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Result of the Friday July 25, 2008 CSL game between Serbian White Eagles and TFC Academy played at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke at 8:00pm.

Serbian White Eagles (all white, black numbers)

.......................25 Dan Pelc
12 Marko Ivantic...7 Milos Vucinic...4 Mark Jankovic...6 Mirko Medic
14 Uros Stamatovic...5 Nikola Budalic (cpt)...20 Milan Janosevic...15 Milos Scepanovic
................9 Sasa Viciknez...11 Dragan Radovic

Subs:...27 Georg Trikkas (gk)...8 Nenad Stojicic (mid)...17 Ihekwoaba Princ (fwd)...18 Goran Vlaski (mid)...21 Aleksandar Radovanovic (mid)
team officials:...head coach Milan Cancarevic...manager Dragisa Latinic...physio Dean Stambolic...trainer Milenko Matic

TFC Academy (white socks and numbers, red shorts and shirts)

......................25 Soitiri Varlolcostas
46 Donovan Wilson...40 Daniel DiBiagio...47 Daniel Tannous...43 Dominic Roberts
45 Jarek Whiteman...37 Jeremy Halliday...38 Erick Olazabal...34 Max Marsh (cpt)
..................39 Adrian Pena...41 Junior Ellis

Subs:...50 Jarrett Humphreys (gk)...29 Eros Olazabal (fwd)...32 Jarrett Hamilton (mid)...49 Viktor Anastasov (fwd)...31 Ashtone Morgan (mid)...2 Daniel Ferraro (def)
team officials:...head coach Jason Bent...manager Nick Dasovic...trainer/physio Shawn Jeffers...team official Earl Cochrane

Game officials:...referee Justin Tasev...referee's assistants Emanuel Gherghel and Giani Faccinni...fourth official Michael Anthony Izzo...(yellow shirts, black shorts and socks)

1st Half:...game starts 8:11pm...SWE defend north end on this warm night with the sun still in the north west with a wind from the south.
2 min...SWE Viciknez cornerkick from right has defender head ball to right for a throw-in.
2 min...SWE Viciknez gets throw-in and 25 yard blast from right bends ball wide of top left corner of net.
6 min...TFCA goalie charges out to beat SWE Radovic to through ball to boot away at 27 yards.
10 min...SWE Viciknez can't get away shot as TFCA defender gets back to check ball away.
11 min...SWE Viciknez skies ball from 10 yards over bar from right as SWE player sends in cross from left.
13 min...TFC goalie charges out to dive on ball and smother in front of SWE Radovic after quick freekick up middle.
15 min...SWE Janosevic steps around defender and 12 yard shot from right is caught by goalie.
16 min...TFCA Marsh cross from left has ball fly over players in box.
18 min...SWE Janosevic cross from right has SWE Radovic head pop up ball in box but play is cleared.
18 min...TFCA Wilson cross from 40 yards has goalie catch.
19 min...TFCA Pena on break on left blasts 15 yard shot that goalie bats down.
20 min...TFCA Erick Olazabal 30 yard shot from left is bounced well wide right.
21 min...SWE Ivantic clears ball in box behind own net.
21 min...TFCA Erick Olazabal cornerkick from left is partially cleared and TFCA Halliday 22 yard blast is well wide and high right of net.
23 min...SWE Budalic scoops ball over defenders in TFCA box and defender turns and has time to clear away.
24 min…TFCA Adrian Pena GOAL…Pena gets ball behind defenders on chipped pass to him and he runs down middle and slides 10 yard roller under goalie Dan Pelc.
25 min...SWE Stamatovic upended on right edge of box for freekick.
26 min...SWE Viciknez 20 yard freekick balst has goalie bat down and pick ball up before SWE forwaards get rebound chance.
28 min...SWE Budalic 20 yard shot over the net from left.
30 min...TFCA Pena can't draw Penalty kick when he's turned in SWE box and falls.
31 min...TFCA Erick Olazabal 40 yard freekick from left has ball cleared from box.
34 min...SWE Stamatovic cornerkick from left is low and defender knocks ball for cornerkick.
34 min...SWE Stamatovic cornerkick from left has SWE Vucinic 20 yard shot is over crowd of players and over net.
35 min...SWE Viciknez cross from right has ball just over head of leaping SWE Scepanovic.
36 min…White Eagles Milos Scepanovic GOAL…SWE player crosses from right into TFCA box and SWE Uros Stamatovic(?) touches ball and Scepanovic’s 12 yard blast from left is into low right corner of net beyond goalie Soitiri Varlokostas.
37 min...SWE Viciknez charges on right and tries chip of goalie who leaps to palm ball onto top of net.
38 min...SWE Viciknez cornerkick from right has ball knocked around in box.
40 min...TFCA goalie charges right to grab bouncer and end SWE pressure in box.
41 min...SWE Stamatovic kicks on sideline and injured TFCA Roberts at center line sideline.
42 min...SWE Viciknez cross from right endline has defender head away on left post.
42 min...SWE Stamatovic blasts roller up middle from 18 yards that has goalie dive on ball.
44 min...SWE Vucinic 25 yard freekick from left has shot wide right of net.
47 min...half ends 8:58pm.

2nd Half:...starts 9:12pm.
45 min...TFCA Ellis steps around sliding defender and rushes down right and his 15 yard shot has flying goalie palm ball into outside webbing of net.
47 min…White Eagles Dragan Radovic GOAL…SWE Sasa Viciknez cornerkick from left is over players in box and SWE player heads ball back across box from right and Radovic in crowd of players heads ball into net from 3 yards.
49 min...TFCA Pena gets break on left and 20 yard shot has sprawling goalie block at 8 yards.
52 min...SWE Stamatovic cross from right rescueing ball before crossing end line and cross has SWE Scepanovic flies over and heads ball wide right to defender from 6 yards.
55 min...TFCA Erick Olazabal slides ball to left and TFCA Pena and rolls cross into 6 yard box but defender clears.
56 min...TFCA sub...Hamilton replaces Marsh.
58 min...SWE Viciknez cross from 20yards on right has SWE Radovic jump and kick 6 yarder over net.
60 min...SWE Scepanovic cornerkick from left has defender clear ball by header for throw-in on left.
61 min...SWE Jankovic slides and 30 yard shot up middle is well over net.
61 min...TFCA sub...Morgan replaces Halliday.
63 min...SWE Vucinic cross from left after rush into box is over box and ball is cleared by defender.
66 min...SWE Radovic slides in as he falls and 6 yard shot has goalie stop while sitting down after great amount of pressure including stop on SWE Stamatovic.
68 min...TFCA Wilson bends in 40 yarder from right that has goalie step up to catch.
70 min...TFCA goalie steps out to TFCA 30 yard line to clear ball.
71 min...TFCA Whiteman cross from left and TFCA Hamilton heads 8 yarder wide right of net.
72 min...TFCA YELLOW card...DiBiagio for tackle on SWE Viciknez near center line.
73 min...SWE Scepanovic cross from left near endline has ball drift behind net.
74 min...TFCA sub...Eros Olazabal replaces Ellis.
76 min...SWE Viciknez gets throw-in and turns and fires low 30 yard shot from right into right webbing of net.
79 min...SWE Radovic gets foot to bouncer on long ball into box and 5 yard shot hits goalie point blank at 4 yards.
80 min...SWE YELLOW card...Scepanovic for check on right sideline at 40 yards.
80 min...TFCA Pena 45 yard freekick from right has defender head ball away.
81 min...SWE Vucinic 60 yard freekick from left has ball bounce to goalie.
86 min...SWE YELLOW card...Janosevic for pushing in center circle.
...........TFCA YELLOW card...Morgan for pushing in center circle.
87 min...SWE sub...Vlaski replaces Viciknez.
87 min...TFCA Whiteman cross into box from right sends ball over head of short TFCA Morgan and SWE players clear.
88 min...TFCA Wilson cross from 30 yards on right is high and wide left of net.
90 min...TFCA Erick Olazabal 60 yard freekick from right has goalie catch in box.
92 min...TFCA Whiteman is injured on rush on left.
92 min...SWE sub...Princ replaces Radovic.
96 min...game ends 10:03pm.

Final Score:….Serbian White Eagles……2……..TFC Academy………1……….

Attendance was about 300 on this warm windy night with a bright sun still out in the north east for the first half. There wasn’t any singing from the White Eagles ultras fans until the second half so I don’t know if they arrived late. TFC had a traveling contingent of parents and family of about 40 but no fans from the MLS team.

This game was broadcast live on Rogers Community channel. The result was a reversal from a 2-1 upset win for TFC Academy back on June 15th. ‘Upset’ may not have been the right word back then as in only the fifth week, the White Eagles had gotten off to a slow start to their season.

TFC Academy looked good at the start of the game with continuous passing behind the White Eagles defenders and having to have goalie Dan Pelc make some huge saves. Soitiri Varlokostas had to be sharp or the White Eagles would have run away with the score in the second half although the TFC defensive line played quite well.

The White Eagles defense held firm in the second half holding the Academy to no good chances from the 71 minute mark including 5 minutes of added time. White Eagles were in no hurry to get the ball in play when it went out after they had the lead. The later part of the game is when you’d expect the teenage Academy team would keep running and a tiring White Eagles team (“a decade older” said the Rogers broadcasters) would be vulnerable but that just didn’t happen.

Referee Justin Tasev kept good control over the game and didn’t give out many cards.

Academy’s problems continue to be a lack of scoring punch with tonight them scoring only their 9th goal in 13 games.

Jarret Humphreys was listed as the backup goalie for the Academy and I saw him take part in the warm up drills. From a poster who was at the game June 27th and thought he’d broken his neck, head coach Jason Bent said it was more like a separated shoulder.

This was the last game in any league for awhile. I’ve been to 15 games in the last 17 days! Four CSL games, four Toronto Lynx games, two Toronto Lady Lynx games, the Women’s national team’s game, and three Toronto FC games and the MLS All Star game. Best of all was the MLS All Star game which was so much more exciting than I thought. I’ll use any computer time I have to catch up on my web page.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca


SWE Dragan Radovic in a pregame interview


White Eagles starters


TFC Academy starters


TFC Academy throw-in


TFC Academy player passes in center circle.


White Eagles rush

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