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Result of the Friday July 6, 2012 CSL game between North York Astros and Brantford Galaxy played at Esther Shiner Stadium in North York at 8:30pm.
North York Astros (orange socks and shirts, black shorts and numbers)
...................1 Enea Perego
14 Kurt Damian Ramsey...16 Jongwon Jung...3 Daniel Stoker...2 Justin Rogers
8 Micheal Tischer...15 Carlos Amorim...4 Franco LoPresti (cpt)...5 Brian Lucas Alcantara
.............10 Vasileios Liagkos...17 Jorge Perez
Subs:...12 Antal-Andras Toth (gk)...6 Steven Craig (def)...7 Joseph Yakub Matti (mid)...11 Mikateko Zwane (fwd)...13 Allan Fernando Cordon (mid)
...19 Lorence Notario (def)
team officials:...head coach Gerardo Lezcano...assistant coach Gabriel Lezcano...assistant manager Jenrry Lezcano
...directors Bruno Ierullo and Jorge Collazo
Brantford Galaxy (red socks, white shorts and shirts, black numbers)
.....................1 Melford James Jr
3 Bobby Turnbull...2 Kyle Grottenboer...5 Niko Jelicic...18 Logan Alexander
16 Braeden Krampert...11 Adam Leggett...7 Marco Machado...10 Damion Scott
...............20 Jacek Przdnowek...9 Dave Simpson
Sub:...23 Kieran Doyle Davis (gk)...4 Yam Ilec (fwd)...6 Jeremy Shepherd (fwd)...14 Trevor Scheon (def)...15 Zoran Maletic (def)
...17 Simo Vrakela (mid)
team officials:...head coach Ron Davidson...assistant coach Tomislav Dancetovic...assistant manager Jim Turnbull
Game officials:...referee Alexis Vaughan...referee's assistants Gianni Fachinni and Peter Pendli...fourth official Dave Ashfield ...(neon yellow shirts, black shorts and socks)
1st Half:...game starts 8:36pm...Astros defend east end on this hot and humid night. The sun is already below the horizon.
2 min...BG Przdnowek gets break on left at 35 yards and rushes to 20 yards and tries to round goalie but cuts back and shoots
20 yarder that retreating goalie catches at 7 yards.
3 min...Astros Perez takes a 15 yard blast from the extreme left that deflects off the goalie at 7 yards and through box and BG Alexander
slides and clears on goalline near the right post conceding a throw-in.
5 min...Astros Ramsey cross in from 30 yards on left has defender head away on edge of box.
6 min...BG Alexander rush on left wing and Astros Ramsey checks him off the ball on edge of box.
7 min...BG Scott cornerkick from left is low and Astros Tischer clears from left side of 6 yard box.
9 min...BG Krampert rush on right and 25 yard shot is rolled wide left just steps ahead of charging BG Przdnowek.
10 min...Astros Perez low cross from 25 yards on left and Astros Amorim is one step too far ahead of ball at 6 yards and
sliding BG Alexander clears.
12 min...BG goalie charges out left to clear through ball before Astros Amorim can get to it at 25 yards.
15 min...BG Simpson gets pass and runs towards middle from left and blasts 22 yarder well over net.
17 min...BG Przdnowek rush on right and low 15 yard shot is saved by sliding defender and ball deflects out for BG Scott to blast
from 12 yards on left that has Astros Ramsey tip ball with foot wide left on point blank deflection.
18 min...BG Scott takes a cornerkick from the left that has BG Simpson head an 8 yarder that the goalie pushes upward and off the bar and a defender
kicks ball away at 6 yards.
18 min...BG Simpson charges across from right to 22 yards and takes low shot from left that diving goalie catches.
21 min...BG Dave Simpson GOAL...Simpson has rush on left and holds off Astros defender Kurt Ramsey and
shoots 10 yarder past goalie Enea Perego that banks off left post and into right corner of net.
22 min...A Galaxy player takes a 33 yard blast up the middle that is saved by the goalie who then saves 15 yard rebound one-touch shot from BG Simpson
from the right and then two point blank saves also on BG Simpson from 6 yards on the right.
23 min...BG sub...Shepherd replaces Simpson who'd hurt his ankle.
24 min...BG Leggett cornerkick from right has defender on right edge of 6 yard box clear ball off BG player for goalkick.
26 min...Astros Tischer thinks he scores on 8 yard shot but is ruled offside.
27 min...Astros Liagkos cornerkick from right is over players in box and bounces for BG throw-in.
30 min...Astros Vasileios Liagkos GOAL...Astros Michael Tischer makes long cross from 35 yards on
right over to Liagkos who chests it down and is alone on left and he blasts 22 yard shot that flying goalie gets hand to at 5 yards but
ball is off right post and into net.
31 min...BG Sheppard 25 yard shot from right rolls wide left of net.
34 min...BG Alexander chips 40 yarder from left that goalie catches.
35 min...Astros goalie charges out to beat BG Leggett to through ball at 20 yards.
35 min...BG Przdnowek blasts 22 yarder down middle that defender deflects over net.
35 min...BG Scott cornerkick from left has defender pop up header on right and defenders block BG Leggett 20 yard blast up middle.
40 min...BG Krampert cornerkick from right has BG Shepherd head ball over net from 8 yards.
42 min...BG Jacek Przdnowek GOAL...BG Jeremy Shepherd low cross from 35 yards on left over to BG Damion Scott at 25 yards in middle and
he pushes ball forward for Przdnowek to roll 15 yard shot up middle into left corner of net past the sprawling goalie.
45 min...BG Alexander cross from 30 yards from left is caught by goalie.
46 min...half ends 9:21pm.
2nd Half:...starts 9:38pm.
halftime subs:...Astros Craig replaces Jung.
..............Astros Zwane replaces Alcantara.
45 min...Astros goalie catches long throw-in from left.
49 min...BG Scott cornerkick from left is short for BG Przdnowek along end line and tap back to BG Scott whose cross is through the box
wide right over BG Sheppherd's head at 8 yards on right.
50 min...Astros Amorim rolls pass from 25 yards on right and Astros Perez pushes ball too far forward at 20 yards that goalie picks up.
51 min...BG Alexander shot from 25 yards on left is just high and wide right of net.
54 min...Astros Perez open for pass on right and run to 22 yards and shot past goalie has retreating defender make the save at 8 yards.
57 min...Astros Jorge Perez GOAL...Perez is chipped a pass down the middle even with a defender and charging
goalie Melford James Jr runs past the ball at 25 yards and that lets Perez walk in and fire 10 yarder into middle of open net.
58 min...BG Braeden Krampert GOAL...Krampert bends low 30 yard shot from right into left corner of net beyond diving goalie.
62 min...BG Machado cuts through three players on left and is finally checked off ball at 15 yards and partial clearance has BG Jelicic
blast 30 yarder up middle low and between players and wide left of net.
63 min...BG Machado is injured at BG 50 yards when he gets hit in face with ball when Asros Craig clears away ball.
65 min...BG Scott cornerkick from left is short and he gets ball back and passes out to BG Machado who blasts 30 yarder well over net.
66 min...BG Jacek Przdnowek GOAL...BG Marco Machado chips pass from 40 yards for Przdnowek who chips 25 yarder over goalie into top
left side of net.
68 min...Astros sub...Notaro replaces Amorim.
.........Astros sub...Matti replaces Rogers.
71 min...Astros sub...Cordon replaces Tischer.
73 min...BG sub...Ilec replaces Krampert.
77 min...BG Jacek Przdnowek GOAL...BG Marco Machado gives short pass up middle to Przdnowek who dekes around
defender and takes 25 yard shot into right corner of net.
80 min...BG YELLOW card...Scott earns it for knocking down Astros Zwane at BG 45 yards.
80 min...BG Grootenboer heads away Astros Liagkos 50 yard freekick from right giving up cornerkick.
82 min...BG sub...Maletic replaces Turnbull.
86 min...BG Shepherd cross from right is back to BG Ilec to blast 25 yarder from right wide left of net.
87 min...BG Jelicic for second time in two minutes heads away cross from left.
88 min...BG sub...Vrakela replaces Scott.
91 min...BG Vrakela chips 40 yard chip down middle has goalie catch wide left of net.
93 min...BG goalie dives on ball wide right of net beating charging Astros Perez.
94:29 min...game ends 10:27pm.
Final Score:.....North York Astros........2.........Brantford Galaxy........5............
Attendance was about 80 on this hot humid evening even with the sun low enough not to cast shadows on the field.
Best non-scoring chances were at 3 minutes when Astros Jorge Perez took a 15 yard blast from the extreme left that deflects off the goalie and through box that a defender cleared on the right right post. 18 minutes had Damion Scott take a cornerkick from the left that had Dave Simpson head an 8 yarder that the goalie pushed upwards and the ball hit the bar and a defender kicked it away at 6 yards. 22 minutes and a Galaxy player take a 33 yard blast up the middle that was saved by the goalie who then the 15 yard one-touch rebound shot by Dave Simpson then two point bland shots also by Simpson from 6 yards on the right. 54 minutes had Astros Jorge Perez get open to take a pass on the right and he ran to 22 yards and shot past the goalie but a retreating defender made the save at 8 yards in the center.
A comic moment came about when Astros Michael Tischer throught he'd scored at 26 minutes on an 8 yard shot but the offside flag was up before he got the ball. He didn't notice it and ran back upfield and over to the stands to hug his relatives but slipped on the track and crashed into the metal of the stands.
Opening goal scorer Dave Simpson was subbed off two minutes after his goal with an ankle injury and replaced with Jeremy Shepherd.
Alexis Vaughan was the referee tonight and she only gave out one Yellow card that I noticed. The game wasn't rough as both teams were more looking for counterattacks when they could.
Galaxy's win tonight puts them into a tie for 2nd place with a 6-3-0 record. Galaxy had started the season slowly at 1-2-0. Assistant manager Jim Turnbull said tonight that at the start of the season the team was still bringing in players for their first game and some had never practiced together. Astros stay in last place with a 0-9-1 record. An insider said to watch them tire out at 60 minutes. A key point in the game was when the Galaxy responded so quickly to retake the lead after the Astros second goal.
I dropped my binoculars through the stands between the aluminum benches with about five minutes to go. I waited until the game was over and crawled under an opening in the front row at the end of the stands and found my way through the corridor of beams in the dark to the spot under where I sat and found them safe and sound. I realized it's been nearly 25 years since I started coming to this stadium to see at the time the North York Rockets play in the CSL (different league). I was thinner and more flexible back then.
This game was recorded by the Rogers Community channel for broadcast on Sunday night in the City of Toronto. Also Michael Juby was filming hilights for his YouTube posts. Rocket Robin robing@eol.ca
Astros starters
Galaxy starters
Astros Vasileios Liagkos (10) and Jorge Perez (17) kickoff.
Astros player sends crossfield pass to Astros Kurt Ramsey (14).
Galaxy Dave Simpson on rush.
Galaxy player on rush.
Galaxy cornerkick
Astros throw-in
Galaxy Niko Jelicic (5) rushes back to get ball from own end.
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