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Result of the Friday August 10th, 2007 CSL game between Toronto Croatia and Windsor Border Stars played at The Hershey Centre in Mississauga at 8:30pm.
Toronto Croatia (blue socks, white shorts and numbers, red shirts)
...................1 George Azcurra
16 Halberto Harris...4 Domagoj Sain...3 Ante Brkic...19 Robert Grnja
2 Robert Fran...23 Boris Tomac...17 Rudy Spajic(?)...5 Jonatan Bustamante
.................9 Tihomir Maletic...8 Hayden Fitzwilliams
Subs:...12 Marko Zuljak (gk)...15 Mario Beljo...7 Tomislav Ples...22 Hugo Herrera...30 Tom Granic...6 Mario Kulis
team officials:...assistant coach Tom Granic...manager Vlado Manjerovic...trainer/physio Mila Kriyan
Windsor Border Stars (all white, black numbers)
.................1 Anthony Santilli
29 Erik Elmauer...5 Scott Patriquin...4 Filip Rocca...26 Grunthic Chatterjee
8 Gino Berardi...7 Jeff Hodgson...9 Aaron Byrd...12 Eric Nelson...33 Christian Matzebauer
.......................16 Mark Favarro
Subs:...21 Isaac Adisho...14 Pat Hilton
team officials:..."all officials" Pat Hilton
Game officials:...referee David Barrie...referee's assistants Micky Donev and Emanuel Gherghel...fourth officials Alex Mariona...(yellow shirts, black shorts and socks)
1st Half:...game starts 8:37pm...TC defend north end on this warm evening. It's dusk when the game starts...there's no scoreboard at this park so all times are converted from my wristwatch.
2 min...WBS Favarro 22 yard shot is well wide left.
3 min...WBS goalie to edge of box to beat TC Fitzwilliams to through ball.
4 min...TC Fitzwilliams cross from left corner has ball tipped by TC player and TC Tomac low blast from 18 yards saved by sliding goalie.
5 min…Croatia Boris Tomac GOAL…TC Tihomir Maletic taps over freekick from 30 yards on centering ball and Tomac blasts shot into top left corner of net so fast that goalie Anthony Santilli doesn’t even move.
7 min...WBS YELLOW card...Elmauer for knocking over TC Fitzwilliams on left edge of box.
8 min...TC Tomac tapped freekick from 20 yards on left and sends low 18 yard roller through players to goalie.
11 min...TC Sain tips WBS player's 30 yard freekick from left through box wide right for cornerkick.
12 min...WBS Byrd cornerkick from right is headed away.
13 min...WBS Nelson point blank shot from 8 yards caught by goalie.
15 min...TC Fran low cross from 22 yards on right has TC Maletic slide and just miss connecting on 2 yard shot.
16 min...WBS Byrd 25 yard freekick has WBS Elmauer twist 12 yard header to goalie.
19 min...WBS Byrd 28 yard freekick up middle has goalie dive right to catch ball on line.
22 min...TC Spajic 22 yard freekick from left is over wall of players and just over bar.
25 min...TC Bustamante gets centering pass from right and cuts 28 yard shot wide right of net.
26 min...WBS Matzenbauer gets pass on left but sends low 15 yard shot into outside left webbing of net.
28 min...WBS goalie comes out of box to chest and clear TC Grnja cross from left ahead of TC Maletic charging up middle.
29 min...TC Tomac 15 yard shot has WBS defender head down and wide right.
30 min...TC player's cornerkick from right has defender near ball stop and clear.
31 min...TC Fran cross into box from left has TC Fitzwilliams head ball off bar from 8 yards and TC Tomac kick 10 yard rebound that goalie stops.
31 min...TC Maletic 30 yard freekick from right has goalie dive and push ball wide right.
32 min...TC Spajic second cornerkick from right has ball headed across box and wide left for goalkick.
33 min...TC Maletic chips ball through middle of box but players frozen and goalie catches.
36 min...TC Berardi rush down left and low cross from end line caught by diving goalie.
37 min…Croatia Hayden Fitzwilliams GOAL…TC Robert Fran sends in low cross from 18 yards on right to charging Fitzwilliams who runs into box and blasts in 7 yard shot.
39 min...WBS Nelson 18 yard blast deflects over back fence for cornerkick.
40 min...TC goalie catches cornerkick from left.
40 min...TC Bustamante 7 yard follow-up shot has goalie make point blank save for second in a row after stop of shot from left side of box.
41 min...WBS Byrd run through players up middle and 20 yard blast has goalie bat down on dive to right and then time to pick up ball.
42 min...WBS Byrd cross from right has goalie leap to swat before WBS player can head ball in from right post.
44 min…Croatia Hayden Fitzwilliams GOAL…TC Robert Fran on run on right centers pass and Fitzwilliams rolls 10 yarder into right corner of net.
47 min...TC YELLOW card...Maletic for complaining when pulled he's pulled over on edge of WBS box.
49 min...half ends 9:26pm.
2nd Half:...starts 9:39pm.
halftime subs:...TC Ples replaces Tomac.
48 min...TC Maletic stops and cuts bending 18 yard shot that goalie stops by pushing ball wide left for cornerkick on flying to corner.
49 min...WBS goalie catches cornerkick from left is crowd in box.
50 min...WBS Hodgson 30 yard freekick from right has defender head ball away on edge of box.
51 min...TC Harris injured near sideline.
52 min...TC Ples rolls 30 yard shot through crowd of players wide right of net.
55 min...WBS YELLOW card...Matzenbauer for knocking TC Fran near center line sideline.
56 min...TC sub...Herrera replaces Maletic.
.............TC sub...Kulis replaces Fran.
57 min...WBS Favarro receives 30 yard freekick from right and crosses over players in box.
57 min...TC Fitzwilliams on 1 on 2 gets away 6 yard shot on right post that goalie stops.
57 min...TC YELLOW card...Brkic for check at TC 45 yard line.
58 min...TC Ples 20 yard shot after TC Fitzwilliams steps over ball on TC rolling cross has goalie catch.
60 min...TC Spajic bends 18 yarder from right over leaping TC player on left post.
61 min...TC Harris 22 yard shot over crowd of players and well over net.
64 min...WBS sub...Adisho replaces Matzenbauer.
65 min...WBS Byrd cornerkick from left has defender head ball through box. TC Harris clears rebound shot rolled in from 8 yards that he stops at 2 yards.
66 min...TC Herrera chips 18 yard shot from left that goalie palms through box.
67 min...TC Harris cornerkick from right has TC Brkic head ball wide right from 7 yards.
68 min...WBS player's 40 yard shot is well wide right.
69 min...TC sub...Beljo replaces Fitzwilliams.
70 min...WBS Favarro charge up middle and his 25 yard shot is wide right.
73 min...WBS YELLOW card...Hodgson for knocking over TC Bustamante just outside center circle.
75 min...WBS Byrd 20 yard shot through players in box and goalie bats down.
76 min...TC sub...Granic replaces Bustamante.
77 min...TC Spajic cornerkick from right has TC Herrera one touch 7 yard blast up middle over net.
78 min...WBS Elmauer 35 yard freekick up middle is over back fence and bounces off roof of the club house!!
80 min...WBS Hodgson chips 35 yard freekick from right has ball cleared.
80 min...WBS Hodgson 20 yard shot up middle has diving goalie stop on line.
81 min...WBS goalie catch 10 yard header from left.
82 min...WBS player's cornerkick from right has goalie dive forward to save.
84 min...TC Herrera with man on his back gets 10 yard shot roller off left goalpost.
85 min...TC Herrera injured when he ran into arm of goalie swinging to throw clearance.
87 min...TC YELLOW card...Herrera for reentering game without being signalled back into game by referee.
88 min...TC Granic pushes pass to TC Harris but defender pokes away ball before his 10 yard shot.
89 min...WBS Byrd 20 yard freekick from left has WBS player head over ball but it's flagged offside.
90 min...TC Harris in clear has defender charge back to check him off ball at 10 yards.
91 min...TC YELLOW card...Beljo for pushing over WBS Hodgson at TC 40 yards.
92 min...WBS Byrd cross from left end line over players in box but ball cleared.
93 min...WBS goalie slides out to boot away ball from TC Ples in box.
93 min...game ends 10:27pm.
Final Score:………Toronto Croatia……..3……….Windsor Border Stars………0………..
Attendance was about 100 on this warm evening which began at dusk so the sun was not a factor.
The Border Stars only brought 13 players and that included counting coach Pat Hilton as a substitute. They just couldn’t replace their tired players in the second half whereas Croatia had a choice of from a full bench of fresh players to keep their lead.
George Azcurra earned the shutout for Toronto Croatia. He had to make some tough saves in the second half to keep the Border Stars from getting back into the game. Anthony Santilli had to be sharp or the game would have been twice the score especially in the second half when his team had to press to try for a goal.
Robert Fran played as a midfield winger this game instead of defence and sent in some great crosses into the box. Tom Granic was listed as a sub and coach for this game. Milodrag ‘Bosco’ Akmadzic is still serving a suspension so had to go behind the outside fencing while the game was on.
The Border Stars next game is Sunday in Trois-Rivieres and let’s hope they can get some more players for the bench to make that game more competitive.
Referee David Barrie gave out a few cards, mostly in the second half to keep the game from getting scrappy. The most unusual was given to Croatia’s Hugo Herrera who’d been injured with 8 minutes to go when he ran into the swing of Anthony Santilli’s arm while the goalie was throwing out a clearance up field. Herrera was ordered off the field for possible treatment but came back on to play two minutes later without being signalled back on.
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Toronto Croatia starters
Border Stars starters
Opening kick off.
Waiting for Croatia goalkick.
Croatia breaking out over center.
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