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Result of the Friday June 10th, 2011 CSL match between SC Toronto and Toronto Croatia played at Lamport Stadium in Toronto at 8:00pm.
SC Toronto (all white, black numbers)
..................1 Mike Silva (cpt)
2 Casey D'Mello...6 Daniel Fabrizi...21 Branko Majstorovic...22 Dominic Roberts
15 Brennan McNicoll...7 Ilya Orlov...19 Richard Asante...3 Dane Roberts
..............8 Carlos Nogueira...13 Sergio De Luca
Subs:...12 Sotiri Varlokostas (gk)...5 Gerard Ladiyou (def)...9 Andrea Lombardo (fwd)...14 Jarek Whiteman (fwd)...17 Kasy Kiarash (mid)
...18 Douglas Sereti (--)...20 David Alva (mid)
team officials:...head coach Carmine Isacco...assistant coach Patrice Gheisar...manager Mario Dias...assistant manager Juan Carlos Ramirez
Toronto Croatia (all navy, white numbers)
....................12 Sandi Matika
7 Halburto Harris...4 Sven Arapovic...6 Thomas Skara...15 Ainsley Deer
21 Lee Hagerdon...14 Augustin DeMedina...23 Tonci Pirija...8 Hayden Fitzwilliams
.............22 Tomislav Ples...10 Tihomir Maletic (cpt)
Subs:...1 Ivan Skoko (gk)...3 Mario Kulis (def)...9 Hugo Herrera (fwd)...11 Boris Tomac (mid)...16 Tomislav Leko (mid)...19 Niko Pesa (fwd)
20 Daniel Niksic (mid)
team officials:...head coach Velimir Crljan...assistant manager Miodrag Akmadzic...manager Ivan Kulis...assistant manager Perica Arapovic
Game Officials:...referee Justin Tasev...referee's assistants Rich Oliveira and Scott Decker...fourth official Dave Ashfield...(neon yellow shirts, black shorts and socks)
1st Half:...game starts 8:06pm...SCT defend south end.
45 sec...TC De Medina blasts 35 yard shot down middle high and wide right.
6 min...TC Maletic 30 yard freekick near right sideline has play in box flagged down for offside.
10 min...SCT De Luca and SCT Nogueira work out cornerkick from right SCT Nogueira cross has defender head out left side of box.
11 min...SCT Majstorovic gets back to clear on edge of box from TC Hagerdon who'd beat offside trap.
12 min...TC Maletic cornerkick from right has TC Pirija pop 4 yard header in crowd of players onto top of net.
15 min...TC sub...Tomac replaces Fitzwilliams.
A pattern has emerged that all SCT passes roll too far forward for players to get to them.
18 min...TC Arapovic leaves field to have his nose bleed treated.
21 min...TC Hagerdon cross from 18 yards along right end line has SCT Fabrizi head over end line.
21 min...TC Maletic cornerkick from right has goalie catch ball in crowd of players after TC Skara bounces header from 10 yards.
23 min...TC Hagerdon is injured on sliding tackle by SCT Dominic Roberts at SCT 30 yards.
25 min...SCT McNicoll on rush on right has TC Arapovic slide at 20 yards to block shot then knocks ball for throw-in on right.
26 min...TC Maletic is squeezed off ball at 10 yards but wins cornerkick.
27 min...TC De Medina cornerkick from left has TC Skara head ball down on right at 8 yards but bounces ball wide left for goalkick.
32 min...TC Maletic cornerkick from right has goalie punch ball through box.
33 min...TC De Medina cornerkick from left has TC Arapovic in middle nod 7 yarder just over bar.
35 min...SCT De Luca 55 yard chip down middle bounces to charging goalie.
36 min...TC Ples heads 30 yarder too far ahead down middle and charging goalie comes up to edge of box to grab.
38 min...TC Tomac 35 yard freekick down middle after tap over is blasted high over back fence.
42 min...SCT Orlov blasts low 30 yard shot down middle just wide left of post.
44 min...SCT McNicoll cross from right has SCT Dominic Roberts head ball back from left but neither of two SCT forwards can get far enough into box.
46 min...half ends 8:52pm.
2nd Half:...starts 9:09pm.
halftime subs:...SCT Lombardo replaces McNicoll.
...........SCT Ladiyou replaces D'Mello.
45:20 sec...Tor Croatia Tihomir Maletic GOAL...Maletic gets ball from 50 yards turns and runs past SCT Daniel Fabrizi on left and after burst of speed
blasts 25 yard shot from left into right side of net beyond flying goalie Mike Silva.
48 min...SCT YELLOW card...McNicoll earns it for something.
49 min...TC Ples on rush on right rolls cross from 15 yards that defender knocks over end line as goalie dives on and TC Maletic steps on his leg on rusn
injurying him.
51 min...TC Maletic runs up left but checked off ball by defender at 12 yards that rolls for cornerkick.
51 min...TC De Medina cornerkick from left has TC Arapovic head ball but it deflects over net.
52 min...TC Maletic cornerkick from right has TC player head ball across from left and TC Pirija pops up header from 5 yard that hits bar and ball
is cleared from box.
53 min...SCT sub...Whiteman replaces De Luca.
54 min...TC sub...Niksic replaces Ples.
56 min...TC Maletic passes right to TC Niksic who pushes ball too far and over end line and is knocked over on end line by SCT Dominic Roberts
with elbow in his face.
57 min...TC goalie dives left at 10 yards to smother ball into box ahead of SCT player waiting for low cross pass from right.
59 min...SCT Majstorovic chips pass from 40 yards on right forward and has SCT Lombardo shoot 25 yarder down middle over bar.
61 min...TC goalie dives forward to smother ball off two SC players.
61 min....TC YELLOW card...Deer earns it for pull down of SCT Dane Roberts on right end line.
62 min...SCT Dominic Roberts 20 yard freekick along right end line has defender head ball out of box.
63 min...TC Niksic cross from 20 yards on right has defender concede cornerkick on left.
64 min...TC De Medina cornerkick from left is knocked around and has TC Arapovic head 10 yarder that goalie catches.
69 min...SCT sub...Kiarash replaces Fabrizi.
69 min...SCT goalie comes out of box to head ball at 22 yards before TC Maletic can get to it charging up middle.
70 min...TC Maletic leaps for header and pops up 12 yarder that defenders clear.
71 min...TC Maletic centers pass from 20 yards on left that charging TC Deer taps sets up and TC Hagerdon can't connect hard at 8 yards
as he falls over.
72 min...TC Maletic is injured at SCT 35 yards on right on clearance kick by SCT Majstorovic.
75 min...SCT Dominic Roberts is injured at SCT 45 yards.
76 min...SCT Lombardo bounces 22 yard cross from right endline to goalie.
77 min...SCT YELLOW card...Asante earns it for tackle at SCT 40 yards. TC Tomac is injured on the play.
.........SCT YELLOW card...Silva (goalie) earns it for complaning about the delay.
80 min...SCT YELLOW card...Orlov earns it for pushing TC Tomac out of bounds.
81 min...SCT sub...Sereti replaces Orlov.
82 min...TC Maletic dives when checked off ball by SCT Majstorovic on left side of box.
82 min...SCT Whiteman waits too long when he gets pass on right and can't get away 18 yard shot.
83 min...TC YELLOW card...Maletic earns it for complaining well away from play about no Penalty kick call.
88 min...SCT Majstorovic cross from right 45 yards has SCT Nogueira get foot to ball at 15 yards and pops forward to goalie.
90 min...SCT Lombardo shot is blocked from 12 yards by defender.
92 min...SCT Sereti intercepts ball that goalie came out to grab but Sereti pushes it over end line under pressure from defender.
92 min...TC sub...Herrera replaces Tomac.
93 min...SCT YELLOW card...Lombardo earns it for complaining about time TC goalie wasting time.
.........TC YELLOW card...Matika (goalie) earns it for wasting time taking goalkick.
94 min...TC Herrera can't win Penalty kick for dive in SCT box.
96 min...game ends 10:00pm.
Final Score:......SC Toronto.......0.......Toronto Croatia........1..........
Attendance was about 120 fans on this mild night but with dark clouds and the threat of rain that never came about. The crowd included many children from the SCT affiliated clubs and were encouraged to cheer (for prizes) to give the game some atmosphere.
Sandi Matika earned the shutout for Toronto Croatia without having to make any difficult saves. For the first part of the game, every SCT forward pass rolled too far forward and over the end line for goal kicks. Toronto Croatia had the only real scoring chances. At 33 minutes TC Augustin De Medina took a cornerkick from the left that had TC Sven Arapovic (brought up from the defence because of his height) nod a 7 yarder down the middle just over the bar. At 51 minutes De Medina took a cornerkick from the left that had Arapovic look like he headed the ball but it deflected over the net for another cornerkick. Tihomir Maletic took that resulting cornerkick from the right (same the whole night, Maletic from the right and De Medina took cornerkicks from the left) that a TC player headed across from the left and TC Tonci Pirija popped up a header from 5 yards that hit the bar and the ball was cleared from the box. At 71 minutes Maletic centered a pass from 20 yards on the left that a charging TC Ainsley Deer tapped a pass to center and TC Lee Hagerdon couldn't connect to with any power as he fell over on the shot.
The last 20 minutes was a card frenzy from referee Justin Tasev as Toronto Croatia were trying to hold on and SCT were complaining about their tactics. Fortunately Tasev had only given out warnings for rough play until the second half. At 77 minutes SCT Richard Asante drew a Yellow card for a tackle at SCT 40 yard line which injured TC Boris Tomac. SCT goalie/captain came out of his box to complain about how 'injured' Tomac was and drew a Yellow card for that action. At 80 minutes SCT Ilya Orlov earned a Yellow card for pushing Tomac out of bounds. (Orlov was wisely subbed off right after that). At 83 minutes Maletic drew a Yellow card for complaining well away from the play about not being awarded a Penalty kick a moment earlier when he dove in the box. In injury time SCT Andrea Lombardo earned a Yellow card for complaining about how long the TC goalie was taking to take a goalkick. Immediately after that, the referee did go over and give goalie Sandi Matika a Yellow for time wasting. The referee also didn't fall for TC Hugo Herrera who'd only come into the game a minute earlier falling in the box hoping to draw a Penalty call.
Maybe a lot of things were missed that got TC players upset earlier in the game. Former CSL all star Hayden Fitzwilliams had to be subbed out at only 15 minutes and Sven Arapovic was out for treatment for a bloody nose three minutes later.
SC Toronto becomes the last team to lose a game in this early part of the season. St Catharines Wolves dropped their home opener to lose their first game on Wednesday night. Both those teams fall to 3 wins 1 loss. York Region Shooters (who beat the Wolves) are in first place with 14 points and Toronto Croatia with their win have 13 points with one game in hand. Montreal Impact Academy are in third with 10 points.
Rocket Robin
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SC Toronto starters
Toronto Croatia starters
SCT players waiting to kickoff.
open play
SCT keep ball in play
TC Tihomir Maletic freekick away.
SCT player in center.
TC second half kickoff.
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