May 25, 2012 CSL--SC Toronto vs Montreal Impact Academy (by Rocket Robin)

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Result of the Friday May 25, 2012 CSL game between SC Toronto and Montreal Impact Academy played at Lamport Stadium in Toronto at 8:00pm.

SC Toronto (all navy, thin yellow numbers and trim)

.......................1 Scott Cliff
6 Daniel Fabrizi...7 Ilya Orlov...5 Gerard Ladiyou (cpt)...2 Casey D'Mello
........16 Charles Trafford...8 Carlos Nogueira...15 Brennan McNicoll
........14 Jarek Whiteman...20 Alon Badat...11 Evroy Junior Ellis

Subs:...12 Filip Ljubevski (gk)...10 Dane Roberts (mid)...17 Marcus Hansom (fwd)...18 Raphael Reynolds (mid)...19 Evan Brandon John (def) ...21 Oliver Spring (def)...22 David Alva (mid)
team officials:...head coach Patrice Gheisar...assistant managers Mario Dias and Michael Reynolds

Montreal Impact Academy (white socks and shirts, blue shorts, black numbers)

.........................41 Jason Beaulieu
50 Hugo Lapointe-Senecal...54 Kai Morton...52 Karl W Ouimotte (cpt)...42 Francesco Augustin
60 Dominique Morin...55 Wandrille Lefevre...43 Zakaria Messoudi...44 Amine Meftouh
...................45 Victor Ndiaye...47 Stefan Vukovic

Subs:...65 Samuel Dufort (gk)...46 Philippe Lincourt-Joseph (mid)...51 Maxim Tissot (def)...58 Alexander King (fwd)...59 Walid Abdelali (def) ...71 Yacine Ali Slimane (--)...72 Jeremy Gagnon-Lapare (--)
team officials:...head coach Philippe Eullaffroy...goalkeeping coach Youssef Dahha...massage therapists Julie Bertrand and Yannick Girrard

Game officials:...referee Rich Oliviera...referee's assistants Ben Jacobs and Jonathan Carter...fourth official Michael Anthony Izzo ...(neon yellow shirts, black shorts and socks)

1st Half:...game starts 8:07pm...SCT defends south end.
2 min...MIA Meftouh cross from left cornerflag is caught by goalie surrounded by two MIA players at 3 yards.
3 min...MIA goalie picks up through ball ahead of SCT McNicoll.
10 min...SCT Ellis cross from left is over box unplayed.
11 min...MIA Augustin 30 yard soft shot through players from left is picked up by goalie.
18 min...SCT Ellis rolls ball to SCT Badat has 20 yard shot blocked. SCT Nogueira shanks 28 yard rebound.
20 min...SCT McNicoll 30 yard freekick from right has SCT Badat head 10 yarder down middle over net.
21 min...SCT Trafford long 60 yard ball upfield has MIA goalie charge to edge of box to catch.
24 min...SCT YELLOW card...Ladiyou earns it for pulling down MIA Vukovic at SCT 22 yards.
25 min...MIA Lefevre 25 yard freekick has MIA Lapointe-Senecal charge in to redirect wide right from 10 yards. MIA Morton at right post at 5 yards is checked off ball.
26 min...MIA Lefevre low 45 yard shot through middle wide left of net.
27 min...SCT Badat beats the MIA goalie on the right and his 15 yard shot has retreating defender MIA Morton head the ball over the net from 5 yards.
27 min...SCT Orlov blasts partial cornerkick clearance from 25 yards low down middle wide left of net.
31 min...SCT Whiteman 30 yard shot down middle is caught by goalie.
33 min...SCT player's cornerkick from right has ball deflect off SCT Ellis and pop up to goalie.
37 min...MIA Vukovic 22 yard shot after receiving pass has shot blocked. MIA Lefevre 30 yard rebound down middle is high and wide right of net.
41 min...MIA Red card...Wandrille Lefevre earns a direct ejection from referee Rich Oliviera for a studs up sliding tackle on SCT Charles Trafford at SCT 45 yard line injurying him.
42 min...SCT Badat cornerkick from left has MIA Morton clear away ball.
43 min...MIA Stefan Vukovic GOAL...MIA Victor Ndiaye gives Vukovic a pass from the right and he connects on a roller from 15 yards with goalie Scott Cliff out almost that far. Vukovic rounded the goalie for a tap in if required but the ball rolled into the right corner of the net.
45 min...SCT Badat beats MIA Morton but MIA Ouimotte checks him off ball at 8 yards on left post.
46 min...SCT Nogueira 15 yard blast down middle is blocked.
46 min...half ends 8:53pm.

2nd Half:...starts 9:08pm.
45 min...MIA Augustin cross from 28 yards on left has SCT Ladiyou knock ball down and clear at 15 yards in center of box.
47 min...SCT Badat 30 yard roller has goalie save wide right of net.
51 min...SCT Trafford receives cross from left and flicks 20 yard header wide left of net.
52 min...SCT McNicoll 35 yard freekick from left is over players and is wide right of net.
56 min...SCT Whiteman receives a tap-over pass behind a defender and takes a 15 yard shot into the net but the play was called offside.
58 min...SCT Ladiyou chips 55 yard pass that has SCT McNicoll not able to get to ball.
60 min...SCT McNicoll cornerkick from righty has defender head ball from right over players wide left for another cornerkick.
60 min...SCT Badat cornerkick from left has goalie palm ball over net.
60 min...SCT McNicoll cornerkick from right has MIA Meftouh head ball wide right of net.
61 min...SCT McNicoll cornerkick from right has goalie knock ball down but play is whistled down.
63 min...SCT Fabrizi run on right and slides to get 25 yard shot near end line that goalie picks up.
65 min...SCT Trafford taps ball over to SCT McNicoll on right and his low 15 yard shot from right is smothered by the goalie.
65 min...MIA sub...Gagnon-Lapare replaces Meftouh.
67 min...SCT Nogueira is injured when MIA defender clears ball off him in box and goalie catches.
67 min...SCT sub...Reynolds replaces Fabrizi.
69 min...SCT Ellis turns and fires 25 yard shot that goalie catches.
70 min...MIA RED card...Goalie Jason Beaulieu earns a direct ejection for tripping SCT Charles Trafford inside the box as he ran past the fallen goalie to the loose ball. Trafford was injured on the play. The referee also awarded SCT a Penalty kick.
71 min...MIA sub...back up goalie Samuel Dufort replaces forward Stefan Vukovic.
72 min...SCT Jarek Whiteman GOAL...Whiteman's Penalty kick blast is low to right corner of net beyond diving goalie.
75 min...SCT Badat cornerkick from right is knocked down but passed around on edge of box. SCT player in crowd of players gets away 22 yard shot down middle that's caught by goalie.
76 min...MIA Messoudi splits two defenders and dekes a third and shoots a 12 yarder from the left just over the net.
78 min...SCT Reynolds 25 yard cross from right is high of net.
79 min...MIA YELLOW card...Ouimotte earns it for argueing large freekick call for SCT.
82 min...SCT sub...Alva replaces Trafford.
.........MIA sub...Ali Slimane replaces Ndiaye.
83 min...SCT YELLOW card...Whiteman earns it at MIA 37 yards for pulling defender onto him.
84 min...MIA Ali Slimane dekes defender and shoots on charging goalie and wins cornerkick on save of 12 yard shot along end line.
86 min...MIA Messoudi cornerkick from left has MIA Ouimotte not able to turn header from 18 yards down middle.
87 min...SCT Reynold 18 cross from 25 yards on far right has defender pop up header to goalie.
88 min...MIA Ali Slimane cross from 22 yards on right has defender concede cornerkick on block at 10 yards.
89 min...MIA Gagnon-Lapare 25 yard shot has defender leap to head ball away at 5 yards.
91 min...SCT Whiteman cross from 30 yards from right is cleared from left side of box.
91 min...SCT Whiteman cross from 20 yards deflects off defender for cornerkick.
92 min..,SCT McNicoll cornerkick from the left has the goalie back up to catch the ball on the right post in front of at least two SCT players waiting to head the ball in.
93 min...SCT Ellis can't win Penalty kick on edge of box when he's pulled down.
94:00 min...game ends 10:56pm.

Final Score:.....SCT Toronto.....1.......Montreal Impact Academy.......1......

Attendance was about 150 on this warm night (record high daytime temperature in Toronto at this time of year).

MIA hung on to a tie playing two men down for the last 20 minutes. They actually almost scored again at 76 minutes on a great individual play by Zakaria Messoudi.

The experience will be humbling for SCT who opened the season with two straight wins. Their timing was just off this evening whether even strength, up a man, or up two men. MIA improve their record to 1 win, 0 losses, 2 ties.

Best non-scoring chances of the game were at 27 minutes when SCT Alan Badat beat the MIA goalie on the right and his 15 yard shot had retreating defender MIA Kai Morton head the ball over the net from 5 yards. 56 minutes had SCT Jarek Whiteman receive a tap-over pass behind a defender and take a 15 yard shot into the net but the play was called offside. SCT had a set of four cornerkicks within two minutes at 60 minutes and the best chance had an SCT Badat cornerkick have to be palmed over the net by the goalie. 76 minutes had MIA Zakaria Messoudi split two defenders and deke a third and shoot a 12 yarder from the left just over the net. 92 minutes had SCT Brennan McNicoll take a cornerkick from the left that the goalie backed up to catch the ball on the right post in front of at least two SCT players waiting to head the ball in.

Quite a variety of fans watching the game besides the parents of the ball girls. Toronto FC Ashtone Morgan was in the stands watching with some friends and SCT technical director Carmine Isacco. Morgan has a big game tomorrow afternoon about six blocks away when TFC plays Philadelphia Union in their attempt to win their first MLS game this season. A scout from Syracuse University came up to the press box at halftime to write down some names from the rosters. There were also some friends/family of Stefan Vukovic cheering him on.

I talked with Stefan Vukovic after the game. He is on a three month contract with the Impact but there's no reason why that can't be extended.

The Impact Academy does allow players up to the age of 21 while the TFC Academy turns their players over at 18. It's a long leap to an MLS contract at that age and TFC elected to let Vukovic go.

MIA wore all 'high' numbers with choices between 41 and 72. TFCA used that in their first year of play. MIA goalies wear the same neon orange uniforms as MLS player Donovan Ricketts.

The Impact Academy now stay in the GTA area and play Mississauga Eagles tomorrow night at 7:00pm at The Hershey Centre.

This game was filmed by Rogers and will be shown on their Community Channel on Sunday night.

A week ago I hadn't expected to be here as the TFC Academy were to open their new facility at Downsview Park but that game has been put off until Sunday afternoon. I'll be at another game but expect I'll see TFCA play at least seven times this season but now will miss their opponents London City and will probably see them only once.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

SC Toronto starters