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Result of the Friday July 8, 2011 CSL game between SC Toronto and Serbian White Eagles played at Lamport Stadium in Toronto at 8:00pm.

SC Toronto (all white, black numbers)

...................12 Sotiri Varlokostas
2 Casey D'Mello...21 Branko Majstorovic...5 Gerard Ladiyou (cpt)...22 Dominic Roberts
19 Richard Asante...8 Carlos Nogueira...15 Brennan McNicoll...17 Kasy Kiarash
..............9 Andrea Lombardo...14 Jarek Whiteman

Subs:...1 Scott Cliff (gk)...7 Ilya Orlov (mid)...10 Adrian Pena (fwd)...11 Massimo Mirabelli (fwd)...16 Alexandros Halis (fwd)
...18 Raphael Reynolds (--)...20 David Alva (mid)
team officials:...head coach Carmine Isacco (not here)...assistant coach Patrice Gheisar...manager Mario Dias...assistant manager Michael Reynolds

Serbian White Eagles (all red, white numbers)

....................1 Stefan Avramovic
18 Andre Orlando...6 Mirko Medic...4 Mark Jankovic...3 Milos Vucinic
31 Kevin Souter...35 Filip Velasevic...7 Kirie Dimitrov...8 Darryl Gomez
.............10 Alex Braletic (cpt)...11 Milos Scepanovic

Subs:...12 Milos Djurkovic (gk)...2 Nikola Milosevic (mid)...17 Milan Janosevic (mid)...19 Viktor Anastasov (fwd)...27 Filip Prostran (mid)
...19 Salvin Lammie (fwd)...99 Sasa Viciknez (fwd)
team officials:...assistant coach Uros Stamatovic...physio Karolina Bujak...club official Predrag Milanovic

Game officials:...referee Hassane Rifai...referee's assistant Alison Enright and Jonathan Carter...fourth official Matt Arduini...(all black uniforms, neon green trim)

1st Half:...game starts 8:07pm...SCT defend south end on this humid, hot and overcast evening.
1 min...SCT Majstorovic cross from 15 yards on left (after receiving cornerkick from right) is over crowd of players is caught by goalie but offside flag was up anyway.
4 min...SWE YELLOW card...Jankovic earns it for tackle on SCT D'Mello rushing on right at 22 yards.
5 min...SCT McNicoll 25 yard freekick from right has SWE Jankovic step in front of SCT Ladiyou at 3 yards to head ball wide left for cornerkick.
5 min...SCT player's short cornerkick from left is then kicked over players in box and SCT Ladiyou heads ball from right along 6 yard box and defenders clear.
6 min...SWE Scepanovic cornerkick from left has SWE Medic pop up header from 8 yards wide left of net.
8 min...SWE Medic gets back to check SCT McNicoll off through ball on edge of box on left.
11 min...SWE goalie dives out to smother SCT Kiarash rush to get ball on right edge of box.
12 min...SCT Whiteman 22 yard shot from left is well over net.
13 min...SWE Scepanovic 15 yard shot on right squeezes through fingers of diving goalie for cornerkick on left.
13 min...SWE Scepanovic cornerkick from left has nearest defender head ball away from box. SCT Asante is injured in box in collision of his head and SWE player's shoulder.
17 min...SCT sub...Orlov replaces still injured Asante.
19 min...SCT Whiteman receives quick freekick on left passed to him at 25 yards and he rolls cross into box but a defender clears before SCT player can make play.
23 min...SWE Souter cornerkick from left has nearest defender head ball away from box.
25 min...SWE Souter gets short pass back from SWE Gomez from left and 22 yard shot down middle is over net.
31 min...SCT Nogueira threads pass down middle from 25 yards just a step ahead of SCT Whiteman on edge of box.
32 min...SWE Vucinic rush down left wing passes ball forward from 30 yards to SWE Scepanovic who sends in low cross from 18 yards across box but SCT Ladiyou stops and rushes ball out of box.
33 min...SWE Braletic fed pass up middle but is bumped off ball by SCT Ladiyou at 15 yards and ball rolls to goalie.
34 min...SCT Lombardo rush up right sideline and survives bump by SWE Vucinic near cornerflag to cross in low and defender at 3 yards clears from box.
35 min...SCT Majstorovic blasts 35 yard freekick down middle well over net.
36 min...SWE YELLOW card...Velasevic earns it for bump on SCT Roberts at SCT 40 yards.
42 min...SCT Roberts 30 yard freekick from left has SWE Medic head away from 6 yard box.
45 min...SCT YELLOW card...D'Mello earns it for holding SWE Scepanovic at SCT 25 yards.
46 min...SWE Souter 28 yard freekick from left has goalie bobble and SCT Kiarash clear off the line. The goalie is injured on partial clearance rebound when he dives out for ball.
48 min...SCT McNicoll receives tapped out cornerkick from right has defender head ball away.
48 min...half ends 9:55pm.

2nd Half:...starts 9:11pm.
halftime sub...SCT Pena replaces Kiarash.
45 min...SWE Gomez hard midair shot from 15 yards into turf and defender clears ball for cornerkick.
46 min...SWE Orlando blasts partially cleared cornerkick from right from 35 yards well over and wind right of net.
48 min...SCT McNicoll low 30 yard shot in crowd of players is smothered by goalie.
50 min...SWE Souter cornerkick from left is through box unplayed SWE Dimitrov blasts partial clearance from 30 yards up middle is wide right of net.
55 min...SWE YELLOW card...Medic earns it for push on SCT Pena waiting to receive short throw-in at SWE 45 yards.
56 min...SCT Roberts 45 yard freekick from left is caught by goalie.
56 min...SCT goalie catches 50 yard shot up middle by SWE Velasevic.
57 min...SWE sub...Lammie replaces Dimitrov.
57 min...SCT Whiteman blasts 30 yard shot down middle that goalie tips over net.
58 min...SCT McNicoll cornerkick from left has SCT player leap and head ball out of box.
58 min...SCT Whiteman(?) cross from 25 yards on right has SCT Pena take mid air 10 yard tip with foot from left that flying goalie pushes wide of right post.
59 min...SCT Roberts 40 yard shot from left is high and caught by goalie.
60 min...SWE YELLOW card...Souter earns it for hip check on SCT Dimitrov at SWE 40 yards.
61 min...SCT Nogueira receives cross from right and sends 12 yard shot from left well over net.
63 min...SCT Whiteman gets to ball on left and cross into box is knocked for cornerkick by SWE Orlando.
63 min...SCT McNicoll cornerkick from left has SCT player kick of partial clearance at 22 yards and SCT Roberts gets partial rebound and 30 yard low blast is deflected for cornerkick.
64 min...SCT McNicoll cornerkick from right has goalie punch ball straight upwards and then SCT Whiteman pops up 10 yard header that goalie catches.
64 min...White Eagles Milos Scepanovic GOAL...SWE Alex Braletic near right sideline at 40 yards makes a diagonal run to 25 yards in middle and passes back to a SWE player who turns and passes left to Scepanovic who from 18 yards on left controls ball as defender runs by him, and he shoots 12 yard roller to right side of goal just inside post beyond goalie Sotiri Varlokostas who was standing at 5 yards waiting for some kind of blast.
......SWE YELLOW card...Scepanovic earns it for pulling off his shirt and running over to the crowd after his goal.
67 min...SCT Pena 30 yard freekick from right has charging SCT Ladiyou partly tip over own shot and roll 6 yarder that's smothered by goalie.
67 min...SWE Orlando is injured at SWE 40 yards.
70 min...SCT Jarek Whiteman GOAL...SCT Adrian Pena takes quick freekick after he was tripped at SWE 45 yard line and chips ball forward up middle to charging Whiteman who splits defence before he gets to ball and steers ball by sprawling goalie Stefan Avramovic at 15 yards on run and kicks 6 yard shot into the open net.
72 min...SCT McNicoll long cross from 35 yards has SCT Whiteman pop up 12 yard header that defender heads away.
73 min...SCT sub...Halis replaces Lombardo.
74 min...SWE Velasevic is injured at SWE 50 yards.
76 min...SCT Pena low 10 yard shot from extreme left has SWE Medic deflect ball into outside left mesh of net.
77 min...SCT Pena receives freekick from left and 12 yard blast is batted down by goalie.
77 min...SWE sub...Anastasov replaces Scepanovic.
79 min...SCT Pena 22 yard freekick from left has diving goalie push ball wide right of net.
79 min...SCT player's cornerkick from right is high and defender heads out of box to start fast break.
........SCT YELLOW card...Orlov earns it for preventing SWE breakout at SWE 30 yards.
82 min...SWE Lammie dekes two defenders on left and rolls cross into box that defender clears.
82 min...SCT Halis from 45 yards on left crosses to SCT Whiteman at 20 yards and he blasts low 12 yarder from right that's smothered by goalie.
84 min...SWE Braletic gets tapped over freekick by SWE Gomez and blasts 30 yarder that's blocked by charging defender.
87 min...SCT McNicoll gets to pass that had rolled through crowd of players and 15 yard blast is well high and wide right over net.
88 min...SWE YELLOW card...Orlando earns it for running through back of SCT Roberts at SWE 45 yards when Roberts corraling header.
90 min...SWE Braletic 25 yard blast from left is tipped high by defender on edge of box for a cornerkick.
91 min...SWE Souter cornerkick from left is over players in box and SWE wins freekick on right edge of box.
92 min...SWE Braletic low 20 yard freekick from extreme right is cleared easily by defenders.
93 min...SWE Lammie turns and rolls 7 yard shot from left into outside webbing of net.
95 min...SCT Pena 22 yard shot is down middle in crowd of players has shot well over net and hits scoreboard.
95:10 min...game ends 10:00pm.

Final Score:.........SC Toronto..........1..........Serbian White Eagles..........1.......

Attendance was about 400 people for this game on this hot, humid, overcast evening. The crowd was a lot larger than last week's game as there were children and parents from SCT's youth teams. SWE has a crowd that follows their team around. Tonight's game was broadcast live on Rogers Community Channel.

First real scoring chance was not into first half injury time when SWE Kevin Souter took a 28 yard freekick from the left that had the goalie bobble in a crowd of players and a defender behind him cleared it from the line. At 57 minutes SCT Whiteman stole the ball from SWE Darryl Gomez at 40 yards and blasted a 30 yard shot down the middle that the goalie tipped over the net. Soon after the resulting cornerkick was cleared, an SCT player crossed the ball from 30 yards near the right sideline and SCT Adrian Pena one-touched a midair shot from 7 yards on the left that the flying goalie pushed wide right of the net. After the SWE goal, at 67 minutes SCT Adrian Pena took a 30 yard freekick from the right that had the charging SCT Gerard Ladiyou partly trip over his own shot and roll a 6 yarder that was smothered by the goalie. At 76 minutes Brennan McNicoll took a cornerkick from the left and SCT Pena took an 12 yard blast from the right that the flying goalie batted down. At 79 minutes SCT Pena took a 22 yard freekick from the left that had the diving goalie push wide right of the net. At 93 minutes SWE Salvin Lammie turned and rolled a 7 yard shot from the left into the webbing of the net.

The game ended at 95 minutes because of the injuries and the high number of cards given out in this rough game. I counted seven Yellow cards in total [television coverage showed at least eight] given out by referee Hassane Rifai.

A tie was a fair result for tonight's games as both teams had about an equal number of chances. This was the first tie of the year for SCT who now hold a 7-1-1 record. White Eagles are 4-1-4. For goals for and against, SCT are 23 for and 8 against in nine games, White Eagles have 9 for and 5 against in nine games—not an offensive juggernaut but a very tight defence.

SC Toronto had a chance to take over first place tonight with a win but for one point settle with pulling into a tie with York Region for second place. White Eagles point lets them climb to a tie with Brampton City for fifth.

Scott Cliff is now the back up goalie for SC Toronto. He was acquired from Mississauga Eagles FC earlier this year. Cliff played for Milltown FC last year but all their players (and Hamilton Croatia players too) became free agents in the eyes of the CSL when those two teams did not return to the league this season.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca


SC Toronto starters


White Eagles starters


SCT Carlos Nogueira on rush.


SWE defender slide to stop rush.


SWE Alex Braletic near edge of box.


SCT freekick


SCT freekick


SWE line up freekick.


SCT Gerard Ladiyou clears ball from SWE Alex Braletic.

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