June 10, 2012 CSL--York Region Shooters vs St Catharines Roma Wolves (by Rocket Robin)

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Result of the Sunday June 10, 2012 CSL game between York Region Shooters vs St Catharines Roma Wolves played at St Joan of Arc Catholic High School in Vaughan.

York Region Shooters (navy socks, shorts, and numbers, sky blue shirts)

...........................00 Emanuelle Ameltonis
3 Ricky Herron...4 Marcelo Capazolo...7 Matthew O'Connor...6 Fitzroy Christey
16 Carlo Rivas...21 Darryl Gomez...13 Aundrae Rollins...19 Andre Manders
................9 Jason De Thomasis...77 Desmond Humphrey (cpt)

Subs:...1 Yasuto Hoshiko (gk)...8 Jalen Brome (fwd)...12 Chris Thomas (mid)...14 Tristan Jackman (mid)...18 Shezan Singh (fwd) ...20 Belrum Vartanian (fwd)...99 Ryan Dummett (mid)
team officials:...head coach Tony DiThomasis...assistant coach Americo Tantalo...manager John Pacione...team doctor Jason Izraelski ...club official Bill Androutsos

St Catharines Roma Wolves (all maroon, white numbers)

............................1 Claudio Perri (cpt)
2 Matthew DiMaria...3 Nicholas Vecchi...12 Geoffrey Attard...13 Angelo Beatrice
8 Camilo Veloza...7 Williams Janetos...10 Scott MacLennan...11 Calvin Rosario
.................15 Ross Campbell...17 James Bond

Subs:...4 Abu Kamara (fwd)...5 Thomas Hughes (def)...6 Mathew Mateljan (mid)...9 Derek Luberhino (mid)...14 John Maurzio (fwd) ...16 Mark Dano (mid)
team officials:...head coach Carlo Arghittu...assistant coach Tuukkaa Salonen...manager Armand DiFruscio...director Angelo Pizzacalla

Game officials:...referee Hassane Rifai...referee's assistants John Carter and Brian Butler...fourth official Alexis Vaughan ...(neon yellow shirts, black shorts and socks)

1st Half:...game starts 7:21pm...YRS defend north end on this hot eveing with the sun in the north west.
4 min...YRS Humphrey cornerkick from right has ball popped up twice but goalie dives on ball on left end line.
6 min...YRS Humphrey touches centering pass from 25 yards on right and YRS Rollins bends 22 yard blast wide left of post but wins cornerkick.
6 min...YRS Humphrey cornerkick from left has defenders clear from box.
8 min...YRS Humphrey cornerkick from right is over players in box. YRS Rivas recross from 25 yards on left is cleared.
11 min...YRS Humphrey blasts 30 yard roller of partial clearance up middle through players wide left of net.
15 min...Wolves MacLennan cornerkick from right has YRS Herron clear with header on left.
19 min...Wolves Veloza is injured when YRS Herron clears ball off him at YRS 50 yard line.
24 min...Wolves Bond freekick from 30 yards up middle blast is saved in player wall.
25 min...Wolves Rosario 28 yard roller from left is picked up by goalie.
26 min...YRS Humphrey cross from 25 yards on left end line has YRS Herron dive back for header at 5 yards but can't connect.
27 min...Wolves goalie jumps over YRS Humphrey to grab ball at 15 yards.
28 min...Wolves MacLennan 25 yard low shot from left is wide right of net.
30 min...Wolves Bond 22 yard freekick blast from the left has the goalie fly right and punch the ball away.
31 min...Wolves MacLennan sends in the ball from the right and Wolves DeMaria fly and flick a 10 yard header wide left of the post.
34 min...YRS DeThomasis gets by Wolves Rosario on run up sideline on right and gets 22 yard shot that spins off defender at 15 yards and back for goalie.
35 min...Wolves sub...Hughes replaces injured Rosario who was limping from the previous play.
37 min...YRS Manders finishes rush with 15 yard pass/shot that sliding defender deflects wide of net.
38 min...YRS Humphrey cornerkick from right has goalie swat ball away in crowd of players and Wolves win freekick for pushing in the box.
38 min...Wolves Veloza 35 yard blast down middle is over players just over bar.
40 min...Wolves Beatrice is injured on ducked tackle by YRS Herron at YRS 45 yards.
41 min...Wolves Bond 50 yard freekick from left has sliding Wolves Veloza poke 10 yard ball wide left of net.
42 min...Wolves YELLOW card...someone earns it for delaying YRS freekick.
.........YRS Rivas freekick from 35 yards on left is caught by goalie on left post.
44 min...YRS Gomez 25 yard shot is deflected by defender at 20 yards wide left of net.
45 min...YRS Humphrey cornerkick from left is over players and YRS Manders touch-blasts from 20 yards on right that has defender head ball away near left post.
45 min...YRS Humphrey rolls pass across box and has YRS Rollins overrun ball and falls cutting back at 5 yards on right.
46 min...YRS DeThomasis 25 yard shot up middle is crowd of players is wide right.
47 min...half ends 8:08pm.

2nd Half:...starts 8:24pm.
halftime subs:...YRS Jackman replaces Rollins.
.................YRS Singh replaces Manders.
.................Wolves Mateljan replaces DiMaria.
48 min...YRS Herron steals ball off defender and blasts 35 yarder wide left of goal.
49 min...YRS YELLOW card...Herron earns it for complaining about freekick call.
50 min...Wolves Bond 40 yard freekick from left has defender head away in crowd of players on edge of box.
51 min...YRS Jackman 15 yard shot from the right has sliding goalie save at 8 yards.
51 min...YRS Desmond Humphrey GOAL...Humphrey receives a short pass across the box from YRS Jason De Thomasis on the right and from 18 yards rounds goalie Claudio Perri at 10 yards then kicks in low 6 yarder from the left to the center of the open net.
53 min...Wolves Janetos passes the ball forward to Wolves Bond on the right and he rolls a cross from 12 yards but YRS Capazolo checked Wolves Campbell off the ball and he couldn't draw a freekick when he fell.
54 min...YRS sub...Dummett replaces Herron.
55 min...Wolves goalie charges out of net to 30 yards to head away through ball.
57 min...YRS YELLOW card...DeThomasis earns it for pushing over Wolves Mateljan at 30 yards to get to ball that goalie was waiting to pick up.
58 min...YRS Singh just misses getting to tipped over cross at 5 yards on left.
59 min...YRS Humphrey cornerkick from left is cleared.
60 min...YRS Gomez 30 yard freekick down middle has goalie fly left to push wide left.
61 min...YRS Rivas pushes pass forward up left to YRS Humphrey who backheels ball forward to YRS Singh who rolls 12 yard shot wide left.
64 min...YRS Gomez 28 yard freekick from left arcs shot over net.
66 min...YRS Humphrey rushes through middle from 50 yards eluding sliding defender but loses ball.
67 min...YRS sub...Vartanian replaces Rivas.
67 min...Wolves YELLOW card...Janetos earns it for shirt grab then trip of YRS Christey rushing down left to 20 yards.
68 min...YRS Humphrey 30 yard freekick from left has YRS Singh shoot wide left of net.
68 min...Wolves sub...Luberhino replaces Beatrice.
69 min...YRS Vartanian chips goalie at 18 yards on rush but ball bounces over end line.
70 min...YRS Vartanian blasts 22 yard shot on rush on right is well over net.
71 min...YRS Singh blasts loose ball from 18 yards in center well over net.
73 min...Wolves sub...Kamara replaces Campbell.
.........YRS sub...Brome replaces DeThomasis.
74 min...YRS Humphrey 25 yard freekick from left has Wolves Vecchi head ball through box but out right side.
75 min...YRS Vartanian pushes ball from right into 6 yard box but Wolves Vecchi clears.
76 min...Wolves Vecchi is injured at Wolves 40 yards.
82 min...Wolves sub...Maurzio replaces Bond.
83 min...YRS Humphrey intercepts ball and runs to middle and blasts 30 yarder that goalie bats down and picks up.
84 min...Wolves Vecchi 30 yard freekick near left sideline is low and cleared by nearest defender on left.
87 min...Wolves MacLennan 35 yard freekick from right has goalie grab in crowd of players then falls over injured.
90 min...YRS YELLOW card...Capazolo earns it for pushing at YRS 25 yards but ball was rolling out anyway for Wolves throw-in.
92 min...Wolves MacLennan 35 yard freekick from left is over end line on right so leaping header by Wolves player can't connect.
93 min...YRS YELLOW card...goalie earns it for delay of game taking goalkick.
94 min...game ends 9:13pm.

Final Score:....York Region Shooters.....1....St Catharines Roma Wolves.....0......

Attendance was about 100 people for the people who stayed behind on this hot early evening. The game finally started at 7:21pm. (***explanation of long delay explained after this story). The game ended at 9:13pm and it still wasn't dark yet although the sun was finally down.

Emanuelle Ameltonis earned the shutout for the Shooters. He had to make a few key saves but the defenders really limited the Wolves chances. Wolves goalie Claudio Perri was more tested but he kept their team in the game although Shooters shooting could have been a lot more accurate.

Best non-scoring chances were at 30 minutes when Wolves James Bond (Yeah ha-ha but he wore #17) took a 22 yard freekick blast from the left that had the goalie fly right and punch the ball away. The resulting cornerkick had Scott MacLennan send in the ball from the right and Wolves Matthew DeMaria fly and flick a 10 yard header wide left of the post. 51 minutes had halftime sub Tristan Jackman take a 15 yard shot from the right that was saved by the sliding goalie at 8 yards. Within the same minute Shooters scored their goal. 53 minutes had Wolves William Janetos (he wore #7) pass the ball forward to Bond on the right and he rolled a cross from 12 yards but YRS defender Marcelo Capazolo checked Wolves Ross Campbell off the ball and he couldn't draw a freekick when he fell.

It's often the case where if you don't score on your chances the other team will score on their last chance. The Shooters defence really held tight and the Wolves chances in the last 20 minutes were minimal. Shooters were time wasting at the end and finally referee Hassane Rifai who had given out a few Yellow cards for the roughest plays gave one to the Shooters goalie for about his third stalled goal kick and four minutes after exagerating an injury in a collision catching a freekick into the box.

Shooters continue to build points with a tight defence but have a problem scoring goals. They have a 2 win, 1 loss, 3 tie record for 9 points but have only scored 3 goals and allowed 2.

Desmond Humphrey led well as today's captain and it wasn't just for the goal. He took most of the cornerkicks and his share of freekicks to get plays started. Shooters halftime subs Tristan Jackman and Shezan Singh and 67 minute sub Belrun Vartanian added some speed to keep the Wolves defence from pressing too far upfield.

This is the sixth loss in six games for the Wolves. They have only scored 1 goal all season but allowed 22. That's the reason I was expecting Shooters would break out of their goal scoring problem. The Shooters did without captain and last year's team leading scorer Kadian Lecky for today's game for a previous commitment but Cindy DeThomasis confirmed that all suspensions are over and injuries healed.

***Explanation of big delay: I was there about one hour before game time while there was still some boys' game going on. The players had arrived but there was no way they could get into the school which is where the dressing rooms are. Shooters officials said the school said they'd have a custodian there in two hours. Shooters players changed outside and so did the Wolves (I suppose the other side of the school). That still left the game officials who were must have been baking in their three piece suits although they were sheltered under the refreshment canopy. They insisted on change rooms which is their right (a referee assessor was at the game to confirm this for me). The Wolves offered them their team bus to change in. Time kept ticking and it was like every car in the parking lot brought out a shout of "It's him" (maybe to stall for time) but it wasn't. Finally just before 7:00pm the school was opened up. This hasn't happened for their other games this year so I don't know why it happened this week. Team owner Tony DeThomasis said the team controls the field but not the school. Wolves had travelled about 2.5 hours to get here. They had ran into trouble just last week on a trip to Brantford where problems with the field postponed the game by three hours. There was a CSL Reserves League game between the same two squads to start right after this game. Fortunately the first team got to take their bus home right after the game because the Reserves had made their own arrangements to get here. That game would probably have run to at least 11:30pm.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

Wolves pregame huddle.