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Result of the Saturday October 4th, 2003 CPSL semi-final game between Hamilton Thunder and Vaughan Sun Devils played at Cove Road Field in London at 5:30pm.
Hamilton Thunder (all blue, white numbers and trim)
.................................................1 Roberto Ferrari
.................29 Nikola Adrijevic...21 David Moya...2 Petar Dajak
12 Stalin Cardenas...7 Miles O'Conner...28 Peter Curic...8 Sergio DeLuca (cpt)...18 Zeljko Dukic
..............................24 David Simpson...22 Kevin DeSerpa
Subs:...00 Dan Pelc (gk)...3 Denny Velastegui (def)...9 Jason Crnic (fwd)...11 Mathew O'Conner (mid)...28 Peter Curic (fwd)...26 Joseph Bucic (mid)...5 Srdjan Markovic (def)
team officials:...head coach Manuel Gomes.
Vaughan Sun Devils (all black, white numbers, red trim)
..................................................1 Rob Tilley
22 Angelo Pollastrone...5 Tony Marshall...25 Danny Sanna...4 Jorge Molina
15 Elvis Thomas...10 Willie Giummarra...8 Bayete Smith...17 Fitzroy Powell
..............................18 Joey Todaro...24 Mathew Palleschi
Subs:...6 Chris Turner (def)...7 Aundrea Rollins (mid)...9 Jason DeThomasis (fwd)...11 Cameron Medwin (mid)...13 Paul Sinisi (fwd)...14 Eke Chibueze (fwd)...22 Angelo Pollastrone (def)
team officials:...head coach Tony DeThomasis...coach Sam Medeiros
Game Officials:...referee Angelo Gertzakis...referee's assistants Nathan Walsh and Greg Fabi...fourth official Jerzy Chudyk
1st Half:...game starts 5:42pm...HT defend south end on this cold day.
3 min...HT Cardenas crosses from right into box but ball cleared by defender.
4 min...VSD Giummarra cross from left is caught by goalie.
5 min...VSD Giummarra cornerkick from right is headed away by defender.
5 min...HT goalie picks up low cross from right.
7 min...HT Cardenas cornerkick from right has leaping HT Curic on right twist header over net from 5 yards.
8 min...VSD Palleschi fed pass on left and shoots just wide left of post from 10 yards.
9 min...VSD Smith gets rebound of own throw-in on right and his cross is headed out of box by defender.
10 min...Sun Devils Mathew Palleschi GOAL...VSD Joey Todaro centers pass from left to Palleschi on left who cuts along with defender parallel to 20 yard line and runs right. At about even with right post he cuts in 20 yard shot to left side of net beyond goalie Roberto Ferrari.
11 min...HT player 20 yard freekick from left is tapped around then shot low and deflects off defender for first of two cornerkicks.
12 min...HT DeSerpa cornerkick from left is headed across box and VSD Giummarra boots ball away.
13 min...HT Simpson leaps and hits weak shot with side of foot from 10 yards that goalie catches.
17 min...VSD Giummarra 35 yard shot up middle is wide left of top corner of net.
18 min...VSD Thomas runs on right and rolls cross that's booted for cornerkick by defender.
19 min...VSD Girummarra cornerkick from right is into box, VSD Palleschi eventually gets 15 yard kick blocked by defender.
21 min...HT DeLuca 40 yard freekick up middle is over HT forward's head for goalkick.
22 min...HT sub...Crnic replaces Curic.
23 min...VSD Giummarra 20 yard shot popped up by defender, VSD bicycle kick is wide left.
25 min...HT DeSerpa 40 yard freekick from right is headed away by defender on edge of box.
26 min...HT DeSerpa cornerkick from right is headed away by VSD Giummarra, two more crosses into box are also headed away.
29 min...HT YELLOW card...Moya for sliding tackle on VSD Palleschi.
30 min...HT Miles O'Connor cross from right is headed away by diving defender.
31 min...HT Cardenas cross into box from right but HT Simpson has ball tip off his hand and play whistled down.
32 min...HT Cardenas 40 yard freekick from right is caught by charging leaping goalie.
33 min...HT Dajak flicked header on edge of box but HT forward was called offside.
34 min...HT Dukic cross from 30 yards on left sideline is behind net.
35 min...HT Cardenas runs on right and cross bounced to goalie.
37 min...HT Cardenas cross into box is over leaping HT Simpson 10 yards from goal.
39 min...VSD sub...Rollins replaces Powell who'd just suffered leg injury at center line.
40 min...VSD Giummarra touches pass to VSD Palleschi whose 30 yard shot is wide left.
41 min...VSD Giummarra pops up 30 yard shot for goalie to catch.
42 min...HT Miles O'Conner pokes at ball and 25 yard shot is well wide high left of net.
44 min...Sun Devils Bayete Smith GOAL...VSD player takes short freekick from 30 yards on right and ball bounces in front of defender on edge of box who misses it and Smith's 15 yard shot in open is into left side of net.
46 min...VSD YELLOW card...Thomas for kick on HT player near sideline in HT end.
46 min...half ends 6:28pm.
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