May 18, 2012 CSL--Mississauga Eagles FC vs SC Toronto (by Rocket Robin)

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Result of the Friday May 18th, 2012 CSL game between Mississauga Eagles FC and SC Toronto played at Hershey Fields in Mississauga at 8:00pm.

Mississauga Eagles FC (white socks, shorts, and numbers, black shirts)

......................50 Kofi Oppong
2 Shaun McDonald...4 Thomas Szczoika...13 Antoine Paul...6 Paramuir Sekhon
16 Thomas McLean...10 Jose Melo (cpt)...21 Christian Kusicwicz...7 Matthew Macri
................11 Laudelino Jose DeSousa...9 David James

Subs:...5 Ivan Juric (mid)...8 Brandon Wellington (def)...20 Mujtaba Ameen (fwd)...22 Andrew Samuels (mid)...24 Darian Bygrave (fwd) ...30 Bohdan Sulypka (mid)...41 Darragh Roe (fwd)
team officials:...head coach Josef Komlodi...assistant coach Paul Dhillion and Richard Machado...manager Alex Szczotka...director Susa Rossiter

SC Toronto (black socks, shorts and numbers, yellow & black hooped shirts)

......................1 Scott Cliff
6 Daniel Fabrizi...7 Ilya Orlov...5 Gerard Ladiyou (cpt)...2 Casey D'Mello
.........19 Alon Badat...16 Charles Trafford...8 Carlos Noguiera
.........10 Dane Roberts...14 Jarek Whiteman...13 Sergio DeLuca

Subs:...12 Filip Ljubevski (gk)...3 Jacob Angelo Ceccanese (--)...4 Jay Chapman (mid)...11 Evroy Junior Ellis (fwd)...15 Brennan McNicoll (mid) ...17 David Alva (mid)...18 Raphael Reynolds (mid)
team officials:...head coach Patrice Gheisar...manager Frank Cardona...assistant manager Mario Dias

Game officials:...referee Jean Philip Jalbert...referee's assistants Gianni Fachinni and Scott Decker...fourth official Alexis Vaughan ...(red shirts, black shorts and socks)

1st Half:...game starts 8:05pm...MEFC defends north end on this cool evening with the bright sun setting in the north west.
3 min...MEFC Melo low cross from 20 yards on right has defender head out of box from 8 yards. MEFC DeSousa misses 20 yard scissor kick down middle.
5 min...MEFC Macri cross from 25yard on left sideline has MEFC James flick header from 15 yards bounce by goalie but wide of net.
7 min...MEFC player's cornerkick from left has MEFC Paul bounce 15 yard header in crowd of palyers that goalie swats away.
9 min...SCT Roberts cross from 25 yards near right corner flag is behind net and back fence.
9 min...SCT Badat low 25 yarder down middle is rolled wide right of net.
10 min...SCT Whiteman rolls 20 yard shot from right is just wide right of net.
12 min...SCT Badat cornerkick from right is headed away.
13 min...SCT player's 28 yard freekikc from right is rolled to center where SCT Noguiera blasts shot over net from 22 yards.
15 min...SCT Noguiera rush and cross from 20 yards near end line is caught by goalie.
16 min...SCT Roberts 35 yard freekick is through defenders and two offside charging forwards just wide right of post.
17 min...MEFC DeSousa taps pass from 25 yards on right and MEFC Kusicwicz rolls soft 15 yard shot to goalie.
18 min...SCT Roberts pushes ball over end line after receiving throw-in from right.
20 min...SCT DeLuca low cross from 25 yards near left end line tips off defender and goalie picks up ball.
20 min...MEFC Szczoika has shot deflect off his head at 25 yards and pops for goalie to grab.
22 min...SCT Ladiyou through ball pass from 40 yards on left is bounced over end line.
24 min...SCT Roberts 40 yard freekick from left gets through players for SCT Badat on the right to get a low 15 yard shot that the sprawling goalie saves at 5 yards.
25 min...MEFC DeSousa pops up cross from left at 15 yards down middle and well over net.
26 min...SCT Jarek Whiteman GOAL...Whiteman chips 25 yard shot from right over MEFC goalie Kofi Oppong at 5 yards and ball drops into top left corner of net.
28 min...SCT player's cross from 22 yards on right is into MEFC box where goalie swats it down and defender clears.
29 min...MEFC Joey Melo GOAL...MEFC Matthew Macri takes short cornerkick from left to Melo who kicks 20 yarder from left into top right side of goal over SCT goalie Scott Cliff in the center of net.
31 min...SCT Jarek Whiteman GOAL...Whiteman takes ball away from fallen defender at 28 yards on right and shoots low 15 yarder from right that deflects off sprawling goalie and into left side of net.
33 min...MEFC Macri rush on left and low cross from 25 yards is through box unplayed.
34 min...MEFC sub...Juric replaces Paul.
35 min...SCT DeLuca rush on right and rolls cross that goalie picks up before SCT forward can get to it.
36 min...MEFC Kofi Oppong RED card...SCT Ilya Orlov is flattened after getting away a pass at MEFC 50 yards. SCT Jarek Whiteman charges to ball as goalie charges out of box on right and swats ball away with hand as Whiteman runs by him at 20 yards. Referee Jean Philipe Jalbert ejects the goalie for handling the ball out of his box. The next play was a SCT freekick near the edge of the box. MEFC forward David James who was already on the field switched shirts then played as the goalkeeper for the remainder of the game. MEFC did not have another goalie on their seven subs bench.
39 min...SCT Whiteman 20 yard freekick on right (when play finally resumes) is blasted into outside webbing of net near top right corner.
41 min...MEFC sub...Wellington replaces injured Melo.
43 min...MEFC Kusicwicz rush up middle and low 25 yard shot is caught by ogalie diving forward at 12 yards.
43 min...MEFC DeSousa blasts 25 yarder down middle after short run is well high and wide left of net.
46 min...MEFC Macri 30 yard freekick from left is headed away by defender in box as he was being pushed over at 8 yards for SCT freekick call.
49 min...MEFC McLean heads ball back to goalie and goalie catches although he wasn't prepared.
52 min...half ends 8:57pm.

2nd Half:...starts 9:14pm...it's now dark.
45 min...MEFC DeSousa 45 yard shot from left is caught by goalie.
47 min...MEFC goalie charges to 28 yards to clear through ball down middle.
50 min...MEFC DeSousa gets pass while open on left and charges to 22 yards where he rolles hard shot wide right of post.
51 min...SCT Whiteman chips 40 yard pass forward that goalie catches on bounce on edge of box.
52 min...MEFC Macri rush to right end line and low cross is smothered by goalie.
54 min...MEFC DeSousa chips 35 yard shot from left is caught by goalie as another MEFC player is being called offside.
57 min...SCT Jarek Whiteman GOAL...SCT Dane Roberts at 40 yards on left taps pass forward to Whiteman running ahead and from 28 yards on left takes shot over goalie David James at 8 yards and ball is into right side of net.
58 min...MEFC Juric 25 yard low blast is tipped wide left of net for cornerkick.
58 min...MEFC Macri cornerkick from left has defender leap to head away.
59 min...SCT goalie beats MEFC Kusicwicz to catch bouncer on edge of box.
61 min...SCT sub...Ellis replaces DeLuca.
62 min...MEFC YELLOW card...Melo earns it at center line for clipping on MEFC Sekhon.
64 min...MEFC YELLOW card...Macri earns it for tackle on SCT D'Mello at SCT 40 yards.
65 min...MEFC sub...Roe replaces Macri.
66 min...SCT Roberts 40 yard freekick from left has goalie fumble ball wide left at 5 yards for cornerkick on left.
67 min...SCT Carlos Nogueira GOAL...SCT Dane Roberts at center line on right rolls pass to Nogueira who gets breakaway from 40 yards down middle and he rolls 20 yard shot into right side of net beyond sliding goalie at 6 yards.
70 min...SCT sub...McNicoll replaces Roberts.
71 min...MEFC Juric cornerkick from right has defender head ball wide right of net.
72 min...MEFC Juric cornerkick from right has defender head ball away. MEFC Juric recross has defender head away.
73 min...MEFC DeSousa 40 yard freekick from left has goalie catch ball wide right of post.
74 min...MEFC Wellington rolls an 18 yard shot up the middle after receiving a pass and the shot was just wide left of the post.
75 min...MEFC sub...Samuels replaces DeSousa.
76 min...MEFC Sekhon rush on left and cross has ball tipped over net for cornerkick.
76 min...SCT Noguiera 22 yard shot through crowd of players in middle is wide right of net.
76 min...SCT sub...Reynolds replaces Trafford.
78 min...SCT sub...Alva replaces Badat.
79 min...MEFC Juric 40 yard freekick from right is caught by goalie at 3 yards over crowd of players.
80 min...SCT sub...Chapman replaces Noguiera.
82 min...SCT McNicoll chips pass from 35 yards on right that SCT Ellis overruns ball at 12 yards.
83 min...SCT Whiteman is checked off ball in MEFC box before getting shot on left.
84 min...SCT Szczoika cornerkick from left is over players in box.
85 min...MEFC YELLOW card...Wellington earns it for pushing over SCT Orlov as MEFC Wellington rushed for ball up right.
85 min...MEFC sub...Ameen replaces Kusicwicz.
86 min...MEFC DeSousa chips a 20 yard shot from the left over the net after the SCT goalie and a defender made a clearance miscue.
88 min...SCT Alva pushes through ball pass but defender gets back to beat SCT Ellis from getting ball at 7 yards and gives up cornerkick instead.
88 min...SCT player's cornerkick from left is cleared from box.
92 min...MEFC Sekhon 40 yard cross from left is over head of charging MEFC Wellington on edge of box.
93 min...SCT Ellis twist and gets away 18 yard blast of shot but sends ball well over net.
93 min...game ends 10:02pm.

Final Score:......Mississauga Eagles FC.........1.......SC Toronto........4....

Attendance was about 100 on this cool evening with MEFC having the setting sun at their backs in the first half.

This was a game of two front runners this early season both with 1-0-0 records and scoring five goals each in their first game.

The game changed at 36 minutes with MEFC picking up the RED card and within five minutes of that MEFC captain and goal scorer Joey Melo having to be subbed for an injury. After the game he answered my question--he'd picked up the injury--a cleat scrape down his leg before he scored the goal and played through the pain until he collapsed in the center circle and Brandon Wellington took his place.

MEFC had a few chances after that but their shooting was mostly off target. Trying to press for the tieing goal left them short at the back. Forward David James pressed into playing goalie looked more comfortable charging out of the box to clear through balls then staying back in net waiting for the play to come to him.

Best non-scoring chances were at 24 minutes when SCT Dane Roberts took a 40 yard freekick from the left that got through players for SCT Alon Badat on the right to get a low 15 yard shot that the sprawling goalie saved at 5 yards. 74 minutes had MEFC Brandon Wellington roll an 18 yard shot up the middle after receiving a pass and the shot was just wide left of the post. 86 minutes had MEFC Laudeline Jose DeSousa chip a 20 yard shot from the left over the net after the SCT goalie and a defender made a clearance miscue.

MEFC wore black shirts (as opposed to last year wearing green). SC Toronto wore black & yellow hoop shirts but with easy to read black numbers and with black shorts and socks made them look like bees. Great headlines (if the mainstream press ever reported on these games) would be "SC Toronto buzz/swarms/stings the Eagles".

The game was being filmed for Rogers Game of the Week and will be shown in Toronto on Sunday night at 8:00pm after the magazine show 'This Week in the CSL' makes its debut this season at 7:30pm. Rogers can squeeze the game down to two hours with a bit of editing because the 1st half had 5 minutes of added time and the 2nd half had 4 minutes justified by injuries and MEFC making four subs and SCT making five subs.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

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