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Result of the October 8th, 2005 CPSL game between Vaughan Shooters and Toronto Croatia played at Esther Shiner Stadium in North York at 5:00pm. This was the final of the Eastern Conference.
Vaughan Shooters (blue socks, shorts, and numbers, white shirts)
................................1 Brian Bowes
17 Raj Takhar...8 Chris Turner...11 Fitzroy Christie...2 Angelo Pollastrone (cpt)
8 Chris Turner...21 Darryl Gomez...12 Danny Sanna...19 Desi Humphrey
................13 Frankie Bruno...5 Stalin Cardenas
Subs:...00 Pablo Alvarado (gk)...8 Chris Turner (mid)...16 Justin Phillips (def)...9 Jason DeThomasis (fwd)...4 Jorge Molina (def)...23 Aundrae Rollins (fwd)...15 Matthew Palleschi (fwd)...7 Cameron Medwin (mid)...10 Joey Todaro (fwd)
team officials:...coach Carmine Isacco...manager Ruben Toro...trainer Scott Howitt SPC...assistant coach Tony De Thomasis...club official Elio Scarcello
Toronto Croatia (blue socks, white shorts and numbers, red shirts)
.................................1 George Azcurra (cpt)
................5 Antonijo Zupan...6 Mario Kulis...4 Domagoj Sain
3 Halburto Harris...14 Miles O'Connor...11 Velemir Crljen...7 Caswain Mason...8 Hayden Fitzwillams
......................10 Leo Laurito...9 Peter Curic
Subs:...2 Robert Fran (def)...13 Marko Milicevic (mid)...15 Andrew Saulez (mid)...16 Edin Kalic (fwd)...17 Danny Draganic (def)...18 Andrija Botic (mid)...20 Leo Marasovic (fwd)...23 Rudy Spajic (fwd)
team officials:...head coach Velemir Crljen...assistant coach Kruno Culjak...team official Michelle Paukovics...trainer Caralann Julien...club official Theo Krajacic
Game officials:...referee Joe Fletcher...referee's assistants Geoff Gamble and Jeff Simai...fourth official Vito Curalli...(all black uniforms)
1st Half:...game starts 5:20pm...VS defend east end on this mild afternoon with a bright sun in the west.
50 sec...VS Bruno 22 yard roller saved by goalie.
3 min...TC Fizwilliams 25 yard cross from left is drifted over net.
7 min...TC Laurito cross from left is through box but cleared.
8 min...TC Firzwilliams 30 yard freekick from left sideline has defender pop up header and cleared.
12 min...VS Humphrey 30 yard freekick from left is just over head of leaping head of VS player 7 yards from right post.
20 min...TC Curic run down left but VS Crljen prevents him from getting away 5 yard shot from left post.
21 min...TC Harris 25 yard shot from left caught by goalie.
22 min...TC Fizwilliams 30 yard shot is well over net.
23 min...VS Humphrey 30 yard shot is booted over net.
24 min...TC Laurito jostled off ball running into box.
27 min...VS Sanna cornerkick from right is headed away by defender.
28 min...Shooters Matthew Palleschi GOAL...VS Stalin Cardenas in middle taps ball to Palleschi who blasts 15 yard rocket shot into top right corner of net.
29 min...VS Cardenas fans on first shot and 20 yard follow up saved by goalie.
32 min...TC Fitzwilliams rush down left from 30 yards and cross from near end line and TC Mason charging in just heads ball over bar from 3 yards.
34 min...VS Pollastrone 18 yard freekick up middle deflects in wall wide right for cornerkick.
35 min...VS Sanna cornerkick from right has goalie catch ball in crowd of players.
37 min...TC sub...Draganic replaces Crljen.
38 min...VS Takhar 30 yard shot up middle is just wide right.
40 min...Shooters Matthew Palleschi GOAL...VS Frankie Bruno cross from 55 yards up middle catches Palleschi on left and his 25 yard shot is a bullet under sprawling goalie George Azcurra into right corner of net.
41 min...TC Draganic on rush has 25 yard shot pushed out by goalie.
41 min...TC Harris cornerkick from right has Zupan have shot blocked in box deflecting for another cornerkick.
44 min...TC Harris cross from near right corner is stopped by goalie.
45 min...VS Christie injured at VS 35 yard line.
48 min...TC Mason 35 yard cross from left is wide right.
48 min...half ends 6:08pm.
2nd Half:...starts 6:25pm.
46 min...VS Sanna cornerkick from right has VS Turner knock down header from 8 yards but wide left.
50 min...TC Fitzwilliams rush down right wing and cross from 30 yards has ball bounced through box.
52 min...TC sub...Marasovic replaces Laurito.
53 min...VS YELLOW card...Palleschi for injurying TC Molina at TC 15 yard line.
54 min...VS Gomez injured at TC 45 yard line.
56 min...Shooters Matthew Palleschi GOAL...VS Fitzroy Christie on left from 60 yards pushes ball forward and Palleschi rushes down left side and his 15 yard shot as he cuts towards net is into short left side of net.
58 min...TC sub...Milicevic replaces Mason.
59 min...TC YELLOW card...Marasovic for knocking down VS player on sideline at center.
60 min...TC player's cornerkick from left has ball knocked away by nearest defender.
63 min...TC Zupan 35 yard freekick has goalie palm ball over net.
63 min...TC player's cornerkick from left has ball deflected off defender.
64 min...VS Bruno breakthrough on left and pass to VS Cardenas who takes 20 yard shot blast just over net while on 2 on 0 break.
65 min...TC goalie charges out to boot away through-ball before VS Palleschi can get to it.
66 min...VS sub...Todaro replaces Cardenas.
68 min...VS sub...Medwin replaces injured Palleschi.
69 min...VS Bruno rush down left and rolls cross through box that VS player deflects up to hit arm of VS Todaro in box so play whistled down.
70 min...VS Humphrey 10 yard shot stopped point blank by goalie.
71 min...TC Zupan 30 yard freekick from right has ball blocked in box.
72 min...TC Marasovic chips ball over goalie from 15 yards and ball is just over net.
73 min...VS sub...Phillips replaces Turner.
74 min...Shooters Desi Humphrey GOAL...VS Joey Todaro on right rolls ball over to Humphrey and he dekes goalie charging out at 28 yards as he goes down sprawling to block the ball and he walks in alone to blast 3 yarder into empty net.
75 min...TC Marasovic charges into VS box and heads 10 yarder that's stopped by goalie.
78 min...VS sub...Molina replaces Bruno.
...............VS sub...Rollins replaces Humphrey.
80 min...TC Fran (when did he come into game?) 35 yard shot bounced through players to goalie.
80 min...TC Milicevic cross from left is cleared.
81 min...TC Harris 45 yard shot from right is caught by goalie on left post.
83 min...VS Christie rush down left and cross from 10 yards on end line and drifts over goal.
84 min...VS Phillips 40 yard blast bounces to goalie on left post.
86 min...Toronto Croatia RED card...Leo Marasovic picks up his second Yellow card for mouthing off to the referee and Joe Fletcher ejects him.
90:52 min...game ends 7:11pm.
Final Score:..............Vaughan Shooters............4...............Toronto Croatia............0.........
Attendance was about 100 on this mild afternoon with a bright sun in the west but the temperature did start to fall rapidly as the game wore on. Matthew Palleschi in only his third game of the season after a series of operations on his arm and hand scored three goals in this game. He could really blast the ball and was so fast on his rushes that he'd have to hold back so he wouldn't jump offside. Before the game Peter Pinizzotto, an assistant coach with the USL Montreal Impact, said they had Palleschi on the team earlier in the year and liked him but they didn't keep him after he was injured.
Both Palleschi and his father have goatees. Now it looks like Danny Sanna is looking like his father because for the first time I saw him with a brush cut.
The three games in three days finally caught up with Toronto Croatia as they looked tired in the second half. They had to play Laval Dynamites in the Eastern semi-final on Thursday which by strange circumstance had a 10:00pm start then last night played an overtime Wild Card game and won over the playoff hosts North York Astros. It shows how important last Friday's game was when Shooters beat Croatia 2-1 and locked up the first place bye and skip two games. Team captain/head coach Velemir Crljen took himself out of the game at 37 minutes.
The 4-0 score line was revenge for last year's playoff final when Toronto Croatia beat Vaughan in Brampton which ended 4-0 for Croatia.
Rocket Robin
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