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Result of the Sunday September 7th, 2008 CSL game between North York Astros and Serbian White Eagles played at Esther Shiner Stadium in North York at 5:00pm.
North York Astros (black socks, navy shorts and shirts, yellow numbers, white trim)
...................1 Pablo Alvarado
4 Peter Petropanagos...16 Alex Kawalit...5 Carlos Zeballos (cpt)...8 Alexandre Oran
7 Franco Lalli...14 Elton Fernandes...6 Diego Benzi...11 Go Nagaoka
................21 Selvin Lammie...10 Johnathan Hurtis
Subs:...12 Tristan Fletcher (gk)...2 Happy Hall (def)...3 Brain Carbajal (mid)...9 Martin Artale (fwd)...13 Omar Samuels (def/fwd)...18 Andrei Gapanenko (def)...20 Josue Arias (fwd)
team officials:...head coach Rafael Carbajal...assistant coach Vladimir Klinovsky...therapist Michael Peters...strength coach Paolo Pacione...club officials Bruno Ierullo
Serbian White Eagles (all white, black numbers)
...................27 Dan Pelc
..............6 Mirko Medic...14 Uros Stamatovic...5 Nikola Budalic (cpt)...16 Caswin Mason
20 Milan Janosevic...8 Nenad Stojcic...10 Alex Braletic...15 Milos Scepanovic
..............19 Darryl Gomez...9 Sasa Viciknez
Subs:...17 Prince Ihekwoaba...21 Alksandar Radovanovic...22 Zoltan Szilagyi...24 Mihajlo Bacanin
team officials:...head coach Milan Cancarevic...club official Dusko Sevkovic
Game officials:...referee Angelo Gertsakis...referee's assistants Justin Tasev and Ovido Baltador...fourth official Vinko Rozick...(neon green shirts, black shorts and socks)
1st Half:...game starts 5:09pm...Astros defend east goal with a bright sun in the west.
50 sec...SWE YELLOW card...Medic for bump at SWE 35 yards on left.
1 min...Astros Hurtis 35 yard freekick flagged down in box.
4 min...SWE Gomez 35 yard blast down middle is well over net.
6 min...Astros player's cornerkick from right has Astros Benzi on left roll one time from 12 yards from left.
11 min...Astros goalie charges left to pick up defenders clearance blast attempt off forward on left.
14 min...SWE Viciknez 30 yard freekick from right has ball hit bar and bounce down on left. SWE Braletic slips and rolls 10 yard shot wide right across goal mouth.
17 min...Astros Oran injured at Astros 45 yard line.
19 min...Astros Fernandes cross from right end line line on skyball. Astros Lammie blasts 8 yarder off right post.
20 min...SWE Braletic cornerkick from left has defender boot away on midair kick.
22 min...Astros Hurtis 25 yard freekick up middle is just wide right.
25 min...Astros Lammie rolls ball on left from 20 yards over end line.
26 min...SWE Janosevic cross from 20 yards near end line has Astros Zeballos clear.
27 min...SWE Viciknez cornerkick from left has defender head ball away.
28 min...Astros Lalli cross from right near end line has Astros Hurtis fly to head 5 yarder that deflects off defender on near post.
28 min...Astros Hurtis cornerkick from right has Astros Zeballos head ball wide left from 5 yards.
29 min...Astros Benzi 25 yard shot from left that bounces to goalie.
30 min…Astros Johnathan Hurtis GOAL…Astros Selvin Lammie cross from right end line from 18 yards has charging Hurtis kick in ball from 4 yards to right side of net stepping in front of goalie Mike Pelc.
the weather now gets cloudy.
35 min...Astros Nagaoka pulled down on left end line injurying him as he ran down end line.
36 min...Astros Hurtis 18 yard freekick from left endline has defender pop up header. Play is finally whistled down after another header.
44 min...SWE Scepanovic throw-in has SWE Janosevic have ball pushed back off defender.
..........SWE YELLOW card...Scepanovic for argueing call.
45 min...Astros goalie charges to edge of box to punch away ball and break up SWE rush.
46 min...half ends 5:55pm.
2nd Half:...starts 6:09pm.
45 min...Astros Lammie sees no pass opportunity from 7 yards on left so he shoots short side and flying goalie pushes ball wide left.
46 min...Astros Hurtis cornerkick from left is partially cleared by header and Astros Benzi blasts 25 yarder high and wide right.
48 min…White Eagles (Astros own) GOAL…SWE Milan Janosevic run on left and low cross from 20 yards. Astros Alex Kawalit slides back at 5 yards on left and deflects ball into right side of own net.
49 min...SWE Viciknez 25 yard blast from right has goalie crumple to catch ball in center of net.
54 min...SWE Viciknez 22 yard freekick hits head in player wall and deflects wide right for cornerkick.
54 min...SWE Viciknez cornerkick is short from right and he's given ball back for 15 yard shot that defender on right post deflects wide right for cornerkick.
55 min...SWE Scepanovic 35 yard shot from left is well over net.
58 min...Astros Oran injured in Astros box as he and SWE player kick at midair ball.
60 min...Astros sub...Carbajal replaces Oran who is still injured.
.............Astros sub...Arias (or Artale) replaces Nagaoka before play resumes.
............SWE sub...Szilagyi replaces Janosevic.
62 min...SWE Viciknez cornerkick from right has defender head over end line.
62 min...SWE Scepanovic cornerkick from left has ball tipped up and goalie charges along right end line but ball is rulled over end line.
63 min...SWE Viciknez cornerkick from right has goaoie punch ball away.
65 min…White Eagles Nenad Stojcic GOAL…Stojcic on run up middle has pass with SWE Alex Braletic on edge of box. Stojcic rolls off balance shot that diving goalie Pablo Alvarado blocks but pushes into right post behind line for goal.
65 min...Astros sub...Artale (or Arias) replaces Hurtis.
66 min...Astros Arias cornerkick from right has ball knock around and then ball is headed around and finally play whistled down.
69 min...Astros YELLOW card...Kawalit for pushing over SWE Viciknez on rush on right at 40 yards.
71 min...Astros goalie charges to right edge of box to beat SWE Viciknez to crossed ball.
73 min...SWE Janosevic cross from left 25 yards near end line is over box and cleared on right side.
74 min...SWE Braletic run on left but low cross from 20 yards is cleared from box.
75 min...Astros sub...Samuels replaces Fernandes.
77 min…White Eagles Darryl Gomez GOAL…Gomez holds ball after deke of defender, turns at 20 yards on left and fires ball into top right side of net beyond flying goalie.
78 min...Astros Lammie charges for loose ball and bumps with SWE Medic and 20 yard ball blasted just wide right. Lammie is injured on play.
79 min...Astros Artale charges down middle and hits right post from 20 yards as he chips goalie and wins cornerkick.
80 min...Astros player takes 20 yard shot that's wide right of goal.
83 min...Astros YELLOW card...Arias for sliding tackle on SWE Stojcic at center line right sideline.
85 min...Astros Arias cornerkick from right has defender head ball away from box.
86 min...Astros YELLOW card...Benzi for kicking ball away at center line after SWE Viciknez wins freekick when he's knocked down.
88 min...SWE sub...Ihekwoaba replaces Viciknez.
89 min...SWE goalie catches 25 yard shot from right.
89 min...SWE Braletic rush down left and pulls up after rounding goalie and blasts 20 yarder well over net.
90 min...Astros Benzi 45 yard freekick from left has goalie catch behind group of players in box.
91 min...Astros Benzi 30 yard freekick has SWE Medic pop up header and clear ball.
95 min...SWE Scepanovic cross from left endline over players in box and wins cornerkick.
95 min...game ends 6:59pm.
Final Score:…….North York Astros……1……….Serbian White Eagles…………3………
Attendance was about 350 which was the biggest crowd I’ve seen for an Astros game in several years. The Astros had quite a few kids teams with their parents watching them. They were involved in halftime games and stayed the entire game as ball retrievers which is different when other years when groups would leave after halftime and leave the 50 yard end zones unattended. The White Eagles had traveling supporters too.
Impressive for the Astros in getting the word out as they haven’t had a home game since June 28th. They have four games left and they’re all at home so they may move up the standings or at least stay in a playoff spot.
The scoring could have started earlier as it 14 minutes White Eagles Sasa Viciknez’s 30 yard freekick from the right has the ball hit the bar and bounce down on left white Alex Braletic slips and rolled 10 yard shot wide right across the goalmouth. At 19 minutes Elton Fernandes crossed from the right end line on a sky ball and Selvin Lammie blasts 8 yarder off the right post. After all that scoring, Astros had a few close chances with their best at 79 minutes when substitute Martin Artale charged down the middle and hit the right post from 20 yards as he chipped the goalie and won a cornerkick.
Referee Angelo Gertsakis didn’t have to give out too many cards as the game was wide open. Astros actually looked better in the first half but the White Eagles broke loose in second half.
Diego Maradona is still property of the Astros but is currently “on-loan” to the White Eagles but part of the deal is he can’t play against the Astros. Last White Eagles game I saw was August 24th against Italia Shooters and they didn’t bring him in as a sub.
Earlier in the day the Brampton Lions vs. Portugal FC game was postponed as Victoria Park was still flooded after the rain of earlier in the afternoon. There’s one vote for artificial turf like North York has. Rumour had part of the Brampton problem exaggerated by the city letting the grass get too long.
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Astros starters
White Eagles starters
Astros Franco Lalli kicks ball
Astros throw-in before halftime
White Eagles freekick
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