Result of the Sunday September 5th, 2004 CPSL Canada Open Cup Semi-Final game between Windsor Border Stars and Capital City Ambassadors played at Cove Road Stadium in London at 5:18pm.
Windsor Border Stars (orange socks and shorts, white shirts, black numbers)
................................23 Dan Placek
33 Justin Marshall...5 Scott Patriquin...4 Filip Rocca...19 Mike Vonella
17 Dave Dwaihy...10 Tati Errecalde...7 Jeff Hodgson...12 Eren Bere
....................15 Steve Wonsch...9 Aaron Byrd
Subs:...1 Anthony Santili (gk)...2 Dan Zalenski (mid)...11 Jeremy Harkins (mid)...14 JJ Dowhan (mid)...18 John Roma (fwd)...could have been some others
team official:...head coach Pat Hilton
Capital City Ambassadors (white socks and shorts, navy shirts, yellow trim, red numbers)
...............................21 Sabrahima Traore
8 Michael Domanski...4 Daniel Eji...2 Ladislas Bushiri...14 Stephen Lemay
5 Mili Ombasic...18 Jorge Gutierrez...16 Olivier Osseyi...9 Alen Sivcevic
.................15 Souleymane Gagou...7 Justin Dasah
Subs:...0 Robert Stalkie (gk)...3 Sasha Vujicic (mid)...17 Joel Anvire (mid)...10 Tino Basiala (fwd)...11 Mussie Abraham (mid)...12 Valentine Ifedi (def)
team official:...head coach Danie Eji
Game officials:...referee Michael Reikhan...referee's assistants Danny Cvetanovich and Stephanie Den Haan...fourth official Tamar Reisma
1st Half...WBS defend north end on this humid sunny late afternoon with the sun in the north west.
4 min...WBS player's 30 yard freekick from left floated into edge of box but called offside.
5 min...WBS player sends in a through ball but that's ruled offside.
6 min...WBS Wonsch threaded through ball and chips charging goalie from 30 yards but just over net.
8 min...WBS Wonsch ball in middle bounces for 20 yard midair shot that's just wide right of flying goalie.
14 min...CCA Gagou threads ball up middle which closest CCA player avoids and CCA Dasah all alone in box is called offside.
15 min...CCA Gagou 30 yard roller blasted wide right.
17 min...WBS Byrd cornerkick from right is partially cleared, WBS Byrd gets ball pushed back on right and cuts downline and WBS player puts it in offside.
18 min...WBS Wonsch on rush on left 12 yard shot is deflected by sliding defender.
19 min...WBS player's cornerkick from left has ball cleared as it's bouncing into box.
20 min...WBS Byrd works way in from left sideline and 15 yard shot is wide left.
21 min...WBS Marshall cross from 30 yards is well over net.
22 min...CCA Dasah controls ball on left, taps over to CCA Lemay whose 20 yard shot is over net.
23 min...CCA Domanski 40 yard freekick from right has WBS Rocca head ball wide right.
24 min...CCA player cornerkick from right has leaping CCA Dasah head ball over net from 5 yards.
25 min...WBS Byrd gets ball tapped through to him and 15 yard shot from left blocked by sliding goalie. WBS Byrd regains control of ball and cuts around defender
and shot wide left from 15 yards.
26 min...WBS Errecalde 25 yard shot up middle well over net.
29 min...CCA Souleymane Gagou runs to through ball in WBS box and defender clips him. Referee Michael Reikhan points to penalty spot.
30 min...CCA Sabrahima Traore GOAL...Traore (their goalie) rolls penalty kick into left corner of net with goalie Dan Placek frozen to his spot.
32 min...WBS Wonsch rush down right and rolls cross that's picked up by goalie.
33 min...WBS Byrd 22 yard freekick from even with left post, is lofted well over net.
35 min...Border Stars Tati Errecalde GOAL...Errecalde from freekick that is tapped to him blasts 19 yarder into low left side of net.
37 min...CCA Dasah threaded ball up middle and rushes 10 yard shot low that sliding goalie blocks.
40 min...CCA Ladislas Bushiri and WBS player Dave Dwaihy are both injured sliding to keep a ball in play on CCA end line. Bushiri is badly injured and needs treatment off field. For some reason the CCA are not allowed to bring in a substitute. The Windsor player is signalled back into the game from the sideline before play resumes for the resulting cornerkick.
42 min...WBS Steve Wonsch GOAL...WBS Aaron Byrd cornerkick from right, Wonsch nods in 4 yard header on short side that diving goalie gets hands to but ball dribbles over line.CCA not allowed to substitute player.
48 min...end 6:15pm.
2nd Half:...starts 6:28pm.
46 min...WBS Byrd cornerkick from left is headed away by defender.
48 min...WBS Errecalde cornerkick from left is worked out with him and another player but ball crossed into box and ball cleared.
49 min...CCA sub...Basiala replaces Ombasic.
51 min...WBS Wonsch jabs foot in and pops 7 yarder over net.
52 min...CCA Domanski 45 yard freekick from right bounces through box wide left.
54 min...WBS goalie beats CCA Basiala to grab bouncing through ball.
55 min...CCA Lemay cornerkick from left is low and cleared. CCA Lemay gets to rebound but his shot is also cleared.
56 min...WBS Gagou is bumped off through ball up middle.
57 min...WBS YELLOW card...Bere for sliding check just outside WBS box.
57 min...CCA Osseyi 22 yard freekick from right is caught by goalie.
59 min...WBS Errecalde 35 yard freekick is lobbed well wide right.
61 min...CCA sub...Vujicic replaces Sivcevic.
63 min...WBS goalie charges out of box to head away through ball and apply choke hold to CCA Gagou outside box injurying him.
65 min...WBS sub...Zalenski replaces Bere.
.............WBS sub...Harkins replaces Dwaihy.
66 min...CCA goalie catches high pop up ball from 20 yards on right of net.
67 min...WBS goalie catches bouncer over end line.
67 min...CCA cornerkick from left is cleared.
70 min...WBS player's cross from right on rush has WBS Byrd pop up header from 12 yards that goalie catches.
71 min...CCA Bushiri rush up middle and 15 yard shot is well wide left.
72 min...WBS Roma replaces Wonsch.
74 min...CCA players rushes up left and crosses to middle has CCA Dasah cross ball through box.
75 min...WBS Byrd good dribbling cuts 18 yard shot that flying goalie catches on left side of net.
76 min...CCA Osseyi 30 yard freekick from left is sailed over net.
77 min...CCA sub...Anvire replaces Lemay.
78 min...WBS Roma gets quick freekick through ball on right and 20 yard shot is well over net.
80 min...WBS Roma fed cross rolled from right but his 15 yard shot is well wide left.
80 min...CCA Basiala cross from right 25 yard has retreating goalie catch.
81 min...WBS goalie fumbles sliding save wide left of net and boots ball out.
81 min...WBS sub...Dowhan replaces Byrd.
82 min...Border Stars Jeremy Harkins GOAL...Harkins is given through ball on left and races into box and blasts 10 yarder over sprawling, waving goalie to center of net.
84 min...WBS Dowhan slides ball to WBS Roma whose 15 yard shot is blocked by sliding goalie.
85 min...Border Stars Tati Errecalde GOAL...Errecalde given ball from right and has shot from left and bends ball into right corner of net from 15 yards.
86 min...CCA player's 30 yard freekick is blasted into wall of players.
87 min...WBS goalie catches cornerkick from right.
88 min...CCA sub...Ifedi replaces Basiala who was injured near center line.
89 min...Border Stars Mike Vonella GOAL...Border Stars Tati Errecalde cornerkick from right is crossed into box that sprawling goalie blocks. Vonella blasts 7 yarder that pinballs into net.
89 min...game ends 7:14pm.
Final Score:.....Windsor Border Stars.....5......Capital City Ambassadors......1.......
Attendance was about 100 persons on this humid afternoon with a bright sun in the northwest.
An official from the Ambassadors vowed never to return to the Open Cup because of the CPSLcentricity of the calls especially the last three minutes of the first half which was the turning point of the game. An official from London City apologized to him for the choppy field. Apparently the new president of the German-Canadian club is not a big soccer fan and wanted to cut expenses so Cove Road has no full time groundskeeper this year. A heavy rainfall would have turned the goalmouths into the puddly mess that cancelled last Sunday's league game in Brampton.
Rocket Robin
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