June 27, 2009 CSL North York Astros vs Toronto Croatia (by Rocket Robin)

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Result of the Saturday June 27, 2009 CSL game between North York Astros and Toronto Croatia played at Downsview Park in North York at 3:00pm.

North York Astros (black socks and shorts, navy shirts, yellow numbers, white trim)

..................12 Arthur Zaslavski
4 Victor Gallo...2 Christian Campanella...16 Alex Kawalit (cpt)...11 Alexandre Oran
8 Ivan Solis...20 Samir Ibrahim...14 Andrei Gapanenko...3 Shady Wahby
...........9 Nick Miodrag...10 Diego Maradona

Subs:...1 Filipe Soares (gk)...6 Alireza Nikkhou (def)...7 Joao Melo (fwd)...13 Murat Demir (mid)...15 Josue Arias (mid)...18 Nicholas Romcolthoff (def)
team officials:...head coach Vladimir Klinovsky...assistant coach Pavel Zaslavski...general manager Bruno Ierullo

Toronto Croatia (all white, blue numbers and trim)

...................1 Sandi Matika
16 Halberto Harris...13 Sven Arapovic...2 Tomislav Skara...20 Ainsley Deer
14 Braeden Krampert...5 Johnny Bustamante...11 Mario Pupic (cpt)...8 Hayden Fitzwilliams
.............7 Tommy Ples...19 Niko Pesa

Subs:...89 Marko Culjak (gk)...3 Ante Brkic (def)...15 Daniel Jankovic (fwd)...17 Nicholas Goddard (def)...18 Mario Beljo (--)...23 Tonci Pirija (mid)...21 Ryan Tawill (--)
team officials:...head coach Milodrag Akmadzic...assistant coach Alen Bukobraid...trainer/physio Rachel Leroux...team official Pino Jazbec

Game officials:...referee Dave Barrie....referee's assistants Paul Cadarino and David DiPasquale...fourth official Matt Mendonca...(all black, white and yellow trim)

1st Half:...game starts at 3:08pm...Astros defend south end on this hot, bright, sunny day with a breeze from the west. As there is no scoreboard, all times are converted from my wristwatch.
3 min...TC Bustamante 20 yard blast up middle has flying goalie push ball wide left of net.
4 min...TC Pupic cornerkick from left is knocked behind end line for another cornerkick.
4 min...TC Pupic cornerkick from left has goalie punch ball for another cornerkick.
4 min...TC Pupic cornerkick from left has goalie palm ball through box but whistle is blown.
8 min...TC player's freekick from 25 yards is low and popped off defender high and into box and ends with TC Deer blasts partial clearance that's stopped at 10 yards by defender. TC Skara is upended on a sliding tackle in box but no call no call is made.
12 min...TC Harris blast up middle from 25 yards just wide right of net.
13 min...Astros Kawalit injured at Astros 20 yard line and players take a water break.
19 min...Astros Gallo cross from near right corner lands on top of TC net.
20 min…Croatia Tommy Ples GOAL…TC Mario Pupic freekick from 25 yards on left has charging Ples run up and get foot to ball at 7 yards to tip it over goalie Arthur Zaslavski on left side of net.
23 min...Astros Wahby is injured near center line.
23 min...Astros sub...Arias replaces injured Wahby.
24 min...Astros Maradona cornerkick from right is through players in box. Astros Solis can't draw Penalty kick when he falls in TC box.
26 min...TC Fitzwilliams rolls 12 yard shot wide left after being centered pass from right.
28 min...Astros sub...Demir replaces Gapanenko.
32 min...Astros YELLOW card...Miodrag earns it for tackle on TC Fitzwilliams at 50 yards.
33 min...TC Pupic 50 yard freekick from left is caught by goalie.
34 min...Astros Kawalit sliding tackle pokes ball away from charging TC Harris inside box conceding cornerkick on the right.
36 min...TC Krampert injured at TC 50 yard line.
38 min…TC Johnny Bustamante rush up field and chips ball to TC Tommy Ples who’s pulled down in box. Referee Dave Barrie calls for a Penalty kick.
39 min…Croatia Mario Pupic GOAL…Pupic blasts a rolling penalty kick into left corner of net as goalie slides to right.
40 min...TC Krampert rush to right endline rolls cross from 15 yards and goalie dives forward to smother ball.
42 min…Croatia Niko Pesa GOAL...TC Ainsley Deer has trouble on left controlling ball at Astros 35 yard line but passes forward to TC Hayden Fitzwilliams. Fitzwilliams taps ball along to charging TC Deer who chips cross from 10 yards for Pesa to blast shot from 10 yards up middle over sprawling goalie in center of net.
43 min...TC Harris 40 yard crosss from right is well high and wide left of net.
45 min...half ends 3:55pm.

2nd Half:...starts 4:23pm.
49 min...Astros Maradona midair blast from 20 yards is wide left of post.
51 min...Astros Demir is just a step away from connecting on diving header from 5 yards around goalie but ball goes wide left of net for goalkick.
54 min...TC Bustamante 35 yard freekick from right has goalie palm ball out left side of box.
55 min...TC goalie catches 25 yard blast bounced to him.
56 min...TC Pesa slides to get 15 yard shot on left that ogalie pushes wide left of post.
57 min...TC player's 30 yard cross from lefft is wide right of net.
60 min…Astros RED card…Nick Milodrag earns his second Yellow card for slap on TC player although he was knocked down at TC 35 yard line. He picked up his first card at 28 minutes for a tackle on Hayden Fitzwilliams. I believe these were the only two cards of the game.
62 min...TC Harris injured at Astros 50 yard line.
63 min...TC Fitzwilliams passed intercepted ball at 35 yards and 15 yard shot from left is pushed wide left by flying goalie.
66 min...Astros Maradona injured at TC 25 yards.
68 min...Astros Maradona 25 yard freekick fromleft bends just over bar.
69 min...TC Bustamante 35 yard freekick bends wide left over crowd of players on edge of box.
70 min...Astros Maradona long run up right and blasts 30 yard roller wide left of net.
72 min...TC Fitzwilliams injured on sideline at TC 22 yard line.
74 min...Astros Demir 30 yard freekick onextreme right is rolled wide right of net.
75 min...TC Pupic 35 yard blast up middle is through crowd of players and leaping goalie palms ball over net.
77 min…Astros Diego Maradona GOAL…Maradona rush on right and his low 25 yard shot is under diving goalie Sandi Matika to left post.
79 min...Astros Maradona run on right centers pass and Astros Arias who's pushed over at 15 yards but wins cornerkick.
80 min...Astros Demir cornerkick from right has Astros Nikkhou (when did he come into game?) leap and head 12 yarder just over bar.
83 min…Croatia Niko Pesa GOAL…Pesa gets pass in middle of crowd of players and his 15 yard shot is into far right of net beyond flying goalie.
84 min...TC sub...Tawill replaces Pupic.
87 min...Astros sub...Romcolthoff replaces Ibrahim.
89 min...Astros Maradona steals ball from TC Brkic and races up middle and curves 20 yard shot that flying goalie at 8 yards pushes wide right of net.
90 min...TC goalie catches cornerkick from right.
91 min...Astros sub...Melo replaces Maradona.
91 min...TC goalie catches 15 yard shot popped up shot from left.
92 min...TC Bustamante pushes ball on right and TC Pless one-touches 15 yard shot that goalie pushes wide right.
93 min...TC Bustamante cornerkick from right is whistled down in box.
93 min...game ends 5:11pm.

Final Score:………….North York Astros……….1…………Toronto Croatia…………4…………

Attendance was about 50 on this very hot and sunny day with a strong cooling breeze from the west.

This game was moved from Esther Shiner Stadium to Downsview Park because of the City of Toronto workers strike. As Downsview Park is a federal government owned facility, it is not affected by the labour dispute. There are two artificial turf pitches beside each other. The western one was used today at the request of Rogers community television for broadcast this night. It would have been better for the crowd in attendance if the eastern one had been used so we wouldn’t have to squint into the sun the whole game. It’s a good thing the television tapes the game as with a 28 minute break between halves, we started to wonder whether the Astros were going to come back to play the second half. Croatia stayed on the pitch but under a tent on the sideline. The ball rolled out of bounds very easily.

Astros goalie Arthur Zaslavski had to be sharp or the score would have been much worse. Diego Maradona had a few identical runs in the second half like the one on which he scored but otherwise the Astros offence was not worth mentioning.

Astros are now all alone as the worst team in the league with a 0 win, 5 loss record. London City earned a point last night against Serbian White Eagles with a 1-1 tie for their first result of the year. Toronto Croatia rises to best team in the league with 5 wins and 1 tie in the balanced schedule.

Next game for the Astros is next Saturday at Downsview Park. This game was scheduled for this facility since the beginning of the year. As soon as these teams left the field, the TFC Academy vs. Brampton Lions game started at 5:30pm. This game had been switched from Sunday at Lamport Stadium to this facility also because of the city workers’ strike. Astros and TFC Academy were the last two teams in the league I hadn’t seen this year.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

Astros starters

Croatia starters

Croatia Ainsley Deer moves in.

Astros #14 Andrei Gapanenko on run.

Astros defenders keep ball away from Croatia's Niko Pesa

Croatia Jonny Bustamante blasts shot.

Croatia player rushes along sideline.

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