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Details of the Friday August 27th, 2004 CPSL game between Toronto Croatia and St Catharines Roma Wolves played at Memorial Park in Streetsville at 8:00pm.

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

..............................1 George Azcurra
3 Halburto Harris...5 Antonijo Zupan...20 Shannon Mashado...14 Joseph Cosentino
2 Ante Pavlovic...8 Hugo Alstitud...11 Velemir Crljen...10 Leo Laurito
.....................9 Zvjezdan Kresic...16 Edin Kalic

Subs:...4 Rudy Spajic (mid)...15 Joseph Lewe (mid)...17 Kris Kemenczy...19 Juan Gambja...7 Emil Vidra
team officials...manager Theo Krajacic...head coach Aldo Krajcar...officials Josip Cvitanovic and Ivan Cuvalo

St Catharines Roma Wolves (all white, black numbers)

.............................21 Mihaly (Mike) Bekesi
...........4 Joe Carbonara...6 Danny Gallagher...2 Ryan Foss
30 Geoffrey Attard...10 Tony Carbonara...11 Frank DelPriore...13 Lucio Ianiero...22 Gary McGuchan
......................15 Ian Sinclair...18 Carlo Arghittu

Subs:...27 Joe Del Priore...29 Anthony Stranges...25 Jon Kamendy
team officials:...manager Armand DiFruscio...head coach Lucio Ianiero...assistant coach Paul O'Rourke...officials Nick Riganelli and Angelo Pizzacalla

Game officials:...referee Angelo Gertsakis...referee's assistants Herminio Lopes and Andrew Kravets...fourth official Ovidiu Baltador...(yellow shirts, black shorts and socks)...match observer Angelo Magliocco

1st Half:...game starts 8:06pm...all times are converted from my wristwatch...TC defend south end on this hot humid evening on a wet field.
5 min...W goalie races to edge of box to catch bouncing ball through box.
9 min...W Joe Carbonaro cornerkick from right has W player head ball down on edge of box, partial clearance has W Tony Carbonaro blast 20 yard shot well over net.
11 min...W Foss makes sliding tackle on right to stop long rush of TC Kresic.
11 min...TC Kresic rush on right, cross to TC Kalic who has one touch 10 yarder that goalie palms over net.
12 min...TC player's cornerkick from right has TC player connect on header but ball blocked and cleared.
13 min...W YELLOW card...DelPriore for cleats-up challenge on TC Alstitud, injuring him.
15 min...W DelPriore tackles Alstitud out of bounds and rushes back onto field and he breaks on right then crosses through box too far forward for charging W player.
18 min...W Joe Carbonaro 40 yard cross from right is wide left out of play.
19 min...TC goalie dives for deflection ahead of W Arghittu waiting for tap-in.
20 min...W Attard run up middle but 30 yard roller is wide left.
22 min...W Joe Carbonaro 35 yard freekick from right is blasted high and wide left of net.
23 min...TC YELLOW card...Crljen for sliding tackle on W Arghittu at center.
24 min...W Tony Carbonaro rush up middle and 25 yard shot is just over bar.
26 min...W goalie boots away through ball before TC Kresic gets to it on edge of box.
27 min...W Joe Carbonaro 45 yard cross from right is caught by goalie.
28 min...TC YELLOW card...Mashado for hard tackle.
29 min...W Joe Carbonaro 35 yard freekick up middle is low and blocked by defender.
30 min...TC Zupan 30 yard freekick from left post is just cruled wide left of top corner.
37 min...TC Harris 30 yard shot from right sideline is well over net.
42 min...W Arghittu slides for 10 yard shot that sliding goalie blocks wide left.
43 min...W player's cornerkick from left is swatted through goal area by leaping goalie.
45 min...half ends 8:51pm.

2nd Half:...starts 9:08pm.
halftime sub...TC Lewe replaces Pavlovic.
46 min...TC Laurito cross from near left corne is over players in box.
48 min...TC Kresic 25 yard freekick is blasted just over net.
50 min...W Tony Carbonaro 30 yard roller through crowd of players is picked up by goalie.
52 min...TC Lewe rush down right and cross into box that TC Kresic can't turn on kick.
53 min...TC Zupan runs down middle but 20 yard shot is shanked well over net.
58 min...W McGuchan gets cross into middle but 25 yard blast is well over net.
58 min...TC Cosentino injured on sideline in own end.
63 min...TC Crljen dekes three guys up middle and forwards ahead to TC Kresic whose low 15 yard shot bounces off goalie's hands but defender blocks.
64 min...TC Crljen cuts shot from 20 yards wide right.
65 min...W McGuchan 20 yard shot rushed from left is over net.
66 min...W Arghittu rush up left and TC Zupan sliding save for cornerkick on 7 yard shot.
67 min...W Arghittu cornerkick from left is whistled down when goalie is pushed over.
68 min...TC sub...Kemenczy replaces Kalic.
70 min...W sub...Stranges replaces McGuchan.
72 min...TC YELLOW card...Zupan for arm tackle on W Attard near center line.
74 min...W YELLOW card...Joe Carbonaro for sliding tackle on TC Alstitud near center line. TC Cosentino is injured upfield.
75 min...W goalie catches 30 yard cross on freekick.
77 min...W goalie fumbles ball out of box and TC Kemenczy from right crosses into box but defender clears.
79 min...TC sub...Vidra replaces injured Cosentino.
83 min...W Sinclair crosses through box has W player blast 12 yarder off left goalpost, W Arghittu 7 yard shot is well over net.
83 min...TC Vidra 25 yard shot from left has goalie palm over ball.
83 min...TC Crljen after receiving cornerkick from left crosses back to left.
84 min...TC player's 20 yard shot caught on left corner.
85 min...TC Lewe cross from left has TC player head from 10 yards that's blocked by goalie.
87 min...W Arghittu cornerkick from left has TC Harris head away that W player blasts 25 yarder and another W player deflect ball over net from 5 yards.
89 min...Toronto Croatia Velemir Crljen GOAL...Crljan dekes up middle avoiding Wolves Lucio Ianiero sliding tackle and fakes left then right, holding onto ball then gets in left footed shot from 20 yards that's into top right corner of net beyond flying goalie Mihaly Bekesi.
91 min...W player's 30 yard shot from right is bounced wide right of net.
92 min...W sub...Del Priore replaces Ianiero.
94 min...TC Crljen 25 yard freekick rolled to edge of box and TC players rolls ball back to him but he can't get to it.
95 min...game ends 9:58pm.

Final Score:...........Toronto Croatia...........1............St Catharines Roma Wolves...........0...........

Attendance was about 100 on this extremely hot and humid evening played on a wet field. It would have been tough being a player tonight in weather like that but the players had to tough it out as both teams had only three of four subs.

Crljen's goal was a gem with him holding onto the ball rather than passing off. It was a rare move as the whole evening players were passing off to other players or having their shots blocked by sliding defenders or blasting the ball well off target. Goaltender George Azcurra earned the shutout for Toronto Croatia but neither he nor Wolves goalie Mike Bekesi had too many difficult saves because of the work of their defenders. Halburto Harris, Antonio Zupan, Shannon Mashado and Joseph Cosentino were the backline for Toronto Croatia and Joe Carbonara, Danny Gallagher and Ryan Foss were the Wolves backline.

Wolves' closest chance was when Ian Sinclair crossed through the TC box at the 83 minute mark and a player blasted a 12 yarder off the left goalpost, then Carlo Arghittu had a 7 yard shot with a fallen goalie but put the ball over the net. "Just like our whole season" was said from the bench for this two wins in 2004 season.

Play was rough with referee Angelo Gertsakis keeping a lid on the game. The small field at Memorial Park makes every game close contact. This night brought out even more mosquitoes than usual but there were a few cans of insect repellent to keep the bugs at bay.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

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