2nd Half:...starts 5:43pm.
halftime sub...BH Torben replaces somebody.
45 min...Astros Politi 30 yard freekick just is over bar.
47 min...Astros Voytsekhovskyy in alone from 20 yards and goalie gets piece of ball, BH Fran again stops ball from rolling into net.
47 min...BH player blocks cross from right for cornerkick.
50 min...Astros goalie runs out to boot away ball out of bounces away from BH Holmes.
52 min...Astros #18 cornerkick from left is missed on header, Astros Ramsey boots 20 yarder through crowd just wide right of post.
55 min...BH Holmes cornerkick from right is headed behind line by Astros defender.
55 min...Astros goalie flies to bat down cornerkick from left and defender clears.
57 min...BH Ncube and Astros Voytsekhovskyy injured within 5 seconds of Astros Voytsekhovskyy rush down left wing.
58 min...Astros player's cornerkick from left is knocked down by flying goalie.
58 min...Astros Pablo Politi GOAL...Politi charges up to blast in 9 yard shot from to left side of net after receiving 25 yard cross up middle from left side of field.
59 min...Hitmen Dom Torban GOAL...Kris Koach centers short pass from left and Torban rolls in 20 yard shot behind sprawling goalie Ryan Kelly.
64 min...BH Wysocki rolls 20 yard shot wide left.
66 min...Astros sub...Melotte replaces Flores.
67 min...BH player's cornerkick from left is cleared from box.
68 min...BH Jerome 20 yard blast deflects off player for save by goalie on left post.
69 min...Astros Dos Santos chips 20 yard shot on break wide right.
72 min...BH goalie runs out to grab through ball into box.
73 min...Astros Braletic replaces Dos Santos.
73 min...Astros Braletic on rush down left crosses to center where charging Astros #18 heads from 15 yards caught by goalie.
75 min...BH Holmes on run stops and 25 yard shot is sent over net.
76 min...Astros Voytsekhovskyy is given cross from right and sends 7 yard shot into short left side webbing of net.
81 min...Astros sub...Majstorovic replaces Voytsekhovskyy.
83 min...Astros Braletic pushes through ball to Astros Melotte but defender runs back kicks ball back to goalie from 25 yards and goalie clears.
86 min...Astros #18 20 yard shot from sharp right is wide left of net.
88 min...Astros Majstorovic on left lobs cross from 30 yards and goalie smothers ball.
89 min...BH Yawando 30 yard shot is over net.
90 min...BH player takes 25 yard low shot saved on right post by goalie.
91 min...Astros YELLOW card...BH goalie (Esgro) out of box body checks Astros #18 off through ball.
91 min...Astros #18 20 yard freekick from right is bent into short side webbing of net.
91:39...game ends 6:31pm.
Final Score:............North York Astros..............3...............Brampton Hitmen...............1..............
Attendance was about 100 on this cool afternoon with the sun even coming through to chase away the storm clouds of earlier in the day. Today was the Astros year end draw for prizes including a trip to California. They'd been selling tickets at every game this year. The winner of that grand prize was a Hitmen fan actually present at today's game.
Astros finish the season on an upbeat note tieing two and winning one in their last three games of the season. Hitmen weren't worried as before the game they knew win, lose, or tie they'd finish in second place in the Eastern Conference and host a playoff game this Tuesday either against St Catharines Roma Wolves or Toronto Croatia. As one of their players reminded me, they were playing with mostly their reserve team today. True as I noticed captain Phil Ionadi missing along with Kurt Mella and Adolfo Mella, Milodrag Akmadzic and Hugo Herrera. Astros did without regular goalie Luciano Miranda who has a broken hand and Guillermo Compton Hall who was injured in the last game on Thursday night.
Hitmen switched goaltenders with Ricardo Esgro replacing Roy Blanche at the 22 minute mark as Blanche was caught out of his net twice and defender Robert Fran had to clear a shot off the line. Actually Fran was the best defender of the game as he blocked numerous balls taking a shot in the back, one off his head, and cleared another one off the line later in the game.
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