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Result of the Friday October 3rd, 2008 CSL game between Toronto Croatia and TFC Academy played at Hershey Centre in Mississauga at 8:00pm.
Toronto Croatia (blue socks, white shorts and numbers, red shirts)
.........................21 Roy Blanche
16 Halburto Harris...4 Nikolas Godar...30 Tom Granic...2 Sven Arapovic...3 Ante Brkic
.............23 Tonci Pirija...11 Mario Pupic (cpt)...8 Hayden Fitzwilliams
..............18 David Kadoic...10 Tihomir Maletic
Subs:...12 Mario Culjac (gk)...5 Jonatan Bustamante...7 Tommy Ples...13 Robert Fran...14 Nikica Pavic...19 Joseph Philip
team officials...head coach Miroslav Buljan...manager Tom Granic...physio Rachel Leroux
TFC Academy (gray socks and shirts, red shorts, black numbers)
..................50 Jarrett Humphreys
46 Donavan Wilson...33 Gino Mauro...43 Dominic Roberts (cpt)...31 Ashtone Morgan
29 Eros Olazabal...40 Daniel DiBiago...38 Erick Olazabal...32 Kacey D'Mello
.................27 Julio Alegre...49 Viktor Anastasov
Subs:...25 Sotiri Varlokostas (gk)...34 Matt Marsh (mid)...41 Junior Ellis (fwd)...42 Lloyd Grist (mid)...44 Matt Stinson (mid)
team officials:...head coach Jason Bent...manager Nick Dasovic...trainer/physio Sebastian Buitrago...team official Earl Cochrane
Game officials:...referee Dave Barrie...referee's assistants Peter Pendli and Matt Arduini...fourth official Alexis Vaughan...(neon green shirts, black shorts and socks)
1st Half:...game starts 8:08pm...TC defends north end on this cold night with a strong wind from the north...There is no scoreboard here so all times are kept from my wristwatch.
1 min...TC Fitzwilliams injured near TFCA 45 yards and TC rush carries on with sliding poke check near end line by defender.
3 min...TFCA Eros Olazabal eludes TC Arapovic on right end line and crosses over players in box.
6 min...TC Pupic cornerkick from left has nearest defender block. TC Harris injured on edge of TFCA box on 50/50 ball as both players kick at once.
10 min...TC Pupic 35 yard freekick from right is tipped wide left for cornerkick.
11 min...TC Pupic cornerkick has nearest defender head ball for another cornerkick.
11 min...TC Pupic cornerkick from left has goalie palm ball through box.
12 min...TFCA Anastasov on break is caught by defender at 25 yards before he's able to get away shot.
12 min...TC Brkic on run down left and center ball behind TC Maletic.
13 min...TC Pupic cornerkick is caught by goalie.
15 min...TFCA YELLOW card...Morgan for knock at TFCA 35 yard line sideline.
16 min...TFCA goalie charges out to clear through ball.
18 min…Croatia Tihomir Maletic GOAL…Maletic gets pass from 40 yards on right and from 15 yards turns TFCA Ashtone Morgan inside out and shoots low blast down middle from 12 yards into left corner of net.
19 min...TC Maletic low 20 yard shot up middle is saved by sprawling goalie.
20 min...TC Pupic 40 yard freekick down middle is well wide right.
21 min...TC Fitzwilliams long run on left and 12 yard shot from left end line has goalie push ball through box.
22 min...TFCA goalie catches bouncer ahead of charging TC Brkic.
23 min...TC goalie beats TFCA Anastasov to through ball on right to pick up.
24 min...TC YELLOW card...Pupic for tackle on TFCA Erick Olazabal in center circle.
27 min...TC Pupic 40 yard freekick has TFCA defender head ball over own net.
29 min...TC Pupic cornerkick from left has ball fall in box but defender clears.
30 min...TC Pupic 22 yard shot through crowd of players has goalie smother.
31 min...TFCA Morgan 40 yard freekick chip has defender in box block ball and clear.
33 min...Good TFCA pressure has TC defenders block shots but only partially clear.
36 min...TFCA Erick Olazabal cornerkick from left has goalie leap but palm ball up and defender clears.
37 min...TC Brkic makes good save on TFCA players cross into box.
39 min...TFCA Alegre run on right and 15 yard shot has goalie palm over net.
40 min...TFCA Roberts cornerkick from right is only partially cleared and TFCA Mauro blasts 20 yard shot wide right of net.
43 min...TC Kadoic injured at TC 30 yard line.
45 min...TFCA Erick Olazabal 35 yard freekick from left has ball deflect wide right for cornerkick.
46 min...TFCA Roberts cornerkick from right is short and TFCA Erick Olazabal hits 18 yarder just over bar.
47 min...TC Fiztwilliams heads cross wide right from 5 yards.
48 min...half ends 8:56pm.
2nd Half:...starts 9:15pm.
halftime subs:...TFCA Marsh replaces Wilson.
............TC Fran replaces Granic.
47 min...TFCA Alegre low 20 yard shot has diving goalie bobble ball but grab it before rebound could be played.
48 min...TFCA DiBiago ends TFCA pressure with 15 yard shot over TC bar.
49 min...TFCA Marsh cross after run down left and TC Fran blocks ball into TC box.
50 min...TC Maletic 22 yard freekick is low from near right corner and goalie catches.
55 min...TFCA Alegre turns takes 18 yard shot that's wide left.
56 min...TFCA Marsh rush down left and cross through box and TFCA Eros Olazabal misses stopping for 5 yard shot.
56 min...TC Kadoic and TFCA Morgan and TFCA goalie crash on edge of TFCA box but all end up okay.
58 min...TC Fitzwilliams low cross from left and TC Maletic is ruled offside on 5 yard point blank shot.
59 min...TFCA Alegre turns and spins for 25 yard shot up middle that rolls wide left.
60 min...TC Maletic pushes ball up middle to left for TC Brkic to kick 12 yarder on left that has goalie make point blank save.
61 min...TC sub...Bustamante replaces Kadoic.
64 min...TFCA sub...Ellis replaces Eros Olazabal.
65 min...TC goalie charges to edge of box to catch bouncer.
66 min...TFCA Anastasov 15 yard header on cross from right has TC goalie dive to right post to save. Anastasov is injured on this play.
67 min...TFCA DiBiago kicks 5 yarder into net but he's ruled offside after TFCA Erick Olazabal 40 yard freekick finds DiBiago in alone in box.
68 min...TFCA sub...Stinson replaces DiBiago.
69 min...TC Bustamante 30 yard freekick from right has defender head ball away.
70 min...TFC Erick Olazabal 40 yard blast down middle over crowd of players and ball is wide and high left.
72 min...TC Maletic pushes ball through defenders and taps over to TC Fitzwilliams and TFCA goalie charges out to block and ball deflects back off Fitzwilliams wide right of post.
73 min...TC Bustamante throw-in. Ball is recrosses through box and TC players can't get away a shot.
75 min...TC Brkic good dribbling up left wing and he pushes pass to TC Fitzwilliams who has charging goalie save point bland shot.
76 min...TFCA Stinson chips ball from 30 yards has TFCA player miss header and TC goalie catches.
78 min...TFCA YELLOW card...Erick Olazabal injures TC Bustamante in center circle.
79 min...TFCA sub...Grist replaces Morgan.
79 min...TFCA Roberts 40 yard freekick blast down middle is stopped on edge of box.
80 min…TFCA Viktor Anastasov GOAL…TFCA Max Marsh runs along left end line and dekes TC Robert Fran and passes into goalmouth for Anastasov to shoot a low 3 yard tap-in to left corner of net behind goalie Roy Blanche
81 min...TC YELLOW card...Harris for retaliataion to knock down he received in TFCA box.
83 min...TC YELLOW card...Bustamante for trip on TFCA Roberts.
84 min...TC sub...Ples replaces Brkic.
85 min...TC Harris cross from right is over players in box.
85 min...TFCA Erick Olazabal 40 yard blast down middle well over net. TC Arapovic is injured at TC 35 yard sideline.
86 min...TFCA goalie charges out to clear through ball.
88 min...TFCA YELLOW card...D'Mello for foul near center circle.
89 min…Croatia Hayden Fitzwilliam GOAL…TC Tommy Ples pushes pass from left that has Fitzwilliam charge and kick in from 5 yards to left post over sprawling goalie Jarrett Humphreys.
91 min...TFCA Alegre 20 yard blast is wide left.
92 min...TFCA Erick Olazabal cornerkick from left has ball partially cleared but TFCA Marsh can't get away shot from 22 yards.
94 min...TFCA Erick Olazabal has 40 yard cross from left is caught by goalie as whistle blown.
94 min…game ends.
Final Score:……..Toronto Croatia…….2………TFC Academy………..1………..
Attendance was about 150 on this cold night with a strong wind from the north. Fans were divided between Croatia loyalists and TFCA parents. Some hecklers for Croatia were actually louder than the parents. Parkas and winter boots were recommended for everyone to keep warm. There had been a few drops of rain on the drive here but none fell for the length of the game.
Referee Dave Barrie game out some Yellow cards in the second half to keep the game under control.
Hayden Fitzwilliam played as one of the forwards tonight rather than his usual winger spot. He was fed the ball numerous times but TFCA goalie Jarrett Humphreys made some good point blank saves until the end of the game. TFCA players dominated at times during the second half to get the tying goal and a tie game would have been a fair result. Croatia goalie Roy Blanche played well also although it looked like TFCA players were trying to chip his rather short stature.
The way the schedule was set up, the first game of the season had these two teams play the league’s season opener and TFC Academy beat Toronto Croatia (last year’s champions but missing some key players early in the season) 1-0 in a huge upset which got me predicting great things for the TFCA. This game had the Academy out of the playoffs (10th out of 11 in the league) against Croatia who with one more game to go have a chance to rise to 2nd or 3rd and avoid a road trip to 1st place Trois-Rivieres Attak in the semi-finals.
Rocket Robin
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Croatia starters
Academy starters
TFCA's #27 Julio Alegre ready to start the game.
in game action
TFCA #29 Eros Olazabal rush near sideline
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