July 27, 2012 CSL--TFC Academy vs Windsor Stars (by Rocket Robin)

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Result of the Friday July 27, 2012 CSL game between TFC Academy and Windsor Stars played at Downsview Park in North York at 8:00pm.

TFC Academy (all red, white numbers, black shoulders)

.....................1 Angelo Cavalluzzo
2 Roberto Galle...3 Nikola Paunic (cpt)...14 Duran Lee...5 Tyler Pasher
...........10 Sergio Camargo...8 Michael Wagenknecht...16 Ryan Sciaccitano
.........7 Omari Morris...9 Mario Kovacevic...11 Joshua Janniere

Subs:...22 Alexander Pothemount (gk)...4 Deon Rose (def)...6 Christopher Mannella (mid)...15 Adam Bradshaw (def)...18 Nicholas Lindsay (--)
...20 Mario Orestano (mid)...23 Christian Campanella (mid)
team officials:...head coach Danny Dichio...goalkeeping coach Domenic Ieantile...massage therapist Sebasian Bruitragio...club official Ryan Young ...director Thomas Rongen

Windsor Stars (all white, black numbers)

................1 Anthony Santilli (cpt)
3 Anthony Falestajn...17 Massimo Megna...5 Chris Suta...2 Jamar Kelly
10 Alexander Rickett...6 David Kadoic...13 Michael Watson...21 Christian Mayorga
............9 Michael Pio...12 Joel Kabula

Subs:...22 Dijo Olagbegi (gk)...7 Gino Berardi (fwd)...8 John Swiastyn (mid)...11 Chad Stuecher (mid)...19 Eric Kiebert (mid)
team officials:...head coach Stefano Vagnini...manager Gino Berardi...director Filip Rocca

Game officials:...referee Yusri Rudolf...referee's assistants Gianni Facchini and Vito Curalli...fourth official Jennifer Arstikatis ...(all black uniforms, neon yellow trim)

1st Half:...game starts 8:06pm...TFCA defends north end on this cloudy evening with the sun setting in the north west.
2 min...TFCA goalie dives right to smother through ball before WS Watson can get to it at 8 yards.
3 min...WS Megna shanks 30 yard shot high and wide right of net.
4 min...TFCA Pasher low 20 yard cross on left end line is caught by goalie.
4 min...TFCA Galle gets back to concede cornerkick stopping rush on left.
5 min...WS Kadoic cornerkick from left knocked around and WS Watson 15 yard shot tipped behind net.
7 min...TFCA goalie dives to smother ball as WS Mayorga flies when he trips over him.
8 min...TFCA Camargo is given short cornerkick from left but pushes ball over end line.
12 min...TFCA Janniere gets short centering pass from TFCA Pasher and low 25 yard shot is smothered by goalie.
16 min...TFCA Galle cross from 28 yards on right drifts is well over net.
19 min...TFCA Sergio Camargo GOAL...Camargo and TFCA Joshua Janneiere have a shot each on the edge of the WS box blocked by defenders. TFCA Omari Morris gets the second rebound on the far right and makes 20 cross back into box where leaping Camargo heads 8 yarder down middle into center of net just under the bar.
20 min...WS defenders clearance off TFCA Camargo is defected to goalie.
23 min...TFCA Pasher rush on left and high cross from 25 yards on extreme left is well over net.
24 min...TFCA Pasher high cross from 25 yards on left has WS 3 concedes cornerkick on right.
24 min...TFCA Pasher cornerkick on right has WS defender heads away from box.
25 min...TFCA Camargo low 25 yarder up middle bounces for goalie to smother.
26 min...WS goalie charges out to grab cross before TFCA Kovacevic can get to it at 15 yards on left.
27 min...WS Joel Kabula GOAL...WS Christian Mayorga on rush on left sends cross from 25 yards that bounces through box for Kabula to kick in 8 yarder from right.
27 min...WS sub...Swiastyn replaces Falkestajn.
29 min...TFCA Janniere low 20 yard shot from left is smothered by diving goalie on left post.
30 min...WS Pio 30 yard cross from right is caught by goalie.
32 min...WS Kadoic cornerkick from right is knocked left for goalkick.
33 min...WS Pio is touched back ball and low 20 yard shot is smothered by goalie at 5 yards.
34 min...WS Kabula cross from right end line is caught by goalie over head in front of WS player.
35 min...TFCA Kovacevic given ceterning pass and low 25 yard pass is wide left.
36 min...TFCA Morris low cross from 20 yards on right.
37 min...TFCA Wagenknecht cross from 15 yards on left has TFCA Camargo not able to properly connect on bicycle kick at 8 yards on right and wide right for goalkick.
39 min...WS Pio rush on right but low 30 yard shot rolls well wide left of net.
41 min...WS Michael Pio GOAL...WS David Kadoic takes cornerkick from the right that's knocked down in box and Pio shoots low 10 yard shot into center of net past goalie Angelo Cavalluzzo.
42 min...WS Rickett cuts around TFCA Lee on run on right and low cross from 18 yards is smothered by goalie.
45 min...WS Swiastyn takes a low 18 yard shot that the diving goalie pushes away.
46 min...WS Rickett is injured at WS 45 yard line.
47 min...half ends 8:53pm.

2nd Half:...starts 9:08pm.
halftime subs:...TFCA Lindsay replaces Morris.
...............TFCA Orestano replaces Wagenknecht.
46 min...TFCA player's low cross from 25 yards has WS defender stop and clears at 8 yards in middle.
48 min...TFCA Sciaccitano 30 yard freekick from left has WS defender clear ball with midair behind his back kick at 10 yards.
51 min...TFCA Sciaccitano 30 yard freekick from left is just over leaping players in box at 6 yards and wide right for goalkick.
53 min...WS Kabula pass to left for WS Mayorga and he crosses 20 yarder over box.
54 min...TFCA Janniere 15 yard cross is blocked by sliding WS Kelly for cornerkick.
54 min...TFCA Pasher cornerkick from right has WS Swiastyn knock down and clears in box.
56 min...WS goalie charges to edge of box to beat TFCA Lindsay to through ball after TFCA player's cross from 35 yards near right sideline.
58 min...WS Kadoic is injured with arm in face at center line.
59 min...WS goalie charges to right edge of box to beat TFCA Janniere to through ball pass.
60 min...WS Kelly 50 yard shot from left is over players and bounces to goalie.
61 min...WS Mayorga rush up left to end line and 15 yard ball deflects off sliding defender then himself for goalkick.
62 min...TFCA Lindsay blasts 30 yarder on rush on left is well high and right of net.
63 min...TFCA Orestano rushes on left and crosses to center from 30 yards and TFCA Camargo blasts 20 yarder well wide right.
65 min...TFCA Pasher low 25 yard shot from left is wide right.
68 min...TFCA Pasher races down middle from center line but at 25 yards pushes ball too far forward and wide left of net.
70 min...TFCA Janniere taking on two defenders on rush down right to end line and crosses along end line from 15 yards but ball is behind net.
71 min...WS Mayorgo rushes on left and takes a low 15 yard shot that is saved by the diving goalie.
72 min...TFCA Galle takes a 25 yard cross that TFCA Orestano gets a foot up to tip the ball at 10 yards that the flying goalie pushes wide left of the net.
73 min...TFCA player's cornerkick from the left has TFCA Paunic take a shot from 15 yards on the right that hits the right post and TFCA Kovacevic rebound is blocked.
73 min...TFCA Lindsay heads 15 yard pop up in center wide left.
74 min...TFCA Pasher wins cornerkick on left on long run with sliding defender deflecting shot.
75 min...TFCA Sciaccitano cornerkick from the left has TFCA Paunic take a 12 yard shot that the goalie pushes wide right of the post.
76 min...TFCA Camargo cornerkick from right has defender knock the ball away.
78 min...TFCA Sciaccitano cornerkick from right has nearest defender head ball away.
80 min...TFCA Janniere cross from 22 yards on right has TFCA Pasher head 18 yarder to goalie.
82 min...TFCA sub...Campanella replaces Lee.
83 min...WS Kabula gets leg cramp injury away from play at TFCA 25 yards.
84 min...WS sub...Kiebert replaces injured Kabula.
85 min...TFCA Lindsay takes weak 25 yard roller up the middle that's picked up by goalie.
87 min...WS goalie leaps to push away 40 yard shot.
88 min...TFCA Paunic 20 yard tips off player down middle well over net.
88 min...TFCA Pasher cornerkick from right has whistle blown in box as charging TFCA player heads wide left of net.
89 min...WS Joel Kabula blocks shot at 12 yards on right with studs up injurying shot-taker TFCA Joshua Janniere when he followed through. Referee Yusri Rudolph called for a Penalty kick.
90 min...TFCA Sergio Camargo GOAL...Camargo blasts his Penalty kick into right side of net halfway up just out of reach of goalie Anthony Santilli.
91 min...WS Kelly long throw-in from left is cleared from box.
93 min...WS Kadoic 28 yard freekick from extreme left is cleared from box.
93 min...game ends 9:56pm.

Final Score:.....TFC Academy.....2....Windsor Stars.....2.....

Attendance climbed to about 100 by the end of the game on this hot night with the setting sun mostly behind clouds until it was dark. There was no rainfall despite the forecast.

Conditions were sparton with some portable stands that held maybe sixty people. There were no bathrooms or port-a-potties in sight and with the dressing rooms about 100 yards away, some of the TFCA reserves warming up at halftime just wizzed against the fence. This game was held on Field #1 which was covered by field turf.

The game was full of breakout counterattacks but was not particularily rough. No Yellow cards were given out tonight. The Stars bench and players were incensed by the awarding of the Penalty kick at the end. Goalie Anthony Santilli said after that game the ball was between the defender's legs so Janiiere was going to connect with him when he made contact with the ball.

Many potential good chances were snuffed out by alert, aggressive goaltending. Best non-scoriing chances that did take place were at 45 minutes when WS John Swiastyn took a low 18 yard shot that the diving goalie pushed away. 61 minutes had WS Christian Mayorgo rush on the left and take a low 15 yard shot that was saved by the diving goalie. A minute later TFCA Roberto Galle take a 25 yard cross that TFCA Mario Orestano gets a foot up to tip the ball at 10 yards that the flying goalie pushed wide left of the net. The resulting cornerkick from the left had TFCA Nikola Paunic take a shot from 15 yards on the right hit the right post and TFCA Mario Kovacevic's rebound was blocked. 65 minutes had TFCA Ryan Sciaccitano cornerkick from the left had Paunic take a 12 yard shot that the goalie pushed wide right of the post.

Sergio Camargo could not properly connect on a bicycle kick from 8 yards on the right at 37 minutes. One official on the TFCA bench called his try a 'tricycle kick'.

This game featured five players on TFCA that played as subs in the Toronto FC exhibition game against Liverpool FC last Saturday. Defenders Roberto Galle and Tyler Pasher, midfielders Sergio Camargo and Ryan Sciaccitano, and forward Joshua Janniere were all starters in tonight's game. I asked Janniere after the game about the uniforms worn in that game. They got to keep them. The Uniforms had their names on the back of their shoulders whereas the Academy uniforms just have numbers. In the Liverpool game, because Tyler Pasher entered the game at 27 minutes and stayed on when the roster was flipped in the second half, he played longer than any other player on either team.

I was looking through the MLS Guide of the Toronto vs Houston game earlier in the day and read the short bio on Nicholas Lindsay. It said he was sitting out this season because of having surgury last year. I was surprised to see him warming up at halftime and coming in at the start of the half as a forward. He said it was part of his recovery. After the game he answered that he hadn't reaggravated his injury in tonight's game. He had some shots and a header as a forward tonight. Probably the MLS guide was correct as it is written regarding MLS level play.

I asked TFCA director Thomas Rongen after the game about the team formation. At the beginning of the season everything was going to be 4-3-3 but new MLS coach Paul Mariner was moved up after the team's 1-9-0 record and has turned the team around with a 'simple' 4-4-2 setup. Tonight's game looked somewhat in between. Rongen said they were trying the flexibility of both and even 4-5-1 so the players would learn each system for MLS play and if they go off to college.

This is the only game of the weekend for both teams. TFC Academy record climbs to 8-3-2 and they climb into first place by one point at least until other games on Sunday. Windsor climbs to sixth place with a 6-5-2 record.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

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