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Result of the Sunday August 19th, 2007 CSL game between Portuguese Supra and North York Astros played at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke at 7:00pm.

Portuguese Supra (all maroon, yellow numbers)

....................1 Michael Silva (cpt)
19 Gavin Fuller...2 Yami Williams...5 Giovanni Annisi...11 Steve Soutar
10 Daniel Cameira...8 Selmir Sehic...15 Kevin McIntosh...22 Oran Alexander
..............9 Michael DeLuca...20 Michael Aikobokie

Subs:...4 Carlos Ceballos (def)...13 Johnny Cardosa (def)...14 Alban Vuktilaj (fwd)...17 Andrew DeSilva (mid)
team officials:...head coach Jorge Camira...manager Victor Cardoso...trainer/physio Willy Epp

North York Astros (white socks and trim, navy shorts and shirts, yellow numbers)

.................1 Ratko Ivanovic
6 Marco Pacione (cpt)...14 Kurt Ramsey...2 Frank Iaizzo...5 Brian Carbaral
10 Diego Maradona...4 David DiPlacido...21 Julio Vazquez...22 Paulo Astorga
..............8 Alessandro Bancheri...9 Selvin Lammie

Subs:...7 Umberto Benedito (mid)...13 Omar Samuels (def)...16 Francesco Vescio (mid)...17 Janarthan Sadacharalingam (mid)...19 David Antonczyk (def)
team officials:...head coach Rafael Carbajal...assistant coach paolo Pacione...equipment manager Maru Atia...trainer/physio Raul Solas...team official Bruno Ierullo

Game officials:...referee Alexander William...referee's assistants Ihor Bokir and Benone Savulescu...fourth official David Di Pasquale...(yellow shirts, black shorts and socks)

1st Half:...game starts 7:09pm...Supra defender north end on whit mild evening with the sun in the northwest.
40 sec...Supra Fuller 50 yard shot from right is caught by goalie.
2 min...Supra Deluca run on right and sends low cross that has retreating Astros Ramsey stop ball and goalie fall on it.
4 min...Supra players have two shots blocked on edge of Astros box.
5 min...Astros Astorga 20 yard freekick from left has diving goalie bat away and kick ball to clear.
6 min...Astros player crosses from right well over box wide left.
8 min...Astros goalie dives to right to beat Supra Sehic to ball.
9 min...Astros Bancheri low 25 yard shot up middle is wide left.
11 min...Supra Cameira cross from 20 yards on right has Supra Aikobokie dive and not quite able to turn 5 yard header so ball flies wide left.
13 min...Astros Astorga cornerkick from right has defender clear through box.
15 min...Supra Aikbokie shot from right after rounding goalie but defender blocks.
16 min...Supra YELLOW card...Sehic at corner flag for dissent.
16 min...Supra Deluca cornekrick from right has Supra Williams pop up header but it's wide left.
18 min...Astros Lammie cross from 25 yards near end line has Supra defender clear.
20 min…Astros Selvin Lammie is pulled down just left of goal as he runs by goalie Michael Silva diving for ball in his box although he missed the ball. Referee Alexander William signalled for a Penalty kick.
21 min…Astros Paulo Astorga blasts Penalty kick to right side and goalie flies to right to block ball near post and Supra defender then kicks ball out for cornerkick.
22 min...Astros Astorga cornerkick from right has defender clear.
23 min...Supra Annisi clears ball from box after Supra goalie beaten.
24 min...Astros Astorga cornerkick from right has defenders clear.
25 min...Astros Maradona checked off ball by sliding tackle on end line. No Penalty kick given but they awarded a cornerkick.
27 min...Supra goalie outjumps Astros forward for ball at 2 yards but official's flag was up anyway.
31 min...Supra DeLuca gets pass and quick blast from 12 yards on right that's welll over net.
37 min...Astros Maradona is hurt in Astros box.
44 min...Astros Pacione cross from right near cornerkick has ball knocked away.
45 min...Supra Sehic cross from right has Supra Aikobokie of feet forward slide not quite able to connect on ball from 3 yards.
47 min...Astros Astorga 22 yard freekick is bent just wide left of goal on freekick on left.
48 min...half ends 7:57pm.

2nd Half:...starts 8:13pm.
46 min...Supra Aikobokie 15 yard ball pas goalie pushed just wide right of post.
49 min...Supra Cameira 20 yard shot is popped up to goalie.
50 min…Supra Selmir Sehic GOAL…Supra Michael Aikbokie runs to middle from left and with goalie Ratko Ivanovic outside box at 20 yards to try to check him, he pushes ball wide right to charging Sehic to kick in 12 yard shot to open net.
52 min...Astros Vazquez 25 yard shot is wide right of net.
55 min...Supra Sehic 10 yard blast from right is blocked by sprawling goalie. Astros Carbaral hurt on follow up play falling in Astros box.
57 min...Astros sub...Benedito replaces Maradona.
62 min...Supra DeLuca taps pass to left for Supra Aikobokie to blast 8 yard shot well wide right.
63 min...Supra goalie slides out to beat Astros Lammie to ball that's pushed forward into box.
65 min...Supra McIntosh 25 yard freekick from right has Supra player pop header over net from 12 yards.
66 min...Supra DeLuca cross from 40 yards on left has Supra Sehic shoot wide right on 15 yard shot from right.
67 min...Supra Aikbokie in box rolls 8 yarder wide left but ball was deflected.
68 min...Supra Alexander cornerkick from left has Supra player head ball over bar from 10yards.
69 min...Astros Pacione 65 yard ball from right ounces into box ahead of Astros plyaers for goalie to grab.
71 min...Supra McIntosh 20 yard freekick from right has nearest defender kick away.
72 min...Supra YELLOW card...Annisi for kicking ball away after whistle at Supra 40 yard line.
73 min...Astros sub...Vescio replaces Astorga.
.............Supra sub...Ceballos replaces Williams.
74 min…Astros Alessandro Bancheri GOAL…Astros Francesco Vescio (who’d only come into game one minute earlier) passes ball forward from 45 yards on right and Bancheri lets ball bounce between defenders as he rounds around them. He finally takes possession of the ball and takes quick 12 yard shot into left corner of net from right side.
80 min...Astros Benedito 20 yard shot saved by goalie.
83 min...Astros Benedito 35 yard freekick just left of middle is caught by goalie guarding left post.
84 min...Supra sub...Vuktilaj replaces DeLuca.
85 min...Supra Cameira 20 yard shot from right is over bar.
86 min...Supra goalie charges out to kick away loose ball before Astros player connects.
87 min…Supra Carlos Ceballos GOAL…Supra Michael Aikbokie crossed from 20 yards on left and Ceballos leaps to head ball from 10 yards over defender and goalie into left corner of net.
88 min...Astros DiPlacido pushes pass left to Astros Carbaral who has shot from 12 yards on left deflected for cornerkick.
88 min...Astros player's corcnekrick from left has an Astros player recross but defenders clear.
89 min...Astros Carbaral can't draw penalty kick when he slides for ball on left end line in Supra box.
93:10pm...game ends at 9:01pm.

Final Score:……..Portuguese Supra……..2………North York Astros……..1……….

Attendance was about 45 on this warm evening with the sun out in the North West for the first half. The pitch was pretty worn out from intense use and the drought for most of the last six weeks.

The game wasn’t rough or filled with fouls and only two cards were given out—both to Supra players for dissent. This was in contrast to how I heard the Supra’s Friday night game that included a kung-fu cleats-up kick to the chest.

This was a game between two struggling teams. Plenty of mistakes and passes that just didn’t work. This was only Supra’s third league win of the season but enough to catch the Astros in the standings as both teams start their playoff run.

The penalty save by Michael Silva was a big lift to the Supra. It came at almost the same time in the game as two weeks ago when Windsor were awarded two penalty kicks plus having a defender Red carded because of Silva’s errors. The team needed this boost of confidence. Supra’s Michael Aikobokie had some other good chances in the game but couldn’t score.

I heard from league officials of the CSL that Lamport Stadium was getting Field Turf just like Birchmount Stadium in Scarborough and Esther Shiner Stadium in North York both received in recent years.

The work was supposed to start right after Caribana ended (because the community groups use it to organize their parade).

Time to complete will be in time for the CSL final (about third week in October) if the final happens to be between Toronto Croatia and Serbian White Eagles. Any other match up the final will be played at Esther Shiner Stadium.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca


Supra starters


Astros starters


First half action.


Astros 21 minute penalty chance. Michael Silva made the save on Paulo Astorga's shot.

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