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Result of the Tuesday August 17th, 2004 CPSL game between North York Astros and Hamilton Thunder played at the Ontario Soccer Centre in Vaughan at 9:00pm.
North York Astros (yellow socks, amber socks and shirts, navy numbers, white trim)
.............................12 Peyman Beheshtipaur
...........6 Tyler Nesbitt...14 Kurt Ramsey...3 Ryan Thomas
8 Glajdi Limuci...18 Raffy Der Bedrossian...20 Cesar Pagliere (cpt)...2 Boris Krimus...5 Peter Zorbas
.....................4 Alen Majstorovic...11 Alex Braletic
Subs:...1 David Fish (gk)...7 Sergio Gutierrez (mid)...9 Daniel Jaroch (fwd)...13 James Gideon (mid)...16 Jean Pierre Melotte (fwd)
team officials:...manager Bruno Ierullo...coach Vittorio Villacis...assistant coaches John Melotte and Thomas Boljkovac...team doctor Joe Ghorayeb
Hamilton Thunder (black socks, navy shorts and shirts, white numbers)
............................1 Mario Cenolli
.............4 Igor Cvetovic...7 Bekavac Blazenko...18 Zeljko Dukic
14 Miles O'Connor...17 Giovanni Annisi...9 Michael Diluca...19 Alex Arbelo...10 Adrian Ramos
....................23 Kevin Nelson...20 Sasa Milaimovic
Subs:...00 Bosko Borjan...2 Mersad Ahmetovic...13 Mirza Mehic...21 Martin Cotarelo...11 Courtney Dennis...15 Rene Martin
team officials:...coach George Armua...official Mehic Elies
Game officials:...referee Steve Cahoon...referee's assistants Andrew Kravets and Greg Fabi...fourth officials Leif Maitland...match observer Ken Thomas.
1st Half:...game starts 8:55pm...all times are converted from my wristwatch...Astros defend north end.
7 min...HT Diluca run on right to get to ball then crosses over net.
11 min...HT Milaimovic pushes ball through to HT Nelson and low shot from 10 yards on right is blocked by sprawling goalie on right post.
13 min...Astros goalie beats HT Milaimovic to bouncing through ball on left.
14 min...HT goalie catches popped up ball by defender.
15 min...Astros goalie falls on through-ball into box.
16 min...HT Arbelo cornerkick kick from left is cleared by first defender.
16 min...HT Ramos rolls cross from left that defender clears behind net to prevent tap-in.
18 min...Astros Der Bedrossian 30 yard shot through crowd caught by goalie.
19 min...HT Diluca cross from 40 yards on left that goalie has go through hands.
20 min...HT player's cornerkick from right is over players in box.
21 min...Thunder Sasa Milaimovic GOAL...Thunder player crosses from right that bounces in Astros box in crowd of players and Milaimovic gets foot in from 3 yards to kick ball into center of net with goalie Peyman Beheshtipaur guarding near post.
25 min...Astros goalie traps grounder cross from right near post.
26 min...HT Milaimovic on right blasts ball over net from 20 yards.
29 min...HT Cvetovic rushes up middle and 25 yard shot caught by diving goalie on left post.
33 min...HT Nelson cornerkick from right tapped downfield and crossed, HT Cvetovic leaps and pops up 7 yard header that hits top of crossbar.
35 min...HT Dukic rush down left and 30 yard blast well high and wide left.
37 min...HT Ramos 25 yard shot wide right.
44 min...HT Dukic pops cross from left.
45 min...HT O'Connor gets tap back and 20 yard shot well over net.
47 min...Astros player's freekick from left rolls wide left from 25 yards.
47 min...half ends 9:42pm.
2nd Half:...starts 10:01pm.
halftime sub...Astros Jaroch replaces Bedrossian.
47 min...Astros Jaroch 30 yard shot up middle stopped by goalie.
48 min...HT Cvetovic hurt in center circle.
52 min...Astros Alen Majstorovic GOAL...A short pass from the left by an Astros player and Majstorovic connects on midair 30 yard chip that rainbows into top right side of net over goalie Mario Cenolli.
53 min...HT O'Connor 40 yard shot from right caught by goalie.
53 min...Astros Majstorovic 35 yard shot up middle caught by goalie.
54 min...HT Milaimovic 12 yard shot from right caught by goalie.
54 min...Astros Ramsey races through middle between 3 players and blasts 25 yarder well over net.
59 min...HT O'Connor 40 yard freekick from right, has HT Ramos head ball over net from right from 7 yards.
59 min...HT sub...Martin replaces Ramos.
62 min...Astros player's 20 yard shot from left blocked by goalie pushed wide left.
62 min...HT goalie steps forward to stop Astros 2 on 12 rush just outside box.
63 min...Astros player's 20 yard freekick from left edge of box blocked in wall, Astros Krimus blasts 22 yard rebound well high and wide right.
64 min...HT sub...Dennis replaces Arbelo.
66 min...Astros Limuci rush on right and crosses over box.
67 min...Astros sub...Melotte replaces Limuci.
68 min...HT player injured on sideline.
70 min...HT Milaimovic cross from left has Astros defender head ball away from 6 yard box.
71 min...HT Blazenko 35 yard shot through crowd is wide left.
72 min...Astros Majstorovic 20 yard low shot from right is blocked by goalie.
75 min...HT Milaimovic leaps to head cross from right and connects from 7 yards is well wide right.
77 min...Astros Majstorovic runs on left and blasts 25 yard roller wide left.
78 min...HT Cvetovic blasts 35 yarder well high wide left of net.
81 min...HT Dukic 25 yard freekick from left is headed pop up in box and ball knocked around in box and has HT players scream for handball.
82 min...Astros sub...Gutierrez replaces Krimus.
84 min...HT Dukic 25 yard freekick from right is knocked behind line by defender.
85 min...HT sub...Cotarelo replaces Milaimovic.
85 min...HT Diluca cornerkick from right knocked away by first defender.
89 min...HT Dennis intercepts ball for through pass to HT Diluca but Astros goalie charges out to clear ball.
90 min...HT Nelson involved in more in Astros in-box action. HT Dennis ends HT pressure by blasting shot well over net.
91 min...game ends 10:47pm.
Final Score:............North York Astros............1.............Hamilton Thunder............1..........
Attendance was about 100 on this warm evening.
Astros had a tough time getting past the 35 yard line of Thunder for the entire first half. Timing of the Thunder was off with a bad final pass or Astros block cutting down on many of their set ups. Astros had some good rushes in the second half by Alen Majstorovic and Daniel Jaroch. A flurry of Thunder action in injury time almost pulled off the win for the Thunder however with play equaling out in the second half, the tie was a fair result. Thunder's Miles O'Connor played well but I'm sure the team would do better if they still had his brother Matthew and midfield Edmilson who are both playing with the A-League Toronto Lynx until the end of the Lynx season in August. Astros goalie Arthur Zaslavski is away trying out for a 3rd Division team in France. Astros midfielder Gabriel Salguero was in the stands serving a suspension.
The CPSL Playoff finals hosts will be officially announced soon as Brampton Hitmen. That should cut down on the complaints that London City hosts everything. Brampton Hitmen were the playoff champions last year. Unofficially the Hitmen may bring in the son of the team manager Hector Marinaro and one of his teammates. Hector Marinaro Jr is the all time leading scorer of indoor soccer with exactly 1250 goals and 2800 points. He has now retired from the Cleveland Crunch. The other teammate also played for the Crunch and the two of them were known as the Dynamic Duo. Logic being that Hector Jr would be in Toronto that weekend anyway on the Thanksgiving weekend visiting his father.
The Ontario Soccer Centre's outdoor field turf field cost $850,000 to install and should last ten years. Real grass is supposed to cost $150,000 a year to maintain.
Rocket Robin
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