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Result of the Friday September 18th, 2009 CSL game between Portugal FC and London City played at Lamport Stadium in Toronto at 8:00pm.
Portugal FC (all white, green numbers)
.........................1 Mike Silva
5 Giovanni Annissi (cpt)...3 Andre Stewart...19 Gustavo Serrano...2 Jaroslaw Radzinski
9 Joseph Philip...18 Biruk Nida...17 Jaime Carvalho...8 Carlos Nogueira
.................11 Danny Amaral...16 Jonathan Pacheco
Subs:...6 martin Bravetto (mid)...22 Darcy Lenton (fwd)...13 Jarvin Skeete (fwd)
team officials:...head coach Danny Amaral...assistant coach jaime Carvalho...manager Tony Maia...trainer/physio Amanda Pereira...team official Isac Cambas
London City (white socks and numbers, black shorts and shirts)
........................1 Scott Mueller
16 Keith Smith...5 Jevon Vanderreydin...7 Carson Green...13 Sergio Siguenza
11 Nick Belanger...14 Nasser Zabian...10 Vazan El-Shalabi...35
....................6 Justin Marques...26 Zack Mackenzie
Subs:...31 Chris Davis (28 as an outfield player)...8 Genti Dervishi (mid)...19 Rykker Nyberg (mid)
team officials:...head coach Andrew Loague...manager Ryan Gauss
Game officials:...referee Silviu Petrescu...referee's assistants Jeff Fearnall and Alexis Vaughan...fourth official Vito Curalli...(yellow shirts, black shorts and socks)
1st Half:...game starts 8:17pm...PFC defend south end...it's dark already on this cool night and the spotlights aren't enough or bright enough to enlighten the field.
1 min...PFC Nogueira 30 yard blast through crowd is well over net on ball rolled to middle from right.
2 min...City Smith bounces 50 yarder through crowd of players from right that goalie stops on bounce wide left of net.
3 min...PFC forward kicks in 3 yarder after pass from PFC Philip but play called back.
6 min...PFC Serrano 25 yard freekick from left has goalie palm ball over net.
7 min...PFC Philip receives corner from left and 20 yard shot from left is wide right.
9 min...City Marques 25 yard shot from right deflects off defender for cornerkick on left.
13 min...City sub...Nyberg replaces Siguenza.
14 min...City Marques 40 yard chip from right bounces to goalie.
14 min...City Marques cornerkick from right has defender chest ball away and pass for breakout.
17 min...City Smith injured at City 35 yards. Back up goalie Chris Davis puts on the #28 outfielder jersey but doesn't come into the game.
20 min...PFC Carvalho injured in collision at PFC 40 yards.
22 min...PFC Nogueira rolls ball forward to PFC Philip who has goalie beat him.
22 min...PFC Nogueira 15 yard roller up middle is stopped by goalie.
23 min...PFC Philip short cross from right endline 15 yards has PFC Amaral quick 12 yard shot stopped by goalie.
25 min...PFC Serrano 35 yard freekick from left has PFC Amaral charge and be offside from 15 yards.
28 min...PFC Carvalho 25 yard blast well wide right of net through crowd of players.
31 min...City player 35 yard blast over crowd of players is well high and wide right of net.
32 min...PFC Amaral rush to get ball on left and cross from 15 yards has PFC Philip not able to turn 5 yard header.
33 min...PFC Serrano chips in 35 yard freekick from left which charging goalie beats charging PFC Carvalho to grab on left side of box.
37 min...City sub...Dervishi replaces El-Shalabi.
41 min...PFC Nogueira rush on right dekes defender at 10 yards that goalie gets hand to push wide right of net.
42 min...PFC Nogueira cornerkick from right has charging PFC Annissi knee ball wide right of short right side of net.
43 min...PFC Serrano 40 yard blast down middle well over crowd of players and high wide right of net.
46 min...half ends 9:03pm.
2nd Half:...9:16pm.
halftime sub:...PFC Lenton replaces Pacheco.
45 min...PFC Amaral rush on left and rolls pass to center where PFC Serrano blasts 30 yarder wide right of net.
49 min...PFC Philip has 20 yard shot near right endline that's deflected for cornerkick on right.
50 min...PFC Amaral chip from 20 yards on left endline is caught by goalie.
51 min...PFC Nogueira chips 25 yard cross from left that bounces right for goalkick before PFC Amaral can get to it.
53 min...PFC Serrano gets pass from left at 20 yards and blasts shot that hits bar and PFC Amaral blasts 15 yard rebound wide right.
55 min...PFC Lenton cross from left 20 yards has PFC Amaral trip at 10 yards and goalie picks up ball at 8 yards.
57 min...PFC Lenton injured in face chasing defender waiting for ball to roll over end line for goalkick.
59 min...City Loague 25 yard low shot from right has goalie stop.
60 min...City Loague dekes goalie but shoots wide into webbing of net from 15 yards but offside called.
61 min...PFC Serrano cornerkick from right has PFC Nogueira one-touch 15 yard scissor kick well over net.
62 min...PFC Carvalho cross from 20 yards on left has PFC Amaral not able to stop it for 10 yard shot.
64 min...PFC Serrano long cross from 30 yards on right drifts behind net.
65 min...PFC Lenton 22 yard blast from left is well over net.
68 min...PFC Serrano 22 yard blast is well over back fence.
69 min...City Dervishi 30 yard cross from right has goalie catch wide left of net.
70 min...PFC sub...Brovetto replaces Amaral. (or at least this is the point where I noticed the sub)
72 min...PFC Serrano cornerkick from right cleared from box and PFC players can't keep ball in.
73 min...PFC Carvalho cornerkick from right has PFC Annissi blast 12 yard shot over net.
74 min...PFC Nogueira blasts 8 yard shot over net.
76 min…PFC Jaime Carvalho GOAL…PFC Jaroslaw Radzinski rush on left 15 yards wide of net centers cross that Carvalho even with right post kicks in 5 yarder to right side of net with goalie Scott Mueller forced to guard the center of goal.
77 min...City goalie charges out to smother through ball ahead of charging PFC Nogueira on right.
79 min...City Vanderreydin 45 yard freekick down middle has defender head away on edge of box.
81 min...PFC Lenton given ball around defender at 15 yards and knocks shot into goalie while trying to get around him at 5 yards and falls on goalie and referee blows whistle.
82 min...PFC Philip injured and helped off field in City end.
84 min...City Dervishi(?) 40 yard freekick from right is caught by goalie as he's crashed into and play whistled down.
90 min...PFC Lenton gets errant goalkick charges up left and blasts 15 yarder wide right of net.
91 min...PFC Lenton has goalie beat him to through ball in box and both avoid crashing at 8 yards.
91 min...PFC Nida gets pass on leftg and rolls 12 yarder wide right of net.
92 min...game ends 10:03pm.
Final Score:……Portugal FC……..1…………London City………..0……….
Attendance was about 50 for this game but swelled to almost double that later with permit holders ready to play in the U-Sector league game. The evening was cool with the smart fans wearing thick coats for the falling temperatures. The stadium has its score clock working again after a few games of it being broken.
Referee Silviu Petrescu was the head official for this game in what was not a rough game. Both teams were called for a lot of offsides.
Portugal FC had dozens of chances but their shots were off target or saved by the goalie Scott Mueller. Best chances were at 41 minutes when PFC Carlos Nogueira rushed along right and deked a defender at 10 yards and on his shot that Mueller got a hand to and pushed wide right of net. At 53 minutes PFC Gustavo Serrano got a pass from the left at 20 yards and blasted a shot that hit the bar and PFC Danny Amaral blasted the 15 yard rebound wide right of the net. At 73 minutes, Jaime Carvalho took a cornerkick from the right and PFC Giovanni Annissi blasted a 12 yard shot over the net. At 81 minutes PFC Darcy Lenton received a ball behind the last defender at 15 yards and he bumped into Mueller trying to get around him at 5 yards and he fell on the goalie and the referee blew the whistle.
Portugal will not be getting anywhere near that number of scoring chances in their playoff games. They had a kind fan behind the back fence fetch a ball that crossed through the almost empty parking lot and just when he threw it back over the fence, another shot was blasted behind the fence. That was twice within five minutes. It will be two games and out if PFC play like that again.
Mike Silva earned the shutout for Portugal without being tested much.
Both teams only brought three subs. London used up two of them within the first half and almost had to use their substitute goalie, Chris Davis, as an outfield player when defender Keith Smith was injured at 17 minutes but Smith recovered on the sideline and returned to finish the game. I have no idea why PFC would have so few substitutes for a home game.
This was the last game of the regular season for both teams. London had been eliminated from the playoffs many weeks ago. Portugal clinched a spot a week ago and with tonights win rise from eighth to sixth place in the standings although they could be knocked back down depending on game results later this weekend. Every team wants to avoid the traveling expenses to Quebec and unbeaten-at-home record of Trois-Rivieres Attak.
City manager Ryan Gauss is already planning for next year. He said they have interest from players currently from local teams from around London and some players who want to finish their playing days on London City.
Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca
Portugal starters
City starters
Portugal Gustavo Serrano takes freekick.
PFC starts rush
wait for freekick near sideline
City goalie Scott Mueller rolls ball to defender.
City rush
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