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Result of the Sunday August 8, 2004 CPSL game between Vaughan Shooters and Metro Lions played at the Ontario Soccer Centre at 7:30pm. Vaughan Shooters (blue socks and shirts, white shorts and numbers)

......................00 Robert Scala
...........17 Raj Takhar...2 Angelo Pollastrone (cpt)...4 Jorge Molina
7 Cameron Medwin...16 Parminder Dhillon...8 Chris Turner...10 Joey Todaro...23 Aundrae Rollins
....................13 Mathew Palleschi...19 Jose Anikewe

Subs:...1 Brian Bowes (gk)...24 Fabian Pagani (mid)...12 Fitzroy Powell (fwd)...5 Jeff Russell (def)...22 Riccardo Forno (mid)...15 Fitzroy Christey (mid)...11 Felipe Bento (mid)
team officials:...head coach Sam Mederios...coach Tony Dethomasis...team manager Elio Scarcello...team therapist Scott Howitt

Metro Lions (navy socks and shorts, white shirts, red numbers)

......................1 Courtney Campbell
..............14 Kevin Ricketts...8 Sasha Kosanovic...4 Marc Jankovic
22 Marko Janjicek...7 Caswain Mason...13 Kareem Reynolds (cpt)...10 Hayden Fitzwilliams...18 Billy Ninopoulos
......................11 Gabriel Salustius...20 Maxim Dorneval

Subs:...17 Ibrahim Kalown...21 Aaron Benjamin...12 Mishel Levkov...2 Omar Samuels...19 Craig Patton
team officials:...manager L Lugomirski...coach Goran Miscevic...assistant coach B Bratic...officials Ken Mollineau and A Sulkowski

Game officials:...referee Michael Lambert...referee's assistants Justin Bogoslowski and Danny Cvetanovic...fourth official Stephanie Den Haan...(yellow shirts, black shorts and socks)

1st Half:...game starts 7:44pm...all times are converted from my wristwatch...VS defend north end with the sun in the north west.
3 min...ML Janjicek injured in center circle in clash of heads.
5 min...VS Palleschi rush in from center line on left and 20 yard blast is well over net.
7 min...VS Palleschi bounces 20 yard shot from left wide left.
9 min...ML Salustius 22 yard freekick from right is caught by goalie under bar.
11 min...ML Salustius pushes ball into box on left and has ML Dorneval cross/shoot from 10 yards that's palmed through box and then goalie recovers to pick up ball.
13 min...ML Ninopoulos rolls cross from left, ML Fitzwilliams boots 12 yarder well over net.
14 min...ML Dorneval cross from right bounces through box.
16 min...VS Medwin cross from 30 yards on right is caught by goalie.
17 min...VS Todaro 10 yard shot deflects off defender for cornerkick.
18 min...VS Medwin cornerkick from right is cleared by defender on right post.
20 min...ML Fitzwilliams cross from left bobbled by goalie who then sprawls on loose ball.
25 min...VS Medwin 35 yard freekick from right is cleared by defender.
26 min...VS Medwin all alone on right rolls pass for VS Todaro to blast 10 yard shot well over net and back fence.
28 min...VS player's 30 yard freekick from left is knocked forward and cleared by goalie and defender.
30 min...VS YELLOW card...Todaro for tackle near sideline.
31 min...ML player's cornerkick from right worked in and goalie pushes 7 yard shot behind net.
32 min...ML player's cornerkick from right blocked and VS start fast breakout.
33 min...ML Salustius cross from right is caught by goalie.
35 min...ML YELLOW card...Ricketts for sliding tackle on sideline.
36 min...ML player's cross from right is deflected by defender.
37 min...ML Ninopoulis cornerkick from left is knocked through box.
38 min...ML Ninopoulis heads 12 yarder from right is saved.
39 min...VS player in box but can't get away shot through defenders.
39 min...ML goalie catches ball popped up in box after VS cross.
41 min...VS goalie palms shot wide left on cross from right.
42 min...VS Todaro blasts 20 yard shot that goalie punches downwards and defender clears.
46 min...half ends 8:30pm.

2nd Half:...starts 8:49pm.
46 min...VS Rollins 30 yard shot from left is well wide right.
47 min...ML Reynolds 25 yard shot through middle caught by flying goalie near right corner.
48 min...VS Takhar cross from right 35 yards is caught by ogalie all alone.
52 min...ML Dorneval 15 yard roller from right saved by goalie.
53 min...ML Fitzwilliams 20 yard cross from left is wide right.
54 min...VS Todaro freekick from left post is headed away by leaping defender.
55 min...VS Pollastrone gets back to keep ML Janjicek from getting ball alone up middle.
57 min...VS Palleschi low 25 yard shot from left is well wide left.
58 min...VS sub...Powell replaces Rollins.
59 min...ML Janjicek follows up blocked ball wide 22 yard shot.
60 min...VS Dhillon 22 yard shot blocked by diving goalie on left post.
61 min...ML Ninopoulis 20 yard blast deflects off ducking ML player and pops up for goalie.
62 min...VS goalie catches popped up header by ML player.
65 min...ML Dorneval 30 yard shot deflected off sliding defender and bounces to goalie.
66 min...ML sub...Patton replaces Salustius.
............VS sub...Forno replaces Anikewe.
66 min...VS player cross from near right endline flagged down for either offside or behind end line.
67 min...ML player on edge of box jumps over ball so ball rolls to left and ML Dorneval 20 yard roller is caught.
68 min...VS Medwin run on right 15 yard cross caught by goalie on right post.
70 min...ML player sends ball into VS box but pushed too far ahead across box.
71 min...Shooters Joey Todaro GOAL...VS Chris Turner in middle receives short pass and rolls ball left for Todaro to take low 15 yard shot to right side of net beyond diving goalie Courtney Campbell.
72 min...ML Jankovic 30 yard chip from left is caught by goalie.
74 min...ML Janjicek cross from right ML Fitzwilliams leans into header but deflects off VS defender.
75 min...ML cornerkick from right popped up in box but cleared.
76 min...Lions Caswain Mason GOAL...Mason is centered pass from right and takes 18 yard blast into left corner of net beyond goalie Robert Scala.
77 min...ML Jankovic give and go up middle and shanks 15 yard shot well wide left.
78 min...VS sub...Christey replaces Palleschi. VS goalie injured in box.
80 min...ML Ninopoulos 45 yard cross from left is caught by goalie near edge of box.
81 min...VS sub...Russell replaces Turner.
84 min...VS Turner quick freekick from 30 yard out rolled to VS Medwin and he blasts 25 yard shot well over net.
85 min...ML Mason 35 yard chip from left is caught by goalie.
86 min...VS YELLOW card...Medwin for swearing when called for handball at ML 30 yard line.
87 min...VS goalie catches low 30 yard shot up middle.
88 min...VS Forno 30 yard shot through crowd caught by goalie.
90 min...ML Ricketts defending leaps to flick header through left side of ML box.
91 min...VS Takhar 50 yard pass has VS Medwin head ball through into ML box but no one runs in to apply pressure.
92 min...ML Kosanovic gets back to break up VS rush up left.
93 min...ML YELLOW card...Janjicek for not giving 10 yards on cornerkick from left.
94 min...VS player's cornerkick from left has goalie catch ball on left post in crowd of players.
94 min...game ends 9:38pm.

Final Score:...........Vaughan Shooters..........1..............Metro Lions............1.......

Attendance was about 250 on this warm evening. The east side fence has been knocked down and will be moved about 20 feet further from the field to allow bleachers to be installed on that side in time for the Ontario Cup finals for all age groups. With the game kicking off at 7:44pm about a third of the crowd left at the end of the first half but that's the trade off of filling the stands with youth soccer teams.

Each team controlled parts of this game as the momentum swung back and forth. Shooters goalie Robert Scala caught some important crosses into the box to prevent many dangerous plays to Lions forwards Gabriel Salustius and Maxim Dorneval. The Lions prevented many goals by the defenders limiting the shots against with their back three of Kevin Ricketts, Sacha Kosanovic, and Marc Jankovic. Jankovic may be the tallest player in the league and could easily outjump Shooters forwards Jose Anikewe, Mathew Palleschi and Joey Todaro. Kosanovic was often the last man back and broke up plays. The Shooters were caught quite often jumping offside and other times their shooting was well off target.

The CPSL will be announcing that a team from the lower divisions of Italy will play Brampton Hitmen next Sunday and in about two weeks the Metro Lions will play a visiting team from Jamaica.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

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