July 15, 2012 CSL--Toronto Croatia vs St Catharines Roma Wolves (by Rocket Robin)

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Result of the Sunday July 15, 2012 CSL game between Toronto Croatia and St Catharines Roma Wolves played at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke at 8:00pm.

Toronto Croatia (black socks, white shorts and numbers, red shirts)

....................12 Antonio Ilic
7 Halburto Harris...4 Sven Arapovic...3 Josip Keran...15 Ainsley Deer
24 Marin Vucemilovic Grgic...14 Augustin DeMedina...23 Tonci Pirija (cpt)...19 Petar Mingon...8 Hayden Fitzwilliams
..............10 Tihomir Maletic

Subs:...1 Panagiotis Koumoulas (gk)...2 Luke Sperr (def)...11 Boris Tomac (mid)...18 Bozenko Lesina (fwd)...21 Dino Buljan (mid) ...22 Andelo Srzentic (mid)
team officials:...head coach Velimir Crljan...assistant coaches Miodrag Akmadzic...manager Ivan Kulis...assistant manager Perica Arapovic ...physio Michael Robinson

St Catharines Roma Wolves (all black, white numbers)

......................21Nicholas Palazzi
3 Nicholas Vecchi...12 Geoffrey Attard (cpt)...19 Matthrew Mateljan...2 Matthew DiMaria
7 William Jametos...5 Thomas Hughes...10 Scott MacLennan...11 Calvin Rosario
..............18 Christian Carvajal...17 James Bond

Subs:...4 Abu Kamara (mid)...8 Camilo Veloza (mid)...9 Derek Luberhino (mid)...14 John Maurzio (fwd)...16 Mark Dano (mid) ...20 Michael Greco (mid)
team officials:...head coach Carlo Arghittu...assistant coach Tuukka Salonen...manager Carl Mendonca...general manager Armand Di Fruscio ...director Angelo Pizzacalla

Game officials:...referee Gianni Facchini...referee's assistants Allison Enright and Ljubisa Vrljes...fourth official Marc Henoud ...neon yellow shirts, black shorts and socks)

1st Half:...game starts 8:00pm...TC defends south end.
3 min...TC Vucemilovic Grgic cornerkick from left has W Attard head ball through box out right for throw-in.
6 min...W Rosario injured with ball in face at TC 45 yards.
8 min...W Bond rolls 30 yarder down middle wide left of net.
9 min...TC De Medina low cross from 25 yards on left has goalie dive forward to catch.
10 min...TC Vucemilovic Grgic on a 2 on 1 rush on right shoots low 15 yarder that's caught by goalie.
11 min...TC Vucemilovic Grgic 15 shot from right deflects off defenders for cornerkick.
12 min...TC Maletic cornerkick from right is headed out on left by defender.
19 min...W goalie races wide right to catch defenders clearance off TC forward at 12 yards.
21 min...TC Maletic cornerkick from right is caught by goalie in crowd of players.
23 min...TC Vucemilovic Grgic blasts 18 yard shot from extreme right through 6 yard box.
23 min...TC Fitzwilliams cross from 25 yards is caught by goalie.
24 min...W MacLennan is injured at TC 45 yards.
25 min...W Attard 60 yard freekici up middle bounces wide left of net.
26 min...W Vecchi 55 yard cross from right has goalie catch at 12 yards on jump in front of leaping W Hughes.
31 min...TC Vucemilovic Grgic rush on right and shoots 25 yarder wide right of post on low shot.
33 min...TC Deer long throw-in from left has TC Fitzwilliams chests ball down on left end line and cross into box is cleared.
34 min...TC Fitzwilliams rolls ball ahead centering to charging TC De Medina and 20 yard roller has goalie smother at 15 yards.
35 min...TC Maletic cornerkick from right is through box as goalie misses swat attempt at ball.
36 min...TC Vucemilovic Grgic rolls a 25 yard cross from the right that TC Hayden Fitzwilliams misses connecting on a 7 yard shot down the middle.
37 min...TC player's shot has defender deflect wide left.
38 min...TC Vucemilovic Grgic cornerkick from left has ball knocked through box.
39 min...TC Deer low 25 yard cross from left bounces to goalie.
39 min...TC YELLOW card...Mingon earns it for knock over at TC 35 yards.
40 min...W MacLennan 35 yard freekick from right has defender head ball away.
42 min...TC Harris low cross from right and TC De Medina shoots 15 yarder that deflects off defender wide right of net.
43 min...TC players work out a short cornerkick from the right that's worked into box and TC De Medina shoots an 8 yarder wide right of the post.
44 min...TC Mingon taps pass to TC Vucemilovic Grgic for 22 yard low blast wide right of post.
44 min...W goalie jumps to catch bouncing through ball ahead of charging TC Fitzwilliams on left.
45 min...TC De Medina header deflects wide left for cornerkick.
46 min...TC Vucemilovic Grgic cornerkick from left has goalie catch.
46 min...half ends 8:47pm.

2nd Half:...starts 9:02pm.
halftime sub:...W Veloza replaces Mateljan.
46 min...TC Maletic sends in a cornerkick from the right that Fitzwilliams heads a 5 yarder onto the top of the net.
48 min...TC had been called for two offsides in the half already.
50 min...W Vecchi 45 yard cross from right sideline has goalie catch.
54 min...W MacLennan 30 yard freekick from right bounces to goalie who fumbles ball but recovers.
54 min...TC Petar Mingon GOAL...TC Tonci Pirija passes ball from 45 yards down the middle for Mingon on left who slides 18 yarder under goalie Nicholas Palazzi to right side of net.
58 min...TC Josip Keran GOAL...TC Tihomir Maletic takes a cornerkick from right that has Keran jump and head 3 yarder that goalie traps on ground behind goal line.
59 min...W Carvajal 35 yard shot down middle is just high wide left of net.
61 min...TC Vucemilovic Grgic 25 yard low cross from right has defender concede cornerkick.
62 min...W Veloza 25 yard shot is wide left of goal.
64 min...W sub...Kamara replaces Bond.
65 min...W Scott MacLennan takes a 45 yard freekick that has W Rosario shoots a 7 yard shot off the right post.
65 min...W MacLennan cornerkick from right has goalie palm ball through box wide left for cornerkick.
66 min...W player's cornerkick from left has goalie make catch.
68 min...TC sub...Lesina replaces Mingon.
68 min...TC Maletic cornerkick from right has defenders clear from box.
69 min...TC Vucemilovic Grgic is alone on the right and shoots a 22 yard roller wide left of net.
71 min...TC Maletic cornerkick from the right through the players in the box and TC Fitzwilliams misses a 3 yard header.
73 min...TC sub...Srzentic replaces Fitzwilliams.
73 min...TC Maletic cornerkick from right is cleared from box.
73 min...TC Tihomir Maletic GOAL...TC Sven Arapovic passes ball downfield to Maletic who blasts 15 yard shot on right sliding goalie gets piece of at 5 yards but ball deflects over him into right side of net.
74 min...W Kamara pushes ball too far forward for goalie to dive on wide left.
75 min...W sub...Greco replaces Hughes.
76 min...TC sub...Buljan replaces De Medina.
77 min...W Rosario takes a 12 yard shot in a crowd of players in middle and the flying goalie bats wide right. W Rosario gets to the rebound but crosses high and wide left of the net.
77 min...W sub...Dano replaces Jametos.
78 min...W MacLennan 35 yard freekick from right is just a step ahead of W Kamara header attempt from 6 yards on left.
81 min...TC Maletic 30 yard shot up middle wide left.
82 min...TC YELLOW card...Maletic earns it for foul at W 45 yards.
83 min...TC sub...Sperr replaces Deer.
85 min...TC sub...Tomac replaces Maletic.
87 min...W sub...Maurzio replaces Rosario.
88 min...TC YELLOW card...Sperr earns it for pushing over W Maurzio at TC 28 yards.
90 min...TC Vucemilovic Grgic at 35 yards on right rolls through ball to TC Lesina but goalie slides out to fumble but grab ball when he recovers.
91 min...W player's 55 yard freekick from middle is wide right of net.
92 min...TC Harris bashes through on rush on left ane 20 yard shot is smothered by goalie.
93 min...game ends 9:51pm.

Final Score:.....Toronto Croatia.......3..........St Catharines Roma Wolves.......0......

Attendance was about 120 on this hot evening. The seats were still wet from a few rainstorms in the afternoon that played a part in the PDL game held here earlier.

The first two goals scored by Toronto Croatia within four minutes broke open the game. Croatia had many early chances to score and with each miss it looked like maybe in a day of CSL upsets, Wolves stood a chance. Wolves have only scored four goals in 11 games so after those goals a comeback appeared unlikely.

Antonio Ilic earned the shutout for Croatia by making a few key saves.

Referee Gianni Facchini gave out a few cards and had control of the game but wasn't popular with TC fans and the Wolves bench.

Best non-scoring chances were at 36 minutes when TC Marin Vucemilovic Grgic rolls a 25 yard cross from the right that TC Hayden Fitzwilliams misses connecting on a 7 yard shot down the middle. 43 minutes had the TC players work out a short cornerkick from the right that's worked into box and TC Augustin De Medina shot an 8 yarder wide right of the post. 46 minutes had TC Tihomir Maletic send in a cornerkick from the right that Fitzwilliams headed a 5 arder onto the top of the net. By 48 minutes TC had been called for two offsides in the half already. 65 minutes had Wolves Scott MacLennan take a 45 yard freekick that had Calvin Rosario shoot a 7 yard shot off the right post. 69 minutes found TC Grgic alone on the right to shoot a 22 yard roller wide left of net. 71 minutes had Maletic take a cornerkick from the right through the players in the box and Fitzwilliams miss a 3 yard header. 77 minutes had Wolves Rosario take a 12 yard shot in a crowd of players in middle and the flying goalie batted wide right. Rosario gets to the rebound but crosses high and wide left of the net.

Toronto Croatia's record improves to 7-1-2. They had briefly been displaced from first place when TFC Academy had won earlier in the afternoon but are back to the lead which they've held since Week 3. Wolves fall to 1-8-1 and would be in last place except the North York Astros who won earlier today have played one more game.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

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