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2nd Half:...starts 3:35pm.
halftime sub...DF Hernandez replaces someone.
46 min...DF goalie picks up loose ball in box.
48 min...DF Mills runs up right and rolls ball through box but no DF player in position.
49 min...DF Melo blasts rebound of cornerkick from left over net from 25 yards.
52 min...LD Incollingo 35 yard freekick is headed through box.
53 min...Dynamites Nick Rotiroti GOAL...With players scrambling in the Flames box and the ball partially cleared, Rotiroti blasts 10 yarder through crowd of players into low left side of net.
55 min...LD Cloutier races down left wing to get through ball and cross into box has LD Nasson Theosmy head wide right from 5 yards.
56 min...DF Dummett finds DF Welch in box and LD goalie makes point blank save from 6 yards.
57 min...Dynamites Nasson Theosmy GOAL...Nasson Theosmy gets ball in box and 8 yard blast is into top left corner of net just two minutes after hitting a header just wide of goal.
60 min...DF Melo cornerkick from left is over players in box.
61 min...LD Incollingo cornerkick from right is headed away by defender.
62 min...DF goalie catches cross from right in crowd of players.
62 min...DF Caresquero cornerkick from right is into box on left and shot blocked by defender.
63 min...DF Badley 35 yarder over crowd of players has goalie palm ball over net.
64 min...DF player's cornerkick from left is over players in box and ball worked back in but over end line on right.
65 min...DF player rolls cross from left that's blocked by defender.
66 min...LD Cloutier finishes LD pass play with 10 yard shot from right over box.
67 min...DF Jupiter runs down right and low cross has DF Mills miss sliding shot in box from 5 yards.
67 min...DF Welch 22 yard shot from right has goalie palm ball over net.
68 min...LD goalie leaps forward to punch ball forward after DF Caresquero cornerkick from right.
69 min...DF Melo 30 yard cross from left is over players in box.
70 min...DF Caresquero cornerkick from right is cleared from box but ball is worked in to earn freekick.
71 min...DF Caresquero short freekick from right corner of box is tapped over along 3 man wall for DF Humphrey to blast 18 yarder wide left of net.
75 min...DF goalie dives left to stop LD Nasson Theosmy pass forward to LD Cloutier wide left of net.
77 min...LD Nasson Theosmy low cross from right has LD Palencia blast wide left from 15 yards on left.
78 min...LD Incollingo finds space up middle and low blast from 18 yards hits right post and deflects back into box for clearance.
80 min...DF Humphrey 20 yard shot through players on right caught by goalie.
82 min...LD Addesa injured on edge of LD box but DF player is awarded freekick.
83 min...DF Caresquero freekick from 22 yards is blasted off post.
83 min...Flames Ryan Dummett is pulled down on left side of box near end line and referee Andrew Jasinski calls for a penalty kick.
84 min...Flames Jahmno Welch GOAL...Welch blasts penalty kick off underside of crossbar in top right corner of net.
85 min...LD sub...Fortin-Dumontier replaces Hovsepian.
90 min...DF players work ball in after cross in box on right has shot into net flagged offside by linesman.
92 min...LD Nasson Theosmy has run into DF end up middle of field but stalls around and doesn't get away his 20 yard shot.
93 min...DF Humphrey cross after short cornerkick from right is over players in box.
93 min...game ends 4:23pm.
Final Score:...............Durham Flames..............2......................Laval Dynamites................3..........
Attendance had picked up to 10 (yes, ten) by the second half on this warm sunny afternoon. I counted the baby but not the dogs! This game was rescheduled from a game cancelled on August 16th because of the blackout. It was played at Etobicoke's Centennial Stadium (the usual home of the CPSL Toronto Supra) on Toronto's west side of the city (about a two hour drive through traffic from their usual Oshawa home field at Civic Stadium). Laval plays in St Catharines tomorrow and the league looks determined to finish all their games by playoff week on the first weekend of October. I had only two days notice about this game.
Fans weren't the only thing in short supply. Flames brought only one extra player so couldn't substitute to make more of a comeback. There was only one assistant referee and no fourth official. I was announcing the goals and substitutes on the PA system.
Flames were pressuring throughout the game and found holes in the Dynamites defense. They certainly regretted the lack of an assistant referee as the referee had to make some unpopular offside calls in the first half. Dynamites looked best when breaking out of their zone with quick runs. A very entertaining game. You'd never guess that the Flames had only won one league game this year. Dynamites still have a chance of catching the third and last playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
So last Tuesday night a raccoon pushed a chimney pot off our roof and in its drop must have deflected off our satellite dish because the system won't pick up any signals. Starchoice will send someone on Monday. Big plans to watch the World Cup game on Sportsnet's west coast service are out so I'll be trying to pick some audio on the internet and hopefully watch the tape delay at my favourite pub tonight. Good luck Canadian ladies!
Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca
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