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Result of the Friday October 5, 2007 CSL game between Serbian White Eagles and Windsor Border Stars played at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke at 8:00pm.

Serbian White Eagles (all white, blue numbers)

.........................27 Djordje Radan
16 Joshua Gordon...6 Mirko Medic (cpt)...2 Ricardo Muguia...24 Mihailo Bacanin
21 Daniel Milojevic...13 Nikola Budalic...19 Dragorad Miracevic...18 Zoran Kokot
....................11 Gabriel Pop...9 Sasa Viciknez

Subs:...25 Arthur Zaslavski (gk)...8 Nenad Stojcic (mid)...14 Milan Janikic (mid)...15 Milos Scepanovic (fwd)...20 Milan Janosevic (mid)...22 Noel Ellerton (fwd)
team officials:...head coach Sinisa Ninkovic...assistant coach Aca Krivokafic...manager Dragisa Latinic...physio Dean Stambolic...trainer Milenko Matic

Windsor Border Stars (all black, white numbers)

.........................1 Anthony Santilli
29 Erik Elmauer...5 Scott Patriquin...2 Dan Trosper...12 Rob Malbasic
24 Haveer Mann...7 Jeff Hodgson....22 Tony Crnjak...21 Mike Cezail
......................10 Radek Papiez...9 Aaron Byrd

Subs:...33 Christen Hatzenbuler (mid)...31 Peter Santilli (def)
team officials:...head coach Pat Hilton

Game officials:...referee Andrew Kravets...referee's assistants Manuel Orellano and Rich Oliviera...fourth official Michael Izzo....(red shirts, black shorts and socks)

1st Half:...game starts 8:40pm...SWE defend south end.
2 min...WBS Papiez cornerkick from right has WBS Trosper head 6 yarder that's caught by goalie.
4 min...SWE Bacanin cross from left end line has defender head ball behind line.
5 min...SWE player's cornerkick from has defender head ball away.
8 min...SWE Gordon 20 yard shot from right is wide left of net.
9 min...SWE Viciknez 35 yard freekick from right is headed away in box.
13 min...White Eagles Gabriel Pop GOAL...Pop rushes on right and he blasts 12 yard shot into short right side of net.
14 min...SWE Pop pass to SWE Kokot on 2 on 1 rush but SWE player is surrounded and passes back into box to no one.
16 min...SWE Viciknez cornerkick from left is over players in box and SWE player misses connecting on blast from right.
19 min...WBS Cezail from 20 yards on left crosses over players in box.
22 min...SWE Viciknez injured by WBS Elmauer on sliding tackle.
23 min...SWE Viciknez 22 yard freekick from left has charging goalie punch ball out of crowd of players.
24 min...SWE Viciknez cornerkick from right has defender head ball through box.
26 min...WBS Byrd cornerkick from right has WBS player backheel shot on net that defender blocks. Byrd recrosses partial clearance well over players in box.
28 min...WBS Malbasic pops up 3 yard header on cross from right that goalie palms over net.
28 min...WBS Byrd cornerkick from right has defender knock behind net from 5 yards.
29 min...WBS Byrd cornerkick from right has WBS player head ball down but another defender clears ball from box.
31 min...WBS Byrd cornerkick from right has WBS Papiez on left blast 18 yard shot just wide left of net.
34 min...WBS Papiez given short pass in open in SWE box and his 8 yard shot from right is stopped point blank by diving goalie.
36 min...WBS goalie catches 25 yard shot from left.
37 min...SWE Bacanin in left corner passes back to SWE Viciknez who lines up 22 yard blast from left that's caught by goalie under bar on left post.
38 min...WBS YELLOW card...Elmauer for hip check on SWE Miracevic at center line.
39 min...WBS player on 1 on 3 rush has SWE Muguia panic and blast over own end line.
40 min...WBS Elmauer gets to cornekrick from left on right and his low 22 yard balst is just wide right of post.
42 min...SWE Medic rush threaded ball up middle but passes wide right and ball is intercepted.
44 min...SWE Kokot rush on left around falling WBS Trosper and 7 yard shot hits left goalpost and goalie grabs rebound.
46 min...SWE Viciknez on rush down left to end line and cross over players in box. SWE player knocks ball down but he's checked off ball.
46 min...half ends 9:26pm.

2nd Half:...starts 9:43pm.
subs:..wasn't sure if this is where WBS Peter Santilli came into the game.
46 min...SWE Milojevic rush on left and cross through box from 15 yard is headed away by defender.
47 min...WBS YELLOW card...Trosper for sliding tackle on SWE Pop.
50 min...SWE Viciknez 30 yard freekick from right has goalie fly over and palm ball wide right of net.
52 min...WBS goalie catches cornerkick from right on cross in box.
52 min...SWE Budalic on left has WBS goalie slide out to stop through ball.
53 min...WBS Byrd 16 yard chip over goalie from right hits top of bar.
54 min...SWE sub...Janosevic replaces Bacanin.
57 min...WBS goalie makes point blank save from 5 yards but play is ruled offside.
59 min...WBS Elmauer blasts 30 yard shot that goalie blocks.
62 min...SWE Gordon cross from right has ball sent over players in box.
63 min...SWE sub...Ellerton replaces Kokot.
65 min...SWE Budalic 25 yard shot batted down by goalie and SWE players are ruled offside.
67 min...White Eagles Gabriel Pop GOAL...SWE Sasa Viciknez at 30 yards pushes through ball up middle to Pop through two defenders and from 10 yards and he dekes goalie Anthony Santilli for three yard tap in to middle of net from right side.
69 min...SWE Viciknez blasts 25 yard shot from right just over bar.
70 min...WBS Byrd cornerkick from right is into side of net.
71 min...SWE Pop 7 yard shot has goalie stop and charge for ball.
72 min...SWE Medic injured in own box on tackle.
73 min...WBS YELLOW card...goalie earns this for delay of game. (but they're behind...why would he waste time?)
74 min...SWE goalie catches WBS Elmauer pop up header from 7 yards.
76 min...WBS Byrd bends clear 20 yard shot from left that goalie palms left of net on post.
78 min...WBS sub...Hatzenbuler replaces Mann.
...............SWE sub...Stojcic replaces Muguia.
79 min...WBS goalie beats SWE Viciknez to pass on right to boot ball out for cornerkick.
79 min...SWE Viciknez cornerkick from right is over players in box. SWE player recrosses from left but ball cleared by defender.
80 min...SWE Viciknez rushing along 20 yard line blasts shot deflected over net.
81 min...SWE Viciknez cornerkick from left is short and recross from left is cleared.
83 min...Border Stars Dan Trosper knocks down SWE Noel Ellerton just inside WBS box. Referee Andrew Kravets awards SWE a Penalty kick.
84 min...White Eagles Gabriel Pop GOAL...Pop’s penalty kick is low to right side of net as goalie shuffles left.
85 min...SWE sub...Scepanovic replaces Pop.
86 min...WBS YELLOW card...Hodgson for argueing SWE freekick call.
87 min...SWE Viciknez 25 yard freekick from right has shot blocked by head in player wall.
88 min...SWE sub...Janikic replaces Pop (again? must have been someone else).
88 min...WBS YELLOW card...Byrd for taking freekick instead of throw-in.
89 min...WBS Crnjak blasts 22 yard shot well over net after short cross from left.
90 min...SWE Viciknez dekes through box and retreating player pokes ball away knocking SWE Viciknez over.
91 min...WBS Cezail blasts 25 yard shot from left is just over bar.
92 min...game ends 10:30pm.

Final Score:……..Serbian White Eagles……..3……….Windsor Border Stars……..0……..

Attendance was about 450 on this mild night.

This game got off to a scary start for the league’s credibility when Windsor lined up for the national anthem with only seven players. That was after the game had been delayed by 40 minutes. After the anthem, four players came onto the field and two subs went over to the bench. This is the second game where they’ve come to the Toronto area late and undermanned.

Once the game got started, the Border Stars played well and White Eagles goalie Djordje Radan had to make some key saves to earn the win and the shutout.

Alex Braletic did not play in tonight’s game. He played against Toronto Croatia on Tuesday night including the second half with a bandage wrapped around his forehead. His father told me he was sewn up with four stitches after the game. He’d taken an elbow in the head but finished the game even though he was dizzy and the coaching staff asked him to come out of the game. He is a midfielder but made some important blocks in the SWE box as the team hung on for a tie in that game.

Nikola Budalic played the whole game for the White Eagles. Club officials said they received a huge “thank-you” message from the manager of MLS Toronto FC for letting him play for their Reserves team in their last few games including scoring in their first ever win this season.

Tonight’s win clinches first place in the entire CSL for the White Eagles. They will be seeded the number one team in the playoffs having won the International Division and overall finishing ahead of the St Catharines Wolves of the National Division. They’ve finished first overall in both their years in the CSL. They host the wildcard team that finishes 8th next week on Sunday October 13th at Esther Shiner Stadium in North York at 7:00pm. It may well be that the team will be Windsor.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca


White Eagles starters


Border Stars starters (yes you only see seven for the national anthem but they did have a full team before kickoff).


Players wait for this high ball come back down into play.


Border Stars Christen Hatzenbuler and White Eagles Nenad Stojcic wait to come into game.


Gabriel Pop scores his third goal of the game with this penalty kick.

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