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Result of the Friday August 8th, 2008 CSL game between Serbian White Eagles and Windsor Border Stars played at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke at 8:00.

Serbian White Eagles (all white, black numbers)

.......................25 Dan Pelc
18 Goran Vlaski...6 Mirko Medic (cpt)...4 Mark Jankovic...12 Marko Ivantic
10 Alex Braletic...20 Milan Janosevic...8 Nenad Stojicic...7 Milos Vucinic...15 Milos Scepanovic
......................11 Dragan Radovic

Subs:...1 Alex Pereski (gk)...14 Uros Stamatovic (mid)...16 Ihekwoaba Princ (fwd)...19 Daryl Gomez (mid)...21 Aleksandar Radovanovic (mid)
team officials:...head coach Milan Cancarevic...manager Dragisa Latinic...trainer/physio Dean Stambolic and D Latinic and Milenko Matic

Windsor Border Stars (all black, white numbers)

..........................22 Sean Murphy
24 Bobby Stipancic...23 Gino Berardi...3 Mike Cezar...18 Blake Ordell
12 Mike Watson...10 Danny Dragoi...7 Jeff Hodgson...13 Scott Wright
...............14 George Vitmas...20 Emille Herta

Subs:...19 Erick Cirovski (mid)...15 Milan Marsic (def)
team officials:...head coach Pat Hilton...assistant coach Tom Jugevic...trainer/physio Mat Zilic

Game officials:...referee Yusri Rudolf...referee's assistants Isaac Raymond and Peter Pendli...fourth official Steve Senderovich...(neon green shirts, black shorts and socks)

1st Half:...starts 8:11pm...SWE defend south end on this mild night but with the temperature cooling fast and the wind from the north. The sun is in the north west but the field is in shadow.
2 min...WBS Cezar 45 yard freekick from right has defender clear ball on left side of box.
2 min...SWE Radovic pushes ball forward and WBS goalie charges out to kick away ball for throw-in.
5 min...SWE Radovic is in all alone at 30 yards and charges up the middle and his low 22 yard shot is blocked by sliding goalie near edge of the box.
8 min...SWE Radovic leaps for cross and heads 20 yarder just high and wide of top right corner of net.
12 min...WBS Dragoi flubs 40 yard freekick up middle as he slips.
13 min...SWE Vucinic crosses low ball from left is into box but WBS defenders prevent shot.
14 min...WBS Dragoi 35 yard freekick up middle is bent just over net.
17 min...SWE Jankovic gets back to break up WBS rush to edge of box.
20 min...SWE Radovic cross from right has ball deflect for cornerkick on right.
21 min...SWE Scepanovic cornerkick from right has leaping SWE Jankovic not quite able to turn header.
21 min...SWE Scepanovic cross from left from 20 yards is through box and sliding SWE Radovic tips 7 yard shot over net with foot.
22 min...WBS Dragoi high cross from right has SWE Vlaski one-touch 15 yard shot from left is well over net.
23 min...SWE Scepanovic 15 yard shot from left is over sliding goalie and SWE Radovic pounds in 5 yarder but the offside flag is up on the right.
24 min...WBS goalie has reaction save at 10 yards as ball pops off his arm on SWE Radovic's blast from 10 yards on the left.
26 min...SWE Janosevic 22 yard shot over crowd of players and well over net.
27 min...WBS Herta is squeezed ball through four defenders and his 15 yard low shot is caught by goalie 5 yards off his line.
27 min...SWE Radovic nutmegs defender but goalie dives out to smother ball at 7 yards.
30 min...SWE Radovic blasts 20 yard shot from right over net on deflection.
30 min…White Eagles Dragan Radovic GOAL…WE Milos Scepanovic cornerkick from left has Radovic head 8 yarder through crowd of players in box into center of net.
32 min...SWE Radovic gets to cross from 20 yards on right and blasts shot over net.
33 min...WBS YELLOW card...Stipancic for knock down of SWE Scepanovic at center line.
35 min...SWE Scepanovic twists and slides 15 yard shot that's low and saved by goalie and SWE Scepanovic is injured in the box.
38 min...SWE Braletic rolls cross froom 15 yards on left and defender clears ball in 6 yard box.
40 min...WBS Herta plows into SWE Vlaski injuring him at SWE 45 yards. Vlaski is helped up by players but falls again. The trainer helps him to far side.
43 min...action restarts.
44 min...SWE sub...Gomez replaces still injured Vlaski.
44 min...SWE Ivantic cross from near left corner flag drifts over net.
45 min...SWE Stojicic blasts 25 yard shot over players in box and is well over net.
46 min...WBS Cezar 60 yards freekick up middle bounces to goalie.
46 min...SWE Scepanovic cross from 15 yards on left is over players in box wide right.
46 min...half ends 8:57pm.

2nd Half:...starts 9:13pm...it's now dark.
46 min...WBS Dragoi 33 yard freekick up middle is blasted well over net over crowd of players in box.
48 min...SWE Vucinic cross from left has goalie catch.
48 min...WBS Vitmas cross from left has defender chest ball down and clear from box.
49 min...SWE Radovic on rush has diving goalie block ball then crawl to pick it up.
50 min...SWE Scepanovic cornerkick from left is deflected over net.
51 min...SWE player's cornerkick from left has ball drift behind net.
52 min...WBS Herta 25 yard freekick chipped into player in wall on left.
53 min...WBS Hodgson low cross from left has WBS Vitmas 'not' kick ball from 10 yards.
55 min…White Eagles Milos Vucinic GOAL…Vucinic turns and fires 35 yard blast up middle and has ball bend into top right corner of net beyond goalie Sean Murphy.
56 min...WBS Ordell turns and spins 22 yard shot wide right of net.
58 min...WBS sub...Cirovski replaces Herta.
58 min...SWE Stojicic 60 yard ball into box and goalie catches bounce on left side of box before SWE player can get to it.
61 min...SWE Janosevic rolls through ball that has goalie slide out to make save and SWE Radovic leap over him and signal goali's injury. WBS goalie needs to be helped off the field.
64 min...WBS Cezar who is a defender moves back to play goalie. I wondered why Marsic (their unused substitute) wouldn't come on as an outfield player.
66 min...SWE Scepanovic crosses from 15 yards from left near end line over players in box.
67 min...WBS sub...Marsic comes on as an outfield player to replace injured goalie who came off 6 minutes earlier.
68 min...SWE Janosevic bends 20 yard chip from right well high and wide left of goal.
69 min...WBS goalie beats SWE Radovic to through ball.
70 min...SWE Medic run on right and rolls cross to charging SWE Radovic and he shoots wide right from 5 yards.
73 min...SWE Janosevic blasts 30 yard shot well over net.
74 min...WBS goalie smothers roller into box.
77 min...SWE Vucinic 60 yard run from center circle but he blasts 20 yarder well over net.
79 min…Border Stars George Vitmas GOAL…WBS player’s cornerkick from left is taken quickly and is rolled over up field 10 yards and another player near him crosses into SWE box. SWE defender kicks at it but spins it backwards from 10 yards and Vitmas steps behind him and kicks 5 yarder to right side of net from center of box behind goalie Dan Pelc.
81 min...SWE Vucinic 20 yard blast from left is just wide right of net as SWE Radovic waas waiting for the cross.
83 min…White Eagles Alex Braletic GOAL…SWE Daryl Gomez taps over short pass and Braletic 22 yard blast up middle into top right corner of net behind back up goalie Mike Cezar.
84 min...SWE Radovic cross from left end line has goalie step forward to catch ball in front of SWE players waiting for a tap-in.
85 min...SWE sub...Stamatovic replaces Stojicic.
86 min...SWE Scepanovic blasts 20 yard cross well over net from left side.
87 min...WBS Marsic 20 yard blast from right hits outside webbing of net.
88 min…White Eagles Alex Braletic GOAL…SWE Dragan Radovic dekes defender at 15 yards than back heels pass from 7 yards to Braletic who tops 10 yarder from right to left side of net.
88 min...SWE Jankovic 25 yard shot through crowd of players wide right of net.
89 min...SWE player blasts 20 yarder well over net.
94 min...game ends 10:02pm.

Final Score:……Serbian White Eagles……..4……….Windsor Border Stars………1………..

Attendance was about 300 on this mild night that cooled off fast when it got dark.

White Eagles dominated the game for long stretches. Sean Murphy made some spectacular saves to keep the game close. He was injured at 61 minutes and had to be helped off the field. Border Stars had not brought a back up goalie and so defender Mike Cesar pulled on goalie’s jersey and went back to play goal. Once the team was aware that there was no way Murphy could walk off the injury, they formerly subbed in Milan Marsic six minutes later to take over in the missing defender spot.

Besides the work of WBS goalie Sean Murphy, the shooting of White Eagles was off. Goal scoring/dead ball specialist Sasa Viciknez was away on vacation for two weeks back home in Europe for his first time in two years. Midfielder Nicola Budalic was also away in Europe for two weeks. Border Stars were missing one of their best scorers in Aaron Byrd.

White Eagles also had a serious injury too at 40 minutes as defender Goran Vlaski was knocked over at the SWE 45 yard line and needed help from the trainer to limp off the field after trying to do it himself he collapsed a second time. Daryl Gomez subbed in for him four minutes later. The game wasn’t rough and referee Yusri Rudolf only gave out one Yellow card to each team.

Dragan Radovic played as the lone striker for White Eagles with Milos Scepanovic setting him up on crosses and cornerkicks.

This game was covered live on television on Rogers Community Channel. I proved to be pretty popular to the commentators as I was the first to figure out which WBS player went to play goal after the injury by checking off which players were still on the field. Also with SWE officials as I was left as the only one who knew how to restart the scoreboard clock after halftime.

CSL Executive Director Stan Adamson was at the game and said that the city will install field turf at Centennial Stadium next month but he wasn’t sure how this may effect the White Eagles home dates.

Border Stars have a tough weekend because they play another game on Saturday night at home to International Division leaders Italia Shooters. Shooters officials were at the game scouting for tomorrow. I congratulated team owner Tony DeThomasis for his team beating the MLS Toronto FC Reserves team 4-0 at BMO Field and three of his players filling in when Toronto FC played an exhibition against Independiente of Argentina and not looking out of place. He agreed that some of the reason is Shooters head coach Carmine Isacco was last year’s TFC goalkeeper coach and knows who to call. DeThomasis said that if his players got to practice every day (rather than hold jobs) some of them could make the TFC squad.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca


White Eagles starters


Border Stars starters


midfield action (very blurry)


another rush


White Eagles throw-in.

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