June 3, 2011 CSL--Serbian White Eagles vs Brantford Galaxy (by Rocket Robin)

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Result of the Friday June 3, 2011 CSL game between Serbian White Eagles and Brantford Galaxy played at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke at 8:00pm.

Serbian White Eagles (all white, red numbers)

......................1 Milos Djurkovic
2 Nikola Milosevic...6 Mirko Medic...5 Ricardo Manguia Perez...3 Milos Vucinic
10 Alex Braletic (cpt)...23 Ramon Bailey...8 Darryl Gomez...31 Kevin Souter
..............99 Sasa Viciknez...11 Milos Scepanovic

Subs:...12 Stefan Avramovic (gk)...35 Mark Jankovic (def)...16 Winston Crozier (def)...18 Andre Orlando (def)...21 Milos Paprica (mid)
...27 Filip Prostran (mid)...30 Ivan Stojakovic (mid)...?? Aleksander Stojanovski (--)
team officials:...assistant coach Uros Stamatovic

Brantford Galaxy (red socks, black shorts, red & black striped shirts, white numbers)

........................1 Vladimir Markotic
4 Zachary Tait...6 Rade Novkovic...10 Zvonko Bakula...3 Stanko Karacic
2 Raphael Goldemann...15 Nenad Begovic...14 Austin White...12 Robert Turnbull
.................8 Ferid Idrizovic...11 Ranko Golijanin (cpt)

Subs:...0 Cameron McKay (gk)...7 Ben Turnbull (fwd)...9 Neven Vujinovic (mid)...16 Mark Reilly (fwd)...27 Stefan Dancetovic (mid)
team officials:...head coach Lazo Dzepina...assistant coach Tomislav Dancetovic...manager Jim Turnbull

Game officials:...referee Geoff Gamble...referee's assistants Brian Butler and Benone Savelescu...fourth official Hussein Rifai...(yellow shirts, black shorts and socks)

1st Half:...game starts 8:06pm...SWE defend north end.
1 min...SWE Viciknez crosses into box from 25 yards on right is knocked around and SWE Scepanovic spins and blasts 16 yarder down middle over net.
3 min...SWE Perez chip down middle from 65 yards finds SWE Viciknez alone on left with SWE Braletic on 2 on 0 from 35 yards and 15 yard rolling shot has goalie dive and push ball off left post then get up to grab it at 5 yards.
5 min...SWE Scepanovic rush down left sideline and rolls cross from 25 yards into box but defender clears.
6 min...BG player's 40 yard freekick from right has goalie grab in front of players.
8 min...BG goalie dives to edge of box to prevent SWE Braletic getting to long through ball up middle.
9 min...SWE Viciknez feeds pass forward from 30 yards on left and SWE Scepanovic 15 yard shot from left has goalie slide to block and SWE Braletic shoots rebound from almost same spot has goalie save on another sliding save. Both were almost identical foot saves.
11 min...SWE Braletic short tap over freekick from 35 yards on right has SWE Viciknez run to center and 30 yard shot is batted down by goalie. SWE Perez blasts 13 yard rebound over net but offside flag was up.
13 min...SWE Viciknez pokes 10 yard shot through crowd of players that has goalie save after action in box.
14 min...SWE Vucinic cross from left sideline from 30 yards has charging SWE Viciknez head ball wide left from 8 yards.
19 min...SWE Scepanovic 10 yard blast on left is blocked by defender after another defender had blocked on SWE Viciknez 12 yard shot down middle.
21 min...SWE goalie runs to right side of box to smother through ball beating BG Golijanin.
23 min...BG Idrizovic 25 yard freekick from right hits bar near right post and defenders clear rebound when it pops up then drops at 18 yard line.
25 min...SWE Scepanovic cornerkick from left has ball over players and SWE Viciknez has 25 yard shot on right blocked and SWE Bailey has his attempt from the same distance blocked and BG players break out of own end.
25 min...SWE Medic 25 yard chip shot from right has goalie catch wide left of net when no SWE players run for it.
26 min...BG YELLOW card...Begovic earns it for shirt grab of SWE Bailey at SWE 30 yards.
27 min...SWE Braletic cross from right sideline at 15 yards has SWE Scepanovic head with back to goal at 10 yards but play is called offside.
28 min...SWE players are caught twice on offsides within the last few minutes.
29 min...SWE Braletic long cross from right sideline at 30 yards has SWE Scepanovic on left sideline at 20 yards shoot high and behind net.
34 min...SWE Scepanovic on rush on left sends long cross from 30 yards near sideline that finds SWE Braletic alone, stops and 15 yard shot is through two defenders who've got back into play and is stopped by sprawling goalie.
35 min...SWE Milos Vucinic GOAL...Vucinic at center line sends short pass forward to SWE Sasa Viciknez at 30 yards and he taps over pass to charging Vucinic on left to go in alone at 25 yards on left and takes low 15 yard shot past frozen goalie Vladimir Markotic and into right corner of net.
38 min...BG Goldemann is injured in collision at SWE 40 yards with SWE Perez while both jumping for header.
41 min...SWE Bailey feeds ball from 55 yards through to SWE Braletic who rushes in from 40 yards and 20 yard shot has sprawling goalie makes arm save and SWE Viciknez gets rebound and runs to left end line rounding goalie and sharp angle 10 yard shot deflects wide left off sprawling goalie on left post for goalkick.
42 min...SWE Scepanovic low cornerkick from left is cleared by nearest defender.
46 min...half ends 8:52pm.

2nd Half:...starts 9:07pm...I end up going up to the booth to remind them to start the clock.
48 min...SWE RED card...Ricardo Manguia Perez earns a direct ejection from referee Geoff Gamble for a two footed sliding tackle at SWE 31 yards when he's forced to break up play as SWE Darryl Gomez sends a bad back pass from 45 yards and Perez catches BG Ranko Golijanin with his cleats.
50 min...BG Begovic blasts 31 yard freekick off bar near left post. The ball pops up and BG Goldemann is called offside before he can take header.
52 min...SWE Souter at 35 yards on right takes low cross that sliding defender at 20 yards pushed back for goalie to smother.
53 min...BG goalie races out to 35 yards to beat SWE Scepanovic to through ball.
53 min...SWE sub...Orlando replaces Vicikinez.
55 min...BG Bakula hip check at BG 25 yards has SWE Scepanovic flip over him when he stops suddenly injurying him.
56 min...SWE Gomez blasts tapped over freekick from SWE Bailey well over net from 25 yards.
59 min...SWE Braletic 30 yard shot from right is well wide left of net after SWE Bailey taps him back pass.
61 min...BG Begovic 30 yard freekick from left sideline is caught by jumping goalie just under bar.
62 min...BG Begovic rolls pass forward on left for BG Bakula at 20 yards but defender clears for cornerkick.
62 min...BG Begovic cornerkick from left has goalie step forward and punch ball out of box.
63 min...BG YELLOW card...Tait earns it for bumping SWE Medic breaking out at SWE 30 yard line.
63 min...SWE Scepanovic rush on left ball is pushed too far forward and sharp cut cross on left end line has defender clear.
66 min...BG sub...Reilly replaces Robert Turnbull.
67 min...BG Begovic 30 yard freekick down middle is blasted well over net.
69 min...SWE Medic catches elbow or hand to face at SWE 20 yards as SWE defenders break up play.
70 min...BG Goldemann chips through ball from 35 yards but goalie charges to pick up bouncer.
72 min...SWE Andre Orlando knocks down high ball on left side of SWE box with his head. He then slips and pulls down charging Ranko Golijanin and the referee calls a Penalty kick.
73 min...Galaxy Nenad Begovic GOAL...Begovic blasts low shot into right corner of net as goalie Milos Djurkovic dives left.
74 min...SWE Braletic pokes chip from 25 yards through defenders and ball rolls wide left of net but wins cornerkick on deflection.
74 min...SWE Scepanovic cornerkick from left has SWE players not able to get away shot on edge of box.
75 min...BG YELLOW card...Novkovic earns it for knock over of SWE Scepanovic at BG 10 yards on far left.
76 min...SWE Souter 22 yard freekick from left near sideline has goalie step forward and punch ball forward and out of box.
77 min...SWE Milos Scepanovic GOAL...SWE Alex Braletic on a run takes a low 25 yard cross from the right that sliding Scepanovic kicks 8 yarder even with right post into the left corner of the net.
.......SWE YELLOW card...Scepanovic earns it for his goal celebration in which he did not leave the playing field and was just accepting the hugs from his teammates in the Galaxy end.
78 min...SWE sub...Jankovic replaces Bailey.
78 min...BG YELLOW card...Bakula earns it as SWE Scepanovic is injured at 40 yard line near right sideline.
81 min...BG Tait 40 yard shot from right is caught by goalie at 6 yards in front of BG Bakula.
82 min...SWE Vucinic makes key header in own box to break up cross from left to two open BG players waiting in box.
83 min...BG sub...Dancetovic replaces Goldemann.
83 min...SWE Gomez low 20 yard shot from right is blocked by defender at 10 yards.
84 min...SWE Vucinic can't quite turn cross from right at 10 yards down middle and ball flies wide left of net.
84 min...BG sub...Vujinovic replaces Begovic.
86 min...BG sub...Ben Turnbull replaces Karacic.
87 min...BG Idrizovic 45 yard loft from left is caught by goalie.
88 min...BG Novkovic 60 yard shot on right over crowd of players and is caught by goalie.
89 min...SWE sub...Prostran replaces Scepanovic.
94 min...game ends 9:56pm.

Final Score:........Serbian White Eagles........2...........Brantford Galaxy........1.......

Attendance was about 250 on this mild, dry night.

White Eagles played with ten men for the almost the entire second half and still won after conceding a tieing goal on a penalty kick. It was a good recovery from their 1-0 loss on Sunday against Toronto Croatia when that game was called after only 45 minutes because of lightning.

This was the first game of the season for White Eagles striker Sasa Viciknez and midfielder Ramon Bailey. They played well with Viciknez being subbed out at 53 minutes for Andre Orlando (later called for the penalty).

A new player for the White Eagles was midfielder Kevin Souter ('new' as in just signed earlier in the afternoon according to CSL League Administrator Pino Jazbec). He was from Scotland and played a few games for Aberdeen but more recently for MLS Kansas City Wizards in 2008 and 2009 where his one goal was against Toronto FC in 2008. He now is the player coach for Ryerson University in Toronto.

Brantford Galaxy are the current CSL champions. Their team had many changes in their lineup during their first season last year but from the starters in the championship Final last year they still have defenders Stanko Karacic, Zachary Tait, and Zvonko Bakula, midfielder Nenad Begovic and forward (and now captain) Ranko Golijanin. Subs for that game here for tonight's game were midfielders Austin White and Stefan Dancetovic, and forward Ben Turnbull. Manager tonight was Jim Turnbull who was watching his twin sons play and sending up-to-the-minute messages to the Brantford newspaper. Geez, and the Toronto paper I get didn't even send a reporter to the national team game in its own backyard.

Geoff Gamble was the referee tonight and had to give out more than just the Red card and the Penalty card tonight in what was an open but rough game. He is often an MLS official. Soon as I got home I could watch Silviu Petrescu referee the Los Angeles vs DC United game. He often referees games in the CSL.

White Eagles started out fast and exploited openings in the Galaxy defence. At 3 minutes Ricardo Manguia Perez chipped down the middle from 65 yards that found both Sasa Viciknez and Alex Braletic open for a 2 on 0 break. Viciknez received the ball at 35 yards and took a 15 yard roller that the diving goalie pushed off the left post then got up to grab the ball at 5 yards. At 9 minutes Milos Scepanovic took a 15 yard shot that had the goalie slide to block and then Braletic took a low shot from almost the same spot that the goalie made another sliding save to stop. At 23 minutes Galaxy Ferid Idrizovic took a 25 yard freekick from the right that hit the bar near the right post and the defenders cleared the rebound. At 34 minutes (a minute before the goal) SWE Scepanovic on a rush on the left sent in a long cross from 30 yards near the sideline that found Braletic all alone, he stopped and took a 15 yard shot that the sprawling goalie stopped. At 41 minutes, SWE Ramon Bailey fed the ball from 55 yards through to Braletic who rushed in from 40 yards and took a 20 yard shot that the sprawling goalie made an arm save and Viciknez got the rebound and tried to round the goalie on the left and got to the end line and his sharp angle shot from 10 yards deflected wide left for a cornerkick.

In the second half, right after the Red card, Galaxy Nenad Begovic took the resulting freekick and blasted the 31 yard shot off the bar near the left post. The rebound play was flagged offside. The Galaxy defence had tightened up, aided by being a man up, and White Eagles breaks were a lot less frequent.

Galaxy has one more game this weekend. They will be back at this same stadium on Sunday night to play Toronto Croatia at 8:00pm.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

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