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Result of the Monday August 7th, 2006 Open Canada Cup Quarterfinal between Italia Shooters and Brampton Stallions played at The Soccer Center in Vaughan at 7:00pm.
Italia Shooters (white socks and shirts, black shorts and numbers)
................................00 Camilo Benzi
..............6 Franco Ruscetta...4 Jorge Molina...3 Carlo Cudini
15 Alvaro Yaques...5 Stalin Cardenas...13 Frank Bruno...19 Desi Humphrey...11 Fitzroy Christey
....................7 Kaiden Leckie...9 Jason DeThomasis
Subs:...12 Danny Sanna (mid)...16 Evan Milward (mid)...18 Bill Androutsos (fwd)...21 Luca Forno (fwd)...8 Chris Turner (def)...22 Kurt Mella (fwd)...20 Rob Black (--)
team officials:...head coach Carmine Isacco...assistant coach John Pacione...doctor Mike Chivers SPC...trainer Tony DeThomasis...manager Elio Scarcello...assistant manager Hieu Quach...club official Ruben Toro
Brampton Stallions (white socks, shorts and numbers, black shirts)
..............................12 Roy Blanche
..............7 Kevin McIntosh (cpt)...14 Andre Stewart...17 Ronald Nicholas
6 O'Neil Sang...16 Michael Aigbokie..4 Clayson Queroz...8 Helio Pereira Junior...3 Raul Dhinsa
.....................10 Hugo Herrera...31 Yusif Yawando
Subs:...0 Sammy Miles (gk)...2 Tony Holder (fwd)...5 Andre DeAndrade (fwd)...24 Marlon Dyke (fwd)...22 Chris Russo (mid)...20 Juan Carlos Mongui (fwd)...19 Lexton Hurlock (mid)...11 Misha Levkov (mid)
team officials:...assistant coach Paul Dhillon...manager Tony Castell...physio Nino Sonsini...manager's assistant Frankie Fuliere...chiropractor Edson.
Game officials:...referee Mercy Watfa...assistant managers Jacques Tjonasan and Kim Babb...fourth official Grace Iafrate...(red shirts, black shorts and socks)
1st Half:...game starts 7:10pm...IS defend south end on this warm evening with a breeze from the north. All times are converted from my wristwatch as the scoreboard is not working.
3 min...BS goalie catches cross from right.
4 min...IS Bruno 30 yard freekick from left is caught by goalie in crowd of players on right.
6 min...Stallions Hugo Herrera GOAL...Herrera on rush down right chips 20 yarder into left side of net over goalie Camila Benzi.
10 min...IS Bruno cross after rush from left has BS Stewart clear on diving header.
12 min...IS Cardenas 35 yard freekick from mright has defender head away ball in crowd in box.
14 min...IS goalie leaps to catch defender pop up kick of crossed ball.
16 min...BS Clayson following up BS rush down left blasts 25 yarder well high and wide right of net.
19 min...IS Leckie dekes defender to get into box but second defender knocks ball away. BS Nicholas is injured in box.
20 min...BS defender heads away IS DeThomasis short chip into box.
22 min...BS goalie catches popped up shot from 22 yards.
25 min...BS Herrera 25 yard shot from left is just over top right corner of net.
27 min...IS DeThomasis gets pass up middle and 10 yard shot hits outside of right post.
28 min...BS goalie catches cross from right wing on right post.
29 min...BS McIntosh hurt at center line with leg injury, playe carries on as players don't notice.
32 min...IS Bruno 25 yard freekick from right has forwards miss header, IS Humphrey crosses in header from left that's caught by charging goalie.
37 min...BS goalie charges out to beat IS Leckie to ball pass through middle.
39 min...IS Yaques injured near center circle.
40 min...IS Cardenas gets to through ball cross but ball is deflected forward by his arm and whistled down.
44 min...IS DeThomasis 25 yard freekick from left is cleared by head in wall starts BS fast break and finishes with IS Cudini making sliding tackle block in IS box andBS Yawando blast wide right from 15 yards on right side.
46 min...IS Humphrey 30 yard freekick down middle hits head in wall and IS player on right can't control it and ball rolls for goalkick.
47 min...half ends 7:57pm.
2nd Half:...starts 8:14pm...the sun is now not a factor with it setting.
Halftime subs:...IS Sanna replaces Cardenas.
....................BS Dyke replaces Yawando.
46 min...IS Humphrey recross partially cleared cornerkick from right and IS DeThomasis stops it but defender clears on edge of box.
49 min...BS Dyke rush on left and 25 yard shot has goalie catch ball on left post.
50 min...IS Sanna 35 yard freekick from left has defenders clear on right side of box.
51 min...BS McIntosh burst of speed on right and low cross is stopped by goalie.
54 min...IS Humphrey cross from left into box and IS DeThomasis appears to knock it backwards.
55 min...BS Aigbokie injured on edge of BS box.
57 min...IS Leckie gets pass from left on 3 on 1 break and slides for shot on edge of box blocked by goalie. IS player injured.
59 min...IS goalie fast clearance boot finds IS Leckie up middle. BS McIntosh injured at 25 yards and IS Leckie injured in box as leaping goalie swats off header.
62 min...Stallions RED card...Helio Pereira Jr earns it. (I ended up sorting this out with referee Mercy Watfa after the game). Shooters Frank Bruno earned the first card of the entire match for a tackle from behind on Pereira injuring him. Pereira kicked out at him while lying on this back which would have earned a Yellow card but then he got up and spat on Bruno so the referee pulled out a Red card. A huge shoving match was going on by this time between the two teams.
67 min...IS Sanna 35 yard freekick from left has ball on right with IS DeThomasis and goalie missing ball.
69 min...BS Herrera gets quick kick off loose ball in middle and goalie flies to left to catch on line.
70 min...IS goalie bars cross from right wide right of net.
72 min...IS sub...Milward replaces Molina.
73 min...BS goalie catches low 30 yard bouncer from left through players.
74 min...BS YELLOW card...Sang for knocking down player at center line.
75 min...IS YELLOW card...Leckie for injurying BS Nicholas in BS box.
77 min...IS sub...Black replaces Leckie.
..............IS sub...Mella replaces Cudini(?)
81 min...IS Yaques 45 yard shot over players bounces to goalie.
84 min...IS player's cornerkick from left is cleared to right, recrossed in and IS DeThomasis header from 10 yards on left has goalie block. BS Nicholas was injured in the box on this play.
87 min...BS Nicholas is back in the game and catches IS DeThomasis on a defensive play.
87 min...BS goalie catches 30 yard cross from right in front of two players.
87 min...IS YELLOW card...DeThomasis for unsportsmanlike play on opponent.
89 min...Stallions RED card...O’Neil Sang earned his second Yellow card for a tackle from behind near center line alone sideline. Stallions then had to survive another four minutes before the game ended.
92 min...BS sub...Hurlock replaces Herrera.
93 min...BS goalie blocks through ball to left on slide.
93 min...IS player's cornerkick from left with even the IS goalie upfield for this play.
93 min...game ends 9:02pm.
Final Score:..........Italia Shooters..........0.........Brampton Stallions..........1............
Attendance was about 120 on this warm evening with the Shooters having to run into the sun for the first half and may have played a part on the first goal.
Roy Blanche earned the shutout for the Stallions. He had to be sharp in the second half as the game was played almost entirely in the Stallions end once they were shorthanded. One exception was when Hugo Herrera got away a quick kick off a loose ball in middle and goalie Camila Benzi flew to the left to catch the ball and hold it from crossing the line at 69 minutes.
Shooters forwards Kadian Leckie and Jason DeThomasis couldn’t connect and both drew Yellow cards in the second half. At 87 minutes, Shooters Franco Ruscetta earned a Yellow card for diving in the Stallions box trying to draw a Penalty kick. Shooters best chance was at 84 minutes when a player sent in a cornerkick from the left that was cleared to the right; the ball was recrossed into the box and DeThomasis headed from 10 yards on left that the charging goalie blocked.
Stallions now move on to the semi-finals and possible final held on the Labour Day weekend in London with amateur teams London AEK, Ottawa St Anthony Italia, and either Toronto Lynx from the USL or Hamilton Serbians (another amateur team). London City from the CSL is back in the tournament as the hosts. They’ve proved capable hosts before and should be able to bring in a few hundred fans. I don’t know where London AEK plays. I couldn’t see anyone but a CSL team hosting this event.
Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca
Italia Shooters starters
Brampton Stallions starters
#13 Frank Bruno of Shooters takes a run through the middle
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