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Result of the Monday August 6th, 2007 CSL Open Canada Cup Quarterfinal between Portuguese Supra and Windsor Border Stars played at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke at 4:00pm.
Portuguese Supra (all maroon, yellow numbers)
.....................1 Michael Silva (cpt)
10 David Zamien...3 Ronald Nicholas...4 Carlos Zebrallos...19 Gavin Fuller
12 Stephen Soutor...5 Giovanni Annisi...17 Andrew De Silva...11 John Cardoso
................9 Helio Pereiro...13 Jett Baci
Subs:...14 Alban Vuktilej (fwd)...15 Kevin McIntosh (mid)...20 Michael Aikibokie (mid)...22 Oren Olexander (mid)...23 Alex Tusso (mid)...16 Ryan Williams (def)...8 Selmir Sehic (--)
team officials:...head coach Paulo Almos...manager Victor Cardosa...trainer/physio Richard Acher
Windsor Border Stars (all white, black numbers)
...................1 Anthony Santilli
...........14 JJ Dowhan...4 Phil Rocca...16 Mark Favarro
17 Mike Collamron...7 Jeff Hodgson...9 Aaron Byrd...8 Gino Berardi...31 Harper Manivr
.............12 Robbie Nelson...10 Radek Papiez
Subs:...33 Christian Matzenbauer (mid)...21 Isaac Isida (--)
team officials:...Pat Hilton
Game officials:...referee Isaac Raymond...referee's assistants Kim Babb and John Oliva...fourth official Cosmo Ivazzi...(all black uniforms)
1st Half:...game starts 4:14pm...Supra defend south end on this very hot and humid afternoon.
2 min...Supra Soutor falls and gets away 22 yard shot wide right from right.
4 min...WBS player's 50 yard freekick down middle. WBS Papiez taps ball back to WBS Byrd from 20 yards and his low shot rolls wide left.
5 min...WBS Papiez 30 yard shot from left over crowd and caught by goalie.
6 min...Supra De Silva spins and 18 yard shot low to goalie up middle.
8 min...Supra Baci given cross from right and pops 12 yard header from left is caught by goalie.
9 min...Supra Collamron given forward pass and 10 yard one-touch shot is low and just wide right of post.
10 min...Supra goalie beats WBS Papiez to through pass on left.
11 min...Supra Baci given ball for break-in from 50 yards but WBS Rocca cathces him to check him for cornerkick.
12 min...Supra player's cornekrick from left has Supra Zebrallos head 7 yarder just over top left corner of net.
13 min...Supra Soutor on right dekes defender and 7 yard shot along right line is pushed wide right by goalie for cornerkick.
18 min...Supra Pereiro injured with collision just outside WBS box.
19 min...WBS Collamron cross from right has goalie charge forward to punch ball forward before WBS player could play header.
23 min…Supra RED card…PS goalie Michael Silva loses ball on bad clearance to WBS Radek Papiez on right side of box who rounds goalie and rolls cross through goalmouth. PS defender Ronald Nicholas had slipped in box with feet in the net and as ball rolled past him, he stuck out his hand to stop ball rolling to left for a sure tap-in by WBS player. Referee Isaac Raymond has no choice other than to call a Penalty kick and give Ronald Nicholas a Red card.
24 min…WBS Aaron Byrd GOAL…Byrd’s Penalty kick is low to center of net under goalie who leaned right.
27 min...Supra Pereiro 10 yard shot from center on run just wide left of post on low shot.
28 min...WBS Papiez on break down center has goalie charge out and clear.
29 min…Supra goalie who was down on ground grabs ankle of WBS Radek Papiez as he’s running on left side of box. The goalie acted injured but the referee had to call another Penalty kick.
30 min…WBS Aaron Byrd GOAL…Byrd’s Penalty kick is low to left corner of net as goalie slides right.
32 min...Supra Baci 28 yard freekick up middle bends into outside right webbing of net.
33 min...Supra Zamien 30 yard shot through crowd of players is caught by goalie.
34 min...Supra De Silva 30 yard shot over crowd is caught by goalie.
35 min...WBS Nelson gets popped up defensive kick alone on 2 on 0 but quick kicks 25 yarder that's caught by goalie.
36 min...Supra sub...Sehic replaces Soutor.
39 min…WBS Gino Berardi GOAL…Berardi rolls in 7 yarder up middle to left post as WBS player had poked pass through defender from right.
41 min...WBS goalie steps forward to catch ball ahead of charging Supra Pereiro.
42 min...WBS Papiez shot along left end line from 12 yards is behind net.
43 min...WBS goalie catches chipped shot in crowd of players in box.
43 min...Supra Fuller is injured along sideline.
45 min...WBS Byrd blast over net from 12 yards.
47 min...Supra Pereiro 25 yard freekick up middle has goalie fly right to push wide of net.
47 min...Supra player's cornerkick from right has Supra DeSilva blast 20 yarder well over net.
47 min...half ends 5:01pm.
2nd Half:...half starts 5:14pm.
halftime sub...Supra McIntosh replaces someone.
47 min...WBS Byrd cornerkick from right curves behind net before bending back into play so goalkick given.
48 min...WBS goalie charges out to beat Supra Baci to pass on right of net.
51 min...Supra Fuller injured in own end.
52 min...WBS Papiez low shot after run on left is stopped by diving goalie.
53 min...Supra YELLOW card...Fuller for argueing with referee's assistant Kim Babb.
54 min...Supra sub...Alexander for Fuller before he really erupts.
56 min...WBS goalie bobbles low shot on dive to take ball off Supra player but he recovers to dive on to it in collision.
58 min...Supra Pereiro 20 yard freekick up middle just wide right of post.
60 min...WBS YELLOW card...Byrd for pushing incident.
............Supra YELLOW card...Sehic for pushing incident.
63 min...Supra Baci cornerkick from right has Supra DeSilva miss scissor kick on left.
64 min...Supra McIntosh threads through ball up middle to Supra Pereiro whose low 12 yard shot is saved by crumpling goalie.
66 min…WBS Robbie Nelson GOAL…WBS Aaron Byrd stepped over a 22 yard freekick leaving WBS Radek Papiez to blast the ball up the middle. His low shot had the diving goalie block but Nelson charged forward to boot the 5 yard rebound over the prone goalie.
67 min...WBS sub...Matzenbauer replaces Collamron.
69 min...Supra Alexander on 2 on 1 on left running even into box takes 15 yard shot that goalie stops on left post.
70 min...Supra Sehic bicycle kick cross from 25 yards on right has WBS goalie catch.
72 min...Supra Baci misses connecting on pass from left just 4 yards from net.
73 min...Supra DeSilva blasts 22 yard shot well over net.
74 min...Supra sub...Aigibokie replaces DeSilva.
............Supra sub...Vuktilej replaces Baci.
75 min...Supra McIntosh blasts 35 yard shot over crowd of players and well over net.
75 min...WBS Papiez on 1 on 3 rush takes low 18 yard shot from left that has goalie dive to make hand save.
77 min...Supra Vuktilej cross from right has goalie catch.
78 min...Supra Pereiro 25 yard shot up middle saved by goalie.
79 min...Supra Pereiro 15 yard shot is deflected off defender over net. Pereiro was hurt on taking this kick.
80 min...WBS sub...Isida replaces Papiez.
80 min...WBS Isida heads away Supra cornerkick from left.
84 min...Supra Zamien 30 yard blast is over net.
85 min...WBS Byrd dekes goalie but three Supra players are there to clear ball off line. WBS Matzenbauer 12 yard shot is caught by goalie.
88 min...Supra Sehic cross from right has goalie bat down and then body-block point blank shot.
90 min...WBS Favarro 25 yard blast is well over net.
93 min...game ends 6:02pm.
Final Score:…Portuguese Supra………0………….Windsor Border Stars……….4……….
Attendance was about 50 on this very hot and humid day. This round of the Open Canada Cup was only announced on Tuesday so there was a minimum of publicity for this game.
This game had the Border Stars bring only three substitutions including team owner Pat Hilton listed as one of them. Supra started off strong enough and I would have imagined especially in the second half, the weather would have worn the Border Stars down. All that changed in the 23rd minute when it was the Supra who’d be ‘shorthanded’ the rest of the game. The rest of the game if they pressed, they risked being caught short at the back on a counter attack. Supra owner Isaac Cambos thought his team should have won and blamed his goalie for the mistakes that cost them the game.
Supra’s Gavin Fuller melted down in the second half soon after being injured at 51 minutes. Two minutes later he was Yellow carded for arguing with referee’s assistant Kim Babb about a throw-in. He was wisely replaced one minute later or I was sure he would have been ejected as he just didn’t stop shouting.
Anthony Santilli earned the shutout for the Border Stars. Many of these second half stops were from 20 yards or more so didn’t give him any trouble.
This big-score win by Windsor almost assures them of not having to play a Wild Card match on the Labour Day weekend against the host London City side on the Friday night before a semi-final Saturday and the final holiday Monday. Trois-Rivieres Attack did not have to worry as they beat London City earlier this weekend 6-0 and so had the best plus-minus record. London City immediately gets a second chance as hosts by forcing a Wild Card game. (As the later Shooters vs. Astros game ended 1-0, Windsor did avoid the extra Friday game). The British Columbia team that played down in their province to this point was always excluded from being in the Wild Card game.
Interesting that even this round was not completely random as Supra Victor Cardosa mentioned before the game how he had a choice of renting Centennial Stadium as a host for the second round or risk being drawn for a road game in Trois-Rivieres and the greater expense of transport and a hotel stay for his team.
Rocket Robin
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Border Stars starters
Supra starters
Aaron Byrd scored the game's first goal on this penalty kick.
Jeff Hodgson #7 of the Border Stars gets ready for a freekick.
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