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Result of the Sunday October 5th, 2008 CSL game between North York Astros and St Catharines Wolves played at Downsview Park in North York at 3:00pm.
North York Astros (all navy, yellow numbers, white trim)
..................12 Joshua Lemos
4 Peter Petropanagos...6 Diego Benzi...16 Alex Kawalit...8 Alexandre Oran
2 Happy Hall...7 Franco Lalli...20 Josue Arias...11 Go Nagaoka
..............21 Selvin Lammie (cpt)...18 Anthony Bahadur
Subs:...1 Pablo Alvarado (gk)...3 Victor Gallo (def)...9 Brian Monticchio (fwd)...13 Omar Samuels (??)...15 Andrei Gapanenko (def)...17 Gabriel Olvera (mid)
team officials:...head coach Rafael Carbajal...assistant coach Vladimir Klinovsky...strength & conditioning coach Paolo Pacione...club official Bruno Ierullo.
St Catharines Wolves (maroon socks and shirts, black shorts, white numbers, orange trim)
...................1 Claudio Perri (cpt)
2 Mathew Dimaria...9 Yohane Moore...12 Geoffrey Attard...5 Joe Conte
7 Danny Gallagher...8 Arnaldo Magnotta...15 Tony Mermigas...18 Matthew Cain
...............3 Joseph DelPriore...14 Calvin Rogario
Subs:...10 Carlo Arghittu (fwd)...11 Stefan Kamendy (mid)...17 Simon Murphy (def)...20 Graeme McIntosh (fwd)
team officials:...head coach James McGillivray...assistant coach Carlo Arghittu...manager Armand DiFruscio...trainer/physio Angelo Pizzacalla...team official Armand DiFruscio
Game officials:...referee Dan Popescu...referee's assistants David Barrie and Alexis Vaughan...fourth official Yusri Rudolf...(neon green shirts, black shorts and socks)
1st Half:...game starts 3:12pm...Astros defend north end. As there is no scoreboard, all times are converted from my wristwatch. There are drops of rain before the game.
3 min...Astros Go Nagaoka GOAL...Astros Happy Hall 50 yard pass from right is downfield and has Astros Selvin Lammie from right at 15 yards cross ball and Nagaoka leaps to kick 7 yarder through outstretched arms of goalie Claudio Perri just under bar.
6 min...Wolves DelPriore rolls 15 yard shot is wide left of post.
9 min...Astros Alex Kawalit GOAL...Astros Go Nagaoka cornerkick from left has Astros player head ball from left 8 yards and Kawalit kicks in 6 yarder low to right post.
10 min...Astros goalie dives forward to beat through ball to Wolves DelPriore.
11 min...Astros Benzi 40 yard freekick from right has Wolves Magnotta leap in box to head ball away.
12 min...Astros Lammie 20 yard shot is over net.
12 min...Astros goalie catches defenders clearance that deflects off Wolves player at 20 yards.
13 min...Astros Lalli gets cross from left and low shot from 8 yards cleared by defender on line.
17 min...Astros Hall low cross from 20 yards on right is cleared from box by defender.
21 min...Astros Nagaoka injured at Astros 30 yard line challenging Wolves DelPriore to loose ball.
22 min...Astros Bahadur outjumps defender to flick 25 yard header forward for Astros Lammie to one-touch 10 yard shot wide left as tangled with defender.
23 min...Wolves YELLOW card...DelPriore for knock at center line.
24 min...Astros Bahadur run on right cross through goalmouth one step ahead of Astros Lammie.
27 min...Astros goalie catches popped up ball in crowd of players.
29 min...Wolves Gallagher 30 yard freekick from left after tap over is blasted well wide right and high of net.
30 min...Astros Hall injured near center line.
A bright sun comes out.
33 min...Wolves Calvin Rogario GOAL...Wolves Joseph DelPriore charges to through ball up middle but goalie Joshua Lemos slides to ball but pushes it right for Rogario to roll 20 yarder into open net eluding sliding defender.
36 min...Astros Benzi injured near center line.
37 min...Astros Benzi 50 yard freekick from right is caught by goalie.
38 min...Astros Benzi low 30 yard roller through crowd of players is wide left.
39 min...Wolves Conte 45 yard freekick from left has Wolves DelPriore from 10 yards get away off balance header caught by goalie.
40 min...Wolves Tony Mermigas GOAL...Wolves Joe Conte 45 yard freekick from left has Wolves Joseph DelPriore head ball down, he passes forward to Mermigas who rolls 10 yarder under goalie.
42 min...Wolves Magnotta cornerkick from right has Wolves Rogario blast 5 yard shot through goalmouth from left is wide left and deflected for cornerkick.
43 min...Wolves Magnotta from right is over players in box.
44 min...Wolves Magnotta 15 yard shot from right is caught by goalie.
45 min...Wolves Magnotta 15 yard low shot through crowd has diving goalie have ball squeeze through his hands but he crawls and smothers ball on goal line.
45 min...Wolves goalie beats Astros Lammie to through ball on right edge of box.
46 min...half ends 3:58pm.
2nd Half:...starts 4:27pm (an extended halftime because the dressing rooms were so far away).
Astros sub...Olvera replaces Petropanagos.
52 min...Wolves Magnotta injured on Astros edge of box.
53 min...Wolves Magnotta cornerkick from right has Wolves Mermigas skip and knock ball over net.
54 min...Astros Lalli gets pass on cross through box that goalie saves point blank.
55 min...Astros Nagaoka cornerkick from right has defender knock ball wide right.
55 min...Astros Nagaoka cornerkick from right has Wolves Attard head ball away.
57 min...Astros Oran 25 yard shot is over net after kick around after freekick.
60 min...Wolves Rogario 20 yard freekick is blocked by player in wall.
60 min...Wolves Rogario gets cross from left and goalie deflects 5 yard point blank shot over net.
61 min...Wolves Rogario heads in 5 yarder but play is called offside.
62 min...Wolves sub...Kamendy replaces Cain.
63 min...Astros Nagaoka heads 7 yarder from right tha bounces to goalie.
64 min...Wolves Gallagher cross from 22 yards on right has Wolves DelPriore lead over net from 6 yards.
65 min...Wolves DelPriore run down middle, dekes goalie at 10 yards but defender causes him to push ball over end line for cornerkick.
66 min...Astros Lalli cross from 20 yards has goalie catch in front of Astros Cain waiting for 3 yard header.
68 min...Wolves sub...Arghittu replaces Dimaria.
...........Astros sub...Samuels replaces Lalli.
69 min...Wolves DelPriore heads ball wide of goal from 8 yards.
70 min...Wolves Conte 20 yard freekick from right taps ball over for charging Wolves Magnotta for blast is low and wide right.
72 min...Astros goalie beats Wolves Gallagher to through ball on right.
73 min...Wolves Arghittu 30 yard freekick from left is low and goalie dives forward to catch.
75 min...Wolves Conte 25 yard freekick deflects off defender is wide right.
76 min...Wolves Magnotta cornerkick from right has Wolves player head ball into side netting on left from 5 yards.
77 min...Astos Nagaoka 40 yard freekick from left is caught by goalie drifting right.
78 min...Astros Lammie checked inside Wolves box but no Penalty kick given on knock down.
79 min...Astros Oran 40 yard freekick from right has defender head ball away.
80 min...Wolves Gallagher cross from 20 yards on right has goalie palm ball through box to have Wolves player miss header.
81 min...Wolves sub...McIntosh replaces Gallagher.
82 min...Astros Nagaoka rolls cross from left and Astors Arias kicks 25 yarder just over bar.
83 min...Astros Oran 30 yard spinner down middle bends high and wide left.
84 min...Wolves Attard 55 yard freekick has defender head ball away on edge of box.
84 min...Wolves player's 60 yard freekick has goalie catch bouncer wide right on net. Astros goalie is injured on clearance.
87 min...Wolves Stefan Kamendy GOAL...Wolves Arnaldo Magnotta cornerkick from right has Kamendy in crowd of players head 10 yarder into top left corner of net.
88 min...Astros YELLOW card...Lammie for knock at Wolves 30 yard line.
89 min...Astros Nagaoka 28 yard freekick from left has defender head ball away.
90 min...Astros sub...Gapanenko replaces Lammie.
............Wolves sub...Murphy replaces Conte.
91 min...Wolves Magnotta 40 yard freekick from left has Wolves McIntosh head 15 yarder that's caught by goalie under bar.
93 min...game ends 5:15pm.
At some time after their first Yellow until the end of the game Wolves Conte picked up a Yellow card for unsportsmanlike conduct.
Final Score:..........North York Astros.......2........St Catharines Wolves.......3.........
Attendance was about 80 on this warm day with a threat of rain that never took place once the game started. In fact there was a bright sun for part of the game. This game was rescheduled from the Astros regular home park of Esther Shiner Stadium. Downsview Park is part of the old Downsview military base which is now a huge park. There were still a few private cargo planes taking off on a nearby runaway. A park official said the Field-turf was only installed a month ago.
The game was held as part of a Fall Fair and admission was free but they couldn’t bait people from giving up playing Ultimate Frisbee at the other Field-turf field beside this one, the kite flying display in the parking lot, nor the bazaar in the open field on the other side of this field. The game had a 29 break between halves as the reasoning was the change rooms were quite a walk away. There was no scoreboard installed at this park. Early arrivals were given a souvenir t-shirt of Downsview Park.
Astros started off great and dominated for the first 30 minutes but after that it was all Wolves who had to win this game to earn the last playoff spot on the last day of the regular season. Astros had made the playoffs a few weeks ago. Both teams played hard with some rough checks thrown and referee Dan Popescu had to give out two Yellow cards each.
Wolves Joseph DelPriore had about six chances on his own to score the winner as he was most effective running up the middle. Neither team liked the referee’s assistants as they frequently were complaining about offside calls being made or missed but at least it was equal on both teams.
Wolves win allows them to overtake Windsor Border Stars and clinch the 8th and final playoff spot. They now travel to the league champs Trois-Rivieres Attak next weekend for the one game quarter final. Astros most likely will most likely to play the Serbian White Eagles as a road team next weekend as they finished 6th.
The Wolves had made it tough on themselves with only earning a tie in their last home game against last place London City who finished the season with no wins for the season. That result left the Wolves in the position of absolutely having to win today.
Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca
Astros starters
Wolves starters
Astros Peter Petropanagos rushes upfield
Wolves Matthew Cain and Astros Happy Hall battle for bound.
Wolves Joe Conte gets ready to take freekick.
Wolves players celebrate their win.
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