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Result of the Sunday September 6, 2009 CSL game between Brampton Lions and London City played at Victoria Park in Brampton at 3:00pm.
Brampton Lions (all white, blue numbers)
.................00 Amardeep Kharod
6 Joao Ferreira...5 Mike Marchese...20 Daniel Cameira...4 Peter Petropanagos
9 Daniel Nascimento (cpt)...13 Agustin Demedina...10 Cameron Medwin...23 Andrew DaSilva
............19 Jeremy Shepperd...17 Alban Vuktilaj
Subs:...1 Tristan Fletcher (gk)...3 Nico Poku (def)...7 Alex Arbelo (mid)...11 Alex Julian (def)...18 Avian Singh (mid)...21 Sean Guenther
(mid)...22 Orlin Chalmers (fwd)
team officials:...head coach Armando Costa...assistant coach Pernel Mason...manager Victor Cameira...team official Phil Ionadi
London City (white socks, black shorts and numbers, red shirts)
.................31 Chris Davis
5 Jevon Vanderryden...16 Keith Smith...3 Erik Elmauer...12 Roy Beishuizen
27 Nick Belanger...6 Justin Marques...17 Andrija Botica...18 Yazan El-Shalabi
............35 Andrew Loague (cpt)...7 Alex Ponce
Subs:...4 Freddy Medina (mid)...20 Mike Vandenheuval (fwd)
team officials:...head coach Andrew Loague...manager Ryan Gauss
Game officials:...referee Silviu Petrescu...referee's assistants Andrew Wiles and Leif Maitland...fourt official David Barrie...(all black, white and yellow trim)
1st Half:...game starts 3:04pm...Lions defends south end on this warm day with a bright sun in the south west.
7 min...Lions Vuktilaj cross from 40 yards on right has goalie charge out to beat Lions Shepperd to clear ball at 20 yards.
8 min...LIons Nascimento 30 yard freekick up middle is blasted over net and back fence.
11 min...City Beishuizen blasts partially cleared freekick well high and wide left of net from 40 yards.
14 min...City Smith 60 yard freekick bounces to goalie.
15 min...Lions Nascimento gets foot in to long bouncer and chips over charging goalie wide right to net at 15 yards but ball is wide right of
goal.
16 min...Lions Vuktilaj 25 yard low shot from left is through players and picked up by goalie.
18 min...City YELLOW card...Smith for sliding tackle at City 40 yard line.
21 min...Lions Medwin initial shot blocked from 30 yards but follow up rebound from 30 yards is rolled to goalie.
24 min...Lions DaSilva from 35 yards cross to charging Lions Petropanagos elbowing player but can't connect at 20 yards on left.
25 min...Lions Nascimento cross from left cornerflag has leaping 15 yard header from Lions Sheppard that diving goalie pushes wide left of net.
26 min...Lions Demedina second cornerkick has Lions Nascimento knocked off ball on right and ball is chipped over to right.
28 min...Lions Vuktilaj cornerkick from left has Lions Nascimento head 10 yarder wide left.
29 min...Lions YELLOW card...Nascimento for argueing a freekick call he wasn't involved in. City won a freekick on high kick at City 25 yard
line.
31 min...City Botica cornerkick from left is low and closest defender clears.
33 min...Lions Medwin 30 yard blast up middle has flying goalie block on left post.
35 min...Lions Vuktilaj gets foot to ball charging to cross and 20 yard shot is wide right.
36 min...City Ponce injured at Lions 40 yard line.
39 min…Lions Jeremy Shepperd GOAL…Lions Alban Vuktilaj sends pass from 45 yards that Shepperd charges to at 30 yards down the middle and takes 15
yard shot into low left corner of net beyond sprawling goalie Chris Davis. (The City goalie drew a Yellow card for complaining about not winning an
expected offside call).
41 min...City YELLOW card...Elmauer earns it for sliding tackle at City 25 yard line.
44 min...Lions goalie charges out to clear through ball ahead of City Elmauer.
45 min...Lions Shepperd cornerkick from right has play whistled down in box.
45 min...half ends 3:49pm.
2nd Half:...starts 4:06pm.
48 min...Lions Nascimento 60 yard freekick from right has Lions Demedina on left push weak 12 yarder to goalie when pressured by defender.
49 min...Lions Shepperd 18 yard blast from left is blocked by defender.
55 min...City Elmauer is injured at City 20 yard line.
57 min...City sub...Medina replaces Ponce.
58 min...Lions Nascimento gets pass down right and chips goalie from 25 yards but it's wide left of net.
60 min...City Elmauer good sliding tackle keeps Lions Vuktilaj from cutting in from left along end line but cornerkick is conceded.
61 min...Lions Shepperd cornerkick from left is over players in box and Lions Ferreira blasts 25 yarder high of net.
63 min...Lions Demedina 30 yard freekick from left sideline has defender head ball behind right end line.
64 min...Lions Shepperd cornerkick from right has defender head ball away.
64 min...Lions goalie charges out to clear through ball before City Loague can get to it at 25 yards.
67 min...City Vuktilaj cornerkick from right has City Loague scissor kick shot from 15 yards on left and City player heads ball over net from
7 yards.
69 min...Lions DaSilva 35 yard chip down right has charging goalie catch on right edge of box.
70 min...Lions Demedina high cross from 30 yards on left has goalie catch ball in front of crowd of players.
71 min…Lions Jeremy Shepperd GOAL…Lions Alban Vuktilaj receives cross from right and his 15 yard shot is blocked. Shepperd kicks 10 yarder that
diving goalie gets body to but the shot’s momentum spins the ball over him into left corner of net.
72 min...Lions sub...Poku replaces Cameira.
75 min…City defender Roy Beishuizen was injured on the edge of the City box taking a ball in the face. He was unconscious and left the game after
being treated. City did not have a substitute for him and played the rest of the game shorthanded.
79 min...play finally resumes.
80 min...City Elmauer 65 yard freekick chip from right is caught by goalie.
81 min...Lions Nascimento betas sliding City Elmauer to get past him at 20 yards on right and can't chip fallen goalie on deke attempt at 5 yards
and hard shot delfects wide right for cornerkick on right.
86 min...Lions Shepperd low 20 yard shot from left is picked up by goalie.
87 min...Lions sub...Singh replaces DaSilva.
87 min...City player's cornerkick from left (after cornerkick from right) has goalie punch out ball.
87 min...Lions Singh long run on left and passes for to Lions Vuktilaj who has cross blocked.
88 min…Lions Daniel Nascimento GOAL…Nascimento gets through ball pass from Lions Cameron Medwin from 45 yards and from 30 yards charges up
middle and takes 12 yard shot into left side of net.
90 min...game ends 4:51pm.
Final Score:……….Brampton Lions……..3…………London City……..0……….
Attendance was less than 100 people on this hot day with a bright sun in the south west.
City had listed just two subs on their lineup. Manager Ryan Gauss said after the game he had five players out for a Croatian tournament, five out for a Poland tournament and three serving CSL suspensions and that added up to playing without six starters. Lions got by without Alex Arbelo who although listed as a substitute did not come into the game and looked in pain between the half taking kicks. Also David Guzman was serving a league suspension for elbowing a player in last week’s game.
Lions could have put this game away early but lacked the final touch or were caught offside on chance after chance. City’s patchwork lineup put up a good effort and almost got a tying goal in a flurry in the second half. They had been eliminated from playoff contention on Friday night in a home game against North York Astros.
Amardeep Kharod earned the shutout for the Lions only being called on to make a few saves but was outshone by City goalie Chris Davis who had to be aggressive breaking up plays and stopping some breakaways and forcing some shots off target.
The referee was Silviu Petrescu and he kept good control over this game. I’ve seen him referee MLS games this season and includes a game in a US city that I saw on television. He also said he was the referee for the exhibition game earlier this week between European clubs Celtic and Benfica held at BMO Field.
There was a game held before this that I caught the last 20 minutes. Brampton Lions reserves hung on to beat TFC Academy reserves 2-1. Best moment was when the Academy goalie came up into the Lions box for a cornerkick and was out jumped by the Lions goalie who could of course use his hands to catch the ball. This game had more people in attendance than the main game and more than the main TFC Academy main game against Serbian White Eagles. Maybe players of the younger Academy reserve team needed their parents to drive them to the game.
After an entire weekend of hearing from different people about the resignation of league commissioner Cary Kaplan, the consensus is this was well planned and he was pushed out. The league has different plans for the next two years. I’m really looking forward to being invited to a discussion after the season is over to the changes planned. I’ve now seen executive director Stan Adamson twice this weekend after not seeing him for months at any games.
Once again I have to thank team players and staff for helping me fill in the assists on the goals.
Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca
Lions starters
City starters
Lions set up freekick.
Lions freekick
Lions on rush.
Lions player breaks out.
Referee Sylviu Petrescu signals to start the second half.
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