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Result of the Sunday August 10th, 2008 CSL game between TFC Academy and London City played at Lamport Stadium at 3:00pm.
TFC Academy (white socks and numbers, red shorts and shirts)
............................50 Jarret Humphreys
46 Donavan Wilson...40 Daniel Di Biagio...33 Gino Mauro...43 Domenic Roberts (cpt)
37 Jeremy Halliday...38 Erick Olazabal...31 Ashtone Morgan...7 Jonathan Lao
.....................39 Adrian Pena...29 Eros Olazabal
Subs:...25 Soitiri Varlokostas (gk)...34 Max Marsh...41 Junior Ellis...45 Jarek Whiteman...47 Daniel Tannous...49 Viktor Anastasov
team officials:...head coach Jason Bent...assistant coach Stuart Neely...trainer/physio Sebastian Buitrago and Earl Cochrane
London City (white socks and shirts, black shorts and numbers)
.............................1 Mike Lipari
49 Sean Gauss...8 Jorge Cota...40 Travis Gordon...36 Mike Vandenheuva
2 Mochine Talouait...21 Roy Beishuizen...14 Musa Sirleaf...18 Camilo Gonzalez
..................17 Tshaka Anderson...35 Andrew Loague (cpt)
Subs:...1 Matt Baca (gk)...10 Dominik Gerza...39 Dumitru Ionita...49 Sean Gauss...66 Ibrihim Guzelbaba
team officials:...head coach harry Gauss...assistant coach Markus Gauss...manager Ryan Gauss...trainer/physio Donal Milias
Game officials:...referee Mauel Orellana...referee's assistants Matt Arduini and J Hanley...fourth official Derek Abrams...(yellow shirts, black shorts and socks)
1st Half:...game starts 3:20pm...TFCA defend north end on the wet field with a misty rain at throughout the warm-ups and at game time. As there is no working scoreboard, all times are converted from my wristwatch.
1 min...City Talouait 45 yard freekick up middle bounces to goalie.
5 min...City goalie smothers ball driven into box.
6 min...TFCA Roberts 30 yard blast from left has diving goalie push ball wide left.
6 min...TFCA Erick Olazabal cornerkick from left has closest defender clear ball away...TFC DiBiagio is injured in City box.
8 min...TFCA Morgan charge to end line and crosses over players in City box.
9 min...TFCA player's freekick from 20 yards on extreme right has TFCA Wilson blast shot well wide left of net.
10 min...City Sirleaf blasts 18 yard shot up middle well over net.
10 min...TFCA Pena gets pass tapped to him and boots 20 yard shot from left that's well wide right.
12 min...City Gordon 55 yard freekick bounces wide right of goal.
12 min...TFCA Halliday rush on right and rolls ball into box that goalie scoops up.
13 min...City Loague 30 yard kick from right is well over net.
14 min...TFCAErick Olazabal 30 yard shot from left is through City box missing TFCA players waiting for his pass.
15 min...City Talouait cuts 25 yard shot that goalie catches on right post.
17 min...City Loague can't cut cross from 10 yards on left and ball is well wide left of net.
19 min...TFCA Erick Olazabal cornerkick from left has leaping TFCA Halliday on right head 10 yarder that goalie pushes wide right of post.
20 min...TFCA Erick Olazabal cornerkick from left has leaping TFCA Halliday(?) head 8 yarder from right that defender ducks into and heads away.
23 min...TFCA Erick Olazabal cornerkick from right is short and TFCA Lao passes back to charging TFCA Erick Olazabal but defender clears pass.
25 min…TFCA Adrian Pena GOAL…TFC Jeremy Halliday rush down right and cross in City box over to Pena near left end line. He dekes defender and shoots sharp angle 8 yard shot into right corner of net.
26 min...City Loague 18 yard rushed shot up middle wide right.
27 min...TFCA Erick Olazabal cornerkick from right has defender head ball away.
29 min...TFCA Erick Olazabal 30 yard shot from right is caught by goalie.
31 min...City Gordon 40 yard freekick hits TFCA DiBiagio in the stomach on edg of box.
31 min...TFCA Erick Olazabal blasts partially cleared ball 33 yards up middle but wide right of net.
35 min…TFCA Erick Olazabal GOAL…Erick Olazabal on give and go on edge of box stops and 12 yard shot is into right corner of net.
36 min...TFCA Erick Olazabal cornerkick from left has ball fall into City defenders and whistle blown.
38 min...City Talouait 40 yard freekick chipped onto left where City Gerza (when did he come into the game?) gets 5 yard shot deflected wide left for cornerkick.
39 min...TFCA Mauro injured in TFCA away from play.
42 min...TFCA Roberts 35 yard blast from left is wide right and offside flag is up for charging TFCA player.
44 min...TFCA Morgan rush on left on burst has ball crossed from end line and City players knock ball around. TFCA Lao gets partial clearance and low 15 yard shot is blocked by sliding goalie.
47 min…TFCA Adrian Pena GOAL…TFCA Eros Olazabal in City box back heels ball across box and Pena rolls in 10 yarder to right side of net behind sliding goalie Mike Lipari.
48 min...half ends 4:08pm.
2nd Half:...starts 4:28pm.
halftime sub:...TFCA Ellis replaces Mauro.
48 min...City Gonzalez cornerkick from left has header pop through box wide right of box.
48 min...City goalie fumbles roller wide right of net for cornerkick.
50 min...TFCA Ellis runs through defenders and gets 15 yard shot that's blocked by goalie.
50 min...TFCA Morgan runs through defender to shoot 15 yard shot wide left of net.
53 min...TFCA Pena steps around defender and 18 yard shot has flying goalie push ball over net.
53 min...City sub...Gauss replaces Gonzalez.
55 min...TFCA player blasts 20 yarder up middle over net and back fence.
61 min...City Talouait blocks City player's shot into TFCA box.
61 min...TFCA Pena cuts diagonal run and 10 yard shot has goalie bat ball wide left of net.
62 min...TFCA Eros Olazabal low cross through box has TFCA Ellis miss knock-in from 4 yards one step behind play.
63 min...TFCA Erick Olazabal 25 yard shot over players in box is well over net.
65 min…TFCA Eros Olazabal GOAL…TFCA Junior Ellis rolls ball at 30 yards to left TFCA Eros Olazabal rush in on left and he rolls 12 yard shot under falling goalie on left into center of net.
68 min...TFCA sub...Whiteman replaces Lao.
...........TFCA sub...Anastasov (wearing #51) replaces Pena.
69 min...City Anderson low 40 yard roller picked up by goalie.
70 min...City Talouait 17 yard freekick up middle after tap-over is shot over net. This play was set up by a backpass miscue by TFCA that resulted in the goalie picking up the ball.
71 min...City sub...Gerza replaces Vandenheuval.
72 min...TFCA Erick Olazabal cornerkick is short and pass back and cross bent towards goalie. City goalie initially overshoots ball but balls on it on left post.
75 min...City Gordon injured just outside center circle well away from play.
76 min...TFCA sub...Marsh replaces Eros Olazabal.
76 min...TFCA Halliday 25 yard shot from left is over net.
77 min...TFCA Ellis shanks kick from 10 yards wide left from left as cross is pushed to him.
77 min...City Gauss rolls onto TFCA Ellis as he tries to run by him.
78 min...TFCA Erick Olazabal cornerkick from left is short and passed back to him and his cross is cleared by defender.
81 min...TFCA Eirck Olazabal cornerkick from left is over players in box and cleared on right.
82 min...TFCA Ellis pushed off ball at 15 yards and can't get away shot.
84 min...TFCA Morgan cross from 25 yards along left end line has goalie bat ball to right.
85 min...TFCA Marsh cross from 20 yards on left drifts well behind net.
86 min...City YELLOW card...Gonzalez(?who I thought had left the game) player draws this for a check near center line that injured TFCA Morgan.
88 min...City sub...Guzelbaba replaces Anderson.
...........TFCA sub...Tannous replaces Morgan.
89 min...TFCA Whiteman cross from 20 yards near right end line has goalie catch ball near post.
90 min...City Beishuizen 40 yard freekick on left has TFCA defender on edge of box clear ball.
91 min...City Gauss 55 yard freekick has ball to City forward on left who shoots ball wide right from 22 yards.
91 min...game ends 5:14pm.
Final Score:…….TFC Academy…….4………..London City……0……..
Attendance was about 250 on this rainy day. A misty rain was falling during the warm-ups and 1st Half. About 50 fans could huddle under the press box shadow and everyone else had umbrellas. The crowd was parents and family of TFC Academy and ball kids and the exhibition playing kids teams at halftime which meant their parents were there too. No fans from the MLS TFC team were here. There were ball boys and girls but only in the end zones because they were unnecessary on the sidelines with the concrete walls and kids could get crushed. The field was wet but since it was field turf, it drained enough that there weren’t any sliding tackles. The game wasn’t rough and referee Manuel Orellana gave out only one Yellow card the entire game.
Jarret Humphreys earned the shutout for TFC but he didn’t have much to do. City had quite a few shots but most were off target. City had a 16 yard freekick from inside the box at 70 minutes called because of a bad TFC backpass and Mochine Talouait put it well over the net. Matt Baca had to be sharp enough in the City net to keep the score in single digits.
Adrian Pena scored two goals and the two Olazabal brothers playing for TFC scored one goal each. The Academy are good enough defensively to be in every game—only letting in 20 goals in 13 games up to now but had trouble scoring with a league worst 9 goals up to today. Today gave them practice in their goal celebrations with shoe shining and rifle shooting popular.
Academy had about a dozen cornerkicks and Erick Olazabal took most of them. Some he put into the box and some he had another TFC player help him work it out then he’d cross into the box.
London City had been the only CSL team I hadn’t seen this season. I wondered what had gone wrong when I read about them in CSL results but saw they were starting to score goals but losing 7-4 and 4-3 before the league break. Their Friday game they lost 1-0. The record was 0-12-1 before today’s game but their only point was July 4th against TFC Academy.
Ennio the roving PA announcer today told me the attendance at BMO Field between Barcelona of Ecuador and Millonarios of Colombia was only about 2100. The game wasn’t promoted at all well. Barcelona won 4-3 in an exciting game he though it’s just that not many people were watching it. Better for the league to brag about the Trois-Rivieres home game which drew that many fans on Saturday night against Toronto Croatia.
Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca
Academy starters
City starters
TFCA Erick Olazabal #38 on rush.
City prepare for freekick.
City rush
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