July 15, 2007 CSL Italia Shooters vs North York Astros (by Rocket Robin)

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Result of the Sunday July 15th, 2007 CSL game between Italia Shooters and North York Astros played at The Soccer Centre in Vaughan at 7:00pm.

Italia Shooters (blue socks and shirts, black shorts, white numbers and trim)

.....................00 Camilo Benzi
2 Denny Velastegui...23 Andrew Stewart...16 Carlos Medina...12 Alvaro Yaques
24 Courtney Dennis...8 Chris Turner (cpt)...22 Geron Duporte...11 Fitzroy Christie
.............13 Kadian Lecky...3 Gladston Richards

Subs:...1 Pablo Alvaro (gk)...14 Sean Myers (mid)...10 Josue Jaramillo (mid)...25 Craig Taylor (fwd)...18 Konata Mannines (fwd)...15 Hernaw Sanchez (fwd)
...5 Stalin Cardenas (mid)
team officials:...head coach Tony DeThomasis...assistant coach Sam Medeiros...manager John Pacione...trainer/physio Tanya Rank...team official Ruben Toro

North York Astros (all yellow, navy numbers, white trim)

......................1 Haidar Al-Shaibain*
.............21 Peyvand Mossavat...20 Luca Zucal...5 Brian Carbahal
18 Pasubio Seminara...7 Camilo Morino...4 David DiPlacido...6 Marco Pachione...22 Paulo Astorga
..............8 Alessandro Bancheri...11 Jose Perez

Subs:...1 Ratko Ivanovic* (gk)...3 Jorge Calzato (def)...9 Selvin Lammie (fwd)...10 Diego Maradona (fwd)...13 Omar Samuels (def)...15 Julio Vazquez (mid)...19 Dawid Antonczyk (mid)
team officials:...head coach Rafael Carbajal...assistant coach M Espinoza...manager Mark Atia...trainer/physio Deborah Hawkins...team official Bruno Ierullo

* The lineup sheet listed Haidar Al-Shaibain as the starter but wearing #12. The goalie who played though was wearing the #1 shirt. I'm not 100% of who actually played in net.

Game officials:...referee Angelo Gertsakis...referee's assistants Isaac Raymond and Cosmo Iavazzi...fourth official Rob Burns

1st Half:...game starts 7:12pm...IS defend south end on this warm evening with a breeze from the west and the sun in the north west.
3 min...Astros Astorga cornerkick from right has first defender kick ball away.
8 min...Astros goalie charges out to boot away through-ball ahead of IS Richards.
12 min...Astros YELLOW card...Carbaral for knocking down IS Lecky.
...........IS YELLOW card...Lecky for picking up and throwing ball at Carbaral after that play.
13 min...Astros player blocks freekick from 25 yards as head in player wall.
13 min...IS Lecky cross from right end line drifts behind net.
16 min...Astros Perez injured at center line with back injury.
18 min...Astros Morino 40 yard freekick from left has goalie stop.
20 min...Astros goalie dives to smother ball in box before IS Richards can kick at it.
22 min...IS Yaques after getting short cornerkick from left, kicks 25 yard shot wide right.
26 min...IS Velastegui cornerkick from right has IS player get away low 18 yard shot.
27 min...IS Richards blasts ball from right over top left corner of net after IS cornerkick from left is over all players.
28 min…Astros (Shooters own goal) GOAL…IS Andrew Stewart pops 15 yard header over goalie Camilo Benzi into his own net just under the bar from a freekick block attempt.
31 min...Astros Perez takes arm to face near edge of IS box.
32 min...Astros Morino 22 yard freekick around player wall is low and goalie catches on right post.
33 min...IS Veastegui curls in cross from right end line from 40 yards and goalie catches.
35 min...IS Duporte knocks down cross alone in box but blasts 15 yarder on right that's well wide left.
41 min...Astros Bancheri injured in center circle and collapses with head injury/cut.
46 min...play resumes.
46 min...Astros Bancheri and goalie have two separate clouts at ball.
47 min...IS goalie outjumps Astros forwards to catch cross from left.
47 min...half ends 7:59pm.

2nd Half:...starts 8:19pm.
halftime sub:...Astros Lammie replaces Seminara.
45 min...Astros Astorga 25 yard freekick from right end line is partially cleared. Astros player takes 20 yard shot up middle that's wide left.
50 min...IS player's 30 yard shot from right hits left goalpost and deflects out of play.
52 min...IS Yaques passes forward to IS Richards that has him turn and take 30 yard shot that's low and wide left of net.
53 min...IS sub...Cardenas replaces Richards.
..........IS sub...Myers replaces Duporte.
54 min...IS player's cornerkick from right has ball eventually recrossed and IS Cardenas pops 12 yard shot high and wide left of net.
55 min...Astros sub...Calzato replaces Morino.
...........Astros sub...Vazquez replaces Astorga.
64 min...IS YELLOW card...Velastegui for tackle near sideline in Astros end.
66 min...IS sub...Jaramillo replaces Dennis.
67 min...IS player rush on left has shot blocked in Astros box.
68 min...Astros sub...Samuels replaces Bancheri.
70 min...Astros YELLOW card...Calzato for hip bump at center line.
71 min...IS YELLOW card...Yaques for pushing player after whistle. IS players had won freekick in Astros end at 30 yards.
73 min...IS player's cornerkick from right has IS Yaques not able to get away shot and ball deflects away.
73 min…Astros RED card…Luca Zucal earns a direct ejection for a hand ball in the Astros box preventing a sure goal. Referee Angelo Gertsakis also awards the Shooters a Penalty kick.
74 min…Shooter Denny Velastegui GOAL…Velastegui Penalty kick shot is low to left corner of net as goalie Haidar Al-Shaibain crumples to the right.
76 min...Astros player's cornerkick from right has ball cleared out of box.
77 min...IS player blasts 40 yard shot in crowd of players wide left of net.
80 min…Shooters RED card…Andrew Stewart earned a direct Red card for his elbow on Astros Jose Perez who was rushing up the middle from the center line injuring him.
82 min...Astros Vazquez cornerkick from left has Astros Lammie in box knock down with hand so play whistled down.
83 min...Astros goalie slides out to beat IS Lecky to ball on left.
86 min...IS Cardenas can't connect on teed up shot but IS Yaques gets away 22 yard shot that's saved by goalie's catch.
87 min...IS Myers on rush on left eludes one defender but knocked off ball inside left part of box.
89 min...IS Velastegui gets quick freekick pass and cross from right is wide left.
91 min...Astros goalie beats IS Cardenas to ball in box and is nudged for injury.
92 min...IS Myers 25 yard low shot is well wide left.
92 min...Astros Pachione defender slides to block cross across box preventing two IS players from teeing up 3 yard tap-in.
93 min...Astros Pachione blocks another IS player's shot inside box.
94 min...IS Medina 25 yard freekick shots into net before referee's restart whistle so goal doesn't count.
95 min...IS Medina 25 yard freekick blast bent well over back fence!
96 min…Astros RED card…Jorge Calzato earned his second Yellow card of the game for his tackle on IS Kadian Lecky near the right corner flag.
97 min...IS Velastegui kicks another shot well wide left from 15 yards on right.
97 min...game ends 9:11pm.

Final Score:………..Italia Shooters…....1………North York Astros……1……..

Attendance was about 60 on this mild night with a bright sun from the North West and a warm breeze from the west.

Shooters are the best team in the league this year but this wasn’t one of their better games. The forward line of Kadian Lecky and Gladston Richards couldn’t connect on this tight marking game. Shooters had hit the goalpost at 30 minutes but many of their shots were off target. Shooters subbed Stalin Cardenas and Sean Myers for Gladston Richards and Geron Duporte at 53 minutes but they couldn’t get any goals.

Astros have been adding players to their roster in the last few games. This game added much travelled defensive Peyvand Mossavat anchoring the back line. He last played in the CSL for a few games last year for Portuguese Supra…in fact the Shooters aren’t sure they might not win this game because he may still be on the Supra protected list. David DiPlacido from the 2006 USL Toronto Lynx team was a defensive midfielder for this game. Astros staff was also quite pleased by the new ‘Chilean’ guy who is Paulo Astorga.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

Shooters starters

Astros starters

Astros set up a wall on the edge of their box. Too dark for my camera to take pictures.

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