July 13, 2012 CSL--SC Toronto vs Niagara United (by Rocket Robin)

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Result of the Friday July 13, 2012 CSL game between SC Toronto and Niagara United played at Lamport Stadium in Toronto at 8:00pm.

SC Toronto (all yellow, thing black numbers)

....................1 Scott Cliff
4 Shane Satar...6 Daniel Fabrizi...5 Gerard Ladiyou (cpt)...2 Casey D'Mello
.........8 Carlos Nogueira...21 Jonathan Osorio...10 Dane Roberts
........19 Alon Badat...22 Kyle Hall...14 Jarek Whiteman

Subs:...12 Filip Ljubevski (gk)...11 Evroy Junior Ellis (fwd)...13 Sergio De Luca (mid)...15 Brennan McNicoll (mid)...17 David Alva (mid)
...18 Sebastian Arangio (fwd)...20 Oliver Spring (def)
team officials:...head coach Patrice Gheisar...assistant coaches Marco Reda and Peter Milonas...assistant manager Mario Dias

Niagara United (all navy, sky blue numbers)

.....................40 John De Luca
16 Chris Beilloni...2 Matthrew Waddington (cpt)...12 Michael Palomba...21 Marco Stencel
11 Rudy Pikzinski...5 Arthur Casupanan...26 Jason Devonish...19 Christopher Harrington
.................29 Matthew Contino...22 Mohammed Mohammed

Subs:...20 Bradley Gemmell (gk)...4 Anthony Frucia (def)...9 Lucas Folino (mid)...14 Matthew Cain (mid)...15 Anthony Mermigas (mid)
...17 Derek Paterson (fwd)....34 Ben N'Goran (fwd)
team officials:...head coach James McGillivray...assistant coaches Michael Lapoyda and Michael Folino

Game officials:...referee Jeff Fearnall...referee's assisants Niquita Amirthanian and Richard Olivera...fourth official Justin Tasev...(red shirts, black short and socks)

1st Half:...game starts 8:07pm...SCT defend south end on this hot and humid but overcast evening.
3 min...SCT Whiteman 22 yard shot from left is bent wide right of net.
8 min...NU Stencel chips from left edge of box that deflects off hand of SCT Satar but NU players can't win a handball call.
9 min...SCT Roberts takes a 22 yard shot up the middle through a crowd of players that the goalie fumbles and has roll through his legs but he turned and fell to smother the ball on the goalline.
14 min...SCT Jarek Whiteman GOAL...SCT Jonathan Osorio from 55 yards on left sends in pass to Whiteman at 25 yards on right side who chests ball down, survives bump by NU Michael Palomba at 15 yards, and shoots 12 yard roller into left corner of net past sliding goalie John DeLuca.
15 min...SCT Satar is given drop back pass at 22 yards on right from SCT Osorio and blasts shot that goalie catches overhead.
15 min...SCT Badat run on left side to near end line and cross deflects for cornerkick.
16 min...SCT players work out a short cornerkick from the left that has SCT Osorio cross into the box and Whiteman is called offside on 4 yard tap in when the ball was headed forward for him.
17 min...NU goalie punches out ball at 7 yards on right when cross sent in from left into crowd of players.
19 min...SCT Alon Badat GOAL...SCT Jonathan Osorio sends in high pass from 50 yards to the right for Badat who chests it down from 25 yards and he stops at edge of box and banana bends in 18 yard shot into high left corner of net.
21 min...SCT Osorio 20 yard shot from right is just over bar missing top left corner.
28 min...SCT Osorio runs towards goal along right end line but NU Casupanan blockds giving up cornerkick.
28 min...SCT Osorio cornerkick from right has NU Pikzinski head ball away. SCT Nogueira blasts 22 yard shot down middle that's blocked. SCT Roberts dribbles up middle but is checked off ball on edge of the box and SCT Whiteman has loose ball fall his way and he kicks 15 yarder wide left.
29 min...SCT Hall rush down the middle and pass over to charging SCT Badat who has a 12 yard chip that the goalie palms upward and catches at 8 yards.
31 min...SCT Osorio on 2 on 1 rush can't win Penalty kick when he tries to rush past NU Billoni just inside box and falls against him.
32 min...NU sub...Mermigas replaces Harrington.
32 min...NU Devonish freekick from 40 yards on right is cleared before entering box.
33 min...SCT Badat on the left gets dropped off pass and takes a 12 yard shot into the short side outside mesh of the net.
34 min...NU Devonish 35 yard chip down middle is wide right of net. (this was NU's first shot of the game)
38 min...SCT Osorio threads through ball pass down middle from 45 yards through defenders and SCT Hall receives at 30 yards and his 15 yard shot is pushed wide by goalie at 10 yards.
39 min...SCT Osoario cornerkick from right is headed away on right for NU players make fast break out.
40 min...NU Contino 28 yard freekick up middle is shot just high wide right of net.
44 min...SCT YELLOW card...Satar earns it for knocking over NU Stencel injurying him at NU 35 yard line.
46 min...SCT Whiteman pokes ball through defender's legs on edge of NU box and SCT D'Mello who trips on sliding defender NU Mermigas at 10 yards doesn't get shot away.
47 min...SCT Osorio chips 35 yarder down middle that bounces through players on edge of box and goalie catches.
47 min...half ends 8:54pm.

2nd Half:...starts 9:10pm...It's starting to get dark.
halftime subs...NU Paterson replaces someone.
................NU N'Goran replaces someone.
45 min...NU YELLOW card...Mermigas earns it for tackle on SCT Roberts at SCT 30 yards.
47 min...SCT Osorio cornerkick from left bounces to SCT Hall on right after header and his 12 yard shot is wide right.
48 min...NU player's 20 yarder on left is headed down by defender and NU player rolls pass right. NU N'Goran hits the right post on a 7 yard shot and the ball rolls across box unplayed until defender clears near left post.
50 min...NU Paterson pushes ball forward from 25 yards through crowd of players and ball rolls for goalie for pick up.
52 min...NU Stencel 28 yard freekick from left is to right and 10 yard header by NU Mermigas is caught by goalie but offside flag was up.
54 min...NU Devonish gets pass and is surrounded and he takes 35 yard shot from left that's wide left of net.
58 min...NU Casupanan 25 yard freekick on extreme right has NU Paterson head up popper at 8 yards and goalie catches it on jump and knocks over NU Paterson and pushes off him as he gets up.
59 min...NU head coach is told off by the referee for complaining about NU plays in the SCT box.
60 min...NU YELLOW card...Paterson earns it for trip up of SCT Nogueira at NU 50 yards.
61 min...SCT Whiteman rush into NU box on through ball pass and goalie blocks shot at 8 yards.
66 min...SCT sub...McNicoll replaces Roberts.
68 min...SCT Osorio 40 yard freekick from right hits NU Contino at 30 yards and bounces away for throw-in.
69 min...SCT McNicoll is given a tap over pass in the middle and he blasts a 15 yard shot over the net.
69 min...SCT sub...De Luca replaces Badat.
69 min...NU sub...Cain replaces Contino.
71 min...NU Casupanan high 40 yard freekick bounces wide right of players in box.
73 min...SCT De Luca rush on left cutting into box has NU Casupanan check ball away ball at 8 yards giving up cornerkick.
73 min...SCT Osorio cornerkick from left has NU defender head through box and SCT Osorio rolls pass further right for SCT McNicoll on extreme right to blast 8 yard shot off right post.
75 min...SCT Whiteman takes a 12 yard blast on the right that the goalie flies to the right to bat down.
76 min...NU sub...Folino replaces Billoni.
76 min...SCT Osorio 25 yard freekick from left is wide left of net.
77 min...NU Paterson has 8 yard shot blocked by SCT Fabrizi in box and Paterson gets to rebound at 10 yards down middle and cuts weak shot that rolls to goalie.
78 min...NU Devonish 15 yard rolling cross from left has defender concede cornerkick.
78 min...NU Devonish cornerkick from left has defender head ball away from left edge of box.
79 min...SCT Whiteman has hand on ball after being tripped going into right side of box wins freekick.
80 min...SCT Osorio 22 yard freekick from right has goalie swat ball to left and SCT Hall crosses from 12 yards on left that defender clears away at 3 yards.
80 min...SCT YELLOW card...Fabrizi earns it for knocking down NU N'Goran at SCT 25 yards on NU rush.
81 min...NU Paterson 22 yard freekick from left is stopped in player wall.
82 min...NU Devonish run down left side but pushes ball over end line before he can cross into middle of box.
85 min...SCT Kyle Hall GOAL...SCT Brennan McNicoll rushes on right and rolls centering pass to Hall in alone to take 15 yard shot that sliding goalie gets piece of at 6 yards and ball deflects into low right corner of net.
87 min...SCT sub...Ellis replaces Hall.
90 min...SCT Ladiyou gets back to break up long rush up right. Ladiyou had been doing that the whole game.
90 min...SCT Ellis 18 yard shot from left has goalie palm ball over net from 6 yards.
91 min...SCT Osorio cornerkick from right has ball partially cleared and SCT De Luca finish pressure with an 8 yard shot that defender blocks.
93 min...SCT Ellis gets back heeler on inside of box and rolls 12 yarder just wide right of post.
93 min...game ends 9:58pm.

Final Score:.......SCT Toronto...3........Niagara United.....0....

Attendance was about 80 that about doubled by the end of the game for permit holders waiting for their game to start. Weather was hot and humid but it was overcast until it got dark after having the sun out most of the day.

Both early goals were assisted by Jonathan Osorio who I hadn't seen before this game. He's stepped in as their new dead ball specialist. Whiteman scored at 14 minutes and wears #14. Badat wears #19 and scored at 19 minutes (on an almost identical play except for shot location. Osorio wore #21 and at 21 minutes took a 20 yard shot from the right just over the bar.

Best other non-scoring chances were at 10 minutes when SCT Dane Roberts took a 22 yard shot up the middle through a crowd of players that the goalie fumbled and have roll through his legs but turned and fell to smother the ball on the goalline. 16 minutes had SCT players work out a short cornerkick from the left that had Osorio cross into the box and Whiteman was called offside on 4 yard tap in when the ball was headed forward for him. 29 minutes had SCT Hall rush down the middle and pass over to charging SCT Badat who had a 12 yard chip that the goalie palmed upward and caught at 8 yards. 33 minutes had Badat on the left take a 12 yard shot into the short side mesh of the net.

Niagara took over for the first 15 minutes of the second half with the subbing in at halftime of forwards Derek Paterson and Ben N'Goran. Best chance was at 48 minutes when N'Goran hit the right post on a 10 yard shot. The Niagara head coach James McGillivray had to be told to sit back down on the bench when the fourth official and referee's assistant summoned referee Jeff Fearnall over to the sideline. I saw a Niagara player just before then lying down in the SCT box away from play. I wonder if the TV cameras caught that or were they upfield following the action? That wasn't the only action that had the Niagara coach upset.

Other good scoring chances were at 69 minutes when SCT McNicoll was given a tap over pass in the middle and blasted a 15 yard shot over the net. 75 minutes had SCT Whiteman take a 12 yard blast on the right that the goalie flew to the right to bat down. 77 minutes had NU Paterson have a pair of shots blocked in the SCT box by defenders.

The win moved the SCT Toronto record up to 5-1-3 for a share of 2nd place tied with TFC Academy and Montreal Impact Academy but with one game less played than those two teams. Niagara's record falls to 4-4-0 for 11th place but they've played less than any other team in the league.

The game was the Rogers TV Community Channel's game of the week and will be broadcast on Sunday evening at 8:00pm in the City of Toronto.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

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