no working scoreboard tonight so all times are converted from my wristwatch.
20 seconds...Lions Craig Patton GOAL...Hitmen goalie Roy Blanche slips up and Patton runs into box to dribble ball into net from 10 yards out.
2 min...BH YELLOW card...Ncube for sliding tackle on ML Baker near sideline.
3 min...BH goalie has to blast away ball ahead of ML Patton in box.
6 min...BH Kurt Mella blasts ball over net from 5 yards after receving short low cross from left after player deked goalie.
7 min...Lions Maxim Dorneval GOAL...Dorneval connects on 20 yard shot into center of net.
14 min...ML Patton chips ball forward and leaping ML Fitzwilliams just misses header.
15 min...BH YELLOW card...Morrison for throwing ball after whistle.
16 min...ML Vignjevic freekick from 22 yards on left is bent over net into wind. The wind is from the west.
17 min...BH Ncube intercepts clearance and 20 yard roller from right is through box.
18 min...BH player center ball from left through defenders and BH Ionadi 10 yarder from left hits left post.
19 min...ML Patton intercepts defender's pass and crosses to open ML Dorneval who has goalie charge out to pick up bouncer from his feet.
20 min...BH Morrison races on right and cross from near end line is deflected away.
21 min...BH Ionadi cornerkick from right is skyed over all player in box.
22 min...BH Kurt Mella gets ball in box on 1 on 1 but pushes ball too far ahead over end line.
23 min...ML Gomez 40 yard shot from left is caught by goalie.
23 min...ML Fitzwilliams receives cross on right and goalie slides out for save.
24 min...BH goalie catches 40 yard shot from right.
26 min...ML player's 40 yard shot from right is wide left.
27 min...BH YELLOW card...Yaguez for chipping ML Gomez when he charged direction just ouside BH box.
28 min...ML Gomez 25 yard freekick from left is well wide right on sky ball.
30 min...ML Levkov cross from right ML Gomez one touches 20 yard shot from left wide right of net.
32 min...A misty rain starts to fall.
34 min...ML goalie picks up BH ball pushed too far into box.
37 min...ML Baker long throw-in from left has defender clear from box.
39 min...BH Ncube intercepts pass upside line and charges in and cross into box but diving goalie pushes ball away from BH Mella preventing shot.
40 min...BH goalie has to make save from 30 yards.
42 min...BH Ncube charges up right wing and cross missed by BH Adolfa Mella and bounces to goalie.
43 min...ML Fitzwilliams blasts 40 yard shot in crowd well over net.
45 min...Lions Craig Patton GOAL...Lions Darryl Gomez threads cross from 25 yards finding Lions Patton alone from 15 yards and shoots low shot from 10 yards over sprawling goalie in middle of net.
47 min...half ends 9:00pm.
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