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Result of the Sunday September 25th, 2005 CPSL game between Brampton Stallions and St Catharines Roma Wolves played at Victoria Park in Brampton at 7:00pm.

Brampton Stallions (maroon socks and trim, white shorts and shirts, black numbers)

...........................25 Roy Blanche
...........19 Rohan Green...5 Milodrag Akmadzic...4 Andrew Harris
8 Adam Pacheco...10 Adolfo Mella...18 Kevin McIntosh...21 Mladen Dikic...3 Julius Caesar
.................9 Hugo Herrera...17 Kurt Mella

Subs:...23 Andres Gravioli (gk)...6 Kamar Cunningham (def)...7 Kevin Peterkin (def)...12 Avaro Yaques (--)...14 Sean Roberts (def)...16 Adrian Johnson (fwd)...20 Yusif Jawando (fwd)...22 Ryan Williams (mid)...--- Sam El-Masri (mid)
team officials:...manager Joseph Fuliere...head coach Milodrag Akmadzic...physio Nino Sonsini

St Catharines Roma Wolves (burgundy socks and shorts, black shirts, white numbers, orange trim)

..............................1 Claudio Perri
...........7 John McNeil...6 Danny Gallagher...19 Geoffrey Attard
24 Pablo Nieves...14 Howard Hyman...9 Yohance Moore...28 Chiek Diarra...20 Stephen King
.....................18 Carlo Arghittu (cpt)...8 Ashley McMillan

Subs:...10 Jerry Cino (fwd)...13 Derek Mancuso (def)...22 Ognjien Ruzic (fwd)...23 Chris Handsor (mid)...26 Gavin King (mid, brother of Stephen King)...27 Joel Moroj (---)
team officials:...head coach Tom Bernardi...assistant coach Gavin King...manager Pat Viola...trainer Nick Riganelli...club official Armand Di Fruscio

Game officials:...referee Alex William...referee's assistants Michael Izzo and Greg Fabi...fourth official G Facchini...(all black uniforms)

1st Half:...game starts 7:06pm...BS defends south end on this warm humid evening with a strong breeze from the south. All times are converted from my wristwatch as the scoreboard wasn't set up.
2 min...W Stephen King low cross from left, W McMillan yard shot is blocked.
3 min...W Stephen King cornerkick from left is high and headed away from box.
4 min...W Diarra cross from 20 yards on left has W Nieves head bouncer from 10 yards from right to goalie.
6 min...BS Pacheco run up middle on pass and go but weak shot from 20 yards rolls wide left.
8 min...W Arghittu cornerkick from right is headed away.
9 min...BS Caesar cornerkick from left has BS Adolfo Mella leap but he can't turn header from 10 yards.
12 min...BS Akmadzic 20 yard low shot up middle after receiving cross is easily saved.
13 min...BS Pacheco 20 yard shot up middle to top left corner has goalie claw it down.
14 min...W McMillan 30 yard freekick up middle is blasted well high and left.
17 min...BS Kurt Mella miskicks 20 yard shot fanning on a one timer.
18 min...BS Akmadzic blasts dropped shot from 25 yards well wide right of net.
19 min...W Stephen King good deking players but his 15 yard shot is blocked by defender.
20 min...BS Herrera one time 40 yarder on right is just over bar on arced shot.
22 min...W McMillan injured on kick in BS box on defensive play.
26 min...Stallions Mladen Dikic GOAL...Dikic rolls in 15 yarder after short pass from left by BS Hugo Herrera from left that Dikic controls in middle and his shot is into right corner of net behind goalie Claudio Perri.
28 min...BS Pacheco cross from right has BS Dikic 12 yard header miss net.
29 min...BS YELLOW card...Akmadzic for takle on sideline in BS end.
29 min...BS player clears W player's 35 yard freekick into box.
30 min...W Nieves cornerkick from right is over players in box and wide left for goalkick.
31 min...BS Adolfo Mella 40 yard shot is high and arcs wide right of net.
33 min...BS Adolfo Mella cross from right has leaping goalie bobble than clear ball wide to left side.
34 min...W player's cornerkick from right has leaping goalie catch ball in crowd of players.
36 min...BS Harris tackle on W Nieves injurying him on right wing.
37 min...BS Kurt Mella is fed high pass down middle by BS Akmadzic and he can't control it rolls to goalie.
39 min...BS Dikic pass up left wing for BS Herrera to take 20 yard shot wide right from tough angle. BS Pacheco was on sideline for water break.
40 min...W goalie leaps for cross from lleft over head of BS Kurt Mella.
42 min...W McNeil 40 yard shot from right is caught by goalie.
45 min...half ends 7:51pm.

2nd Half:...starts 8:08pm.
halftime subs:...BS Yaques replaces Herrera.
46 min...BS Kurt Mella 20 yard shot up middle is deflected wide of net.
47 min...BS player's cornerkick from right is cleared in box.
49 min...BS Harris deflects shot by popping header over net.
50 min...W Nieves cornerkick from left is over players in box and cleared.
52 min...BS Kikic 30 yard roller up middle is wide right.
54 min...W McNeil clares cross that was sent into W box.
55 min...W Gallagher 40 yard kick from right is caught by goalie in crowd of players in box.
57 min...BS Pacheco injured just outside W box.
It starts to rain but it stops misting within 3 minutes.
58 min...BS sub...Gravioli (coming in as a forward) replaces Adolfo Mella.
59 min...BS Dikic 30 yard blast up middle and ball rolls for goalie to make smothering save.
61 min...BS Dikic 30 yard freekick up middle is well wide left.
63 min...BS Caesar run up left and crosses to cetner has BS McIntosh touch 20 yard deflection to goalie.
66 min...BS goalie leaps to catch high ball into box off crowd of players.
68 min...BS Dikic dekes three guys up middle and passes off shot but it's blocked.
69 min...W sub...Moroj replaces Nieves.
73 min...BS sub...Jawando replaces Kurt Mella.
75 min...W player's cross from left is over players in box.
78 min...Wolves RED card...Yahance Moore.
..........Stallions RED card...Andrew Harris.
While waiting for the Wolves to take a freekick from 25 yards on left of Stallions net, players for both teams waiting on the edge of the box on right get into a pushing match that escalates into a fist fight. Referee Alex William ejects one player from each team. He waves off Wolves captain Carlo Arghittu but comes over to explain to the Wolves coach Tom Bernardi. He orders Moore to stay over at the fourth official's table to avoid walking to the exit of the stadium past the stand and into the parking lot. There would be no Penalty kick said William because the ball was not in play before the punch up.

80 min...W player's 30 yard freekick has ball sail over players in box.
81 min...W sub...Gavin King replaces Hyman.
82 min...Wolves Ashley McMillan GOAL...Wolves Stephen King cornerkick from right has McMillan charge forward and head in 4 yarder under bar past goalie Roy Blanche.
84 min...BS Yaques 25 yard roller is wide left of net.
84 min...BS sub...Peterkin replaces Gravioli.
84 min...BS Dikic 25 yard freekick up middle hits outside of left post.
86 min...W McMillan races down right wing and cuts around BS Akmadzic for 15 yard shot that goalie sliding fooot save sens ball over net.
87 min...W Stephen King cornerkick from right has ball slip through players in box and W Arghittu flubs 10 yard shot from left.
91 min...BS Yaques cornerkick from left has ball kicked around in box and shot tipped wide right for cornerkick.
92 min...BS player's pass ruled offside as it starts to rain again.
92 min...W Gallagher 35 yard freekick from right cleared.
92 min...Wolves Chiek Diarra GOAL...Diarra has low 15 yard shot from left through crowd of players in box into right side of net.
93 min...BS Cunningham (when did he come into game?) pops 15 yard shot well over net.
93 min...BS McIntosh shot from 20 yards blocked by goalie.
94 min...game ends 8:57pm.

Final Score:........Brampton Stallions...........1............St Catharines Roma Wolves..........2...........

Attendance was about 50 on this warm night with the threat of rain. There was a bit of mist at around 57 minutes for all of three minutes then again during the time added on.

Stallions had the lead from the first half onward but I had no feeling that they were wasting time except that goalie Roy Blanche played balls that came into his box on his feet and waited several seconds until the Wolves realized they'd better force him to pick up the ball or they'd lose more valuable time in their comeback attempt. Both teams had their chances. At 83 minutes, Stallions Mladen Dikic had a 25 yard freekick up the middle that rang off the outside of the left post. At 85 minutes Ashley McMillan raced down the right wing and cut around Milodrag Akmadzic to get away a 15 yard shot that a sliding Blanche got his foot to and deflected the ball over the net. At 93 minutes, Wolves goalie Claudio Perri had to make another save for about the third time in ten minutes when he blocked a Kevin McIntosh shot from 20 yards.

Wolves had six subs listed and brought on two of them. Stallions listed twenty guys which is more than the eighteen they could have so some were held back. I'm not sure which ones. I wrote the lists down from the fourth official's copy at halftime. The Stallions stopped operating the scoreboard or providing a PA system a few games ago. There was an incident in the parking lot after the game as the Wolves made their way to the dressing rooms at the back of the hockey arena next door. I think it was the Stallions player who was ejected now in street clothes trying to get into the Wolves players but it was soon broken up. Smart of coach Benardi to keep the players in a group. Ah the players heard worse at halftime when he tore into them for being disorganized and not trying hard enough!

This was the Wolves last game of the regular season. They temporarily grab the third and final playoff spot in the Western Conference but with a week to go in the season they could be passed by either Windsor Border Stars, Brampton Stallions (who have two games left, now three points behind the Wolves) or London City (although they could be out after their game tonight against Vaughan Shooters). If things work out right, I can still see all but Windsor and Wolves one more time before the playoffs including a five games in five nights run.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

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