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2nd Half:...starts 9:12pm.
47 min...TC Fran 45 yard shot that TC Fitzwilliams gets foot to at 12 yards and tips ball to goalie on left post.
48 min...TC Mason injured on ball in face on edge of W box.
50 min...TC Mason gets break away at 30 yards and ball hits mound in ground and tips up, he chips charging goalie and ball is just over bar.
51 min...W Biscevic 20 yard shot up middle is over net.
52 min...TC goalie picks up low cross from right.
54 min...W sub...Moore replaces Handsor.
56 min...TC Laurito tips 10 yard shot to W goalie.
57 min...W sub...Mancuso replaces Gallo.
58 min...W goalie beats TC Harris to through ball up middle.
60 min...TC Crljen pass to TC Mason on right for cross from end line and goalie catches.
62 min...TC Harris cross from right end line and goalie catches.
63 min...TC Laurito recovers from blocked shot and cross from right is sent through box.
64 min...TC goalie gets to through ball when W players hold back expecting a whistle.
65 min...TC Mason 20 yard shot low through crowd of players is wide left.
67 min...TC sub...Curic replaces Crljen.
68 min...W Diarra nods header down from 10 yards on right is picked up by goalie.
69 min...TC Fitzwilliams injured at center line taking ball in face.
70 min...W Arghittu cornerkick from right is over players in box and play whistled down, TC Fran is injured in box.
71 min...Toronto Croatia Peter Curic GOAL...TC Halburto Harris crossed from right near cornerflag, a Wolves defender pokes at the ball with his foot and stops it in the box, Curic standing at 3 yards steps back and turns and fires 5 yarder to left side of net.
73 min...TC sub...Harapyn replaces Fran.
74 min...W sub...Stephen King replaces Biscevic.
75 min...W Stephen King cornerkick from left has TC Harris head ball away and start fast break.
76 min...W Arghittu flicks 7 yard header over net after cross from right.
77 min...TC sub...Granic replaces Laurito.
80 min...W Diarra 25 yard shot through crowd of players from right is caught by goalie.
82 min...TC Harapyn 30 yard freekick from right has defenders clear ball on left.
84 min...W sub...Kajda replaces McMillan.
84 min...W Stephen King cross from left is over players in box.
86 min...W player's 30 yard freekick has W players not able to get shot away on edge of TC box.
87 min...W Kajda cross low and from 10 yards on left has goalie dive to smother ball.
89 min...TC Curic ball whistled down for shoulder knocking ball down to start breakaway.
90 min...W sub...Cino replaces Arghittu (?) (unless it was McMillan who I had out at 84 min).
91 min...W Waddington 30 yard shot up middle dived on by goalie on right.
92 min...TC goalie punches away ball iin box over W forwards on cross from right.
92 min...game ends 9:59pm.

Final Score:..............Toronto Croatia..........2................St Catharines Roma Wolves...........0..........

Attendance was about 150 on this warm evening. By game time it's getting dark already at this time of the summer so the game was played under the spotlights.

The field was bumpy and choppy. Last Sunday's game was cancelled because of the storms from the Friday. The goalies dived out for low shots to get their whole bodies between the ball on the net and avoid tricky bounces and sudden hops. Both goalies handled crosses into the box with confidence. George Azcurra earned the shut out for Toronto Croatia with not as much work to do as Claudio Perri.

The Wolves played much better than when I saw an 11 man/no subs team lose 5-0 to Vaughan Shooters. This time they had a full roster of subs to put into the game as the second half wore on.

The game was almost put out of reach at the 9 minutes when Toronto Croatia's Halburto Harris sent in a 30 yard shot from right that hit the crossbar and deflected over the net. At 50 minutes TC's Caswain Mason gets a break away at 30 yards and the ball hits a mound and tips up, he then chipped the charging goalie but the ball was just sent over the bar. Carlo Arghittu had the Wolves best chance at 76 minutes when he flicked a 7 yard header over net after receiving a cross from the right.

A late switching of assignments among game officials put Amato Deluca in as the referee. He had no cards to give out in this game which was in no way vicious. Scheduled referee Joe Fletcher dropped to 4th official because he was given the USL referee assignment in Montreal for the Impact game against Rochester Raging Rhinos. The two best teams in the USL! Now Sunday I'll be watching the two worst teams in the league as Toronto Lynx host Virginia Beach Mariners.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

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