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Result of the Wednesday October 5, 2011 CSL game between Brampton City United and York Region Shooters played at Victoria Park in Brampton at 9:00pm.
Brampton City United (all white, blue numbers)
.....................1 Jacob Matthews
2 Jeremy Shepherd...5 Giovanni Annisi...4 Cameron Medwin...3 David Ferreira
..........8 Jose Moreira...16 David Velastagui...6 Andrew Da Silva (cpt)
..........7 Marcos Nunes...9 Kevin Omokhua...11 Andy Garcia
Subs:...18 Roy Blanche (gk)...00 Luca Leone (gk)...12 Mohamed Diaby (def)...14 Jonathan Singh (mid)...15 Quante Abbott-Hill-Smith (def)
...17 Michael Odhomer (def)
team officials:...head coach Armando Costa...assistant coach Joan J Barreto...manager Michael DiMatteo
York Region Shooters (blue socks, shorts and numbers, yellow shirts)
.....................00 Adam Majer
13 Aundrae Rollins...21 Troy Watson...17 Matthew O'Connor...77 Desmond Humphrey
.........22 Jalen Brome...12 Carlos Rivas...18 Armando Garcia
.........15 Jordan Roberts...14 Dino Gardener...8 Matthew Amore
Subs:...1 Hosiko Yosuto (gk)...[turns out the following players listed had already gone home]...4 Nathan Brown (def)
...5 Nicolas Martinez (def)...6 Phillip Brown (def)...7 Goncalo Almeida (fwd)...15 Jordan Roberts (fwd)...19 Adrian Butters (mid)
...one of the above players enters game wearing #20 at 76 minutes.
team officials:...coach Brian Bowes...manager John Pacione...message therapist Eric Yuill...director Tony DiThomasis
Game officials:...referee Justin Tasev...referee's assistants Brian Butler and Rich Oliveira...fourth official Michael Anthony Izzo...(all black uniforms, neon yellow trim)
1st Half:...game starts 9:03pm...BCU defends east end on this cold night. There was no wind but it was parka wearing weather.
7 min...BCU Velastagui 30 yard freekick from right is headed away by defender in box.
9 min...YRS Gardener rush on left and shoots low from 30 yards that's smothered by goalie.
15 min...YRS Roberts rush in from left and bounces shot to goalie from 22 yards.
17 min...BCU Shepherd in race with YRS Humphrey on right crosses 22 yarder from extreme right behind net.
18 min...BCU Nunes rolls cross from 20 yards on right through box that defender concedes cornerkick.
18 min...BCU player's short cornerkick from left is worked out but cross is blocked by YRS player's header on edge of box.
20 min...YRS Amore receives throw-in and 20 yard shot from extreme right is wide left of net for goalkick.
22 min...BCU Andy Garcia blasts midair kick down middle from 30 yards wide right of net.
24 min...BCU Andy Garcia 30 yard shot through crowd from left is well over net.
24 min...BCU Andy Garcia 28 yard shot down middle is low and wide left of net.
27 min...BCU Velastagui rush on left past defender and cross to BCU Omokhua at 20 yards for low shot that's caught by goalie.
28 min...BCU Nunes 25 yard low shot from right is wide left of net.
31 min...BCU Omokhua chipped ball in middle and low 20 yard shot is pushed wide left by diving goalie. A defender blocks BCU player's
rebound attempt.
33 min...BCU Omokhua takes ball off defender on left sideline and 25 yard shot is caught by goalie.
36 min...YRS Armando Garcia 20 yard shot from extreme right is high and wide left for goalkick.
39 min...YRS Gardener tap over to YRS Rivas who blasts 30 yarder down middle low and wide lert.
41 min...BCU Velastagui cornerkick from left has nearest defender dives to head ball for throw-in.
41 min...BCU Andy Garcia GOAL...BCU David Velastagui throws in from left to Garcia who blasts 30 yarder from left into top right corner of net beyond
goalie Adam Majer.
44 min...BCU Andy Garcia rush to middle from right and 25 yard shot is wide right.
45 min...YRS Rollins 30 yard shot from right sideline has leaping goalie catch overhead at 6 yards.
46 min...half ends 9:59pm.
2nd Half:...starts 10:06pm.
47 min...YRS Gardener 30 yard shot down middle is well over net wide right of net.
48 min...BCU Velastagui on rush on left runs around goalie and rolls 18 yarder from extreme left which YRS O'Connor saves on line
conceding cornerkick.
49 min...BCU player's cornerkick on left is back to BCU Da Silva who bends in 30 yard cross that's well wide right over end line.
50 min...BCU Moreira is injured in center circle.
53 min...YRS Rollins cross from 30 yards on right is wide right of net.
55 min...BCU Nunes 35 yard cross from right is well over net.
58 min...YRS Brome injured away from play aned needs help to limp off field.
59 min...BCU Velastagui 20 yard shot from left is over net.
60 min...BCU Andy Garcia GOAL...Garcia intercepts ball from goalie at 22 yards on left and rolls 15 yard shot from left under goalie into short left
side of net.
62 min...YRS Rivas gets center pass from left and 30 yard shot up middle is smothered by goalie.
65 min...YRS Amore log run on right and low 12 yard cross has defender concede cornerkick.
66 min...YRS Rivas cornerkick from right has partial clearance and YRS player's 35 yard shot from right is well wide right and high of net.
67 min...YRS player's cornerkick from right has BCU heads ball out of box and YRS Rivas blasts 35 yard shot down middle well over net.
68 min...BCU player's 25 yard shot on right bounces to goalie.
69 min...BCU Omokhua 30 yard shot from right is just wide left of post.
70 min...It was pointed out to me that YRS has subbed their goalie. Yosuto replaces Majer. YRS are still playing short in the outfield!
74 min...YRS Amore long dribble from right to middle but goaolie dives on edge of box to save.
76 min...YRS player wearing #20 enters game.
76 min...BCU Kevin Omokhua GOAL...Omokhua at 15 yards on left rolls low shot into right side of net beyond goalie Hosiko Yosuto.
79 min...BCU Velastagui 35 yard blast from right is high and well wide left of net.
82 min...YRS Herron has left game, YRS are playing short.
83 min...BCU Nunes 30 yard shot up middle is wide right.
83 min...BCU sub...Abbott-Hill-Smith replaces Annisi.
..........BCU sub...Diaby replaces Ferreira.
87 min...BCU sub...Leone replaces Matthews.
88 min...YRS Gardener 15 yard shot shot along left end line is caught by goalie guarding left post on overhead catch.
91 min...game ends 10:52pm.
Final Score:......Brampton City United........3...........York Region Shooters..........0...........
Attendance was about 80 on this cold night although there was no wind. This game made up for the one postponed from scheduled for August 7th. There were no children in attendance and BCU is one of the GTA area teams where many of their fans are children with parents. Many in the crowd were from other teams scouting for the playoffs. I recognized a few familiar team parkas from Toronto Croatia and Serbian White Eagles.
The game was pushed back from its 8:30pm scheduled start by a Reserves League game between these two teams. BCU won that game by a 2-1 score. Because both teams wore different uniforms and numbers I didn't recognize if any/many players played in both games. Both teams used a lot of players not usually in their CSL League lineup. BCU's Judah Hernandez and YRS Kadian Lecky were in the stands watching.
At 70 minutes it was pointed out to me by a referee assessor that YRS had switched goalies with Hosiko Yosuto replacing Adam Majer. He also said that YRS were playing a man down. I saw one sub made at 76 minutes. I noticed that YRS defender Aundrae Rollins was limping along the sideline with his knee wrapped up. Early in the second half YRS forward Matthew Amore was injured for quite some time but eventually returned to the game. I saw midfielder Armando Garcia with a big ice pack on his knee and his ankle after the game as well but he stayed until the end. At 82 minutes I saw YRS Ricky Herron had left the game but not been replaced. They listed seven subs so what was going on—playing ten players for so long? After the game Kadian Lecky answered that he wasn't playing as he had a slight injury and was resting for the playoffs which start this weekend. He said they had sent all the reserve players home as they had to go to school the next day. Hmm, I'm thinking the game ended just before 11:00pm and it took me almost an hour to drive home almost straight east whereas most players would have a further drive north as well.
Jacob Matthews and Luca Leone shared the shutout for BCU although Leone came into the game at 87 minutes and only made one stop before the game ended. Roy Blanche their main goalie was on the bench but not called into the game. Their other main goalie, Kodzo Awitor was serving a suspension from being Red carded in their last game.
I didn't count a 'good' chance for the first half hour but at 31 minutes BCU Kevin Omokhua was chipped a ball in the middle and his low 20 yard shot was pushed wide left by the diving goalie and a defender blocked a BCU rebound attempt. 45 minutes had YRS Aundrae Rollins 30 yard shot from the right sideline had the leaping goalie jump to catch over his head at 6 yards. 48 minutes had BCU David Velastagui on a rush on the left actually run around the goalie and roll an 18 yard shot from the extreme left which YRS Matthew O'Connor saved just off the goal line. Most other shots were from 25 yards away or longer. Both teams were called on many offsides. Referee Justin Tasev didn't give out any Yellow cards as far as I saw.
I was there until a few minutes after 11pm and the City of Brampton still had not shut off the stadium lights but that was a worry if this game had dragged on and why there was almost no time between the end of the Reserve game and the main game.
This was the league's final game of the season for the playoff bound teams. A win for either team would somewhat alter the playoff match-ups. Brampton winning means they finish fourth instead of fifth. They finish with a 15-8-3 record. The win flips them over Serbian White Eagles but either way they were destined to play that team in the two game quarterfinal. Shooters loss keeps them in eighth place at 12-8-6. 42 points is the same as Mississauga Eagles but that team has one more win. A win would have taken them to sixth place but a match up with Capital City from Ottawa. The CSL website listed that Capital City will play Montreal Impact Academy so I'm sure both those teams will enjoy the time/money saved in that match up.
I've heard from different GTA team officials in the league welcoming the challenge of playing the regular season champs SC Toronto. They have something like eight players who are students from York University. This Friday York U plays McMaster and Sunday they play Brock. Look for a shortage of players and the absence of SC Toronto head coach Carmine Isacco who is also the head coach of York U.
Rocket Robin
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BCU starters
Shooters starters
BCU Andy Garcia (11) and Kevin Omokhua kick off the game.
BCU Marcus Nunes cuts back.
BCU freekick
BCU start rush deep in own end.
BCU rush
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