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Result of the Saturday May 21, 2011 CSL game between TFC Academy and Windsor Stars played at Lamport Stadium in Toronto at 6:00pm.
TFC Academy (all red, white numbers, black shoulders)
......................1 Angelo Cavalluzzo
2 Stephen Almeida...3 Nathan Kelsey...24 Doneil Henry...4 Jordan Murrell (cpt)
21 Keith Makubuya...23 Matt Stinson...17 Dylan Carreiro...6 Christopher Mannella
...............9 Stefan Vukovic...11 Tristan Jackman
Subs:...18 Michael Bilak (fwd)...15 Kaheem Christopher (fwd)...14 Dakar Charles (def)
team officials:...head coach Danny Dichio...physio Carlo DiNardo...director Stuart Neely
Windsor Stars (navy socks and shorts, blue shirts, white numbers)
......................1 Anthony Santilli
13 Eric Kiebert...20 Franco Giorgi...21 Filip Rocca...6 Chris Suta
5 David Kadoic...4 Emilio Giorgi...10 Danny Dragoi (cpt)...7 Daniel Fernandez
...............9 Robert Malbasic...16 Gino Berardi
Subs:...84 Justin Danelon (gk)...3 Sleman Habib (def)...8 Mike Vikic (mid)...11 Mahamad Safieddin (mid)...12 Ryan Wise (fwd)
...17 Corey Vickers (mid)
team officials:...head coach Steve Vagnini...team official Gino Berardi
Game officials:...referee Marie-Soleil Beaudoin...referee's assistants James Bliss and Jeff Fearnall...fourth official Armando Pereira ...(neon yesllow shirts, black shorts and socks)
1st Half:...game starts 6:16pm...TFCA defends south end.
30 sec...TFCA Vukovic pushes ball over left end line on rush down middle.
1 min...TFCA Stinson 40 yard freekick down middle is through players and defender kicks ball over end line.
2 min...TFCA Stinson cornerkick from left has TFCA Murrell touch ball on left post has defenders clear.
4 min...WS player can't keep ball in play on end line.
5 min...WS Dragoi 30 yard shot down middle is high and wide right of net.
5 min...TFCA Vukovic 20 yard blast from right is well over net.
8 min...WS Dragoi intercepts pass and weak 30 yard shot down middle is smothered by goalie.
9 min...TFCA Vukovic turns and fires 18 yarder but shot is blocked by face of defender.
10 min...TFCA Stinson low 22 yard blast is wide left.
12 min...TFCA Makubuya shot from 20 yards on right delfects for throw-in.
17 min...Stars Robert Malbasic GOAL...WS Gino Berardi 25 yard freekick from left sideline has ball knocked over to right side of box where TFCA Stephen
Almeida blocks on right post but ball not cleared and Malbasic boots midair shot from 5 yards into the top part of the net past goalie
Angelo Cavalluzzo.
20 min...TFCA Carreiro rush and 20 yard shot is deflected off defender's leg at 15 yards for cornerkick.
21 min...TFCA Stinson cornerkick from left is over heads of players in box.
26 min...TFCA Almeida pushes ball over right end line before crossing into box.
30 min...TFCA Henry 45 yard chip from left is over players and bounces to goalie.
32 min...TFCA Almeida long run on right takes short pass for TFCA Carreiro at 20 yards is intercepted.
33 min...TFCA Makubuya alone for pass on left at 15 yards beats goalie on shot but WS Berardi on righ post saves and kicks over end line.
34 min...TFCA Stinson cornerkick from right has play whistled down when TFCA Makubuya jumps onto back of defender.
36 min...TFCA Stinson cornerkick from right is over players and TFCA Makubuya at 25 yards on left has shot blocked.
36 min...TFCA Jordan Murrell GOAL...TFCA Christopher Mannella rolls ball through crowd of players from 20 yards to find Murrell who rolls 12 yarder
into net past goalie Anthony Santilli.
37 min...TFCA Makubuya bends cross from 30 yards on left over end line wide right of net.
41 min...TFCA Stefan Vukovic GOAL...TFCA Jordan Murrell rushes to left end line near corner flag and cross from 25 yards has Vukovic head 4 yarder
into middle to right side of goal just inside post.
42 min...WS sub...Vikic replaces Fernandez.
46 min...half ends 7:02pm.
2nd Half:...starts 7:17pm.
halftime subs:...WS Wise replaces Kadoic.
.............TFCA sub...Bilak replaces Carreiro.
45 min...WS Vikic wins freekick on left edge of box when he's knocked down.
46 min...WS Dragoi quick 20 yard freekick is wide left from left edge of box.
47 min...TFCA Stinson cornerkick from left is passed over to left upfield but chance is lost.
47 min...TFCA player's cross from right has goalie knock away from leaping TFCA Jackman and pick ball up in box.
48 min...WS Dragoi 40 yard freeekick over crowd and is caught by goalie.
49 min...TFCA Makubuya is threaded pass on race on left at 35 yards and 25 yard shot is into outside webbing of net.
51 min...TFCA Jackman has ball cleared off him by defender inside box.
52 min...Stars Robert Malbasic GOAL...WS Emilio Giorgi cross from left end line has Malbasic leap and head 4 yarder into center of net just
under bar.
55 min...TFCA Stinson cornerkick from left is over players in box and out right side.
57 min...WS YELLOW card...Franco Giorgi earns it for knock down at WS 50 yard line.
59 min...WS Dragoi 45 yard freekick from left is headed away from edge of box.
59 min...TFCA Stefan Vukovic GOAL...TFCA Keith Makubuya crosses from 25 yards on right has Vukovic leap and head 5 yarder into center of net just
below bar.
61 min...TFCA player's cornerkick from right has TFCA Murrell 30 yard blast is blocked by defender.
62 min...WS Berardi 45 yard shot is over crowd of players and caught by goalie.
63 min...TFCA Stinson cuts towards middle and blasts 30 yard shot wide right of net.
64 min...WS Dragoi 22 yard shot from right hits right post and deflects across face of goal and is cleared.
65 min...WS Berardi 40 yard freekick cross from left has defender head away just inside box.
66 min...TFCA sub...Charles replaces Almeida.
67 min...WS sub...Vickers replaces Berardi.
70 min...WS Suta 55 yard freekick from left has defenders clear from box with a few WS guys missing connecting on kicks.
72 min...TFCA Makubuya cross from 35 yards on right has defender pop up header at 15 yards back for goalie to catch in danger.
73 min...TFCA Stinson cornerkick from right is into box and TFCA Henry pops up header from 6 yards on left is well high and wide left of goal.
75 min...TFCA goalie charges to left edge of box to kick.
76 min...TFCA Mannella 30 yard blast up middle is low and wide left of net.
77 min...WS sub...Safieddine replaces Kiebert.
.........TFCA sub...Christopher replaces Makubuya.
78 min...TFCA Stinson 30 yard freekick has leaping TFCA player pop up header wide right of net.
80 min...TFCA Stinson 30 yard freekick low freekick down middle is through wall of players and smothered by goalie.
80 min...TFCA Stefan Vukovic GOAL...TFCA Kaheem Christopher rushes on right and pushes pass from 25 yards to TFCA Michael Bilak at 15 yards to cross
into box and Vukovic kicks 8 yarder into right side of net.
83 min...WS Dragoi 35 yard shot down middle is over crowd of players is caught by goalie.
85 min...TFCA Jackman passes in WS box from 10 yards and TFCA Christopher shanks 8 yard kick in middle is well wide right.
86 min...TFCA YELLOW card...Charles earns it for tackle from behind at TFCA 10 yards on left.
87 min...WS Dragoi 25 yard freekick from left is not taken as TFCA Murrell is flattened with what looked like an elbow to the face.
90 min...WS Dragoi finally takes freekick and defender clears near edge of box.
91 min...TFCA Charles wins freekick on left corner of box.
91 min...TFCA Charles 20 yard freekick low and deflected into left webbing of net.
92 min...TFCA Stinson cornerkick from left is over players in box and out right side.
93 min...TFCA Jordan Murrell GOAL...TFCA Tristan Jackman saves ball on left end line and crosses into box and Murrell to blast 8 yarder
into net.
94:26 min...game ends 8:06pm.
Final Score:........TFC Academy.........5..........Windsor Stars...........2
Attendance was about 100 people made up of parents and family and some teenage boys from Academies watching the game. There were no more than a handful of 'Support Local Soccer' message board fans there. Their flares weren't missed because the game was over before it got dark.
Stefan Vukovic scored three goals today for his second hat trick of the season. All were scored in the box from balls sent in from outside the box. Right place, right time. He scored three in the season opener against Montreal Impact Academy. He leads the league with six goals in three games.
The Academy had only three subs listed today and used MLS signed players (although all former Academy grads) Doneil Henry on defence, Matt Stinson in midfield, and Keith Makubuya at forward. I asked Academy Director Stuart Neely before the game. His answer is that NINE players are away at an Under 17 training camp for the Canadian National team who have qualified for the World Cup. Those three players obviously did not make the trip this weekend to Colorado to play the Rapids on Sunday. They have been mostly bench players if named to the lineups at all. With TFC not having any Reserve League games for a few weeks now, it was important to give them some game action. A few years ago, Jason Bent told me there would be no crossing back to the Academy once a player made the pros but Neely said that the MLS office and the CSA have made some changes to allow this to happen. Yes those players could be in the lineup for further games but it's unsure how many games this could carry forward. TFCA's Junior team were playing Niagara today so filling the roster with those players was not an option.
The returning MLS players didn't dominate the game as might be expected. Matt Stinson took almost all the freekicks and cornerkicks. I counted four of his cornerkicks sailing over players waiting in the box. I thought Stephen Almeida was the best defender with some good runs down the wing besides defensive blocks although two goal scoring defender-team captain Jordan Murrell would be hard to beat for any award today.
Referee was Marie-Soleil Beaudoin who had a very easy game to call until the 87th minute when TFCA Dakar Charles took a Yellow card for a tackle from behind to the left of the box at about the 10 yard line. Before the freekick was taken TFCA Jordan Murrell was flattened in the box and rolled around on the turf clutching his face. I'd assume a punch or an elbow was thrown as players waited for WS Danny Dragoi to take the kick. A pushing match ensued and assistant referee Jeff Fearnall came into the melee to help separate the teams.
Windsor makes their first visit to Toronto since the last time they had a team in the league in 2008 as the Border Stars. They wore all black uniforms back then but this year's team wore blue shirts. They brought six subs. My problem with the old Windsor team was they'd come to Toronto late in the season sometimes with only nine or eleven players. The league has helped the team in that many of their Toronto area games are played either on Saturday or on Sunday afternoons so players can get back to Windsor and work on Monday. 2008 was the first year of the TFC Academy.
Stars team captain Danny Dragoi took most of the freekicks and cornerkicks. A brief scan of their roster had me find only four players that were on the 2008 team. Gino Berardi is a forward, Filip Rocca is a defender (and now team owner), Anthony Santilli is still the goalie, and Emilio Giorgi is a midfielder—and now younger brother Franco Giorgi is a defender. I'd say this team has a fair chance of making the playoffs.
TFCA's head coach Danny Dichio paced the sidelines and looked more like he was calling the shots today whereas in their first game at the beginning of the month, Stuart Neely looked more like he controlled the team. I thanked Neely for helping me fill in some of the assists as unlike Friday's game, I can't cheat and replay the goals on television. Headed goals don't just fall out of the sky...someone puts them there!
One last thing, as the world hasn't come to an yet on May 21st. The goals at 41 minutes and 52 minutes were almost identical. Both were scored by number 9s. Both were assisted by number 4s. The goalies wore number 1s. They were both crossed in from the identical place on the field (remember teams switch ends at halftime) and scored on four yard headers.
Rocket Robin
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TFC Academy starters
Stars starters
Stars kick off
Academy Matt Stinson takes this freekick.
Stars on rush
ball popped up
Academy freekick is blocked and a breakout results.
Stars players jump for a header.
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