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Result of the CSL game of Saturday May 30th, 2009 between Portugal FC and St Catharines Wolves played at Lamport Stadium in Toronto at 4:00pm.

Portugal FC (all white, green numbers)

..................1 Michael Silva
...........20 Dustin Chung...3 Andre Stewart...5 Giovanni Annisi (cpt)
10 Ramon Bailey...22 Taylor Lord...19 Gustavo Serrano...18 Carlos Nogueira...2 Jaroslovav Radzinski
.................. 9 Jarvin Skeete...11 Nana Amponsem

Subs:...12 Adrian Ibanez (gk)...6 Ahmed Hersi (mid)...7 Selmir Sehic (mid)...13 Aaron Thompson (??)...16 Jonathan Pacheco (??)...17 Alessandro Tavernese (??)...23 Andrew Leite (mid)
team officials:...head coach Danny Amaral...assistant coach Jaime Carvalho...manager Tony Maia

St Catharines Roma Wolves (black socks and shorts, blue shirts, red numbers)

..................1 Claudio Perri
27 Danny Gallagher...12 Geoffrey Attard...26 Matthew Stillman...6 Joe Conte
..............9 Julian Fabiane...23 Tony Mermigas...20 Matthew DiMaria
............10 Carlo Arghittu...3 Joseph DelPriore...14 Matthew Cain

Subs:...7 Brandon Jones (def)...11 Stefan Kamendy (mid)...17 Simon Murphy (mid)...19 Calvin Rosario (fwd)...22 Phillip Hull (fwd/mid)
team officials:...head coach James McGillivray...assistant coach Carlo Arghittu...manager Armand Difruscio

Game officials:...referee Gianni Fachinni...assistant referees Ken Van Dyke and Jeff Fearnall...fourth official Domenic Scali...(all black, yellow and white trim)

1st Half:...game starts 4:00pm...PFC defend south end on this mild late afternoon that had seen the area take a pregame rain..
4 min...W Conte freekick from 40 yards on left tapped back cross and shoots 40 yarder well over net.
5 min...W goalie beats PFC Skeete to header back by defender from 22 yards.
8 min...W Gallagher 45 yard shot from right bounces through players and to goalie.
9 min...PFC Lord 30 yard freekick from right is caught by unpressured goalie on right post.
12 min...PFC YELLOW card...Annisi earns this for trip of W Arghittu at PFC 45 yards.
12 min...W player's freekick from 45 yards on right is cleared from box.
13 min...PFC Annisi 60 yard chip from left has goalie beat PFC Amponsem to pick up ball on edge of box.
16 min...W Cain charges for long ball on left but defender beats him to ball.
17 min...PFC Annisi rolls pass back from 25 yards on right and goalie has to charge to punt ball away before W Arghittu can get to it.
18 min...W Gallagher cornerkick from right has nearest defender head ball away on edge of box.
21 min...W Gallagher cross from right end line 20 yards is caught by goalie.
22 min...PFC Chung 45 yard freekick from right is knocked around on edge of box.
22 min...PFC Radzinski gets 50 yard pass down left but pushes ball over end line.
24 min...PFC goalie beats W Cain to long cross to right at 6 yards.
25 min...PFC Bailey 30 yard freekick from right is bent wide left of net.
27 min...PFC Nogueira 30 yard shot up middle is caught by goalie.
30 min...W Gallagher 30 yard freekick from right is caught by goalie unchallenged.
34 min...W YELLOW card...DelPriore for pushing PFC Serrano at PFC 40 yard line.
35 min...PFC Skeete 20 yard balst from right is high over net.
37 min...W goalie gets back in net to catch cross after losing duel with PFC Skeete on right side outside box.
40 min...PFC Skeete charges on rush on right and crosses to center where W player clears for throw-in on right.
41 min...W Cain rush on right and stops around defender and bends low 20 yard kick that goalie smothers on left side of net.
43 min...PFC Radzinski rush on left after PFC Annisi pass from 40 yards and crosses from 20 yards along end line that goalie catches.
44 min...W Fabiane leads 4 on 4 rush on left side but his low cross is cleared by nearest defender.
47 min...half ends 4:47pm.

There's no halftime entertainment.

2nd Half:...starts 5:02pm.
halftime subs:...PFC Sehic replaces Chung.
....................PFC Pacheco replaces Amponsem.
48 min...W Stillman injured at PFC 40 yards.
49 min...P goalie beats W Stillman to through ball on edge of box to kick away.
52 min...P Lord 30 yard freekick on right is caught by goalie.
53 min...PFC Sehic cornerkick from right has ball cleared from box.
54 min...W Mermigas hits left post on 7 yard header. W player's rebound shot from 12 yards has defender block at 8 yards.
59 min...W Conte 35 yard freekick from right is passed back to him and his low 30 yard shot is smothered by goalie.
62 min...W Gallagher cornerkick from left has W Mermigas head ball from 8 yards and PFC Lord heads ball off goal line.
63 min...W Cain cornerkick from right has defender clear ball on edge of box.
64 min...W YELLOW card...Mermigas at PFC 30 yards for roughing.
.............PFC YELLOW card...Bailey at PFC 30 yards for roughing.
65 min...W Gallagher 30 yard freekick from right is cleared.
65 min...W sub...Rosario replaces DelPriore.
66 min...W Conte 30 yard freekick from left has defender head ball away.
68 min...PFC Serrano cornerkick from left has goalie catch but he drops ball when jostled by PFC Annisi at 5 yards. Play is whistled down.
68 min...PFC Skeete injured in W box. PFC earn a cornerkick.
71 min...W Rosario 30 yard freekick up middle has ball caught by goalie under bar.
74 min...PFC Pacheco rush up right from center line and crosses to PFC Skeete who heads from 10 yards straight into ground where ball is cleared.
74 min...PFC sub...Leite replaces Skeete.
75 min...PFC Lord cornerkick from right has nearest defender clear on right.
75 min...PFC Nogueira curves ball from 20 yards into box but cleared.
76 min...W sub...Kamendy replaces Conte.
78 min...PFC Lord 50 yard cross from right bounces to goalie as players stand around watching.
79 min...PFC Sehic 30 yard cross from left is caught by goalie.
81 min...W sub...Hull replaces Cain.
83 min...W Gallagher cornerkick from right is caught by goalie leaping in huge crowd of players.
84 min...W Rosario 12 yard roller from extreme right has ball hit outside of left post.
86 min...PFC Sehic gets ball at 25yards runs on inside of defender and then past goalie too and rolls 10 yard shot from left hits right post.
87 min...W Attard diving heads ball back to own goalie at 6 yards on cross from left.
89 min...PFC lord rolls ball up right and PFC Pacheco kick 8 yarder wide right.
92 min...PFC Radzinski 25 yard shot from left is over net.
93 min...PFC Bailey gets foot to cross from left and goalie takes it off foot at 6 yards.
93 min...game ends 5:50pm.

Final Score:…..Portugal FC………...0……………St Catharines Wolves……….0………

Attendance was only about 60 on this warm afternoon with a threat of rain looming but the game was played in either overcast or the bright sun. The field was wet from rain earlier in the game. A slight rain fell before the game started.

This game was the Rogers "Game of the Week", taped for broadcast on Rogers Community Channel later that evening.

Shutouts were earned by Mike Silva of Portugal FC and Claudio Perri of Wolves. Both had to thank their goalposts during the game. At 54 minutes Wolves Tony Mermigas hit the left post on a 7 yard header. The resulting rebound from 12 yards had a defender block the shot at 8 yards. At 86 minutes PFC sub Selmir Sehic got the ball at 25 yards and ran inside a defender and then rounded the goalie too and rolled a 10 yard shot from the left that hit the right post. Otherwise the goalies had the game in control by leaping for high crosses and smothering low shots. They both had to deal with some bad back passes by their own defenders. A tie was a fair result.

Referee Gianni Fachinni gave out very few cards as it wasn’t a rough game. PFC held a slight edge in the first half. Wolves came out flying in the second half and dominated for the first 20 minutes then the rest of the period evened out.

This was the opening game for the season for Wolves. Portugal FC earned their second tie in their two games this season.

A fan who went to last night’s game between London City and North York Astros was cancelled at the last minute AFTER a 15 minute rain storm. The German Canadian club that owns the field Cove Road decided they didn’t want their field turned into mud by letting the game go on. The Astros owner was livid about the long drive and the headaches of rescheduling. A Rogers TV crew was there to broadcast the game to the London area.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca


PFC starters


Wolves starters


PFC Giovanni Annisi with ball.


ball popped up


players jump for ball


Wolves Joe Conte takes a shot.


Wolves tightening up defense at the end to preserve the tie.

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