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Result of the Friday July 9, 2004 CPSL game between Toronto Croatia and North York Astros played at Memorial Park in Streetsville at 8:00pm.

Toronto Croatia (blue socks, white shorts and numbers, red shirts)

..........................1 George Azcurra
6 Mario Kulis...14 Joseph Cosentino...5 Antonijo Zupan...7 Marko Bedenikovic
3 Halburto Harris...10 Leo Laurito...8 Hugo Alstitud...15 Joseph Lewe
.....................17 Jason Shannon...16 Edin Kalic

Subs:...2 Ante Pavlovic (def)...18 Orlin Chalmers (mid)...19 Marko Milicevic (mid)...22 Sam El-Masri (mid)...9 Zvjezdan Kresic (mid)...12 Mate Jurkin (gk)...4 Rudy Spajic (mid)
team officials:...manager Theo Krajacic...head coach Aldo Krajcar...officials Josip Cvitanovic and Ivan Cuvalo.

North York Astros (yellow socks, amber shorts and shirts, navy numbers, white trim)

......................12 Arthur Zaslavski
13 Tyler Nesbitt...14 Kurt Ramsey...20 Cesar Pagliere (cpt)...22 Jermaine Johnson
16 JP Melotte...2 Boris Krimus...11 Alex Braletic...18 Raffy Der Bedrossian
...............9 Daniel Jaroch...4 Alen Majstorovic

Subs:...1 David Fish (gk)...3 Ryan Thompson (def)...5 Peter Zorbas (mid)...8 Gladji Limuci (fwd)...15 James Gideon (mid)...19 Gabriel Salguero (fwd)...21 Walter Padron (def)
team officials:...manager Bruno Ierullo...coach Vittorio Villacis...assistant coach John Melotte and Thomas Boljkovac...team director Jose Diaz

Game officials:...referee Michael Lambert...referee's assistants Joe Fletcher and Geoff Gamble...fourth official Justin Bogoslowski...(all black uniforms)

1st Half:...game starts 8:03pm...all times are converted from my wristwatch...TC defend south end.
2 min...Astros player's cornerkick from left has Astros Bedrossian hook ball into box but cleared, rebound is wide right from 20 yard shot.
3 min...Astros goalie charges out to grab bounce on edge of box.
6 min...TC Laurito 40 yard lob caught on bounce by goalie wide left of net.
8 min...TC Bedenikovic freekick from 25 yards on right is blocked in five man wall. Rebound crossed to left where TC forward heads ball wide right from 7 yards.
10 min...TC Laurito 25 yard freekick is blasted into two man wall.
11 min...TC Kulis 25 yard blasts on right in crowd of players is wide right.
15 min...TC Bedenikovic 30 yard freekick from left is around wall of players but easy save for goalie when TC player misses header.
15 min...Astros Jaroch 25 yard roller from right is easy save for goalie.
19 min...TC Laurito 20 yard shot in middle is well over net.
21 min...Toronto Croatia Jason Shannon GOAL...TC Edin Kalic gets ball through three defenders and Shannon's 15 yard shot from right is into left side of net beyond goalie Arthur Zaslavski.
22 min...Astros Melotte injured on sidelines in own end.
26 min...Astros Nesbitt has TC cross hit him in face and Astros goalie picks ball up.
28 min...Astros Melotte returns to game from injury. TC Alstitud injured in center circle.
31 min...Astros Braletic cornerkick from right has TC Zupan boot ball wide right near corner flag.
32 min...Astros Krimus gets rebound on second partially cleared cornerkick and blasts ball well high and wide right of net.
33 min...TC YELLOW card...Kulis for tackle on Astros Johnson injuring him just outside center circle.
36 min...Astros Alen Majstorovic GOAL...ball is in middle after TC player knocked it down but Astros player pushed Majstorovic ball on left and from 20 yards takes shot from left that's into short left side of net just under bar beyond goalie George Azcurra.
41 min...TC Shannon steps into Astros box to cross but Astros Nesbitt boots away ball.
42 min...Astros goalie catches TC Zupan 40 yard freekick from right in crowd of players.
44 min...TC Kalic rush on right cutting through to middle, low 25 yard shot through crowd stopped by goalie.
45 min...TC Kalic low 20 yard shot caught by goalie. Fast break finds two Astros forwards running for clearance and one lobs 30 yarder over net when pressured by charging goalie.
47 min...half ends 8:50pm.

2nd Half:...starts 9:07pm.
halftime subs:...Astros Zorbas replaces Bedrossian.
................Astros Padron replaces Johnson.
47 min...Astros defender's diving header clears cross into Astros box from left.
53 min...TC YELLOW card...Laurito for two foot tackle sliding in on Astros player in Astros end.
54 min...TC Bedenikovic 45 yard shot over crowd of players and well over net.
55 min...TC Laurito 25 yard freekick near right corner flag has TC Zupan not quite able to turn ball on leaping header, ball is sent across and through box wide left.
58 min...Astros goalie catches long TC Bedenikovic cross from left.
59 min...Astros player runs on left centering short pass that Astros Jaroch can't get away good shot.
60 min...Astros player 25 yard shot over crowd of players is wide left.
61 min...TC sub...Pavlovic replaces somebody.
..............Astros sub...Limuci replaces Melotte.
62 min...TC Pavlovic lines up header on cross into box from left and pops 7 yard header over net. Astros Ramsey injured in own end on that play.
63 min...TC Pavlovic low cross from right has Astros defender block TC shot.
64 min...TC Shannon low cross from right is picked up by goalie.
66 min...TC Bedenikovic rush on left and low 35 yard shot through crowd of players is well wide left.
67 min...Astros goalie catches cross from left and holds on as TC player bashes him.
68 min...Astros goalie catches high cross from TC Lewe.
69 min...TC Zupan 30 yard freekick straight-on has goalie catch under bar.
70 min...Astros Bralatic on left crosses through box has TC player knock ball out for cornerkick.
70 min...Astros player's cornerkick from right has TC Zupan chest ball down and clear.
72 min...Astros Jaroch rush up left and cross through box. Astros Krimus blasts 15 yard shot off right goalpost, ball on left is crossed back through box.
73 min...Astros Padron long throw-in from left is into box but bounces behind end line.
76 min...TC Bedenikovic 30 yard blast from left is well wide left when he gets cross with all players over on right side of field.
77 min...Astros goalie picks up ball pushed through by TC Lewe.
78 min...Astros Majstorovic passes left for streaking Astros Braletic and 25 yard shot just wide right.
79 min...TC Kalic surrounded by players chips ball wide left of net.
81 min...TC Pavlovic streaks on right to get in cross into box but stopped.
82 min...Toronto Croatia Antonijo Zupan GOAL...TC Leo Laurito cornerkick from left is into Astros box and Zupan in crowd of players pushes 3 yarder into left corner of net.
83 min...Astros Zorbas freekick from left has TC defender tip ball wide right for cornerkick.
83 min...Astros Pagliere pops 25 yard chip into box has TC goalie catch.
84 min...TC YELLOW card...Lewe for diving in Astros box.
85 min...Astros sub...Salguero replaces Nesbitt.
86 min...Toronto Croatia Edin Kalic GOAL...TC Jason Shannon squeezes pass from 30 yards on left into middle and Kalic's low 20 yard shot is into low right corner of net.
87 min...Astros sub...Gideon replaces Jaroch.
87 min...TC player's cornerkick from left, TC flying header from 20 yards is blocked by defenders.
88 min...Astros YELLOW card...Limuci for tackle on TC Bedenikovic in Astros end just outside center circle.
89 min...TC Kulis rolls 30 yard ball into box that Astros goalie picks up.
90 min...TC Kulis injured in own end.
92 min...game ends 9:54pm.

Final Score:...............Toronto Croatia..........3.........North York Astros..........1......

Attendance was about 125 on this warm evening.

The game was pretty even with both struggling teams controlling patches of the game. The checking was fairly rough on the small field but referee Michael Lambert never had a problem with the game.

The game could have gone either way until the last 10 minutes when after the Astros fell behind, they pressed and left them open at the back. The small field enabled both teams to rush upfield on any goalkick or punt leading to possible through balls. Both teams sent quite a few crosses through the box but there was usually no teammate in the area to put the ball away.

Toronto Croatia released midfielder Willie Giummarra who now has joined injury riddled Brampton Hitmen. Giummarra wasn't getting the playing time he wanted but a TC official said they weren't playing him because he wasn't in 100% shape.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

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