Result of the Tuesday November 15, 2011 game between Canada and St Kitts and Nevis World Cup Qualifier held at BMO Field in Toronto at 7:00.

Canada (red socks and shirts, black shorts, white trim)

.....................22 Kenny Stamatopoulos
2 Nik Ledgerwood...5 Adam Straith...15 David Edgar...17 Ashtone Morgan
8 Will Johnson...20 Patrice Bernier...14 Dwayne De Rosario (cpt)...11 Josh Simpson
............9 Tosaint Ricketts...16 Olivier Occean

Subs:...1 Lars Hirschfeld (gk)...3 Mike Klukowski (def)...4 Nana Attakora (def)...6 Julian de Guzman (mid)...10 Simeon Jackson (fwd)...12 Jon Beaulieu-Bourgault (mid)...13 Ante Jazic (mid)
head coach Stephen Hart...assistant coach Tony Fonseca...goalkeeper coach Paul Dolan...video coordinator Victor Mendes...manager Morgan Quarry ...equipment manager Mike Moretto...equipment assistant Ryan Bedic

St Kitts and Nevis (all green, white numbers and shoulders)

.....................1 Akil Byron
16 Joel Jeffers...13 Thrizen Leader...4 Kareem Mitchum...2 Kareem Harris
15 Errol O'Loughlin...3 Gerard Williams...7 George Isaac...9 Akil Grier
................11 Keith Gumbs (cpt)...10 Ian Lake

Subs:...18 Juliani Archibald (gk)...5 Matthew Berkeley...6 Orlando Mitchum...8 Alexis Saddler...12 Joeski Williams...14 Tiran Hanley ...17 Mudassa Howe...19 Devaughn Elliot...22 Terrance Warde
head coach Clinton Percival

Game officials:...referee Ricardo Cerda Sanchez...referee's assistants Warner Castro Leon and Osvaldo Luna Gutierrez ...fourth official Jeffrey Solis Calderone...(all black uniforms, yellow trim)...all from Costa Rica.

1st Half:...game starts 7:10pm...Canada defends north end on this cool evening.
40 sec...Can Ricketts crosses from 25 yards on right and defender heads ball away in middle of box at 10 yards.
2 min...StK Isaac on rush has Can Edgar partially block 15 yard kick for cornerkick.
3 min...StK Isaac cornerkick on right has nearest defender, Can Ricketts clears ball from box.
4 min...Can Ricketts checked off ball near edge of StK box.
4 min...Can Ledgerwood low cross from 22 yards on right has StK defender Kareem Mitchum retreat to block and clear ball at 15 yards.
6 min...Can Ricketts on right cuts diagonal and rolls cross that goalie dives forward to smother ahead of sliding Can Occean.
6 min...Can Morgan crosses from 35 yards on left and Can Occean and StK Kareem Mitchum hurt in crash of heads on Occean's 12 yard header down middle that's high and wide left of goal.
7 min...Can Occean taps pass forward from 22 yards to Can Ricketts who rolls shot from 15 yards on right through defender's legs but goalie smothers.
8 min...StK Jeffers 28 yard shot from right is well over net.
9 min...Can Morgan cross from 25 yards on left has defender head ball away from middle of box preventing Can Occean from getting to it. Can DeRosario can't get away good shot from edge of box when ball drops.
9 min...Can DeRosario receives long pass but surrounded by four defenders and pushes ball over end line.
10 min...Can Morgan low cross from 25 yards is stopped and cleared by StK Kareem Mitchum in box.
11 min...Can Ledgerwood flips over StK Harris on rush on right edge of StK box when he tries to blast shot from 15 yards on right.
13 min...Can Ricketts gets long low pass upfield on right and crosses low through the box where StK defender stops Can DeRosario blasts partial clearance from 18 yards on right low and wide right of goal.
14 min...StK Lake has Can Ledgerwood's check but gets by him as Ledgerwood falls and rolls pass from left end line to center where StK Isaac hits left goalpost on 18 yard shot up middle after his first shot was blocked by sliding defender Can Morgan near edge of box.
15 min...StK YELLOW card...Kareem Mitchum earns it for jumping and swating ball with his hand at StK 30 yards.
16 min...Can Edgar blasts low 30 yard freekick into player wall at 20 yards.
17 min...Can Simpson cross near left cornerflag has Can Ricketts in crowd of players in box pop 10 yard header well over net.
19 min...Can Ricketts rush on right and crosses from 20 yards near end line over players in the box.
20 min...Can Simpson gets ball at 50 yards on left sideline and runs diagonally towards goal, pushes ball forward for Can DeRosario at 35 yards who backheels ball back to him and he continues run to middle and rolls pass from 30 yards over to right for Can Ricketts to right and from 10 yards blasts low shot into side webbing of net.
21 min...Can Simpson on left side of box has 12 yard shot blocked but earns cornerkick.
22 min...Can Johnson cornerkick from left has nearest defender head away.
22 min...Can Simpson cross from 20 yards on left just steps ahead of two Can players charging at 7 yards. StK Kareem Mitchum hurt in box.
26 min...Can Ledgerwood cross from 15 yards on right wins cornerkick on header.
26 min...Can DeRosario cornerkick from right has Can Straith jump and flub kick downward from 12 yards and ball bounces off grass and defender heads it over end line from 4 yards.
26 min...Can Olivier Occean GOAL...Can Dwayne DeRosario cornerkick from right has Can Will Johnson kick 22 yarder up middle and sliding Can Occean directs ball from even with left post into right side of net from 5 yards.
28 min...Can Simpson pushes pass from 30 yards forward to Can Occean on left who shoots low around defender from 18 yards that diving goalie stops and crawls to smother.
29 min...Can DeRosario flubs shot from 8 yards from left wide left that StK Kareem Mitchum had chested down cross from Can Simpson from 30 yards from left.
31 min...Can Edgar makes huge poke check to stop StK Lake on edge of Can box on right.
31 min...Can Occean on run down left sideline rolls cross from 25 yards on left that StK Kareem Mitchum blocks at 10 yards but Can Simpson has 18 yard rebound shot blocked on left by sliding Mitchum at 10 yards.
33 min...Can Ledgerwood passes to Can Ricketts upfield on right and StK Harris drags him down for Penalty kick at 12 yards.
35 min...Can Dwayne DeRosario GOAL...DeRosario blasts Penalty kick to left side of net that flying goalie Akil Byron gets hand to but pushes into left corner of net..
36 min...Can Ricketts overruns ball up middle at 16 yards.
40 min...StK Isaac cornerkick from right has StK Grier head 15 yarder from right just wide high right of net.
40 min...Can Ledgerwood upended by check from StK Harris at 40 yards on right after he'd passed away ball.
41 min...Can DeRosario 40 yard freekick from right has goalie punch away in crowd of players at 7 yards. The goalie was injured on the play and needed treatment. The play was whistled down when the ball was worked back into the box. The play resumed at 45 minutes with a StK defender given and uncontested freekick from insdie the StK box.
46 min...Can Straith pops pass over and Can Occean 13 yard bicycle kick is wide left of goal. His leg almost struck Can Edgar who was also going for ball.
47 min...Can Simpson rush on left and cross into box from 15 yards has StK Jeffers head cross behind end line for cornerkick.
48 min...Can Josh Simpson GOAL...Can Will Johnson cornerkick from left has Simpson on left in front of crowd of players head 3 yarder into left side of net that goalie gets hand to but deflects into net.
49 min...half ends 7:59pm.

Halftime Entertainment. Reps from State Farm Insurance threw shirts to the fans.

2nd Half:...starts 8:15pm.
48 min...Can Occean rush on right crosses and StK defender concedes cornerkick. StK Isaac is injured near center line earlier in the play and is eventually stretchered off.
50 min...Can DeRosario cornerkick from right has Can Ricketts leap for header at 12 yards down middle and pop ball onto top or net.
52 min...Can Edgar outjumps StK Gumbs to head high ball away just inside Can box.
53 min...Can Simpson dekes defender on left side but cross from 25 yards has another defender leap and head ball out of StK box at 12 yards.
53 min...StK YELLOW card...Grier earns it for tripping of Can Johnson at StK 50 yard line after he'd passed away ball. A pushing match ensures between players of both teams.
54 min...Can Simpson cross from 25 yards on left has Can Occean stop and kick 12 yarder midair that bounces wide of right post but diving goalie stops it anyway.
55 min...Can Simpson heads ball downward from 8 yards and bounces ball over net after Can Occean crosses in from right end line.
56 min...Can Simpson cross from 28 yards on left is over box.
57 min...StK sub...Berkeley replaces Lake.
.........StK sub...Hanley replaces Grier.
59 min...Can Ricketts rush down right and 25 yard cross is caught by goalie in front of crowd of players.
62 min...Can Simpson slides rolls ball along left end line but goalie waits for it and Can Ricketts knocks ball over end line for goalkick.
62 min...Can DeRosario keeps ball in play on left end line, dekes defender and rolls ball into middle of box but other defenders clear.
63 min...Can Ricketts 10 yard shot from right is blocked by defender and cleared.
63 min...StK sub...Orlando Mitchum replaces Isaac.
64 min...Can Ricketts charges forward on right to head 10 yard wide right of net on Can Ledgerwood cross from 25 yards on right sideline.
65 min...Can Occean on rush when defender messes up header at 40 yards and wins cornerkick when goalie and another defender squeeze together to knock away ball at 12 yards.
65 min...Can DeRosario cornerkick from left has ball deflect back to him and his 20 yard cross deflects off StK player's shouler and is cleared from box.
69 min...Can sub...Jackson replaces Occean.
.........Can sub...Attakora replaces Ledgerwood.
69 min...Can YELLOW card...Morgan earns it for a sliding tackle on StK Orlando Mitchum injurying him at Can 40 yard line.
70 min...StK Jeffers 45 yard freekick from right has defenders clear before ball is close to the box.
71 min...Can Ricketts 15 yard low shot from right through players in box is wide right of net.
74 min...Can DeRosario has his centering pass intercepted in the StK box (instead of taking a shot himself).
74 min...Can Simpson cross from 15 yards on left is caught by goalie. StK Harris is injured at StK 28 yard line on check by Can Attakora plowing into him.
77 min...Can Attakora rush on right and cross is low and has three Can players miss connecting in StK box.
80 min...Can sub...Beaulieu-Bourgault replaces Bernier.
80 min...Can Jackson runs towards center from right on dribble and cuts 18 yard shot up middle that goalie catches.
81 min...StK Harris cuts down Can Ricketts on right edge of box and Ricketts wins freekick.
83 min...Can DeRosario 20 yard freekick on right edge of box has goalie punch ball away then fall down injured.
83 min...Can Attakora YELLOW card...Attakora drew it for plowing into goaltender on jump for ball at 6 yards.
84 min...Can Jackson pushes ball to Can Johnson into box behind him when Johnson turns he stumbles and ball rolls out for cornerkick.
85 min...Can Johnson cornerkick from left is over players in box.
85 min...StK Hanley blasts 33 yard down middle wide right of net.
87 min...Can Tosaint Ricketts GOAL...Can Ashtone Morgan taps pass to left for Can Josh Simpson who crosses ball in from 25 yards on left sideline and ball bounces through box. Can DeRosario gets to ball on right and takes 10 yard low shot that's saved by sprawling goalie but Ricketts boots in 7 yard rebound into center of net.
90 min...StK player crosses from 30 yards on left sideline has StK O'Loughlin leaps to head 15 yarder down middle that bounces for goalie to catch on left post.
90 min...Can Jackson 15 yard blast from right deflects off StK Kareen Mitchum for throw-in.
92 min...StK Williams wins ball off Can DeRosario in Can box but shoots ball across 6 yard box and Can defenders clear.
92 min...game ends 9:02pm.

Final Score:.....Canada.......4..........St Kitts and Nevis...........0......

Attendance was announced as 10235 on this cold evening. The crowd started off small but grew as people arrived late through rush hour traffic for this early start. The result was made unimportant because of last week's game where the two teams played to a 0-0 match but that result was enough to allow Canada to clinch the group and move on to the third round where they will be in a group with Honduras, Panama, and Cuba.

The Canada team had the majority of possession and broke out of their slump of earning two ties in their last two games including the home game against Puerto Rico which ended in a 0-0 tie.

Man of the Match was named as Canadian Tosaint Ricketts. He scored the final goal of the game and drew the Penalty shot when he was pulled down and put in many crosses and passes and always looked dangerous. Dwayne DeRosario scored his 19th goal tonight which ties him with Dale Mitchell for most scored for the Canadian Senior Men's team.

This was Canada's fifth shutout of this year tieing a record from 1996. In this World Cup Qualifying round they have only let in one goal in the six games.

This was the first start for both Ashtone Morgan and Tosaint Ricketts. Their play today make a point that they don't need to come off the bench to be effective. Canada started off listed as playing a 4-2-4 system to shake up their offence.

The Canadians wore black armbands as a tribute to head coach Stephen Hart's father who died a few weeks earlier.

This was the first loss for St Kitts and Nevis in this round. They finish with a record of 1-1-4. Their problem was they had too many ties against the weaker teams in the group. Stephen Hart said at the press conference after the game that the visitors had put every effort into trying to win the game at home last week and had nothing left.

stats supplied by CSA.

Scoring Summary:
 CAN -- Olivier Occean, 27’
CAN -- Dwayne De Rosario, 36’ (PK)
 CAN -- Josh Simpson, 45+2’
CAN -- Tosaint Ricketts, 88’
 
Misconduct Summary:
 SKN -- Kareem Mitchum, 16’ (caution)
 SKN -- Akil Grier, 54’ (caution)
 CAN -- Ashtone Morgan, 70’ (caution)
 
Lineups:
 
Canada -- Kenny Stamatopoulos, Nik Ledgerwood (Nana Attakora, 70’), Adam Straith, David Edgar, Ashtone Morgan, 
Patrice Bernier (Jonathan Beaulieu-Borgault, 81’), Will Johnson, Josh Simpson, Olivier Occean (Simeon Jackson, 70’), 
Dwayne De Rosario, Tosaint Ricketts
Subs not used: Lars Hirschfeld, Mike Klukowski, Julian de Guzman, Ante Jazic
 
St. Kitts and Nevis -- Akil Byron, Thirzen Leader, Kareem Mitchum, Kareem Harris, Joel Jeffers, Gerard Williams, Errol O'Loughlin, 
Keith Gumbs, Akil Grier (Tiran Hanley, 58’), Ian Lake (Matthew Berkeley, 58’), George Issac (Orlando Mitchum, 64’)
Subs not used: Alexis Saddler, Joeski Williams, Mudassa Howe, Julani Archibald, Devaughn Elliott, Terrance Warde
 
Referee: Ricardo Cerdas Sanchez (CRC)
Assistant Referees: Warner Castro (CRC), Osvaldo Luna (CRC)
Fourth Official: Jeffrey Solis (CRC)
Weather: Clear and 50 degrees (F) 10 degrees (C)
Attendance: 10,235
 
Match Stats
Canada        St Kitts and Nevis
20  Shots           8 
 7  Direct Shots    2
 3  Saves           2
 6  Corners         2
14  Fouls           7
 2  Offside         3


Canada starters


St Kitts and Nevis starters


St Kitts players take opening kickoff.


A pushing incident in the first half.


Canadians line up freekick.


Dwayne DeRosario scores on this Penalty kick to tie Dale Mitchell's Canadian Men's team record with 19 goals.


Ashtone Morgan takes throw-in.


Canadian team salutes the south end fans.

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